AIR T INC - Annual Report: 2007 (Form 10-K)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
(Mark
one)
X
|
Annual
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of
1934 for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2007
|
|
Transition
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of
1934 for the transition period from _____to
_____
|
Commission
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.
Employer Identification No.)
Post
Office Box 488, Denver, North Carolina 28037
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(704)
377
–2109
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common
Stock, par value $0.25 per share
(Title
of
Class)
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined
in
rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes
No
X
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for
the past 90 days.
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this
Form 10-K.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer (see definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer”) in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act)
The
market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was
$25,652,246 based upon the closing price of the common stock on September 29,
2006. As of June 11, 2007, 2,443,406 shares of common stock were
outstanding.
1
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”).
For
the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 the Company’s air cargo services through MAC
and CSA accounted for approximately 54% of the Company’s consolidated revenues
and aviation ground support and other specialized equipment products through
Global accounted for approximately 46% of consolidated revenues. The
Company’s air cargo services are provided exclusively to one customer, FedEx
Corporation (“FedEx”). Certain financial data with respect to the
Company’s overnight air cargo and ground support equipment segments are set
forth in Note 14 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under
Part II, Item 8 of this report.
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 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,
FedEx leases its aircraft to MAC and CSA for a nominal amount and pays an
administrative fee to MAC and CSA to operate the aircraft. Under
these contracts, all direct costs related to the operation of the aircraft
(including fuel, outside maintenance, landing fees and pilot costs) are passed
through to FedEx without markup.
As
of
March 31, 2007, MAC and CSA had an aggregate of 90 aircraft under agreements
with FedEx. Separate agreements cover the five types of
aircraft operated by MAC and CSA for FedEx -- Cessna Caravan, ATR-42, ATR-72,
Fokker F-27 and Short Brothers SD3-30. The Cessna Caravan, ATR-42,
ATR-72 and Fokker F-27 aircraft are dry-leased from FedEx, and the Short
Brothers SD3-30 aircraft are owned by the Company and are operated under
“wet-lease” arrangements with FedEx, which provide for a fixed fee per flight
regardless of the amount of cargo carried. Pursuant to such
agreements, FedEx determines the schedule of routes to be flown by MAC and
CSA. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, MAC’s routes were
primarily in the southeastern United States, the Caribbean and portions of
South
America and CSA’s routes were primarily in the upper Midwest region of the
United States.
Agreements
with FedEx are renewable on two to five year terms and may be terminated by
FedEx any time upon 30 days’ notice. The Company believes that the
short term and other provisions of its agreements with FedEx are standard within
the air freight contract delivery service industry. Loss of FedEx as
a customer would have a material adverse effect on the Company. FedEx
has been a customer of the Company since 1980. The Company is not
contractually precluded from providing such services to other firms, although
it
has not done so for many 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, operated the following cargo aircraft as of March 31,
2007:
Type
of Aircraft
|
Model
Year
|
Form
of Ownership
|
Number
of Aircraft
|
||||||
Cessna
Caravan 208B
|
|||||||||
(single
turbo prop)
|
1985-1996
|
dry
lease
|
71
|
||||||
Fokker
F-27 (twin turbo prop)
|
1968-1985
|
dry
lease
|
1
|
||||||
ATR-42
(twin turbo prop)
|
1992
|
dry
lease
|
12
|
||||||
ATR-72
(twin turbo prop)
|
1992
|
dry
lease
|
4
|
||||||
Short
Brothers SD3-30
|
|||||||||
(twin
turbo prop)
|
1981
|
owned
|
2
|
||||||
Total
|
90
|
Of the 90 cargo aircraft in the fleet, 88 aircraft (the Cessna Caravan, ATR-42, ATR-72 and Fokker F-27 aircraft) are owned by FedEx and operated by MAC and CSA under the above described dry-lease service contracts.
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 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).
The
Fokker F-27 aircraft is 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. This aircraft is being phased out as
part of a recent fleet modernization program, which brought on the more modern
ATR aircraft.
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 operates in a niche market within a highly competitive contract cargo
carrier market. MAC and CSA are two of seven carriers that operate
within the United States as FedEx feeder carriers. MAC and CSA are
benchmarked against the other five FedEx feeders, based on safety, reliability,
compliance with Federal, state and applicable foreign regulations, price and
other service related measurements. 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 the largest contract
carrier of the type described immediately above.
FedEx
conducts periodic audits of CSA and MAC, and these audits are an integral part
of the relationship between the carrier and FedEx. The audits test
adherence to the Aircraft Dry Lease and Service Agreement and assess the
carrier’s overall internal control environment, particularly as related to the
processing of invoices of FedEx-reimbursable costs. The scope of
these audits typically extends beyond simple validation of invoice data against
the third-party supporting documentation. The audit teams generally
investigate the operator’s processes and procedures for strong internal control
procedures. The Company believes satisfactory audit results are
critical to maintaining its relationship with FedEx. The audits
conducted by FedEx are not designed to provide any assurance with respect to
the
Company’s financial statements, and investors, in evaluating the Company’s
financial statements, may not rely in any way on any such examination of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries.
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 and acquired the Simon Deicer Division of
Terex Aviation Ground Equipment. 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. Since its inception, 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, 2007, sales of deicing
equipment accounted for approximately 83% 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 with capacities
ranging from 700 to 3,200 gallons. Global also manufactures
fixed-pedestal-mounted deicers. Each model can be customized as
requested by the customer, including the addition of twin engine deicing
systems, single operator configuration, 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 four 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 the quality and 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 is seasonal. 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. 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.
Revenue
from Global’s contract with the U.S. Air Force accounted for approximately 24%,
18% and 24% of the Company’s consolidated revenue for the years ended March 31,
2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
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, 2007, the Company’s backlog of orders was $16.8
million, all of which the Company expects to be filled in the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2008.
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.
4
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.
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
March
31, 2007, the Company and its subsidiaries had 392 full-time and
full-time-equivalent employees, of which 29 are employed by the Company, 235
are
employed by MAC, 53 are employed by CSA and 75 are employed by
Global. None of the Company’s employees are represented by labor
unions. 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 FedEx
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, 2007, 54% of our consolidated operating revenues,
and 100% of the operating revenues for our overnight air cargo segment, arose
from services we provided to FedEx. Our agreements with FedEx are
renewable on two to five year terms and may be terminated by FedEx at any time
upon 30 days notice. FedEx has been a customer of the Company since
1980. The loss of these contracts with FedEx would have a material
adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
position.
Because
of our dependence on FedEx, we are subject to the risks that may affect FedEx’s
operations.
These
risks are discussed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of
Operations and Financial Condition—Risk Factors” in FedEx Corporation’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2006. These
risks include:
5
·
|
Economic
conditions in the global 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, tax, accounting, environmental or
labor
rules;
|
·
|
The
price and availability of jet and diesel
fuel;
|
·
|
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 cost
and
demand for its services;
|
·
|
Dependence
on its strong reputation and value of its
brand;
|
·
|
Reliance
upon technology, including the
internet;
|
·
|
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 FedEx could materially adversely
affect on our business and results of operations.
Under
our
agreements with FedEx, 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 on routes
assigned to us by FedEx. 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 FedEx 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.
If
our agreement with the United States Air Force expires in June 2009 as
scheduled, and is not extended or renewed, 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, 2007, 2006 and 2005, approximately 24%, 18% and
24%, respectively, of our operating revenues arose from sales of de-icing
equipment to the United States 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
equipment 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 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. The schedule for heavy maintenance checks
resulted in reduced maintenance revenues in fiscal 2007 and this reduced level
is likely to continue in fiscal 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 that 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
2008
are likely to be lower than in fiscal 2005 and 2006.
6
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. U.S. Airways, the city of
Philadelphia and the boom operator have each 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.
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.
Sales
of de-icing equipment can be affected by weather
conditions.
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.
Item
1B Unresolved
Staff Comments.
Not
applicable.
7
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/or 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 extend through May 31, 2008 at a monthly rental payment
of $12,737. 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, taxes and insurance.
The
Company also leases approximately 1950 square feet of office space and
approximately 4,800 square feet of hangar space at the Ford Airport in Iron
Mountain, Michigan. CSA’s operations are headquartered at these
facilities which are leased from a third party under an annually renewable
agreement.
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. 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.
Global
leases a 112,500 square foot production facility in Olathe,
Kansas. The facility is leased, from a third party, under a
three-year lease agreement, which expires in August 2009. The monthly
rental payment, as of March 31, 2007, was $33,342 and the monthly rental will
increase to no more than $34,689 over the life of the lease, based on increases
in the Consumer Price Index.
As
of
March 31, 2007, 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.
Item
3. Legal
Proceedings.
The
Company and its subsidiaries are subject to legal proceedings and claims that
arise in the ordinary course of their business. For a description of
material pending legal proceedings, see Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this report, which is incorporated
herein by reference.
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.”
8
As
of May
23, 2007 the number of holders of record of the Company’s Common Stock was
approximately 275. The range of high and low bid quotations per share
for the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market from April 2005
through March 2007 is as follows:
Common
Stock
|
||||||||
Quarter
Ended
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||
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
|
||||||
June
30, 2006
|
$ |
12.35
|
$ |
10.94
|
||||
September
30, 2006
|
11.51
|
7.50
|
||||||
December
31, 2006
|
10.63
|
8.50
|
||||||
March
31, 2007
|
9.31
|
7.52
|
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
22, 2007, the Company declared a fiscal 2007 cash dividend of $0.25 per common
share payable on June 29, 2007 to stockholders of record on June 8,
2007.
On
November 10, 2006, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized
a program to repurchase in aggregate up to $2,000,000 of the Company’s common
stock from time to time on the open market. The program has no
specified termination date. The following table summarizes the
Company’s share repurchase activity for the three-month period ended March 31,
2007.
AIR
T
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Period
|
Total
Number of Shares Purchased
|
Average
Price Paid per Share Purchased
|
Total
Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or
Programs
|
Approximate
Dollar Value of Shares that May yet be Purchased Under the Plans
or
Programs
|
||||||||||||
January
1 to January 31, 2007
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$ |
1,909,000
|
|||||||||||
February
1 to February 28, 2007
|
62,523
|
$ |
7.93
|
62,523
|
1,413,000
|
|||||||||||
March
1 to March 31, 2007
|
88,688
|
7.90
|
88,688
|
713,000
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL
|
151,211
|
$ |
7.91
|
151,211
|
$ |
713,000
|
||||||||||
Subsequent
to March 31, 2007 and through May 31, 2007, the Company has repurchased an
additional 66,392 shares of its common stock at a total cost of $532,268,
pursuant to this program.
9
Item
6. Selected
Financial Data
(In
thousands except per share
data)
Year
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating
Revenues
|
$ |
67,303
|
$ |
79,529
|
$ |
69,999
|
$ |
55,997
|
$ |
42,872
|
||||||||||
Earnings
from continuing operations
|
2,486
|
2,055
|
2,106
|
2,164
|
366
|
|||||||||||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(426 | ) | (1,590 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net
earnings (loss)
|
2,486
|
2,055
|
2,106
|
1,738
|
(1,224 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Basic
earnings per share
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$ |
0.94
|
$ |
0.77
|
$ |
0.79
|
$ |
0.80
|
$ |
0.13
|
||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(0.16 | ) | (0.58 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total
basic net earnings per share
|
$ |
0.94
|
$ |
0.77
|
$ |
0.79
|
$ |
0.64
|
$ | (0.45 | ) | |||||||||
Diluted
earnings per share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$ |
0.94
|
$ |
0.77
|
$ |
0.78
|
$ |
0.80
|
$ |
0.13
|
||||||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(0.16 | ) | (0.58 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total
diluted net earnings per share
|
$ |
0.94
|
$ |
0.77
|
$ |
0.78
|
$ |
0.64
|
$ | (0.45 | ) | |||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ |
24,615
|
$ |
23,923
|
$ |
24,109
|
$ |
19,574
|
$ |
21,328
|
||||||||||
Long-term
obligations, including
|
||||||||||||||||||||
current
portion
|
$ |
798
|
$ |
950
|
$ |
1,245
|
$ |
279
|
$ |
2,509
|
||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
$ |
15,449
|
$ |
14,500
|
$ |
13,086
|
$ |
11,677
|
$ |
9,611
|
||||||||||
Average
common shares outstanding-Basic
|
2,650
|
2,671
|
2,677
|
2,716
|
2,726
|
|||||||||||||||
Average
common shares outstanding-Diluted
|
2,650
|
2,672
|
2,693
|
2,728
|
2,726
|
|||||||||||||||
Dividend
declared per common share (1)
|
$ |
0.25
|
$ |
0.25
|
$ |
0.20
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
0.12
|
||||||||||
Dividend
paid per common share (1)
|
$ |
0.25
|
$ |
0.25
|
$ |
0.20
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
0.12
|
____________________________________
(1)
|
On
May 22, 2007, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.25 per common
share payable on June 29, 2007 to stockholders of record on June
8,
2007. 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
Overview
The
Company operates 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% of revenue in fiscal 2007. The
Company’s ground support operations, comprised of its Global Ground Support, LLC
subsidiary (“Global”), accounted for the remaining 46% of 2007
revenues. Following is a table detailing revenues by
segment and by major customer category:
10
(=000)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Overnight Air Cargo Segment: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
FedEx
|
$ |
36,091
|
54 | % | $ |
43,447
|
55 | % | $ |
41,312
|
59 | % | ||||||||||||
Ground Equipment Segment: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Military
|
16,342
|
24 | % |
14,183
|
18 | % |
16,591
|
24 | % | |||||||||||||||
Foreign
countries
|
2,161
|
3 | % |
11,872
|
15 | % |
651
|
1 | % | |||||||||||||||
Other-Commercial
|
12,709
|
19 | % |
10,027
|
13 | % |
11,445
|
16 | % | |||||||||||||||
31,212
|
46 | % |
36,082
|
45 | % |
28,687
|
41 | % | ||||||||||||||||
$ |
67,303
|
100 | % | $ |
79,529
|
100 | % | $ |
69,999
|
100 | % |
MAC
and
CSA are short-haul express air freight carriers and provide air cargo services
exclusively to one customer, FedEx Corporation (“FedEx”). Under the
terms of the dry-lease service agreements, which currently cover the majority
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 on two to five year terms and
may be terminated by FedEx at any time upon 30 days notice. The
Company believes that the short term and other provisions of its agreements
with
FedEx are standard within the air freight contract delivery service
industry. FedEx has been a customer of the Company since
1980. Loss of its contracts with FedEx would have a material adverse
effect on the Company.
Separate
agreements cover the five types of aircraft operated by MAC and CSA for
FedEx—Cessna Caravan, ATR-42, ATR-72, Fokker F-27, and Short Brothers
SD3-30. The Cessna Caravan, ATR-42, ATR-72 and Fokker F-27 aircraft
(a total of 88 aircraft at March 31, 2007) are owned by and dry-leased from
FedEx, and the Short Brothers SD3-30 aircraft (two aircraft at March 31, 2007)
are owned by the Company and operated periodically under wet-lease arrangements
with FedEx. Pursuant to such agreements, FedEx 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.
MAC
and
CSA’s revenue contributed approximately $36,091,000 and $43,447,000 to the
Company’s revenues in fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively, a current year net
decrease of $7,356,000 (17%). The Company and its air cargo segment’s financial
results in fiscal 2007 continue to be affected by FedEx’s 2004 decision to
modernize a portion of the aircraft fleet operated by MAC by replacing older
Fokker F-27 aircraft with newer ATR-42 and ATR-72 aircraft. MAC was
engaged to assist in the certification and conversion of ATR aircraft from
passenger to cargo configuration and experienced a substantial increase in
maintenance revenue in fiscal 2005 as the conversion program hit its peak,
then
experienced a decrease in maintenance revenue in fiscal 2006 as the conversion
program was completed and the aircraft were placed in revenue service. The
Company experienced a further significant reduction in maintenance revenue
in
fiscal 2007 with no revenue from the conversion program and also because the
aircraft that were converted had not yet reached a full cycle for recurring
heavy maintenance. The majority of these conversion activities,
representing the cost of aircraft parts, have been billed to the customer
without mark-up. The Company also increased its operating income in
fiscal 2005 and 2006 as a result of the aircraft conversions, as the increased
labor hours resulted in increased productivity and margins. The
Company saw a marked decrease in revenues in fiscal 2007, principally
attributable to a return to normalized operations after the aircraft conversion
program. The air cargo, segment’s operating income for
fiscal 2007 was $1,685,000 compared to $2,234,000 in fiscal 2006, a 25%
decrease.
In
addition, the Company’s maintenance revenues fluctuate based on the level of
heavy maintenance checks performed on aircraft operated by its air cargo
operations. Because most of the ATR 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 the Company is able to attract
additional maintenance projects, maintenance revenues in fiscal 2008 are likely
to be lower than in fiscal 2005 and 2006. Cost cutting measures
implemented at MAC during the latter half of fiscal 2007 partially offset the
effect of reduced maintenance revenues in that period and are anticipated to
have a continuing impact going forward.
11
Global
manufactures, services and supports aircraft deicers and ground support
equipment and other specialized industrial equipment on a worldwide
basis. Global’s revenues contributed approximately $31,212,000 and
$36,081,000 to the Company’s revenues in fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively, a
current year decrease of 13.5%. In fiscal 2007, Global revenues were
46% of consolidated revenues, only slightly above the 45% in fiscal 2006, but
this percentage has increased significantly from 30% in fiscal
2003. This trend shows the increasing significance of Global to the
consolidated results of the Company. Revenues in 2007 were affected
by a significant decrease in the number of commercial deicers sold compared
to
2006 (both domestically and foreign), somewhat offset by increased unit sales
to
the military and increased service and training income. Although
sales revenue decreased, Global had a substantially higher gross margin and
profit in fiscal 2007. Global’s segment operating income for fiscal
2007 was $4,506,000, a 53% increase over fiscal 2006 segment operating income
of
$2,940,000. The reasons for the increase in segment operating income
were an improved customer and product mix and a decrease in costs associated
with the Philadelphia boom incident, discussed below.
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 2007, revenues from sales to the Air Force
accounted for approximately 52% of the ground equipment segment’s revenues (as
compared to 39% in fiscal 2006).
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. No similar
costs were incurred in fiscal 2007. 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 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements.
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,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Operating
Revenues (in thousands)
|
$ |
67,303
|
$ |
79,529
|
$ |
69,999
|
||||||
Operating
expenses as a percent of revenue:
|
||||||||||||
Flight
operations
|
26.55 | % | 24.38 | % | 24.41 | % | ||||||
Maintenance
|
19.10
|
22.41
|
25.65
|
|||||||||
Ground
equipment
|
33.43
|
36.32
|
32.11
|
|||||||||
General
and administrative
|
14.24
|
12.06
|
11.96
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
0.99
|
0.86
|
0.91
|
|||||||||
Total
Operating Expenses
|
94.31 | % | 96.03 | % | 95.04 | % |
The
Company, which incurred an increase in professional fees in fiscal 2005 due
to
the anticipated internal controls audit requirements of Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002, reduced SOX related professional fees in
fiscal 2006 and 2007 due to SEC approved extensions in the Section 404
implementation deadlines for smaller companies, including the
Company. The requirements of Section 404 of SOX are currently
scheduled to apply to the Company's 2008 fiscal year. Section 404
requires management of the Company to document, test, and issue an opinion
as to
the adequacy of internal control over financial reporting. In
addition, Section 404 requires the Company's independent accountants to review
the Company's internal control documentation and testing results, and to issue
its opinion as to the adequacy of internal control over financial reporting,
which requirement is currently scheduled to be applicable for the Company's
2009
fiscal year. The Company anticipates that under the current phase-in
schedule, compliance with these requirements of Section 404 will increase
professional fees in fiscal 2008 and 2009.
12
Fiscal
2007 vs. 2006
Consolidated
revenue from operations decreased $12,225,000 (15%) to $67,303,000 for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 compared to the prior fiscal
year. The decrease in 2007 revenue resulted from a decrease in air
cargo revenue of $7,356,000 (17%) to $36,091,000 in fiscal 2007, combined with
a
decrease in ground equipment revenue of $4,869,000 (14%) to $31,212,000, as
described in “Overview” above. The decrease in air cargo revenue was
primarily the result of a decrease in expenses that are passed through to the
customer at cost, primarily relating to the aircraft conversion program that
was
undertaken in fiscal 2005 and completed in fiscal 2006. Air cargo
revenues have returned to levels similar to fiscal 2004, prior to commencement
of the customer fleet modernization program. We expect this level of
air cargo revenues to be more indicative of air cargo revenues for fiscal
2008. The decrease in ground equipment revenue was primarily the
result of a decrease in the number of commercial deicing units sold by Global,
largely due to a decrease in foreign sales in China, the United Kingdom and
Canada. The decrease in foreign sales has been partially offset by
increased sales to the United States military and increases in service and
training income
Operating
expenses on a consolidated basis decreased $12,894,000 (17%) to $63,477,000
for
fiscal 2007 compared to fiscal 2006. The decrease in air cargo
operating expenses consisted of the following changes: cost of flight operations
decreased $1,515,000 (8%) primarily as a result of decreased direct operating
costs, including pilot salaries and related benefits, fuel, airport fees, and
costs associated with pilot travel and decreased administrative staffing due
to
flight schedule changes. This was also a byproduct of the aircraft
conversion program as pilot costs were up significantly during the program
as
MAC ramped up for a new aircraft type and had dual staffing and training
requirements. These costs have returned to historic levels as MAC has
resumed normal operations with the new fleet of aircraft in fiscal
2007. Aircraft maintenance expenses decreased $4,967,000 (28%)
primarily as a result of decreases in maintenance costs that are passed through
to the customer at cost, the cost of contract services, maintenance personnel,
travel, and outside maintenance related to completion of the customer fleet
modernization in fiscal 2006. Ground equipment costs decreased
$6,386,000 (22%), which included decreased cost of parts and supplies and labor
related to the decreased customer orders and sales by Global in fiscal
2007. We also made some strategic purchasing decisions during fiscal
2007 that increased interim inventory levels but resulted in decreased
production costs. In addition, we incurred $905,000 in remediation
costs in fiscal 2006 associated with the incident involving one of Global’s
deicing booms in Philadelphia.
Gross
margin on ground equipment increased from $7,195,000 (20%) in fiscal 2006 to
$8,711,000 (28%) in fiscal 2007. This was the result of the change in
customer mix, with fewer commercial units and an increase in military units,
as
well as increased service and training income. The military units are
of similar configuration resulting in production efficiencies. The
military units also generally include higher margin options. In
addition, the Philadelphia remediation costs negatively impacted the 2006 gross
margin.
General
and administrative expense remained fairly constant with a net decrease
of $9,000. The Company incurred compensation expense
related to stock options of $305,000 in fiscal 2007 as a result of adopting
SFAS
123(R) Share-Based Payment (“SFAS 123(R)”) at the beginning of the
fiscal year. Staffing and benefits and staff travel costs decreased
in fiscal 2007 as a result of a number of management personnel retirements
and
also to return to staffing levels prior to the aircraft conversion
program.
Operating
income for the year ended March 31, 2007 was $3,827,000, a $669,000 (21%)
improvement over fiscal 2006. The majority of the improvement came in
the ground support segment. Global’s current fiscal year operating
income increased compared to its prior fiscal year primarily due to current
period’s higher levels of equipment margins and the $905,000 in cost associated
with the repair of deicing booms in Philadelphia in fiscal 2006.
Non-operating
income, net was a net income amount of $76,000 in fiscal 2007 compared to a
net
expense of $77,000 in fiscal 2006. Interest expense was consistent
from year to year. Investment income increased by $99,000 in fiscal
2007 due to increased rates on investments, as well as an increase in the
amounts invested in 2007.
Income
tax expense of $1,416,000 in fiscal 2007 represented an effective tax rate
of
36.3%, which included the benefit of municipal bond income as well as the impact
of U.S. production deduction authorized under tax law changes enacted in fiscal
2005. Income tax expense of $1,026,000 in fiscal 2006 represented an
effective tax rate of 33.3%, which included a reduction associated with a
true-up of deferred tax assets in the prior fiscal year.
Net
earnings were $2,486,000 or $0.94 per diluted share for the year ended March
31,
2007, a 21% improvement over $2,055,000 or $0.77 per diluted share in fiscal
2006.
13
Fiscal
2006 vs. 2005
Consolidated
revenue from operations increased $9,529,000 (14%) to $79,529,000 for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2006 compared to the prior fiscal year. The
increase in 2006 revenue resulted from an increase in air cargo revenue of
$2,135,000 (5%) to $43,447,000 in fiscal 2006, combined with
a $7,394,000 (26%) increase in ground equipment revenues to
$36,081,000 in fiscal 2006. The increase in air cargo revenue was
primarily the result of an increase in expenses that are passed through to
the
customer at cost, primarily relating to the aircraft conversion program that
was
undertaken in fiscal 2005 and completed in fiscal 2006, as discussed in
“Overview” above. The increase in ground equipment revenue was
primarily the result of an increase in the number of commercial deicing units
sold by Global in fiscal 2006, largely due to orders from China, the United
Kingdom and Canada.
Operating
expenses on a consolidated basis increased $9,840,000 (15%) to $76,371,000
for
fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005. The increase in air cargo
operating expenses consisted of the following changes: cost of flight operations
increased $2,295,000 (13%) 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 (1%) 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 (29%), 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 incident involving one of Global’s deicing
booms in Philadelphia.
Gross
margin on ground equipment increased from $6,207,000 (22%) in fiscal 2005 to
$7,195,000 (20%) in fiscal 2006. This was the result of increased
foreign sales in 2006, although the gross margin percentage was down as a result
of the costs associated with the Philadelphia boom incident.
General
and administrative expense increased $1,218,000 (15%) 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.
Operating
income for the year ended March 31, 2006 was $3,158,000, a $311,000 reduction
from fiscal 2005, resulting 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 1% decrease compared to fiscal 2005 operating
income of $2,957,000. Global’s fiscal 2006 operating income decreased compared
to fiscal 2005 primarily due to higher levels of commercial equipment orders
in
2006, 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% from $2,143,000 in fiscal 2005. The increase
in air cargo operating income was due to FedEx’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 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.
14
Non-operating
expense was $76,000 in fiscal 2006 compared to $22,000 in fiscal
2005. Interest expense was $65,000 higher in fiscal 2006 related to
increased borrowings on the Company’s bank line. This increase was
partly offset by a 25,000 increase in interest earned on
investments.
Income
tax expense of $1,026,000 in fiscal 2006 represented an effective tax rate
of
33.3%, which included a reduction associated with a true-up of deferred tax
assets in the prior fiscal year. Income tax expense of $1,341,000 in
fiscal 2005 represented an effective tax rate of 38.9%, which represented the
combined federal and state statutory tax rates.
Net
earnings was $2,055,000 or $0.77 per diluted share for the year ended March
31,
2006, a 2% decline from $2,106,000 or $0.78 per diluted share in fiscal
2005.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
of
March 31, 2007, the Company’s working capital amounted to $12,725,000, an
increase of $1,645,000 compared to March 31, 2006. The net increase primarily
resulted from an increase in inventories and cash and cash equivalents,
partially offset by a decrease in accounts receivable, as discussed further
below.
In
August
2006, the Company amended its $7,000,000 secured long-term revolving credit
line
to extend its expiration date to August 31, 2008. 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, 2007, 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, 2007, $7,000,000 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, 2007 was 5.32%. At March 31, 2007 and 2006 there were no
outstanding loan balances.
The
Company is exposed to changes in interest rates on its line of
credit. Although the line had no outstanding balance at March 31,
2007 and 2006, the line of credit did have a weighted average balance
outstanding of approximately $1,386,000 during the year ended March 31,
2007. If the LIBOR interest rate had been increased by one percentage
point, based on the weighted average balance outstanding for the year, annual
interest expense would have increased by approximately $14,000.
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.
15
The
following table of material contractual obligations at March 31, 2007 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
|
More
than 5 years
|
|||||||||||||||
Long-term
bank debt
|
$ |
684,196
|
$ |
108,992
|
$ |
575,204
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
-
|
||||||||||
Operating
leases
|
529,189
|
490,617
|
35,338
|
3,234
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Capital
leases
|
74,947
|
23,301
|
31,195
|
20,451
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Deferred
retirement obligation
|
646,084
|
12,391
|
-
|
633,693
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ |
1,934,416
|
$ |
635,301
|
$ |
641,737
|
$ |
657,378
|
$ |
-
|
The
following is a table of changes in cash flow for the respective years ended
March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005;
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Net
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
|
$ |
2,463,000
|
$ |
530,000
|
$ |
3,273,000
|
||||||
Net
Cash (Used In) Investing Activities
|
(198,000 | ) | (355,000 | ) | (375,000 | ) | ||||||
Net
Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities
|
(2,072,000 | ) | (970,000 | ) |
140,000
|
|||||||
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Cash
|
193,000
|
(795,000 | ) |
3,038,000
|
Cash
provided by operating activities was $1,933,000 more for fiscal 2007 compared
to
fiscal 2006. An increase in net earnings in fiscal 2007 and an
executive retirement obligation of $693,000 paid in fiscal 2006 were significant
components of the increase. In addition, accounts receivable
decreased and inventories increased from fiscal 2007. Accounts
receivable have decreased as a significant portion of fourth quarter sales
were
to the military with favorable payment terms to the
Company. Inventories have increased to meet product demand and to
take advantage of strategic purchase opportunities. Cash used in
investing activities for fiscal 2007 was approximately $157,000 less than fiscal
2006, due to decreased capital expenditures in the current year. Cash
used by financing activities was $1,102,000 more in fiscal 2007 compared to
fiscal 2006 principally due to the stock repurchase program initiated by the
Company in December 2006.
During
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 the Company repurchased 161,295 shares
of
its common stock for $1,287,047, including a commission of $.05 per
share. No stock repurchases were made in fiscal
2006. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 the Company
repurchased 78,534 shares of its common stock for $356,796, as described
following, under “Resignation of Executive Officer”.
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. On May 22, 2007 the Company declared a $.25 per share cash dividend,
to
be paid on June 29, 2007 to shareholders of record June 8, 2007.
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.
16
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 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 seasonal. The Company has continued
its efforts to reduce Global’s seasonal fluctuation in revenues and earnings by
increasing military and international sales and broadening its product line
to
increase revenues and earnings throughout the year. 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. Although sales remain somewhat seasonal, this diversification
has lessened the seasonal impacts and allowed the Company to be more efficient
in its planning and production. The air cargo segment of business has
no susceptibility to seasonality.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
The
Company’s significant accounting policies are more fully described in Notes to
the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8. The preparation of
the Company’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States 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, and retirement
benefit obligations.
Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts. An allowance for doubtful accounts receivable
in the amount of $413,000 and $482,000, respectively, in fiscal 2007 and 2006,
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 $664,000 and $451,000, respectively, in fiscal 2007 and 2006, are based
on
assessment of the marketability of slow-moving and obsolete
inventories. 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.
17
Warranty
reserves. 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, 2007
and 2006, the Company’s warranty reserve amounted to $196,000 and $285,000,
respectively.
Deferred
Taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities, net of valuation
allowance in the amount of $62,000 and $82,000, respectively, in fiscal 2007
and
2006, 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. 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.
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.
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, 2007 and 2006.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
June
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation
(“FIN”) No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-an interpretation
of SFAS Statement No. 109. This Interpretation prescribes a recognition
threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition
and
measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return,
and
provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties,
accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. This Interpretation
is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The
Company has not yet completed its analysis of the effects of this
interpretation.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), Fair Value
Measurements. SFAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring
fair value within generally accepted accounting principles, clarifies the
definition of fair value within the framework, and expands disclosures about
the
use of fair value measurements. SFAS 157 does not require any new
fair value measurements in generally accepted accounting principles; however,
the definition of fair value in SFAS 157 may affect assumptions used by
companies in determining fair value. SFAS 157 is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007,
and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has not
determined the impact of adopting SFAS 157 on its consolidated financial
statements.
18
Forward
Looking Statements
Certain
statements in this Report, including those contained in “Overview,” 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 FedEx 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
impact of any 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.
|
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.
Item
7A. Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Information
concerning market risk is included in Item 7-Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations under the heading
“Liquidity and Capital Resources”.
19
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, 2007 and 2006, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive
income, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March
31,
2007. Our audit also included the financial statement schedule listed in the
index at Item 15(a)2. These consolidated financial statements and
schedules 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 consolidated 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 consolidated
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, 2007 and 2006, and the results of their operations and their
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2007,
in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of
America. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement
schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken
as
a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth
therein.
/s/Dixon
Hughes PLLC
Charlotte,
NC
June
14,
2007
20
AIR
T,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Years
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Operating
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Overnight
air cargo
|
$ |
36,091,405
|
$ |
43,447,244
|
$ |
41,312,475
|
||||||
Ground
equipment
|
31,211,940
|
36,081,387
|
28,686,963
|
|||||||||
67,303,345
|
79,528,631
|
69,999,438
|
||||||||||
Operating
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Flight-air
cargo
|
17,870,347
|
19,385,644
|
17,090,249
|
|||||||||
Maintenance-air
cargo
|
12,857,670
|
17,824,277
|
17,953,353
|
|||||||||
Ground
equipment
|
22,500,712
|
28,886,513
|
22,480,127
|
|||||||||
General
and administrative
|
9,582,151
|
9,591,353
|
8,373,195
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
665,818
|
683,099
|
633,818
|
|||||||||
63,476,698
|
76,370,886
|
66,530,742
|
||||||||||
Operating
Income
|
3,826,647
|
3,157,745
|
3,468,696
|
|||||||||
Non-operating
Expense (Income):
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
177,905
|
177,159
|
111,946
|
|||||||||
Investment
income
|
(227,373 | ) | (128,561 | ) | (104,026 | ) | ||||||
Other
|
(26,271 | ) |
28,126
|
14,384
|
||||||||
(75,739 | ) |
76,724
|
22,304
|
|||||||||
Earnings
From Operations Before Income Taxes
|
3,902,386
|
3,081,021
|
3,446,392
|
|||||||||
Income
Taxes
|
1,416,340
|
1,026,110
|
1,340,832
|
|||||||||
Net
Earnings
|
$ |
2,486,046
|
$ |
2,054,911
|
$ |
2,105,560
|
||||||
Basic
Net Earnings Per Share
|
$ |
0.94
|
$ |
0.77
|
$ |
0.79
|
||||||
Diluted
Net Earnings Per Share
|
$ |
0.94
|
$ |
0.77
|
$ |
0.78
|
||||||
Weighted
Average Shares Outstanding:
|
||||||||||||
Basic
|
2,650,121
|
2,671,293
|
2,677,114
|
|||||||||
Diluted
|
2,650,452
|
2,671,779
|
2,692,880
|
|||||||||
See
notes
to consolidated financial statements.
21
AIR
T,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
March
31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Current
Assets:
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ |
2,895,499
|
$ |
2,702,424
|
||||
Marketable
securities
|
860,870
|
807,818
|
||||||
Accounts
receivable, less allowance for
|
||||||||
doubtful
accounts of $413,341 in 2007 and
|
||||||||
$481,837
in 2006
|
7,643,391
|
8,692,971
|
||||||
Notes
and other non-trade receivables-current
|
68,730
|
104,086
|
||||||
Inventories
|
8,085,755
|
5,705,591
|
||||||
Deferred
tax asset
|
724,534
|
576,640
|
||||||
Income
taxes receivable
|
-
|
108,553
|
||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
|
325,533
|
334,064
|
||||||
Total
Current Assets
|
20,604,312
|
19,032,147
|
||||||
Property
and Equipment:
|
||||||||
Furniture,
fixtures and improvements
|
5,413,075
|
6,370,193
|
||||||
Flight
equipment and rotables inventory
|
2,700,288
|
2,705,870
|
||||||
8,113,363
|
9,076,063
|
|||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(5,820,852 | ) | (5,907,520 | ) | ||||
Property
and Equipment, net
|
2,292,511
|
3,168,543
|
||||||
Deferred
Tax Asset
|
170,353
|
194,996
|
||||||
Cash
Surrender Value of Life Insurance Policies
|
1,296,703
|
1,231,481
|
||||||
Notes
and Other Non-Trade Receivables-LongTerm
|
200,529
|
214,653
|
||||||
Other
Assets
|
50,576
|
81,537
|
||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ |
24,614,984
|
$ |
23,923,357
|
See
notes
to consolidated financial statements.
22
March
31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$ |
5,304,022
|
$ |
5,354,713
|
||||
Accrued
expenses
|
2,236,106
|
2,411,262
|
||||||
Income
taxes payable
|
194,840
|
-
|
||||||
Current
portion of long-term obligations
|
144,684
|
186,492
|
||||||
Total
Current Liabilities
|
7,879,652
|
7,952,467
|
||||||
Capital
Lease and Other Obligations (less current
|
||||||||
portion)
|
77,702
|
50,577
|
||||||
Long-term
Debt (less current portion)
|
575,204
|
712,883
|
||||||
Deferred
Retirement Obligations (less current
|
||||||||
portion)
|
633,693
|
707,388
|
||||||
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
||||||||
Preferred
stock, $1 par value, authorized
|
||||||||
50,000
shares, none issued
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Common
stock, par value $.25; authorized
|
||||||||
4,000,000
shares; 2,509,998 in 2007
|
||||||||
and
2,671,293 in 2006 shares were
|
||||||||
issued
and outstanding
|
627,499
|
667,823
|
||||||
Additional
paid in capital
|
6,058,070
|
6,939,357
|
||||||
Retained
earnings
|
8,658,606
|
6,840,383
|
||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income, net
|
104,558
|
52,479
|
||||||
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
15,448,733
|
14,500,042
|
||||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
|
$ |
24,614,984
|
$ |
23,923,357
|
23
AIR
T,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Years
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$ |
2,486,046
|
$ |
2,054,911
|
$ |
2,105,560
|
||||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net earnings to net
|
||||||||||||||
cash
provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||||||||
Change
in accounts receivable and inventory reserves
|
144,768
|
223,867
|
(48,563 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
665,818
|
683,099
|
633,818
|
|||||||||||
Change
in cash surrender value of life insurance
|
(65,222 | ) | (68,481 | ) |
-
|
|||||||||
Deferred
tax (benefit) provision
|
(169,566 | ) |
187,005
|
565,149
|
||||||||||
Periodic
pension (benefit) cost
|
(13,211 | ) | (27,207 | ) | (1,288 | ) | ||||||||
Warranty
reserve
|
123,000
|
251,000
|
197,000
|
|||||||||||
Compensation
expense related to stock options
|
305,436
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Change
in assets and liabilities which provided (used) cash
|
||||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
1,118,076
|
(1,514,914 | ) | (2,197,540 | ) | |||||||||
Notes
receivable and other non-trade receivables
|
49,480
|
107,709
|
123,273
|
|||||||||||
Inventories
|
(2,220,781 | ) |
88,862
|
131,702
|
||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
|
50,170
|
(283,519 | ) | (35,322 | ) | |||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
(50,691 | ) | (737,473 | ) |
2,751,836
|
|||||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
(339,719 | ) | (98,516 | ) | (254,255 | ) | ||||||||
Deferred
retirement obligation
|
-
|
(692,959 | ) |
-
|
||||||||||
Billings
in excess of costs and estimated
|
||||||||||||||
earnings
on uncompleted contracts
|
-
|
-
|
(80,129 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
taxes payable
|
332,821
|
357,057
|
(617,969 | ) | ||||||||||
Deferred
tax asset
|
46,315
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Total
adjustments
|
(23,306 | ) | (1,524,470 | ) |
1,167,712
|
|||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
2,462,740
|
530,441
|
3,273,272
|
|||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||
Net
proceeds from sale of assets
|
-
|
7,124
|
20,655
|
|||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(197,925 | ) | (362,570 | ) | (395,685 | ) | ||||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(197,925 | ) | (355,446 | ) | (375,030 | ) | ||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||
Net
aircraft term loan (payments) proceeds
|
(104,352 | ) | (99,918 | ) |
885,153
|
|||||||||
Net
proceeds (repayments) on line of credit
|
27,362
|
(202,679 | ) |
133,559
|
||||||||||
Payment
of cash dividend
|
(667,823 | ) | (667,633 | ) | (535,658 | ) | ||||||||
Payment
on capital leases
|
(39,880 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Repurchase
of common stock
|
(1,287,047 | ) |
-
|
(356,796 | ) | |||||||||
Executive
pension payment
|
-
|
-
|
(200,000 | ) | ||||||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
|
-
|
-
|
213,710
|
|||||||||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
(2,071,740 | ) | (970,230 | ) |
139,968
|
|||||||||
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
193,075
|
(795,235 | ) |
3,038,210
|
||||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
|
2,702,424
|
3,497,659
|
459,449
|
|||||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
|
$ |
2,895,499
|
$ |
2,702,424
|
$ |
3,497,659
|
||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||||
Capital
leases entered into during fiscal year
|
$ |
35,492
|
$ |
39,200
|
$ |
-
|
||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in fair value of marketable securities
|
58,070
|
5,055
|
(91,247 | ) | ||||||||||
Increase
in value of deferred compensation
|
25,009
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Change
in fair value of derivatives
|
-
|
22,156
|
53,184
|
|||||||||||
Tax
benefit from stock option
|
60,000
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
||||||||||||||
Cash
paid during the year for:
|
||||||||||||||
Interest
|
$ |
206,606
|
$ |
215,457
|
$ |
112,523
|
||||||||
Income
taxes
|
1,218,693
|
473,144
|
1,411,989
|
|||||||||||
See
notes to consolidated financial statements.
|
24
AIR
T,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
Stock
|
Additional
|
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Paid-In
|
Retained
|
Comprehensive
|
Stockholders'
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Earnings
|
Income
|
Equity
|
|||||||||||||||||||
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 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
|
||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
Income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
2,486,046
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain on securities,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
net
of tax
|
27,070
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
Comprehensive Income
|
2,513,116
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment
to initially apply SFAS
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 158, net of tax
|
25,009
|
25,009
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend ($0.25 per share)
|
(667,823 | ) | (667,823 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tax
benefit from stock option exercise
|
60,000
|
60,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
expense related to stock options
|
305,436
|
305,436
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
repurchase
|
(161,295 | ) | (40,324 | ) | (1,246,723 | ) | (1,287,047 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance,
March 31, 2007
|
2,509,998
|
$ |
627,499
|
$ |
6,058,070
|
$ |
8,658,606
|
$ |
104,558
|
$ |
15,448,733
|
|||||||||||||
See
notes to consolidated financial statements.
|
25
AIR
T,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS
ENDED MARCH 31, 2007, 2006, AND 2005
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 support and
specialized industrial equipment.
Principles
of Consolidation– The consolidated financial statements include the accounts
of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, CSA Air, Inc. (CSA), Global
Ground Support, LLC (Global), Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. (MAC) and MAC Aviation
Services, LLC (MACAS). 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.
A
majority of the Company’s revenues 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 9 “Revenues From
Major Customers”.
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.
26
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.
Operating
Expenses Reimbursed by Customer– The Company, under the terms of its air
cargo dry-lease service contracts, passes through to its air cargo 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 – The Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R),
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation as of April 1, 2006, using the
modified prospective approach, and as such, accounts for awards of stock-based
compensation based on the fair value method. Prior to April 1, 2006,
the Company accounted for awards of stock-based compensation based on the
intrinsic value method under the provisions of APB Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. As such, no
stock-based compensation is recorded in the determination of Net Earnings,
as
options granted have an option price equal to the market price of the underlying
stock on the grant date. The following table illustrates the effect
on Net Earnings and Earnings Per Share (EPS) had the Company applied the fair
value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation under SFAS
123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation:
Year
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||
Net
earnings - as reported
|
$ |
2,054,911
|
$ |
2,105,560
|
||||
Compensation
expense, net of income taxes
|
(36,900 | ) | (6,740 | ) | ||||
Net
earnings – proforma
|
$ |
2,018,011
|
$ |
2,098,820
|
||||
Basic
earnings per share – as reported
|
$ |
0.77
|
$ |
0.79
|
||||
Basic
earnings per share – proforma
|
0.76
|
0.79
|
||||||
Diluted
earnings per share - as reported
|
0.77
|
0.78
|
||||||
Diluted
earnings per share – proforma
|
0.76
|
0.78
|
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, 2007 and 2006.
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.
Product
warranty reserve activity during fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006 is as
follows:
Balance
at March 31, 2005
|
$ |
198,000
|
||
Additions
to reserve
|
251,000
|
|||
Use
of reserve
|
(164,000 | ) | ||
Balance
at March 31, 2006
|
285,000
|
|||
Additions
to reserve
|
123,000
|
|||
Use
of reserve
|
(212,000 | ) | ||
Balance
at March 31, 2007
|
$ |
196,000
|
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. Valuation
allowances are recorded to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely
than not that a tax benefit will not be realized by the Company.
27
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, deferred retirement obligations, revenue
recognized under the percentage of completion method and valuation of long-lived
assets.
2. MARKETABLE
SECURITIES
Marketable
securities, with an adjusted cost basis of $730,345, which consisted of mutual
funds and common stock, amounted to $861,000 and $808,000, respectively, as
of
March 31, 2007 and 2006.
The
Company did not realize any gains or losses on sales of marketable securities
in
fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005. Unrealized gains reflected in other
comprehensive income totaled $27,000 and $5,000, net of tax of approximately
$31,000 and $0, respectively, in fiscal 2007 and 2006. An unrealized
loss of approximately $71,000, net of approximately $20,000 tax benefit was
reflected in fiscal 2005. As of March 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively, unrealized gains of approximately $79,000 and $52,000, net of
tax,
are included in accumulated other comprehensive income.
3. INVENTORIES
Inventories
consist of the following:
March
31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Aircraft
parts and supplies
|
$ |
485,209
|
$ |
621,111
|
||||
Aircraft
ground support manufacturing:
|
||||||||
Raw
materials
|
6,250,813
|
4,178,451
|
||||||
Work
in process
|
1,648,896
|
1,270,944
|
||||||
Finished
goods
|
364,688
|
85,672
|
||||||
Total
inventories
|
8,749,606
|
6,156,178
|
||||||
Reserves
|
(663,851 | ) | (450,587 | ) | ||||
Total,
net of reserves
|
$ |
8,085,755
|
$ |
5,705,591
|
4. ACCRUED
EXPENSES
Accrued
expenses consist of the following:
March
31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Salaries,
wages and related items
|
$ |
1,222,578
|
$ |
1,260,059
|
||||
Profit
sharing
|
515,992
|
421,310
|
||||||
Health
insurance
|
208,397
|
309,108
|
||||||
Professional
fees
|
27,966
|
73,800
|
||||||
Warranty
reserves
|
196,153
|
284,741
|
||||||
Other
|
65,020
|
62,244
|
||||||
Total
|
$ |
2,236,106
|
$ |
2,411,262
|
28
5. FINANCING
ARRANGEMENTS
In
August
2006, the Company amended its $7,000,000 secured long-term revolving credit
line
to extend its expiration date to August 31, 2008. 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, 2007, 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, 2007, $7,000,000 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, 2007 was 5.32%. At
March 31, 2007 and 2006 there was no balance outstanding on the credit
facility.
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 on the aircraft loan are $108,992, $113,820 and
$461,384 in fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
6. 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. In June 2006, the
Company agreed to an extension of its lease to May 2008, at a monthly rent
amount of $12,737.
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 facility under a lease which extends through August 2009; monthly
rental will increase over the life of the lease, based on increases in the
Consumer Price Index.
At
March
31, 2007, future minimum annual lease payments under capital and non-cancelable
operating leases with initial or remaining terms of more than one year are
as
follows:
Capital
Leases
|
Operating
Leases
|
|||||||
2008
|
$ |
27,507
|
$ |
490,617
|
||||
2009
|
20,906
|
30,406
|
||||||
2010
|
14,304
|
4,932
|
||||||
2011
|
14,304
|
2,972
|
||||||
2012
|
7,152
|
262
|
||||||
Total
minimum lease payments
|
84,173
|
$ |
529,188
|
|||||
Less
amount representing interest
|
9,226
|
|||||||
Present
value of lease payments
|
74,947
|
|||||||
Less
current maturities
|
23,301
|
|||||||
Long-term
maturities
|
$ |
51,646
|
Rent
expense for operating leases totaled approximately $765,000, $739,000, and
$721,000 for fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and includes amounts
to
related parties of $149,878 in fiscal 2007 and $135,060 in fiscal 2006 and
2005.
7. 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, 2007.
29
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 11), 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 under that program, at a total cost of
$3,973,265.
On
November 10, 2006, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized
a new program to repurchase in aggregate up to $2,000,000 of the Company’s
common stock from time to time on the open market. The program has no
specified termination date. During the period from November 10, 2006
through March 31, 2007, the Company repurchased 161,295 shares of its common
stock at a total cost of $1,287,047, pursuant to this
program. Subsequent to March 31, 2007 and through May 31, 2007, the
Company has repurchased an additional 66,392 shares of its common stock at
a
total cost of $532,268, pursuant to this program.
On
May
22, 2007, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.25 per common share payable
on June 29, 2007 to stockholders of record on June 8, 2007.
Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss) activity during fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 is as
follows:
Unrealized
Gain
|
Change
in
|
Pension
|
Total
Other
|
|||||||||||||
(Loss)
on
|
Fair
Value of
|
Liability
|
Comprehensive
|
|||||||||||||
Securities
|
Derivative
|
Adjustment
|
Income
(Loss)
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2004
|
$ |
118,671
|
$ | (75,340 | ) | $ |
-
|
$ |
43,331
|
|||||||
Change
|
(71,247 | ) |
53,184
|
-
|
(18,063 | ) | ||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2005
|
47,424
|
(22,156 | ) |
-
|
25,268
|
|||||||||||
Change
|
5,055
|
22,156
|
-
|
27,211
|
||||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2006
|
52,479
|
-
|
-
|
52,479
|
||||||||||||
Change
|
27,070
|
-
|
27,070
|
|||||||||||||
Adoption
of SFAS 158
|
25,009
|
25,009
|
||||||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2007
|
$ |
79,549
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
25,009
|
$ |
104,558
|
8. EMPLOYEE
AND NON-EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTIONS
The
Company has granted options to purchase up to a total of 241,000 shares of
common stock to key employees, officers and non-employee directors with exercise
prices at 100% of the fair market value on the date of grant. As of
March 31, 2007, 11,000 shares remain available for grant under the
plan. The employee options generally vest one-third per year
beginning with the first anniversary from the date of
grant. The non- employee director options generally vest one
year from the date of grant.
Compensation
expense related to the adoption of SFAS 123(R) and stock options granted was
$305,436 before tax, or $187,172 after tax ($.07 per share, basic and diluted)
for the year ended March 31, 2007. There was no stock-based
compensation expense related to stock options in fiscal 2006 and 2005 because
the intrinsic value method was previously used to account for stock-based
awards. Unrecognized compensation expense related to the stock
options of $836,020 at March 31, 2007 is to be recognized over the next eleven
quarters ending December 31, 2009.
The
fair
value of the stock options granted in fiscal 2007 was estimated on the date
of
grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model with the assumptions listed
below.
Expected
volatility
|
73.10%-85.19 | % | ||
Expected
dividend yield
|
1.10 | % | ||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.44%-4.74 | % | ||
Expected
term, in years
|
2.5-5.0
|
30
Option
activity is summarized as follows:
Weighted
Average
|
Weighted
Average
|
Aggregate
|
||||||||
Exercise
Price
|
Remaining
|
Intrinsic
|
||||||||
Shares
|
Per
Share
|
Life
(Years)
|
Value
(1)
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at March 31, 2004
|
64,000
|
$ |
3.44
|
|||||||
Exercised
|
(63,000 | ) |
3.39
|
|||||||
Granted
|
1,000
|
28.77
|
||||||||
Outstanding
at March 31, 2005
|
2,000
|
17.58
|
||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Granted
|
15,000
|
10.15
|
||||||||
Outstanding
at March 31, 2006
|
17,000
|
11.02
|
||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Granted
|
224,000
|
8.37
|
||||||||
Outstanding
at March 31, 2007
|
241,000
|
$ |
8.56
|
$ 9.10
|
$ -
|
|||||
Exercisable
at March 31, 2007
|
17,000
|
$ |
11.02
|
$ 8.83
|
$ -
|
(1)
Based
on the exercise price of outstanding options being greater than the market
value
at March 31, 2007, the aggregate intrinsic value is zero.
A
summary
of the status of the Company’s nonvested shares as of March 31, 2007, and
changes during the year ended, is as follows:
Weighted
|
|||||||||
Average
|
|||||||||
Grant-Date
|
|||||||||
Shares
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||
Nonvested
at April 1, 2006
|
15,000
|
$ |
84,915
|
||||||
Granted
|
224,000
|
1,099,532
|
|||||||
Vested
|
(15,000 | ) | (84,915 | ) | |||||
Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Nonvested
at March 31, 2007
|
224,000
|
$ |
1,099,532
|
9. REVENUES
FROM MAJOR CUSTOMERS
Approximately
54%, 55% and 59% of the Company’s revenues were derived from services performed
for FedEx Corporation in fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. In
addition, approximately 24%, 18% and 24% of the Company’s revenues for fiscal
2007, 2006 and 2005 respectively, were generated from Global’s contract with the
United States Air Force.
10. INCOME
TAXES
The
provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of:
31
Years
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Current:
|
||||||||||||
Federal
|
$ |
1,319,838
|
$ |
677,230
|
$ |
661,545
|
||||||
State
|
266,068
|
161,875
|
114,138
|
|||||||||
Total
current
|
1,585,906
|
839,105
|
775,683
|
|||||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||||
Federal
|
(167,487 | ) |
139,958
|
434,022
|
||||||||
State
|
(2,079 | ) |
47,047
|
131,127
|
||||||||
Total
deferred
|
(169,566 | ) |
187,005
|
565,149
|
||||||||
Total
|
$ |
1,416,340
|
$ |
1,026,110
|
$ |
1,340,832
|
The
income tax provision was different from the amount computed using the statutory
Federal income tax rate for the following reasons:
Years
Ended March 31,
2007
|
2006
|
200
|
5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ |
%
|
$ |
%
|
$ |
%
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Income
tax provision at
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
statutory rate
|
$ |
1,326,812
|
34.0 | % | $ |
1,047,548
|
34.0 | % | $ |
1,171,773
|
34.0 | % | ||||||||||||
State
income taxes, net
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
of
Federal benefit
|
169,400
|
4.3
|
137,888
|
4.5
|
161,874
|
4.7
|
||||||||||||||||||
Permanent
differences, net
|
(63,566 | ) | (1.6 | ) | (26,314 | ) | (0.9 | ) |
8,775
|
0.7
|
||||||||||||||
Other
differences, net
|
3,578
|
0.1
|
(135,733 | ) | (4.4 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
Change
in valuation
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
allowance
|
(19,884 | ) | (0.5 | ) |
2,721
|
0.1
|
(1,590 | ) | (0.1 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Income
tax provision
|
$ |
1,416,340
|
36.3 | % | $ |
1,026,110
|
33.3 | % | $ |
1,340,832
|
39.3 | % |
Deferred
tax asset is comprised of the following components
M | arch | 31, | ||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Net
deferred tax asset:
|
||||||||
Warranty
reserve
|
$ |
75,781
|
$ |
107,297
|
||||
Accounts
receivable reserve
|
160,713
|
182,608
|
||||||
Inventory
reserve
|
256,455
|
174,977
|
||||||
Engine
reserve
|
9,414
|
-
|
||||||
Accrued
insurance
|
24,111
|
23,596
|
||||||
Accrued
vacation
|
161,669
|
155,611
|
||||||
Deferred
compensation
|
265,942
|
290,796
|
||||||
Fixed
assets
|
(152,154 | ) | (201,416 | ) | ||||
Loss
carryforwards
|
71,389
|
104,160
|
||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(62,415 | ) | (82,299 | ) | ||||
Adjustment
to Other Comprehensive Income
|
(66,315 | ) | (20,000 | ) | ||||
Stock
options
|
118,264
|
-
|
||||||
Other
|
32,033
|
36,306
|
||||||
Total
|
$ |
894,887
|
$ |
771,636
|
The
deferred tax items are reported on a net current and non-current basis in the
accompanying fiscal 2007 and 2006 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, 2007 of
approximately $128,204. The state loss carryforwards will
expire in varying periods through March 2025. At March 31, 2007 the
Company had $62,415 of unrealized capital losses. The Company’s
$21,557 of deferred tax assets expired in the current fiscal year related to
a
$57,000 capital loss carryforward. The Company recorded a full
valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets relating to these capital losses
at March 31, 2007 and 2006 based on management’s belief that realization is
unlikely.
32
11. EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS
The
Company has a 401(k) defined contribution plan (“Plan”). All
employees of the Company are eligible to participate in the Plan after six
months of service. The Company’s contribution to the Plan for the
years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $282,000, $277,000, and $251,000,
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 2007, 2006, and 2005 was $518,000, $429,000 and
$343,000, 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 Air T. The Company purchased from the former
executive officer 118,027 shares of Air T common stock (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 required installment payments 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 $130,000 in fiscal 2005
and
$112,000 in fiscal 2006, both amounts reducing general and administrative
expense in the respective years. The accrual was reduced by an
additional $154,000 in fiscal 2006 as a result of the retirement settlement
described in the following paragraph. In fiscal 2007, the reduction
was charged to accumulated other comprehensive income in the amount of
$47,000.
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 increased the Company’s results from operations for the year ended
March 31, 2006. The Amended Employment Agreement terminates the
Company’s obligations to pay any further retirement or death benefits to Mr.
Gioffre. Mr. Gioffre formally retired in December 2006.
On
March
31, 2007, the Company adopted the recognition and disclosure provisions of
SFAS
No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans. SFAS 158 requires the Company to
recognize the funded status of its supplemental retirement plan in the March
31,
2007 consolidated balance sheet, with a corresponding adjustment to accumulated
other comprehensive income, net of tax. The adjustment to accumulated
other comprehensive income at adoption represents the net unrecognized actuarial
losses, unrecognized prior service costs, and unrecognized transition obligation
remaining from the initial adoption of SFAS No. 87, Employers’ Accounting
for Pensions, all of which were previously netted against the plan’s funded
status in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets pursuant to the provisions
of SFAS 87. These amounts will be subsequently recognized as net
periodic pension costs pursuant to the Company’s historical accounting policy
for amortizing such amounts. Further, actuarial gains and losses that
arise in subsequent periods and are not recognized as net periodic pension
costs
in the same periods will be recognized as a component of other comprehensive
income.
33
The
adoption of SFAS 158 had no effect on the Company’s consolidated statements of
earnings for the year ended March 31, 2007, or for any period presented, and
will not affect the Company’s operating results in future
periods. The effect of adopting SFAS 158 in the year ended March 31,
2007 was to decrease deferred retirement obligations by $40,752, decrease
deferred income tax assets by $15,743 and increase accumulated other
comprehensive income by $25,009.
Included
in accumulated other comprehensive income at March 31, 2007, are the following
amounts that have not yet been recognized in net periodic pension cost:
unrecognized prior service credit of $56,485 and unrecognized actuarial losses
of $15,733. The prior service credit and actuarial loss included in
accumulated other comprehensive income and expected to be recognized in net
periodic pension cost during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, are $56,485,
and $5,156, respectively.
The
following tables set forth the funded status of the Company’s supplemental
retirement plan at March 31, 2007 and the change in the projected benefit
obligation during fiscal 2007:
March
31, 2007
|
||||
Funded
status
|
||||
Projected
benefit obligation
|
||||
Beginning
of year
|
$ |
575,877
|
||
Change
|
57,816
|
|||
End
of year
|
633,693
|
|||
Fair
value of plan assets
|
-
|
|||
Funded
status end of year
|
(633,693 | ) | ||
Accumulated
benefit obligation at end of year
|
$ |
633,693
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Projected
benefit obligation beginning of year
|
$ |
575,877
|
$ |
1,141,619
|
||||
Service
cost
|
22,626
|
37,381
|
||||||
Interest
cost
|
33,226
|
54,634
|
||||||
Actuarial
loss due to change in assumption
|
1,964
|
(499 | ) | |||||
Non-cash
adjustments due to amendment and settlement
|
-
|
35,701
|
||||||
Benefits
paid
|
-
|
(692,959 | ) | |||||
Projected
benefit obligation end of year
|
$ |
633,693
|
$ |
575,877
|
The
projected benefit obligation was determined using an assumed discount rate
of
5.75% at March 31, 2007 and 2006. 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 2007, 2006 and 2005 consisted
of
the following:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$ |
22,626
|
$ |
37,381
|
$ |
40,528
|
||||||
Interest
cost
|
33,226
|
54,634
|
59,457
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of unrecognized prior
|
||||||||||||
service
cost and actuarial losses (gain)
|
(42,641 | ) |
4,130
|
(102,057 | ) | |||||||
(Gain)
loss on settlement
|
-
|
(123,352 | ) |
784
|
||||||||
Net
periodic pension cost and (benefit)
|
$ |
13,211
|
$ | (27,207 | ) | $ | (1,288 | ) |
34
Projected
benefit payments (based on assumption of lump sum payment at early retirement
age 62) for fiscal years ending:
2008 $ -
2009 -
2010 -
2011 800,000
2012 -
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, was required
to be paid out in the 10 years
after his death. As of March 31, 2007 and 2006, accruals related to
the unpaid present value of the benefit amounted to approximately $12,000 and
$110,000, respectively (of which approximately $0 and $46,000, respectively
is
included under deferred retirement obligations in the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets).
12. NET
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
Basic
earnings per share has been calculated by dividing net earnings by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding during each period. For
purposes of calculating diluted earnings 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, 2007, 16,000 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,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Basic
|
2,650,121
|
2,671,293
|
2,677,114
|
|||||||||
Incremental
Shares From Stock Options
|
331
|
486
|
15,766
|
|||||||||
Diluted
|
2,650,452
|
2,671,779
|
2,692,880
|
13.
|
QUARTERLY
FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
|
(in
thousands except per share data)
FIRST
|
SECOND
|
THIRD
|
FOURTH
|
||||||||||||||
QUARTER
|
QUARTER
|
QUARTER
|
QUARTER
|
||||||||||||||
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||
Operating
Revenues
|
$ |
16,084
|
$ |
14,721
|
$ |
17,395
|
$ |
19,103
|
|||||||||
Operating
Income
|
$ |
1,105
|
$ |
552
|
$ |
525
|
$ |
1,645
|
|||||||||
Earnings
Before Income Taxes
|
$ |
1,156
|
$ |
578
|
$ |
495
|
$ |
1,673
|
|||||||||
Net
Earnings
|
$ |
727
|
$ |
371
|
$ |
304
|
$ |
1,084
|
|||||||||
Basic
and Diluted Net Earnings per share
|
$ |
0.27
|
$ |
0.14
|
$ |
0.11
|
$ |
0.42
|
|||||||||
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
|
(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.
35
14. SEGMENT
INFORMATION
The
Company operates three subsidiaries in two business segments. Each
business segment has separate management teams and infrastructures that offer
different products and services. The subsidiaries 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, FedEx, 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:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Operating
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Overnight
Air Cargo
|
$ |
36,091,405
|
$ |
43,447,244
|
$ |
41,312,475
|
||||||
Ground
Equipment:
|
||||||||||||
Domestic
|
29,051,299
|
24,209,747
|
28,036,100
|
|||||||||
International
|
2,160,641
|
11,871,640
|
650,863
|
|||||||||
Total
Ground Equipment
|
31,211,940
|
36,081,387
|
28,686,963
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$ |
67,303,345
|
$ |
79,528,631
|
$ |
69,999,438
|
||||||
Operating
Income (loss) from
|
||||||||||||
Continuing
operations:
|
||||||||||||
Overnight
Air Cargo
|
$ |
1,685,069
|
$ |
2,234,395
|
$ |
2,143,434
|
||||||
Ground
Equipment
|
4,506,196
|
2,939,508
|
2,956,937
|
|||||||||
Corporate
(1)
|
(2,364,618 | ) | (2,016,158 | ) | (1,631,675 | ) | ||||||
Total
|
$ |
3,826,647
|
$ |
3,157,745
|
$ |
3,468,696
|
||||||
Identifiable
Assets:
|
||||||||||||
Overnight
Air Cargo
|
$ |
5,823,455
|
$ |
6,298,618
|
$ |
7,312,183
|
||||||
Ground
Equipment
|
13,247,048
|
12,620,815
|
10,180,943
|
|||||||||
Corporate
|
5,544,481
|
5,003,924
|
6,615,799
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$ |
24,614,984
|
$ |
23,923,357
|
$ |
24,108,925
|
||||||
Capital
Expenditures, net:
|
||||||||||||
Overnight
Air Cargo
|
$ |
101,093
|
$ |
272,071
|
$ |
266,714
|
||||||
Ground
Equipment
|
44,568
|
37,030
|
34,256
|
|||||||||
Corporate
|
52,264
|
53,469
|
94,715
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$ |
197,925
|
$ |
362,570
|
$ |
395,685
|
||||||
Depreciation
and Amortization:
|
||||||||||||
Overnight
Air Cargo
|
$ |
487,652
|
$ |
449,224
|
$ |
435,534
|
||||||
Ground
Equipment
|
127,611
|
181,124
|
146,201
|
|||||||||
Corporate
|
50,555
|
52,751
|
52,083
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$ |
665,818
|
$ |
683,099
|
$ |
633,818
|
(1)
Includes income from inter-segment transactions, eliminated in
consolidation.
36
15. 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 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
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 provided that if Global performed 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 retained its rights with respect to any cause of action arising
from the collapse of the boom in February 2005.
On
October 11, 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 has been delivered back to the airport. The carrier
had initially undertaken that such further repair work would be at its expense,
though the carrier has since disclaimed liability for the full costs associated
with the damage to the eleventh boom. As described below, Global has
initiated litigation against the carrier to recover its costs related to the
damage to the eleventh boom.
Global
has been named as a defendant in three 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 including
approximately $1 million for the loss of use of the aircraft while it was being
repaired. Discovery is continuing in this case and a trial has been
set for March 2008. 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 May 2008. 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 all three 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. The third
lawsuit is a claim brought in December 2006, on behalf of the City of
Philadelphia captioned City of Philadelphia v. Elliott Equipment Company, et
al., which was filed in the Philadelphia County Court of Common
Pleas. In that action, the City seeks to recover for the cost of
replacing the boom that was destroyed in the February 2005
accident. It is estimated that the cost for replacing that boom will
be in the $500,000 to $600,000 range. That matter is in its early
stage and a trial is anticipated for September 2008, based on the current
scheduling order. Global’s product liability insurance carrier has
denied coverage with respect to the third lawsuit claiming that it seeks
replacement of allegedly defective products. Global has included in
its claims against its subcontractor any losses it may suffer in connection
with
the claims alleged in this lawsuit.
37
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 fiscal 2006 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. Discovery is continuing in this
lawsuit. The Company cannot provide assurance that it will be able to
recover its repair expenses and other losses, or otherwise be successful, in
this action.
On
August
8, 2006, Global commenced litigation in the United States District for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Global Ground Support, LLC v. Sautter
Crane Rental, Inc.) seeking to recover all damage and loss incurred as a
result of damage that occurred to the 135-foot deicing boom while in transit
back to the Philadelphia International Airport. That claim was
initially filed under theories of negligence, but the Court has recently ruled
that the action should proceed under a contract theory, and the action has
been
re-filed as a contract claim. In that action, Global seeks damage of
approximately $300,000. The matter is in its initial discovery
stage. This matter is currently scheduled for trial in November
2007.
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.
None
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, 2007, 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.
38
PART
III
Item
10. Directors
and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
The
following individuals serve as directors and/or executive officers of the
Company:
Walter
Clark, age 50, 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,
Executive Vice President of Global, President of CSA and Executive Vice
President of MACAS. 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
Parry, age 49, has served as Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company since November 2006. Mr. Parry also serves as
Vice-President, Secretary/Treasurer and a director of MAC and CSA, Chief
Financial Officer of MAC and Global and as Vice President-Finance, Treasurer
and
Secretary of Global and MACAS. Mr. Parry is a Certified Public
Accountant and most recently served for five years as Chief Financial Officer
for Empire Airlines, Inc., a privately held FedEx feeder airline.
John
J. Gioffre, age 63, was first elected as a director of the Company in
March 1987. Mr Gioffre served as Vice President-Finance and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company from April 1984 and as Secretary/Treasurer
of
the Company from June 1983, until his retirement in November
2006. Until his retirement, Mr. Gioffre also served as
Vice-President, Secretary/Treasurer and a director of MAC and CSA, Chief
Financial Officer of MAC and Global and as Vice President-Finance, Treasurer
and
Secretary of Global and MACAS.
William
H. Simpson, age 59, 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 Global.
Claude
S. Abernethy, Jr., age 80, was first elected as director of the Company
in June 1990. For the past six 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 72, was first 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 51, 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 84, 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 54, 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 54, 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.
39
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.
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 Prill, each of whom is not an employee of the Company
and 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 regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted 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.”
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance.
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, 2007 all executive officers, directors
and greater than ten-percent beneficial owners have complied with all applicable
Section 16(a) filing requirements.
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,
2006.
Item
11. Executive
Compensation.
A. Introduction
The
executive officer compensation information in this section is presented in
a
completely new format this year. The new format is required by revised executive
compensation disclosure rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) in August 2006. The new format includes a Compensation Discussion and
Analysis or “CD&A” section that explains the Company’s executive officer
compensation policy, the material elements of the compensation paid to the
Company’s executive officers under the policy and how the Company determined the
amount paid.
Several
disclosure tables follow the CD&A. The first table, the Summary Compensation
Table, provides a summary of the total compensation earned by the Company’s
principal executive officer, individuals serving as principal financial officer
during the course of the fiscal year and the other executive officers of the
Company. The tables following the Summary Compensation Table provide additional
information about the elements of compensation presented in the Summary
Compensation Table. Most of the tables include explanatory footnotes to help
stockholders understand the information shown in the tables. This year, as
the
Company transitions to the new compensation disclosure format, the Summary
Compensation Table includes information only for fiscal 2007. The Summary
Compensation Table for fiscal 2008 will include information for 2008 and 2007.
The Summary Compensation Table for each year thereafter will include information
for three years.
40
B. The
Role of the Compensation Committee
The
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors reviews and administers the
Company’s compensation policies and practices for the Chief Executive Officer
and all other executive officers of the Company. The Compensation Committee
currently has three members, all of whom are independent, non-employee
directors.
C. Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
Compensation
Philosophy
The
objectives of the Company’s compensation plan for its executive officers is to
provide compensation in amounts and in forms that are sufficient to attract
and
retain management personnel capable of effectively managing the Company’s
businesses and to offer both short-term and long-term performance-based
compensation to provide incentives for superior performance. To achieve these
objectives, the compensation paid to executives under the policy has a
significant performance-based element, which is based on annual incentive plan
compensation and periodic option awards that reflect the actual performance
of
the Company. The material elements of the total compensation paid to executives
under the Company’s policy are (i) base salary, (ii) annual cash incentive plan
(iii) periodic option awards, and (iv) retirement, health and welfare and other
benefits.
Certain
aspects of the compensation paid to executive officers are set forth in
long-term employment agreements. These agreements, which are
described more fully below, establish a minimum base salary and provide for
annual cash incentive compensation. The agreements entered into in
the mid-1990’s also provided for death benefits and retirement
benefits. Agreements with executive officers entered into after that
date do not include those benefits. The Compensation Committee
intends for the compensation earned by executive officers to be commensurate
with performance.
Base
Salaries
Base
salaries provide a baseline level of compensation to executive officers. Base
salaries are not linked to the performance of the Company, because they are
intended to compensate executives for carrying out the day-to-day duties and
responsibilities of their positions.
The
Compensation Committee periodically reviews base salary levels and adjusts
base
salaries as deemed necessary, but not necessarily annually. During the review
and adjustment process, the Compensation Committee considers:
·
|
individual
performance;
|
·
|
recommendations
of the Chief Executive Officer with respect to the base salaries
of other
executive officers;
|
·
|
the
duties and responsibilities of each executive officer
position;
|
·
|
their
current compensation level;
|
·
|
the
relationship of executive officer pay to the base salaries of senior
officers and other employees of the Company; and whether the base
salary
levels are competitive.
|
The
Committee did not adjust the base salaries of any of the named executives during
fiscal 2007.
Mr.
Gioffre received non-incentive plan bonus compensation in fiscal 2007 in
connection with his willingness to defer his planned retirement as the Company
engaged in a search for his successor. His amended and restated
employment agreement, entered into as of December 29, 2005, provided for a
transition bonus of $37,763 in the event he continued to make himself available
as an employee through the filing of the Company’s fiscal 2006 Form
10-K. In light of Mr. Gioffre’s willingness to continue as Chief
Financial Officer through the filing of Form 10-Q reports for two additional
quarters and to remain as an employee for several months thereafter to ease
the
transition to his successor, the Company awarded him an additional transition
bonus of $67,762, for a total of $105,525
Incentive
Plans
The
executive officers earn additional annual compensation based on a percentage
of
the Company’s earnings before income taxes and extraordinary
items. This element of compensation provides an incentive with
respect to the Company’s short-term performance. Each executive officer has an
employment agreement, which stipulates the percentage to be used. The
agreements in place for fiscal 2007 provided that Mr. Clark, Mr. Simpson and
Mr.
Gioffre would receive annual incentive compensation equal to 2% of the Company’s
fiscal 2007 consolidated net earnings before income taxes, while Mr. Parry
would
receive annual incentive compensation of 1-1/2%. The agreements for
Mr. Gioffre and Mr. Parry provide for a pro rata share based upon their period
of service with the Company in fiscal 2007.
41
Option
Awards
The
Compensation Committee makes periodic option awards, which provide incentive
compensation linked to the Company’s long-term performance and align the
interests of management with the stockholder’s interests. In August
and December 2006, the Committee awarded stock options to the named executives
in the amounts shown in the Summary Compensation Table and the Grants of
Plan-Based Awards Table that follows this CD&A. The Committee awarded
options to encourage the named executives to increase shareholder value over
the
term of the options.
In
determining the amount of options awarded in fiscal 2007 to executive officers,
the Compensation Committee considered and adopted the recommendations of the
Chief Executive Officer, including his recommendation as to the number of
options to be awarded to himself. These recommendations were
developed at the request of the Compensation Committee with instructions to
allocate close to the full number of options authorized under the Company’s 2005
Equity Incentive Plan, which had been approved by the Company’s stockholders in
September 2005. Prior to the awards made in fiscal 2007, no awards
had been made under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. The Company’s
fiscal 2007 practice of awarding at one time nearly all of the options
authorized under a stockholder approved plan was consistent with the Company’s
prior practice. The Compensation Committee instructed that sufficient
options be withheld from the awards made in August 2007 to permit an appropriate
award to be made to the successor to Mr. Gioffre, who was retiring as Chief
Financial Officer. Options were awarded to Mr. Parry in December 2007
after he had joined the Company and been appointed as its Chief Financial
Officer.
The
numbers of options awarded to executive officers and other employees were based
on a tiered schedule with greater awards corresponding to greater levels of
responsibility. In approving the award levels, the Compensation
Committee did not consider the level of prior option awards, as all prior awards
had expired. Also, because the most recent option awards to executive
officers had been made in 1999 and all of those options had been exercised
no
later than 2004, the Compensation Committee did not consider gains from prior
awards in making option awards in fiscal 2007.
In
fiscal 2007, the Compensation
Committee scheduled its meetings to consider and make option awards for dates
following the Company’s announcement of quarterly earnings and the filing the
Company’s respective Form 10-Q reports. Accordingly, the Compensation
Committee met and made option awards in fiscal 2007 at times at which the
Company’s insider trading policy would permit officers and directors to effect
transactions in the Company’s common stock. The 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan provides that the exercise price of all options awarded under the plan
may
be no less than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date
of grant, which is defined in the plan to mean the closing bid price per share
of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on that
date. The options awarded on August 15 and December 6, 2006 had an
exercise price per share equal to the per share closing market price of the
Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on the date of the award,
which closing market price was slightly higher than the closing bid price on
that date. Options awarded on August 17, 2006 had an exercise price
per share equal to the closing bid price on the date those options were
granted.
Retirement
and Other Benefits
The
Company sponsors the Air T, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”), a tax-qualified Code
Section 401(k) retirement savings plan, for the benefit of substantially all
of
its employees, including its executive officers. The Plan encourages saving
for
retirement by enabling participants to make contributions on a pre-tax basis
and
to defer taxation on earnings on funds contributed to the
Plan. The Company makes matching contributions to the
Plan.
As
part
of his employment agreement, Mr. Simpson is entitled to receive specified
benefits upon termination of his employment due to his retirement, disability
or
death. The Company has purchased life insurance policies for which
the Company is the sole beneficiary to facilitate the funding of benefits under
these provisions of his employment agreement. The terms of this
agreement are discussed in detail in “Executive Officer Employment Agreements”
below.
Similar
provisions existed under Mr. Gioffre’s 1996 employment agreement prior to that
agreement being amended in December 2005. In connection with that
amendment and the termination of those provisions, the Company paid Mr. Gioffre
a lump sum amount in settlement of any retirement payment obligations under
the
1996 agreement. No retirement payment obligations are included in the
employment agreements for the other executive officers.
42
The
executive officers also participate in group health, life and other welfare
benefit plans on the same terms and conditions that apply to other
employees. Each of the executive officers who also serves as a
director receives $6,000 in annual directors’ fees. In fiscal 2007,
Mr. Clark did use the Company aircraft for personal use, as permitted in his
employment agreement and all executive officers received an automobile allowance
as well as reimbursement of automobile expenses for their primary personal
vehicle. In fiscal 2007, Mr. Parry was paid a temporary housing
allowance in connection with his relocation to North Carolina and was paid
a
supplemental amount in lieu of directors’ fees. The executive
officers do not receive better insurance programs, vacation schedules or
holidays or have access to other perquisites such as company cars, lodging,
executive dining rooms or executive parking places.
The
Company does not maintain any non-qualified deferred compensation plans that
would allow executives to elect to defer receipt (and taxation) of their base
salaries, bonuses, annual incentive plan payments or other
compensation.
Post
Termination Employment Benefits
The
Company has entered into employment agreements with the named executive officers
that provide severance and other benefits following their resignation,
termination, retirement, death or disability from the Company, as
follows.
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 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.
Mr.
Simpson’s employment agreement provides that if the Company terminates his
employment other than for “cause” (as defined in the agreement), he will 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 he
continued his 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 the remaining period under the agreement as was paid for
the most recent year prior to termination of employment). The
agreement 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. Mr. Simpson’s
employment agreement automatically renews for a one-year term each March 31
unless he or the Company’s Board of Directors gives notice of termination by
December 1 of the prior year.
Effective
October 6, 2006, the Company entered into an employment agreement with John
Parry. The employment agreement provides that if the Company
terminates Mr. Parry’s employment other than for “cause” (as defined in the
agreement), Mr. Parry is entitled to receive his base salary for a period of
twelve months and a pro-rated incentive bonus for that fiscal year.
43
D. Compensation
Committee Report
The
Compensation Committee of Air T, Inc. has reviewed and discussed with management
the Compensation Discussion and Analysis immediately preceding this
report. Based on this review and discussion, the Compensation
Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion
and Analysis be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 and in its proxy statement for its 2007
annual meeting of stockholders.
June
13,
2007
COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE
Sam
Chesnutt,
Chair
Claude
S. Abernethy,
Jr.
George
C.
Prill
E. Executive
Officer Employment Agreements
Walter
Clark
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. 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.
John
J. Gioffre
On
December 29, 2005, the Company entered into an amended and restated employment
agreement with Mr. Gioffre which amended and restated his then existing
employment agreement dated January 1, 1996. The amended employment
agreement was entered into to establish the terms and conditions for Mr.
Gioffre’s continued employment pending his planned retirement. 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 his prior 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 terminated the
Company’s obligations to pay any further retirement or death benefits to Mr.
Gioffre. The amended employment agreement provided that Mr. Gioffre
was to be employed until June 30, 2006 at an annual salary of $134,550 and
with
incentive 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. The amended employment agreement also
provided that Mr. Gioffre would receive a $37,763 transition bonus for
continuing his employment with the Company through the preparation of the
Company’s Form 10K for the 2006 fiscal year. Mr. Gioffre’s employment
continued past June 30, 2006, as the Company continued its search for his
successor. Under the agreement, Mr. Gioffre was entitled to
participate in the Company’s general employee benefit plans, to receive three
weeks of vacation per year and to receive an annual automobile allowance of
$4,800, payable monthly.
Following
June 30, 2006, the Company continued to pay Mr. Gioffre annual and incentive
compensation consistent with the terms of the amended employment
agreement. In light of Mr. Gioffre’s willingness to continue as Chief
Financial Officer through the filing of Form 10-Q reports for two additional
quarters and to remain as an employee for several months thereafter to ease
the
transition to his successor, the Company awarded him an additional transition
bonus of $67,763, for a total of $105,525. Mr. Gioffre’s employment
agreement terminated in connection with his retirement on December 31,
2006.
44
William
H.
Simpson, Jr.
Effective
January 1, 1996, the Company entered into an employment agreement with William
H. Simpson, an Executive Vice President of the Company. In the
absence of any notice from one party to the other to terminate automatic
extensions of the term of the agreement, the agreement is automatically extended
each December 1 so that upon each automatic extension the remaining term of
the
agreement is three years and four months. The agreement provided for
an initial annual base salary of $165,537, which was subsequently increased
and
is subject to further increases as determined by the 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. Under the agreement, Mr. Simpson is entitled to
participate in the Company’s general employee benefit plans, to receive four
weeks of vacation per year and to receive an annual automobile allowance of
$4,800.
The
agreement provides that upon the Mr. Simpson’s retirement, he will be entitled
to receive an annual benefit equal to $75,000, reduced by three percent for
each
full year that his retirement precedes the date he reaches age
65. The retirement benefits under this agreement are to be paid, at
Mr. Simpson’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
the alternative, Mr. Simpson may elect to receive the entire retirement benefit
in a lump sum payment equal to the then 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.
Retirement
benefits are to be paid commencing on his 65th birthday, provided that Mr.
Simpson may elect to receive benefits earlier on the later of his 62nd birthday
or the date on which his employment terminates, in which case benefits will
be
reduced as described above, 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 are to be offset by any other retirement benefits that Mr. Simpson
receives under any other plan maintained by the Company. In the event
Mr. Simpson becomes totally disabled prior to retirement, he will be entitled
to
receive retirement benefits calculated as described above.
In
the
event of Mr. Simpson’s death before retirement, the agreement provides that the
Company will be required to pay an annual death benefit to his estate equal
to
the single life annuity benefit such he 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; with the amount reduced by five percent for each year his death
occurs prior to age 65.
John
Parry
Effective
October 6, 2006, the Company entered into an employment agreement with John
Parry which has a three-year term. The agreement provides for an
annual base salary of $125,000, subject to periodic review and increases as
subsequently determined by the Company. In addition, the agreement
provides for annual bonus compensation equal to 1.5% of the Company’s
consolidated earnings before income taxes as reported by the Company in its
Annual Report on Form 10-K. Under the agreement, Mr. Parry is
entitled to participate in the Company’s general employee benefit plans, to
receive four weeks of vacation per year and to receive a monthly automobile
allowance of $400 plus reimbursement for fuel, repair expense and insurance
for
his primary automobile upon presentation of documentation in accordance with
the
Company’s expense reimbursement policies.
Severance
and Change-in-control
Provisions
The
severance and change-in-control
provisions of these employment agreements are discussed in “Compensation
Discussion and Analysis,” above.
45
F. Executive
Officer Compensation Disclosure Tables
SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
Name
and Principal Position
|
Year
|
Salary
($) (1)
|
Bonus
($) (2)
|
Option
Awards ($) (3)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation ($) (4)
|
Change
in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings
($)(5)
|
All
Other Compensation ($)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter
Clark
|
2007
|
$ |
206,000
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
51,013
|
$ |
88,399
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
25,490
|
(6)
|
$ |
370,902
|
|||||||||||||||
President
and
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John
J. Gioffre (10)
|
2007
|
113,838
|
105,525
|
25,836
|
66,299
|
-
|
12,650
|
(7)
|
324,148
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Former
Vice President-
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finance
and Chief
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial
Officer (Former
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Principal
Financial Officer)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John
Parry (11)
|
2007
|
52,985
|
-
|
10,321
|
33,150
|
-
|
19,888
|
(8)
|
116,344
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice
President-Finance and
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Principal
Financial Officer)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William
H. Simpson
|
2007
|
206,000
|
-
|
30,608
|
88,399
|
(27,548 | ) |
18,594
|
(9)
|
316,053
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Executive
Vice President
|
(1)
|
Includes
annual director fees in 2007 of $6,000 for each for Mr. Clark and
Mr.
Simpson and $7,500 for Mr. Gioffre.
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Gioffre’s bonus in 2007 includes $37,763 pursuant to his amended
employment agreement, subject to staying on with the Company past
his
intended retirement date. Also includes $67,762 paid to Mr.
Gioffre based upon verbal agreements, to stay additional periods
beyond
his intended retirement date.
|
(3)
|
The
estimated value of the stock options has been developed solely for
purposes of comparative disclosure in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the SEC and is consistent with the assumptions we
used for
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 123(R) reporting during
fiscal 2007 and do not reflect risk of forfeiture or restrictions
on
transferability. The estimated value has been determined by application
of
the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, based upon the terms of the
option
grants and our stock price performance history as of the date of
the
grant. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item
8 for a
complete description of the option plan and the key assumptions used
to
determine estimated value of the stock
options.
|
(4)
|
Pursuant
to their employment agreements, Mr. Clark, Mr. Gioffre and Mr. 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. Mr. Parry is entitled
to
receive incentive compensation equal to one and one-half percent
(1.5%) of
the earnings before income taxes or extraordinary items. These
amounts are prorated for Messrs. Gioffre and Parry for partial years
of
employment in fiscal 2007.
|
(5)
|
Represents
the aggregate change in the actuarial present value of Mr. Simpson’s
accumulated benefit under the retirement provisions of his employment
agreement.
|
(6)
|
Includes
$3,506 for Company matching contributions under the Air T, Inc. 401(k)
Retirement Plan, $15,802 for personal use of corporate airplane,
$4,800
for auto allowance and $1,382 for personal auto
expenses.
|
(7)
|
Includes
$4,384 for Company matching contributions under the Air T, Inc. 401(k)
Retirement Plan, $3,600 for auto allowance and $4,666 for personal
auto
expenses.
|
(8)
|
Includes
$2,000 for auto allowance, $2,690 for personal auto expenses, $5,500
temporary housing allowance, $2,750 for supplemental pay in lieu
of
directors’ fees and $6,948 for relocation
expenses.
|
(9)
|
Includes
$6,000 for Company matching contributions under the Air T, Inc. 401(k)
Retirement Plan, $4,800 for auto allowance, $4,794 for personal auto
expenses and $3,000 for country club
dues.
|
(10)
|
Mr.
Gioffre stepped down from the position of Chief Financial Officer
on
November 14, 2006 and retired from the Company on December 31,
2006. Mr. Gioffre remains a Director of the Company as of March
31, 2007.
|
(11)
|
Mr.
Parry was hired by Company effective October 15, 2006 and was appointed
Chief Financial Officer on November 14,
2007.
|
46
GRANTS
OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS TABLE IN FISCAL 2007
Name
|
Grant
Date (1)
|
All
Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options
(#)
|
Exercise
or Base Price of Option Awards (2)
|
Grant
Date Fair Value of Option Awards
|
Closing
Market Price on Date of Grant (3)
|
||||||||||||
Walter
Clark
|
08/15/06
|
50,000
|
$ |
8.29
|
$ |
245,000
|
$ |
8.29
|
|||||||||
John
J. Gioffre
|
08/17/06
|
6,000
|
8.52
|
25,860
|
8.66
|
||||||||||||
John
Parry
|
12/06/06
|
15,000
|
9.30
|
82,500
|
9.30
|
||||||||||||
William
H. Simpson
|
08/15/06
|
30,000
|
8.29
|
147,000
|
8.29
|
(1) All
stock option awards were made under the Air T, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan.
(2)
|
With
the exception of the options granted to Mr. Gioffre, the options
become
vested and exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning
with
the date of grant, or if earlier, upon a change of control of the
Company
or the date the employee terminates employment due to death, disability
or
retirement, the options expire ten years following the date of grant
or,
if earlier, one year from the date the executive officer terminates
employment due to death, disability or retirement. The options
granted to Mr. Gioffre become vested and exercisable one year from
date of
grant and expire five years from date of
retirement.
|
(3)
|
The
2005 Equity Incentive Plan provides that the exercise price of all
options
awarded under the plan may be no less than the fair market value
of the
Company’s common stock on the date of grant, which is defined in the plan
to mean the closing bid price per share of the Company’s common stock on
the Nasdaq Capital Market on that date. The options awarded on
August 15, 2006 and December 6, 2006 had an exercise price per share
equal
to the per share closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the
Nasdaq Capital Market on the date of the award, which closing market
price
was slightly higher than the closing bid price on that
date. Options awarded on August 17 2006 had an exercise price
per share equal to the closing bid price on the respective date those
options were granted.
|
|
OUTSTANDING
EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR END
TABLE
|
Option
Awards (1)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#)
Unexercisable
|
Option
Exercise Price ($)
|
Option
Expiration Date
|
|||||||||||||
Walter
Clark
|
-
|
50,000
|
(2 | ) | $ |
8.29
|
08/15/16
|
||||||||||
John
J. Gioffre
|
-
|
6,000
|
(3 | ) |
8.52
|
08/17/11
|
|||||||||||
John
Parry
|
-
|
15,000
|
(4 | ) |
9.30
|
12/06/16
|
|||||||||||
William
H. Simpson
|
-
|
30,000
|
(2 | ) |
8.29
|
08/15/16
|
(1)
|
All
option awards were made under the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan. Under the terms of the plan, option awards were made
without any corresponding transfer of consideration from the
recipients.
|
(2) Stock
options vest at the rate of 33-1/3% per year with vesting dates of 08/15/07,
08/15/08 and 08/15/09.
(3) Stock
options vest on 8/17/07.
(4) Stock
options vest at the rate of 33-1/3% per year with vesting dates of 12/06/07,
12/06/08 and 12/06/09.
47
PENSION
BENEFITS TABLE
Name
|
Plan
Name
|
Number
of Years Credited Service
(#)
|
Present
Value of Accumulated Benefit
($)
|
Payments
during Last fiscal Year
($)
|
|||||||||
William
H. Simpson
|
Employment
agreement
|
11.25
|
$ |
633,693
|
$ |
-
|
The
Company’s employment agreement with Mr. Simpson establishes certain defined
retirement benefits as described above in “Executive Officer Employment
Agreements”. Note 11 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included
in this fiscal 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K includes valuation assumptions
and other information relating to the retirement provisions of this
agreement.
SEVERANCE
AND CHANGE IN CONTROL TABLE
The
following table shows the amounts that would have been payable to the executive
officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table if their employment had been
terminated without cause, following a change in control, as of March 31,
2007:
Gross
Severance Benefit Payable under the Employment
Agreement
|
Estimated
value of Continued Participation in Health Insurance
|
Stock
Options (1)
|
Total
(2)
|
|||||||||||||
Walter
Clark
|
$ |
500,000
|
$ |
42,000
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
542,000
|
||||||||
John
J. Gioffre (3)
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||||||||
John Parry | $125,000 | $125,000 | ||||||||||||||
William
H. Simpson
|
$ |
200,000
|
$ |
200,000
|
(1)
|
Value
of unvested stock options that would become vested upon a change
of
control of the Company, based on the closing market price of the
Company’s
common stock on March 31, 2007. Options are given no value at
that date based upon the exercise price in excess of the closing
market
price.
|
(2)
|
Amounts
set forth in this table would be the same if termination of employment
without cause occurred in the absence of a change in
control.
|
(3)
|
Mr.
Gioffre retired on December 31,
2006.
|
DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION
During
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, 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
received, in lieu of the $500 meeting fee, a monthly fee of $500, while the
Chairman of the Audit Committee received 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 following
table sets forth the compensation paid to each of the Company’s non-employee
directors in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.
48
Name
|
Fees
Earned or Paid in Cash
|
Total
|
||||||
Claude
S. Abernethy, Jr.
|
$ |
23,400
|
$ |
23,400
|
||||
Sam
Chesnutt
|
21,000
|
21,000
|
||||||
Allison
T. Clark
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
||||||
George
C. Prill
|
21,000
|
21,000
|
||||||
Dennis
A. Wicker
|
14,500
|
14,500
|
||||||
J.
Bradley Wilson
|
15,000
|
15,000
|
Item
12. Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters.
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, 2007 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, 2007
|
Percent
Of Class
|
||||||
Common
Stock, par value $.25 per share
|
Walter
Clark(1)
P.O.
Box 488
Denver,
North Carolina 28650
|
142,422 | (1) | 5.8 | % |
____________________________
(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,
2007. 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,
2007
|
|||||||||
Name
|
Position
with Company
|
No.
of Shares
|
Percent
|
||||||
Walter
Clark
|
Chairman
of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
|
142,422 | (1) | 5.8 | % | ||||
John
Parry
|
Vice
President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and
Treasurer
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
William
H. Simpson
|
Executive
Vice President, Director
|
2,004
|
0.1 | % | |||||
John
J. Gioffre
|
Director
|
7,000
|
0.3 | % | |||||
Claude
S. Abernethy, Jr.
|
Director
|
2,500 | (2) | 0.1 | % | ||||
Sam
Chesnutt
|
Director
|
2,500 | (2) | 0.1 | % | ||||
Allison
T. Clark
|
Director
|
2,500 | (2) | 0.1 | % | ||||
George
C. Prill
|
Director
|
3,500 | (2) | 0.1 | % | ||||
Dennis
Wicker
|
Director
|
3,500 | (2) | 0.1 | % | ||||
J.
Bradley Wilson
|
Director
|
2,500 | (2) | 0.1 | % | ||||
All
directors and executive officers as a group (10 persons)
|
N/A
|
168,426 | (2) | 6.8 | % |
________________________________________
49
(1)
|
Includes
76,500 shares held by the estate of David Clark, of which Mr. Walter
Clark
is a co-executor.
|
(2)
|
Includes
shares which the following non-employee directors have the right
to
acquire within sixty (60) days through the exercise of stock options
issued by the Company: Mr. Abernethy, 2,500 shares; Mr. Chesnutt,
2,500
shares; Mr. Allison Clark, 2,500 shares; Mr. Prill, 3,500 shares;
Mr.
Wicker, 3,500 shares; and Mr. Wilson, 2,500
shares.
|
|
This
table summarizes share and exercise price information about equity
compensation plans as of March 31,
2007.
|
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
|
241,000
|
$ |
8.56
|
11,000
|
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
$149,878 to Airport Associates pursuant to such lease during the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2007. 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
$12,737. 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
50
Fees
billed to the Company by its current independent registered public accountant,
Dixon Hughes PLLC, and prior independent registered public accountant, Deloitte
& Touche LLP, for each of the past two fiscal years were as
follows:
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Audit
Fees (1)
|
$ |
181,150
|
$ |
171,700
|
||||
Audit
Related Fees (2)
|
8,000
|
4,000
|
||||||
Tax
Fees (3)
|
63,520
|
50,190
|
||||||
All
Other Fees
|
-
|
-
|
(1)
|
Fees
for audit service totaled $181,150 in fiscal 2007 for Dixon Hughes
PLLC
and $171,700 in fiscal 2006 ($154,700 for Dixon Hughes PLLC and $17,000
for Deloitte & Touche LLP). Audit fees for 2007 and 2006
included fees associated with annual year-end audit and reviews of
the
Company’s quarterly reports on Form
10-Q.
|
(2)
|
Fees
for audit-related services totaled $8,000 in 2007 (for Dixon Hughes
PLLC)
and $4,000 in 2006 (for Dixon Hughes PLLC). Audit-related fees
in 2007 and 2006 included fees associated with the audit of the Company’s
employee benefit plan.
|
(3)
|
Tax
related fees totaled $63,520 in 2007 (for Dixon Hughes PLLC) and
$50,190
in 2005 (for Dixon Hughes PLLC), 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 $34,320 in 2007 and $4,345 in 2006, and
were
related to tax consultation services associated with various state
and
international tax matters.
|
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
|
|
(ii)
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2007 and
2006.
|
|
(iii)
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for each of the three years in the period
ended
March 31, 2007.
|
|
(iv)
|
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for each of the three years in the
period ended March 31, 2007.
|
|
(v)
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period
ended
March 31, 2007.
|
|
(vi)
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial
Statements.
|
2. Financial
Statement Schedules
Schedule
II – Valuation and Qualifying
Accounts
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
|
51
|
10.1
|
Aircraft
Dry Lease and Service Agreement dated February 2, 1994 between Mountain
Air Cargo, Inc. and FedEx 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 FedEx 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
|
|
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 FedEx 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.
|
52
|
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
|
|
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), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2006*
|
|
10.22
|
Form
of Air T, Inc. Director Stock Option Agreement (2005 Equity Incentive
Plan), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2006*
|
|
10.23
|
Form
of Air T, Inc. Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (2005 Equity Incentive
Plan), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2006*
|
|
10.24
|
Lease
Agreement between Little Mountain Airport Associates, Inc. and Mountain
Air Cargo, Inc., dated June 1, 1991, most recently amended June 16,
2006,
incorporated by reference to Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K dated August 3, 2006.
|
|
10.25
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of October 6, 2006 between the Company and John
Parry,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K dated October 10, 2006*
|
|
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
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Walter Clark
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of John Parry
|
|
32.1
|
Section
1350 Certification
|
__________________
* Management
compensatory
plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to this
report.
53
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
13, 2007
By:
/s/ John
Parry
John
Parry, Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
Date: June
13, 2007
By:
/s/ Claude S.
Abernethy
Claude
S. Abernethy, Jr.,
Director
Date: June
13, 2007
By:
/s/ Allison T.
Clark
Allison
T. Clark, Director
Date: June
13, 2007
By:
/s/ Walter
Clark
Walter
Clark, Director
Date: June
13, 2007
By:
/s/ Sam
Chesnutt
Sam
Chesnutt, Director
Date: June
13, 2007
By:
/s/ John J.
Gioffre
John
J. Gioffre, Director
Date: June
13, 2007
54
By:
/s/ George C.
Prill
George
C. Prill, Director
Date: June
13, 2007
By:
/s/ William
Simpson
William
Simpson, Director
Date: June
13, 2007
By:
/s/ Dennis A.
Wicker
Dennis
Wicker, Director
Date: June
13, 2007
By: /s/ J.
Bradley
Wilson
J.
Bradley Wilson,
Director
Date: June
13, 2007
55
AIRT,
INC
Valuation
and Qualifying Accounts
For
the
Years Ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
Description
|
Balance
at Beginning of Year
|
Additions
|
Deductions
|
Balance
at End of Year
|
||||||||||||||||
Accounts
Receivable Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
$ |
481,837
|
$ |
60,000
|
$ |
128,496
|
(1 | ) | $ |
413,341
|
||||||||||
2006
|
267,194
|
217,540
|
2,897
|
(1 | ) |
481,837
|
||||||||||||||
2005
|
367,505
|
53,845
|
154,156
|
(1 | ) |
267,194
|
||||||||||||||
Inventory
Valuation Allowance
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
$ |
450,587
|
$ |
261,697
|
$ |
48,433
|
$ |
663,851
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
441,363
|
9,224
|
-
|
450,587
|
||||||||||||||||
2005
|
389,315
|
(2 | ) |
52,048
|
-
|
(2 | ) |
441,363
|
||||||||||||
(1)
Uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(2)
2005 amounts exclude discontinued operations.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
56
AIR
T,
INC.
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number Document
23.1 Consent
of Dixon Hughes PLLC
31.1 Certification
of Walter Clark
31.2 Certification
of John Parry
32.1 Section
1350 Certification
57