AIR T INC - Annual Report: 2006 (Form 10-K)
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STATES
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM
10-K
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X Annual
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for
the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2006
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File Number 0-11720
Air
T, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
52-1206400
(State
or
other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S.
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Post
Office Box 488, Denver, North Carolina 28037
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(704)
377 - 2109
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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The
market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant computed
by reference to the average of the closing bid and asked prices for such stock
on September 30, 2005, was $27,281,787. As of May 24, 2006, 2,671,293 shares
of
Common Stock were outstanding.
PART
I
Item
1. Business.
Air
T,
Inc., incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 1980 (the
“Company”), operates in two industry segments, providing overnight air cargo
services to the air express delivery industry through its wholly owned
subsidiaries, Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. (“MAC”) and CSA Air, Inc. (“CSA”), and
aviation ground support and other specialized equipment products through its
wholly owned subsidiary, Global Ground Support, LLC (“Global”). During fiscal
2003 the Company decided to dispose of its aviation related parts brokerage
and
overhaul services through its wholly owned subsidiary, Mountain Aircraft
Services, LLC (“MAS”). The Company entered into a letter of intent on June 19,
2003 to sell certain assets and a portion of the business operations of MAS.
In
August 2003, the Company completed the sale of certain assets of MAS for
consideration of $1,885,000, resulting in the recognition of losses associated
with the disposition of $1,121,000. In conjunction with the sale, MAS changed
its name to MAC Aviation Services, LLC (“MACAS”).
For
the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 the Company’s air cargo services through MAC
and CSA accounted for approximately 54.6% of the Company’s consolidated
revenues, aviation ground support and other specialized equipment products
through Global accounted for approximately 45.4% of consolidated revenues.
The
Company’s air cargo services are provided exclusively to one customer, Federal
Express Corporation (“Federal Express”). Certain financial data with respect to
the Company’s overnight air cargo and ground support equipment segments are set
forth in Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under
Part II, Item 8 of this report. Such data are incorporated herein by
reference.
The
principal place of business of the Company and MAC is 3524 Airport Road, Maiden,
North Carolina; the principal places of business of CSA and Global are,
respectively, Iron Mountain, Michigan and Olathe, Kansas. The principal place
of
business of MACAS is in Kinston, North Carolina. The Company maintains an
Internet website at http://www.airt.net
and
posts links to its SEC filings on its website.
Overnight
Air Cargo Services.
MAC
and
CSA provide small package overnight air freight delivery services on a contract
basis throughout the eastern half of the United States, South America, and
the
Caribbean. MAC and CSA’s revenues are derived principally pursuant to
“dry-lease” service contracts. Under the dry-lease service contracts, Federal
Express leases its aircraft to MAC (or CSA) for a nominal amount and pays an
administrative fee to MAC (or CSA) to operate the aircraft. Under these
arrangements, all direct costs related to the operation of the aircraft
(including fuel, outside maintenance, landing fees and pilot costs) are passed
through to Federal Express without markup. For the most recent fiscal year,
operations under dry-lease service contracts accounted for 100.0% of MAC and
CSA’s revenues (54.6% of the Company’s consolidated revenues).
As
of
March 31, 2006, MAC and CSA had an aggregate of 93 aircraft under agreements
with Federal Express. Separate agreements cover the five types of aircraft
operated by MAC and CSA for Federal Express -- Cessna Caravan, ATR-42, ATR-72,
Fokker F-27 and Short Brothers SD3-30. Cessna Caravan, ATR-42, ATR-72 and Fokker
F-27 aircraft are dry-leased from Federal Express, and Short Brothers SD3-30
aircraft are owned by the Company and in prior years have been operated under
“wet-lease” arrangements with Federal Express, which provide for a fixed fee per
flight regardless of the amount of cargo carried. Pursuant to such agreements,
Federal Express determines the schedule of routes to be flown by MAC and CSA.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, MAC’s routes were primarily in the
southeastern United States, the Caribbean and portions of South American and
CSA’s routes were primarily in the upper midwest of the United
States.
Agreements
with Federal Express are renewable annually and may be terminated by Federal
Express any time upon 30 days’ notice. The Company believes that the short term
and other provisions of its agreements with Federal Express are standard within
the air freight contract delivery service industry. Loss of Federal Express
as a
customer would have a material adverse effect on MAC, CSA and the Company.
The
Company is not contractually precluded from providing such services to other
firms, although it has not done so for several years.
MAC
and
CSA operate under separate aviation certifications. MAC is certified to operate
under Part 121, Part 135 and Part 145 of the regulations of the Federal
Aviation Administration (the “FAA”). These certifications permit MAC to operate
and maintain aircraft that can carry up to 18,000 pounds of cargo and provide
maintenance services to third party operators. CSA is certified to operate
and
maintain under Part 135 of the FAA regulations. This certification permits
CSA
to operate aircraft with a maximum cargo capacity of 7,500 pounds.
2
MAC
and
CSA, together, owned, operated or were in the process of converting for cargo
operations the following cargo aircraft as of March 31, 2006:
Form
of Number
of
Type
of Aircraft Model
Year Ownership Aircraft
Cessna
Caravan 208B
(single
turbo prop) 1985-1996 dry
lease 71
Fokker
F-27 (twin turbo prop)
1968-1985 dry
lease
6
ATR-42
(twin turbo prop)
1992 dry
lease 11
ATR-72
(twin turbo prop) 1992 dry
lease
3
Short
Brothers SD3-30
|
(twin
turbo prop) 1981 owned
2
Total
93
Of
the 93
cargo aircraft fleet, 91 aircraft (the Cessna Caravan, ATR-42, ATR-72 and Fokker
F-27 aircraft) are owned by Federal Express and operated by MAC and CSA under
the above described dry-lease service contracts. The expense of daily, routine
maintenance and aircraft service checks performed by MAC and CSA personnel
is
charged to the customer on an hourly basis. In August 1996, MAC completed its
FAA certification to commence operation of a Part 145 maintenance facility
at
its Kinston, N.C. location to conduct these maintenance services.
All
FAA
Part 135 aircraft, including Cessna Caravan 208B, and Short Brothers SD3-30
aircraft are maintained on FAA approved inspection programs. The inspection
intervals range from 100 to 200 hours. The engines are produced by Pratt &
Whitney, and overhaul periods are based on FAA approved schedules. The current
overhaul period on the Cessna aircraft is 7,500 hours. The Short Brothers
manufactured aircraft are maintained on an “on condition” maintenance program
(i.e., maintenance is performed when performance deviates from certain
specifications) with engine inspections at each phase inspection and in-shop
maintenance at predetermined intervals.
The
Fokker F-27 aircraft are maintained under a FAA Part 121 maintenance program.
The program consists of A, B, C, D and I service checks which are inspections
designed to ensure the Company’s maintenance procedures are in compliance with
the applicable FAA regulations. The engine overhaul period is 6,700
hours.
The
ATR-42 and ATR-72 aircraft, are maintained under a FAA Part 121 maintenance
program. The program consist of A and C service checks. The engine overhaul
period is “on condition”.
The
Company’s sole non-cargo aircraft, a King Air, is maintained under a FAA Part 91
maintenance program. The program consists of a phase inspection program. The
engine overhaul period is 3,600 hours. This aircraft is used for corporate
purposes.
The
Company operates in highly competitive markets and competes with approximately
50 other contract cargo carriers in the United States based on safety,
reliability, compliance with Federal, state and applicable foreign regulations,
price and other service related measurements set by their Customer. Accurate
industry data is not available to indicate the Company’s position within its
marketplace (in large measure because most of the Company’s competitors are
privately held), but management believes that MAC and CSA, combined, constitute
one of the largest contract carriers of the type described immediately
above.
The
Company’s air cargo operations are not materially seasonal.
Aircraft
Deice and Other Ground Support and Other Specialized Industrial Equipment
Products.
In
August
1997, the Company organized Global to acquire the Simon Deicer Division of
Terex
Aviation Ground Equipment, and the acquisition was completed that month. Global
is located in Olathe, Kansas and manufactures, sells and services aircraft
ground support and other specialized equipment sold to domestic and
international passenger and cargo airlines, the U.S. Air Force and Navy,
airports and industrial customers. During the past seven fiscal years, Global
has diversified its product line to include additional models of aircraft
deicers, scissor-type lifts, military and civilian decontamination units and
other specialized types of equipment. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006,
sales of deicing equipment accounted for approximately 86% of Global’s revenues.
3
In
the
manufacture of its ground service equipment, Global assembles components
acquired from third party suppliers. Components are readily available from
a
number of different suppliers. The primary components are the chassis (which
is
similar to the chassis of a medium to heavy truck), fluid storage, a boom
mounted delivery system and heating and pumping equipment.
Global
manufactures five basic models of mobile deicing equipment ranging from 700
to
3,200 gallon capacity models, in addition to fixed-pedestal-mounted deicers.
Each model can be customized as requested by the customer, including the
addition of twin engine deicing systems, fire suppressant equipment,
modifications for open or enclosed cab design, a patented forced-air deicing
nozzle to substantially reduce glycol usage, and color and style of the exterior
finish. Global also manufactures three models of scissor-lift equipment, for
catering, cabin service and maintenance service of aircraft, and has developed
a
line of decontamination equipment and other special purpose mobile equipment.
In
addition to manufacturing the above mentioned equipment, Global also maintains
and services aviation ground support equipment at four locations in the United
States. Global
competes primarily on the basis of reliability of its products, prompt delivery,
service and price. The market for aviation ground service equipment is highly
competitive and directly related to the financial health of the aviation
industry, weather patterns and changes in technology.
Global’s
mobile deicing equipment business, in addition to being highly seasonal, was
significantly impacted by the softening economy and effect of the September
11,
2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Historically, the bulk of Global’s
revenues have occurred during the second and third fiscal quarters, and
comparatively little revenue has occurred during the first and fourth fiscal
quarters. The Company has continued its efforts to reduce Global’s seasonal
fluctuation in revenues and earnings by broadening its international and
domestic customer base and its product line to increase revenues and earnings
in
the first and fourth fiscal quarters. In
June
1999, Global was awarded a four-year contract to supply deicing equipment to
the
United States Air Force, the contract was
extended for two additional three-year periods, and is scheduled to expire
in
June 2009. In
March
2003 Global received a large-scale, fixed-stand deicer contract, which the
Company believes contributed to management’s plan to reduce seasonal fluctuation
in revenues during fiscal 2004. However,
as these contracts are completed, seasonal trends for Global’s business may
resume.
Revenue
from Global’s contract with the U.S. Air Force accounted for approximately
17.8%, 23.7% and 16.4% of the Company’s consolidated revenue for the years ended
March 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
Global
has recently been successful in expanding its market internationally. The
following table sets forth Global’s revenues from customers based in the United
States and from customers based outside the United States, with separate amounts
reflected for each foreign country for which sales were material during these
periods.
Fiscal
Year Ended March 31,
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2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
United
States
|
$
|
24,209,747
|
$
|
28,036,100
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$
|
18,976,445
|
||||
Foreign
Countries:
|
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China
|
6,367,048
|
-
|
370,426
|
|||||||
United
Kingdom
|
3,024,305
|
569,113
|
411,378
|
|||||||
Canada
|
2,397,527
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
other
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82,760
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81,750
|
70,500
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
36,081,387
|
$
|
28,686,963
|
$
|
19,828,749
|
Sales
to
overseas customers are denominated in U.S. dollars.
Aviation
Related Parts Brokerage and Overhaul Services.
During
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, Company management agreed to a plan to sell
the assets of MAS and to discontinue the operations of the Company’s aviation
service sector business. The Company entered into a letter of intent on June
19,
2003 to sell certain assets and the business operations of MAS to an investor
group, which included former management of MAS. In August 2003, the Company
completed the sale of certain assets of MAS for consideration of $1,885,000,
resulting in the recognition of losses associated with the disposition of
$1,121,000. The loss associated with the disposal is reflected in discontinued
operations. In conjunction with the above sale, the Company agreed to indemnify
the buyer and its affiliates with respect to certain matters related to
contractual representations and warranties and the operation of the business
prior to closing.
4
In
connection
with this sale, the Company also entered into a three-year consignment agreement
granting the buyer an exclusive right to sell the majority of the remaining
MAS
inventory included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of that date.
Upon termination of the consignment agreement the buyer will return all unsold
inventory, if any, to the Company. Such consigned inventory is stated at the
lower of cost or market at March 31, 2006 in the accompanying financial
statements. The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the
sale
of certain MAS assets and reclassify the net operations of MAS as discontinued
operations, net of tax, for fiscal 2004. Management is currently weighing its
options for the pending expiration of the consignment agreement in August
2006.
Backlog.
The
Company’s backlog for its continuing operations consists of “firm” orders
supported by customer purchase orders for the equipment sold by Global. At
March
31, 2006, the Company’s backlog of orders was $10.8 million, all of which the
Company expects to be filled in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007.
Governmental
Regulation.
The
Department of Transportation (“DOT”) has the authority to regulate economic
issues affecting air service. The DOT has authority to investigate and institute
proceedings to enforce its economic regulations, and may, in certain
circumstances, assess civil penalties, revoke operating authority and seek
criminal sanctions.
In
response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress enacted the
Aviation and Transportation Security Act (“ATSA”) of November 2001. ATSA created
the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”), an agency within the DOT, to
oversee, among other things, aviation and airport security. In 2003, TSA was
transferred from the DOT to the Department of Homeland Security, however the
basic mission and authority of TSA remain unchanged. ATSA provided for the
federalization of airport passenger, baggage, cargo, mail, and employee and
vendor screening processes.
Under
the
Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, the FAA has safety jurisdiction over
flight operations generally, including flight equipment, flight and ground
personnel training, examination and certification, certain ground facilities,
flight equipment maintenance programs and procedures, examination and
certification of mechanics, flight routes, air traffic control and
communications and other matters. The Company has been subject to FAA regulation
since the commencement of its business activities. The FAA is concerned with
safety and the regulation of flight operations generally, including equipment
used, ground facilities, maintenance, communications and other matters. The
FAA
can suspend or revoke the authority of air carriers or their licensed personnel
for failure to comply with its regulations and can ground aircraft if questions
arise concerning airworthiness. The FAA also has power to suspend or revoke
for
cause the certificates it issues and to institute proceedings for imposition
and
collection of fines for violation of federal aviation regulations. The Company,
through its subsidiaries, holds all operating airworthiness and other FAA
certificates that are currently required for the conduct of its business,
although these certificates may be suspended or revoked for cause. The FAA
periodically conducts routine reviews of MAC and CSA’s operating procedures and
flight and maintenance records.
The
FAA
has authority under the Noise Control Act of 1972, as amended, to monitor and
regulate aircraft engine noise. The aircraft operated by the Company are in
compliance with all such regulations promulgated by the FAA. Moreover, because
the Company does not operate jet aircraft, noncompliance is not likely. Such
aircraft also comply with standards for aircraft exhaust emissions promulgated
by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Clean Air Act of 1970,
as
amended.
Because
of the extensive use of radio and other communication facilities in its aircraft
operations, the Company is also subject to the Federal Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Maintenance
and Insurance.
The
Company, through its subsidiaries, maintains its aircraft under the appropriate
FAA standards and regulations.
The
Company has secured public liability and property damage insurance in excess
of
minimum amounts required by the United States Department of Transportation.
The
Company has also obtained all-risk hull insurance on Company-owned
aircraft.
5
The
Company maintains cargo liability insurance, workers’ compensation insurance and
fire and extended coverage insurance for leased as well as owned facilities
and
equipment. In addition, the Company maintains product liability insurance with
respect to injuries and loss arising from use of products sold by
Global.
Employees.
At
May
15, 2006, the Company and its subsidiaries had 390 full-time and
full-time-equivalent employees, of which 27 are employed by the Company, 234
are
employed by MAC, 55 are employed by CSA and 74 are employed by Global. None
of
the Company’s employees are represented by a union. The Company believes its
relations with its employees are good.
Item
1A Risk
Factors.
The
following risk factors, as well as other information included in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K, should be considered by investors in connection
with
any investment in the Company’s common stock. As used in this Item, the terms
“we,” “us” and “our” refer to the Company and its subsidiaries.
Risks
Related to Our Dependence on Significant Customers
We
are significantly dependent on our contractual relationship with Federal Express
Corporation, the loss of which would have a material adverse effect on our
business, results of operations and financial
position.
In
the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 54.6% of our operating revenues, and 100%
of
the operating revenues for our overnight air cargo segment, arose from services
we provided to Federal Express. Our agreements with Federal Express are
renewable annually and may be terminated by Federal Express at any time upon
30
days’ notice. The loss of these contracts with Federal Express would have a
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
position.
Because
of our dependence on Federal Express, we are subject to the risks that may
affect Federal Express’s operations.
Because
of our dependence on Federal Express, we are subject to the risks that may
affect Federal Express’s operations. These risks are discussed in “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial
Condition—Forward-Looking Statements” in Federal Express Corporation’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005. These risks
include:
· |
economic
conditions in the domestic and international markets in which it
operates;
|
· |
any
impacts on its business resulting from new domestic or international
government regulation, including regulatory actions affecting aviation
rights, security requirements and labor
rules;
|
· |
the
impact of any international conflicts or terrorist activities on
the
United States and global economies in general, the transportation
industry
in particular, and what effects these events will have on the demand
for
its services;
|
· |
competition
from other providers of transportation services, including its ability
to
compete with new or improved services offered by its
competitors;
|
· |
the
impact of technology developments on its operations and on demand
for its
services; and
|
· |
adverse
weather conditions or natural
disasters.
|
A
material reduction in the aircraft we fly for Federal Express could materially
adversely affect on our business and results of
operations
Under
our
agreements with Federal Express, we are not guaranteed a number of aircraft
or
routes we are to fly. Our compensation under these agreements, including our
administrative fees, depends on the number of aircraft operated in routes
assigned to us by Federal Express. For example, in connection with delays in
the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 in the conversion of a portion of the fleet
we
operate for Federal Express from Fokker F-27 aircraft to ATR-42 and ATR-72
aircraft, the number of aircraft we operated was reduced as certain Fokker
F-27
aircraft were removed from service in advance of scheduled heavy maintenance
checks while replacement ATR-42 and ATR-72 aircraft were not yet available
to be
placed in service due to delays in their conversion from passenger to cargo
configuration. Although such a reduction in aircraft was temporary in that
instance, any material permanent reduction in the aircraft we operate could
materially adversely affect our business and results of operations. A
temporary reduction could materially adversely affect our results of operations
for that period.
6
If
our agreement with the United States Air Force expires in June 2009 as
scheduled, we may be unable to replace revenues from sales of ground equipment
to the United States Air Force and seasonal patterns of this segment of our
business may re-emerge.
In
the
fiscal years ended March 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, approximately 17.8%, 23.7%
and
16.4%, respectively, of our operating revenues arose from sales of de-icing
equipment to the United State Air Force under a long-term contract. This initial
four-year contract, awarded in 1999, was extended for two additional three-year
periods, and is scheduled to expire in June 2009. We cannot provide any
assurance that this agreement will be extended beyond its current 2009
expiration date. In the event that this agreement is not extended, our revenues
from sales of ground support may decrease unless we are successful in obtaining
customer orders from other sources and we cannot assure you that we will be
able
to secure orders in that quantity or for the fully-equipped models of equipment
sold to the Air Force. In addition, sales of de-icing equipment to the Air
Force
has enabled us to ameliorate the seasonality of our ground equipment business.
Thus if the contract with the Air Force is not extended, seasonal patterns
for
this business, with the bulk of the revenues and earnings occurring during
the
second and third fiscal quarters in anticipation of the winter season, and
comparatively little during the first and fourth fiscal quarters, may
re-emerge.
Other
Business Risks
Our
revenues for aircraft maintenance services fluctuate based on the heavy
maintenance check schedule, which is based on aircraft usage, for aircraft
flown
by our overnight air cargo operations, and the anticipated schedule for heavy
maintenance checks may result in reduced maintenance revenues in fiscal 2007
and
2008.
Our
maintenance revenues fluctuate based on the level of heavy maintenance checks
performed on aircraft operated by our air cargo operations. As a result of
the
delay in the introduction of ATR aircraft to replace 16 older Fokker F-27
aircraft operated by MAC, most of the ATR aircraft operated by MAC were placed
in service during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. Maintenance revenues
associated with the conversion of these aircraft from passenger operations
to
cargo operations resulted in increased maintenance revenues during this period.
Because most of these aircraft were placed in service during a relatively short
time span, they are on roughly the same maintenance schedule, and the next
heavy
maintenance checks due on these aircraft would not be anticipated to start
until
the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009. Unless there is an acceleration of the
heavy maintenance checks schedule, which is based on aircraft usage, or we
are
able to attract additional maintenance projects, our maintenance revenues in
fiscal 2007 and 2008 may be lower than in fiscal 2005 and 2006.
Incidents
or accidents involving products that we sell may result in liability or
otherwise adversely affect our operating results for a
period.
Incidents
or accidents may occur involving the products that we sell. For example, in
February 2005, a 135-foot fixed-stand deicing boom sold by Global for
installation at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania airport collapsed on an Airbus
A330 aircraft operated by US Airways. While the aircraft suffered some
structural damage, no passengers or crew on the aircraft were injured. The
operator of the deicing boom has claimed to suffer injuries in connection with
the collapse and has initiated litigation. While we maintain products liability
and other insurance in amounts we believe are customary and appropriate, and
may
have rights to pursue subcontractors in the event that we have any liability
in
connection with accidents involving products that we sell, it is possible that
in the event of multiple accidents the amount of our insurance coverage would
not be adequate.
In
addition, in late June 2005, after an independent structural engineering firm’s
investigation identified specific design flaws and structural defects in the
remaining 11 booms sold by Global and installed at the Philadelphia Airport,
and
after Global’s subcontractor declined to participate in efforts to return the
remaining 11 booms to service, Global agreed with the City of Philadelphia
to
effect specific repairs to the remaining 11 booms. Global incurred
approximately $905,000 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 in
connection with its commercial undertaking with the City of Philadelphia to
return these booms to service. While we have commenced litigation against our
subcontractor to recover these amounts, we cannot assure you that we will be
successful in recovering these amounts in a timely manner or at
all.
7
The
suspension or revocation of FAA certifications could have a material adverse
effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
Our
air
cargo operations are subject to regulations of the FAA. The FAA can suspend
or
revoke the authority of air carriers or their licensed personnel for failure
to
comply with its regulations and can ground aircraft if questions arise
concerning airworthiness. The FAA also has power to suspend or revoke for cause
the certificates it issues and to institute proceedings for imposition and
collection of fines for violation of federal aviation regulations. Our air
cargo
subsidiaries, MAC and CSA, operate under separate FAA certifications. Although
it is possible that, in the event that the certification of one of our
subsidiaries was suspended or revoked, flights operated by that subsidiary
could
be transferred to the other subsidiary, we can offer no assurance that we would
be able to transfer flight operations in that manner. Accordingly, the
suspension or revocation of any one of these certifications could have a
material adverse effect our business, results of operations and financial
position. The suspension or revocation of all of these certifications would
have
a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
position.
Mild
weather conditions may adversely affect the demand for our primary ground
equipment products.
Our
de-icing equipment is used to de-ice commercial and military aircraft. The
extent of de-icing activity depends on the severity of winter weather. Mild
winter weather conditions permit airports to use fewer de-icing units, since
less time is required to de-ice aircraft in mild weather conditions.
Accordingly, trends toward mild winter weather, particularly in the northeast
United States which experiences a high volume of air traffic, reduce the demand
for our de-icing equipment products.
Item
1B Unresolved
Staff Comments.
Not
applicable.
Item
2. Properties.
The
Company leases the Little Mountain Airport in Maiden, North Carolina from a
corporation whose stock is owned in part by William H. Simpson and John J.
Gioffre, officers and directors of the Company, and the estate of David Clark,
of which, Walter Clark, the Company’s chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is a
co-executor and beneficiary, and Allison Clark, a director, is a beneficiary.
The facility consists of approximately 68 acres with one 3,000 foot paved
runway, approximately 20,000 square feet of hangar space and approximately
12,300 square feet of office space. The operations of the Company and MAC are
headquartered at this facility. The two leases for this facility extended
through May 31, 2006, and the total monthly lease payments are $11,255.
On
June 16, 2006, the Company and Airport Associates entered into an agreement
to
continue the lease of these facilities until May 31, 2008 at a monthly rental
payment of $12,736.79. The lease agreement includes an option permitting the
Company to renew the lease for an additional two-year period, with the monthly
rental payment to be adjusted to reflect the Consumer Price Index (CPI) change
from June 1, 2006 to April 1, 2008. The lease agreement provides that
the Company shall be responsible for maintenance of the leased facilities and
for utilities, ad valorem taxes and insurance.
The
Company also leases approximately 800 square feet of office space and
approximately 6,000 square feet of hangar space at the Ford Airport in Iron
Mountain, Michigan. CSA’s operations are headquartered at these facilities.
These facilities are leased, from a third party, under an annually renewable
agreement with a monthly rental payment, as of March 31, 2006, of approximately
$2,264.
On
November 16, 1995, the Company entered into a twenty-one and one-half year
premises and facilities lease with Global TransPark Foundation, Inc. to lease
approximately 53,000 square feet of a 66,000 square foot aircraft hangar shop
and office facility at the North Carolina Global TransPark in Kinston, North
Carolina. In August 1996, the maintenance, repair and parts brokerage operation
of MAC and MAS were relocated to this facility. Rent under this lease increases
over time as follows: the first 18 months, no rent; the next 5-year period,
$2.25 per square foot; the next 5-year period, $3.50 per square foot; the next
5-year period, $4.50 per square foot; and the final 5-year period, $5.90 per
square foot. This lease is cancelable under certain conditions at the Company’s
option. The Company currently considers the lease to be cancelable and has
calculated rent expense under the current lease term. The Company began
operations at this facility in August 1996.
Global leases a 112,500 square foot production facility in Olathe, Kansas.
The
facility is leased, from a third party, under a five-year lease agreement,
which
expires in August 2006. The monthly rental payment, as of March 31, 2006, was
$30,279 and the monthly rental will increase to no more than $30,842 over the
life of the lease, based on increases in the Consumer Price Index.
As
of
March 31, 2006, the Company leased hangar space from third parties at 35
other
locations for aircraft storage. Such hangar space is leased, from third parties,
at prevailing market terms.
The
table
of aircraft presented in Item 1 lists the aircraft operated by the Company’s
subsidiaries and the form of ownership.
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Item
3. Legal
Proceedings.
Patent
and Trade Secret Litigation.
Global
and one of its former employees were named as defendants in a lawsuit commenced
in March 2002 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia,
Catalyst
& Chemical Services, et al. vs Global Ground Support, LLC, et
al.
The plaintiffs alleged that Global and its former employee misappropriated
trade
secrets, breached a confidentiality agreement, and infringed a patent.
On
May
31, 2005, the jury returned a verdict for Global and its former employee with
respect to all of the plaintiffs’ claims submitted for trial. The plaintiffs
appealed the verdict. In March 2006, the United States Court of Appeals for
the
Federal circuit affirmed the trial court’s judgment and the period in with the
plaintiffs could seek further appellate review has lapsed. Accordingly, this
case is now concluded.
Philadelphia
Litigation.
On
February
28, 2005, a 135-foot fixed-stand deicing boom sold by Global for installation
at
the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania airport, and maintained by Global, collapsed
on
an Airbus A330 aircraft operated by U.S. Airways. While the aircraft suffered
some structural damage, no passengers or crew on the aircraft were injured.
The
operator of the deicing boom has claimed to suffer injuries in connection with
the collapse. Immediately following this incident, the remaining eleven fixed
stand deicing booms sold by Global and installed at the Philadelphia airport
were placed out of service pending investigation of their structural soundness.
These booms include 114-foot smaller deicing booms, as well as additional
135-foot extended deicing booms. All of these booms were designed, fabricated
and installed by parties other than Global and are the only booms of this model
that have been sold by Global.
In
June
2005, after an independent structural engineering firm’s investigation
identified specific design flaws and structural defects in the remaining 11
booms and Global’s subcontractor declined to participate in efforts to return
the remaining 11 booms to service, Global agreed with the City of Philadelphia
to effect specific repairs to the remaining 11 booms. Under this agreement,
Global agreed to effect the repairs to these booms at its expense and has
reserved its rights to recover these expenses from any third party ultimately
determined to be responsible for defects and flaws in these booms. The agreement
provides that if Global performs its obligations under the agreement, the City
of Philadelphia will not pursue any legal remedies against Global for the
identified design flaws and structural defects with respect to these 11 booms.
However, the City of Philadelphia retains its rights with respect to any cause
of action arising from the collapse of the boom in February 2005.
On
October 14, 2005, Global completed the repair, installation and recertification
of ten of the deicing booms. Repair had been completed on the eleventh boom,
which was then damaged in transit to the Philadelphia airport by an independent
carrier. The additional repair work on that boom has been completed and the
boom
is awaiting delivery back to the airport. The carrier had initially undertaken
that such further repair work would be at its expense, though the carrier has
not yet approved the final expense of such repair work.
Global
has been named as a defendant in two legal actions arising from the February
2005 boom collapse at the Philadelphia airport. In the first, U.S.
Airways vs. Elliott Equipment Company, et al.,
which
is pending in United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, U.S. Airways initiated an action on April 7, 2006 against Global
and its subcontractor seeking to recover approximately $2.9 million,
representing the alleged cost to repair the damaged Airbus A330 aircraft
and
loss of use of the aircraft while it was being repaired. This matter is in
the
initial stage of discovery. In the second action, Emerson
vs. Elliott Equipment Company, et al.,
pending
in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, the boom operator is seeking
to recover unspecified damages from Global and its subcontractor for injuries
arising from the collapse of the boom. This matter was initiated on October
21,
2005 and is scheduled for trial in November 2007. The Company understands
that
the boom operator has recovered from his injuries and has returned to fulltime
work. Global maintains product liability insurance in excess of the amount
of
the recoveries claimed above and is being defended in both of these matters
by
its product liability insurance carrier. Global’s insurance coverage does not
extend to the costs incurred by Global to examine and repair the other 11
booms
at the Philadelphia airport.
On
August
4, 2005, Global commenced litigation in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania against Glazer Enterprises, Inc. t/a Elliott Equipment
Company, Global’s subcontractor that designed, fabricated and warrantied the
booms at the Philadelphia airport, seeking to recover costs incurred in
connection with repairing the 11 booms and any damages arising from the collapse
of the boom in February 2005. That case has been removed to federal court
and is
pending before United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania and has been assigned to the same judge before whom the U.S.
Airways litigation is pending against Global. This matter is in the initial
stage of discovery. The Company cannot provide assurance that it will be
able to
recover its repair expenses, or otherwise be successful, in this
action.
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Other
Litigation.
The
Company is currently involved in certain personal injury and environmental
matters, which involve pending or threatened lawsuits. Management believes
the
results of these pending or threatened lawsuits will not have a material adverse
effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial
position.
Item
4. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
No
matter
was submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the
fiscal year covered by this report.
PART
II
Item
5.
|
Registrant’s
Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.
|
The
Company’s common stock is publicly traded in the Nasdaq Small Cap Market under
the symbol “AIRT.”
As
of May
11, 2006 the number of holders of record of the Company’s Common Stock was
approximately 290. The range of high and low bid quotations per share for the
Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market from April 2004 through
March 2006 is as follows:
|
Common
Stock
|
||||||
High
|
Low
|
||||||
June
30, 2004
|
$
|
14.91
|
$
|
4.72
|
|||
September
30, 2004
|
28.41
|
10.03
|
|||||
December
31, 2004
|
35.50
|
17.10
|
|||||
March
31, 2005
|
22.50
|
12.01
|
|||||
June
30, 2005
|
$
|
19.92
|
$
|
13.75
|
|||
September
30, 2005
|
16.43
|
9.75
|
|||||
December
31, 2005
|
13.23
|
9.50
|
|||||
March
31, 2006
|
14.50
|
10.50
|
The
Company’s Board of Directors has adopted a policy to pay a regularly scheduled
annual cash dividend in the first quarter of each fiscal year. On May 23, 2006,
the Company declared a fiscal 2006 cash dividend of $0.25 per common share
payable on June 28, 2006 to stockholders of record on June 9, 2006.
The
Company did not repurchase any shares of its Common Stock during the fiscal
year
ended March 31, 2006.
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Item
6. Selected
Financial Data
(In
thousands except per share data)
Year
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||||||
Operating
Revenues
|
$
|
79,529
|
$
|
69,999
|
$
|
55,997
|
$
|
42,872
|
$
|
59,603
|
||||||
Earnings
from continuing operations
|
2,055
|
2,106
|
2,164
|
366
|
2,016
|
|||||||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
-
|
-
|
(426
|
)
|
(1,590
|
)
|
(738
|
)
|
||||||||
Net
earnings (loss)
|
2,055
|
2,106
|
1,738
|
(1,224
|
)
|
1,278
|
||||||||||
Basic
(loss) earnings per share
|
||||||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
0.79
|
$
|
0.80
|
$
|
0.13
|
$
|
0.74
|
||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
-
|
-
|
(0.16
|
)
|
(0.58
|
)
|
(0.27
|
)
|
||||||||
Total
basic net (loss) earnings per share
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
0.79
|
$
|
0.64
|
$
|
(0.45
|
)
|
$
|
0.47
|
|||||
Diluted
(loss) earnings per share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
0.78
|
$
|
0.80
|
$
|
0.13
|
$
|
0.72
|
||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
-
|
-
|
(0.16
|
)
|
(0.58
|
)
|
(0.26
|
)
|
||||||||
Total
diluted net (loss) earnings per share
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
0.78
|
$
|
0.64
|
$
|
(0.45
|
)
|
$
|
0.46
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
23,923
|
$
|
24,109
|
$
|
19,574
|
$
|
21,328
|
$
|
22,903
|
||||||
Long-term
obligations, including
|
||||||||||||||||
current
portion
|
$
|
950
|
$
|
1,245
|
$
|
279
|
$
|
2,509
|
$
|
4,158
|
||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
$
|
14,500
|
$
|
13,086
|
$
|
11,677
|
$
|
9,611
|
$
|
11,100
|
||||||
Average
common shares outstanding-Basic
|
2,671
|
2,677
|
2,716
|
2,726
|
2,717
|
|||||||||||
Average
common shares outstanding-Diluted
|
2,672
|
2,693
|
2,728
|
2,726
|
2,789
|
|||||||||||
Dividend
declared per common share (1)
|
$
|
0.25
|
$
|
0.20
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
0.15
|
||||||
Dividend
paid per common share (1)
|
$
|
0.25
|
$
|
0.20
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
0.15
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
(1)
On May 23, 2006, the Company declared a fiscal 2006 cash dividend
of $0.25
per common
|
||||||||||||||||
share
payable on June 28, 2006 to stockholders' of record on June 9, 2006.
Due
to losses
|
||||||||||||||||
sustained
in fiscal 2003, no common share dividend was paid in fiscal
2004.
|
||||||||||||||||
Item
7. Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
During
fiscal 2003, the Company decided to discontinue and dispose of its aircraft
component parts brokerage and repair services business operated by its Mountain
Aircraft Services, LLC (“MAS”) subsidiary and, accordingly, the Company’s fiscal
2004 consolidated financial statements reflect the results of MAS as a
discontinued operation. See Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements. In
August
2003, the Company completed the sale of certain assets of MAS and entered into
a
three-year consignment agreement granting the buyer an exclusive right to sell
the majority of the remaining MAS inventory included in the Company’s
consolidated balance sheet as of that date. Consequently,
MAS’s operations are not included in the fiscal 2004 results of continuing
operations discussed below.
Overview
The
Company’s continuing operations operate in two business segments, providing
overnight air cargo services to the express delivery services industry and
aviation ground support and other specialized equipment products to passenger
and cargo airlines, airports, the military and industrial customers. Each
business segment has separate management teams and infrastructures that offer
different products and services. The Company’s air cargo operations, which are
comprised of its Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. (“MAC”) and CSA Air, Inc. (“CSA”)
subsidiaries, accounted
for 54.6% of revenue in fiscal 2006. The Company’s ground support operations,
comprised of its Global Ground Support, LLC subsidiary (“Global”), accounted for
the remaining 45.4% of 2006 revenues.
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MAC and CSA are short-haul express air freight carriers and provide air cargo services exclusively to one customer, Federal Express Corporation (“Federal Express”). Under the terms of the dry-lease service agreements, which currently cover approximately 98.9% of the revenue aircraft operated, the Company receives an administrative fee based on the number of aircraft operated in revenue service and passes through to its customer certain cost components of its operations without markup. The cost of fuel, flight crews, landing fees, outside maintenance, parts and certain other direct operating costs are included in operating expenses and billed to the customer as cargo and maintenance revenue, at cost. These agreements are renewable annually and may be terminated by Federal Express at any time upon 30 days’ notice. The Company believes that the short term and other provisions of its agreements with Federal Express are standard within the air freight contract delivery service industry. Loss of its contracts with Federal Express would have a material adverse effect on the Company.
Separate
agreements cover the five types of aircraft operated by MAC and CSA for Federal
Express—Cessna Caravan, ATR-42, ATR-72, Fokker F-27, and Short Brothers SD3-30.
Cessna Caravan, ATR-42, ATR-72 and Fokker F-27 aircraft (a total of 91 aircraft
at March 31, 2006) are owned by and dry-leased from Federal Express, and
Short Brothers SD3-30 aircraft (two aircraft at March 31, 2006) are owned by
the
Company and operated periodically under wet-lease arrangements with the Federal
Express. Pursuant to such agreements, Federal Express determines the type of
aircraft and schedule of routes to be flown by MAC and CSA, with all other
operational decisions made by the Company.
The air cargo segment’s financial results in fiscal 2006 were affected by
Federal Express’s 2004 decision to modernize the aircraft fleet being operated
by MAC under dry-lease agreements by replacing older Fokker F-27 aircraft with
newer ATR-42 and ATR-72 aircraft. MAC’s administrative fees which are based on
the number of aircraft operated in active or stand-by service, although
adversely affected in fiscal 2005 as a result of delays in the introduction
of
newer ATR aircraft which were not received in time to replace the older Fokker
F-27 aircraft that were removed from service as they neared major scheduled
maintenance, increased in fiscal 2006 as the ATR aircraft entered revenue
service. F-27 revenue routes, affected by the delayed introduction of the ATR’s,
were temporarily flown in fiscal 2005 by standby MAC and CSA aircraft or wet
lease aircraft. MAC, which had been engaged to assist in the certification
and
conversion of ATR aircraft from passenger to cargo configuration and had
experienced a substantial increase in maintenance revenue in fiscal 2005,
experienced a substantial decrease in maintenance revenue in fiscal 2006 due
to
the completion of work once the aircraft were placed in revenue service. The
majority of these conversion activities, a portion of which represents cost
of
aircraft parts, have been billed to the customer without mark-up.
MAC
and
CSA’s revenue contributed approximately $43,447,000 and $41,312,000 to the
Company’s revenues in fiscal 2006 and 2005, respectively, a current year net
increase of $2,135,000 (5.2%). Approximately $3,100,000 in increases in revenue
in fiscal 2006 was related to increased pilot salaries and travel, fuel and
airport fees associated with route expansion, the majority of which are passed
on to the customer at cost, partially offset by a $965,000 decrease in
maintenance services and acquisition of aircraft parts, which were primarily
attributed to wind-down and completion of the customer’s fleet modernization,
associated with conversion of ATR aircraft from passenger to cargo configuration
during fiscal 2006.
Global
manufactures, services and supports aircraft deicers and ground support
equipment and other specialized industrial equipment on a worldwide basis.
In
June 1999, Global was awarded a four-year contract to supply deicing equipment
to the United States Air Force. In June 2003 Global was awarded a three-year
extension of that contract and a further three-year extension was awarded in
June 2006. In fiscal 2006, revenues from sales to the Air Force accounted for
approximately 39.3% of the ground equipment segment’s revenues. Global’s
revenues contributed approximately $36,081,000 and $28,687,000 to the Company’s
revenues in fiscal 2006 and 2005, respectively,
a
current year increase of 25.8%. The
increase in revenues in 2006 was primarily due to increased commercial equipment
orders, which included approximately $6,300,000 in international orders from
China.
Global’s
results in fiscal 2006 were adversely affected as the result of the collapse
of
one of twelve fixed-stand deicing booms sold by Global for installation at
the
Philadelphia airport. Following the collapse of the boom, Global undertook
to
examine and repair the eleven remaining booms and incurred expense of
approximately $905,000 in connection these activities. Although Global has
initiated legal action to recover these expenses from its subcontractor,
the
Company, cannot provide assurance of the amount or timing of any such recovery.
See Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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The
following table summarizes the changes and trends in the Company’s operating
expenses for continuing operations as a percentage of revenue:
Fiscal
year ended March 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Operating
revenue (in thousands)
|
$
|
79,529
|
$
|
69,999
|
$
|
55,997
|
||||
Expense
as a percent of revenue:
|
||||||||||
Flight
operations
|
24.38
|
%
|
24.41
|
%
|
27.62
|
%
|
||||
Maintenance
|
22.41
|
25.65
|
24.76
|
|||||||
Ground
Equipment
|
36.32
|
32.11
|
26.44
|
|||||||
General
and Administrative
|
12.06
|
11.96
|
14.11
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
0.86
|
0.91
|
1.00
|
|||||||
Total
Costs and Expenses
|
96.03
|
%
|
95.04
|
%
|
93.93
|
%
|
The
Company, which incurred an increase in professional fees in fiscal 2005 due
to
the additional requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002, reduced
SOX
related professional fees in fiscal 2006 due to SEC approved extensions in
implementation deadlines which deferred additional requirements of the SOX
applicable to the Company. In particular, the requirements under Section 404(b)
of that act with respect to auditor attestation of internal controls over
financial reporting.
Outlook
The
Company’s current forecast for fiscal 2007 suggests that, due to higher fuel
cost and increasing rates of inflation, the commercial aviation market will
grow
at a rate that is less than the rest of the economy. Increased international
sales, military and Homeland Security budgets, pending funding approvals, and
increased activity by outside service providers which have taken over the
deicing responsibilities of several airlines and airports may help offset the
expected lower-than-normal order levels from domestic passenger airline
commercial customers. Company management currently anticipates that, although,
its air cargo segment will continue to benefit from the increased administrative
fees associated with its customer’s aircraft fleet modernization and route
expansion through fiscal 2007, decreased maintenance revenues associated with
the recent fleet modernization will reduce operating revenue and margins. Given
the uncertainties associated with the above factors, the Company continues
to
operate in a highly unpredictable environment.
Based
on
the current general economic and industry outlook and recent cost cutting
measures implemented over the past six months, the Company believes its existing
cash and cash equivalents, cash flow from operations, and funds available from
current and renewed credit facilities will be adequate to meet its current
and
anticipated working capital requirements through fiscal 2007. If these sources
are inadequate or become unavailable, then the Company may pursue additional
funds through the financing of unencumbered assets or sale of equity securities,
although there is no assurance these additional funds will be sufficient to
replace the sources that are inadequate or become unavailable.
Actual
results for fiscal 2007 will depend upon a number of factors beyond the
Company’s control, including, in part, the magnitude of future international
orders, the timing of receipt of additional customer aircraft placed into
revenue service, the timing, speed and magnitude of the economic recovery of
the
aviation industry, military funding of pending future equipment orders, future
levels of commercial aviation capital spending, future terrorists acts and
weather patterns.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
The
preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires the use of estimates and
assumptions to determine certain assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses.
Management bases these estimates and assumptions upon the best information
available at the time of the estimates or assumptions. The Company’s estimates
and assumptions could change materially as conditions within and beyond our
control change. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from
estimates. The most significant estimates made by management include allowance
for doubtful accounts receivable, reserves for excess and obsolete inventories,
warranty reserves, deferred tax asset valuation, retirement benefit obligations
and valuation of long-lived assets.
13
Following
is a discussion of critical accounting policies and related management estimates
and assumptions. A full description of all significant accounting policies
is
included in Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included
elsewhere in this report.
Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts. An allowance for doubtful accounts receivable in the
amount of $482,000 and $267,000, respectively, in fiscal 2006 and 2005, was
established based on management’s estimates of the collectability of accounts
receivable. The required allowance is determined using information such as
customer credit history, industry information, credit reports, customer
financial condition and the collectability of outstanding accounts receivables.
The estimates can be affected by changes in the financial strength of the
aviation industry, customer credit issues or general economic
conditions.
Inventories.
The Company’s parts inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market.
Provisions for excess and obsolete inventories in the amount of $451,000 and
$441,000, respectively, in fiscal 2006 and 2005, are based on assessment of
the
marketability of slow-moving and obsolete inventories. During fiscal 2005 the
Company wrote-down the gross value of the MAS inventory held for sale by
$1,035,000, the value of the inventory’s obsolescence reserve prior to the
write-down. During fiscal 2006 the Company sold approximately $180,000 (29%)
of
the inventory held at the end of fiscal 2005. Historical part usage, current
period sales, estimated future demand and anticipated transactions between
willing buyers and sellers provide the basis for estimates. Estimates are
subject to volatility and can be affected by reduced equipment utilization,
existing supplies of used inventory available for sale, the retirement of
aircraft or ground equipment and changes in the financial strength of the
aviation industry.
The company warranties its ground equipment products for up to a two-year period
from date of sale. Product warranty reserves are recorded at time of sale based
on the historical average warranty cost and are adjusted as actual warranty
cost
becomes known. As of March 31, 2006 the Company’s warranty reserve amounted to
$285,000.
Product
warranty reserve activity during fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005 is as
follows:
Balance
at 3/31/04
|
$
|
147,000
|
||
Additions
to reserve
|
197,000
|
|||
Use
of reserve
|
(146,000
|
)
|
||
Balance
at 3/31/05
|
$
|
198,000
|
||
Additions
to reserve
|
251,000
|
|||
Use
of reserve
|
(164,000
|
)
|
||
Balance
at 3/31/06
|
$
|
285,000
|
Deferred
Taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities, net of valuation allowance in the
amount of $82,000 and $85,000, respectively, in fiscal 2006 and 2005, reflect
the likelihood of the recoverability of these assets. Company judgment of the
recoverability of these assets is based primarily on estimates of current and
expected future earnings and tax planning.
Retirement
Benefits Obligation. The Company currently determines the value of retirement
benefits assets and liabilities on an actuarial basis using a 5.75% discount
rate. Long-term deferred retirement benefit obligations amounted to $707,000
and
$1,485,000, respectively, in fiscal 2006 and 2005. Values are affected by
current independent indices, which estimate the expected return on insurance
policies and the discount rates used. Changes in the discount rate used will
affect the amount of pension liability as well as pension gain or loss
recognized in other comprehensive income. In 2005, the Compensation Committee
of
the Board of Directors confirmed the level of retirement benefits under existing
agreements for certain executive officers at amounts approximately $510,000
less
than had been previously accrued. Based on an estimated average term to
retirement of these officers of four years, the accrual was reduced by $129,000
in fiscal 2005, and, subject to other adjustments, similar reductions would
occur in the next three fiscal years. The reduction in the accrual reduced
general and administrative expense by that amount.
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On
December 29, 2005, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into
an
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the “Amended Employment Agreement”)
with John J. Gioffre, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. The Amended
Employment Agreement amends and restates the existing Employment Agreement
dated
January 1, 1996 (the “Former Employment Agreement”), between the Company,
these subsidiaries and Mr. Gioffre. The Amended Employment Agreement provides
the terms and conditions for Mr. Gioffre’s continued employment with the Company
until his planned retirement on June 30, 2006. In connection with the execution
of the Amended Employment Agreement, the Company paid to Mr. Gioffre a $693,000
lump-sum retirement payment he would have been entitled to receive under the
Former Employment Agreement had he retired on September 1, 2005, plus interest
from that date at a rate equal to the Company’s cost of funds. The Company had
previously accrued $816,000 in retirement benefit expense, and accordingly,
the
adjustment of $123,000 increased the Company’s results from operations for
fiscal 2006. The Amended Employment Agreement terminates the Company’s
obligations to pay any further retirement or death benefits to Mr. Gioffre.
Pursuant to the Amended Employment Agreement, Mr. Gioffre is to be employed
in
his present capacities until June 30, 2006 with changes to his annual salary
rate and bonus compensation.
Revenue
Recognition. Cargo revenue is recognized upon completion of contract terms
and
maintenance revenue is recognized when the service has been performed. Revenue
from product sales is recognized when contract terms are completed and title
has
passed to customers. Revenues from long-term fixed-price manufacturing projects
are recognized on the percentage-of-completion method. The Company was not
engaged in any long-term, fixed-price manufacturing projects in fiscal 2006
and
2005.
Valuation
of Long-Lived Assets. The Company assesses long-lived assets used in operations
for impairment when events and circumstances indicate the assets may be impaired
and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are
less than their carrying amount. In the event it is determined that the carrying
values of long-lived assets are in excess of the fair value of those assets,
the
Company then will write-down the value of the assets to fair value. The Company
has applied the discontinued operations provisions of SFAS No. 144 Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets
for the
MAS operations and has reflected any remaining long-lived assets associated
with
the discontinued MAS subsidiary at zero fair market value at March 31, 2006
and
2005.
Resignation
of Executive Officer
Effective
December 31, 2003, an executive officer and director of the Company resigned
his
employment.
In
consideration of approximately $300,000, payable in three installments over
a
one-year period starting January 12, 2004, the executive agreed to forgo certain
retirement and other contractual benefits for which the Company had previously
accrued aggregate liabilities of $715,000. The Company has accounted for the
resignation as a settlement under the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 88 Employers
Accounting for Settlements and Curtailments of Defined Benefit Plans and for
Termination Benefits.
The
above-mentioned cancellation of contractual retirement benefits reduced fiscal
2004 recorded liabilities by $715,000. The difference between the recorded
liability and ultimate cash payment of $300,000 resulted in the recording of
a
$305,000 reduction in actuarial losses, recorded in other comprehensive loss,
a
$90,000 reduction in intangible assets and a net $12,000 reduction in executive
compensation charges included in the accompanying consolidated statement of
operations.
The
Company also agreed to purchase from the former executive officer 118,480 shares
of AirT common stock held by him (representing approximately 4.3% of the
outstanding shares of common stock at December 31, 2003) for $4.54 per share
(80% of the January 5, 2004 closing price). The stock repurchase took place
in
three installments over a one-year period, starting January 12, 2004, and
totaled approximately $536,000. The repurchase of the former executive’s stock
was recorded in the period that the repurchase occurred. As
of
March 31, 2005 all payments required to be made under the above agreements
had
been made.
Seasonality
Global’s
business has historically been highly seasonal. Due to the nature of its product
line, the bulk of Global’s revenues and earnings have typically occurred during
the second and third fiscal quarters in anticipation of the winter season,
and
comparatively little has occurred during the first and fourth fiscal quarters.
The Company has continued its efforts to reduce Global’s seasonal fluctuation in
revenues and earnings by increasing international sales and broadening its
product line to increase revenues and earnings in the first and fourth fiscal
quarters. In June 1999, Global was awarded a four-year contract to supply
deicing equipment to the United States Air Force, and Global has been awarded
two three-year extensions on the contract. In March 2003 and December 2005
Global, respectively, received a large scale, fixed-stand deicer contract from
the City of Philadelphia and a large mobile deice equipment order from China,
which the Company believes contributed to management’s plan to reduce seasonal
fluctuation in revenues during fiscal 2004 and 2006. However, since these
contracts have been completed, Global is more susceptible to the resumption
of
historical seasonal trends. The remainder of the Company’s business is not
materially seasonal.
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Fiscal
2006 vs. 2005
Consolidated
revenue from continuing operations increased $9,529,000 (13.6%) to $79,529,000
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 compared to the prior fiscal year.
The
increase in 2006 revenue primarily resulted from an increase in Global revenue
of $7,394,000 (25.8%) to $36,081,000, combined with a $2,135,000 (5.2%) increase
in air cargo revenue to $43,447,000 in fiscal 2006, as described in “Overview”
above. The increase in Global’s revenue was primarily the result of an increase
in the number of commercial deicing units sold by Global, in part due to the
order from China received in December 2005. The increase in air cargo revenue
was primarily the result of an increase in expenses that are passed through
to
the customer at cost.
Operating
expenses from continuing operations increased $9,840,000 (14.8%) to $76,371,000
for fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005. The net increase in operating expenses
consisted of the following changes: cost of flight operations increased
$2,295,000 (13.4%) primarily
as a result of increased direct operating costs, including pilot salaries and
related benefits, fuel, airport fees, and costs associated with pilot travel,
due to increased cost of oil, flight schedule changes and increased
administrative staffing due to fleet modernization and route expansion
programs;
maintenance expenses decreased $129,000 (0.7%) primarily
as a result of decreases in cost of contract services, maintenance personnel,
travel, and outside maintenance related to the completion of customer fleet
modernization, partially offset by increased operating cost related to the
route
expansion; ground
equipment costs increased $6,406,000 (28.5%),
which
included increased cost of parts and supplies and support personnel related
to
increased customer orders and $905,000 in remediation costs associated with
the
failure of one of Global’s deicing booms in Philadelphia;
depreciation and amortization increased $49,000 (7.8%) as a result of purchases
of capital assets. General and administra-tive expense increased $1,218,000
(14.6%)
primarily as a result of a provision for bad debt expense, increased staffing
and benefits, staff travel and profit sharing provision, offset by decreased
professional fees due to a deferral in the implementation of SOX Section 404
compliance.
On
a segment basis, significant impacts on the Company’s operating results,
comparing the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 to its prior fiscal year,
resulted from changes in both the ground equipment and air cargo sectors. In
the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, Global had operating income of $2,940,000,
a
0.5% decrease compared to prior period operating income of $2,957,000. Global’s
current fiscal year operating income decreased compared to its prior fiscal
year
primarily due to
current period’s higher levels of commercial equipment orders, which more than
offset the $905,000 in cost associated with the repair of deicing booms in
Philadelphia.
Operating income for the Company’s overnight air cargo operations was $2,234,000
in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, an increase of 4.3% from $2,143,000
in
the prior fiscal year. The
net
increase in air cargo operating income was due
to
Federal Express’s 2004 decision to modernize the aircraft fleet being operated
by MAC under dry-lease agreements by replacing older Fokker F-27 aircraft with
newer ATR-42 and ATR-72 aircraft. MAC’s administrative fees which are based on
the number of aircraft operated in active or stand-by service, although
adversely affected in fiscal 2005 as a result of delays in the introduction
of
newer ATR aircraft which were not received in time to replace the older Fokker
F-27 aircraft that were removed from service as they neared major scheduled
maintenance, increased in fiscal 2006 as the ATR aircraft entered revenue
service. F-27 revenue routes, affected by the delayed introduction of the ATR’s,
were temporarily flown in fiscal 2005 by standby MAC and CSA aircraft or wet
lease aircraft. MAC which had been engaged to assist in the certification and
conversion of ATR aircraft from passenger to cargo configuration and had
experienced a substantial increase in maintenance revenue in fiscal 2005,
experienced a substantial decrease in maintenance revenue in fiscal 2006 due
to
the completion of work once the aircraft were placed in revenue service. The
majority of these conversion activities, a portion of which represents cost
of
aircraft parts, have been billed to the customer without mark-up.
Earnings
from continuing operations in fiscal 2006 and 2005, respectively, include
$100,000 and $162,000 of residual cost related to the remaining MAS parts
inventory to be sold on consignment and cost of leased facilities previously
operated by MAS that the Company has been unable to sublease.
.
Non-operating
expense increased a net $54,000 primarily due to increased interest expenses
related to increased borrowings on the Company’s bank line partly offset by
increased interest earned on investments.
Provision
for income taxes decreased $315,000 (23.5%) primarily due to decreased pre-tax
earnings and a reduction in tax provision in the fourth quarter of 2006
associated
with the true-up of fixed asset tax differences included in deferred tax asset.
See Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The provision for
income taxes for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 were different
from the Federal statutory rates primarily due to the above mentioned fiscal
2006 true-up, state tax provisions and, to a lesser extent, permanent tax
differences.
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Fiscal
2005 vs. 2004
Consolidated
revenue from continuing operations increased $14,003,000 (25.0%) to $69,999,000
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 compared to the prior fiscal year.
The
increase in 2005 revenue primarily resulted from an increase in Global revenue
of $8,858,000 (44.7%) to $28,687,000, combined with a $5,144,000 (14.2%)
increase in air cargo revenue to $41,312,000 in fiscal 2005, as described in
“Overview” above.
Operating
expenses from continuing operations increased $13,936,000 (26.5%) to $66,531,000
for fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004. The net increase in operating expenses
consisted of the following changes: cost of flight operations increased
$1,625,000 (10.5%) primarily
as a result of increased direct operating costs, including pilot salaries,
fuel,
airport fees, and costs associated with pilot travel, due to increased cost
of
oil, flight schedule changes and increased administrative staffing due to fleet
modernization and route expansion programs;
maintenance expenses increased $4,090,000 (29.5%) primarily
as a result of increases in cost of parts, maintenance personnel, travel,
contract services and outside maintenance related to customer fleet
modernization and route expansion; ground
equipment costs increased $7,675,000 (51.8%),
as a
result of increased cost of parts and supplies and support personnel related
to
increased customer orders;
depreciation and amortization increased $76,000 (13.7%) as a result of purchases
of capital assets; general and administra-tive expense increased $470,000
(6.0%)
primarily as a result of increased corporate aircraft costs, professional fees,
telephone costs, and staffing, offset by decreased profit sharing provision
due
to management changes.
On
a
continuing operations segment basis, significant impacts on the Company’s
operating results, comparing the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 to its prior
fiscal year, resulted from changes in both the ground equipment and air cargo
sectors. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, Global had operating income
of
$2,957,000, a 45.0% increase compared to prior period operating income of
$2,040,000. Global’s fiscal 2005 operating income increased compared to its
prior fiscal year primarily due to
higher
levels of military and commercial equipment orders in fiscal 2005, partly offset
by the prior period completion of a large-scale airport contract for fixed-stand
deicers.
Operating income for the Company’s overnight air cargo operations was $2,143,000
in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, a decrease of 46.3% from $3,989,000
in
the prior fiscal year. The
net
decrease in air cargo operating income was due to a combination of temporarily
decreased administrative fees which resulted from delays in the introduction
of
replacement ATR aircraft, currently undergoing conversion to cargo
configuration, as older cargo aircraft are phased out of service, and higher
levels of current period administrative costs as additional staffing has been
put in place to oversee the phase-in and operations of the newer aircraft and
route restructuring.
Earnings
from continuing operations in fiscal 2005 include $162,000 of residual cost
related to the remaining MAS parts inventory to be sold on consignment and
cost
of leased facilities previously operated by MAS that the Company has been unable
to sublease.
.
Non-operating
expense increased a net $146,000 primarily due to increased interest expenses
related to acquisition of an aircraft.
Provision
for income taxes decreased $21,000 (1.6%) primarily due to decreased earnings.
The provision for income taxes for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2005 and
2004 were different from the Federal statutory rates primarily due to state
tax
provisions and, to a lesser extent, permanent tax differences.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
of
March 31, 2006, the Company's working capital amounted to $11,080,000, an
increase of $531,000 compared to March 31, 2005. The
net
increase primarily resulted from an increase in accounts receivable and decrease
in accounts payable , partially offset by decreases in cash and cash
equivalents, inventories and deferred tax asset.
In
August
2005, the Company amended its $7,000,000 secured long-term revolving credit
line
to extend its expiration date to August 31, 2007. In order to more closely
match
the credit line’s limits to the Company’s financing needs, the credit line limit
was amended to $8,000,000 from January 12, 2006 to April 30, 2006 and $7,000,000
from May 1, 2006 to expiration date. The revolving credit line contains
customary events of default, a subjective acceleration clause and restrictive
covenants that, among other matters, require the Company to maintain certain
financial ratios. There is no requirement for the Company to maintain a lock-box
arrangement under this agreement. As of March 31, 2006, the Company was in
compliance with all of the restrictive covenants. The amount of credit available
to the Company under the agreement at any given time is determined by an
availability calculation, based on the eligible borrowing base, as defined
in
the credit agreement, which includes the Company’s outstanding receivables,
inventories and equipment, with certain exclusions. At March 31, 2006,
$8,000,000 was available under the terms of the credit facility. The credit
facility is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets.
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Amounts
advanced under the credit facility bear interest at the 30-day “LIBOR” rate plus
137 basis points. The LIBOR rate at March 31, 2006 was 4.83%. At March 31,
2006
there was no outstanding loan balance and at March 31, 2005, the amount
outstanding against the line was $239,000.
In
March
2004, the Company utilized its revolving credit line to acquire a corporate
aircraft for $975,000. In April 2004, the Company refinanced the aircraft under
a secured 4.35% fixed rate five-year term loan, based on a ten-year amortization
with a balloon payment at the end of the fifth year.
The
Company assumes various financial obligations and commitments in the normal
course of its operations and financing activities. Financial obligations are
considered to represent known future cash payments that the Company is required
to make under existing contractual arrangements such as debt and lease
agreements.
The
following table of material contractual obligations at March 31, 2006 summarizes
the effect these obligations are expected to have on the Company’s cash flow in
the future periods, as discussed below.
Contractual
Obligations
|
Total
|
Less
than 1 year
|
1-3
Years
|
3-5
Years
|
|||||||||
Long-term
bank debt
|
$
|
824,000
|
$
|
111,000
|
$
|
238,000
|
$
|
475,000
|
|||||
Operating
leases
|
548,000
|
386,000
|
159,000
|
3,000
|
|||||||||
Capital
leases
|
29,000
|
11,000
|
18,000
|
-
|
|||||||||
Deferred
retirement obligation
|
111,000
|
58,000
|
53,000
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$
|
1,512,000
|
$
|
566,000
|
$
|
468,000
|
$
|
478,000
|
The
respective years ended March 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 resulted in the following
changes in cash flow: operating activities provided $530,000, $3,273,000 and
$2,205,000, investing activities used $355,000 and $375,000, respectively,
in
fiscal 2006 and 2005 and provided $652,000 in fiscal 2004 and financing
activities used $970,000 and $2,477,000 in 2006 and 2004 and provided $140,000
in fiscal 2005. Net cash decreased $795,000 in 2006 and increased $3,038,000
and
$380,000, respectively, in fiscal 2005 and 2004.
Cash
provided by operating activities was $2,743,000 less for the year ended March
31, 2006, compared to
fiscal
2005
principally due to decreased accounts payable and payment of an executive
retirement obligation, partially offset by increased accounts receivable
associated with increased air cargo billings and equipment sales. Cash used
in
investing activities for the year ended March 31, 2006 was approximately $20,000
less than
fiscal
2005,
principally due to decreased capital expenditures in the current year. Cash
used
by financing activities was $1,110,000 more in
fiscal
2006
compared to
fiscal
2005
principally due to the $975,000 financing of an airplane in 2005, $404,000
increased borrowings on line of credit and an increase of $132,000 in the
current year’s dividend payment, offset by $356,000, repurchase of common stock
in prior year.
During
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 the Company repurchased 78,534 shares
of
its common stock for $356,796, as described above, under “Resignation of
Executive Officer”. No stock repurchases were made in fiscal 2006.
There
are
currently no commitments for significant capital expenditures. The Company’s
Board of Directors, on August 7, 1997, adopted the policy to pay an annual
cash
dividend in the first quarter of each fiscal year, in an amount to be determined
by the board. On
May 4,
2005, the Company declared a $0.25 per share cash dividend, to be paid on June
28, 2005 to shareholders of record June 11, 2005. On May 23, 2006 the Company
declared a $.25 per share cash dividend, to be paid on June 28, 2006 to
shareholders of record June 9, 2006.
Derivative
Financial Instruments
As
required by SFAS No. 133, Accounting
for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,
the
Company recognizes all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the
statement of financial position and measures those instruments at fair value.
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The
Company is exposed to market risk, such as changes in interest rates. To manage
the volatility relating to interest rate risk, the Company may enter into
interest rate hedging arrangements from time to time.
On
October 30, 2003, the Company terminated a $2,400,000 notional value 6.97%
interest rate credit line swap, entered into in May 2001, for $97,500, the
fair-market-value termination fee as of that date. The $22,000 balance included
in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of March 31, 2005 was
ratably amortized into interest expense during fiscal 2006.
The
Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading
or
speculative purposes. As of March 31, 2006 the Company had no derivative
financial instruments outstanding. The Company is exposed to changes in interest
rates on certain portions of its line of credit, which bears interest based
on
the 30-day LIBOR rate plus 137 basis points. At March 31, 2006 the Company
was
not in a borrowing position on its credit line
Deferred
Retirement Obligation
Contractual
death benefits for the Company’s former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer who
passed away on April 18, 1997 are payable by the Company in the amount of
$75,000 per year for 10 years. As of March 31, 2006 $64,000 has been reflected
as current liability and $46,000 has been reflected as long-term liability
associated with this death benefit.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
The
Company defines an off-balance sheet arrangement as any transaction, agreement
or other contractual arrangement involving an unconsolidated entity under which
a Company has (1) made guarantees, (2) a retained or a contingent interest
in
transferred assets, (3) an obligation under derivative instruments classified
as
equity, or (4) any obligation arising out of a material variable interest in
an
unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit
risk support to the Company, or that engages in leasing, hedging, or research
and development arrangements with the Company.
The
Company is not currently engaged in the use of any of the arrangements defined
above.
Impact
of Inflation
The
Company believes that the recent increases in inflation have not had a material
effect on its manufacturing operations, because increased costs to date have
been passed on to its customers. Under the terms of its air cargo business
contracts the major cost components of its operations, consisting principally
of
fuel, crew and other direct operating costs, and certain maintenance costs
are
reimbursed, without markup by its customer. Significant increases in inflation
rates could, however, have a material impact on future revenue and operating
income.
Forward
Looking Statements
Certain
statements in this Report, including those contained in “Outlook,” are
“forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the Company’s financial condition,
results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business.
Forward-looking statements include those preceded by, followed by or that
include the words “believes”, “pending”, “future”, “expects,” “anticipates,”
“estimates,” “depends” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
those
contemplated by such forward-looking statements, because of, among other things,
potential risks and uncertainties, such as:
· |
Economic
conditions in the Company’s markets;
|
· |
The
risk that contracts with Federal Express could be terminated or that
the
U.S. Air Force will defer orders under its contract with Global or
that
this contract will not be extended;
|
· |
The
continuing impact of the events of September 11, 2001, or any subsequent
terrorist activities on United States soil or abroad;
|
· |
The
Company’s ability to manage its cost structure for operating expenses, or
unanticipated capital requirements, and match them to shifting customer
service requirements and production volume
levels;
|
· |
The
risk of injury or other damage arising from accidents involving the
Company’s air cargo operations or equipment sold by
Global;
|
· |
Market
acceptance of the Company’s new commercial and military equipment and
services;
|
· |
Competition
from other providers of similar equipment and
services;
|
· |
Changes
in government regulation and
technology;
|
· |
Mild
winter weather conditions reducing the demand for deicing
equipment.
|
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A
forward-looking statement is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of future
events or circumstances, and those future events or circumstances may not occur.
We are under no obligation, and we expressly disclaim any obligation, to update
or alter any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
SFAS
No.
123 (revised 2004), Share-Based
Payment,
which
is a revision of FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation.
Statement 123(R) supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees,
and
amends SFAS No. 95, Statement
of Cash Flows.
Generally, the approach in Statement 123(R) is similar to the approach described
in SFAS No. 123. However, SFAS No. 123(R) requires
all
share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options,
to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. Pro forma
disclosure is no longer an alternative.
SFAS
No.
123(R) must be adopted no later than the beginning of the first annual period
beginning after June 15, 2005. Early adoption will be permitted in periods
in
which financial statements have not yet been issued. We expect to adopt SFAS
No.
123(R) on April 1, 2006, using the modified prospective method allowed by the
statement.
As
permitted by SFAS No. 123, the Company currently accounts for share-based
payments to employees using Opinion 25’s intrinsic value method and, as such,
generally recognizes no compensation cost for employee stock options. The impact
of adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) cannot be predicted at this time because it
will
depend on levels of share-based payments granted in the future.
Item
7A. Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk is included in Item
7.
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Item
8. Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data.
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To
the
Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Air
T,
Inc.
Maiden,
North Carolina
We
have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Air T, Inc. and
subsidiaries (“The Company”) as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive
income (loss), and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we
plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform
an
audit of the Company’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
Company’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 audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In
our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Air T, Inc and subsidiaries
as of March 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of their operations and their
cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/Dixon
Hughes PLLC
Dixon
Hughes PLLC
Charlotte,
NC
June
26,
2006
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To
the
Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Air
T,
Inc.
Maiden,
North Carolina
We
have
audited the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows of Air T, Inc. and subsidiaries
(the “Company”) for the year ended March 31, 2004. These consolidated financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company’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. An audit includes examining,
on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used
and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In
our
opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the year
ended March 31, 2004, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
/s/Deloitte
& Touche LLP
Charlotte,
North Carolina
June
21,
2004
22
AIR
T,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Year
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Operating
Revenues (Note 11):
|
||||||||||
Overnight
air cargo
|
$
|
43,447,244
|
$
|
41,312,475
|
$
|
36,168,096
|
||||
Ground
equipment
|
36,081,387
|
28,686,963
|
19,828,749
|
|||||||
79,528,631
|
69,999,438
|
55,996,845
|
||||||||
Operating
Expenses:
|
||||||||||
Flight-air
cargo
|
19,385,644
|
17,090,249
|
15,465,662
|
|||||||
Maintenance-air
cargo
|
17,824,277
|
17,953,353
|
13,863,329
|
|||||||
Ground
equipment
|
28,886,513
|
22,480,127
|
14,805,098
|
|||||||
General
and administrative (Note 7)
|
9,591,353
|
8,373,195
|
7,903,173
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
683,099
|
633,818
|
557,551
|
|||||||
76,370,886
|
66,530,742
|
52,594,813
|
||||||||
Operating
Income
|
3,157,745
|
3,468,696
|
3,402,032
|
|||||||
Non-operating
Expense (Income):
|
||||||||||
Interest
|
177,159
|
111,946
|
38,714
|
|||||||
Deferred
retirement expense (Note 13)
|
21,000
|
21,000
|
21,000
|
|||||||
Investment
income
|
(128,561
|
)
|
(104,026
|
)
|
(69,421
|
)
|
||||
Other
|
7,126
|
(6,616
|
)
|
(114,399
|
)
|
|||||
76,724
|
22,304
|
(124,106
|
)
|
|||||||
Earnings
From Continuing
|
||||||||||
Operations
Before Income Taxes
|
3,081,021
|
3,446,392
|
3,526,138
|
|||||||
Income
Taxes (Note 12)
|
1,026,110
|
1,340,832
|
1,362,306
|
|||||||
Earnings
From Continuing
|
||||||||||
Operations
|
2,054,911
|
2,105,560
|
2,163,832
|
|||||||
Loss
From Discontinued Operations,
|
||||||||||
Net
of Income Taxes (Note 10)
|
-
|
-
|
(425,970
|
)
|
||||||
Net
Earnings
|
$
|
2,054,911
|
$
|
2,105,560
|
$
|
1,737,862
|
||||
Basic
Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Note 14):
|
||||||||||
Continuing
Operations
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
0.79
|
$
|
0.80
|
||||
Discontinued
Operations
|
-
|
-
|
(0.16
|
)
|
||||||
Total
Basic Net Earnings Per Share
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
0.79
|
$
|
0.64
|
||||
Diluted
Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Note 14):
|
||||||||||
Continuing
Operations
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
0.78
|
$
|
0.80
|
||||
Discontinued
Operations
|
-
|
-
|
(0.16
|
)
|
||||||
Total
Diluted Net Earnings Per Share
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
0.78
|
$
|
0.64
|
||||
Weighted
Average Shares Outstanding:
|
||||||||||
Basic
|
2,671,293
|
2,677,114
|
2,716,447
|
|||||||
Diluted
|
2,671,779
|
2,692,880
|
2,727,919
|
|||||||
See
notes to consolidated financial statements.
|
||||||||||
23
AIR
T,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
|
March
31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
ASSETS
(Note 6)
|
|||||||
Current
Assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
2,702,424
|
$
|
3,497,659
|
|||
Marketable
securities (Note 2)
|
807,818
|
812,112
|
|||||
Accounts
receivable, less allowance for
|
|||||||
doubtful
accounts of $481,837 in 2006 and
|
|||||||
$267,194
in 2005
|
8,692,971
|
7,392,700
|
|||||
Notes
and other non-trade receivables-current
|
104,086
|
116,288
|
|||||
Inventories
(Note 3)
|
5,705,591
|
6,102,637
|
|||||
Deferred
tax asset (Note 12)
|
576,640
|
568,870
|
|||||
Income
taxes receivable
|
108,553
|
465,610
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
|
334,064
|
77,447
|
|||||
Total
Current Assets
|
19,032,147
|
19,033,323
|
|||||
Property
and Equipment:
|
|||||||
Furniture,
fixtures and improvements
|
6,370,193
|
5,962,835
|
|||||
Flight
equipment and rotables inventory
|
2,705,870
|
2,634,343
|
|||||
9,076,063
|
8,597,178
|
||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(5,907,520
|
)
|
(5,439,142
|
)
|
|||
Property
and Equipment, net
|
3,168,543
|
3,158,036
|
|||||
Deferred
Tax Asset (Note 12)
|
194,996
|
389,771
|
|||||
Cash
Surrender Value Of Life Insurance Policies
|
1,231,481
|
1,163,000
|
|||||
Notes
And Other Non-Trade Receivables-Long-Term
|
214,653
|
310,160
|
|||||
Other
Assets
|
81,537
|
54,635
|
|||||
Total
Assets
|
$
|
23,923,357
|
$
|
24,108,925
|
|||
See
notes to consolidated financial statements.
|
24
AIR
T,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(CONTINUED)
|
March
31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
5,354,713
|
$
|
6,092,186
|
|||
Accrued
expenses (Note 5)
|
2,411,262
|
2,200,866
|
|||||
Current
portion of long-term obligations (Notes 6, 7 & 13)
|
186,492
|
191,256
|
|||||
Total
Current Liabilities
|
7,952,467
|
8,484,308
|
|||||
Capital
Lease and Other Obligations (less current
|
|||||||
portion)
(Note 7)
|
50,577
|
29,546
|
|||||
Long-term
Debt (Note 6)
|
712,883
|
1,024,052
|
|||||
Deferred
Retirement Obligations (less current
|
|||||||
portion)
(Note 13)
|
707,388
|
1,485,466
|
|||||
Stockholders'
Equity (Note 9):
|
|||||||
Preferred
stock, $1 par value, authorized
|
|||||||
50,000
shares, none issued
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Common
stock, par value $.25; authorized
|
|||||||
4,000,000
shares; 2,671,293
|
|||||||
shares
issued and outstanding
|
|||||||
in
2006 and 2005
|
667,823
|
667,823
|
|||||
Additional
paid in capital
|
6,939,357
|
6,939,357
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
6,840,383
|
5,453,105
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income, net
|
52,479
|
25,268
|
|||||
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
14,500,042
|
13,085,553
|
|||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
|
$
|
23,923,357
|
$
|
24,108,925
|
|||
25
AIR
T,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
Year
Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
2,054,911
|
$
|
2,105,560
|
$
|
1,737,862
|
||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net earnings to net
|
||||||||||
cash
provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Change
in accounts receivable and inventory reserves
|
223,867
|
(48,563
|
)
|
248,801
|
||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
683,099
|
633,818
|
557,551
|
|||||||
Change
in cash surrender value of life insurance
|
(68,481
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Deferred
tax provision
|
187,005
|
565,149
|
590,091
|
|||||||
Periodic
pension (benefit) cost
|
(27,207
|
)
|
(1,288
|
)
|
266,802
|
|||||
Warranty
reserve
|
251,000
|
197,000
|
217,000
|
|||||||
Change
in assets and liabilities which provided (used) cash
|
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(1,514,914
|
)
|
(2,197,540
|
)
|
1,137,112
|
|||||
Notes
receivable and other non-trade receivables
|
107,709
|
123,273
|
(4,036
|
)
|
||||||
Inventories
|
88,862
|
131,702
|
(784,773
|
)
|
||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
|
(283,519
|
)
|
(35,322
|
)
|
(192,258
|
)
|
||||
Accounts
payable
|
(737,473
|
)
|
2,751,836
|
(1,153,568
|
)
|
|||||
Accrued
expenses
|
(98,516
|
)
|
(254,255
|
)
|
273,545
|
|||||
Deferred
retirement obligation
|
(692,959
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Billings
in excess of costs and estimated
|
||||||||||
earnings
on uncompleted contracts
|
-
|
(80,129
|
)
|
(680,850
|
)
|
|||||
Income
taxes payable
|
357,057
|
(617,969
|
)
|
(7,919
|
)
|
|||||
Total
adjustments
|
(1,524,470
|
)
|
1,167,712
|
467,498
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
530,441
|
3,273,272
|
2,205,360
|
|||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of assets of discontinued operations
|
-
|
-
|
1,550,000
|
|||||||
Net
proceeds from sale of assets
|
7,124
|
20,655
|
362,500
|
|||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(362,570
|
)
|
(395,685
|
)
|
(1,260,819
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
(355,446
|
)
|
(375,030
|
)
|
651,681
|
|||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||
Aircraft
term loan (payments) proceeds
|
(99,918
|
)
|
885,153
|
-
|
||||||
Net
proceeds (repayments) on line of credit
|
(202,679
|
)
|
133,559
|
(2,197,880
|
)
|
|||||
Payment
of cash dividend
|
(667,633
|
)
|
(535,658
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Repurchase
of common stock
|
-
|
(356,796
|
)
|
(179,427
|
)
|
|||||
Executive
pension payment
|
-
|
(200,000
|
)
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|||||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
|
-
|
213,710
|
-
|
|||||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
(970,230
|
)
|
139,968
|
(2,477,307
|
)
|
|||||
NET
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
(795,235
|
)
|
3,038,210
|
379,734
|
||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
|
3,497,659
|
459,449
|
79,715
|
|||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
|
$
|
2,702,424
|
$
|
3,497,659
|
$
|
459,449
|
||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||
Note
receivable from sale of assets-discontinued operations
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
334,523
|
||||
Capital
leases entered into during fiscal year
|
39,200
|
-
|
51,361
|
|||||||
Increase
(decrease) in fair value of marketable securities
|
5,055
|
(91,247
|
)
|
159,086
|
||||||
Change
in fair value of derivatives
|
22,156
|
53,184
|
64,936
|
|||||||
Settlement
installments due former executive officer
|
-
|
-
|
200,000
|
|||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
||||||||||
Cash
paid during the year for:
|
||||||||||
Interest
|
$
|
215,457
|
$
|
112,523
|
$
|
109,050
|
||||
Income
taxes
|
473,144
|
1,411,989
|
515,418
|
|||||||
See
notes to consolidated financial statements.
|
26
AIR
T,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(LOSS)
Accumulated | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Common
Stock (Note 9)
|
Additional
|
Retained
|
Other |
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Paid-In
|
Earnings
|
Comprehensive |
Stockholders'
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Income (Loss) |
Equity
|
||||||||||||||
Balance,
March 31, 2003
|
2,726,320
|
$
|
681,580
|
$
|
6,863,898
|
$
|
2,529,556
|
$
|
(464,052
|
)
|
$
|
9,610,982
|
|||||||
Comprehensive
Income:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
1,737,862
|
||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain on securities
|
159,086
|
||||||||||||||||||
Pension
liability adjustment
|
283,361
|
||||||||||||||||||
Change
in fair value of derivatives
|
64,936
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
Comprehensive Income
|
2,245,245
|
||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase
and retirement
|
|||||||||||||||||||
of
common stock
|
(39,493
|
)
|
(9,874
|
)
|
(29,619
|
)
|
(139,934
|
)
|
(179,427
|
)
|
|||||||||
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
March 31, 2004
|
2,686,827
|
671,706
|
6,834,279
|
4,127,484
|
43,331
|
11,676,800
|
|||||||||||||
Comprehensive
Income:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
2,105,560
|
||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on securities, net
|
|||||||||||||||||||
of
$20,000 income tax
|
(71,247
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Change
in fair value of derivative
|
53,184
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
Comprehensive Income
|
2,087,497
|
||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
63,000
|
15,750
|
197,960
|
213,710
|
|||||||||||||||
Repurchase
and retirement
|
|||||||||||||||||||
of
common stock
|
(78,534
|
)
|
(19,633
|
)
|
(92,882
|
)
|
(244,281
|
)
|
(356,796
|
)
|
|||||||||
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend ($0.20 per share)
|
(535,658
|
)
|
(535,658
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Balance,
March 31, 2005
|
2,671,293
|
667,823
|
6,939,357
|
5,453,105
|
25,268
|
13,085,553
|
|||||||||||||
Comprehensive
Income:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
2,054,911
|
||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain on securities
|
5,055
|
||||||||||||||||||
Change
in fair value of derivative
|
22,156
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
Comprehensive Income
|
2,082,122
|
||||||||||||||||||
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend ($0.25 per share)
|
(667,633
|
)
|
(667,633
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Balance,
March 31, 2006
|
2,671,293
|
$
|
667,823
|
$
|
6,939,357
|
$
|
6,840,383
|
$
|
52,479
|
$
|
14,500,042
|
||||||||
See
notes
to consolidated financial statements.
27
AIR T, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED MARCH 31, 2006, 2005, AND 2004
1. |
SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|
Principal
Business Activities
- Air T,
Inc. (the Company), through its operating subsidiaries, is an air cargo carrier
specializing in the overnight delivery of small package air freight and a
manufacturer of aircraft ground service and specialized industrial equipment.
In
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, management committed to a plan to discontinue
the operations of the aviation services sector of its business. The Company
finalized the sale of certain assets of this business and discontinued its
aviation services operations in fiscal 2004. See Note 10 “Discontinued
Operations”.
Principles
of Consolidation
- The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. (MAC), CSA Air, Inc. (CSA),
MAC Aviation Services, LLC (MACAS), formerly known as Mountain Aircraft
Services, LLC (MAS), and Global Ground Support, LLC (Global). All significant
intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
Concentration
of Credit Risk
- The
Company’s potential exposure to concentrations of credit risk consists of trade
accounts and notes receivable, and bank deposits. Accounts receivable are
normally due within 30 days and the Company performs periodic credit evaluations
of its customers’ financial condition. Notes receivable payments are normally
due monthly.
The
required allowance for doubtful accounts is determined using information such
as
customer credit history, industry information, credit reports, customer
financial condition and the collectability of past-due outstanding accounts
receivables. The estimates can be affected by changes in the financial strength
of the aviation industry, customer credit issues or general economic
conditions.
At
various times throughout the year, the Company has deposits with banks in excess
of amounts covered by federal depository insurance. These financial institutions
have strong credit ratings and management believes that the credit risk related
to these deposits is minimal.
Substantially
all of the Company’s customers are concentrated in the aviation industry and
revenues can be materially affected by current economic conditions and the
price
of certain supplies such as fuel, the cost of which is passed through to the
Company’s cargo customer. The Company has customer concentrations in two areas
of operations, air cargo which provides service to one major customer and ground
support equipment which provides equipment and services to approximately 90
customers, one of which is considered a major customer. The loss of a major
customer would have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations.
See Note 11 “Revenues From Major Customer”.
Cash
Equivalents -
Cash equivalents consist of liquid investments with maturities of
three
months or less when purchased.
|
Marketable
Securities
-
Marketable securities consists solely of investments in mutual funds. The
Company has classified marketable securities as available-for-sale and they
are
carried at fair value in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Unrealized gains and losses on such securities are excluded from earnings and
reported as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income
(loss) until realized. Realized gains and losses on marketable securities are
determined by calculating the difference between the basis of each specifically
identified marketable security sold and its sales price.
Inventories
-
Inventories related to the Company’s manufacturing operations are carried
at the lower of cost (first in, first out) or market. Aviation parts
and
supplies inventories are carried at the lower of average cost or
market.
Consistent with industry practice, the Company includes expendable
aircraft parts and supplies in current assets, although a certain
portion
of these inventories may not be used or sold within one
year.
|
Property and Equipment
-
Property and equipment is stated at cost or, in the case of equipment under
capital leases, the present value of future lease payments. Rotables inventory
represents aircraft parts, which are repairable, capitalized and depreciated
over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation and amortization are provided
on
a straight-line basis over the shorter of the asset’s useful life or related
lease term. Useful lives range from three years for computer equipment and
continue to seven years for flight equipment.
28
Revenue Recognition
- Cargo
revenue is recognized upon completion of contract terms and maintenance revenue
is recognized when the service has been performed. Revenue from product sales
is
recognized when contract terms are completed and title has passed to customers.
Revenue from long term fixed price construction projects is recognized on the
percentage-of-completion method, in accordance with AICPA Statement of Position
No. 81-1, “Accounting
for Performance of Construction Type and Certain Production Type
Contracts”.
Revenues for contracts under percentage of completion are measured by the
percentage of cost incurred to date to estimated total cost for each contract
or
workorder. Contract costs include all direct material and labor costs and
overhead costs related to contract performance. Unanticipated changes in job
performance, job conditions and estimated profitability may result in revisions
to costs and income, and are recognized in the period in which the revisions
are
determined. Such contracts generally have a customer retainage provision.
Operating Expenses Reimbursed by Customer
- The
Company, under the terms of its air cargo dry-lease service contracts, passes
through to its customer certain cost components of its operations without
markup. The cost of flight crews, fuel, landing fees, outside maintenance,
parts
and certain other direct operating costs are included in operating expenses
and
billed to the customer, at cost, and included in overnight air cargo revenue
on
the accompanying statements of operations.
Stock
Based Compensation -
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based
Payment (SFAS 123(R)),
is a
revision of SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation.
SFAS
123(R) supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees,
and
amends SFAS No. 95, Statement
of Cash Flows.
Generally, the approach in SFAS 123(R) is similar to the approach described
in
SFAS No. 123. However, SFAS No. 123(R) requires
all
share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options,
to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. Pro forma
disclosure is no longer an alternative.
SFAS
No.
123(R) must be adopted no later than the beginning of the first annual period
beginning after June 15, 2005. Early adoption will be permitted in periods
in
which financial statements have not yet been issued. We expect to adopt SFAS
No.
123(R) on April 1, 2006, using the modified prospective method allowed by the
statement.
As
permitted by SFAS No. 123, the Company currently accounts for share-based
payments to employees using Opinion 25’s intrinsic value method and, as such,
generally recognizes no compensation cost for employee stock options. The impact
of adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) cannot be predicted at this time because it
will
depend on levels of share-based payments granted in the future. The following
table sets forth the pro-forma disclosures required in SFAS123:
|
Year
Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
2,054,911
|
$
|
2,105,560
|
$
|
1,737,862
|
||||
Compensation
expense, net of tax
|
(36,900
|
)
|
(6,740
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Pro-forma
net earnings
|
$
|
2,018,011
|
$
|
2,098,820
|
$
|
1,737,862
|
||||
Basic
earnings per share
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
0.79
|
$
|
0.64
|
||||
Compensation
expense, net of tax
|
(0.01
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Pro-forma
basic earnings per share
|
$
|
0.76
|
$
|
0.79
|
$
|
0.64
|
||||
Diluted
earnings per share
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
0.78
|
$
|
0.64
|
||||
Compensation
expense, net of tax
|
(0.01
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Pro-forma
diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
0.76
|
$
|
0.78
|
$
|
0.64
|
Financial
Instruments
- The
carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash
equivalents, accounts receivable, notes receivable, cash surrender value of
life
insurance, accrued expenses, and long-term debt approximate their fair value
at
March 31, 2006 and 2005.
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Warranty
Reserves-
The
company warranties its ground equipment products for up to a three-year period
from date of sale. Product warranty reserves are recorded at time of sale based
on the historical average warranty cost and are adjusted as actual warranty
cost
becomes known. As of March 31, 2006 the Company’s warranty reserve amounted to
$285,000.
Product
warranty reserve activity during fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005 is as
follows:
Balance
at 3/31/04
|
$
|
147,000
|
||
Additions
to reserve
|
197,000
|
|||
Use
of reserve
|
(146,000
|
)
|
||
Balance
at 3/31/05
|
$
|
198,000
|
||
Additions
to reserve
|
251,000
|
|||
Use
of reserve
|
(164,000
|
)
|
||
Balance
at 3/31/06
|
$
|
285,000
|
Income
Taxes
-
Deferred income taxes are provided for temporary differences between the tax
and
financial accounting bases of assets and liabilities using the liability
approach. Deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequence of such
temporary differences at the enacted tax rate expected to be in effect when
the
differences reverse. The Company reviews the potential realization of all
deferred tax assets on a periodic basis to determine the adequacy of its
valuation allowance.
Accounting
Estimates
- The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed. Actual
results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include the
allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory reserves, intangible pension asset,
deferred retirement obligations, revenue recognized under the percentage of
completion method and valuation of long-lived assets.
Derivative
Financial Instruments
-As
required by SFAS No. 133, Accounting
for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,
the
Company recognizes all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the
consolidated balance sheets and measures those instruments at fair value.
The
Company is exposed to market risk, such as changes in interest rates. To manage
the volatility relating to interest rate risk, the Company may enter into
interest rate hedging arrangements from time to time. The Company does not
utilize derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative
purposes.
Reclassifications-Certain
reclassifications have been made to fiscal 2005 amounts to conform to the
current year.
2. |
MARKETABLE
SECURITIES
|
Marketable
securities, with an adjusted cost basis of $730,345, which consist solely of
mutual funds, amounted to $807,818 and $812,112, respectively, as of March
31,
2006 and 2005.
The
Company did not realize any gains or losses on sales of marketable securities
in
fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004. Unrealized gains reflected in other comprehensive
income totaled $5,000 and $159,000, respectively, in fiscal 2006 and 2004.
An
unrealized loss of $71,000 was booked in fiscal 2005. As of March 31, 2006
and
2005, respectively, unrealized gains of $52,000 and $47,000, for 2006 and 2005,
are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
3. INVENTORIES
30
Inventories
consist of the following:
|
March
31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Aircraft
parts and supplies
|
$
|
621,111
|
$
|
767,936
|
|||
Aircraft
equipment manufacturing:
|
|||||||
Raw
materials
|
4,178,451
|
3,844,875
|
|||||
Work
in process
|
1,270,944
|
1,305,891
|
|||||
Finished
goods
|
85,672
|
625,298
|
|||||
Total
inventories
|
6,156,178
|
6,544,000
|
|||||
Reserves
|
(450,587
|
)
|
(441,363
|
)
|
|||
Total,
net of reserves
|
$
|
5,705,591
|
$
|
6,102,637
|
4. |
UNCOMPLETED
CONTRACTS
|
As
of
March 31, 2006 and 2005 there were no equipment construction contracts in
process accounted for under the percentage of completion method.
5.
ACCRUED
EXPENSES
Accrued
expenses consist of the following:
March
31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Salaries,
wages and related items
|
$
|
1,260,059
|
$
|
1,223,446
|
|||
Profit
sharing
|
421,310
|
343,000
|
|||||
Health
insurance
|
309,108
|
274,731
|
|||||
Professional
fees
|
73,800
|
100,160
|
|||||
Warranty
reserves
|
284,741
|
198,083
|
|||||
Other
|
62,244
|
61,446
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
2,411,262
|
$
|
2,200,866
|
6. FINANCING
ARRANGEMENTS
In
August
2005, the Company amended its $7,000,000 secured long-term revolving credit
line
to extend its expiration date to August 31, 2007. In order to more closely
match
the credit line’s limits to the Company’s financing needs, the credit line limit
was amended to $8,000,000 from January 12, 2006 to April 30, 2006 and $7,000,000
from May 1, 2006 to expiration date. The revolving credit line contains
customary events of default, a subjective acceleration clause and restrictive
covenants that, among other matters, require the Company to maintain certain
financial ratios. There is no requirement for the Company to maintain a lock-box
arrangement under this agreement. As of March 31, 2006, the Company was in
compliance with all of the restrictive covenants. The amount of credit available
to the Company under the agreement at any given time is determined by an
availability calculation, based on the eligible borrowing base, as defined
in
the credit agreement, which includes the Company’s outstanding receivables,
inventories and equipment, with certain exclusions. At March 31, 2006,
$8,000,000 was available under the terms of the credit facility. The credit
facility is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets.
Amounts
advanced under the credit facility bear interest at the 30-day “LIBOR” rate plus
137 basis points. The LIBOR rate at March 31, 2006 was 4.83%. At March 31,
2006
there was no outstanding loan balance and at March 31, 2005, the amount
outstanding against the line was $239,000.
In
March
2004, the Company utilized its revolving credit line to acquire a corporate
aircraft for $975,000. In April 2004, the Company refinanced the aircraft under
a secured 4.35% fixed rate five-year term loan, based on a ten-year amortization
with a balloon payment at the end of the fifth year.
Maturities
of long-term debt which include aircraft and other equipment financing, are
as
follows:
31
2007
|
$
|
111,421
|
||
2008
|
116,551
|
|||
2009
|
121,905
|
|||
2010
|
474,427
|
|||
$
|
824,304
|
7. LEASE
COMMITMENTS
The
Company has operating lease commitments for office equipment and
its
office and maintenance facilities, as well as capital leases for
certain
office and other equipment. The Company leases
its
corporate offices from a Company controlled by certain Company officers
for $11,255 per month under two five-year leases which expire in
May 2006.
Subsequent to year-end the Company agreed to an extension of its
lease for
an additional two-year period to May 2008.
|
In
August
1996, the Company relocated certain portions of its maintenance operations
to a
new maintenance facility located at the Global TransPark in Kinston, N. C.
Under
the terms of the long-term facility lease, after an 18 month grace period (from
date of occupancy), rent will escalate from $2.25 per square foot to $5.90
per
square foot, per year, over the 21.5 year life of the lease. However, based
on
the occurrence of certain events related to the composition of aircraft fleet,
the lease may be canceled by the Company. The Company currently considers the
lease to be cancelable and has calculated rent expense under the current lease
term.
Global
leases its space under a lease which extends through August 2006; monthly rental
will increase over the life of the lease, based on increases in the Consumer
Price Index.
At
March
31, 2006, future minimum annual lease payments under capital and non-cancellable
operating leases with initial or remaining terms of more than one year are
as
follows:
|
Capital
|
Operating
|
|||||
|
Leases
|
Leases
|
|||||
2007
|
$
|
13,203
|
$
|
385,695
|
|||
2008
|
13,203
|
157,141
|
|||||
2009
|
6,602
|
1,572
|
|||||
2010
|
-
|
1,572
|
|||||
2011
|
-
|
1,572
|
|||||
Total
minimum lease payments
|
33,008
|
$
|
547,552
|
||||
less
amount representing interest
|
3,955
|
||||||
Present
value of lease payments
|
29,053
|
||||||
Less
current maturities
|
10,751
|
||||||
Long-term
maturities
|
$
|
18,302
|
Rent
expense for operating leases
totaled approximately $739,000, $721,000, and $704,000 for fiscal 2006, 2005
and
2004, respectively, and includes amounts to related parties of $135,060 in
fiscal 2006 and 2005 and $132,260 in 2004.
8. |
DERIVATIVE
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
|
On
October 30, 2003, the Company terminated a $2,400,000 notional value, 6.97%
interest rate credit line swap which it entered into in May 2001 for $97,500,
the fair-market-value termination fee as of that date. The $22,000 balance
included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of March 31, 2005
was ratably amortized into interest expense during fiscal 2006.
32
9. STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
The
Company may issue up to 50,000 shares of preferred stock, in one
or more
series, on such terms and with such rights, preferences and limitations
as
determined by the Board of Directors. No preferred shares have been
issued
as of March 31, 2006.
|
The
Company has granted options to purchase up to a total of 17,000 shares
of
common stock to certain Company non-employee directors at prices
of $6.38
to $28.77 per share. As of March 31, 2006, under AirT’s 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan, which was approved at the Company’s September 28, 2005
annual shareholders’ meeting, 235,000 shares remain available for issuance
under future option grants. All options were granted at exercise
prices
which approximated the fair market value of the common stock on the
date
of grant. Options granted in fiscal 1999 and 2005 are fully vested
and
must be exercised within ten years of the vesting date. Options granted
in
fiscal 2006 will vest on September 27, 2006 and were therefore, not
exercisable as of the Company’s fiscal
year-end.
|
The following table summarizes information about stock options at March 31,
2006:
Options
Outstanding
|
Options
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Average
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||
Option
|
Number
of
|
Remaining
|
Average
|
Number
of
|
Average
|
||||||||||||||
Grant
|
Exercise
|
Options
|
Contractual
|
Exercise
|
Options
|
Exercise
|
|||||||||||||
date
|
Price
|
Outstanding
|
Life
(Years
|
)
|
Price
|
Exercisable
|
Price
|
||||||||||||
08/13/98
|
$
|
6.38
|
1,000
|
2.4
|
$
|
6.38
|
1,000
|
$
|
6.38
|
||||||||||
10/14/04
|
28.77
|
1,000
|
8.6
|
28.77
|
1,000
|
28.77
|
|||||||||||||
09/28/05
|
10.15
|
15,000
|
9.5
|
10.15
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
17,000
|
9.0
|
$
|
11.02
|
2,000
|
$
|
17.58
|
Option
activity is summarized as follows:
Weighted Average
|
|||||||
|
|
Exercise Price | |||||
|
Shares
|
Per
Share
|
|||||
Outstanding
March 31, 2003
|
64,000
|
$
|
3.44
|
||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Issued
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Outstanding
March 31, 2004
|
64,000
|
3.44
|
|||||
Exercised
|
(63,000
|
)
|
3.39
|
||||
Issued
|
1,000
|
28.77
|
|||||
Outstanding
March 31, 2005
|
2,000
|
17.58
|
|||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Issued
|
15,000
|
10.15
|
|||||
Outstanding
March 31, 2006
|
17,000
|
$
|
11.02
|
The
fair value of the stock
options granted in fiscal 2006 and 2005 were estimated on the date of grant
using the Black Scholes option-pricing model with the assumptions listed below.
No options, except for 15,000 and 1,000 shares, respectively, granted to
non-employee directors in fiscal 2006 and 2005, were granted since fiscal
2000.
33
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||
Weighted
average fair value per option
|
$
|
8.20
|
$
|
6.74
|
|||||||||
Assumptions
used:
|
|||||||||||||
Weighted
average expected volatility
|
92.01
|
%
|
86.41
|
%
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average expected dividend yield
|
1.90
|
%
|
1.90
|
%
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average risk-free interest rate
|
3.86
|
%
|
3.86
|
%
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average expected life, in years
|
10
|
9.5
|
During
fiscal 2004 the Company suspended its stock repurchase program. Except for
118,027 shares repurchased in conjunction with the retirement of an executive
officer (see Note 13), no common shares were repurchased in fiscal 2005 or
2006.
Through March 31, 2006, the Company had repurchased and retired a total of
947,300 shares at a total cost of $3,973,265.
Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss) activity during fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004 is as
follows:
|
UnrealizedGain
|
Change
in
|
Pension
|
Total
Other
|
|||||||||
|
(Loss)
on
|
Fair
Value of
|
Liability
|
Comprehensive
|
|||||||||
|
Securities |
Derivative
|
Adjustment
|
Income
(Loss
|
)
|
||||||||
Balance
at 3/31/03
|
$
|
(40,415
|
)
|
$
|
(140,276
|
)
|
$
|
(283,361
|
)
|
$
|
(464,052
|
)
|
|
Change
|
159,086
|
64,936
|
283,361
|
507,383
|
|||||||||
Balance
at 3/31/04
|
118,671
|
(75,340.0
|
)
|
-
|
43,331
|
||||||||
Change
|
(71,247
|
)
|
53,184
|
-
|
(18,063
|
)
|
|||||||
Balance
at 3/31/05
|
47,424
|
(22,156
|
)
|
-
|
25,268
|
||||||||
Change
|
5,055
|
22,156
|
-
|
27,211
|
|||||||||
Balance
at 3/31/06
|
$
|
52,479
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
52,479
|
10. DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS
During
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, Company management agreed to a plan to sell
the assets of MAS and to discontinue the operations of the Company’s aviation
service sector business. The Company entered into a letter of intent on June
19,
2003 to sell certain assets and the business operations of MAS to an investor
group, which included former management of MAS, for consideration of $1,950,000.
On August 14, 2003, the Company closed on the transaction for consideration
totaling $1,885,000, comprised of $1,550,000 in cash and a $335,000 promissory
note. The sale resulted in the recognition of losses totaling $1,121,000. In
conjunction with the sale, the Company agreed to indemnify the buyer and its
affiliates with respect to certain matters related to contractual
representations and warranties and the operation of the business prior to
closing. Although no assurances can be made, the Company does not believe the
indemnities provided will have a material effect on its financial condition
or
results of operations.
Under
the
terms of the sale agreement, the Company also entered into a three-year
consignment agreement granting the buyer an exclusive right to sell remaining
MAS inventory not included in the sale transaction. Upon termination of the
consignment agreement, all unsold inventory will be returned to the Company.
Inventory on consignment under this agreement amounted to $431,000 as of March
31, 2006. The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the sale
of
certain MAS assets and the net operations of MAS as discontinued operations,
net
of tax for fiscal 2004.
A
summary
of the operating results reclassified as discontinued operations is as
follows:
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Revenue
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
2,575,259
|
||||
Operating
earnings (loss)
|
-
|
-
|
(500,901
|
)
|
||||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
-
|
-
|
(698,902
|
)
|
||||||
Income
tax benefit
|
-
|
-
|
272,932
|
|||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(425,970
|
)
|
34
11. REVENUES
FROM MAJOR CUSTOMER
Approximately
54.6%, 59.0% and 64.5% of the Company’s revenues were derived from
services performed for Federal Express Corporation in fiscal 2006,
2005
and 2004, respectively. In addition, approximately 17.8%, 23.7% and
16.4%
of the Company’s revenues for fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2043 respectively,
were generated from Global’s contract with the United States Air
Force.
|
12. INCOME
TAXES
The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of:
|
Year
Ended March 31, 2006
|
|||||||||
|
Continuing
|
Discontinued
|
||||||||
|
Operations
|
Operations
|
Total
|
|||||||
Current:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
$
|
677,230
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
677,230
|
||||
State
|
161,875
|
-
|
161,875
|
|||||||
Total
current
|
839,105
|
-
|
839,105
|
|||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
139,958
|
-
|
139,958
|
|||||||
State
|
47,047
|
-
|
47,047
|
|||||||
Total
deferred
|
187,005
|
-
|
187,005
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
1,026,110
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1,026,110
|
||||
|
Year
Ended March 31, 2005
|
|||||||||
|
Continuing
|
Discontinued
|
||||||||
|
Operations
|
Operations
|
Total
|
|||||||
Current:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
$
|
661,545
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
661,545
|
||||
State
|
114,138
|
-
|
114,138
|
|||||||
Total
current
|
775,683
|
-
|
775,683
|
|||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
434,022
|
-
|
434,022
|
|||||||
State
|
131,127
|
-
|
131,127
|
|||||||
Total
deferred
|
565,149
|
-
|
565,149
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
1,340,832
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1,340,832
|
||||
|
Year
Ended March 31, 2004
|
|||||||||
|
Continuing
|
Discontinued
|
||||||||
|
Operations
|
Operations
|
Total
|
|||||||
Current:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
$
|
1,082,000
|
$
|
(665,000
|
)
|
$
|
417,000
|
|||
State
|
228,000
|
(147,000
|
)
|
81,000
|
||||||
Total
current
|
1,310,000
|
(812,000
|
)
|
498,000
|
||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
43,000
|
441,000
|
484,000
|
|||||||
State
|
9,000
|
98,000
|
107,000
|
|||||||
Total
deferred
|
52,000
|
539,000
|
591,000
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
1,362,000
|
$
|
(273,000
|
)
|
$
|
1,089,000
|
35
The
income tax provision for continuing operations was different from the amount
computed using the statutory Federal income tax rate for the following
reasons:
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||||||||||
$
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
|
%
|
|
||||||||
Income
tax provision at
|
|||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
statutory rate
|
$
|
1,047,548
|
34.0
|
%
|
$
|
1,171,773
|
34.0
|
%
|
$
|
1,199,000
|
34.0
|
%
|
|||||||
State
income taxes, net
|
|||||||||||||||||||
of
Federal benefit
|
137,888
|
4.5
|
161,874
|
4.7
|
163,000
|
4.6
|
|||||||||||||
Permanent
differences, net
|
(26,314
|
)
|
(0.9
|
)
|
8,775
|
0.7
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Other
differences, net
|
(135,733)
|
(4.4)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Change
in valuation
|
|||||||||||||||||||
allowance
|
2,721
|
0.1
|
(1,590
|
)
|
(0.1
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Income
tax provision
|
$
|
1,026,110
|
33.3
|
%
|
$
|
1,340,832
|
39.3
|
%
|
$
|
1,362,000
|
38.6
|
%
|
Deferred tax asset is comprised of the following components
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Net
deferred tax asset
|
|||||||
Warranty
reserve
|
$
|
107,297
|
$
|
77,109
|
|||
Accounts
receivable reserve
|
182,608
|
105,089
|
|||||
Inventory
reserve
|
174,977
|
181,132
|
|||||
Accrued
insurance
|
23,596
|
26,384
|
|||||
Accrued
vacation
|
155,611
|
175,970
|
|||||
Deferred
compensation
|
290,796
|
603,296
|
|||||
Fixed
assets
|
(201,416
|
)
|
(229,924
|
)
|
|||
Loss
carryforwards
|
104,160
|
108,295
|
|||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(82,299
|
)
|
(85,020
|
)
|
|||
Adjustment
to Other Comprehensive Income
|
(20,000
|
)
|
(20,000
|
)
|
|||
Other
|
36,306
|
16,310
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
771,636
|
$
|
958,641
|
The
deferred tax items are reported on a net current and non-current basis in the
accompanying fiscal 2006 and 2005 consolidated balance sheets according to
the
classification of the related asset and liability. The Company has state net
operating loss carryforwards as of March 31, 2006 with a tax affected amount
of
approximately $21,861. The state loss carryforwards will expire in varying
periods through March 2025. At March 31, 2006 the Company had deferred tax
assets of $21,557 for capital loss carryforwards and $60,742 for unrealized
capital losses. The Company recorded a full valuation allowance on the deferred
tax assets relating to these capital losses at March 31, 2006 and 2005 based
on
management’s belief that realization is unlikely.
36
13. EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS
The
Company has a
401(k) defined contribution plan (AirT 401(k) Retirement Plan). All employees
of
the Company are eligible to participate in the plan. The Company’s contribution
to the 401(k) plan for the years ended March 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 was
$277,000, $251,000, and $231,000, respectively and was recorded in general
and
administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of
operations.
The Company, in each of the past three years, has paid a discretionary profit
sharing bonus in which all employees have participated. Profit sharing expense
in fiscal 2006, 2005, and 2004 was $429,000, $343,000 and $487,000,
respectively, and was recorded in general and administrative expenses in the
consolidated statements of operations.
Effective January 1, 1996 the Company entered into supplemental retirement
agreements with certain key executives of the Company, to provide for a monthly
benefit upon retirement. The Company has purchased life insurance policies
for
which the Company is the sole beneficiary to facilitate the funding of benefits
under these supplemental retirement agreements. The cost of funding these
benefits is recorded in general and administrative expense on the consolidated
statements of operations and is offset by increases in the cash surrender value
of the life insurance policies.
Effective
December 31, 2003, an executive officer and director of the Company resigned
his
employment with AirT. In consideration of approximately $300,000 the executive
agreed to forgo certain retirement and other contractual benefits for which
the
Company had previously accrued aggregate liabilities of $715,000.
The
above-mentioned cancellation of contractual retirement benefits reduced recorded
liabilities by $715,000. The difference between the recorded liability and
ultimate cash payment of $300,000 resulted in a $305,000 reduction in actuarial
losses, recorded in Other Comprehensive Loss, a $90,000 reduction in intangible
assets and a net $20,000 reduction in executive compensation charges included
in
the statement of operations.
The
Company purchased from the former executive officer 118,027 shares of AirT
common stock held by him (representing approximately 4.3% of the outstanding
shares of common stock at December 31, 2003) for $4.54 per share (80% of the
January 5, 2004 closing price). The stock repurchase took place in three
installments over a one-year period, starting January 12, 2004, and totaled
approximately $536,000. The repurchase of the former executive’s stock was
recorded in the periods that the repurchase occurred and all such stock was
subsequently retired. All installment payments required to be made have been
made.
In
2005,
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors confirmed the level of
retirement benefits under existing agreements for certain executive officers
at
amounts approximately $510,000 less than had been previously accrued. Based
on
an estimated average term to retirement of these officers of four years, the
accrual was reduced by $129,000 in fiscal 2005, and, subject to other
adjustments, similar reductions would occur in the next three fiscal years.
The
reduction in the accrual reduced general and administrative expense by that
amount.
On
December 29, 2005, Air T, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries entered into
an
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the “Amended Employment Agreement”)
with John J. Gioffre, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. The Amended
Employment Agreement amends and restates the existing Employment Agreement
dated
January 1, 1996 (the “Former Employment Agreement”), between the Company,
these subsidiaries and Mr. Gioffre. The Amended Employment Agreement provides
the terms and conditions for Mr. Gioffre’s continued employment with the Company
until his planned retirement on June 30, 2006. In connection with the execution
of the Amended Employment Agreement, the Company paid to Mr. Gioffre a $693,000
lump-sum retirement payment he would have been entitled to receive under the
Former Employment Agreement had he retired on September 1, 2005, plus interest
from that date at a rate equal to the Company’s cost of funds. The Company had
previously accrued $816,000 in retirement benefit expense, and accordingly,
the
adjustment of $123,000 which represents Mr. Gioffre’s unamortized portion of the
retirement accrual reduction mentioned above, increased the Company’s results
from operations for the quarterly period ending December 31, 2005. The Amended
Employment Agreement terminates the Company’s obligations to pay any further
retirement or death benefits to Mr. Gioffre.
Pursuant
to the Amended Employment Agreement, Mr. Gioffre is to be employed in his
present capacities until June 30, 2006 with changes to his annual salary rate
and bonus compensation.
The
following tables set forth the funded status of the Company’s supplemental
retirement plan at March 31, 2006 and 2005 and the change in the projected
benefit obligation during fiscal 2006 and 2005:
37
|
March
31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Vested
benefit obligation and accumulated benefit obligation
|
$
|
575,877
|
$
|
1,141,619
|
|||
Projected
benefit obligation
|
575,877
|
1,141,619
|
|||||
Plan
assets at fair value
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Projected
benefit obligation greater than plan assets
|
575,877
|
1,141,619
|
|||||
Unrecognized
prior service cost
|
104,457
|
258,951
|
|||||
Unrecognized
actuarial gain (loss)
|
(19,099
|
)
|
(19,169
|
)
|
|||
Accrued
pension cost recognized in the
|
|||||||
consolidated
balance sheets
|
$
|
661,235
|
$
|
1,381,401
|
|||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Projected
benefit obligation beginning of year
|
$
|
1,141,619
|
$
|
1,462,384
|
|||
Service
cost
|
37,381
|
40,528
|
|||||
Interest
cost
|
54,634
|
59,457
|
|||||
Actuarial
loss due to change in assumption
|
(499
|
)
|
89,582
|
||||
Non-cash
adjustments due to amendment and settlement
|
35,701
|
(510,332
|
)
|
||||
Benefits
paid
|
(692,959
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Projected
benefit obligation end of year
|
$
|
575,877
|
$
|
1,141,619
|
In
accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 87, “Employers’
Accounting for Pensions,”
the
Company has no additional minimum liability at March 31, 2006 and
2005.
The
projected benefit obligation was determined using an assumed discount rate
of
5.75% at March 31, 2006 and 5.5% at March 31, 2005. The liability relating
to
these benefits has been included in deferred retirement obligation in the
accompanying financial statements.
Net periodic pension (benefit) expense for fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004 consisted
of the following:
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
37,381
|
$
|
40,528
|
$
|
72,789
|
||||
Interest
cost
|
54,634
|
59,457
|
113,510
|
|||||||
Amortization
of unrecognized prior
|
||||||||||
service
cost and actuarial losses (gain)
|
4,130
|
(102,057
|
)
|
99,714
|
||||||
(Gain)
loss on settlement
|
(123,352
|
)
|
784
|
(19,211
|
)
|
|||||
Net
periodic pension cost and (benefit)
|
$
|
(27,207
|
)
|
$
|
(1,288
|
)
|
$
|
266,802
|
Projected
benefit payments for fiscal years ending:
|
|||||||
2007
|
$
|
-
|
|||||
2008
|
-
|
||||||
2009
|
-
|
||||||
2010
|
794,000
|
||||||
2011
|
-
|
||||||
38
The
Company’s former Chairman and CEO passed away on April 18, 1997. Under the terms
of his supplemental retirement agreement, approximately $498,000 in present
value of death benefits is required to be paid to fulfill death benefit payments
over 10 years after his death. As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, accruals related
to the unpaid present value of the benefit amounted to approximately $110,000
and $168,000, respectively (of which approximately $46,000 and $104,000,
respectively is included under deferred retirement obligations in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets). Net periodic pension costs are
included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations.
14. NET
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
Basic
earnings per share has been calculated by dividing net earnings (loss) by the
weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period. For
purposes of calculating diluted earnings (loss) per share, shares issuable
under
employee stock options were considered potential common shares and were included
in the weighted average common shares unless they were anti-dilutive. As of
March 31, 2006 1,000 shares of outstanding stock options were anti-dilutive.
The
computation of basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
is
as follows:
|
Year
Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Basic
|
2,671,293
|
2,677,114
|
2,716,447
|
|||||||
Incremental
Shares From Stock Options
|
486
|
15,766
|
11,472
|
|||||||
Diluted
|
2,671,779
|
2,692,880
|
2,727,919
|
15. |
QUARTERLY
FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
|
(in
thousands except per share data)
|
FIRST
|
SECOND
|
THIRD
|
FOURTH
|
|||||||||||||||
|
QUARTER
|
QUARTER
|
QUARTER
|
QUARTER
|
|||||||||||||||
2006 |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Operating
Revenues
|
$
|
17,216
|
$
|
18,136
|
$
|
23,415
|
$
|
20,762
|
|||||||||||
Operating
Income
|
$
|
447
|
$
|
465
|
$
|
1,149
|
$
|
1,097
|
|||||||||||
Earnings
Before Income Taxes
|
$
|
449
|
$
|
460
|
$
|
1,107
|
$
|
1,065
|
|||||||||||
Net
Earnings
|
$
|
278
|
$
|
264
|
$
|
675
|
$
|
838
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||||||
Basic
and Diluted Net Earnings per share
|
$
|
0.10
|
$
|
0.10
|
$
|
0.25
|
$
|
0.32
|
|||||||||||
2005 |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Operating
Revenues
|
$
|
15,087
|
$
|
16,366
|
$
|
18,334
|
$
|
20,212
|
|||||||||||
Operating
Income
|
$
|
872
|
$
|
911
|
$
|
775
|
$
|
911
|
|||||||||||
Earnings
Before Income Taxes
|
$
|
868
|
$
|
905
|
$
|
764
|
$
|
909
|
|||||||||||
Net
Earnings
|
$
|
533
|
$
|
538
|
$
|
485
|
$
|
550
|
|||||||||||
Basic
and Diluted Net Earnings per share
|
$
|
0.20
|
$
|
0.20
|
$
|
0.18
|
$
|
0.20
|
|||||||||||
(1)
A true-up of
timing differences in the fixed asset portion of deferred tax asset resulted
in
a reduction in the provision
for income taxes in
the
Company's fourth
quarter.
39
16. |
SEGMENT
INFORMATION
|
The
Company operates three subsidiaries in two continuing business segments. Each
business segment has separate management teams and infrastructures that offer
different products and services. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003,
Company management agreed to a plan to sell the assets of MAS and to discontinue
the operations of the Company’s aviation service sector business. The Company
completed an agreement to sell certain assets and operations on August 14,
2003.
The operations of MAS are, therefore, not presented in the segment information
below. The subsidiaries with continuing operations have been combined into
the
following two reportable segments: overnight air cargo and ground equipment.
The
overnight air cargo segment encompasses services provided primarily to one
customer, Federal Express, and the ground equipment segment encompasses the
operations of Global.
The
accounting policies for all reportable segments are the same as those described
in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company evaluates the
performance of its operating segments based on operating income from continuing
operations.
Segment
data is summarized as follows:
2006
|
2006
|
2005
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||||||||||
PRO-FORMA(1)
|
PRO-FORMA(1
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Operating
Revenues:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Overnight
Air Cargo
|
$ |
43,447,244
|
$
|
41,312,475
|
$ |
36,168,096
|
|||||||||||||
Ground
Equipment:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Domestic
|
|
24,209,747
|
|
28,036,100
|
|
18,976,445
|
|||||||||||||
International
|
11,871,640
|
650,863
|
852,304
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
Ground Equipment
|
36,081,387
|
28,686,963
|
19,828,749
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
79,528,631
|
$
|
69,999,438
|
$
|
55,996,845
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
Income (loss) from
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Continuing
operations:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Overnight
Air Cargo
|
$
|
2,234,395
|
$
|
3,089,141
|
$
|
2,143,434
|
$
|
2,998,180
|
$
|
3,988,995
|
|||||||||
Ground
Equipment
|
2,939,508
|
3,092,632
|
2,956,937
|
3,110,061
|
2,039,691
|
||||||||||||||
Corporate
(2)
|
(2,016,158
|
)
|
(3,024,028
|
)
|
(1,631,675
|
)
|
(2,639,545
|
)
|
(2,626,654
|
)
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$
|
3,157,745
|
$
|
3,157,745
|
$
|
3,468,696
|
$
|
3,468,696
|
$
|
3,402,032
|
|||||||||
Identifiable
Assets:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Overnight
Air Cargo
|
$
|
6,298,618
|
$
|
7,312,183
|
$
|
5,727,470
|
|||||||||||||
Ground
Equipment
|
12,620,815
|
10,180,943
|
9,646,490
|
||||||||||||||||
Corporate
|
5,003,924
|
6,615,799
|
3,093,449
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
23,923,357
|
$
|
24,108,925
|
$
|
18,467,409
|
|||||||||||||
Capital
Expenditures, net:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Overnight
Air Cargo
|
$
|
272,071
|
$
|
266,714
|
$
|
1,101,355
|
|||||||||||||
Ground
Equipment
|
37,030
|
34,256
|
75,775
|
||||||||||||||||
Corporate
|
53,469
|
94,715
|
83,689
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
362,570
|
$
|
395,685
|
$
|
1,260,819
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation
and Amortization:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Overnight
Air Cargo
|
$
|
449,224
|
$
|
435,534
|
$
|
200,128
|
|||||||||||||
Ground
Equipment
|
181,124
|
146,201
|
187,284
|
||||||||||||||||
Corporate
|
52,751
|
52,083
|
170,139
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
683,099
|
$
|
633,818
|
$
|
557,551
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
(1)In
fiscal 2005 the Company changed its method of allocating corporate
administrative cost to its operating subsidiaries. The Company
has disclosed above for fiscal 2006 and 2005 its operating income from
continuing operations on both the new basis,
and under Pro-Forma, the old basis of segmentation.
(2)
Includes income from inter-segment transactions, eliminated in
consolidation.
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17. |
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
On
February
28, 2005, a 135-foot fixed-stand deicing boom sold by Global for installation
at
the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania airport, and maintained by Global, collapsed
on
an Airbus 330 aircraft operated by U.S. Airways. While the aircraft suffered
some structural damage, no passengers or crew on the aircraft were injured.
The
operator of the deicing boom has claimed to suffer injuries in connection with
the collapse. Immediately following this incident, the remaining eleven fixed
stand deicing booms sold by Global and installed at the Philadelphia airport
were placed out of service pending investigation of their structural soundness.
These booms include 114-foot smaller deicing booms, as well as additional
135-foot extended deicing booms. All of these booms were designed, fabricated
and installed by parties other than Global and are the only booms of this model
that have been sold by Global.
In
June
2005, after an independent structural engineering firm’s investigation
identified specific design flaws and structural defects in the remaining 11
booms and Global’s subcontractor declined to participate in efforts to return
the remaining 11 booms to service, Global agreed with the City of Philadelphia
to effect specific repairs to the remaining 11 booms. Under this agreement,
Global agreed to effect the repairs to these booms at its expense and has
reserved its rights to recover these expenses from any third party ultimately
determined to be responsible for defects and flaws in these booms. The agreement
provides that if Global performs its obligations under the agreement, the City
of Philadelphia will not pursue any legal remedies against Global for the
identified design flaws and structural defects with respect to these 11 booms.
However, the City of Philadelphia retains its rights with respect to any cause
of action arising from the collapse of the boom in February 2005.
On
October 14, 2005, Global completed the repair, installation and recertification
of ten of the deicing booms. Repair had been completed on the eleventh boom,
which was then damaged in transit to the Philadelphia airport by an independent
carrier. The additional repair work on that boom has been completed and the
boom
is awaiting delivery back to the airport. The carrier had initially undertaken
that such further repair work would be at its expense, though the carrier has
not yet approved the final expense of such repair work.
Global
has been named as a defendant in two legal actions arising from the February
2005 boom collapse at the Philadelphia airport. In the first, U.S.
Airways vs. Elliott Equipment Company, et al.,
which
is pending in United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, U.S. Airways initiated an action on April 7, 2006 against Global
and its subcontractor seeking to recover approximately $2.9 million,
representing the alleged cost to repair of the damaged Airbus A330 aircraft
and
loss of use of the aircraft while it was being repaired. This matter is in
the
initial stage of discovery. In the second action, Emerson
vs. Elliott Equipment Company, et al.,
pending
in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, the boom operator is seeking
to recover unspecified damages from Global and its subcontractor for injuries
arising from the collapse of the boom. This matter was initiated on October
21,
2005 and is scheduled for trial in November 2007. The Company understands that
the boom operator has recovered from his injuries and has returned to fulltime
work. Global maintains product liability insurance in excess of the amount
of
the recoveries claimed above and is being defended in both of these matters
by
its product liability insurance carrier. Global’s insurance coverage does not
extend to the costs incurred by Global to examine and repair the other 11 booms
at the Philadelphia airport.
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On
August
4, 2005, Global commenced litigation in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania against Glazer Enterprises, Inc. t/a Elliott Equipment
Company, Global’s subcontractor that designed, fabricated and warrantied the
booms at the Philadelphia airport, seeking to recover approximately $905,000
in
costs incurred by Global in connection with repairing the 11 booms and any
damages arising from the collapse of the boom in February 2005. That case has
been removed to federal court and is pending before United States District
Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and has been assigned to the same
judge
before whom the U.S. Airways litigation is pending against Global. This matter
is in the initial stage of discovery. The Company cannot provide assurance
that
it will be able to recover its repair expenses, or otherwise be successful,
in
this action.
The
Company is currently involved in certain personal injury and environmental
matters, which involve pending or threatened lawsuits. Management believes
the
results of these pending or threatened lawsuits will not have a material adverse
effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial
position.
Item
9. Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure.
Dixon
Hughes PLLC has served as the independent registered public accountants for
the
Company since November 17, 2004. Prior to the engagement of Dixon Hughes PLLC
as
the Company’s independent registered public accountants, Deloitte & Touche
LLP had served in this capacity. On November 10, 2004, the Audit Committee
of
the Board of Directors of the Company decided to no longer engage, and thus
on
that date dismissed, Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent
registered public accountants and to engage Dixon Hughes PLLC as the Company's
independent registered public accountants to audit the financial statements
of
the Company for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005. The audit report of
Deloitte & Touche LLP on the financial statements of the Company for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer
of
opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or
accounting principles. In connection with the audit of the financial statements
of the Company for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 and through the date
of
dismissal, the Company had no disagreement with Deloitte & Touche LLP on any
matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure,
or
auditing scope or procedure, which disagreement, if not resolved to the
satisfaction of Deloitte & Touche LLP, would have caused them to make
reference to such disagreement in their report for such period; and there were
no reportable events as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K of the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item
9A. Controls
and Procedures.
As
of the
end of the period covered by this report, management, including the Company’s
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness
of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures with
respect to the information generated for use in this report. Based upon, and
as
of the date of that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective
to
provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the
reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the
Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.
There
was
no change in our internal control over financial reporting during or subsequent
to the fourth fiscal quarter for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, that
has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
It
should
be noted that while the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive
Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, believe that the Company’s disclosure
controls and procedures provide a reasonable level of assurance, they do not
expect that the disclosure controls and procedures or internal controls will
prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived
or operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the
objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control
system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the
benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of
the
inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can
provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud,
if
any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include
the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that
breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls
can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of
two
or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any
system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the
likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design
will
succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions;
over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions,
or
the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system,
misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
42
Item
9B Other
Information.
The
Company leases its corporate and operating facilities at the Little Mountain,
North Carolina airport and additional office space from Little Mountain Airport
Associates, Inc. (“Airport Associates”), a corporation whose stock is owned by
William H. Simpson, John J. Gioffre, the estate of David Clark, three
unaffiliated third parties and a former executive officer. Messrs. Simpson
and
Gioffre are executive officers and directors of the Company, and the Company’s
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Walter Clark, is an executor and
beneficiary of the estate of David Clark. The terms of these leases expired
on
May 31, 2006. On June 16, 2006, the Company and Airport Associates entered
into an agreement to continue the lease of these facilities until May 31,
2008
at a monthly rental payment of $12,736.79. The lease agreement includes an
option permitting the Company to renew the lease for an additional two-year
period, with the monthly rental payment to be adjusted to reflect the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) change from June 1, 2006 to April 1, 2008. The lease
agreement provides that the Company shall be responsible for maintenance
of the
leased facilities and for utilities, ad valorem taxes and
insurance.
PART
III
Item
10. Directors
and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
Walter
Clark,
age 49,
has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and Chief
Executive Officer since April 1997. Mr. Clark also serves as a director of
MAC
and CSA and as the Chief Executive Officer of MAC. Mr. Clark was elected a
director of the Company in April 1996. Mr. Clark was self-employed in the real
estate development business from 1985 until April 1997.
John
J.
Gioffre,
age 62,
has served as Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company
since April 1984 and as Secretary/Treasurer of the Company since
June 1983. He has served as a director of the Company since March 1987.
Mr. Gioffre also serves as Vice-President, Secretary/Treasurer and a
director of MAC and CSA, Chief Financial Officer of MAC and as Vice
President-Finance, Treasurer and Secretary of MACAS.
William
H.
Simpson,
age 58,
has served as Executive Vice President of the Company since June 1990, as Vice
President from June 1983 to June 1990, and as a director of the Company since
June 20, 1985. Mr. Simpson is also the President and a director of MAC, the
Chief Executive Officer and a director of CSA and Executive Vice President
of
MACAS.
Claude
S.
Abernethy, Jr.,
age 79,
was elected as director of the Company in June 1990. For the past five years,
Mr. Abernethy has served as a Senior Vice President of IJL Wachovia
Securities, a securities brokerage and investment banking firm, and its
predecessor. Mr. Abernethy is also a director of Carolina Mills, Inc. and Wellco
Enterprises, Inc.
Sam
Chesnutt,
age 71,
was elected a director of the Company in August 1994. Mr. Chesnutt serves as
President of Sam Chesnutt and Associates, an agribusiness consulting firm.
From
November 1988 to December 1994, Mr. Chesnutt served as Executive Vice President
of AgriGeneral Company, L.P., an agribusiness firm.
Allison
T.
Clark,
age 50,
has served as a director of the Company since May 1997. Mr. Clark has been
self-employed in the real estate development business since 1987.
George
C.
Prill,
age 83,
has served as a director of the Company since June 1982, as Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors from August 1982 until June
1983,
and as President from August 1982 until spring 1984. Mr. Prill has served as
an
Editorial Director for General Publications, Inc., a publisher of magazines
devoted to the air transportation industry, from November 1992 until 2001 and
was retired from 1990 until that time. From 1979 to 1990, Mr. Prill served
as President of George C. Prill & Associates, Inc., of Charlottesville,
Virginia, which performed consulting services for the aerospace and airline
industry. Mr. Prill has served as President of Lockheed International Company,
as Assistant Administrator of the FAA, as a Senior Vice President of the
National Aeronautic Association and Chairman of the Aerospace Industry Trade
Advisory Committee.
Dennis
A.
Wicker,
age 53,
has served as a director of the Company since October 2004. Mr. Wicker is a
member of the law firm Helms, Mullis & Wicker PLLC, which he joined in 2001
following eight years of service as Lieutenant Governor of the State of North
Carolina. Mr. Wicker is a member of the boards of directors of Coca-Cola
Bottling Co. Consolidated and First Bancorp.
J.
Bradley
Wilson,
age 53,
has served as a director of the Company since September 2005. Mr. Wilson serves
as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate
Secretary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, a health benefits
company. He joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina in December
1995
and served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel until his appointment
as
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer in February 2005.
Prior to joining Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Mr. Wilson served
as General Counsel to Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. of North Carolina and in
private practice as an attorney in Lenoir, North Carolina. Mr. Wilson also
serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Railroad
Company and as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of North
Carolina.
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The
officers
of the Company and its subsidiaries each serve at the pleasure of the Board
of
Directors. Allison Clark and Walter Clark are brothers.
During
the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2006, each director received a director’s fee of $1,000 per
month and an attendance fee of $500 is paid to outside directors for each
meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof. Commencing April
1,
2006, members of the Audit Committee receive, in lieu of the $500 meeting fee,
a
monthly fee of $500, with the Chairman of the Audit Committee receives a monthly
fee of $700. Pursuant to the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)
each director who is not an employee of the Company received an option to
purchase 2,500 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.15 per share
(the closing bid price per share on the date of stockholder approval of the
Plan.) The Plan provides for a similar option award to any director first
elected to the board after the date the stockholders approved the Plan. Such
options vest one year after the date they were granted and expire ten years
after the date they were granted.
The
Board of
Directors maintains a standing Audit Committee for the purpose of overseeing
the
accounting and financial reporting processes, and audits of financial
statements, of the Company. The Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Abernethy,
Chesnutt and Wicker each of whom is not an employee of the Company and otherwise
is considered to be an independent director under NASDAQ rules. The Board of
Directors has determined that the Audit Committee does not include an “audit
committee financial expert,” as that term is defined by the recently adopted
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and further that no other independent director
qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert.” Under the SEC’s rules, an
“audit committee financial expert” is required to have not only an understanding
of generally accepted accounting principles and the function of the Audit
Committee, along with experience in preparing or analyzing financial statements,
but also the ability to assess the application of general accounting principles
in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves. The
Board of Directors, on occasion, has requested input from its independent
auditors to assist the Audit Committee and the Board in making judgments under
generally accepted accounting principles. Given the significant requirements
of
the SEC’s definition of an “audit committee financial expert” and the demands
and responsibilities placed on directors of a small public Company by applicable
securities, corporate and other laws, the Board of Directors believes it is
difficult to identify and attract an independent director to serve on the Board
of Directors who qualifies as an “audit committee financial
expert.”
To
the
Company’s knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of reports under
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that have been furnished
to
the Company and written representations that no other reports were required,
during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 all executive officers, directors
and greater than ten-percent beneficial owners have complied with all applicable
Section 16(a) filing requirements, except that Mr. Wicker’s initial statement of
beneficial ownership on Form 3 and a statement of change in beneficial ownership
on Form 4 with respect to the award of options upon its election as a director
were filed late and two Form 4 reports with respect to an aggregate of four
sales transactions by Mr. Allison Clark were filed late.
Code
of
Ethics.
The
Company has adopted a code of ethics applicable to its executive officers and
other employees. A copy of the code of ethics is available on the Company’s
internet website at http://www.airt.net.
The
Company intends to post waivers of and amendments to its code of ethics
applicable to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer,
principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar
functions on its Internet website.
Nominees.
There
have
been no changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend
nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors since the date of the Company’s
proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders held on September 28,
2005.
Item
11. Executive
Compensation.
The
following table sets forth a summary of the compensation paid during each of
the
three most recent fiscal years to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and to
the two other executive officers on March 31, 2006 with total compensation
of
$100,000 or more.
44
SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
|
Annual
Compensation
|
||||||||||||
Name
and Principal
|
All
Other
|
||||||||||||
Position
|
Year
|
Salary
($)(1
|
)
|
Bonus
($)(2
|
)
|
Compensation
($)(3)(4
|
)
|
||||||
Walter
Clark
|
2006
|
223,524
|
70220
|
2,610
|
|||||||||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
2005
|
175,599
|
-
|
4,345
|
|||||||||
2004
|
106,319
|
66,420
|
3,024
|
||||||||||
John
J. Gioffre
|
2006
|
144,710
|
70220
|
700,635
|
|||||||||
Chief
Financial Officer
|
2005
|
133,590
|
56,835
|
4,735
|
|||||||||
2004
|
127,027
|
49,815
|
3,600
|
||||||||||
William
H. Simpson
|
2006
|
209,107
|
70,220
|
5,469
|
|||||||||
Executive
Vice President
|
2005
|
206,021
|
75,780
|
4,900
|
|||||||||
2004
|
199,761
|
66,420
|
6,501
|
__________________________________________
(1) |
Includes
$76,500 in annual director fees in 2006, 2005 and 2004 and perquisites
in
aggregate amount no greater than ten percent of the officer’s base salary
plus bonus.
|
(2) |
Pursuant
to their employment agreements, Messrs. Clark, Gioffre and Simpson
are
entitled to receive incentive compensation equal to two percent (2%)
of
the earnings before income taxes or extraordinary items reported
each year
by the Company in its Annual Report on Form 10-K (1.5% for Mr. Gioffre
in
2004 and 2005). Mr. Clark waived receipt of incentive compensation
for
fiscal 2005.
|
(3) |
Company
matching contributions under the AirT, Inc. 401(k) retirement
plan.
|
(4) |
Mr.
Gioffre’s Other Compensation includes $692,959 lump-sum retirement
benefit.
|
The
following table sets forth information regarding options exercised by the
executive officers during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. At March 31,
2005, the executive officers did not hold any unexercised options to purchase
shares of Common Stock.
AGGREGATED
OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND
FISCAL
YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
Shares
Acquired On
Exercise (#)
|
Value
Realized
($)(1
|
)
|
Number
of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
at FY-End (#)
|
Value
of Unexercised
In-the-Money
Options
at
FY-End ($)
|
|||||||||||||||
Name
|
Exercisable
|
Unexercisable
|
Exercisable
|
Unexercisable
|
|||||||||||||||
Walter
Clark
|
50,000
|
1,280,000
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
John
J. Gioffre
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
William
H. Simpson
|
9,000
|
88,740
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
Value
realized is determined by multiplying the number of shares acquired upon
exercise of the option by the difference of the closing price per share of
the
Common Stock on the date of exercise, as reported by the Nasdaq Small Cap
Market, minus the exercise price per share and may not represent an actual
cash
amount received by the executive officer. The exercise price per share for
the
options was $3.19 and the closing price per share on the date of exercise was
$28.79 for Mr. Clark and $13.05 for Mr. Simpson. As of the date of this report,
Mr. Clark continues to hold the 50,000 shares acquired upon exercise of these
options.
45
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENTS
Chief
Executive Officer
On
July
8, 2005, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Walter Clark
to
provide for his continued employment as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
The agreement has an initial term of two years and renews for successive
additional one-year periods on each anniversary of the date of the agreement
unless either the Company or Mr. Clark gives notice of non-renewal within 90
days prior to that anniversary date. The agreement provides for an annual base
salary of $200,000, subject to increases as subsequently determined by the
Company’s Board of Directors or its Compensation Committee. In addition, the
agreement provides for annual bonus compensation equal to 2% of the Company’s
consolidated earnings before income taxes and extraordinary items as reported
by
the Company in its Annual Report on Form 10-K. Payment of this bonus is to
be
made within 15 days after the Company files its Annual Report on Form 10-K
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the agreement, Mr. Clark is
entitled to participate in the Company’s general employee benefit plans, to
receive four weeks of vacation per year and to use corporate passenger aircraft
for personal use, with the requirement that he reimburse the Company for its
costs in connection with his personal use of the aircraft to the extent those
costs exceed $50,000 in any fiscal year.
The
agreement provides that the Company may terminate Mr. Clark’s employment at any
time and for any reason. However, if the Company terminates Mr. Clark’s
employment other than for “disability” or “cause,” both as defined in the
agreement, the Company is obligated to continue to pay Mr. Clark his
then-current base salary for a period of two and one-half years, or at its
election the Company can pay this amount in one lump-sum payment at the net
present value of those payments, calculated by assuming an 8% discount rate.
In
addition, during that two and one-half year period the Company must continue
to
provide to Mr. Clark all health and welfare benefits as existed on the date
of
termination of Mr. Clark’s employment or, in the event that continuation of
health benefits are not permitted under the Company’s health insurance policies,
to pay for COBRA health insurance coverage. Mr. Clark is entitled to terminate
his employment under the agreement at any time and for any reason. However,
following a “change in control” of the Company, as defined in the agreement, if
Mr. Clark terminates his employment for “good reason,” which is defined in the
agreement and includes a substantial reduction in responsibilities, relocation,
increased travel requirements and adverse changes in annual or long-term
incentive compensation plans, he is entitled to receive the same base salary
payments and continued health and welfare benefits as described above. The
agreement provides that these base salary payments and continued health and
welfare benefits are Mr. Clark’s sole remedy in connection with a termination of
his employment.
The
agreement also includes provisions obligating Mr. Clark to keep confidential
the
confidential information of the Company and its customers, to refrain from
competing against the Company and from soliciting Company employees for period
of one year after termination of his employment, and to assign to the Company
inventions he may develop during the course of his employment.
Other
Executive Officers
Effective
January 1, 1996, the Company and each of its subsidiaries entered into
employment agreements with John J. Gioffre and William H. Simpson, each of
substantially similar form. Each of such employment agreements provides for
an
annual base salary $103,443 and $165,537 for Messrs. Gioffre and Simpson,
respectively which may be increased upon annual review by the Compensation
Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. In addition, each such agreement
provides for the payment of annual incentive bonus compensation equal to a
percentage (1.5% and 2.0% for Messrs. Gioffre and Simpson, respectively) of
the
Company’s consolidated earnings before income taxes and extraordinary items as
reported by the Company in its Annual Report on Form 10-K. Payment of such
bonus
is to be made within 15 days after the Company files its Annual Report on Form
10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These
employment agreements provide for limited perquisites, which consist of a $4,800
per year automobile allowance and participation in the Company’s general
employee benefit plans.
The
initial term of each such employment agreement expired on March 31, 1999, and
the term is automatically extended for additional one-year terms unless either
such executive officer or the Company’s Board of Directors gives notice to
terminate automatic extensions, which must be given by December 1 of each year
(commencing with December 1, 1996).
The
agreements provide that upon the executive officer’s retirement, he shall be
entitled to receive an annual benefit equal to $75,000, for Mr. Simpson, and
$60,000, for Mr. Gioffre, reduced by three percent for each full year that
the
termination of their employment precedes the date he reaches age 65. The
retirement benefits under such agreements may be paid at the executive officer’s
election in the form of a single life annuity or a joint and survivor annuity
or
a life annuity with a ten-year period certain. In addition, such executive
officer may elect to receive the entire retirement benefit in a lump sum payment
equal to the present value of the benefit based on standard insurance annuity
mortality tables and an interest rate equal to the 90-day average of the yield
on ten-year U.S. Treasury Notes.
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Retirement
benefits shall be paid commencing on such executive officer’s 65th birthday,
provided that such executive officer may elect to receive benefits on the later
of his 62nd birthday, in which case benefits will be reduced as described above,
or the date on which his employment terminates, provided that notice of his
termination of employment is given at least one year prior to the termination
of
employment. Any retirement benefits due under the employment agreement shall
be
offset by any other retirement benefits that such executive officer receives
under any plan maintained by the Company. In the event such executive officer
becomes totally disabled prior to retirement, he will be entitled to receive
retirement benefits calculated as described above.
In
the
event of such executive officer’s death before retirement, the agreement
provides that the Company shall be required to pay an annual death benefit
to
such officer’s estate equal to the single life annuity benefit such executive
officer would have received if he had terminated employment on the later of
his
65th birthday or the date of his death, payable over ten years; provided that
such amount would be reduced by five percent for each year such executive
officer’s death occurs prior to age 65, but in no event more than 50
percent.
Each
of
the employment agreements provides that if the Company terminates such executive
officer’s employment other than for “cause” (as defined in the agreement), such
executive officer be entitled to receive a lump sum cash payment equal to the
amount of base salary payable for the remaining term of the agreement (at the
then current rate) plus one-half of the maximum incentive bonus compensation
that would be payable if such executive officer continued employment through
the
date of the expiration of the agreement (assuming for such purposes that the
amount of incentive bonus compensation would be the same in each of the years
remaining under the agreement as was paid for the most recent year prior to
termination of employment). Each of the agreements further provides that if
any
payment on termination of employment would not be deductible by the Company
under Section 280G(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, the amount of such
payment would be reduced to the largest amount that would be fully deductible
by
the Company.
On
December 29, 2005, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into
an
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the “Amended Employment Agreement”)
with Mr. Gioffre which amended and restated the then existing Employment
Agreement dated January 1, 1996 (the “Former Employment Agreement”),
between the Company, these subsidiaries and Mr. Gioffre. The Amended Employment
Agreement provides the terms and conditions for Mr. Gioffre’s continued
employment with the Company until his planned retirement on June 30, 2006.
In
connection with the execution of the Amended Employment Agreement, the Company
paid to Mr. Gioffre a $692,959 lump-sum retirement payment he would have been
entitled to receive under the Former Employment Agreement had he retired on
September 1, 2005, plus interest from that date at a rate equal to the Company’s
cost of funds. The Amended Employment Agreement terminates the Company’s
obligations to pay any further retirement or death benefits to Mr. Gioffre.
Pursuant to the Amended Employment Agreement, Mr. Gioffre is to be employed
until June 30, 2006 at an annual salary of $134,550 and with bonus compensation
equal to 2.0% of the Company’s consolidated earnings before income taxes and
extraordinary items as reported by the Company in its Annual Report on Form
10-K.
Resignation
of Executive Officer
Effective
December 31, 2003, J. Hugh Bingham, an executive officer and director of the
Company, resigned his employment with AirT.
In
consideration of approximately $300,000, payable in three installments over
a
one-year period starting January 12, 2004, Mr. Bingham agreed to forgo certain
retirement and other contractual benefits for which the Company had previously
accrued aggregate liabilities of $715,000.
The
above-mentioned cancellation of contractual retirement benefits reduced recorded
liabilities by $715,000. The difference between the recorded liability and
ultimate cash payment of $300,000 required the recording of a $305,000 reduction
in actuarial losses, recorded in Other Comprehensive (Loss), a $90,000 reduction
in intangible assets and a net $20,000 reduction in executive compensation
charges included in the statement of operations. After accounting for the effect
of income taxes, these transactions increased the Company’s reported net
earnings from continuing operations by $12,000.
The
Company also agreed to purchase from Mr. Bingham 118,480 shares of AirT common
stock held by him (representing approximately 4.3% of the outstanding shares
of
common stock at December 31, 2003) for $4.54 per share (80% of the January
5,
2004 closing price). The stock repurchase took place in three installments
over
a one-year period, starting January 12, 2004, and totaled approximately
$536,000. The repurchase of Mr. Bingham’s stock was recorded in the period that
the repurchase occurred as treasury stock transactions. All installment payments
required to be made have been made.
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CERTAIN
BENEFICIAL OWNERS
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of
shares of Common Stock (determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the
Securities and Exchange Commission) of the Company as of June 1, 2006 by each
person that beneficially owns five percent or more of the shares of Common
Stock. Each person named in the table has sole voting and investment power
with
respect to all shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned, except as
otherwise set forth in the notes to the table.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
|
|||
Title
of
Class
|
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner
|
Amount
of
Beneficial
Ownership
as
of June 1, 2006
|
Percent
Of
Class
|
Common
Stock, par value $.25 per share
|
Walter
Clark(1)
P.O.
Box 488
Denver,
North Carolina 28650
|
137,422(1)
|
5.1%
|
____________________________
(1)
|
Includes
76,500 shares held by the estate of David Clark, of which Mr. Walter
Clark
is a co-executor .
|
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of
shares of Common Stock of the Company by each director of the Company and by
all
directors and executive officers of the Company as a group as of June 1, 2006.
Each person named in the table has sole voting and investment power with respect
to all shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned, except as otherwise
set forth in the notes to the table.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
|
|||
Shares
and Percent of Common Stock Beneficially
Owned as of June 1, 2006
|
|||
Name
|
Position
with Company
|
No.
of Shares
|
Percent
|
Walter
Clark
|
Chairman
of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
|
137,422(1)
|
5.1%
|
John
J. Gioffre
|
Vice
President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer,
Director
|
-
|
-
|
William
H. Simpson
|
Executive
Vice President, Director
|
-
|
-
|
Claude
S. Abernethy, Jr.
|
Director
|
-
|
-
|
Sam
Chesnutt
|
Director
|
-
|
-
|
Allison
T. Clark
|
Director
|
-
|
-
|
George
C. Prill
|
Director
|
1,000(2)
|
-
|
Dennis
Wicker
|
Director
|
1,000(2)
|
-
|
J.
Bradley Wilson
|
Director
|
-
|
-
|
All
directors and executive officers as a group (8 persons)
|
N/A
|
139,422(3)
|
5.2%
|
__________________________________________
(1)
|
Includes
102,000 shares held by the estate of David Clark, of which Mr. Walter
Clark is a co-executor .
|
(2)
|
Includes
1,000 shares under options granted by the
Company.
|
(3)
|
Includes
an aggregate of 2,000 shares of Common Stock members of such group
have
the right to acquire within 60
days.
|
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This
table summarizes share and exercise price information about equity compensation
plans as of March 31, 2006.
EQUITY
COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
|
|||
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 listed
in
first column)
|
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
17,000
|
$11.02
|
235,000
|
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Item
13. Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions.
Contractual
death benefits for the Company’s former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
David Clark, who passed away on April 18, 1997 are payable by the Company to
his
estate in the amount of $75,000 per year for 10 years. Walter Clark and Allison
Clark are beneficiaries of the estate of David Clark, and Walter Clark is also
a
co-executor of the estate.
The
Company leases its corporate and operating facilities at the Little Mountain,
North Carolina airport from Little Mountain Airport Associates, Inc. (“Airport
Associates”), a corporation whose stock is owned by William H. Simpson,
John J. Gioffre, the estate of David Clark three unaffiliated third parties
and
a former executive officer. On May 31, 2001, the Company renewed its lease
for this facility, scheduled to expire on that date, for an additional five-year
term, and adjusted the rent to account for increases in the Consumer Price
Index. Upon the renewal, the monthly rental payment was increased from $8,073
to
$9,155. The Company paid aggregate rental payments of $132,960 to Airport
Associates pursuant to such lease during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.
In May 2003 the Company leased additional office space from Airport Associates
under terms similar to the above lease at a monthly rental payment of
$2,100. On
June
16, 2006, the Company and Airport Associates entered into an agreement to
continue the lease of these facilities until May 31, 2008 at a monthly rental
payment of $12,736.79. The lease agreement includes an option permitting the
Company to renew the lease for an additional two-year period, with the monthly
rental payment to be adjusted to reflect the Consumer Price Index (CPI) change
from June 1, 2006 to April 1, 2008. The lease agreement provides that
the Company shall be responsible for maintenance of the leased facilities and
for utilities, ad valorem taxes and insurance. The Company believes that
the terms of such leases are no less favorable to the Company than would be
available from an independent third party.
Item
14. Principal Accountants and Accounting Fees
Fees
billed to the Company by its current independent registered public accountant,
Dixon Hughes PLLC, and prior independent registered public accountant, Deloitte
& Touche LLP, were as follows:
Audit
Fees. Fees for audit service totaled $171,700 in fiscal 2006 ($154,700 for
Dixon
Hughes PLLC and $17,000 for Deloitte & Touche LLP) and $258,012 in fiscal
2005($34,000 for Dixon Hughes PLLC and $224,012 for Deloitte & Touche LLP).
Audit fees for 2006 and 2005 included fees associated with annual year-end
audit
and reviews of the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
Audit-Related
Fees. Fees for audit-related services totaled $4,000 in 2006 (for Dixon Hughes
PLLC) and $43,233 in 2005($4,000 for Dixon Hughes PLLC and $39,233 for Deloitte
& Touche LLP). Audit-related fees in 2006 and 2005 included fees associated
with the audit of the Company’s employee benefit plan and accounting
consultations regarding various compliance requirements, including the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Tax
Fees.
Tax related fees totaled $50,190 in 2006 (for Dixon Hughes PLLC) and $72,928
in
2005($8,000 for Dixon Hughes PLLC and $64,928 for Deloitte & Touche LLP),
and were primarily related to preparation of year-end tax returns and consulting
and advisory matters. This amount included fees for tax consulting and advisory
services totaled $4,345 in 2006 and $20,413 in 2005, and were related to tax
consultation services associated with various state and international tax
matters.
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All
Other
Fees. The
Company was not billed by Dixon Hughes PLLC or Deloitte & Touche LLP for any
other services during 2006 and 2005.
Consistent
with SEC policies regarding auditor independence, our Audit Committee has
responsibility for appointing, setting compensation and overseeing the work
of
the independent auditor. In recognition of this responsibility, the Company’s
Audit Committee has established a policy requiring its pre-approval of all
audit
and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent auditor. The
policy is a part of the Audit Committee’s Charter. The independent auditor,
management and the Audit Committee must meet on at least an annual basis to
review the plans and scope of the audit and the proposed fees of the independent
auditor.
PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K
The
following documents are filed as part of this report:
1. Financial
Statements
a.
The
following are incorporated herein by reference in Item 8 of Part II of this
report:
(i) |
Reports
of Independent Registered Public
Accountants:
|
Report
of
Dixon Hughes PLLC
Report
of
Deloitte & Touche LLP
(ii) |
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2006 and
2005.
|
(iii) |
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for each of the three years in the period
ended
March 31, 2006.
|
(iv) |
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for each of the three years in the
period ended March 31, 2006.
|
(v) |
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period
ended
March 31, 2006.
|
(vi) |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial
Statements.
|
2. Financial
Statement Schedules
No schedules are required to be submitted.
3. Exhibits
No.
Description
3.1 |
Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended September 30, 2001
|
3.2 |
By-laws
of the Company, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1996
|
4.1 |
Specimen
Common Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1994
|
10.1 |
Aircraft
Dry Lease and Service Agreement dated February 2, 1994 between Mountain
Air Cargo, Inc. and Federal Express Corporation, incorporated by
reference
to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A to the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December
31,
1993
|
10.2 |
Loan
Agreement among Bank of America, N.A. the Company and its subsidiaries,
dated May 23, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
2001.
|
10.3 |
Aircraft
Wet Lease Agreement dated April 1, 1994 between Mountain Air Cargo,
Inc.
and Federal Express Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.4
of Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/Q to the Company’s Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30,
1994
|
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10.4 |
Adoption
Agreement regarding the Company’s Master 401(k) Plan and Trust,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
1993*
|
10.5 |
Amendment
No. 1 to Omnibus Securities Award Plan incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.14 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended March 31, 2000*
|
10.6 |
Premises
and Facilities Lease dated November 16, 1995 between Global TransPark
Foundation, Inc. and Mountain Air Cargo, Inc., incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A to the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 1995
|
10.7
|
Employment
Agreement dated January 1, 1996 between the Company, Mountain Air
Cargo
Inc. and Mountain Aircraft Services, LLC and William H. Simpson,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
1996*
|
10.8
|
Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement dated January 4, 2006 between the
Company, Mountain Air Cargo Inc., CSA, Inc. and MAC Aviation Services,
LLC
and John J. Gioffre, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to
the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 4,
2006
|
10.9 |
Omnibus
Securities Award Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11
to the
Company's Quarterly Report Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1998*
|
10.10 |
Commercial
and Industrial Lease Agreement dated August 25, 1998 between William
F.
Bieber and Global Ground Support, LLC, incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.12 of the Company's Quarterly Report on 10Q for the period
ended September 30, 1998.
|
10.11 |
Amendment,
dated February 1, 1999, to Aircraft Dry Lease and Service Agreement
dated
February 2, 1994 between Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. and Federal Express
Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Company's
Quarterly Report on 10Q for the period ended December 31,
1998.
|
10.12 |
ISDA
Schedule to Master Agreement between Bank of America, N.A. and the
Company
dated May 23, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
2001
|
10.13 |
Amendment
No 1. to Loan Agreement among Bank of America, N.A., the Company
and its
subsidiaries, dated August 31, 2002, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit
10.15 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
September 30, 2002
|
10.14 |
Lease
Agreement between Little Mountain Airport Associates, Inc. and Mountain
Air Cargo, Inc., dated June 1, 1991, most recently amended May 28,
2001,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31,
2003.
|
10.15 |
Promissory
note dated as of September 01, 2004 of the Company and its subsidiaries
in
favor of Bank of America, N.A., incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1
to the Company’s Current Report on form 8-K dated October 25,
2004.
|
10.16 |
Amendment
No 2. to Loan Agreement among Bank of America, N.A., the Company
and its
subsidiaries, dated August 31, 2003, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit
10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
September 30, 2003.
|
10.17 |
Promissory
Note dated as of August 31, 2005 made by the Company and its subsidiaries
in favor of Bank of America N.A., incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 7,
2005
|
10.18 |
Promissory
Note dated January 12, 2006 made by the Company and its subsidiaries
in
favor of Bank of America N.A., incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1
to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 31,
2006
|
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10.19 |
Employment
Agreement dated as of July 8, 2005 between the Company and Walter
Clark,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K dated July 13, 2005*
|
10.20 |
Air
T, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan,
incorporated by reference to Annex C to the Company’s proxy statement on
Schedule 14A for its annual meeting of stockholders on September
28, 2005,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12,
2005*
|
10.21 |
Form
of Air
T,
Inc. Employee Stock Option Agreement (2005 Equity Incentive
Plan)*
|
10.22 |
Form
of Air T, Inc. Director Stock Option Agreement (2005 Equity Incentive
Plan)*
|
10.23 |
Form
of Air T, Inc. Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (2005 Equity Incentive
Plan)*
|
21.1 |
List
of subsidiaries of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
21.1
to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31,
2004.
|
23.1 |
Consent
of Dixon Hughes PLLC
|
23.2 |
Consent
of Deloitte & Touche LLP
|
31.1 Certification
of Walter Clark
31.2 |
Certification
of John J. Gioffre
|
32.1 |
Section
1350 Certification
|
__________________
*
Management compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit
to this report.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
AIR
T,
INC.
By:
/s/
Walter Clark
Walter
Clark, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
Date:
June 16, 2006
By:
/s/
John J. Gioffre
John
J.
Gioffre, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
Date:
June 16, 2006
By:
/s/
Claude S. Abernethy
Claude
S.
Abernethy, Jr., Director
Date:
June 16, 2006
By:
/s/
Allison T. Clark
Allison
T. Clark, Director
Date:
June 16, 2006
By:
/s/
Walter Clark
Walter
Clark, Director
Date:
June 16, 2006
By:
/s/
Sam Chesnutt
Sam
Chesnutt, Director
Date:
June 16, 2006
By:
/s/
John J. Gioffre
John
J.
Gioffre, Director
Date:
June 16, 2006
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By:
/s/
George C. Prill
George
C.
Prill, Director
Date:
June 16, 2006
By:
/s/
William Simpson
William
Simpson, Director
Date:
June 16, 2006
By:
/s/
Dennis A. Wicker
Dennis
Wicker, Director
Date:
June 16, 2006
By: /s/
J.
Bradley Wilson
J.
Bradley Wilson, Director
Date:
June 16, 2006
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AIR
T,
INC.
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit Number
Document
10.21 |
Form
of Air T, Inc. Employee Stock Option Agreement (2005 Equity Incentive
Plan)
|
10.22 |
Form
of Air T, Inc. Director Stock Option Agreement (2005 Equity Incentive
Plan)
|
10.23 |
Form
of Air T, Inc. Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (2005 Equity Incentive
Plan)
|
23.1 |
Consent
of Dixon Hughes PLLC
|
23.2 |
Consent
of Deloitte & Touche LLP
|
31.1 |
Certification
of Walter Clark
|
31.2 |
Certification
of John Gioffre
|
32.1 |
Section
1350 Certification
|
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