AIR T INC - Quarter Report: 2009 September (Form 10-Q)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
one)
X |
Quarterly
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 for the quarterly period ended September 30,
2009
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Transition
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 for the transition period from _____to
_____
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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) (IRS
Employer Identification No.)
3524
Airport Road, Maiden, North Carolina 28650
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(828)
464
–8741
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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.
Yes
__X__ No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. (See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”,
“accelerated filer”, and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act).
Large Accelerated Filer ____ Accelerated
Filer____ Non-Accelerated
Filer____ Smaller Reporting
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not check if smaller reporting company)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes No__X__
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Common
Stock Outstanding Shares at
October 30, 2009
Common Shares, par value of $.25 per share 2,424,486
AIR
T, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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QUARTERLY
REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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PAGE #
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PART
I
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Income
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3 | ||||
Three
Months and Six Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
(Unaudited)
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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4 | ||||
September
30, 2009 (Unaudited) and March 31, 2009
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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5 | ||||
Six
Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (Unaudited)
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive
Income
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6 | ||||
Six
Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (Unaudited)
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Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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7 | ||||
Item
2.
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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11 | |||
Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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17 | |||
Item
4(T)
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Controls
and Procedures
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17 | |||
PART
II
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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17 | |||
Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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17 | |||
Item
6
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Exhibits
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18 | |||
Signatures
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19 | ||||
Exhibit
Index
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Certifications
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Item
1. Financial Statements
AIR T, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
Three
Months Ended September 30,
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Six
Months Ended September 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Operating
Revenues:
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Overnight
air cargo
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$ | 9,814,199 | $ | 11,560,980 | $ | 18,602,675 | $ | 21,016,544 | ||||||||
Ground
equipment sales
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8,092,702 | 10,709,743 | 16,195,521 | 22,050,748 | ||||||||||||
Ground
support services
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2,234,887 | 1,741,598 | 4,291,899 | 3,361,606 | ||||||||||||
20,141,788 | 24,012,321 | 39,090,095 | 46,428,898 | |||||||||||||
Operating
Expenses:
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Flight-air
cargo
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4,444,922 | 5,302,006 | 8,280,391 | 10,040,781 | ||||||||||||
Maintenance-air
cargo
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3,908,095 | 4,531,386 | 7,273,917 | 7,587,878 | ||||||||||||
Ground
equipment sales
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6,209,186 | 8,115,827 | 11,960,912 | 16,159,375 | ||||||||||||
Ground
support services
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1,580,039 | 1,267,160 | 3,085,775 | 2,509,601 | ||||||||||||
General
and administrative
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2,561,488 | 2,666,232 | 5,212,007 | 5,809,696 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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107,466 | 111,265 | 211,364 | 222,603 | ||||||||||||
18,811,196 | 21,993,876 | 36,024,366 | 42,329,934 | |||||||||||||
Operating
Income
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1,330,592 | 2,018,445 | 3,065,729 | 4,098,964 | ||||||||||||
Non-operating
Expense (Income):
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Gain
on retirement plan settlement
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- | - | (8,460 | ) | - | |||||||||||
Interest
expense
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3,241 | 22,512 | 16,920 | 35,734 | ||||||||||||
Investment
income
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(27,530 | ) | (40,220 | ) | (54,579 | ) | (58,173 | ) | ||||||||
Other
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2,826 | 339 | 2,826 | 339 | ||||||||||||
(21,463 | ) | (17,369 | ) | (43,293 | ) | (22,100 | ) | |||||||||
Earnings
Before Income Taxes
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1,352,055 | 2,035,814 | 3,109,022 | 4,121,064 | ||||||||||||
Income
Taxes
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505,000 | 714,000 | 1,144,000 | 1,459,000 | ||||||||||||
Net
Earnings
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$ | 847,055 | $ | 1,321,814 | $ | 1,965,022 | $ | 2,662,064 | ||||||||
Basic
and Diluted Net Earnings Per Share
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$ | 0.35 | $ | 0.55 | $ | 0.81 | $ | 1.10 | ||||||||
Dividends
Declared Per Share
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | 0.33 | $ | 0.30 | ||||||||
Weighted
Average Shares Outstanding:
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Basic
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2,424,486 | 2,424,115 | 2,424,486 | 2,423,812 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
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2,428,033 | 2,437,653 | 2,424,486 | 2,424,929 | ||||||||||||
See
notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AIR T, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
September
30, 2009
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March
31, 2009
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ASSETS
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(Unaudited)
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Current
Assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 2,802,262 | $ | 6,852,713 | ||||
Short-term
investments
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1,002,477 | 1,002,221 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable, less allowance for
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doubtful
accounts of $141,000 and $111,000
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9,780,554 | 6,253,007 | ||||||
Notes
and other non-trade receivables-current
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268,953 | 292,744 | ||||||
Income
tax receivable
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270,000 | 117,000 | ||||||
Inventories
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9,864,816 | 9,830,956 | ||||||
Deferred
income taxes
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634,000 | 599,000 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
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304,904 | 317,153 | ||||||
Total
Current Assets
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24,927,966 | 25,264,794 | ||||||
Property
and Equipment, net
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1,488,998 | 1,607,840 | ||||||
Deferred
Income Taxes
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333,000 | 638,000 | ||||||
Cash
Surrender Value of Life Insurance Policies
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1,465,442 | 1,431,440 | ||||||
Notes
and Other Non-Trade Receivables-LongTerm
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305,932 | 314,295 | ||||||
Other
Assets
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87,968 | 84,968 | ||||||
Total
Assets
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$ | 28,609,306 | $ | 29,341,337 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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Current
Liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$ | 2,800,165 | $ | 3,021,074 | ||||
Accrued
compensation to executive
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950,000 | |||||||
Accrued
expenses
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2,678,894 | 3,135,698 | ||||||
Current
portion of long-term obligations
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12,673 | 462,708 | ||||||
Total
Current Liabilities
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5,491,732 | 7,569,480 | ||||||
Long-term
Obligations
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68,709 | 18,619 | ||||||
Stockholders'
Equity:
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Preferred
stock, $1.00 par value, 50,000 shares authorized,
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- | - | ||||||
Common
stock, $.25 par value; 4,000,000 shares authorized,
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2,424,486
shares issued and outstanding
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606,121 | 606,121 | ||||||
Additional
paid in capital
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6,176,015 | 6,045,330 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
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16,266,729 | 15,101,787 | ||||||
Total
Stockholders' Equity
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23,048,865 | 21,753,238 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
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$ | 28,609,306 | $ | 29,341,337 | ||||
See
notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AIR T, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
Six
Months Ended September 30,
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2009
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2008
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CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
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Net
earnings
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$ | 1,965,022 | $ | 2,662,064 | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net earnings to net
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cash
(used in) provided by operating activities:
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(Gain)
Loss on sale of assets
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2,826 | (16,275 | ) | |||||
Change
in accounts receivable and inventory reserves
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29,790 | (118,425 | ) | |||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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211,364 | 222,603 | ||||||
Change
in cash surrender value of life insurance
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(34,002 | ) | (34,002 | ) | ||||
Deferred
income taxes
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270,000 | (112,277 | ) | |||||
Periodic
pension cost
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- | 51,258 | ||||||
Gain
on retirement plan settlement
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(8,460 | ) | - | |||||
Warranty
reserve
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(28,612 | ) | 63,000 | |||||
Compensation
expense related to stock options
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130,685 | 169,660 | ||||||
Change
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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(3,557,337 | ) | 2,147,926 | |||||
Notes
receivable and other non-trade receivables
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32,155 | 6,576 | ||||||
Inventories
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(32,146 | ) | (3,328,368 | ) | ||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
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8,992 | 30,320 | ||||||
Accounts
payable
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(220,909 | ) | (47,823 | ) | ||||
Accrued
expenses
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(428,193 | ) | 76,808 | |||||
Accrued
compensation to executive
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(941,540 | ) | - | |||||
Income
taxes receivable
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(153,000 | ) | 22,669 | |||||
Total
adjustments
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(4,718,387 | ) | (866,350 | ) | ||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by operating activities
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(2,753,365 | ) | 1,795,714 | |||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
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Proceeds
from sale of investments
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- | 6,679,235 | ||||||
Purchase
of investments
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- | (6,663,595 | ) | |||||
Capital
expenditures
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(97,062 | ) | (100,865 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(97,062 | ) | (85,225 | ) | ||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
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Proceeds
from line of credit, net
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63,028 | - | ||||||
Aircraft
term loan payments
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(450,035 | ) | (56,533 | ) | ||||
Payment
of cash dividend
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(800,080 | ) | (727,050 | ) | ||||
Payment
on capital leases
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(12,937 | ) | (9,417 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
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- | 6,375 | ||||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
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(1,200,024 | ) | (786,625 | ) | ||||
NET
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
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(4,050,451 | ) | 923,864 | |||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
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6,852,713 | 51,858 | ||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
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$ | 2,802,262 | $ | 975,722 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
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Cash
paid during the period for:
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Interest
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$ | 19,723 | $ | 29,985 | ||||
Income
taxes
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1,027,000 | 1,548,416 | ||||||
See
notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AIR T, INC AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
Common
Stock
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Additional
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Other
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Total
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Paid-In
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Retained
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Comprehensive
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Stockholders'
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Shares
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Amount
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Capital
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Earnings
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Income
(Loss)
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Equity
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Balance,
March 31, 2008
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2,423,506 | $ | 605,876 | $ | 5,700,002 | $ | 11,450,192 | $ | (41,513 | ) | $ | 17,714,557 | ||||||||||||
Net
earnings
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2,662,064 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income,
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net
of tax
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9,821 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
Income
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2,671,885 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend ($0.30 per share)
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(727,050 | ) | (727,050 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
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1,000 | 250 | 6,125 | 6,375 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
expense related to
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stock
options
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169,660 | 169,660 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
September 30, 2008
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2,424,506 | $ | 606,126 | $ | 5,875,787 | $ | 13,385,206 | $ | (31,692 | ) | $ | 19,835,427 | ||||||||||||
Accumulated
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Common
Stock
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Additional
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Other
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Total
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Paid-In
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Retained
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Comprehensive
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Stockholders'
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Shares
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Amount
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Capital
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Earnings
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Income
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Equity
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Balance,
March 31, 2009
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2,424,486 | $ | 606,121 | $ | 6,045,330 | $ | 15,101,787 | $ | - | $ | 21,753,238 | |||||||||||||
Net
earnings
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1,965,022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income
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- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
Income
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1,965,022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividend ($0.33 per share)
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(800,080 | ) | (800,080 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation
expense related to
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stock
options
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130,685 | 130,685 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
September 30, 2009
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2,424,486 | $ | 606,121 | $ | 6,176,015 | $ | 16,266,729 | $ | - | $ | 23,048,865 | |||||||||||||
See
notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AIR T, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1.
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Financial Statement
Presentation
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The
condensed consolidated financial statements of Air T, Inc. (the “Company”) have
been prepared, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and
disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and
regulations, although the Company believes that the following disclosures are
adequate to make the information presented not misleading. In the
opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring
adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the
periods presented have been made.
It is
suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2009. The
results of operations for the periods ended September 30 are not necessarily
indicative of the operating results for the full year.
2.
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Income
Taxes
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The tax
effect of temporary differences, primarily asset reserves and accrued
liabilities, gave rise to the Company's deferred tax asset in the accompanying
September 30, 2009 and March 31, 2009 condensed consolidated balance sheets.
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
income tax provisions for the respective three and six-month periods ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008 differ from the federal statutory rate primarily as
a result of state income taxes offset by permanent tax differences, including
the federal production deduction.
3.
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Comprehensive
Income
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The
following table provides a reconciliation of net earnings reported in our
financial statements to total comprehensive income:
Three
Months Ended September 30,
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Six
Months Ended September 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Net
earnings
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$ | 847,055 | $ | 1,321,814 | $ | 1,965,022 | $ | 2,662,064 | ||||||||
Other
Comprehensive Income:
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Amortization
of Net Actuarial Losses (Net
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of
tax)
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- | 6,049 | - | 9,821 | ||||||||||||
Total
Comprehensive Income
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$ | 847,055 | $ | 1,327,863 | $ | 1,965,022 | $ | 2,671,885 | ||||||||
4.
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Net Earnings Per
Share
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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.
The
computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share is as
follows:
Three
Months Ended September 30,
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Six
Months Ended September 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Net
earnings
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$ | 847,055 | $ | 1,321,814 | $ | 1,965,022 | $ | 2,662,064 | ||||||||
Basic
and Diluted Net Earnings Per Share
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$ | 0.35 | $ | 0.55 | $ | 0.81 | $ | 1.10 | ||||||||
Weighted
Average Shares Outstanding:
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Basic
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2,424,486 | 2,424,115 | 2,424,486 | 2,423,812 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
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2,428,033 | 2,437,653 | 2,424,486 | 2,424,929 |
For the
three and six months ended September 30, 2009, options to acquire 31,000 and
234,000 shares of common stock, respectively, were not included in computing
diluted earnings per common share because their effects were
anti-dilutive.
5.
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Inventories
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Inventories
consisted of the following:
September
30,
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March
31,
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2009
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2009
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Aircraft
parts and supplies
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$ | 131,196 | $ | 151,833 | ||||
Ground
equipment manufacturing:
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Raw
materials
|
7,905,023 | 6,935,490 | ||||||
Work
in process
|
1,176,193 | 2,439,072 | ||||||
Finished
goods
|
1,234,477 | 886,634 | ||||||
Total
inventories
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10,446,889 | 10,413,029 | ||||||
Reserves
|
(582,073 | ) | (582,073 | ) | ||||
Total,
net of reserves
|
$ | 9,864,816 | $ | 9,830,956 |
6.
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Stock Based
Compensation
|
The
Company maintains stock based compensation plans which allow for the issuance of
stock options to officers, other key employees of the Company, and to members of
the Board of Directors. The Company accounts for stock compensation
using fair value recognition provisions.
No
options were granted or exercised during the six-month period ended September
30, 2009. Stock based compensation expense has been recognized in the
amount of $45,855 and $84,830 for each of the three-month periods and $130,685
and $169,660 for each of the six-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and
2008, respectively. As of September 30, 2009, there was $3,400 of
unrecognized compensation expense to be recognized through December 31,
2009.
7.
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Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
|
In June
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (“FASB”) issued Accounting
Standards Codification (“ASC”) 105-10, Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles – Overall (“ASC 105-10”). ASC 105-10
establishes the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”) as the
source of authoritative U.S. GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by
nongovernment entities. It also modifies the GAAP hierarchy to
include only two levels of GAAP; authoritative and
non-authoritative. ASC 105-10 is effective for financial statements
issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15,
2009. Therefore, the Company adopted ASC 105-10 in our second quarter
ended September 30, 2009. References to FASB guidance throughout this
document have been updated for the Codification.
8.
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Fair Value of
Financial Instruments
|
The
Company measures and reports financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a
recurring basis. Fair value measurement is classified and disclosed
in one of the following three categories:
Level 1:
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the
measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.
Level 2:
Quoted prices in markets that are not active or inputs which are observable,
either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or
liability.
Level 3:
Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to
the fair value measurement and unobservable (i.e., supported by little or
no market activity).
The
Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
(all Level 1 categories) were as follows:
Fair
Value Measurements at
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September
30, 2009
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March
31, 2009
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 2,802,262 | $ | 6,852,713 | ||||
Short-term
investments
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$ | 1,002,477 | $ | 1,002,221 |
Cash and
cash equivalents include cash in operating bank accounts, liquid money market
accounts and 90-day certificates of deposit placed through an account registry
service (“CDARS”). Short-term investments consist of investments in
CDARS with original maturities of 26 weeks or more. The
original cost of both of these categories of assets approximates their fair
value.
9.
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Financing
Arrangements
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In
September 2009, the Company amended its $7,000,000 secured long-term revolving
credit line, modifying the debt covenants, modifying the interest rate spread
and extending its expiration date to August 31, 2011. The revolving
credit line contains customary events of default, a subjective acceleration
clause and a fixed charge coverage requirement, which the Company was in
compliance with at September 30, 2009. There is no requirement for
the Company to maintain a lock-box arrangement under this
agreement. 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 September 30, 2009, $6,937,000 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 150 basis
points. The LIBOR rate at September 30, 2009 was .25%. The
line of credit had an outstanding balance of $63,000 at September 30,
2009.
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.
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10.
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Segment
Information
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The
Company operates in three business segments. The overnight air cargo
segment, comprised of its Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. (“MAC”) and CSA Air, Inc.
(“CSA”) subsidiaries, operates in the air express delivery services
industry. The ground equipment sales segment, comprised of its Global
Ground Support, LLC (“GGS”) subsidiary, manufactures and provides mobile deicers
and other specialized equipment products to passenger and cargo airlines,
airports, the military and industrial customers. The ground support
services segment, comprised of its Global Aviation Services, LLC (“GAS”)
subsidiary, provides ground support equipment maintenance and facilities
maintenance services to domestic airlines and aviation service
providers. Each business segment has separate management teams and
infrastructures that offer different products and services. The
Company evaluates the performance of its operating segments based on operating
income.
Segment
data is summarized as follows:
Three
Months Ended September 30,
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Six
Months Ended September 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Operating
Revenues:
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Overnight
Air Cargo
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$ | 9,814,199 | $ | 11,560,980 | $ | 18,602,675 | $ | 21,016,544 | ||||||||
Ground
Equipment Sales:
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Domestic
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5,045,182 | 8,849,333 | 12,030,007 | 19,153,428 | ||||||||||||
International
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3,047,520 | 1,860,410 | 4,165,514 | 2,897,320 | ||||||||||||
Total
Ground Equipment Sales
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8,092,702 | 10,709,743 | 16,195,521 | 22,050,748 | ||||||||||||
Ground
Support Services
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2,234,887 | 1,741,598 | 4,291,899 | 3,361,606 | ||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 20,141,788 | $ | 24,012,321 | $ | 39,090,095 | $ | 46,428,898 | ||||||||
Operating
Income
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Overnight
Air Cargo
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$ | 605,133 | $ | 936,398 | $ | 1,399,944 | $ | 1,777,826 | ||||||||
Ground
Equipment Sales
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951,190 | 1,594,990 | 2,307,722 | 3,674,057 | ||||||||||||
Ground
Support Services
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309,949 | 194,509 | 565,291 | 129,134 | ||||||||||||
Corporate
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(535,680 | ) | (707,452 | ) | (1,207,228 | ) | (1,482,053 | ) | ||||||||
Total
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$ | 1,330,592 | $ | 2,018,445 | $ | 3,065,729 | $ | 4,098,964 | ||||||||
Capital
Expenditures:
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Overnight
Air Cargo
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$ | 22,085 | $ | 1,275 | $ | 34,585 | $ | 15,620 | ||||||||
Ground
Equipment Sales
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- | 3,580 | 20,436 | 7,185 | ||||||||||||
Ground
Support Services
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- | 34,105 | 13,555 | 40,048 | ||||||||||||
Corporate
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- | - | 28,486 | 38,012 | ||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 22,085 | $ | 38,960 | $ | 97,062 | $ | 100,865 | ||||||||
Depreciation
and Amortization:
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Overnight
Air Cargo
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$ | 52,972 | $ | 67,545 | $ | 106,147 | $ | 137,414 | ||||||||
Ground
Equipment Sales
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13,280 | 9,670 | 25,148 | 22,397 | ||||||||||||
Ground
Support Services
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27,478 | 23,208 | 54,222 | 43,152 | ||||||||||||
Corporate
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13,736 | 10,842 | 25,847 | 19,640 | ||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 107,466 | $ | 111,265 | $ | 211,364 | $ | 222,603 | ||||||||
As
of :
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September
30, 2009
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March
31, 2009
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Identifiable
Assets:
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Overnight
Air Cargo
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$ | 4,078,779 | $ | 6,779,257 | ||||||||||||
Ground
Equipment Sales
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17,691,358 | 12,299,439 | ||||||||||||||
Ground
Support Services
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2,251,954 | 2,231,834 | ||||||||||||||
Corporate
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4,587,215 | 8,030,807 | ||||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 28,609,306 | $ | 29,341,337 |
11.
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Commitments and
Contingencies
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On
February 28, 2005, a 135-foot fixed-stand deicing boom sold by Global Ground
Support, LLC (“GGS”) for installation at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania airport,
and maintained by GGS, collapsed on an Airbus A330 aircraft operated by U.S.
Airways. GGS was named as a defendant in three legal actions arising from
this incident and GGS commenced litigation against its subcontractor that
designed, fabricated and warrantied the booms, seeking to recover approximately
$905,000 in costs incurred by GGS in fiscal 2006 in connection with repairing
the 11 remaining booms sold by GGS and installed at the Philadelphia
airport. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, two of these
legal actions against GGS were settled and GGS’s share of each of those
settlements was fully paid by its liability insurer, and no out-of-pocket costs
or charges were incurred by GGS in either of those cases.
The claim
asserted by GGS against its subcontractor was also settled during the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2009, with the subcontractor agreeing to pay a total of
$550,000 to GGS, which payments will be made in interest-free installments over
a two and one-half year period. The $550,000 settlement was recorded
as income in the year ended March 31, 2009 and the unpaid balance of $400,000 is
included in notes and other non-trade receivables in the September 30, 2009
condensed consolidated balance sheet.
The last
claim arising out of the incident involved a lawsuit captioned as City of Philadelphia v. Elliot
Equipment Company, et al. GGS was one of five defendants named
in the action to recover for the loss of the collapsed deicing
boom. In July 2009, the parties to this action agreed to the terms of
a settlement, under which GGS agreed to provide labor and materials towards
providing a replacement deicing boom. Management believes that the
GGS settlement portion will not have a material adverse affect on the Company’s
results of operations or financial position.
The
Company is currently involved in certain personal injury and former employee
matters, which involve pending or threatened lawsuits. Those claims
are subject to defense under the Company's liability insurance program and
management believes that the results of these threatened or pending lawsuits
will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations
or financial position.
12.
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Deferred Retirement
Obligation
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On
December 19, 2008 the Company amended the employment agreement of William H.
Simpson, the Company’s Executive Vice President and the sole executive still
covered under a supplemental retirement agreement. The amendment
deleted all provisions providing for certain payments to be made to Mr. Simpson
upon his retirement and replaced them with an obligation for the Company to pay
Mr. Simpson in July 2009 an amount designed to equal the amount that he would
have been entitled to receive had he retired at that time and elected to receive
a lump sum. The liability of $942,000 including payroll taxes
was paid in full in July 2009.
13.
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Subsequent
Events
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The
Company performs an evaluation of events that occur after a balance sheet date
but before financial statements are issued or available to be issued for
potential recognition or disclosure of such events in its financial
statements. The Company evaluated subsequent events through November
2, 2009, the date that the financial statements were issued.
Item
2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations.
Overview
The
Company operates in three business segments. The overnight air cargo
segment, comprised of its Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. (“MAC”) and CSA Air, Inc.
(“CSA”) subsidiaries, operates in the air express delivery services
industry. The ground equipment sales segment, comprised of its Global
Ground Support, LLC (“GGS”) subsidiary, manufactures and provides mobile deicers
and other specialized equipment products to passenger and cargo airlines,
airports, the U.S. military and industrial customers. The ground
support services segment, comprised of its Global Aviation Services, LLC (“GAS”)
subsidiary, provides ground support equipment maintenance and facilities
maintenance services to domestic airlines and aviation service
providers. Each business segment has separate management teams and
infrastructures that offer different products and services. The
Company evaluates the performance of its operating segments based on operating
income.
Following
is a table detailing revenues by segment and by major customer
category:
(In
thousands)
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Three
Months Ended September 30,
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Six
Months Ended September 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Overnight
Air Cargo Segment:
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FedEx
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$ | 9,814 | 49 | % | $ | 11,561 | 48 | % | $ | 18,602 | 48 | % | $ | 21,017 | 45 | % | |||||||
Ground
Equipment Sales Segment:
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Military
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1,763 | 9 | % | 2,462 | 10 | % | 7,636 | 19 | % | 11,258 | 25 | % | |||||||||||
Commercial
- Domestic
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3,282 | 16 | % | 6,388 | 27 | % | 4,394 | 11 | % | 7,896 | 17 | % | |||||||||||
Commercial
- International
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3,048 | 15 | % | 1,860 | 8 | % | 4,166 | 11 | % | 2,897 | 6 | % | |||||||||||
8,093 | 40 | % | 10,710 | 45 | % | 16,196 | 41 | % | 22,051 | 48 | % | ||||||||||||
Ground
Support Services Segment
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2,235 | 11 | % | 1,741 | 7 | % | 4,292 | 11 | % | 3,361 | 7 | % | |||||||||||
$ | 20,142 | 100 | % | $ | 24,012 | 100 | % | $ | 39,090 | 100 | % | $ | 46,429 | 101 | % |
MAC and
CSA are short-haul express airfreight carriers and provide air cargo services to
one primary customer, FedEx Corporation (“FedEx”). MAC will also on
occasion provide maintenance services to other airline customers and the
U.S. Military. Under the terms of dry-lease service
agreements, which currently cover all of the 81 revenue aircraft, the Company
receives a monthly administrative fee based on the number of aircraft operated
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. As a result, the fluctuating cost of fuel has not had any
direct impact on our air cargo operating results. 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. 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 airfreight 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.
MAC and
CSA combined contributed approximately $18,602,000 and $21,017,000 to the
Company’s revenues for the six-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively, a current year decrease of $2,415,000 (11%).
GGS
manufactures and supports aircraft deicers and other specialized industrial
equipment on a worldwide basis. GGS manufactures a variety of models
of mobile deicing equipment with capacities ranging from 700 to 2,800
gallons. GGS also provides fixed-pedestal-mounted
deicers. Each model can be customized as requested by the customer,
including single operator configuration, fire suppressant equipment, open basket
or enclosed cab, a patented forced-air deicing nozzle and on-board glycol
blending system to substantially reduce glycol usage, and style of the exterior
finish. GGS also manufactures various 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. GGS competes primarily on the basis of the quality,
performance and reliability of its products, prompt delivery, customer service
and price. In June 1999, GGS was awarded a four-year contract to
supply deicing equipment to the United States Air Force. GGS was
awarded two three-year extensions of that contract through June
2009. On July 15, 2009, the Company announced that GGS had been
awarded a new contract to supply deicing trucks to the United States Air
Force. The contract award was for one year with four additional
one-year extension options that may be exercised by the United States Air
Force.
GGS
contributed approximately $16,196,000 and $22,051,000 to the Company’s revenues
for the six-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. The $5,855,000 (27%) decrease in revenues was due to a
decrease in the number of military and commercial deicing units delivered in the
current period. Those decreases have been partially offset by an
increase in international deicer sales, particularly to the China
market. At September 30, 2009, GGS’s order backlog was $13.6 million
compared to $18.6 million at September 30, 2008 and $14.8 million at June 30,
2009.
GAS was
formed in September 2007 to operate the aircraft ground support equipment
services and airport facility maintenance services business of the
Company. GAS is providing aircraft ground support equipment services
and airport facility maintenance services to a wide variety of customers at a
number of locations throughout the country.
GAS
contributed approximately $4,292,000 and $3,361,000 to the Company’s revenues
for the six-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. The $931,000 (28%) increase in revenues was due to the
continued growth and expansion of GAS as it continued to add new customers and
service locations over the past year. GAS has grown to 11% of
consolidated revenues for the six-month period ended September 30,
2009.
Second Quarter
Highlights
The prior
year quarter ended September 30, 2008 was an exceptional quarter in terms of
revenues and net earnings which was fueled by the unusually high backlog at
March 31, 2008 as well as the high demand for military and commercial
deicers. The current year second quarter ended September 30, 2009 saw
a significant decline from the outstanding quarter of a year ago, although it
was in line with historical standards. We saw a significant decline
in both military and domestic commercial deicer deliveries from the prior year
comparable quarter. The domestic commercial market has slowed
reflecting the current difficult economic and industry
conditions. The military deliveries slowed this quarter as we were
delayed by the availability of certain inventory components. We also
saw a decline in the revenues and operating income from the air cargo segment as
the number of revenue aircraft decreased from 87 a year ago to 81
currently. We remain dedicated to conserving cash, monitoring costs,
and strengthening our customer and vendor relationships.
On July
15, 2009, the Company announced that GGS had been awarded a new contract to
supply deicing trucks to the United States Air Force. The contract
award was for one year with four additional one-year extension
options. The contract replaces GGS’s previous contract with the
United States Air Force which expired in June 2009, under which GGS provided 420
deicers over the past ten years. The new contract was the result of a
highly competitive bid process and the Company expects margins on deicing trucks
to be reduced under the new contract compared to the recently expired
contract. The Company expects orders and deliveries under the new
contract to begin in the last quarter of fiscal 2010 or the first quarter of
fiscal 2011. The
company does not know at this time the number of units or configurations of the
expected delivery order for the U.S. Government fiscal year beginning October 1,
2009.
During
the quarter ended September 30, 2009, revenues from our GAS subsidiary totaled
$2,235,000. This new line of business continues to expand its
customer base though revenues have stabilized over the past twelve
months. GAS’s main challenges continue to be its ability to add
additional customers and develop existing ones to optimally utilize our staffing
capacity at existing locations, to selectively add new stations, and to manage
accounts receivable in a difficult operating environment and
industry. We also continue to monitor the Northwest Airlines and
Delta Airlines merger as the combined airline comprises a substantial portion of
GAS’s business.
Critical Accounting Policies
and Estimates
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 Company believes that the following are its most
significant accounting policies:
Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts. An allowance for doubtful accounts receivable
is 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 inventories are valued at the lower of cost or
market. Provisions for excess and obsolete inventories are based on
assessment of the marketability of slow-moving and obsolete
inventories. Historical parts 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.
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 quarterly as actual warranty cost becomes known.
Income
Taxes. Income taxes have been provided using the liability
method. Deferred income taxes reflect the net affects of temporary
differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial
reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax reporting purposes using
enacted rates expected to be in effect during the year in which the basis
differences reverse.
Stock
Based Compensation. The Company recognizes stock based compensation using
the modified prospective method of adoption, which requires all share-based
payments, including grants of stock options, to be recognized in the income
statement as an operating expense, based on their fair values over the requisite
service period. The compensation cost we record for these awards is based on
their fair value on the date of grant. The Company has used the Black Scholes
option-pricing model as its method for valuing stock options. The key
assumptions for this valuation method include the expected term of the option,
stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield.
Revenue
Recognition. Cargo revenue is recognized upon completion of contract
terms. Maintenance and ground support services revenue is recognized
when the service has been performed. Revenue from product sales is
recognized when contract terms are completed and ownership has passed to the
customer.
Seasonality
GGS’s
business has historically been seasonal. The Company has continued
its efforts to reduce GGS’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, GGS
was awarded a four-year contract to supply deicing equipment to the United
States Air Force, and subsequently was awarded two three-year extensions on the
contract, which expired in June 2009. In July 2009, GGS was awarded a
new one-year contract with the United States Air Force with four additional
one-year extension options. 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 overnight
air cargo and ground support services segments are not susceptible to seasonal
trends.
Results of
Operations
Second
Quarter Fiscal 2010 Compared to Second Quarter Fiscal 2009
Consolidated
revenue decreased $3,871,000 (16%) to $20,142,000 for the three-month period
ended September 30, 2009 compared to its equivalent prior period. The decrease
in revenues resulted from a number of factors. Revenues in the air
cargo segment were down $1,747,000 (15%) primarily as a result of decreased
flight and maintenance department costs passed through to its customer at cost
as the number of aircraft operated at the end of the quarter decreased to 81
from 87 at September 30, 2008. The reduction in aircraft also
resulted in a $93,000 decrease in administrative fee revenue from
FedEx. Revenues in the ground equipment sales segment decreased
$2,617,000 (24%) to $8,093,000 principally as a result of a decrease in both
military and domestic commercial deicer deliveries during the second quarter of
fiscal 2010 compared to the historically high level of deliveries in the prior
year period. In addition, GAS provided revenues of $2,235,000 during
the three-month period ended September 30, 2009, compared to revenue of
$1,742,000 in the prior year comparable quarter, as it continues to add new
customers and new service locations compared to a year ago.
Operating
expenses decreased $3,183,000 (14%) to $18,811,000 for the three-month period
ended September 30, 2009 compared to its equivalent prior period. The
decrease was due to a number of factors. Operating expenses in the
air cargo segment were down $1,480,000 (15%) primarily as a result of decreased
flight and maintenance departments costs passed through to its customer at cost,
resulting from the decrease in number of aircraft operated. Ground
equipment sales segment operating costs decreased $1,907,000 (23%) driven
primarily by the current quarter’s decrease in military and domestic commercial
deicing units and revenues. The ground support services segment
reported a $313,000 (25%) increase in operating expenses directly related to the
increased revenue provided by GAS this quarter. General and
administrative expenses decreased $105,000 (4%) to $2,562,000 for the
three-month period ended September 30, 2009 compared to its equivalent prior
period, with a significant component being a profit sharing expense decrease of
$69,000 in the current quarter based on the decrease in earnings.
Operating
income for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 was $1,331,000, a $688,000 (34%)
decrease from the same quarter of the prior year. The overnight air
cargo segment saw a 35% decrease in its operating income due to fewer aircraft
and the corresponding decrease in administrative fee revenue. The
ground equipment sales segment experienced a 40% decrease in its operating
income principally as a result of the decrease in revenues, with the segment’s
gross margin relatively consistent over the two periods. On a
positive note, the ground support services segment saw a 59% increase in its
operating income as the new segment has transitioned from startup mode and is
benefitting from the maturing of its business and individual
locations.
Non-operating
income, net, increased by $4,000 to $22,000 for the three-month period ended
September 30, 2009. The principal differences were a decrease in
interest expense of $19,000 offset by a decrease in investment income of
$13,000, due to decreased investment rates in the current period.
Pretax
earnings decreased $684,000 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2009
compared to 2008, as a result of the decreased revenues and profits in both the
air cargo and ground equipment sales segments, partially offset by the increased
revenues and profits within the ground support services segment.
During
the three-month period ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded $505,000
in income tax expense, which resulted in an estimated annual tax rate of 37.4%,
compared to 35.1% for the comparable quarter in 2008. The estimated
annual effective tax rates for both periods differ from the U. S. federal
statutory rate of 34% primarily due to the effect of state income taxes offset
by permanent tax differences, including the federal production
deduction.
First
Six Months of Fiscal 2010 Compared to First Six Months of Fiscal
2009
Consolidated
revenue decreased $7,339,000 (16%) to $39,090,000 for the six-month period ended
September 30, 2009 compared to its equivalent prior period. The decrease in
revenues resulted from a number of factors. Revenues in the air cargo
segment were down $2,414,000 (11%) primarily as a result of decreased flight and
maintenance department costs passed through to its customer at cost as the
number of aircraft operated at the end of the period decreased to 81 from 87 at
September 30, 2008. The reduction in aircraft also resulted in a
$218,000 decrease in administrative fee revenue from FedEx. Revenues
in the ground equipment sales segment decreased $5,855,000 (27%) to $16,196,000
principally as a result of a decrease in military and domestic commercial deicer
revenues during the first six months of fiscal 2010. In addition, GAS
provided revenues of $4,292,000 during the six-month period ended September 30,
2009, compared to revenue of $3,362,000 in the prior year comparable period, as
it continues to add new customers and new service locations.
Operating
expenses decreased $6,306,000 (15%) to $36,024,000 for the six-month period
ended September 30, 2009 compared to its equivalent prior period. The
decrease was due to a number of factors. Operating expenses in the
air cargo segment were down $2,074,000 (12%) primarily as a result of decreased
flight and maintenance departments costs passed through to its customer at cost,
as a result of the decrease in the number of aircraft
operated. Ground equipment sales segment operating costs decreased
$4,199,000 (26%) driven primarily by the current period’s decrease in military
and domestic commercial units and revenues. The ground support
services segment reported a $576,000 increase in operating expenses directly
related to the increased revenue provided by GAS this period. General
and administrative expenses decreased $598,000 (10%) to $5,212,000 for the
six-month period ended September 30, 2009 compared to its equivalent prior
period. There were a number of significant components comprising this
decrease. First, the provision for doubtful accounts had increased by
$160,000 in the prior year period compared with an increase of $30,000 in the
current year period, a $130,000 reduction. In addition, travel,
tradeshow and advertising expense decreased by approximately $160,000, period to
period, while insurance and professional fee expense decreased by $52,000 and
$70,000, respectively. Compensation expense relating to stock options
is also declining and was $40,000 less in the current
period. Finally, profit sharing expense was $130,000 less in the
current period based on the decreased earnings.
Operating
income for the six-month period ended September 30, 2009 was $3,066,000, a
$1,033,000 (25%) decrease from the same period of the prior year. The
overnight air cargo segment saw a 21% decrease in its operating income due to
fewer aircraft and the corresponding decrease in administrative fee revenue, but
otherwise experienced no significant changes to its operations or
margins. The ground equipment sales segment experienced a 37%
decrease in its operating income principally a result of the decrease in
revenues, with the segment’s gross margin relatively consistent over the two
periods. The ground support services segment saw a 338% increase in
its operating income as the new segment has transitioned from startup mode and
is now beginning to benefit from the maturing of its business and individual
locations.
Non-operating
income, net, increased by $21,000 to $43,000 for the six-month period ended
September 30, 2009. The principal difference was a decrease in
interest expense of $19,000.
Pretax
earnings decreased $1,012,000 for the six-month period ended September 30, 2009
compared to the prior period, due in large part to the decrease in the ground
equipment sales segment operating revenues and income and to a lesser degree to
the decrease in the air cargo segment operating revenues and
income.
During
the six-month period ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded $1,144,000
in income tax expense, which resulted in an estimated annual tax rate of 36.8%,
compared to 35.4% for the comparable prior period. The estimated
annual effective tax rates for both periods differ from the U. S. federal
statutory rate of 34% primarily due to the effect of state income taxes offset
by permanent tax differences, including the federal production
deduction.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
As of
September 30, 2009 the Company's working capital amounted to $19,436,000, an
increase of $1,741,000 compared to March 31, 2009. The increase was primarily
the result of positive earnings for the period offset by the payment of the
annual dividend in June 2009.
In
September 2009, the Company amended its $7,000,000 secured long-term revolving
credit line, modifying the debt covenants, modifying the interest rate spread
and extending its expiration date to August 31, 2011. The revolving
credit line contains customary events of default, a subjective acceleration
clause and a fixed charge coverage requirement, which the Company was in
compliance with at September 30, 2009. There is no requirement for
the Company to maintain a lock-box arrangement under this
agreement. 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 September 30, 2009, $6,937,000 was available under the
terms of the credit facility. The line of credit had an outstanding balance of
$63,000 at September 30, 2009.
Amounts
advanced under the credit facility bear interest at the 30-day “LIBOR” rate plus
150 basis points. The LIBOR rate at September 30, 2009 was .25%. The
Company is exposed to changes in interest rates on its line of credit with
respect to any borrowings outstanding under the line of
credit. However, because the Company’s outstanding balance under the
line of credit was minimal during the quarter ended September 30, 2009, changes
in the LIBOR rate during that period would have had a minimal affect on its
interest expense for the quarter.
Following
is a table of changes in cash flow for the respective periods:
Six
Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Net
Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
|
$ | (2,753,000 | ) | $ | 1,796,000 | |||
Net
Cash Used in Investing Activities
|
(97,000 | ) | (85,000 | ) | ||||
Net
Cash Used in Financing Activities
|
(1,200,000 | ) | (787,000 | ) | ||||
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
$ | (4,050,000 | ) | $ | 924,000 |
Cash used
in operating activities was $4,549,000 more for the six-month period ended
September 30, 2009 compared to the similar prior year period, resulting from a
variety of offsetting factors. Accounts receivable increased
significantly during the current period while they had decreased in the prior
year comparable period, offset by inventory levels that were flat in the current
period compared to a significant increase in the comparable prior year
period. In addition, accrued compensation and other expenses were
paid down at a much greater rate in the current six-month period as compared to
the prior year period.
Cash used
in investing activities was very comparable in the six-month periods,
principally equipment acquisitions.
Cash used
in financing activities was $413,000 more in the six-month period ended
September 30, 2009, than in the corresponding prior year period primarily due to
the payoff of the aircraft term loan in April 2009.
There are
currently no commitments for significant capital expenditures. The Company’s
Board of Directors on August 7, 1998 adopted the policy to pay an annual cash
dividend, based on profitability and other factors, in the first quarter of each
fiscal year, in an amount to be determined by the Board. The Company
paid a $0.33 per share cash dividend in June 2009.
During
the year ended March 31, 2009, the Company amended the employment agreement of
William H. Simpson, the Company’s Executive Vice President. The
amendment deleted all provisions providing for certain payments to be made to
Mr. Simpson upon his retirement and replaced them with an obligation for the
Company to pay Mr. Simpson in July 2009, an amount designed to equal the amount
that he would have been entitled to receive had he retired at that time and
elected to receive a lump sum. The balance due of $942,000
including payroll taxes was paid in full in July 2009.
Contingencies
The
Company has been subject to significant contingencies associated with the
February 28, 2005 de-icing boom collapse in Philadelphia and resulting
litigation. All of the resulting litigation has now been
settled. These matters are described in Note 11 to the Notes to
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited), included in Part I,
Item 1 of this report, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Impact of
Inflation
The
Company believes that inflation has not had a material effect on its 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.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk.
Not
applicable.
Item 4(T). Controls and
Procedures
Our
management carried out an evaluation, with the participation of our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of
September 30, 2009. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures
including the accumulation and communication of information to the Company’s
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer as appropriate to allow
timely decision regarding required disclosure, were effective to provide
reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in reports
that we file or submit under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and
forms of the SEC. It should be noted that 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 the
stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how
remote.
There has
not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting in
connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) under the Exchange Act
that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2009 that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control
over financial reporting.
PART II
-- OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal
Proceedings
The
Company and its subsidiaries are subject to legal proceedings and
claims. For a description of material pending legal proceedings, see
Note 11 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part
I, Item 1 of this report, which is incorporated by reference into this
item.
Item
4. Submission of Matters to a
Vote of Security Holders
(a) The
Company held its 2009 annual meeting of stockholders on September 2,
2009.
(b) The
Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 15, 2009 listed nine nominees for election as
directors. After the printing but prior to the mailing of the proxy
materials, the Company learned of the passing of one of its incumbent directors
who had been listed in the proxy statement for re-election, Claude S Abernethy,
Jr. In light of Mr. Abernethy’s passing and the timing of the annual meeting,
the board of directors did not nominate a replacement for Mr.
Abernethy. Accordingly, the board of directors nominated the eight
nominees listed below.
(c) At
the annual meeting, the stockholders voted on the election of the eight members
of the Board of Directors and ratification of the appointment of Dixon Hughes
PLLC to serve as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2010. The following tables summarize the results of the voting on
these matters.
Election of
Directors
Nominee
|
Shares Voted For
|
Shares Voted Withheld
|
|
Walter
Clark
|
1,807,854
|
277,682
|
|
John
Parry
|
1,786,718
|
298,818
|
|
William
H. Simpson
|
1,807,829
|
277,707
|
|
Sam
Chesnutt
|
2,031,117
|
54,419
|
|
Allison
T. Clark
|
1,786,930
|
298,606
|
|
George
C. Prill
|
1,788,226
|
297,310
|
|
Dennis
A. Wicker
|
2,022,062
|
63,474
|
|
J.
Bradley Wilson
|
2,043,198
|
42,338
|
Ratification of Appointment
of Independent Auditors
Shares Voted For
|
Shares Voted Against
|
Shares Cast to Abstain
|
||
2,040,891
|
27,355
|
17,290
|
(d) Not
applicable
Item
6. Exhibits
|
(a) Exhibits
|
No. Description
3.1
|
Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Amendment to Certificate
of Incorporation dated September 25, 2008, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
period ended September 30, 2008 (Commission file No.
0-11720)
|
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 (Commission file No.
0-11720)
|
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 (Commission file No.
0-11720)
|
10.1
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Loan Agreement dated as of September 22, 2009 between the Company
and its subsidiaries and Bank of America, N.A. amending Loan Agreement
dated September 18, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 28, 2009 (Commission
file No. 0-11720)
|
31.1
|
Section
302 Certification of Chief Executive
Officer
|
31.2
|
Section
302 Certification of Chief Financial
Officer
|
32.1
|
Section
1350 Certifications
|
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.
Date: November
2, 2009
/s/ Walter
Clark
Walter
Clark, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ John
Parry
John
Parry, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
AIR T,
INC.
EXHIBIT
INDEX
No. Description of
Document
|
3.1
|
Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Amendment to Certificate
of Incorporation dated September 25, 2008, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
period ended September 30, 2008 (Commission file No.
0-11720)
|
|
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 (Commission file No.
0-11720)
|
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 (Commission file No.
0-11720)
|
10.1
|
Amendment No. 1 to Loan Agreement dated as of September 22, 2009 between
the Company and its subsidiaries and Bank of America, N.A. amending Loan
Agreement dated September 18,
2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 28, 2009 (Commission
file No. 0-11720)
|
31.1 Section
302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
31.2 Section
302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
32.1 Section
1350 Certifications