Spartan Motors, Inc. Form 11-K - 07-11-07

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

ANNUAL REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One):

x

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

OR

o

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


For the transition period from _______________ to _______________

Commission File No. 000-13611

          A.  Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: Spartan Motors Retirement Plan.
          B.  Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: Spartan Motors, Inc., 1000 Reynolds Road, P.O. Box 440, Charlotte, Michigan 48813.














Spartan Motors
Retirement Plan

 
   

Contents

 
 
 


 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
   BDO Seidman, LLP

 


3

       
 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
   Ernst & Young LLP

 


4

       
 

Financial Statements

   
 

   Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
      as of December 31, 2006 and 2005

 


5

 

   Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
      for the Years Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005

 


6

 

   Notes to Financial Statements

 

7-11

       
 

Supplemental Schedule

   
 

   Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
      as of December 31, 2006

 


12

       
 

Signatures

   
       
 

Exhibit Index

   









2



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


Plan Administrator
Spartan Motors Retirement Plan
Charlotte, Michigan

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits of Spartan Motors Retirement Plan as of December 31, 2006, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2006, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2006, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ BDO SEIDMAN, LLP

Grand Rapids, Michigan
July 9, 2007




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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Plan Administrator
Spartan Motors Retirement Plan

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits of Spartan Motors Retirement Plan as of December 31, 2005, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2005, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.


 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Grand Rapids, Michigan
June 15, 2006







4



Spartan Motors
Retirement Plan

 
   

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 
 
 


December 31,


 


2006


 


2005


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participant directed investments and loans, at fair value (Note 3)

 

 

 

 

 

   Common trust fund (Note 2)

$

2,925,563

$

2,387,745

 

   Mutual funds

 

21,515,819

 

17,446,722

 

   Spartan Motors, Inc. common stock

 

1,840,698

 

1,217,405

 

   Participant loans


 


919,851


 


772,225


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments


 


27,201,931


 


21,824,097


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions receivable

 

 

 

 

 

   Employer

 

4,821

 

16,756

 

   Employee


 


13,500


 


31,966


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Total contributions receivable


 


18,321


 


48,722


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets


 


27,220,252


 


21,872,819


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Liability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts payable to Plan participants


 


-


 


556


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Reflecting All Investments at Fair Value

 

27,220,252

 

21,872,263

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully
   benefit-responsive investment contracts (Note 2)



 


29,404



 


27,107



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Available for Benefits


$


27,249,656


$


21,899,370


 



See accompanying notes to financial statements.




5



Spartan Motors
Retirement Plan

 
   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

 
 
 


Year ended December 31,


 


2006


 


2005


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions

 

 

 

 

 

   Contributions:

 

 

 

 

 

      Employer

$

571,363

$

557,856

 

      Employee

 

1,888,485

 

1,754,608

 

      Rollover of participant assets from other plans


 


61,317


 


96,966


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

   Total contributions


 


2,521,165


 


2,409,430


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

   Investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

      Interest and dividend income

 

1,389,372

 

912,663

 

      Net appreciation in fair value of investments (Note 3)


 


2,718,480


 


346,587


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

   Total investment income


 


4,107,852


 


1,259,250


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Additions


 


6,629,017


 


3,668,680


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Deductions

 

 

 

 

 

   Distributions to participants

 

1,257,056

 

1,211,056

 

   Administrative fees


 


21,675


 


24,706


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Deductions


 


1,278,731


 


1,235,762


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase

 

5,350,286

 

2,432,918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Available for Benefits, beginning of year


 


21,899,370


 


19,466,452


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Available for Benefits, end of year


$


27,249,656


$


21,899,370


 



See accompanying notes to financial statements.




6



Spartan Motors
Retirement Plan

 
   

Notes to Financial Statements

 
 
 


1.

Plan Description

   
 

The following description of Spartan Motors Retirement Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan's provisions, which is available from the human resources department of Spartan Motors, Inc. (the Company).

   
 

General

   
 

The Plan is a defined contribution plan that covers substantially all employees of the Company who have at least 90 days of service and are 21 years or older. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

   
 

The Plan's trustee and recordkeeper is Fidelity Management Trust Company.

   
 

Contributions

   
 

Each year, participants may contribute up to 60% of pretax annual compensation, as defined in the Plan, subject to limitations prescribed by the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified retirement plans. The Company may make employer matching contributions based on a percentage of participant contributions to be determined annually by the Company. Prior to January 1, 2004, the Company was permitted to make discretionary profit-sharing contributions to the Plan.

   
 

Vesting

   
 

Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company's matching contributions, plus actual earnings thereon, are based on years of continuous service. A participant is fully vested after five years of credited service. As of January 1, 2004, participants were 100% vested in any profit-sharing contributions.

   
 

Participant Accounts

   
 

Each participant's account is credited with the participant's contributions and allocations of (a) the Company's contributions and (b) plan earnings, and charged with an allocation



7



Spartan Motors
Retirement Plan

 
   

Notes to Financial Statements

 
 
 


 

of administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. Forfeitures of nonvested employer matching contributions are used to reduce employer matching contributions and to pay administrative expenses.

   
 

Investment Options

   
 

Participants may direct the investment of funds in their accounts to any investment option available under the Plan.

   
 

Participant Loans

   
 

A participant in the Plan may request a loan from their vested account balance. The minimum loan amount is $1,000 and the maximum amount is 50% of the vested account balance or $50,000, whichever is less. A participant may have only one loan outstanding at any time. Loans bear interest at the prime rate as of the first day of the month the loan became effective. Repayments are made by payroll deductions.

   
 

Payment of Benefits

   
 

Upon termination of service, a participant may receive a lump-sum amount or may elect to receive an annuity.

   
 

Administrative Expenses

   
 

Substantially all administrative expenses are paid by the Company.

   
 

Plan Termination

   
 

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of plan termination, participants will become fully vested in their accounts. Upon complete or partial termination, all remaining assets in the accounts of the participants or their beneficiaries are to be distributed to them in the same proportion as their related interests.




8



Spartan Motors
Retirement Plan

 
   

Notes to Financial Statements

 
 
 


2.

Significant Accounting Policies

   
 

Basis of Accounting

   
 

The Plan's financial statements are presented on the accrual basis of accounting.

   
 

Use of Estimates

   
 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of net assets and changes therein. Actual results could differ form those estimates.

   
 

Risks and Uncertainties

   
 

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants' account balances and the amounts reported in the financial statements.

   
 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

   
 

The Plan's investments in mutual funds and Spartan Motors, Inc. common stock are stated at fair value based on quoted market prices of shares held by the Plan. The investment in the common trust fund (Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio) is stated according the Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position, FSP AAG INV - 1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans (FSP), which became effective and was adopted by the Plan for the year ended December 31, 2006, and was applied retroactively to December 31, 2005, as required. The FSP states that contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits and a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. As required by the FSP, the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits presents the fair value of the



9



Spartan Motors
Retirement Plan

 
   

Notes to Financial Statements

 
 
 


 

investment contracts as well as the adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis. Participant loans are stated at cost, which approximates fair value. Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

   

3.

Investments

   
 

The fair value of individual investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan's net assets is as follows:


 

December 31,


 


2006


 


2005


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common trust fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio*

$

2,925,563

$

2,387,745

 

 

Mutual funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Fidelity Freedom 2020*

 

2,506,145

 

1,985,538

 

 

   Spartan US Equity Index

 

2,067,901

 

1,872,408

 

 

   Fidelity Diversified International*

 

1,982,141

 

1,517,688

 

 

   ABF Large Cap Value

 

1,958,183

 

-

 

 

   Fidelity Low Pr Stock*

 

1,855,690

 

1,547,192

 

 

   Fidelity Cap Appreciation*

 

1,804,502

 

1,465,327

 

 

   Columbia Acorn USA Z

 

1,695,864

 

1,625,449

 

 

   Fidelity US Bond Index*

 

1,371,941

 

1,382,003

 

 

   Fidelity Equity Income*

 

-

 

1,588,085

 

 

Common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Spartan Motors, Inc. common stock*


 


1,840,698


 


1,217,405


 


 

* Party-in-interest to the Plan

         

 

The Plan's investments (including investments bought, sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in fair value as follows:


 

Years ended December 31,


 


2006


 


2005


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds

$

1,379,862

$

545,615

 

 

Spartan Motors, Inc. common stock


 


1,338,618


 


(199,028


)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


$


2,718,480


$


346,587


 




10



Spartan Motors
Retirement Plan

 
   

Notes to Financial Statements

 
 
 


4.

Income Tax Status

   
 

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated May 16, 2005, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the IRC and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the Internal Revenue Service, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the IRC to maintain its qualification. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and, therefore, believes the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.:

   

5.

Transactions With Parties in Interest

   
 

Fees incurred for administrative, legal and accounting services rendered by parties in interest were based on customary and reasonable rates for such services. All expenses pertaining to the administration of the Plan were paid through forfeitures or ratably allocated against participant accounts.

   

6.

Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

   
 

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for plan benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:


 

Years ended December 31,


 


2006


 


2005


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

$

27,249,656

$

21,899,370

 

 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully
   benefit-responsive investment contracts



 



(29,404



)



-



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Available for Benefits per the Form 5500


$


27,220,252


$


21,899,370


 



 

The following is a reconciliation of the net increase to assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:


 

Year ended December 31,


 


2006


 


   

 

 

 

 

Net increase to assets available per the financial statements

$

5,350,286

 

 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully
   benefit-responsive investment contracts



 

(29,404



)


   

 

 

 

 

Net Increase to Assets Available per the Form 5500


$


5,320,882


 




11



Spartan Motors
Retirement Plan

 
   

Schedule H, Line 41 - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

 
 
 


EIN: 38-2078923
Plan Number: 001

December 31, 2006 


 





(a)




(b)
Identity of Issuer, Borrower, Lessor
or Similar Party






 


(c)
Description of Investment,
Including Maturity Date, Rate
of Interest, Collateral, Par or
Maturity Value





(d)
Cost


 



 




(e)
Current
Value


 



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common trust fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*


   Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio


 


2,954,967


 shares


**


$


2,925,563


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   ABF Large Cap Value

 

85,961

 shares

**

 

1,958,183

 

 

   Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value

 

8,895

 shares

**

 

277,967

 

 

   Artisan Mid Cap Investment

 

35,363

 shares

**

 

1,077,170

 

 

   Columbia Acorn USA Z

 

59,172

 shares

**

 

1,695,864

 

*

   Fidelity Cap Appreciation

 

66,562

 shares

**

 

1,804,502

 

*

   Fidelity Convertible Securities

 

11,384

 shares

**

 

288,348

 

*

   Fidelity Diversified International

 

53,644

 shares

**

 

1,982,141

 

*

   Fidelity Freedom 2000

 

16,790

 shares

**

 

209,203

 

*

   Fidelity Freedom 2005

 

15

 shares

**

 

177

 

*

   Fidelity Freedom 2010

 

44,308

 shares

**

 

647,782

 

*

   Fidelity Freedom 2015

 

10,320

 shares

**

 

125,907

 

*

   Fidelity Freedom 2020

 

161,374

 shares

**

 

2,506,145

 

*

   Fidelity Freedom 2025

 

3,412

 shares

**

 

43,574

 

*

   Fidelity Freedom 2030

 

80,778

 shares

**

 

1,294,876

 

*

   Fidelity Freedom 2035

 

4,361

 shares

**

 

57,522

 

*

   Fidelity Freedom 2040

 

58,712

 shares

**

 

556,590

 

*

   Fidelity Freedom Income

 

10,381

 shares

**

 

119,792

 

*

   Fidelity Inflation - Protected Bond

 

6,427

 shares

**

 

68,701

 

*

   Fidelity International Discovery

 

188

 shares

**

 

7,122

 

*

   Fidelity International Small Cap

 

12,794

 shares

**

 

318,942

 

*

   Fidelity Low Pr Stock

 

42,620

 shares

**

 

1,855,690

 

*

   Fidelity Real Estate Investment

 

16,318

 shares

**

 

593,476

 

*

   Fidelity US Bond Index

 

126,329

 shares

**

 

1,371,941

 

*

   Fidelity Value

 

7,208

 shares

**

 

580,950

 

 

   RS Partners A

 

153

 shares

**

 

5,353

 

 


   Spartan US Equity Index


 


41,210


 shares


**


 


2,067,901


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Total mutual funds


 


 


 


 


 


21,515,819


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*


   Spartan Motors, Inc. common stock


 


121,258


shares


**


 


1,840,698


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


*



Participant loans



 


160 loans with interest rates
ranging from 5.0% to 10.5%



-



 



919,851



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Total Investments


 


 


 


$


27,201,931


 


 

*   A party-in-interest as defined by ERISA.

 

** The cost of participant-directed investments is not required to be disclosed




12



Signatures

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  July 13, 2007

SPARTAN MOTORS RETIREMENT PLAN

   
   
 

By:

/s/ James W. Knapp


   

James W. Knapp

   

Chief Financial Officer and Administrator
of the Spartan Motors Retirement Plan
















Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.

Exhibit Description

   

23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm -
     BDO Seidman, LLP

   

23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm -
     Ernst & Young LLP