Edgar Filing: AMERICAN BILTRITE INC

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009

Commission File Number 1-4773

AMERICAN BILTRITE INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	04-1701350
(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)

57 River Street

Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-2097

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(781) 237-6655

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

	Name of Exchange on
Title of Each Class	Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	NYSE Amex

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES [ ] NO [X]

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. YES [ ] NO [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES [X] NO [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES [ ] NO [ ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer [ ] Accelerated filer [ ] Non-accelerated filer [ ] Smaller reporting company [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES [ ] NO [X]

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2009 was $2.4 million.

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $.01 per share, outstanding as of March 15, 2010 was 3,441,531.

Documents Incorporated by Reference – Portions of the proxy statement for the annual meeting of stockholders to be held on May 12, 2010, which will be filed by the registrant within 120 days after December 31, 2009, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Factors That May Affect Future Results – Some of the information presented in or incorporated by reference in this report constitutes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are based on the registrant’s expectations, as of the date of this report, of future events. Except as required by applicable law, the registrant undertakes no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements. Although the registrant believes that its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, within the bounds of its knowledge of its business and operations, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from its expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to the registrant’s actual results differing from its expectations include those factors discussed elsewhere in this report, including in Item 1A (Risk Factors).

PART I

ITEM 1.

BUSINESS

General Development of Business

American Biltrite Inc. (together with, unless the context otherwise indicates, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and K&M Associates L.P., “ABI” or the “Company”) was organized in 1908 and is a Delaware corporation. ABI’s major operations include its Tape Division, a controlling interest in K&M Associates L.P., a Rhode Island limited partnership (“K&M”), and ownership of a Canadian subsidiary, American Biltrite (Canada) Ltd. (“AB Canada”). ABI also presently owns 55% of the outstanding common stock of Congoleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Congoleum”). Congoleum filed a voluntary petition with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Bankruptcy Court”) (Case No. 03-51524) seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in 2003. On August 17, 2009, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (the “District Court”) withdrew the reference of Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case from the Bankruptcy Court and assumed authority over the proceedings. Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case remains pending. ABI expects its ownership interest in Congoleum to be eliminated pursuant to the terms of the plan of reorganization for Congoleum pending in the District Court or any future plan or outcome in those proceedings.

The Tape Division produces adhesive-coated, pressure-sensitive papers and films used to protect material during handling or storage or to serve as a carrier for transferring decals or die-cut lettering. The Tape Division also produces pressure sensitive tapes and adhesive products used for applications in the heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), footwear, automotive, electrical and electronic industries.

In 1995, ABI acquired a controlling interest in K&M, a designer, supplier, distributor and servicer of a wide variety of adult, children’s and specialty items of fashion jewelry and related accessories throughout the U.S. and Canada. ABI, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, owns an aggregate 94.5% interest (7% as sole general partner and 87.5% in limited partner interests) in K&M. K&M wholesales its products to mass merchandisers, specialty stores and department stores.

Congoleum is a leading manufacturer of resilient sheet and tile flooring. In 1993, ABI acquired an ownership position in Congoleum in exchange for its U.S. tile business (the “Tile Division”). In 1995, ABI acquired voting control of Congoleum when Congoleum sold a new issue of shares of its Class A common stock to the public which had one vote per share and used the proceeds to redeem most of the two-vote-per-share Class B shares held by the then majority shareholder. ABI’s interest has increased further since then as a result of Congoleum’s repurchases of its common stock combined with open market purchases of Congoleum common stock by ABI. As of December 31, 2009, ABI’s ownership of 151,100 shares of Congoleum’s Class A common stock and 4,395,605 shares of Congoleum’s Class B common stock represented 69.4% of the outstanding equity voting interests of Congoleum.

Congoleum is a defendant in a large number of asbestos-related lawsuits. On December 31, 2003, Congoleum filed a voluntary petition with the Bankruptcy Court seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code as a means to resolve claims asserted against it related to the use of asbestos in its products decades ago. During 2003, Congoleum had obtained the requisite votes of asbestos personal injury claimants necessary to seek approval of a proposed, pre-packaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. In January 2004, Congoleum filed its proposed plan of reorganization and disclosure statement with the Bankruptcy Court. From that filing through 2007, several subsequent plans were negotiated with representatives of the Asbestos Claimants’ Committee (the “ACC”), the Future Claimants’ Representative (the “FCR”) and other asbestos claimant representatives. In addition, an insurance company, Continental Casualty Company, and its affiliate, Continental Insurance Company (collectively, “CNA”), filed a plan of reorganization and the Official Committee of Bondholders (the “Bondholders’ Committee”) (representing holders of Congoleum’s 8 5/8% Senior Notes due August 1, 2008 (the “Senior Notes”)) also filed a plan of reorganization. In May 2006, the Bankruptcy Court ordered the principal parties in interest in Congoleum’s reorganization proceedings to participate in reorganization plan mediation discussions. Several mediation sessions took place during 2006, culminating in two competing plans, one which Congoleum filed jointly with the ACC in September 2006 (the “Tenth Plan”) and the other filed by CNA, both of which the Bankruptcy Court subsequently ruled were not confirmable as a matter of law. In March 2007, Congoleum resumed global plan mediation discussions with the various parties seeking to resolve the issues raised in the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling with respect to the Tenth Plan. In July 2007, the FCR filed a plan of reorganization and proposed disclosure statement. After extensive further mediation sessions, in February 2008, the FCR, the ACC, the Bondholders’ Committee and Congoleum jointly filed a plan of reorganization (the “Joint Plan”). The Bankruptcy Court approved the disclosure statement for the Joint Plan in February 2008, and the Joint Plan was solicited in accordance with court-approved voting procedures. Various objections to the Joint Plan were filed, and in May 2008 the Bankruptcy Court heard oral argument on summary judgment motions relating to certain of those objections. In June 2008, the Bankruptcy Court issued a ruling that the Joint Plan was not legally confirmable, and issued an Order to Show Cause why the case should not be converted or dismissed pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1112. Following a further hearing in June 2008, the Bankruptcy Court issued an opinion that vacated the Order to Show Cause and instructed the parties to submit a confirmable plan by the end of calendar year 2008. Following further negotiations, the Bondholders’ Committee, the ACC, the FCR, representatives of holders of pre-petition settlements and Congoleum reached an agreement in principle and a term sheet describing the proposed material terms of a contemplated new plan of reorganization and a settlement of avoidance litigation with respect to pre-petition claim settlements (the “Litigation Settlement”) was entered into by those parties and was filed with the Bankruptcy Court in August 2008. Certain insurers and a large bondholder filed objections to the Litigation Settlement and/or reserved their rights to object to confirmation of the contemplated new plan of reorganization. The Bankruptcy Court approved the Litigation Settlement following a hearing in October 2008, but the court reserved certain issues, including whether any plan of reorganization embodying the settlement meets the standards required for confirmation of a plan of reorganization. In November 2008, Congoleum, the ACC and the Bondholders’ Committee filed an amended joint plan of reorganization for Congoleum, et al. with the Bankruptcy Court (the “Amended Joint Plan”). In January 2009, an insurer filed a motion for summary judgment seeking denial of confirmation of the Amended Joint Plan. A hearing was held in February 2009 and the Bankruptcy Court granted the insurer’s motion finding certain provisions of the Amended Joint Plan unconfirmable as a matter of law (the “Summary Judgment Ruling”) and denying confirmation of the Amended Joint Plan. Pursuant to the ruling, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order dismissing Congoleum’s bankruptcy case (the “Order of Dismissal”). In March 2009, an order was entered by the Bankruptcy Court granting a stay of the Bankruptcy Court’s Order of Dismissal pending a final non-appealable decision affirming the Order of Dismissal.

In February 2009, Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee and ACC appealed the Order of Dismissal and the Summary Judgment Ruling to the District Court. In August 2009, the District Court issued an opinion and order (the “District Court Order”) reversing the Order of Dismissal. With respect to the plan of reorganization, the District Court ruled that a settlement with certain asbestos claimants was not an impediment to confirmation while another plan provision would require a minor modification. The decision also provided specific guidance about the plan and directed the parties in the case to provide briefings in preparation for a confirmation hearing. In addition, the District Court assumed jurisdiction over the entire Chapter 11 proceedings from the Bankruptcy Court. Certain insurers have filed notices of appeal with respect to the District Court Order with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Third Circuit”). Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee and the ACC have moved to dismiss the appeals, and such motion is pending. As a result of the Multi-Insurer Settlement, discussed below, the insurers’ appeal before the Third Circuit is presently suspended, and the applicable insurers have agreed to cause that appeal to be dismissed with prejudice within three business days of the District Court’s order approving the Multi-Insurer Settlement becoming a final order.

Following additional negotiations, in October 2009, the ACC, the Bondholders’ Committee and Congoleum jointly filed a revised plan of reorganization (the “Second Amended Joint Plan”) and disclosure statement with the District Court. In late 2009 and early 2010, negotiations among Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee, the FCR, the ACC, other asbestos claimant representatives, and various insurers and New Jersey insurance guaranty organizations culminated in a $100 million settlement with nine insurance groups and the New Jersey insurance guaranty associations (the “Multi-Insurer Settlement”). Subject to various requirements set forth in the Multi-Insurer Settlement, the insurance companies and guaranty associations will pay $100 million to settle certain policies issued to Congoleum and such amount will be paid to the Plan Trust of which $97 million will be available for the payment of asbestos claims. The Multi-Insurer Settlement was approved by the District Court in February 2010. On March 15, 2010, the FCR filed a notice of appeal from the District Court’s February 19, 2010 order that approved Congoleum’s insurance settlement agreement with the St. Paul’s Travelers Entities.

On February 12, 2010, Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee, the FCR and the ACC jointly filed a revised plan of reorganization (the “Third Amended Joint Plan”) and disclosure statement with the District Court. In order to address comments received on the Third Amended Joint Plan from various parties, a further revised plan of reorganization and disclosure statement was filed with the District Court on March 11, 2010 by Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee, the FCR and the ACC (the “Fourth Amended Joint Plan”). The terms of the Third Amended Joint Plan and Fourth Amended Joint Plan are substantially similar to those of the Second Amended Joint Plan. On March 12, 2010, the District Court approved the adequacy of the disclosure statement and voting procedures for the Fourth Amended Joint Plan and a confirmation hearing is scheduled to commence on June 7, 2010. See Notes 1 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Outside the United States, the Tape Division operates production facilities in Belgium, Italy and Singapore, where bulk tape products are converted into various sizes. Sales offices at the Singapore and Italy locations and sales representative offices in Shanghai, China, Bangkok Thailand and Seoul, South Korea enable quicker response to customer demands in the European and Asian markets. The Company’s wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, American Biltrite (Canada) Ltd., produces resilient floor tile, rubber tiles and rolled rubber flooring and industrial products (including conveyor belting, truck and trailer splash guards and sheet rubber material) and imports certain rubber and tile products from China for resale. K&M maintains a representative office in China, from which it sources the majority of the products it sells.

ABI owns 50% of Compania Hulera Sula, S.A. de C.V. (“Hulera Sula”), a Honduran corporation, which sells soles, heels, sandals and other footwear products under license from ABI. Hulera Sula in turn owns 100% of Hulera Sacatepequez, S.A., a Guatemalan corporation which manufactures products in Guatemala similar to those of Hulera Sula. Hulera Sula also owns 60% of Fomtex, S.A., a Guatemalan corporation, which manufactures foam mattresses, beds and other foam products. During 2008, the Company wrote off its investment of $850 thousand in Hulera Sula as a result of Hulera Sula’s then recent operating results and the uncertainty in the Company’s ability to recover its investment.

In October 2003, ABI discontinued the operations of its wholly owned subsidiary Janus Flooring Corporation (“Janus Flooring”), which manufactured pre-finished hardwood flooring in Canada. Results from Janus Flooring, including charges resulting from the shutdown, are reported as a discontinued operation in the Company’s consolidated financial statement set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. During 2006, the remaining assets of Janus Flooring were sold, and the discontinued operation was effectively dissolved. As of December 31, 2006, the Company merged Janus Flooring with and into American Biltrite (Canada) Ltd. During 2008, the Company recognized a gain of approximately $1.0 million on the sale of land and building owned by Janus Flooring. The sale of the property occurred in 2006, but the gain was deferred until 2008 upon the final resolution of an environmental matter and receipt of payment on a note receivable from the buyer of the property.

For financial reporting purposes, ABI operates in four industry segments: flooring products (Congoleum), the Tape Division, jewelry (K&M) and the Canadian division (AB Canada). See Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Narrative Description of Business

Marketing, Distribution and Sales The Tape Division’s protective papers and films are sold domestically and throughout the world, principally through distributors, but also directly to certain manufacturers. Other tape products are marketed through the Tape Division’s own sales force and by third-party sales representatives and distributors throughout the world. ABI’s Belgian, Italian and Singapore facilities sell these products throughout Europe and the Far East.

The products of K&M are sold domestically and in Canada through its own direct sales force and through third-party sales representatives. K&M’s business and operations experience seasonal variations. In general, fashion jewelry supply, distribution and service businesses respond to the seasonal demands of mass merchandisers and other major retailers, which typically peak in preparation for end-of-year holiday shopping. Accordingly, K&M’s working capital needs tend to be greatest in the second and third fiscal quarters as it increases inventories in advance of its peak selling season, while its revenues tend to be greater toward the end of each fiscal year, especially in the latter part of the third quarter and the first half of the fourth quarter.

AB Canada’s floor tile, rubber products and industrial products are marketed principally through distributors. Seasonal variations in the sales and working capital requirements of this division are not significant.

Congoleum currently sells its products through approximately 13 distributors providing approximately 42 distribution points in the United States and Canada, as well as directly to a limited number of mass market retailers. Congoleum considers its distribution network to be very important to maintaining a competitive position. Although Congoleum has more than one distributor in some of its distribution territories and actively manages its credit exposure to its customers, the loss of a major customer would have a materially adverse impact on Congoleum’s business, results of operations and financial condition, at least until a suitable replacement is in place. The sales pattern for Congoleum’s products is seasonal, with peaks in retail sales typically occurring during March/April/May and September/October. Orders are generally shipped as soon as a truckload quantity has been accumulated, and backorders can be canceled by the customer without penalty.

Financial information about products that contributed more than 10% of the Company’s consolidated revenue during the last two fiscal years is included in Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Working Capital and Cash Flow In general, ABI’s working capital requirements are not affected by accelerated delivery requirements of major customers or by obtaining a continuous allotment of raw material from suppliers. ABI does not provide special rights for customers to return merchandise and does not provide special seasonal or extended terms to its customers, except that K&M does provide pre-approved allowances in the form of markdowns and return authorizations, as may be required by market conditions.

Congoleum produces goods for inventory and sells on credit to customers. Generally, Congoleum’s distributors carry inventory as needed to meet local or rapid delivery requirements. Congoleum’s typical credit terms generally require payment on invoices within 31 days, with a discount available for earlier payment. These practices are typical within the industry.

During 2009, Congoleum paid $8.7 million in fees and expenses (net of recoveries) related to implementation of its planned reorganization under Chapter 11 and litigation with certain insurance companies. ABI understands that Congoleum expects to spend an additional $16.9 million in 2010 on these matters. At December 31, 2009, Congoleum had incurred but not paid approximately $9.5 million in additional fees and expenses for services rendered through that date with respect to these matters. ABI understands that Congoleum anticipates that its debtor-in-possession financing facility (including anticipated extensions thereof), together with cash from operations, will provide it with sufficient liquidity to operate during 2010 while under Chapter 11 protection. There can be no assurances that Congoleum will continue to be in compliance with the required covenants under this facility or that the debtor-in-possession facility (as extended) will be renewed prior to its expiration if a plan of reorganization is not confirmed before that time. For a plan of reorganization to be confirmed, Congoleum will need to obtain and demonstrate the sufficiency of financing needed to effectuate the plan and emerge from its Chapter 11 case. Congoleum cannot presently determine the terms of any such financing it might obtain, nor can there be any assurances of its success obtaining it.

In connection with Congoleum’s plan of reorganization, ABI expects to spend $225 thousand in 2010, which is not expected to have a material adverse effect on ABI’s working capital or cash flow. ABI and Congoleum have separate credit facilities which are governed by independent credit agreements, and ABI is generally not otherwise liable for the separate obligations of Congoleum.

See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – ABI and Non-Debtor Subsidiaries” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Congoleum” in Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Raw Materials ABI generally designs and engineers its own products. Most of the raw materials required by ABI for its manufacturing operations are available from multiple sources; however, ABI does purchase some of its raw materials from a single source or supplier. Any significant delay in or disruption of the supply of raw materials could substantially increase ABI’s cost of materials, require product reformulation or require qualification of new suppliers, any one or more of which could materially adversely affect the business, operations or financial condition of ABI. Congoleum does not have readily available alternative sources of supply for specific designs of transfer print film, which are produced utilizing print cylinders engraved to Congoleum’s specifications. Although no loss of this source of supply is anticipated, replacement could take a considerable period of time and interrupt production of certain products. Congoleum maintains a raw material inventory and has an ongoing program to develop new sources, which is designed to provide continuity of supply for its raw material requirements. Although the Company and Congoleum have generally not had difficulty in obtaining their requirements for these materials, they have occasionally experienced significant price increases for some of these materials. Although the Company and Congoleum have been able to obtain sufficient supplies of specialty resin and other raw materials, there can be no assurances that they may not experience difficulty obtaining supplies and raw materials in the future, particularly if global supply conditions deteriorate, which could have a material adverse effect on profit margins.

Competition All businesses in which ABI is engaged are highly competitive, principally based upon pricing of the product, the quality of the product and service to the customer. ABI’s tape products compete with products of some of the largest fully integrated rubber and plastic companies, as well as those of smaller producers. Included among its competitors are 3M, Nitto Permacel, Ivex/Novasol and R-Tape. AB Canada’s flooring products compete with those of other manufacturers of rubber and resilient floor tiles and with all other types of floor covering. AB Canada competes with Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Flexco/Roppe, Nora and Mondo and with other manufacturers of alternate floor covering products. In the rubber products category, AB Canada has several competitors, principally among them being GRT Division of Enpro and WARCO/Biltrite.

The market for Congoleum’s products is highly competitive. Resilient sheet and tile compete for both residential and commercial customers primarily with carpeting, hardwood, melamine laminate and ceramic tile. In residential applications, both tile and sheet products are used primarily in kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms and foyers and, to a lesser extent, in playrooms and basements. Ceramic tile is used primarily in kitchens, bathrooms and foyers. Carpeting is used primarily in bedrooms, family rooms and living rooms. Hardwood flooring and melamine laminate are used primarily in family rooms, foyers and kitchens. Commercial grade resilient flooring faces substantial competition from carpeting, ceramic tile, rubber tile, hardwood flooring and stone in commercial applications. Congoleum believes, based upon its market research, that purchase decisions are influenced primarily by fashion elements such as design, color and style, durability, ease of maintenance, price and ease of installation. Both tile and sheet resilient flooring are easy to replace for repair and redecoration and, in Congoleum’s view, have advantages over other floor covering products in terms of both price and ease of installation and maintenance.

Congoleum encounters competition principally from three other manufacturers in North America and, to a lesser extent, foreign manufacturers. In the resilient category, Armstrong World Industries, Inc. has the largest market share. Some of Congoleum’s competitors have substantially greater financial and other resources and access to capital than Congoleum.

K&M competes with other companies that sell similar products on the basis of product pricing and the effectiveness of merchandising services offered. In assessing K&M’s products and services, K&M’s customers tend to focus on margin dollars realized from the customers’ sales of product and return on inventory investment needed to be made by the customer in order to generate sales. In its business of supplying and servicing fashion jewelry and accessory products, K&M competes with a variety of competitors, including Liz Claiborne Inc., Jones Apparel Group and a number of other companies offering similar products and/or services. K&M also competes with numerous importers and overseas suppliers of similar items.

Patents and Trademarks ABI and its subsidiaries own many trademarks, including the Congoleum brand name, the AB® logo, TransferRite®, ProtecRite®, Autowrap®, Ideal Seal®, Therm-X®, and Ideal® at the Tape Division, Estrie®, AB Colors Plus® Dura-Shield® and Transseal® at AB Canada, and Amtico®, which is used solely in the Canadian market. These trademarks are important for the Company in maintaining a competitive position. K&M also licenses the Guess?®, Ellen Tracy®, Panama Jack®, Rocawear®, Its Happy Bunny®, and Peanuts® trademarks as well as certain other trademarks for use with its jewelry products. The licensing agreements are subject to expiration dates and other termination provisions, and the licensor or the Company may choose not to extend or renew certain agreements. The Company has an ongoing program seeking additional or replacement licenses. The Company also believes that patents and know-how play an important role in maintaining competitive position. Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, to the extent addressing matters related to royalties, is incorporated by reference herein.

Research and Development Research and development efforts at the Company concentrate on new product development, increasing efficiencies of the various manufacturing processes, and improving the features and performance of existing products. Expenditures for research and development were $4.2 million and $6.0 million, on a consolidated basis, for 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Key Customers For the year ended December 31, 2009, two customers of Congoleum accounted for over 10% of ABI’s consolidated net sales. The two customers together accounted for 60% of Congoleum’s net sales of $134.9 million. These customers are Congoleum’s distributor to the manufactured housing market, LaSalle-Bristol, and its largest retail distributor, Mohawk Industries, Inc. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of ABI’s consolidated sales. The loss of one or both of these customers would have a material adverse effect on Congoleum’s business, results of operations and financial condition and would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

K&M’s top three customers in terms of net sales in 2009 together accounted for 52% of K&M’s net sales. The loss of the largest of these customers would have a material adverse effect on K&M’s business, results of operations and financial condition and would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

Sales to five unaffiliated customers of the Tape Division together constitute approximately 22% of the net sales for the Tape Division. The loss of the largest of these unaffiliated customers and/or two or more of the other four unaffiliated customers could have a material adverse effect on the Tape Division’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Sales to five unaffiliated customers of AB Canada together constitute approximately 25% of the net sales for AB Canada. The loss of the largest of these unaffiliated customers and/or two or more of the other four unaffiliated customers could have a material adverse effect on AB Canada’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

AB Canada’s sales to Congoleum accounted for approximately 5% of AB Canada’s net sales in 2009. The loss of Congoleum’s business would have a significant, adverse effect on AB Canada’s revenue. These intercompany sales are eliminated from the Company’s consolidated financial statements, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. See Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Backlog The dollar amount of backlog of orders believed to be firm as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $15.4 million and $15.8 million, respectively. It is anticipated that all of the backlog as of December 31, 2009 will be filled within the current fiscal year. There are no seasonal or other significant aspects of the backlog. In the opinion of management, backlog is not significant to the business of ABI.

Environmental Compliance Because of the nature of the operations conducted by ABI and Congoleum, each company’s facilities are subject to a broad range of federal, state, local and foreign legal and regulatory provisions relating to the environment, including those regulating the discharge of materials into the environment, the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous substances and wastes, and the remediation of contamination associated with releases of hazardous substances at owned or leased facilities and off-site disposal locations.

ABI and its subsidiaries, including Congoleum, have historically expended substantial amounts for compliance with existing environmental laws and regulations, including those matters described in Item 3 (Legal Proceedings) and Note 8 to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. ABI and Congoleum will continue to be required to expend amounts in the future, due to the nature of past activities at their facilities, to comply with existing environmental laws, and those amounts may be substantial. Because environmental requirements have grown increasingly strict, however, ABI is unable to determine the ultimate cost of compliance with environmental laws and enforcement policies. In addition, legislation and regulation regarding climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental matters may be adopted or administered and enforced differently in the future, which could require the Company and Congoleum to expend significant amounts. The Company has established accruals for matters for which management considers a loss to be probable and reasonably estimable. ABI and Congoleum believe that compliance with existing federal, state, local and foreign provisions will not have a material adverse effect upon their financial positions nor do ABI and Congoleum expect to incur material recurring costs or capital expenditures relating to environmental matters, except as disclosed in Item 3 (Legal Proceedings) and Note 8 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. However, there can be no assurances that the ultimate liability concerning these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Employees As of December 31, 2009, ABI and its subsidiaries employed approximately 1,100 people. Substantially all of ABI’s and its subsidiaries’ employees are employed on a full time basis.

Financial Information about Foreign and Domestic Operations and Export Sales

Financial information concerning foreign and domestic operations is in Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company’s consolidated export sales from the United States were $26.2 million in 2009 and $28.5 million in 2008.

Available Information

The Company is subject to the reporting and other information requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and files annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements and other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to those requirements. The public may read and copy any materials that the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. Also, the Securities and Exchange Commission maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, including the Company, that file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The public can obtain any documents that the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov.

Congoleum is also subject to the reporting and other information requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to those requirements. Such reports, proxy statements and other information filed by or in connection with Congoleum with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Congoleum Reports”) are available from the Securities and Exchange Commission in a similar manner as are the reports, proxy statements and other information filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is providing this information regarding the availability of Congoleum Reports for informational purposes only. The Congoleum Reports are expressly not incorporated into or made a part of this report or any other reports, statements or other information filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise made available by the Company. The Company expressly disclaims any liability for information disclosed or omitted in the Congoleum Reports and, except as required by the federal securities laws, expressly disclaims any obligation to update or correct any information included in the Congoleum Reports.

Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum have significant asbestos liability and funding exposure, and the Company’s and Congoleum’s strategies for resolving this exposure may not be successful. Any plan of reorganization for Congoleum is expected to result in elimination of the interests of Congoleum’s equity holders, including the Company.

As more fully set forth in Notes 1, 8 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company and Congoleum have significant liability and funding exposure for asbestos personal injury claims. On December 31, 2003, Congoleum filed a voluntary petition with the Bankruptcy Court seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code as a means to resolve claims asserted against it related to the use of asbestos in its products decades ago. On August 17, 2009, the District Court withdrew the reference of Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case from the Bankruptcy Court and assumed authority over the proceedings. Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case remains pending.

An amended joint plan of reorganization for Congoleum proposed by the ACC, the FCR, the Bondholders’ Committee and Congoleum was filed in the District Court, which plan is referred to elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K as the “Fourth Amended Joint Plan.” While Congoleum believes that the Fourth Amended Joint Plan has sufficient creditor support to be confirmed, there can be no assurance that the Fourth Amended Joint Plan or any other plan of reorganization for Congoleum, if proposed, will receive the acceptances necessary for confirmation, that the Fourth Amended Joint Plan will not be modified further, that any plan will receive necessary court approvals from the District Court, that such approvals will be received in a timely fashion, that any plan will be confirmed, that any plan, if confirmed, will become effective, or that there will be sufficient funds to pay for continued proceedings with respect to any plan of reorganization. In addition, certain insurers have filed notices of appeal with respect to the District Court Order with the Third Circuit. Although those insurers have agreed to cause that appeal to be dismissed with prejudice within three business days of the District Court’s order approving the Multi-Insurer Settlement becoming a final order, there can be no assurance that such order will become a final order, that such appeal will be dismissed or that the District Court Order will not be reversed by the Third Circuit or other court having authority over the matter.

It also is unclear whether any other person might successfully propose and confirm a plan or what any such plan, if and when confirmed, would ultimately provide, and whether the District Court would approve such a plan. Any plan of reorganization pursued by the Company will be subject to numerous conditions, approvals and other requirements, including District Court approvals, and there can be no assurance that such conditions, approvals and other requirements will be satisfied or obtained. In order to obtain confirmation of any reorganization plan, Congoleum will need sufficient funds to pay for the continued litigation with these insurers as well as the bankruptcy proceedings generally. In addition, for a plan of reorganization to be confirmed, Congoleum will need to obtain and demonstrate the sufficiency of exit financing. Congoleum cannot presently determine the terms of such financing, nor can there be any assurances of its success obtaining it.

ABI has certain intercompany claims against and arrangements with Congoleum. The Fourth Amended Joint Plan would govern an intercompany settlement and ongoing intercompany arrangements among ABI and its subsidiaries and reorganized Congoleum, which would be effective if and when the Fourth Amended Joint Plan takes effect and which ABI currently expects would have a term of two years. The Fourth Amended Joint Plan provides that the final terms of the intercompany arrangements among ABI and its subsidiaries and reorganized Congoleum would be memorialized in a new agreement to be entered into by reorganized Congoleum and American Biltrite in form and substance mutually agreeable to the Bondholders’ Committee, the ACC, the FCR and ABI. Although the form of the new agreement has not yet been filed with the District Court, the current proposed plan on file with the District Court contemplates that the form of the new agreement will be filed as a plan supplement. ABI currently expects that the form of the new agreement to be filed with the District Court will be substantially similar to the forms of that new agreement filed with recent prior proposed plans of reorganization for Congoleum and include the provision of management services by ABI to reorganized Congoleum and other business relationships substantially consistent with their traditional relationships. The existing arrangements currently in effect among ABI and its non-debtor subsidiaries and Congoleum expire on June 30, 2010, unless renewed. In addition, under the terms of the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, ABI’s rights and claims to indemnification from Congoleum under the existing joint venture agreement between ABI and Congoleum that relate to ABI’s contribution to Congoleum in 1993 of ABI’s tile division, and the joint venture agreement itself, would be deemed rejected and disallowed upon the effective date of the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, and therefore eliminated. The Fourth Amended Joint Plan’s proposed rejection and disallowance of the joint venture agreement and ABI’s claims thereunder including any unfunded indemnification claims ABI may have had prepetition and during the pendency of Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case as well as any such claims ABI might otherwise have been entitled to assert after the Fourth Amended Joint Plan became effective. There can be no assurance that ABI, Congoleum and other applicable Congoleum constituencies will be able to reach agreement on the terms of any management services proposed to be provided by ABI to reorganized Congoleum or any other proposed business relationships among ABI and its affiliates and reorganized Congoleum. Any plan of reorganization for Congoleum that may be confirmed may have terms that differ significantly from the terms contemplated by the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, including with respect to any management services that may be provided by ABI to reorganized Congoleum and ABI’s claims and interests and other business relationships with reorganized Congoleum.

In addition, in view of ABI’s relationships with Congoleum, ABI will be affected by Congoleum’s negotiations regarding, and its pursuit of, any plan of reorganization, and there can be no assurance as to what that impact, positive or negative, might be. In any event, the failure of Congoleum to obtain confirmation and consummation of a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization would have a material adverse effect on Congoleum’s business, results of operations or financial condition and could have a material adverse effect on ABI’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

The Company has its own direct asbestos liability as well. The Company’s strategy remains to vigorously defend against and strategically settle its asbestos claims on a case-by-case basis. To date, the Company’s insurers have funded substantially all of the Company’s liabilities and expenses related to its asbestos liability under the Company’s applicable insurance policies. The Company expects its insurance carriers will continue to defend and indemnify it for a substantial amount of its asbestos liabilities for the foreseeable future pursuant to an umbrella/first-layer excess policies arrangement between the Company and the applicable insurance carriers. It is possible that asbestos claims may be asserted against the Company alleging exposure allocable solely to years in which the Company’s insurance policies excluded coverage for asbestos, that the policies providing coverage under the umbrella/first-layer excess policies arrangement will exhaust, or that the carriers responsible for such policies may at some future date be unwilling or unable to fund coverage under the policies or that arrangement. If ABI were to incur significant additional asbestos liabilities for which it did not have insurance coverage or was not able to receive recoveries under its insurance policies, ABI may have to fund such liabilities, which could have a material adverse effect on ABI’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

As a result of Congoleum’s significant liability and funding exposure for asbestos claims, there can be no assurance that if Congoleum were to incur any unforecasted or unexpected liability or disruption to its business or operations it would be able to withstand that liability or disruption and continue as an operating company. Any significant increase of the Company’s asbestos liability and funding exposure would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, operations and financial condition and possibly its ability to continue as a going concern.

In the past, federal legislation has been proposed which would establish a national trust to provide compensation to victims of asbestos-related injuries and channel all current and future asbestos-related personal injury claims to that trust. In light of the numerous uncertainties surrounding this and other possible asbestos legislation in the United States, ABI does not know what effects any such legislation, if adopted, may have upon its or Congoleum’s businesses, results of operations or financial conditions, or upon any plan of reorganization for Congoleum.

For further information regarding the Company’s and Congoleum’s asbestos liability, insurance coverage and strategies to resolve that asbestos liability, see Notes 1, 8 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which are included in Part II, Item 8 and Part II, Item 9, respectively, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Elimination of the Company’s equity interests in Congoleum could have a material adverse impact on the business relationships between ABI and Congoleum and ABI’s business, operations and financial condition.

ABI expects that its ownership interest in Congoleum will be eliminated under any plan or outcome in Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case. There can be no assurances as to the ownership structure under the terms of any reorganization plan for Congoleum that may be proposed, including the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, or how such structure and any other change in ownership and control may affect reorganized Congoleum’s business, operations and financial condition, or its future relationships with ABI.

ABI provides management services to Congoleum, sells and purchases products to and from Congoleum, and receives royalties from Congoleum. Agreements for these current intercompany arrangements expire on June 30, 2010, or upon the effectiveness of a plan of reorganization for Congoleum, whichever comes first. It is not known whether ABI, Congoleum and the other parties in interest would agree to extend the term of these arrangements if a plan of reorganization for Congoleum is not effective by June 30, 2010, and if so, for how long any extension would last or what the terms of any such extension and related intercompany arrangements would be. ABI currently expects that the terms of the Fourth Amended Joint Plan will provide for certain intercompany arrangements continuing for a two year period ending on the second anniversary of the effective date of the Fourth Amended Joint Plan pursuant to a new agreement to be entered into by ABI and reorganized Congoleum on the effective date of the Fourth Amended Joint Plan. The Fourth Amended Joint Plan provides that the new agreement would be in form and substance mutually agreeable to the Bondholders’ Committee, the ACC, the FCR and ABI. Although the form of the new agreement has not yet been filed with the District Court, the current proposed plan on file with the District Court contemplates that the form of the new agreement will be filed as a plan supplement. ABI currently expects that the form of the new agreement to be filed with the District Court will be substantially similar to the forms of that new agreement filed with recent prior proposed plans of reorganization for Congoleum and include the provision of management services by ABI to reorganized Congoleum and other business relationships substantially consistent with their traditional relationships. Those prior forms of new agreement provided that ABI’s current chief executive officer would serve as a director and the chief executive officer of reorganized Congoleum and ABI would have to make available to reorganized Congoleum substantially all of his time during normal working hours on an annual basis, ABI would have to make available to reorganized Congoleum approximately 25% of the time of ABI’s current president and chief operating officer during normal working hours and on an annual basis, and ABI’s current chief financial officer would serve as the chief financial officer of reorganized Congoleum and ABI would have to make available to reorganized Congoleum approximately 50% of his time during normal working hours and on an annual basis. Expiration or termination of such intercompany arrangements, failure to reach definitive agreement on final terms of future arrangements between ABI and reorganized Congoleum, or failure to consummate such arrangements in connection with the effectiveness of a plan of reorganization for Congoleum or otherwise could have a material adverse impact on the business relationships between ABI and Congoleum, and ABI’s business, operations and financial condition.

The Company relies on debt financing to fund its business, operations and working capital needs, it has had to amend its debt agreements in the past in order to avoid being in default under those agreements and may have to do so again in the future, and the Company’s ability to obtain additional financing may be limited.

The Company relies on borrowings under its revolving and letter of credit facilities to fund its working capital requirements and operations. The credit agreement governing that credit facility requires the Company to satisfy certain financial and other covenants. In the past, the Company has had to amend its debt agreements in order to avoid defaulting under those agreements as a result of failing to satisfy certain financial covenants contained in those agreements. Most recently, the Company amended the credit agreement in March 2010 to reduce the minimum required levels of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization under the credit

agreement, and further provide that meeting the minimum level of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization and the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio would not be required for any monthly test period during which the Company’s unused available credit under the credit agreement was at least $6 million for 30 consecutive days. Although the Company currently anticipates it will be able to comply with its covenants under its credit agreement, as amended, due to economic or other conditions or reasons, the Company may in the future fail to comply with its covenants. If that were to occur, the Company would likely need to obtain a waiver of such covenant breach from the lenders or enter into an amendment to the credit agreement to address the covenant breach. There can be no assurance that the Company would be successful in obtaining any such waiver or entering into any such amendment.

If an event of default under the credit agreement were to occur, the lenders could cease to make borrowings available under the credit facilities and require the Company to repay all amounts outstanding under the credit agreement. If the Company were unable to repay those amounts due, the lenders could have their rights over the collateral exercised, which would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

In addition, under the terms of the credit agreement, the Company’s ability to obtain additional debt financing is limited. Moreover, since the Company and its subsidiaries have already granted security interests in most of their assets, the Company’s ability to obtain any additional debt financing may be limited. Further, in light of the difficult conditions in the global credit markets, credit may be more expensive and difficult to obtain, which if such conditions continue, may further limit the availability of any additional financing for the Company.

If a lender under the Company’s credit facilities fails to fund a request by the Company to borrow money under that credit facility, the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition may be materially adversely affected.

The Company and Congoleum sell their products on credit and their customers may fail to pay, or they may extend the payment period, for products sold to them on credit.

The Company and Congoleum sell their products on credit. Customers purchasing goods on credit from the Company or Congoleum may default on their obligations to pay, or they may extend the payment period, for products sold to them on credit, which may result in an increased investment in accounts receivable by the Company or Congoleum. In light of the recent difficult economic and industry conditions, the risk that the Company and Congoleum may realize an increased investment in accounts receivable may be greater. To the extent the Company and Congoleum are unable to collect receivables owed to them in a timely fashion, increased demands may be placed on their respective working capital, which could have a material adverse effect on their respective businesses, results of operations or financial condition.

The Company may not be able to maintain its listing with the NYSE Amex LLC.

On May 28, 2009, the Company received written notice from the NYSE Amex LLC (the "NYSE Amex") indicating that the Company does not meet certain of the continued listing standards of the NYSE Amex. Specifically, the notice stated that the Company is not in compliance with Section 1003(a)(i) of the NYSE Amex Company Guide, with stockholders’ equity of less than $2,000,000 and losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in two of its three most recent fiscal years; and Section 1003(a)(ii) of the NYSE Amex Company Guide, with stockholders' equity of less than $4,000,000 and losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in three of its four most recent fiscal years. On or about June 29, 2009, the Company submitted a plan for compliance with the continued listing standards with the NYSE Amex, and on August 31, 2009, the Company received a letter from the NYSE Amex indicating that the Amex had accepted the plan submitted by the Company to regain compliance with certain continued listing standards, and would extend the deadline for meeting those standards to November 29, 2010. The Company’s listing on the Amex is being continued pursuant to this extension. Although the Company was granted an extension by the NYSE Amex until November 29, 2010 to comply with the applicable listing standards, the NYSE Amex may still initiate delisting proceedings, including if it believes that the Company fails to show sufficient progress consistent with its plan for compliance or if the Company fails to comply with other NYSE Amex listing standards. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to maintain its listing with the NYSE Amex. If the Company's common stock is delisted, the market for the Company's common stock may be significantly adversely affected, including as a result of possible less liquidity which generally occurs for securities traded in the over-the-counter market as compared with securities traded on a national securities exchange, difficulty reselling shares at prices quoted in the market or at all, broader market fluctuations, and depressed share price. In addition, a delisting may make it difficult for the Company to issue additional securities for financing or other purposes, or to otherwise arrange for any financing the Company may need in the future.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum may incur substantial liability or be required to expend significant amounts for environmental claims and compliance matters, including possible climate change related matters.

Due to the nature of the Company’s and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum’s businesses and certain of the substances which are or have been used, produced or discharged by them, the Company’s and Congoleum’s operations and facilities are subject to a broad range of federal, state, local and foreign legal and regulatory provisions relating to the environment, including those regulating the discharge of materials into the environment, the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous substances and wastes and the remediation of contamination associated with releases of hazardous substances at Company and Congoleum facilities and off-site disposal locations. The Company and Congoleum have historically expended substantial amounts for compliance with existing environmental laws or regulations, including environmental remediation costs at both third-party sites and Company and Congoleum-owned sites. The Company and Congoleum will continue to be required to expend amounts in the future because of the nature of their prior activities at their facilities, in order to comply with existing environmental laws, and those amounts may be substantial. In addition, legislation and regulation regarding climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental matters may be adopted or administered and enforced differently in the future,

which could require the Company and Congoleum to expend significant amounts. Further, legislation and regulations that limit carbon emissions may cause the Company’s and Congoleum’s energy costs at their facilities to increase. Although the Company and Congoleum believe that those amounts should not have a material adverse effect on their respective financial positions, except as disclosed in Item 3 (Legal Proceedings) and Note 8 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K,, there is no certainty that these amounts will not have a material adverse effect on their respective financial positions because, as a result of environmental requirements becoming increasingly strict, neither the Company nor Congoleum is able to determine the ultimate cost of compliance with environmental laws and enforcement policies.

Moreover, in addition to potentially having to pay substantial amounts for compliance, future environmental laws or regulations may require or cause the Company or Congoleum to modify or curtail their operations, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum, may incur substantial liability for other product and general liability claims.

In the ordinary course of their businesses, the Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum become involved in lawsuits, administrative proceedings, product liability claims and other matters. In some of these proceedings, plaintiffs may seek to recover large and sometimes unspecified amounts and the matters may remain unresolved for several years. These matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition if the Company or Congoleum, as applicable, is unable to successfully defend against or settle these matters, and its insurance coverage is insufficient to satisfy judgments against it or settlements relating to these matters, or the Company or Congoleum, as applicable, is unable to collect insurance proceeds relating to these matters.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum are dependent upon a continuous supply of raw materials from third party suppliers and would be harmed if there were a significant, prolonged disruption in supply or increase in their raw material costs or other costs of sales, such as energy costs.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum generally design and engineer their own products. Most of the raw materials required by the Company for its manufacturing operations are available from multiple sources; however, the Company does purchase some of its raw materials from a single source or supplier. Any significant delay in or disruption of the supply of raw materials could substantially increase the Company’s cost of materials, require product reformulation or require qualification of new suppliers, any one or more of which could materially adversely affect the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition. The Company’s majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum does not have readily available alternative sources of supply for specific designs of transfer print paper, which are produced utilizing print cylinders engraved to Congoleum’s specifications. Although Congoleum does not anticipate any loss of this source of supply, replacement could take a considerable period of time and interrupt production of certain products, which could have a material adverse affect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition. The Company and Congoleum have occasionally experienced significant price increases for some of its raw materials.

Although the Company has been able to obtain sufficient supplies of raw materials, there can be no assurances that it may not experience difficulty in the future, particularly if global supply conditions deteriorate, which could have a material adverse effect on profit margins. In addition, raw material and energy costs have been volatile, including over the past few years during which historic highs for these costs have been experienced, particularly during the first half of 2008, which has negatively impacted the Company’s and Congoleum’s businesses and operating results. Although raw material and energy costs have recently declined from those historic high levels, they have generally increased recently. In addition to supply and demand issues affecting raw material and energy costs, the adoption of new, or any heightened administration and enforcement of existing, legislation and regulations that impact those costs, such as legislation or regulations regarding climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, may result in increased raw material and energy costs for the Company and Congoleum. In light of the current and forecasted economic conditions in the United States and the industries in which the Company and Congoleum conduct business, the Company and Congoleum may be unable to pass increased raw material and energy costs on to their respective customers.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum operate in highly competitive markets and some of their competitors have greater resources, and in order to be successful, the Company and Congoleum must keep pace with and anticipate changing customer preferences.

The market for the Company’s and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum’s products and services is highly competitive. Some of their respective competitors have greater financial and other resources and access to capital. Furthermore, to the extent any of the Company’s or Congoleum’s competitors make a filing under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and emerge from bankruptcy as continuing operating companies that have shed much of their pre-filing liabilities, those competitors could have a cost competitive advantage over Congoleum. In addition, in order to maintain their competitive positions, the Company and Congoleum may need to make substantial investments in their businesses, including, as applicable, product development, manufacturing facilities, distribution network and sales and marketing activities. Competitive pressures may also result in decreased demand for their products and in the loss of market share for their products. Moreover, due to the competitive nature of their industries, they may be commercially restricted from raising or even maintaining the sales prices of their products, which could result in the incurrence of significant operating losses if their expenses were to increase or otherwise represent an increased percentage of sales.

The markets in which the Company and Congoleum compete are characterized by frequent new product introductions and changing customer preferences. There can be no assurance that the Company’s and Congoleum’s existing products and services will be properly positioned in the market or that the Company and Congoleum will be able to introduce new or enhanced products or services into their respective markets on a timely basis, or at all, or that those new or enhanced products or services will receive customer acceptance. The Company’s and Congoleum’s failure to introduce new or enhanced products or services on a timely basis, keep pace with industry or market changes or effectively manage the transitions to new products, technologies or services could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum are subject to general economic conditions and conditions specific to their respective industries.

Economic conditions in the United States have been challenging, including in the industries in which the Company and Congoleum conduct business. The downturn in the housing industry has resulted in reduced demand for the Company’s and Congoleum’s products. The slowdown in manufacturing, including in the automotive and industrial sectors, has resulted in reduced demand for the Tape division’s products. In addition, the decline in consumer and retailer spending has resulted in reduced demand for K&M’s products. Forecasts generally call for a gradual recovery, with some risk of a “double-dip” recession, in the United States, including in the industries in which the Company and Congoleum conduct business.

The Company expects economic conditions may continue to negatively impact the Company’s and Congoleum’s businesses and operations and that the extent of that impact will depend on the speed, extent and sustainability of any economic recovery.

In addition, raw material and energy costs have been volatile, including over the past few years during which historic highs for these costs have been experienced, particularly during the first half of 2008, which has negatively impacted the Company’s and Congoleum’s businesses and operating results. Although raw material and energy costs have recently declined from those historic high levels, they have generally increased recently. In addition to supply and demand issues affecting raw material and energy costs, the adoption of new, or any heightened administration and enforcement of existing, legislation and regulations that impact those costs, such as legislation or regulations regarding climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, may result in increased raw material and energy costs for the Company and Congoleum. In light of the current and forecasted economic conditions in the United States and the industries in which the Company and Congoleum conduct business, the Company and Congoleum may be unable to pass increased raw material and energy costs on to their respective customers.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum could realize shipment delays, depletion of inventory and increased production costs resulting from unexpected disruptions of operations at any of the Company’s or Congoleum’s facilities.

The Company’s and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum’s businesses depend upon their ability to timely manufacture and deliver products that meet the needs of their customers and the end users of their products. If the Company or Congoleum were to realize an unexpected, significant and prolonged disruption of its operations at any of its facilities, including disruptions in its manufacturing operations, it could result in shipment delays of its products, depletion of its inventory as a result of reduced production and increased production costs as a result of taking actions in an attempt to cure the disruption or carry on its business while the disruption remains. Any resulting delay, depletion or increased production cost could result in increased costs, lower revenues and damaged customer and product end user relations, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum offer limited warranties on their products which could result in the Company or Congoleum incurring significant costs as a result of warranty claims.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum offer a limited warranty on many of their products against manufacturing defects. In addition, as a part of its efforts to differentiate mid- and high-end products through color, design and other attributes, Congoleum offers enhanced warranties with respect to wear, moisture discoloration and other performance characteristics which generally increase with the price of such products. If the Company or Congoleum were to incur a significant number of warranty claims, the resulting warranty costs could be substantial.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum rely on a small number of customers and distributors for a significant portion of their sales or to sell their products.

The Company’s Tape Division principally sells its products through distributors. Sales to five unaffiliated customers accounted for approximately 22% of the Company’s Tape Division’s net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009. The loss of the largest unaffiliated customer and/or two or more of the other four unaffiliated customers could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

The Company’s Canadian Division sells its products through distributors and a direct sales force. Sales to five unaffiliated customers accounted for approximately 25% of the Canadian Division’s net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009. The loss of the largest unaffiliated customer and/or two or more of the other four unaffiliated customers could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

The Company’s majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum principally sells its products through distributors. Although Congoleum has more than one distributor in some of its distribution territories and actively manages its credit exposure to its distributors, the loss of a major distributor could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s business, results of operations, or financial condition. Congoleum derives a significant percentage of its sales from two of its distributors. These two distributors accounted for approximately 60% of Congoleum’s net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009. The loss of one or both of these customers would have a material adverse effect on Congoleum’s business, results of operations and financial condition and would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations.

The Company’s subsidiary K&M sells its products through its own direct sales force and, indirectly, through a wholly owned subsidiary and through third-party sales representatives. Three of K&M’s customers accounted for approximately 52% of its net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009. The loss of the largest of these customers would have a material adverse effect on K&M’s business, results of operations and financial condition and would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum depend on key executives to run their businesses, and the loss of any of these executives would likely harm the Company’s business.

The Company and its majority-owned subsidiary Congoleum depend on key executives to run their businesses. In particular, three of the persons that serve as key executives at the Company also serve as key executives at Congoleum. The Company’s future success will depend largely upon the continued service of these key executives, all of whom have no employment contract with the Company or Congoleum, as applicable, and may terminate their employment at any time without notice. Although certain key executives of the Company and Congoleum are, directly or indirectly, large shareholders of the Company or Congoleum, and thus are less likely to terminate their employment, the loss of any key executive, or the failure by the key executive to perform in his current position, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 2.

PROPERTIES

At December 31, 2009, ABI and its subsidiaries owned ten manufacturing plants and a jewelry distribution center (located in Providence, Rhode Island) and leased office and warehousing space as follows:

Location	Square Feet	Owned Or Leased	Industry Segment For Which Properties Used

Trenton, NJ	1,050,000	Owned	Flooring products

Marcus Hook, PA	1,000,000	Owned	Flooring products

Trenton, NJ	282,000	Owned	Flooring products

Finksburg, MD	107,000	Owned	Flooring products

Mercerville, NJ	47,000	Leased	Flooring products

Sherbrooke, Quebec	379,000	Owned	Canadian division

Moorestown, NJ	226,000	Owned	Tape products

Lowell, MA	57,000	Owned	Tape products

Billerica, MA	30,000	Leased	Tape products

Renaix, Belgium	84,000	Owned	Tape products

Singapore	32,000	Owned	Tape products

Providence, RI	103,000	Owned	Jewelry products

New York, NY, and Yiwa and Qingdao, China	11,000	Leased	Jewelry products

ABI knows of no material defect in the titles to any such properties or material encumbrances thereon other than a mortgage on a property in Singapore securing outstanding debt in an amount equal to approximately 40% of the original cost of the property, and under the terms of ABI’s and Congoleum’s principal debt agreements, pursuant to which ABI and Congoleum have granted security interests in the owned properties in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Sherbrooke, Quebec. ABI believes that all of its and its subsidiaries’ properties are in good condition and have been well maintained and that these properties are suitable and adequate for the Company’s present purposes.

It is estimated that during 2009, ABI’s and its subsidiaries’ plants for the manufacture of floor covering products operated at approximately 39% of aggregate capacity, its plants for the manufacture of tape products operated at approximately 46% of aggregate capacity and the Canadian division operated at approximately 59% of aggregate capacity. All estimates of aggregate capacity have been made on the basis of a five-day, three-shift operation.

ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

ABI has been named by the Environmental Protection Agency as a Potentially Responsible Party (“PRP”) within the meaning of the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, as to six sites in five separate states. In addition, ABI has been named a PRP by the State of Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection with regard to two sites in Maine. Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, to the extent related to legal proceedings, is incorporated by reference herein.

ABI has recorded a reserve of approximately $4.0 million, which represents a probable and reasonably estimable amount to cover the anticipated remediation costs at all sites, net of recoveries, based on facts and circumstances known to the Company at the present time.

ABI is a co-defendant with many other manufacturers and distributors of asbestos-containing products in approximately 1,193 pending claims involving approximately 1,739 individuals as of December 31, 2009. These claims relate to products of the Company’s former Tile Division, which ABI contributed to Congoleum. The claimants allege personal injury from exposure to asbestos or asbestos-containing products. The Company utilizes an actuarial study to assist it in developing estimates of the Company’s potential liability for resolving present and possible future asbestos claims. Projecting future asbestos claims costs requires estimating numerous variables that are extremely difficult to predict, including the incidence of claims, the disease that may be alleged by future claimants, future settlement and trial results, future court dismissal rates for claims, and possible asbestos legislation developments. Furthermore, any predictions with respect to these variables are subject to even greater uncertainty as the projection period lengthens. In light of these inherent uncertainties, the Company believes that six years is the most reasonable period over which to include future claims that may be brought against the Company for recognizing a reserve for future costs. The Company believes that costs for claims that might be brought after that period are not reasonably estimable.

The estimated range of liability for settlement of current claims pending and claims anticipated to be filed through 2015 was $17.7 million to $62.0 million as of December 31, 2009. The Company believes no amount within this range is more likely than any other and, accordingly, has recorded a liability of $17.7 million in its financial statements, which represents the minimum probable and reasonably estimable amount for the future liability at the present time. The Company also believes that based on this liability estimate, the corresponding amount of insurance probable of recovery is $17.6 million at December 31, 2009, which has been included in other assets. The estimated amount of insurance that is probable of recovery depends on the liability estimate as well as a number of additional factors, including the financial viability of some of the insurance companies, the method in which losses will be allocated to the various insurance policies and the years covered by those policies, how legal and other loss handling costs will be covered by the insurance policies, and interpretation of the effect on coverage of various policy terms and limits and their interrelationships. The recorded liability and related insurance asset do not include any related defense costs. Defense costs are typically paid in addition to the indemnity limits under the primary layer insurance policies, while certain excess layer policies pay them within policy limits and other excess layer policies pay them in addition to policy limits. Defense costs historically paid by ABI’s carriers have been approximately 150% of the related indemnity costs on average.

The recorded amounts were based on facts currently known by ABI and a number of assumptions. However, projecting future events, such as the number of new claims to be filed each year, the average cost of disposing of each such claim, the allocation of claims to specific insurance policies, and the continuing solvency of various insurance companies, as well as numerous uncertainties surrounding asbestos legislation in the United States, could cause the actual liability and insurance recoveries for the Company to be higher or lower than those projected or recorded.

There can be no assurance that the Company’s actual asbestos-related settlement and defense costs will not exceed its accrued asbestos liabilities, or that it will receive the insurance recoveries which it has accrued. It is reasonably possible that the Company will incur charges for resolution of asbestos claims in the future, which could exceed the Company’s existing reserves. The Company’s strategy remains to vigorously defend against and strategically settle its asbestos claims on a case-by-case basis. The Company believes it has substantial insurance coverage to mitigate future costs related to this matter.

See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information about these claims.

opinion that vacated the Order to Show Cause and instructed the parties to submit a confirmable plan by the end of calendar year 2008. Following further negotiations, the Bondholders’ Committee, the ACC, the FCR, representatives of holders of pre-petition settlements and Congoleum reached an agreement in principle and a term sheet describing the proposed material terms of a contemplated new plan of reorganization and a settlement of avoidance litigation with respect to pre-petition claim settlements (the Litigation Settlement) was entered into by those parties and was filed with the Bankruptcy Court in August 2008. Certain insurers and a large bondholder filed objections to the Litigation Settlement and/or reserved their rights to object to confirmation of the contemplated new plan of reorganization. The Bankruptcy Court approved the Litigation Settlement following a hearing in October 2008, but the court reserved certain issues, including whether any plan of reorganization embodying the settlement meets the standards required for confirmation of a plan of reorganization. In November 2008, Congoleum, the ACC and the Bondholders’ Committee filed the Amended Joint Plan. In January 2009, an insurer filed a motion for summary judgment seeking denial of confirmation of the Amended Joint Plan. A hearing was held in February 2009 and the Bankruptcy Court granted the insurer’s motion finding certain provisions of the Amended Joint Plan unconfirmable as a matter of law (the Summary Judgment Ruling) and denying confirmation of the Amended Joint Plan. Pursuant to the ruling, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order dismissing Congoleum’s bankruptcy case (the Order of Dismissal). In March 2009, an order was entered by the Bankruptcy Court granting a stay of the Bankruptcy Court’s Order of Dismissal pending a final non-appealable decision affirming the Order of Dismissal.

In February 2009, Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee and ACC appealed the Order of Dismissal and the Summary Judgment Ruling to the District Court. In August 2009, the District Court issued the District Court Order reversing the Order of Dismissal. With respect to the plan of reorganization, the District Court ruled that a settlement with certain asbestos claimants was not an impediment to confirmation while another plan provision would require a minor modification. The decision also provided specific guidance about the plan and directed the parties in the case to provide briefings in preparation for a confirmation hearing. In addition, the District Court assumed jurisdiction over the entire Chapter 11 proceedings from the Bankruptcy Court. Certain insurers have filed notices of appeal with respect to the District Court Order with the Third Circuit. Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee and the ACC have moved to dismiss the appeals, and such motion is pending. As a result of the Multi-Insurer Settlement, discussed below, the insurers’ appeal before the Third Circuit is presently suspended, and the applicable insurers have agreed to cause the appeal to be dismissed with prejudice within three business days of the District Court’s order approving the Multi-Insurer Settlement becoming a final order.

Following additional negotiations, in October 2009, the ACC, the Bondholders’ Committee and Congoleum jointly filed a revised plan of reorganization (the Second Amended Joint Plan) and disclosure statement with the District Court. In late 2009 and early 2010, negotiations among Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee, the FCR, the ACC, other asbestos claimant representatives, and various insurers and New Jersey insurance guaranty organizations culminated in a $100 million settlement with nine insurance groups and the New Jersey insurance guaranty associations (the Multi-Insurer Settlement). Subject to various requirements set forth in the Multi-Insurer Settlement, the insurance companies and guaranty associations will pay $100 million to settle certain policies issued to Congoleum and such amount will be paid to

the Plan Trust of which $97 million will be available for the payment of asbestos claims. The Multi-Insurer Settlement was approved by the District Court in February 2010. On March 15, 2010, the FCR filed a notice of appeal from the District Court’s February 19, 2010 order that approved Congoleum’s insurance settlement agreement with the St. Paul’s Travelers Entities.

On February 12, 2010, Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee, the FCR and the ACC jointly filed the Third Amended Joint Plan and disclosure statement with the District Court. In order to address comments received on the Third Amended Joint Plan from various parties, a further revised plan of reorganization and disclosure statement, the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, was filed with the District Court on March 11, 2010 by Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee, the FCR and the ACC. The terms of the Third Amended Joint Plan and Fourth Amended Joint Plan are substantially similar to those of the Second Amended Joint Plan. On March 12, 2010, the District Court approved the adequacy of the disclosure statement and voting procedures for the Fourth Amended Joint Plan and a confirmation hearing is scheduled to commence on June 7, 2010. See Notes 1 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

There can be no assurance that the Fourth Amended Joint Plan or any other plan of reorganization, if proposed, will receive the acceptances necessary for confirmation, that the Fourth Amended Joint Plan will not be modified further, that any plan will receive necessary court approvals from the District Court, that such approvals will be received in a timely fashion, that any plan will be confirmed, that any plan, if confirmed, will become effective, or that there will be sufficient funds to pay for continued proceedings with respect to any plan of reorganization. In addition, certain insurers have filed notices of appeal with respect to the District Court Order with the Third Circuit. Although those insurers have agreed to cause that appeal to be dismissed with prejudice within three business days of the District Court’s order approving the Multi-Insurer Settlement becoming a final order, there can be no assurance that such order will become a final order, that such appeal will be dismissed or that the District Court Order will not be reversed by the Third Circuit or other court having authority over the matter.

Congoleum, pursuant to administrative consent orders entered in 1986 and in connection with a prior restructuring, is in the process of implementing cleanup measures at its Trenton sheet facility. ABI had also entered a similar consent order with regard to its former Trenton tile facility. Congoleum agreed to be financially responsible for the clean-up of the Trenton tile facility as part of ABI’s contribution to Congoleum of ABI’s former Tile Division. See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information about these matters.

Together with a large number (in most cases, hundreds) of other companies, Congoleum is named as a PRP Potentially Responsible Party within the meaning of that term under the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, in pending proceedings under that law and similar state laws. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information about these matters.

Congoleum also accrues remediation costs for certain of its owned facilities on an undiscounted basis. Estimated total cleanup costs, including capital outlays and future maintenance costs for soil and groundwater remediation are primarily based on engineering studies. In the ordinary course of its business, ABI and its consolidated entities become involved in lawsuits, administrative proceedings, product liability and other matters. In some of these proceedings, plaintiffs may seek to recover large and sometimes unspecified amounts and the matters may remain unresolved for several years.

Notes 1, 8 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, to the extent addressing matters reportable under this Item 3, are incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 4.

(REMOVED AND RESERVED)

PART II

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED SECURITY HOLDER MATTERS

The Common Stock is traded on the NYSE Amex (ticker symbol: ABL). At the close of business on March 15, 2010, the closing price of the Common Stock was $3.35 per share and the approximate number of record holders was 245. High and low sales prices for ABI’s Common Stock for each quarter over the last two years were:

	Sale Prices of Shares of Common Stock
	2009		2008
Quarter Ended	High	Low	High	Low

March 31	$2.24	$0.25	$7.50	$4.25
June 30	1.67	1.08	7.65	4.23
September 30	1.60	1.09	5.59	4.00
December 31	1.82	1.02	4.80	1.38

No dividends on the Common Stock were declared during 2009 or 2008. The Company’s principal credit agreement restricts the ability of the Company to declare and pay dividends. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – ABI and Non-Debtor Subsidiaries” set forth in Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

The following table sets forth information regarding the Company’s equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2009.

Plan Category	Number of Securities to Be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights		Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights		Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (excluding securities reflected in Column (a))
		(a)		(b)		(c)
Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Security Holders		536,500		$ 8.14		346,520
Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Security Holders		-		-		-

Total		536,500		8.14		346,520(1)

(1)

Includes 283,020 shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Company’s 1993 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of March 4, 1997 and further amended on May 6, 2008. In addition to stock options, awards under that plan, may take the form of stock appreciation rights (SARs), limited SARs, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock awards specified in the plan. If such awards are granted, they will reduce the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance pursuant to future stock option awards under that plan.

Congoleum maintains separate equity compensation plans.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Not applicable.

ITEM 7.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Economic conditions in the United States have been challenging, including in the industries in which the Company and Congoleum conduct business. The downturn in the housing industry has resulted in reduced demand for the Company’s and Congoleum’s products. The slowdown in manufacturing, including in the automotive and industrial sectors, has resulted in reduced demand for the Tape division’s products. In addition, the decline in consumer and retailer spending has resulted in reduced demand for K&M’s products. Forecasts generally call for a gradual economic recovery, with some risk of a “double-dip” recession, in the United States, including in the industries in which the Company and Congoleum conduct business. The Company expects the current and forecasted economic conditions to continue to negatively impact the Company’s and Congoleum’s businesses and operations and that the extent of that impact will depend on the speed, extent and sustainability of the global economic recovery.

In addition, raw material and energy costs have increased sharply in the past, particularly during the first half of 2008, which has negatively impacted the Company’s and Congoleum’s businesses and operating results. Although raw material and energy costs have since declined, it is not known whether raw material and energy prices will remain lower or will revert to increasing price levels. In light of the current and forecasted economic conditions in the United States and the industries in which the Company and Congoleum conduct business, the Company and Congoleum may be unable to pass increased raw material and energy costs on to their respective customers.

Although the Company and Congoleum have recently implemented reductions in their expenses, there can be no assurance that they will be able to sustain those expense reductions.

American Biltrite’s consolidated financial statements include its majority-owned subsidiary, Congoleum. However, under the terms of the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, ABI’s ownership interest in Congoleum would be eliminated. ABI expects its ownership interest in Congoleum to be eliminated under any alternate plan or outcome in Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case.

mediation discussions with the various parties seeking to resolve the issues raised in the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling with respect to the Tenth Plan. In July 2007, the FCR filed a plan of reorganization and proposed disclosure statement. After extensive further mediation sessions, in February 2008, the FCR, the ACC, the Bondholders’ Committee and Congoleum jointly filed a plan of reorganization (the Joint Plan). The Bankruptcy Court approved the disclosure statement for the Joint Plan in February 2008, and the Joint Plan was solicited in accordance with court-approved voting procedures. Various objections to the Joint Plan were filed, and in May 2008 the Bankruptcy Court heard oral argument on summary judgment motions relating to certain of those objections. In June 2008, the Bankruptcy Court issued a ruling that the Joint Plan was not legally confirmable, and issued an Order to Show Cause why the case should not be converted or dismissed pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1112. Following a further hearing in June 2008, the Bankruptcy Court issued an opinion that vacated the Order to Show Cause and instructed the parties to submit a confirmable plan by the end of calendar year 2008. Following further negotiations, the Bondholders’ Committee, the ACC, the FCR, representatives of holders of pre-petition settlements and Congoleum reached an agreement in principle and a term sheet describing the proposed material terms of a contemplated new plan of reorganization and a settlement of avoidance litigation with respect to pre-petition claim settlements (the Litigation Settlement) was entered into by those parties and was filed with the Bankruptcy Court in August 2008. Certain insurers and a large bondholder filed objections to the Litigation Settlement and/or reserved their rights to object to confirmation of the contemplated new plan of reorganization. The Bankruptcy Court approved the Litigation Settlement following a hearing in October 2008, but the court reserved certain issues, including whether any plan of reorganization embodying the settlement meets the standards required for confirmation of a plan of reorganization. In November 2008, Congoleum, the ACC and the Bondholders’ Committee filed the Amended Joint Plan. In January 2009, an insurer filed a motion for summary judgment seeking denial of confirmation of the Amended Joint Plan. A hearing was held in February 2009 and the Bankruptcy Court granted the insurer’s motion finding certain provisions of the Amended Joint Plan unconfirmable as a matter of law (the Summary Judgment Ruling) and denying confirmation of the Amended Joint Plan. Pursuant to the ruling, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order dismissing Congoleum’s bankruptcy case (the Order of Dismissal). In March 2009, an order was entered by the Bankruptcy Court granting a stay of the Bankruptcy Court’s Order of Dismissal pending a final non-appealable decision affirming the Order of Dismissal.

In February 2009, Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee and ACC appealed the Order of Dismissal and the Summary Judgment Ruling to the District Court. In August 2009, the District Court issued the District Court Order reversing the Order of Dismissal. With respect to the plan of reorganization, the District Court ruled that a settlement with certain asbestos claimants was not an impediment to confirmation while another plan provision would require a minor modification. The decision also provided specific guidance about the plan and directed the parties in the case to provide briefings in preparation for a confirmation hearing. In addition, the District Court assumed jurisdiction over the entire Chapter 11 proceedings from the Bankruptcy Court. Certain insurers have filed notices of appeal with respect to the District Court Order with the Third Circuit. Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee and the ACC have moved to dismiss the appeals, and such motion is pending. As a result of the Multi-Insurer Settlement, discussed below, the insurers’ appeal before the Third Circuit is presently suspended, and the applicable insurers have agreed to cause the appeal to be dismissed with prejudice within three business days of the District Court’s order approving the Multi-Insurer Settlement becoming a final order.

Following additional negotiations, in October 2009, the ACC, the Bondholders’ Committee and Congoleum jointly filed a revised plan of reorganization (the “Second Amended Joint Plan”) and disclosure statement with the District Court. In late 2009 and early 2010, negotiations among Congoleum, the Bondholders’ Committee, the FCR, the ACC, other asbestos claimant representatives, and various insurers and New Jersey insurance guaranty organizations culminated in a $100 million settlement with nine insurance groups and the New Jersey insurance guaranty associations (the Multi-Insurer Settlement). Subject to various requirements set forth in the Multi-Insurer Settlement, the insurance companies and guaranty associations will pay $100 million to settle certain policies issued to Congoleum and such amount will be paid to the Plan Trust of which $97 million will be available for the payment of asbestos claims. The Multi-Insurer Settlement was approved by the District Court in February 2010. On March 15, 2010, the FCR filed a notice of appeal from the District Court’s February 19, 2010 order that approved Congoleum’s insurance settlement agreement with the St. Paul’s Travelers Entities.

Amended Joint Plan, and therefore eliminated. The Fourth Amended Joint Plan’s proposed rejection and disallowance of the joint venture agreement and ABI’s claims thereunder including any unfunded indemnification claims ABI may have had prepetition and during the pendency of Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case as well as any such claims ABI might otherwise have been entitled to assert after the Fourth Amended Joint Plan became effective. There can be no assurance that ABI, Congoleum and other applicable Congoleum constituencies will be able to reach agreement on the terms of any management services proposed to be provided by ABI to reorganized Congoleum or any other proposed business relationships among ABI and its affiliates and reorganized Congoleum. Any plan of reorganization for Congoleum that may be confirmed may have terms that differ significantly from the terms contemplated by the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, including with respect to any management services that may be provided by ABI to reorganized Congoleum and ABI’s claims and interests and other business relationships with reorganized Congoleum.

ABI estimates that it will spend an additional $225 thousand for legal fees in 2010, which it has accrued, in connection with Congoleum’s reorganization plan. Actual costs for pursuing and implementing the Fourth Amended Joint Plan or any plan of reorganization could be materially higher, and Congoleum and the Company may record significant additional charges should the minimum estimated cost increase.

In addition, ABI is also a defendant in a number of asbestos-related lawsuits in addition to those brought against Congoleum. See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein by reference. These matters could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

During 2003, the Company decided to discontinue the operations of its Janus Flooring Corporation subsidiary, a manufacturer of pre-finished hardwood flooring, and sell the related assets. Results of Janus Flooring, including charges resulting from the shutdown, are being reported as a discontinued operation. During 2006, the remaining assets of Janus Flooring were sold, and the discontinued operation was effectively dissolved. As of December 31, 2006, the Company merged Janus Flooring with and into AB Canada. During 2008, the Company recorded a gain of $1.0 million related to the sale of a building and land of the discontinued operation.

Due to Congoleum’s reorganization and separate capital structure, as well as the anticipated elimination of ABI’s ownership interest in Congoleum, the Company believes that presenting the results of operations of ABI and its non-debtor subsidiaries separately from those of Congoleum is the most meaningful way to discuss and analyze its financial condition and results of operations.

Results of Operations

ABI and Non-Debtor Subsidiaries

	2009				2008
	(In thousands of dollars)

Net sales	$	173,008			$	202,449
Cost of sales		128,069				151,814
Gross profit		44,939		26.0%		50,635		25.0%
Selling, general & administrative expenses		48,308		27.9%		53,316		26.3%
Impairment charges		-				12,899
Loss from operations		(3,369	)			(15,580	)
Interest expense, net		(1,064	)			(1,612	)
Other income, net		670				869
Loss before taxes and other items		(3,763	)			(16,323	)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		62				(677	)
Net loss		(3,825	)			(15,646	)
Noncontrolling interests		(83	)			157

Loss from continuing operations	$	(3,908	)		$	(15,489	)

Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009 were $173.0 million, a decrease of $29.4 million from sales of $202.4 million in 2008. Tape segment sales decreased $14.5 million or 16.1% due to lower sales volume of transfer paper, protective films, electrical tapes and HVAC products, partly offset by an increase in automotive products. Canadian segment sales decreased $11.4 million or 20.1% due to lower sales of industrial products, flooring and the effect of currency translation. Jewelry segment sales decreased $3.5 million or 6.3% due to lower shipments to department stores.

Gross profit was 26.0% of net sales in 2009 compared to 25.0% in 2008. Tape segment gross margins improved by 0.6 percentage points of net sales primarily due to manufacturing cost reductions. Canadian division gross margins declined by 0.2 percentage points of net sales as lower margins on industrial products partly offset improved margins on flooring. Jewelry segment margins improved by 2.4 percentage points of net sales due to improved sourcing and lower freight costs.

The Company includes the cost of purchasing and finished goods inspection in selling, general and administrative expenses. Some companies also record such costs in operating expenses while others record them in cost of goods sold. Consequently, the Company’s gross profit margins may not be comparable to other companies. Had the Company recorded these expenses in cost of sales, the gross profit margins for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 would have been 25.4% and 23.9%, respectively.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2009 were $48.3 million, down from $53.3 million in 2008. Tape division selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $2.1 million primarily due to headcount reductions and lower spending on travel, entertainment, and advertising. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $2.5 million at the Canadian division mainly due to lower freight and commissions, as well as the impact of currency translation. Jewelry segment selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $3.5 million from 2008 to 2009 primarily due to headcount reduction programs and other expense cuts. In addition, corporate expenses not allocated to operations were significantly higher in 2009 than 2008 due to expenses in connection with a refinancing and provisions for legacy environmental matters.

During 2008, the Company evaluated the recovery of goodwill and certain other capitalized intangibles related to the Jewelry segment in light of that segment’s recent operating performance, the economic environment, and market value conditions for similar businesses. Based on that evaluation, a non-cash impairment charge of $12.0 million was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2008 which wrote off all goodwill and capitalized intangibles of the Company. The Company also evaluated the recovery of its investment in Hulera Sula in light of Hulera Sula’s operating losses for 2008 and 2007. A non-cash impairment charge of $850 thousand was recorded in 2009 to write off the Company’s investment in Hulera Sula.

Net interest expense of $1.1 million for 2009 was down $548 thousand as a result of lower debt levels.

The effective tax rates for 2009 and 2008 were not significant due primarily to the establishment of valuation allowances against net operating loss carry forwards and other deferred tax assets, which may not be recovered by ABI in future periods due to the uncertainty regarding ABI’s ability to generate sufficient taxable income.

The Company incurred a loss of $3.9 million from continuing operations for 2009 compared with a loss of $15.5 million in 2008 with the change due to the $12.9 million non-cash impairment charge in 2008 coupled with the changes in operating results.

Congoleum

	2009				2008
	(In thousands of dollars)

Net sales	$	134,917			$	172,644
Cost of sales		114,236				142,032
Gross profit		20,681		15.3%		30,612		17.7%
Selling, general & administrative expenses		30,143		22.3%		35,397		20.5%
Asbestos-related reorganization expenses		5,244				11,491
Loss from operations		(14,706	)			(16,276	)
Interest (expense) income, net		(227	)			857
Other expense, net		(96	)			(970	)
Loss before income taxes		(15,029	)			(16,389	)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		140				(1,768	)

Net loss	$	(15,169	)		$	(14,621	)

Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009 totaled $134.9 million as compared to $172.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, a decrease of $37.7 million or 21.9%. The decrease in sales resulted primarily from lower sales to the manufactured housing industry coupled with continued demand weakness in the new construction and remodeling markets reflecting the economic slowdown and tight credit conditions. The decreases were partially mitigated by selling price increases instituted in late 2008 (averaging 2%) and new product introductions during the fourth quarter of 2009.

Gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2009 totaled $20.7 million, or 15.3% of net sales, compared to $30.6 million, or 17.7% of net sales, for the year ended December 31, 2008. The lower gross margin dollars and percentage were primarily a result of the negative impact of lower production volumes over which to spread fixed manufacturing overhead, partially offset by cost reduction programs instituted during the year, improved plant efficiencies and a more favorable product mix.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $30.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to $35.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, a decrease of $5.3 million. The reduction in operating expenses reflects workforce reductions implemented in March 2009 coupled with non-recurring merchandising costs in 2008 associated with launching a mass-merchandiser program. This was partially offset by higher pension expense included in selling, general and administrative expenses of $2.8 million.

Based on the terms of the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, in the fourth quarter of 2009, Congoleum recorded an additional $5.2 million provision for estimated costs for completing the reorganization proceedings. In the third quarter of 2008 Congoleum had recorded an $11.5 million charge based on its then-current proposed reorganization plans.

The loss from operations, excluding the reorganization charges, was $9.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to a loss from operations of $4.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $4.7 million. This change in operating loss was a result of lower sales, coupled with the unfavorable impact of significantly lower production volumes on gross profit, partially offset by lower operating expenses.

Interest income was negligible in 2009 versus $1.2 million in 2008, which included interest income from a legal fee settlement. Interest expense in 2009 was $0.2 million as compared to interest expense of $0.4 million in 2008. Other expense of $0.1 million in 2009 was $0.9 million lower than prior year primarily as a result of recoveries from legal claims and insurance settlements received in 2009.

Provision for income taxes was $0.1 million in 2009 as compared to a benefit of $1.8 million in 2008. The 2009 tax provision related to an increase in deferred taxes due to additional operating loss carry forwards offset by an increase in valuation allowances and an increase in current taxes due to adjustments of prior year estimates. The $1.8 million tax benefit was attributable to a significant pre-tax loss in 2008 offset by $1.4 million for the impact of non-deductible legal reserves related to Congoleum’s reorganization plan and by a $2.8 million increase in the valuation allowance on federal and state deferred tax assets benefit in 2008.

Liquidity and Capital Resources – ABI and Non-Debtor Subsidiaries

Cash and cash equivalents, including short term investments, decreased by $193 thousand to $2.8 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to December 31, 2008. Total debt at December 31, 2009 was $12.6 million, down $12.8 million from December 31, 2008. Working capital at December 31, 2009 was $29.0 million, compared with $24.8 million at December 31, 2008. The ratio of current assets to current liabilities at December 31, 2009 was 2.02 compared to 1.51 at December 31, 2008. Due to its expected refinancing, all ABI’s term debt was classified as current at December 31, 2008, but the majority of it ($6.1 million) was classified as non-current at December 31, 2009. This contributed to the increase in working capital and the current ratio.

Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $17.1 million compared with cash used of $1.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The primary sources of the $17.1 million in cash from operating activities in 2009 were a $12.7 million reduction in inventory and a $4.6 million reduction in receivables. Inventories increased by $3.6 million in 2008, and the fluctuations in inventory account for most of the change in cash from operations during 2008.

Capital expenditures for 2009 were $1.7 million compared to $1.5 million for 2008.

The Company has recorded provisions which it believes are adequate for environmental remediation, including provisions for testing and potential remediation of conditions at its own facilities, and non-asbestos product-related liabilities. While the Company believes its estimate of the future amount of these liabilities is reasonable, that most of such amounts will be paid over a period of one to ten years and that the Company expects to have sufficient resources to fund such amounts, the actual timing and amount of such payments may differ significantly from the Company’s assumptions. In addition, legislation and regulation regarding climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental matters may be adopted or administered and enforced differently in the future, which could require the Company to expend significant amounts. Although the effect of future government regulation could have a significant effect on the Company’s costs, the Company is not aware of any pending legislation or regulation relating to these matters that would have a material adverse effect on its consolidated results of operations or financial position, except as disclosed in Item 3 (Legal Proceedings) and Note 8 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. There can be no assurances that any such costs could be passed along to its customers.

American Biltrite Inc.’s primary source of borrowings are the revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) and the term loan (“Term Loan”) it has with Wachovia Bank, National Association (“Wachovia”) pursuant to a loan and security agreement (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement was entered into on June 30, 2009, and initial borrowings on the Credit Agreement were used to pay off borrowings from another financial institution and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the refinancing.

The Credit Agreement provides American Biltrite Inc. and its subsidiaries with (i) a $30.0 million commitment under the Revolver (including a $12 million Canadian revolving credit facility sublimit) and (ii) an $8.0 million Term Loan. The Credit Agreement also provides letter of credit facilities with availability of up to $6.0 million (including a $3 million Canadian letters of credit facility sublimit) subject to availability under the Revolver. The maximum amount available for revolving debt borrowings is reduced to the amount of the borrowing base if that amount is lower. The borrowing base is based upon eligible assets of the Company, including accounts receivables and inventory. The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. At December 31, 2009, the Company had $3.2 million and $7.4 million outstanding under the Revolver and Term Loan, respectively, and $12.0 million of additional unused borrowing capacity available under the Revolver.

The Term Loan principal is payable in 72 monthly installments of $111 thousand beginning August 1, 2009 and ending on July 1, 2015. All indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, other than the Term Loan, matures on June 30, 2012.

Interest is payable monthly on borrowings under the Credit Agreement at rates based on a base interest rate plus an applicable margin for each type of loan, which varies depending on whether the loan is based on U.S., Canadian, or Eurodollar rate loans and which ranges from an applicable rate of two hundred basis points over U.S. and Canadian base rates to four hundred basis points over Eurodollar base rates for revolving debt loans and three hundred basis points over U.S. base rates and five hundred basis points over Eurodollar base rates for the Term Loan. The Credit Agreement charges the Company a monthly unused borrowing line fee, at a rate equal to five-eighths of one percent (0.625%) per annum. In addition, the Credit Agreement imposes a monthly letter of credit fee equal to four percent (4%) per annum for unused letter of credit availability.

Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, payments on the Company’s accounts receivable are deposited in accounts assigned by the Company and the other borrowers to Wachovia and the funds in that account may used by Wachovia to pay down outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement contains customary bank covenants, including limitations on incurrence of debt and liens or other encumbrances on assets or properties, sale of assets, making of loans or investments, including paying dividends and redemptions of capital stock, the formation or acquisition of subsidiaries and transactions with affiliates. The Credit Agreement requires the Company and the other borrowers and the guarantors to maintain, on a consolidated basis, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.0:1.0. The Credit Agreement also requires that the Company and the other borrowers and the guarantors to maintain, on a consolidated basis, a minimum amount of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, as determined under the Credit Agreement. The Company’s obligation to meet the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization covenants would not apply for any monthly test period during which the Company’s unused available credit under the Credit Agreement was at least $6 million for 30 consecutive days.

In March 2010, the Company and Wachovia entered into an amendment of the Credit Agreement. The amendment reduced the minimum required levels of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization under the Credit Agreement, and further provided that meeting the minimum level of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization and the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio would not be required for any monthly test period during which the Company’s unused available credit under the Credit Agreement was at least $6 million for 30 consecutive days. The Company paid a fee of $30 thousand to Wachovia in connection with this amendment.

The Company currently anticipates it will be able to comply with these covenants as revised by the recent amendment. However, the Company had to receive covenant waivers on several occasions under its prior credit agreement or enter amendments to that agreement to address failures to satisfy covenants under that prior credit agreement, and it is possible that, in the future, the Company may need to obtain waivers for failures to satisfy its covenants under the Credit Agreement or enter amendments to the Credit Agreement to address any such failures or obtain replacement financing as a result. There can be no assurance the Company would be successful in obtaining any such waiver, entering any such amendment or obtaining any such replacement financing.

Any waivers, amendments and/or replacement financing, if obtained, could result in significant cost to the Company. If an event of default under the Credit Agreement were to occur, the lenders could cease to make borrowings available under the Revolver and require the Company to repay all amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement. If the Company were unable to repay those amounts due, the lenders could have their rights over the collateral exercised, which would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

On June 30, 2009, the Company also entered into accounts receivable financing agreements (the “FGI Financing Agreements”) with Faunus Group International (“FGI”). The FGI Financing Agreements were intended to provide up to a maximum amount outstanding at any time of $4.0 million in net amounts funded based upon an 80% advance rate. Fees under the FGI Financing Agreements included a monthly collateral management fee equal to 0.66% of the average monthly balance of accounts purchased by FGI as well as interest on the daily net funds employed at a rate equal to the greater of (i) 7.0% or (ii) 2.5% above FGI’s prime rate, and were subject to certain minimum monthly amounts. ABI’s ability to borrow funds under the FGI Financing agreements during 2009 was less than anticipated; at December 31, 2009, the Company had $803 thousand payable to FGI. In January 2010, the Company terminated the FGI Financing Agreement, repaid the outstanding balance, and paid an $80 thousand early termination fee.

Under the terms of the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, ABI’s ownership interest in Congoleum would be eliminated. ABI expects that its ownership interest in Congoleum would be eliminated under any alternate plan or outcome in Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case. While the Company does not believe the loss of the value of its equity interest in Congoleum would have a direct material adverse effect on ABI’s liquidity, the loss of a controlling interest could have a material adverse impact on the business relationships between ABI and Congoleum, which in turn could have a material adverse impact on ABI’s business, operations and financial condition. In connection with Congoleum’s plan of reorganization, ABI expects to spend $225 thousand in 2010, which is not expected to have a material adverse effect on ABI’s working capital or cash flow.

The Company has not declared a dividend subsequent to the third quarter of 2003. The Credit Agreement generally prohibits the Company from paying cash dividends to its stockholders. Therefore, so long as the Credit Agreement remains outstanding, the Company would need to obtain the consent of the lenders under the Credit Agreement to pay dividends to its stockholders in the future. In addition to this need for lender consent, any determination to pay future dividends would be made by the Company’s Board of Directors based upon, among other considerations, the financial performance and capital requirements of the Company, as well as market conditions.

Liquidity and Capital Resources – Congoleum

The consolidated financial statements of Congoleum, which are reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, have been prepared on a going concern basis. A going concern basis contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements of Congoleum do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should Congoleum be unable to continue as a going concern. As described more fully in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, there is substantial doubt about Congoleum’s ability to continue as a going concern unless it obtains relief from its substantial asbestos liabilities through a successful reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

On December 31, 2003, Congoleum filed a voluntary petition with the Bankruptcy Court (Case No. 03-51524) seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code. See elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including Notes 1 and 9 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, which are set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, for a discussion of Congoleum’s bankruptcy proceedings. On August 17, 2009, the District Court withdrew the reference of Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case from the Bankruptcy Court and assumed authority over the proceedings. Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case remains pending. These matters continue to have a material adverse impact on liquidity and capital resources. During 2009, Congoleum paid $8.7 million in fees and expenses related to reorganization proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code and the New Jersey state court insurance coverage action Congoleum is litigating against certain of its insurers (the “Coverage Action”). Furthermore, at December 31, 2009, Congoleum had incurred but not paid approximately $9.5 million in additional fees and expenses for services rendered through that date.

Based on its reorganization plans, Congoleum has made provision in its financial statements for the minimum estimated cost to effect its plan to settle asbestos liabilities through confirmation of a plan that complies with section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Congoleum recorded charges aggregating approximately $51.3 million in years prior to 2007. Based on the terms of the Joint Plan, in the fourth quarter of 2007 Congoleum recorded an additional $41.3 million charge. Of this charge, $14.9 million related to the write-off of certain insurance litigation costs receivable that would not have been collected under the terms of the Joint Plan and are not expected to be collected under any subsequent plan, including the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, and $26.4 million was an additional provision for estimated costs for the reorganization proceedings and the Coverage Action. In the fourth quarter of 2007 Congoleum also recorded a $41.0 million interest expense credit to reverse post-petition interest accrued on its Senior Notes. Terms of previous reorganization plans had provided, among other things, for the payment of post-petition interest on the Senior Notes and therefore Congoleum had continued to accrue such interest. Under the terms of the Joint Plan, and the terms of all subsequent plans proposed to date, including the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, the Senior Note holders would not have received any post-petition interest. Based on developments affecting the expected timing of its reorganization plans, Congoleum recorded an additional charge of $11.5 million in the third quarter of 2008 and $5.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 for costs to effect its reorganization.

In February 2006, the Bankruptcy Court ordered Congoleum’s former counsel, then known as Gilbert Heintz & Randolph LLP (“GHR”) to disgorge all fees and certain expenses it was paid by Congoleum. In October 2006, Congoleum and GHR entered into a settlement with GHR (the “GHR Settlement”) under which GHR was to pay Congoleum approximately $9.2 million plus accrued interest in full satisfaction of the disgorgement order. The obligation was secured by assets of GHR and was to be made over time according to a formula based on GHR’s earnings. The Bankruptcy Court approved the GHR Settlement in April 2007. Congoleum received $9.2 million plus $1.0 million of accrued interest in full satisfaction of the GHR Settlement in March 2008.

Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, including short-term investments at December 31, 2009, were $16.1 million, an increase of $1.0 million from December 31, 2008. Restricted cash of $31.6 million at December 31, 2009 consists of insurance settlement proceeds, the disposition of which is subject to court order. Congoleum expects to contribute this restricted cash, less any amounts withheld pursuant to reimbursement arrangements, to the Plan Trust should the Bankruptcy Court confirm a plan pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Net working capital was a negative $12.2 million at December 31, 2009 and a negative $1.6 million at December 31, 2008.

The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 0.9 to 1.0 at December 31, 2009 and 1.0 to 1.0 at December 31, 2008. Net cash provided by operations during the year ended December 31, 2009 was $3.1 million, as compared to net cash used in operations of $10.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2008.

Capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2009 totaled $2.3 million. Congoleum is currently planning capital expenditures of approximately $3.5 million in 2010 and between $3 million and $5 million in 2011, primarily for maintenance and improvement of plants and equipment, which it expects to fund with cash from operations and borrowings under credit facilities.

In January 2004, the Bankruptcy Court authorized entry of a final order approving Congoleum’s debtor-in-possession financing, which replaced its pre-petition credit facility on substantially similar terms. The debtor-in-possession financing agreement (as amended and approved by the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court to date) provides a revolving credit facility expiring on the earlier of (i) June 30, 2010 and (ii) the date the plan of reorganization in Congoleum’s bankruptcy cases becomes effective. This financing agreement contains certain covenants, which include the maintenance of minimum earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“Congoleum EBITDA”). The financing agreement also includes restrictions on the incurrence of additional debt and limitations on capital expenditures. The covenants and conditions under this financing agreement must be met in order for Congoleum to borrow from the facility. Congoleum was not in compliance with the minimum Congoleum EBITDA covenant under its credit facility for the period ended December 31, 2008, and obtained a waiver of that covenant as well as an amendment of the covenant levels for the remaining term of the facility to make them less restrictive. The interest rate was increased to 1.75% above the prime rate. During the second quarter of 2009 Congoleum received an extension of the existing financing facility to December 31, 2009. A covenant modification and extension fee of $25 thousand was paid in connection with this extension, plus a monthly extension fee of $15 thousand per month. In connection with the amendment for the period ending December 31, 2009, minimum Congoleum

EBITDA covenants were set for the months ending up through December 31, 2009. Borrowings under this facility are collateralized by Congoleum’s inventory and receivables. At December 31, 2009, based on the level of receivables and inventory, $21.3 million was available under the facility, of which $2.0 million was utilized for outstanding letters of credit and $14.1 million was utilized by the revolving loan. In November 2009, Congoleum and its debtor-in-possession lender agreed to a further modification of the credit facility that extends the facility until the earlier of June 30, 2010 and the date the plan of reorganization in Congoleum’s bankruptcy cases becomes effective. The amendment also provided an additional $5 million of availability under the revolver secured by certain real estate. The $5 million loan availability against real estate reduces by $69 thousand per month beginning December 1, 2009. In connection with the amendment, Congoleum has granted a first lien on its properties on East State Street in Trenton, NJ and in Marcus Hook, PA. The amendment was approved by the District Court. A $60 thousand amendment fee was paid by Congoleum and a $15 thousand monthly fee is payable by Congoleum in connection with this amendment.

There can be no assurances that Congoleum will continue to be in compliance with the required covenants under this facility or that the debtor-in-possession facility will be renewed prior to its expiration if a plan of reorganization is not confirmed before that time. Congoleum was in compliance with the terms of its debtor-in-possession financing at December 31, 2009, as the excess borrowing availability it maintained under the revolving line of credit exceeded the threshold at which it was required to meet minimum Congoleum EBITDA levels. Congoleum anticipates that its debtor-in-possession financing facility (including anticipated extensions thereof) together with cash from operations will provide it with sufficient liquidity to operate during 2010 while under Chapter 11 protection. For a plan of reorganization to be confirmed, Congoleum will need to obtain and demonstrate the sufficiency of exit financing. There can be no assurances Congoleum will be able to obtain such exit financing or under what terms it might be obtained.

In addition to the provision for asbestos litigation discussed previously, Congoleum has also recorded what it believes are adequate provisions for environmental remediation and product-related liabilities (other than asbestos-related claims), including provisions for testing for potential remediation of conditions at its own facilities. Congoleum is subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations and certain legal and administrative claims are pending or have been asserted against Congoleum. Among these claims, Congoleum is a named party in several actions associated with waste disposal sites (more fully discussed in Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K). These actions include possible obligations to remove or mitigate the effects on the environment of wastes deposited at various sites, including Superfund sites and certain of Congoleum’s owned and previously owned facilities. The contingencies also include claims for personal injury and/or property damage. The exact amount of such future cost and timing of payments are indeterminable due to such unknown factors as the magnitude of cleanup costs, the timing and extent of the remedial actions that may be required, the determination of Congoleum’s liability in proportion to other potentially responsible parties, and the extent to which costs may be recoverable from insurance. Congoleum has recorded provisions in its financial statements for the estimated probable loss associated with all known general and environmental contingencies. While Congoleum believes its estimate of the future amount of these liabilities is reasonable, and that they will be paid over a period of five to ten years, the timing and amount of such payments may differ significantly from Congoleum’s assumptions. In addition, legislation and regulation

regarding climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental matters may be adopted or administered and enforced differently in the future, which could require Congoleum to expend significant amounts. Although the effect of future government regulation could have a significant effect on Congoleum’s costs, Congoleum is not aware of any pending legislation which would reasonably have such an effect. There can be no assurances that the costs of any future government regulations could be passed along to its customers. Estimated insurance recoveries related to these liabilities are reflected in other non-current assets.

The outcome of these environmental matters could result in significant expenses incurred by or judgments assessed against Congoleum.

Congoleum’s principal sources of capital are net cash provided by operating activities and borrowings under its financing agreement. Congoleum believes that its existing cash (including restricted cash), cash generated from operations, and debtor-in-possession credit arrangements should be sufficient to provide adequate working capital for operations during the period of 2010 during which Congoleum’s Chapter 11 case remains pending. Congoleum’s ability to emerge from Chapter 11 will depend on obtaining sufficient exit financing to settle administrative expenses of the reorganization and any other related obligations, and to provide adequate future liquidity.

Contingencies

ABI has recorded what it believes are adequate provisions for environmental remediation and product-related liabilities, including provisions for testing for potential remediation of conditions at its own facilities. While ABI believes its estimate of the future amount of these liabilities is reasonable and that they will be paid for the most part over a period of one to ten years, the timing and amount of such payments may differ significantly from ABI’s assumptions. Although the effect of future government regulation could have a significant effect on ABI’s costs, ABI is not aware of any pending legislation which could significantly affect the liabilities ABI has established for these matters, except as disclosed in Item 3 (Legal Proceedings) and Note 8 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. There can be no assurances that the costs of any future government regulations could be passed along by ABI to its customers.

Certain legal and administrative claims are pending or have been asserted against ABI. Among these claims, ABI is a named party in several actions associated with waste disposal sites and asbestos-related claims. These actions include possible obligations to remove or mitigate the effects on the environment of wastes deposited at various sites, including Superfund sites. The exact amount of such future costs to ABI is indeterminable due to such unknown factors as the magnitude of cleanup costs, the timing and extent of the remedial actions that may be required, the determination of ABI’s liability in proportion to other potentially responsible parties and the extent to which costs may be recoverable from insurance. ABI has recorded provisions in its consolidated financial statements for the estimated probable loss associated with all known environmental and asbestos-related contingencies. The contingencies also include claims for personal injury and/or property damage. (See Notes 1, 8 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.)

Application of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations are based upon its consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results and conditions may differ from these estimates and assumptions.

Critical accounting policies are defined as those that entail significant judgments and uncertainties, and could potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. The Company believes that its most critical accounting policies upon which its financial condition depends, and which involve the most complex or subjective decisions or assessments, are those described below. For a discussion on the application of these and other accounting policies, see Note 1 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Asbestos Liabilities – As discussed previously, the Company is party to a significant number of lawsuits stemming from their previous manufacture of asbestos-containing products. ABI has recorded in its consolidated balance sheet a liability and corresponding insurance receivable based on its estimates of the future costs and related insurance recoveries to settle asbestos litigation. These estimates are based on a number of subjective assumptions, including the anticipated costs to settle claims, the claims dismissal rate, the cost to litigate claims, the number of claims expected to be received, and the applicability and allocation of insurance coverage to these costs. Additionally, due to the numerous uncertainties related to future asbestos litigation trends and costs, the Company does not believe reasonable estimates can be developed for claim developments beyond a six year horizon. Accordingly, the Company’s estimated liability is based on claims currently filed as well as claims anticipated to be filed over the next six years. A change in assumptions could have a material effect on the Company’s estimated liability. The estimate is sensitive to changes in the mesothelioma acceptance rate. For example, if the calibration window is shifted by one year to the 2004 to 2008 calibration period, the mesothelioma acceptance rate decreases by 1.2% to 4.6%, and this reduces the liability in the low estimate by about 20% (assuming all other variables remain constant).

Due to the highly subjective nature of these assumptions, the Company has estimated a wide range of potential future costs and insurance recoveries and, because management believes that no amount within the range is more likely than any other, has recorded a liability and insurance receivable based on the low end of the range in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. As such, the selection of a different amount within the range could have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, as could future developments, which may differ from those assumed in developing the Company’s estimates. The same factors that affect developing forecasts of potential indemnity costs for asbestos-related liabilities also affect estimates of the total amount of insurance that is probable of recovery, as do a number of additional factors. These additional factors include the financial viability of some of the insurance companies,

the method in which losses will be allocated to the various insurance policies and the years covered by those policies, how legal and other loss handling costs will be covered by the insurance policies, and interpretation of the effect on coverage of various policy terms and limits and their interrelationships. The Company analyzes these estimates on an annual basis and reassesses the assumptions used as additional information becomes available over the course of time.

Congoleum is a party to a significant number of lawsuits stemming from its manufacture of asbestos-containing products. During 2009, Congoleum paid $8.7 million in fees and expenses related to implementation of its planned reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and litigation with certain insurance companies. Based on the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, Congoleum has made provision in its financial statements for the minimum estimated cost to effect its plan to settle asbestos liabilities through confirmation of a plan that complies with section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Congoleum recorded charges aggregating approximately $104.1 million in prior years. Based on the terms of the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, in the fourth quarter of 2009 Congoleum recorded an additional $5.2 million charge for estimated costs for the reorganization proceedings and coverage litigation. Congoleum expects to receive $1.3 million from the Trust at confirmation related to claims processing fees previously paid.

In anticipation of Congoleum’s commencement of the Chapter 11 cases, Congoleum entered into a Claimant Agreement, which provides for settlement of certain prepetition asbestos claims against Congoleum and provides for an aggregate settlement value of at least $466 million as well as an additional number of individually negotiated trial listed settlements with an aggregate value of approximately $25 million, for total settlements in excess of $491 million. Participants in the Claimant Agreement signed releases limiting their recourse against Congoleum to what they would receive from the Plan Trust and Congoleum has therefore estimated its liability under the Claimant Agreement as the cost of effecting the settlement through confirmation of a plan of reorganization. In addition, as a result of tabulating ballots on a previous plan, Congoleum is also aware of claims by claimants whose claims were not determined under the Claimant Agreement but who have submitted claims with a value of approximately $512 million based on the settlement values applicable in a previous plan. It is also likely that additional new claims may be asserted in connection with solicitation of acceptances of any future plan. Congoleum does not believe it can reasonably estimate the liability associated with claims that may be pending.

ABI understands that Congoleum expects that insurance will provide the substantial majority of the recovery available to Congoleum’s asbestos claimants, due to the amount of insurance coverage it purchased and the comparatively limited resources and value of Congoleum itself. Congoleum believes it has insufficient/limited financial resources to litigate and/or settle asbestos claims in the ordinary course of business.

While Congoleum has provided for the anticipated costs to effect the Fourth Amended Joint Plan, costs for pursuing and implementing the Fourth Amended Joint Plan and any plan of reorganization could be materially higher than recorded amounts and previous estimates.

Congoleum will update its estimates, if appropriate, as additional information becomes available during the reorganization process, which could result in potentially material adjustments to Congoleum’s earnings in future periods.

Consolidation of Congoleum – The Company’s subsidiary Congoleum filed for bankruptcy protection on December 31, 2003. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the results for Congoleum for all periods presented. ABI expects to continue to own a majority of the voting stock of Congoleum until Congoleum’s reorganization proceedings are concluded. Upon effectiveness of any plan of reorganization for Congoleum, ABI expects that the plan will provide that ABI’s shares of Congoleum will be cancelled. The Company has elected to continue to consolidate the financial statements of Congoleum in its consolidated results because it believes that is the appropriate presentation given its current voting control of Congoleum. However, the accompanying financial statements also present the details of consolidation to separately show the financial condition, operating results and cash flows of ABI (including its non-debtor subsidiaries) and Congoleum, which may be more meaningful for certain analyses. ABI’s reported consolidated financial condition, operating results and cash flows results would be materially different if they did not include Congoleum. The Company anticipates its equity interest in Congoleum will be eliminated in connection with the effectiveness of any future Congoleum plan of reorganization, at which time it will no longer include Congoleum in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Environmental Contingencies – As discussed previously, the Company has incurred liabilities related to environmental remediation costs at both third party sites and Company owned sites. The Company accrues for its estimate of future remediation activities when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The most likely cost to be incurred is accrued based on an evaluation of currently available facts with respect to each individual site, including the extent of clean-up activities to be performed, the methods employed in the clean-up activities, the Company’s relative share in costs at sites where other parties are involved, existing technology, current laws and regulations and prior remediation experience. Where no amount within a range of estimates is more likely to occur than another, the minimum is accrued. For sites with multiple potentially responsible parties, the Company considers its likely proportionate share of the anticipated remediation costs and the ability of the other parties to fulfill their obligations in establishing a provision for those costs. When future liabilities are determined to be reimbursable by insurance coverage or payment from third parties, an accrual is recorded for the potential liability and a receivable is recorded related to the expected recovery. A receivable reserve is recorded when recoveries are disputed or are not highly probable. These estimates are based on certain assumptions such as the Company’s relative share in costs at sites where other parties are involved, and the ultimate insurance coverage available. These projects tend to be long-term in nature, and assumptions are subject to refinement as facts change. As such, it is possible that the Company may need to revise its recorded liabilities and receivables for environmental costs in future periods resulting in potentially material adjustments to the Company’s earnings in future periods. The Company closely monitors existing and potential environmental matters to consider the reasonableness of its estimates and assumptions.

Valuation of Deferred Tax Assets – The Company provides for valuation reserves against its deferred tax assets in accordance with the requirements of SFAS 109. In evaluating the recovery of deferred tax assets, the Company makes certain assumptions as to the future reversal of existing taxable temporary differences, taxable income in prior carryback years, the feasibility of tax planning strategies, and estimated future taxable income. The valuation allowance can be affected by changes to tax laws, changes to statutory tax rates and changes to future taxable income estimates. It is possible that the facts underlying these assumptions may not materialize as anticipated in future periods, which may require the Company to record additional deferred tax valuation allowances, or to reduce previously recorded valuation allowances.

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits – The Company sponsors several noncontributory defined benefit pension plans covering most of the Company’s employees. The Company also maintains health and life insurance programs for retirees. Benefits under the plans are based on years of service and employee compensation. The costs and obligations associated with these plans are dependent upon various actuarial assumptions used in calculating such amounts. These assumptions include the long-term rate of return on plan assets, discount rates and other factors. These assumptions are evaluated and updated annually by management. Other assumptions used include employee demographic factors such as retirement patterns, mortality, turnover and the rate of compensation increases.

To determine the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets, the Company considers the current and expected asset allocation, as well as historical and expected returns on each plan asset class. In 2009 and 2008, the Company assumed that the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets will be 7.0%. The assumed long-term rate of return on assets is applied to a calculated value of plan assets, which recognizes changes in the fair value of plan assets in a systematic manner over four years. This produces the expected return on plan assets that is included in pension expense. The difference between this expected return and the actual return on plan assets is deferred. The net deferral of past actuarial gains or losses affects the calculated value of plan assets and, ultimately, future pension expense.

At the end of each year, the Company determines the discount rate to be used to calculate the present value of plan liabilities. The discount rate is used to determine expected future benefit payments as a present value on the measurement date, reflecting the current rate at which the pension liabilities could be effectively settled. In estimating this rate, the Company looks to rates of return on high-quality, fixed-income investments that receive one of the two highest ratings given by a recognized ratings agency. At December 31, 2009, the Company determined this rate to be 6.00% - 6.25%.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts – The Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts is determined based on a variety of factors that affect the potential collectibility of the related receivables, including the length of time receivables are past due, customer credit ratings, financial stability of customers, specific one-time events and past customer history. In addition, in circumstances where the Company is made aware of a specific customer’s inability to meet its financial obligations, a specific allowance is established. The majority of accounts are individually evaluated on a regular basis and appropriate reserves are established as deemed appropriate based on the criteria previously noted. The remainder of the reserve is based on management’s estimates and takes into consideration historical trends, market conditions and the composition of the Company’s customer base. The risk associated with this estimate is that the Company would not become aware of potential collectibility issues related to specific accounts and thereby become exposed to potential unreserved losses. Historically, the Company’s estimates and assumptions around the allowance have been reasonably accurate and the Company has processes and controls in place to closely monitor customers and potential credit issues.

Inventory Allowances – The Company maintains obsolescence and slow-moving allowances for inventory. Products and materials that are specifically identified as obsolete are fully reserved. The remainder of the allowance is based on management’s estimates and fluctuates with market conditions, design cycles and other economic factors. Risks associated with this allowance include unforeseen changes in business cycles that could affect the marketability of certain products and an unforecasted decline in current production. Management closely monitors the market place and related inventory levels and has historically maintained reasonably accurate allowance levels. In addition, the Company values certain inventories using the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method. Accordingly, a LIFO valuation reserve is maintained to properly value these inventories.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets – The Company assesses its long-lived assets other than goodwill and indefinite-lived assets for impairment whenever facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. To analyze recoverability, it projects undiscounted net future cash flows over the remaining life of such assets. If these projected cash flows are less than the carrying amount, an impairment would be recognized, resulting in a write-down of the assets with a corresponding charge to earnings. The impairment loss is measured based upon the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the assets. The Company evaluates the recoverability of its other long-lived assets on an annual basis.

ITEM 8.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

American Biltrite Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets with Consolidating Details – Assets

(In thousands of dollars)

	December 31				Eliminations						Congoleum				American Biltrite
	2009		2008		2009			2008			2009		2008		2009		2008
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	16,467	$	18,072							$	16,065	$	15,077	$	402	$	2,995
Restricted cash		31,580		29,680								31,580		29,680
Short-term investments		2,400		–												2,400		–
Accounts and notes receivable, less allowances for doubtful accounts and discounts of $2,553 in 2009 and $2,720 in 2008		30,780		36,627	$	(105	)	$	(367	)		11,699		13,789		19,186		23,205
Inventories		61,853		79,082		(41	)		(89	)		28,883		35,814		33,011		43,357
Taxes receivable		287		1,334												287		1,334
Prepaid expenses & other current assets		6,001		6,406								3,868		3,922		2,133		2,484
Total current assets		149,368		171,201		(146	)		(456	)		92,095		98,282		57,419		73,375

Property, plant & equipment, net		80,541		88,466								49,250		56,520		31,291		31,946

Other assets:
Insurance for asbestos-related liabilities		17,646		13,509												17,646		13,509
Other assets		30,067		21,825		(109	)		(117	)		22,331		17,065		7,845		4,877
		47,713		35,334		(109	)		(117	)		22,331		17,065		25,491		18,386

Total assets	$	277,622	$	295,001	$	(255	)	$	(573	)	$	163,676	$	171,867	$	114,201	$	123,707

See accompanying notes.

American Biltrite Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets with Consolidating Details – Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

(In thousands of dollars, except share amounts)

	December 31						Eliminations						Congoleum						American Biltrite
	2009			2008			2009			2008			2009			2008			2009			2008
Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	14,462		$	16,298		$	(105	)	$	(366	)	$	7,740		$	7,472		$	6,827		$	9,192
Accrued expenses		32,235			31,880									16,188			16,897			16,047			14,983
Asbestos-related liabilities		48,458			50,022									48,458			50,022
Deferred income taxes		12,724			6,533									12,724			6,533
Notes payable		18,231			32,747									14,180			13,994			4,051			18,753
Current portion of long-term debt		1,448			5,611															1,448			5,611
Liabilities subject to compromise		4,997			4,997									4,997			4,997
Total current liabilities		132,555			148,088			(105	)		(366	)		104,287			99,915			28,373			48,539
Long-term debt, less current portion		7,134			1,112															7,134			1,112
Asbestos-related liabilities		17,700			13,563															17,700			13,563
Other liabilities		14,656			16,801															14,656			16,801
Liabilities subject to compromise		149,562			161,386			(109	)		(117	)		149,671			161,503
Total liabilities		321,607			340,950			(214	)		(483	)		253,958			261,418			67,863			80,015

Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Common stock, par value $.01, authorized 15,000,000 shares, issued 4,607,902 shares		46			46			(93	)		(93	)		93			93			46			46
Additional paid-in capital		19,950			19,749			(49,395	)		(49,386	)		49,395			49,386			19,950			19,749
Less cost of 1,166,371 and 1,166,351 shares of common stock in treasury at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively		(15,132	)		(15,132	)		7,813			7,813			(7,813	)		(7,813	)		(15,132	)		(15,132	)
Retained earnings (deficit)		(10,400	)		1,803			42,340			35,466			(95,207	)		(80,038	)		42,467			46,375
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(39,088	)		(53,250	)		(377	)		6,110			(36,750	)		(51,179	)		(1,961	)		(8,181	)
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) of controlling interests		(44,624	)		(46,784	)		288			(90	)		(90,282	)		(89,551	)		45,370			42,857
Noncontrolling interests		639			835			(329	)		-									968			835
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)		(43,985	)		(45,949	)		(41	)		(90	)		(90,282	)		(89,551	)		46,338			43,692
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$	277,622		$	295,001		$	(255	)	$	(573	)	$	163,676		$	171,867		$	114,201		$	123,707

See accompanying notes.

American Biltrite Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations with Consolidating Details

(In thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts)

	Years Ended December 31						Eliminations						Congoleum						American Biltrite
	2009			2008			2009			2008			2009			2008			2009			2008

Net sales	$	307,925		$	375,093								$	134,917		$	172,644		$	173,008		$	202,449

Cost of products sold		241,285			292,501		$	(1,020	)	$	(1,345	)		114,236			142,032			128,069			151,814
Selling, general & administrative expenses		78,451			88,713									30,143			35,397			48,308			53,316
Impairment charges		-			12,899															-			12,899
Asbestos-related reorganization charges		5,244			11,491									5,244			11,491
Loss from operations		(17,055	)		(30,511	)		1,020			1,345			(14,706	)		(16,276	)		(3,369	)		(15,580	)
Other income (expense)
Interest income		16			1,317									3			1,261			13			56
Interest expense		(1,307	)		(2,072	)								(230	)		(404	)		(1,077	)		(1,668	)
Other (expense) income, net		(397	)		(1,411	)		(971	)		(1,310	)		(96	)		(970	)		670			869
		(1,688	)		(2,166	)		(971	)		(1,310	)		(323	)		(113	)		(394	)		(743	)
Loss before taxes and other items		(18,743	)		(32,677	)		49			35			(15,029	)		(16,389	)		(3,763	)		(16,323	)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		202			(2,445	)								140			(1,768	)		62			(677	)
Net loss		(18,945	)		(30,232	)		49			35			(15,169	)		(14,621	)		(3,825	)		(15,646	)
Noncontrolling interests		6,737			157			6,820												(83	)		157
Net loss from continuing operations		(12,208	)		(30,075	)		6,869			35			(15,169	)		(14,621	)		(3,908	)		(15,489	)
Discontinued operation		-			1,025															-			1,025

Net loss attributable to controlling interests	$	(12,208	)	$	(29,050	)	$	6,869		$	35		$	(15,169	)	$	(14,621	)	$	(3,908	)	$	(14,464	)

Net loss attributable to controlling interests per common share, basic and diluted:
Continuing operations	$	(3.55	)	$	(8.74	)
Discontinued operation		-			0.30
Net loss attributable to controlling interests per common share	$	(3.55	)	$	(8.44	)
Weighted average number of common and equivalent shares outstanding		3,441,546			3,441,551

See accompanying notes.

American Biltrite Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows with Consolidating Details – Operating Activities

(In thousands of dollars)

	Years Ended December 31						Eliminations						Congoleum						American Biltrite
	2009			2008			2009			2008			2009			2008			2009			2008

Operating activities
Net loss	$	(18,945	)	$	(29,308	)	$	49		$	35		$	(15,169	)	$	(14,621	)	$	(3,825	)	$	(14,722	)
Net income from discontinued operation		-			(1,025	)														-			(1,025	)
Net loss from continuing operations		(18,945	)		(30,333	)		49			35			(15,169	)		(14,621	)		(3,825	)		(15,747	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		13,900			15,138									9,584			10,238			4,316			4,900
Provision for doubtful accounts and discounts		3,173			3,802															3,173			3,802
Deferred income taxes		202			(1,969	)								20			(1,721	)		182			(248	)
Asbestos-related charge		5,244			11,491									5,244			11,491
Impairment charges		-			12,899															-			12,899
Stock compensation charge		210			160									9			18			201			142
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts and notes receivable		3,252			(80	)		(269	)		41			2,090			373			1,431			(494	)
Inventories		19,556			(4,241	)		(49	)		(35	)		6,931			(632	)		12,674			(3,574	)
Prepaid expenses & other current assets		507			202									54			48			453			154
Proceeds from legal fees disgorgement		-			9,168									-			9,168
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(1,302	)		(9,752	)		269			(41	)		(412	)		(7,115	)		(1,159	)		(2,596	)
Asbestos-related expenses		(8,708	)		(15,895	)								(8,708	)		(15,895	)
Other		3,123			(2,331	)								3,473			(1,494	)		(350	)		(837	)

Net cash provided (used) by operating activities	$	20,212		$	(11,741	)	$	-		$	-		$	3,116		$	(10,142	)	$	17,096		$	(1,599	)

See accompanying notes.

American Biltrite Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows with Consolidating Details – Investing & Financing Activities

(In thousands of dollars)

	Years Ended December 31						Eliminations		Congoleum						American Biltrite
	2009			2008			2009	2008	2009			2008			2009			2008

Investing activities
Investments in property, plant and equipment	$	(3,994	)	$	(6,111	)			$	(2,314	)	$	(4,591	)	$	(1,680	)	$	(1,520	)
Purchase of short-term investments		(3,400	)		-											(3,400	)		-
Proceeds from sale of short-term investments		1,000			-											1,000			-
Net cash used by investing activities		(6,394	)		(6,111	)				(2,314	)		(4,591	)		(4,080	)		(1,520	)

Financing activities
Net short-term (payments) borrowings		(14,872	)		3,387					186			3,443			(15,058	)		(56	)
Payments on long-term debt		(6,141	)		(2,378	)										(6,141	)		(2,378	)
Proceeds from borrowings on long-term debt		8,000			-											8,000			-
Refinancing costs		(2,007	)		-											(2,007	)		-
Net change in restricted cash		-			40					-			40
Janus note receivable		-			4,034											-			4,034
Net cash (used) provided by financing activities		(15,020	)		5,083					186			3,483