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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 11-K

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

     
(Mark one):    
     
[X]   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 7, 1996)
     
    For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.
     
OR
     
[  ]   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)
     
    For the transition period from            to           

Commission file number    0-24425   

A.   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
 
         King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
 
B.   Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
 
         King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 501 Fifth Street, Bristol, Tennessee 37620

 


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Report of Independent Accountants
SIGNATURES
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


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King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
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Report of Independent Accountants
    1  
Financial Statements
       
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits as of December 31, 2001 and 2000
    2  
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2001
    3  
Notes to Financial Statements
    4-7  
 
Supplemental Schedule
       
   
Schedule H, Line 4(i) – Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes as of December 31, 2001
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Report of Independent Accountants

To the Participants and Administrator of the
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits and the related statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2001 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The Supplemental Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

May 10, 2002
Greensboro, North Carolina

 


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King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
As of December 31, 2001 and 2000
                       
          2001   2000
         
 
Assets
               
Investments, at fair value
  $ 42,007,708     $ 28,420,194  
Receivables:
               
 
Contributions receivable
               
   
Participant
    14       129,417  
   
Employer
    210       51,314  
 
Accrued Income
          13,888  
Cash
    272,093       121  
 
   
     
 
     
Net assets available for plan benefits
  $ 42,280,025     $ 28,614,934  
 
   
     
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
For the year ended December 31, 2001
             
        2001
       
Additions to net assets attributed to:
       
 
Participant contributions
  $ 7,097,190  
 
Employer contributions
    1,973,341  
 
Transfer from other plan
    9,954,449  
 
Interest income
    22,861  
 
Net (depreciation) appreciation in fair value of investments
    (1,161,128 )
 
   
 
   
Total additions
    17,886,713  
 
   
 
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
       
 
Benefits paid
    4,221,622  
 
   
 
Net increase
    13,665,091  
Net assets available for benefits
       
 
Beginning of year
    28,614,934  
 
   
 
 
End of year
  $ 42,280,025  
 
   
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

1.   Description of Plan
 
    The following description of the King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
 
    General
The Plan is a defined contribution plan, established by King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) as of January 1, 1994, under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) covering substantially all employees who have completed a minimum of one hour of service and are at least 21 years of age. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).
 
    Contributions
Participation in the plan is voluntary. Active participants can contribute up to 17% of earnings or $10,500, whichever is lower, to the Plan in accordance with Internal Revenue Code Section 402(g). The Company contributes a discretionary matching percentage of the participant’s eligible contributions for the Plan year. Participant rollovers are reported as participant contributions.
 
    Vesting
Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company’s matching contribution portion of their accounts plus actual earnings thereon is based on years of continuous service. A participant is 100% vested after 3 years of credited service.
 
    Investment options
The Plan provides participants twelve investment options as of December 31, 2000:

  King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock
Fidelity Advisor Intermediate Bond Fund
Fidelity Institutional Cash U.S. Government Money Market
Fidelity Puritan Fund
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund
Janus Worldwide Fund
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
Fidelity Institutional Domestic Money Market
Vanguard Equity Income Fund
Vanguard Growth Index Fund
FAM Value Fund
Lazard International Equity Portfolio Fund

    The Plan provides participants eleven investment options as of December 31, 2001:

  King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock
Schwab Retirement Money Market
Vanguard Intermediate – Term Bond Index Fund
PIMCO Total Return Institutional Fund
Vanguard Index 500 Fund
Vanguard Equity Income Fund

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King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements

  Artisan International Fund
Vanguard Growth Index Fund
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund
Janus Worldwide Fund
Lazard International Equity Portfolio Fund

    Participant accounts
Participant accounts are credited with units by investment fund for participant contributions, employer contributions, fund transfers or loan repayments. Unit values are calculated daily to reflect the gains or losses of the underlying fund investments and expenses. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the units in the participant’s fund multiplied by the appropriate unit values on the valuation date limited to the amount which can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
 
    Participant loans receivable
Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 and a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. The loan repayment term is for a period not to exceed 5 years or up to 10 years if the purpose of the loan is to acquire a primary residence. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s accounts and bear interest at a rate of Prime plus 1%. Interest rates on outstanding loans range from 5.75% to 10.50% as of December 31, 2001. Interest earned on principal loans receivable is allocated directly to a participant directed fund. Principal and interest are paid through payroll deductions.
 
    Benefit payments
Vested benefits of retired, disabled, or terminated employees are distributed as a single lump-sum payment or as installment payments over a fixed period of time and are recorded when paid.
 
    Forfeitures
The cumulative forfeitures balance of $278,392 as of December 31, 2001 is available to reduce future employer contributions.
 
2.   Summary of significant accounting policies
 
    Basis of accounting
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
    Investment valuation and income recognition
The Plan invests in mutual funds and common stocks. Each fund is valued at quoted market prices to determine a current fund value. Investments in securities for which exchange quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price or, if not for sale, at the closing bid price.
 
    Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade date basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend basis. The Plan presents in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits the net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of its investments which consists of the realized gains and losses and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on those investments.

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King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements

    Realized gains and losses are recognized, as reported by the trustee, when units of the funds are sold. The average cost method is used in determining the costs of the units sold.
 
    Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
    Plan termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue contributions and terminate the Plan. Upon a complete or partial termination of the Plan, the account of each affected participant will fully vest. The form and timing of payment will be as determined under the Plan at the time of Plan termination.
 
    Administrative costs
Certain fees for professional services provided to the Plan in 2001 and 2000 have been paid by the Company. Additionally, personnel and facilities of the Plan sponsor have been used by the Plan for its administrative activities at no cost to the Plan.
 
    Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan provides for various investment options in mutual funds and other investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of the investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risks in the near term would materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for plan benefits and the statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits.
 
3.   Tax status
 
    The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated November 12, 1996 that the Plan is qualified and that the trust established under the Plan is tax exempt under the appropriate sections of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan has been amended subsequent to the determination letter. However, the Plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

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King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements

4.   Investments
 
    The following is a summary of investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets at December 31, 2001 and 2000:
                 
    Fair Value
    December 31,
   
    2001   2000
   
 
Fidelity Institutional Cash U.S. Government Money Market
  $     $ 2,061,707  
Fidelity Puritan Fund
    4,460,431       2,611,393  
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund
    5,465,753       4,518,518  
Janus Worldwide Fund
    3,885,643       3,427,698  
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock
    15,082,796       10,868,436  
Vanguard Equity Income Fund
    4,532,975       3,344,484  
Vanguard Growth Index Fund
    2,334,362        
Schwab Money Market Fund
    2,844,883        

5.   Related Party Transactions
 
    At December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Plan held investments in funds managed by First Tennessee National Association, whom the Plan also contracted for trustee services. The fair value of the investments in the funds was $42,007,708 and $28,420,194, respectively.
 
6.   Plan Merger
 
    The Jones Pharma 401(k) plan was merged with the King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan effective January 1, 2001. The amount of assets transferred was $9,954,449.

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King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Schedule H, Line 4(i) – Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes
As of December 31, 2001
                 
    Units   Fair Value
   
 
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
    75,146     $ 772,502  
Fidelity Puritan Fund
    252,430       4,460,431  
Janus Worldwide Fund
    84,322       3,885,643  
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock*
    358,006       15,082,796  
Vanguard Equity Income Fund
    199,603       4,532,975  
Vanguard Growth Index Fund
    88,389       2,334,362  
FAM Value Fund
    26,858       971,520  
Lazard International Equity Portfolio Fund
    30,430       304,604  
PIMCO Total Return Fund
    96,701       980,118  
Schwab Money Market Fund
    2,844,883       2,844,883  
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund
    51,612       5,465,753  
 
           
 
 
            41,635,587  
Participant Loans (with interest rates from 8.75% to 10.50%)
            372,121  
 
           
 
 
          $ 42,007,708  
 
           
 

* Represents allowable party-in-interest.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

       
  King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
 
    Date July 1, 2002
 
          /s/ James R. Lattanzi
   
    James R. Lattanzi
    Chief Financial Officer