ALLIENT INC - Annual Report: 2008 (Form 10-K)

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

Commission file number: 0-04041

ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (303) 799-8520

         Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Common Stock, no par value Nasdaq Global Market

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

         Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o    No ý

         Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o    No ý

         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 ý    No o

         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. o

         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 definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o    No ý

         The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, computed by reference to the average bid and asked prices of such stock as of the last business day of the Registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $35,200,000.

Number of shares of the only class of Common Stock outstanding: 7,578,694 as of March 19, 2009

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        All statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate, or imply future results, performance, or achievements, and may contain the word "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "project," "intend," "will continue," "will likely result," "should" or words or phrases of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results of the Company to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties include those associated with the present economic recession in the United States and throughout Europe, general business and economic conditions in the Company's motion markets, introduction of new technologies, products and competitors, the ability to protect the Company's intellectual property, the ability of the Company to sustain, manage or forecast its growth and product acceptance, success of new corporation strategies and implementation of defined critical issues designed for growth and improvement in profits, the continued success of the Company's customers to allow the Company to realize revenues from its order backlog and to support the Company's expected delivery schedules, the continued viability of the Company's customers and their ability to adapt to changing technology and product demand, the loss of significant customers or enforceability of the Company's contracts in connection with a merger, acquisition, disposition, bankruptcy, or otherwise, the ability of the Company to meet the technical specifications of its customers, the continued availability of parts and components, increased competition and changes in competitor responses to the Company's products and services, changes in government regulations, availability of financing, the ability of the Company's lenders and financial institutions to provide additional funds if needed for operations or for making future acquisitions or the ability of the Company to obtain alternate financing if present sources of financing are terminated, the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel who can design new applications and products for the motion industry, the ability of the Company to identify and consummate favorable acquisitions to support external growth and new technology, the ability of the Company to establish low cost region manufacturing and component sourcing capabilities, and the ability of the Company to control costs for the purpose of improving profitability. The Company's ability to compete in this market depends upon its capacity to anticipate the need for new products, and to continue to design and market those products to meet customers' needs in a competitive world. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Company has no obligation or intent to release publicly any revisions to any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

        New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on its business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. The Company's expectations, beliefs and projections are expressed in good faith and are believed to have a reasonable basis; however, the Company makes no assurance that expectations, beliefs or projections will be achieved.

PART I

Item 1.    Business.

        Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (Allied Motion or the Company) was organized under the laws of Colorado in 1962 and operates primarily in the United States and Europe. Allied Motion utilizes its underlying core "Electro-magnetic, Mechanical and Motion Technology/Know How" to provide compact, high performance products as solutions to a variety of motion applications. The Company is engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing and selling motor, servo motion and optical encoder products to a broad spectrum of customers throughout the world. The Company's products are manufactured at our facilities as well as contract manufacturing facilities in China and Eastern Europe.

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        Examples of the end products using Allied Motion's technology in the medical and health care industries include wheel chairs, scooters, stair climbers, vehicle lifts, patient handling tables, electric powered surgical hand pieces, programmable pumps to meter and administer infusions associated with chemotherapy, pain control and antibiotics; nuclear imaging systems, automated pharmacy dispensing equipment, kidney dialysis equipment, respiratory ventilators and heart pumps. In electronics, our products are used in the handling, inspection, and testing of components and in the automation and verification of final products such as PC's, game equipment and cell phones. Our motors are used in the HVAC systems of trucks, buses, RV's, boats and off-road construction/farming equipment. These motors operate a variety of actuation systems (e.g., lifts, slide-outs, covers etc.), they provide improved fuel efficiency while the vehicles are idling and are used in drive by wire applications to electrically replace a variety of mechanical linkages. Our products are also utilized in high performance vehicles, vehicles using alternative fuel systems such as LPG, fuel cell and hybrid vehicles. Our geared motor products are utilized in commercial grade floor cleaners, polishers and material handling devices for factories and commercial buildings. Our products are also used in a variety of military/defense applications including inertia guided missiles, mid range munitions systems, weapons systems on armed personnel carriers and in security and access control in camera systems, door access control and in airport screening and scanning devices. Other end products utilizing our technology include high definition printers; tunable lasers and spectrum analyzers for the fiber optic industry; processing equipment for the semiconductor industry, as well as cash dispensing machines (ATM's).

        Allied Motion is organized into five subsidiaries: Emoteq Corporation (Emoteq—Tulsa, OK), Computer Optical Products, Inc. (COPI—Chatsworth, CA), Motor Products Corporation (Motor Products—Owosso, MI), Stature Electric, Inc. (Stature—Watertown, NY) and Precision Motor Technology B.V. (Premotec—Dordrecht, The Netherlands). To provide additional production support of its subsidiaries, Allied Motion also has contract production capabilities in Slovakia and China.

        Emoteq designs, manufactures and markets high performance brushless and brush DC motors, drives and control electronics with a growing emphasis on complete motion system solutions tailored to meet the exact needs of its customers. Motor types include servo motors, frameless motors, torque motors and high speed (60,000 RPM+) brushless DC motors. Markets served include semiconductor manufacturing, industrial automation, medical equipment, and military and aerospace.

        COPI manufactures high resolution encoders, precision high resolution servo motors and integrated motor/encoder assemblies. COPI's primary markets are in aerospace and defense as well as telecommunications, semiconductor and scanning equipment manufacturing. Applications include missile seeker heads, flight surface controls, tunable lasers, spectrum analyzers, wavemeters, programmable attenuators and 3D scanners.

        Motor Products has been a motor producer for more than eighty years and is a vertically integrated manufacturer of customized, highly engineered fractional horsepower permanent magnet DC and brushless DC motors serving a wide range of original equipment applications. The motors are used in mobile HVAC systems, actuation systems, and specialty and general purpose pumps in a variety of markets including trucks, buses, boats, RV's, off-road vehicles, health, fitness, medical and industrial equipment.

        Stature Electric manufactures fractional and integral horsepower gear motors, permanent magnet DC motors, brushless DC motors and motor part sets. Stature's component products are sold primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEM'S) that use them in their end products. Stature Electric excels at engineering, designing, packaging and applying integrated gearing and motor solutions for the commercial and industrial equipment, healthcare, recreation and non-automotive transportation markets.

        Premotec has been manufacturing small precision electric motors for more than thirty years utilizing four different motor technologies: brushless DC, coreless DC, iron core DC, and permanent

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magnet stepper and synchronous motors. Premotec also offers a range of reduction gearboxes tailored to a number of these motors. Premotec's products are sold to OEM customers in Europe, the United States and Korea and through distributors to smaller OEM's in almost all countries of the European Union. The products are used in a wide variety of medical, professional and industrial applications, such as dialysis equipment, industrial ink jet printers, cash dispensers, bar code readers, laser scanning equipment, fuel injection systems, HVAC actuators, waste water treatment, dosing systems for the pharmaceutical industry, textile manufacturing, document handling equipment and studio television cameras.

Product Distribution

        The Company maintains a direct sales force. In addition to its own marketing and sales force, the Company has independent sales representatives, agents and distributors to sell its various product lines in certain markets.

Competition

        The Company faces competition in all of its markets, although the number of competitors varies depending upon the product. The Company believes there are numerous competitors in the motion control market. Competition involves primarily product performance and price, although service and warranty are also important.

Availability of Raw Materials

        All parts and materials used by the Company are in adequate supply. No significant parts or materials are acquired from a single source or for which an alternate source is not also available.

Patents, Trademarks, Licenses, Franchises and Concessions

        The Company holds several patents and trademarks regarding components used by the various subsidiaries and has several patents pending on new products recently developed, which are considered to be of major significance.

Working Capital Items

        The Company currently maintains inventory levels adequate for its short-term needs based upon present levels of production. The Company considers the component parts of its different product lines to be readily available and current suppliers to be reliable and capable of satisfying anticipated needs.

Sales to Large Customers

        During years 2008 and 2007, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenues.

Sales Backlog

        The Company's backlog at December 31, 2008 consisted of sales orders totaling approximately $23,570,000 while backlog at December 31, 2007 was $32,060,000. In our commercial motors markets, the Company continues to serve customers requesting shipments on a "pull system" whereby the Company agrees to maintain available inventory that the customer "pulls" or takes delivery as they need the products. At the time the customer pulls the product, the Company records the sale. There can be no assurance that the Company's backlog will be converted into revenue.

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Engineering and Development Activities

        The Company's expenditures on engineering and development for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 were $4,009,000 and $3,963,000, respectively. Of these expenditures, no material amounts were charged directly to customers.

Environmental Issues

        No significant pollution or other types of hazardous emission result from the Company's operations and it is not anticipated that the Company's operations will be materially affected by Federal, State or local provisions concerning environmental controls. However, there can be no assurance that any future regulations will not affect the Company's operations.

Foreign Operations

        The information required by this item is set forth in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained herein.

Employees

        At December 31, 2008 the Company had approximately 425 full-time employees.

Available Information

        The Company maintains a website at www.alliedmotion.com. The Company makes available, free of charge on or through its website, its annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after it electronically files or furnishes such materials to the SEC.

        The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics for its chief executive officer, president and senior financial officers regarding their obligations in the conduct of Company affairs. The Company has also adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct that is applicable to all directors, officers and employees. The Codes are available on the Company's website. The Company intends to disclose on its website any amendment to, or waiver of, the Codes that would otherwise be required to be disclosed under the rules of the SEC and the Nasdaq Global Market. A copy of both Codes is also available in print to any stockholder upon written request addressed to Allied Motion Technologies Inc., 23 Inverness Way East, Suite 150, Englewood, CO 80112-5711, Attention: Secretary.

Item 2.    Properties.

        As of December 31, 2008, the Company occupies facilities as follows:

        The Company's management believes the above-described facilities are adequate to meet the Company's current and foreseeable needs. All facilities described above are operating at less than full capacity.

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Item 3.    Legal Proceedings.

        The Company is involved in certain actions that have arisen out of the ordinary course of business. Management believes that resolution of the actions will not have a significant adverse affect on the Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations.

PART II

Item 5.    Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

        Allied Motion's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market System and trades under the symbol AMOT. The number of holders of record as reported by the Company's transfer agent of the Company's common stock as of the close of business on March 17, 2009 was 578. The Company did not pay or declare any dividends during years 2008 and 2007, and the Company's long-term financing agreement prohibits the Company from doing so without prior approval.

        The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low prices of the Company's common stock as reported by Nasdaq.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

        The following table shows the equity compensation plan information of the Company at December 31, 2008.

PERFORMANCE GRAPH

        The following performance graph reflects change in the Company's cumulative total stockholder return on Common Stock as compared with the cumulative total return of the NASDAQ Stock Market Index and the NASDAQ Electrical and Industrial Apparatus Index for the period of five years ended December 31, 2008.

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COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
Among Allied Motion Technologies Inc. The NASDAQ Composite Index
And Electrical Industrial Apparatus

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$100 invested on 12/3/03 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends.
Fiscal year ending December 31.

Item 6.    Selected Financial Data.

        The following tables summarize data from the Company's financial statements for the fiscal years 2004 through 2008; the Company's complete annual financial statements and notes thereto for the current fiscal year appear in Item 8 herein.

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        Stature and Premotec were acquired in 2004. The first full year of revenues for these technical units is 2005.

Item 7.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Overview

        Allied Motion designs, manufactures and sells motion products to a broad spectrum of customers throughout the world primarily for the commercial motor, industrial motion control, and aerospace and defense markets. Examples of the end products using Allied Motion's technology in the medical and health care industries include wheel chairs, scooters, stair climbers, vehicle lifts, patient handling tables, electric powered surgical hand pieces, programmable pumps to meter and administer infusions associated with chemotherapy, pain control and antibiotics; nuclear imaging systems, automated pharmacy dispensing equipment, kidney dialysis equipment, respiratory ventilators and heart pumps. In electronics, our products are used in the handling, inspection, and testing of components and in the automation and verification of final products such as PC's, game equipment and cell phones. Our motors are used in the HVAC systems of trucks, buses, RV's, boats and off-road construction/farming equipment. These motors operate a variety of actuation systems (e.g., lifts, slide-outs and covers), they provide improved fuel efficiency while the vehicles are idling and are used in drive by wire applications to electrically replace a variety of mechanical linkages. Our products are also utilized in high performance vehicles, vehicles using alternative fuel systems such as LPG, fuel cell and hybrid vehicles. Our geared motor products are utilized in commercial grade floor cleaners, polishers and material handling devices for factories and commercial buildings. Our products are also used in a variety of military/defense applications including inertia guided missiles, mid range munitions systems, weapons systems on armed personnel carriers and in security and access control in camera systems, door access control and in airport screening and scanning devices. Other end products utilizing our technology include high definition printers; tunable lasers and spectrum analyzers for the fiber optic industry; processing equipment for the semiconductor industry, as well as cash dispensing machines (ATM's).

        Today, five companies form the core of Allied Motion. The companies, Emoteq, Computer Optical Products, Motor Products, Stature Electric and Premotec offer a wide range of standard motors, encoders and drives for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and end user applications. A particular strength of each company is its ability to design and manufacture custom motion control solutions to meet the needs of its customers.

        The Company has made considerable progress in implementing its corporate strategy, with the driving force of "Electro-magnetic, Mechanical and Motion Technology/Know How". The Company's commitment to Allied's Systematic Tools, or AST for short, is driving continuous improvement in quality, delivery, cost and growth. AST utilizes a tool kit to effect desired changes through well defined processes such as Strategy Deployment, Target Marketing, Value Stream Mapping, Material Planning, Standard Work and Single Minute Exchange of Dies.

Outlook

        Allied Motion had a good year in 2008 despite the devastating fire that occurred at our Chatsworth, CA plant in October and the fall off of our business in the fourth quarter caused by the global economic downturn. In response to the economic downturn, we have and will continue to take

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actions to mitigate its adverse effects including reductions in costs and expenses. While we cannot predict how long the current worldwide economic slowdown will last or how severely it will impact us and our customers, we will continue to monitor market conditions and allocate resources appropriately to meet our current needs and prepare for growth.

        The Company has a strong balance sheet, with a cash position that exceeds outstanding debt. While we will continue to make necessary adjustments, we have not cut our resources in electro-magnetic, mechanical and electronic design capabilities to provide solutions that "raise the bar" with our customers and provide important differentiating factors against our competition. Our broad market diversification provides an opportunity to grow some markets even while some are flat or experiencing decline. As certain markets are more recession proof than others, we will continue to make investments in the markets we believe to be less affected in a recession than others.

        One of the Company's major challenges is to maintain and improve price competitiveness. The Company's customers are continually being challenged by their markets and competitors to be price competitive and they are requiring their suppliers to deliver the highest quality product at the lowest price possible. Currently, the Company is producing some of its motor sub-assemblies and finished products at sub-contract manufacturing facilities in China and Slovakia. The Company will continue to identify opportunities where production in low cost regions can improve profitability while delivering the same high quality products.

        The Company's products contain certain metals, and the Company experiences fluctuations in the costs of these metals, particularly copper, steel and zinc, which are all key materials in our products. The Company has reacted by aggressively sourcing material at lower costs from Asian markets and by passing on surcharges and price increases to our customers.

        The Company continues to pursue aggressive motor and drive development plans for new products that leverage the combined technology base of the Allied Motion companies. The Company focuses on new product designs that design-out cost, provide higher level, value-added performance solutions and meet the needs of our served markets. Over the last few years, the Company announced several new motor designs targeted at various markets. It normally takes twelve months to get new products designed into new customer applications.

        The Company is moving forward with a ONE TEAM sales force to more effectively leverage resources utilizing a company wide sales organization. With the ONE TEAM sales force selling all the Company's products, our expectation is that this capability provides opportunities to increase sales from existing customers and secure new business opportunities.

        Management believes the strategy we have developed for the Company will accomplish our long term goals of increasing shareholder value through the continued strengthening of the foundation necessary to achieve growth in sales and profitability.

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Operating Results

Year 2008 compared to 2007

        NET INCOME    The Company achieved net income of $2,909,000 or $.39 per diluted share for 2008 compared to $2,396,000 or $.33 per diluted share for 2007.

        EBITDA    EBITDA was $8,006,000 for 2008 compared to $7,754,000 for 2007. EBITDA is a non-GAAP measurement that consists of income before interest expense, provision for income taxes and depreciation and amortization. See information included in "Non-GAAP Measures" below for a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA.

        REVENUES    Revenues were $85,967,000 in 2008 compared to $84,559,000 in 2007. This 2% increase is primarily attributable to the weakness of the U.S. dollar against the Euro. The Company's revenues in 2008 reflect a significant change in sales mix from last year. During 2008, sales into our aerospace and defense, medical, distribution and certain markets in our industrial and electronics market segments such as pumps experienced growth, whereas sales into construction related markets such as industrial and machine tools, material handling and recreation related markets such as RVs and marine markets were down compared to 2007. The downturn in these markets reflects both the adverse effects of the economy and the effects of the competitive pressure of LCR competitors which are primarily Chinese competitors.

        Sales to U.S. customers accounted for 56% of our sales in 2008, with the balance to customers primarily in Europe and Canada. Sales to U.S. customers were down 10% for 2008 and sales to customers outside the U.S. were up 20%.

        BACKLOG    The Company's backlog at December 31, 2008 consisted of sales orders totaling approximately $23,570,000 while backlog at December 31, 2007 was $32,060,000 reflecting a 26%

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decrease from the same time last year. The economic downturn started to have an adverse effect on the Company earlier in the year in certain markets. In the fourth quarter, the downturn adversely affected most of our markets to varying degrees. Management has and will continue to take actions to mitigate the adverse effects the economic downturn has on the Company. In addition, management is diligently working to adjust costs and expenses to keep them in line with the changes in revenues.

        GROSS MARGINS    Gross margin as a percentage of revenues was 26% for 2008 and 24% for 2007. The margin improvement was driven by higher margins from most markets that experienced increased sales and by sales decreases in markets where we achieve lower margins, continuous improvement in efficiencies and reduction of costs, and higher quantity of production from our Asian contract manufacturing facility.

        SELLING EXPENSES    Selling expenses were $4,256,000 and $3,611,000 in 2008 and 2007, respectively. The 18% increase in selling expenses is primarily due to increased efforts to strengthen our sales capabilities with more sales personnel and sales incentive programs for our sales personnel. Selling expense as a percentage of revenues increased to 5.0% in 2008 compared to 4.3% last year.

        GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES    General and administrative expenses were $8,543,000 in 2008 compared to $7,776,000 in 2007. The 10% increase is primarily due to hiring of additional key personnel, salary increases to existing personnel, incentive bonus programs for company employees that are based on the performance of the Company and each operating unit and additional expense recorded for the issuance of restricted stock that is amortized over the vesting period (generally three years).

        ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES    Engineering and development expenses were $4,009,000 and $3,963,000 for 2008 and 2007, respectively. Costs incurred are primarily for strengthening our engineering capabilities to develop new products and new customer applications to meet the needs of our served markets.

        FIRE RELATED LOSSES AND INSURANCE RECOVERIES    On October 11, 2008, the manufacturing facility for Computer Optical Products (COPI), located in Chatsworth, California, sustained heavy damage from a fire. The damaged facility was being leased by COPI. The Company is fully insured for the replacement of the assets damaged in the fire and for loss of profits consequent to the business interruption due to the fire. The Company had insurance recoveries of $1,357,000, which represents the replacement cost of property and equipment damaged as a result of the fire, the cost of inventory damaged in the fire, and other cleanup costs that occurred as a result of the fire. The Company had fire related losses of $1,200,000, which include the writeoff of damaged property and equipment, damaged inventory, and other cleanup and business interruption costs that occurred as a result of the fire. Any additional gains or losses as a result of the fire and any business interruption recoveries will be recognized in subsequent periods as recoverable amounts are determined and finalized with the insurance company.

        AMORTIZATION OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS    Amortization of intangible assets was $1,052,000 in 2008 and $1,033,000 in 2007.

        INTEREST EXPENSE    Interest expense was $177,000 and $699,000 for 2008 and 2007, respectively. The 75% decrease in interest is directly attributed to the decrease in outstanding debt obligations and lower interest rates.

        INCOME TAXES    The provision for income taxes was $1,407,000 for year 2008 compared to $1,187,000 for 2007. The effective rate differs from the statutory amounts primarily due to the impact of differences in state and foreign tax rates. The effective income tax rate as a percentage of income before income taxes was 33% in 2008 and 2007.

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Non-GAAP Measures

        EBITDA is provided for information purposes only and is not a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles. The Company believes EBITDA is often a useful measure of a Company's operating performance and is a significant basis used by the Company's management to measure the operating performance of the Company's business because EBITDA excludes charges for depreciation, amortization and interest expense that have resulted from our debt financings, as well as our provision for income tax expense. Accordingly, the Company believes that EBITDA provides helpful information about the operating performance of its business, apart from the expenses associated with its physical assets or capital structure. EBITDA is frequently used as one of the bases for comparing businesses in the Company's industry. EBITDA does not represent and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, operating income, net cash provided by operating activities or any other measure for determining operating performance or liquidity that is calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

        The Company's calculation of EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows (in thousands):

Liquidity and Capital Resources

        The Company's liquidity position as measured by cash and cash equivalents increased $3,662,000 during 2008 to a balance of $4,196,000 at December 31, 2008. This increase compares to a decrease of $135,000 for the same period last year. During 2008, operations provided $6,640,000 in cash compared to $5,856,000 during 2007. The increase in cash provided from operations of $784,000 is primarily due to higher net income as a result of improved margins and lower inventory balances due to lower backlog of orders as a result of the recent softening of the economy.

        Net cash used in investing activities was $2,078,000 and $1,284,000 for 2008 and 2007, respectively, which is all related to the purchase of property and equipment. Approximately $500,000 related to equipment purchased as a result of the fire which occurred at one of our operating facilities (See Note 9 of the Financial Statements).

        Net cash used in financing activities was $824,000 for 2008 compared to $4,738,000 for the same period last year. The change is primarily due to lower paydown of debt in 2008 as a result of lower debt balances in 2008 and debt issuance costs paid in 2007 as part of the debt refinancing in the second quarter of 2007.

        At December 31, 2008, the Company had $2,800,000 of debt obligations representing borrowings on the bank term loan.

        The interest rates on the Company's credit facilities are variable rates based on one or more interest rate indices. The interest rates in effect as of December 31, 2008 were 2.61% on the term loan. Under the Company's credit agreement, which expires in May 2012, the interest rate on the Company's outstanding debt can be fixed for terms of one, three, or six months at specified amounts not to exceed

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the total outstanding loan amount. Management monitors market interest rates in efforts to minimize interest expense of the Company. As of December 31, 2008, the interest rate for all of the Company's outstanding debt is on a one-month contract, with the option to change the term upon the renewal of each contract. As of December 31, 2008, the amount available under the lines-of-credit was approximately $15.2 million.

        The Company's working capital, capital expenditure and debt service requirements are expected to be funded from cash provided by operations and amounts available under the Company's credit facilities.

        The agreement contains certain financial covenants related to maximum leverage, minimum fixed charge coverage and minimum tangible net worth of the company. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2008.

        The Company has a bank overdraft facility payable to a foreign bank with no monthly repayments required. The facility had no outstanding balance as of December 31, 2008. The amount available under the overdraft facility was € 300,000 ($423,000 at the December 31, 2008 exchange rate).

Price Levels and the Impact of Inflation

        The effect of inflation on the Company's costs of production has been minimized through production efficiencies, lower costs of materials and surcharges passed on to customers. The Company anticipates that these factors will continue to minimize the effects of any foreseeable inflation and other price pressures from the industries in which it operates. As the Company's manufacturing activities mainly utilize semi-skilled labor, which is relatively plentiful in the areas surrounding the Company's production facilities, the Company does not anticipate substantial inflation-related increases in the wages of the majority of its employees.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

        In December 2008 the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 132(R)-1, "Employers' Disclosures About Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets" (FSP No. FAS 132(R)-1). This guidance requires disclosure of how investment allocation decisions are made, including the factors that are pertinent to an understanding of investment policies and strategies, the major categories of plan assets, significant concentrations of risk within plan assets, inputs and valuation techniques to measure fair value and the effect of significant unobservable inputs on changes in plan assets for the period. FSP No. FAS 132(R)-1 is effective for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

        In February 2007 the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued SFAS 159, "The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115," which permits companies to choose, at specified election dates, to measure certain financial instruments and other eligible items at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are subsequently reported in earnings. The decision to elect the fair value option is generally irrevocable, is applied instrument by instrument and can only be applied to an entire instrument. The standard was effective for the Company as of January 1, 2008. The Company has not elected the fair value option for any eligible items.

Item 7A.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

        Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company due to adverse changes in financial and commodity market prices and rates. The Company is exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates as

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measured against the United States dollar. These exposures are directly related to its normal operating and funding activities.

Foreign Currency Risk

        Sales from Premotec are denominated in Euros, thereby creating exposures to changes in exchange rates. The changes in the Euro/U.S. exchange rate may positively or negatively affect the Company's sales, gross margins, net income and retained earnings. A 10% change in the Euro vs. the U.S dollar could affect the Company's earnings by approximately $100,000, and net assets by approximately $600,000. The Company does not believe that reasonably possible near-term changes in exchange rates will result in a material effect on future results or cash flows of the Company.

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Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Allied Motion Technologies Inc.
Denver, Colorado

        We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Allied Motion Technologies Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' investment and comprehensive income and cash flows for the years then ended. In connection with our audit of the consolidated financial statements, we have also audited the consolidated financial statement Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007. The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits 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. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included 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, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. 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 Allied Motion Technologies Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule II for December 31, 2008 and 2007, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC

March 19, 2009
Denver, Colorado

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ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except per share data)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' INVESTMENT AND
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In thousands)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Business

        Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (Allied Motion or the Company) is engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing and selling motion control products to a broad spectrum of customers throughout the world primarily for the commercial motor, industrial motion control, and aerospace and defense markets.

Principles of Consolidation

        The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

        Cash and cash equivalents include instruments which are readily convertible into cash (original maturities of three months or less) and which are not subject to significant risk of changes in interest rates. Cash flows from foreign currency transactions are translated using an average rate.

Accounts Receivable

        Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. The allowance for doubtful accounts is the Company's best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the Company's existing accounts receivable; however, changes in circumstances relating to accounts receivable may result in a requirement for additional allowances in the future.

Inventories

        Inventories include costs of materials, direct labor and manufacturing overhead, and are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or market, as follows (in thousands):

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1. BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Property, Plant and Equipment

        Property, plant and equipment is classified as follows (in thousands):

        Depreciation expense is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Amortization of building improvements and leased equipment is provided using the straight-line method over the life of the lease term or the life of the assets, whichever is shorter. Maintenance and repair costs are charged to operations as incurred. Major additions and improvements are capitalized. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of retired or sold property are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss, if any, is reflected in earnings.

        Depreciation expense was approximately $2,461,000 and $2,439,000 in 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Goodwill

        Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net tangible and intangible assets acquired in a business combination. Goodwill is required to be tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill may be impaired. The testing of impairment requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions. The Company completed its annual analysis of the fair value of its goodwill at October 31, 2008. Due to the deterioration of the global economy, we performed an additional impairment analysis at December 31, 2008, and determined there was no indicated impairment of goodwill. There can be no assurance that future goodwill impairments will not occur.

Intangible Assets

        Intangible assets, other than goodwill, are recorded at cost and are amortized over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

        The Company reviews the carrying values of its long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that such carrying values may not be recoverable. Under SFAS No. 144, long-lived assets must be carried at historical cost if the projected cash flows from their use will recover their carrying amounts on an undiscounted basis and without considering interest. However, if projected cash flows are less than their carrying value, the long-lived assets must be reduced to their estimated fair value. Considerable judgment is required to project such cash flows and, if required,

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

1. BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

estimate the fair value of the impaired long-lived asset. No impairments of long-lived assets were recorded in 2008 or 2007.

Warranty

        The Company offers warranty coverage for its products for periods ranging from 12 to 18 months after shipment, with the majority of its products for 12 months. The Company estimates the costs of repairing products under warranty based on the historical average cost of the repairs. The assumptions used to estimate warranty accruals are reevaluated periodically in light of actual experience and, when appropriate, the accruals are adjusted. Estimated warranty costs are recorded at the time of sale of the related product, and are considered a cost of sale. Accrued warranty costs were $284,000 and $306,000 as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

        Changes in the Company's reserve for product warranty claims during 2008 and 2007, were as follows (in thousands):

Accrued Liabilities

        Accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

Foreign Currency Translation

        In accordance with SFAS No. 52, "Foreign Currency Translation," the assets and liabilities of the Company's foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars using end of period exchange rates. Comprehensive income is recorded in the other comprehensive income foreign currency translation adjustment component of stockholders' investment in the accompanying consolidated statement of stockholders' investment and comprehensive income. Revenue and expense transactions use an average rate prevailing during the month of the related transaction. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

1. BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Engineering and Development Costs

        Engineering and development costs are expensed as incurred.

Revenue Recognition

        The Company recognizes revenue when products are shipped or delivered (shipping terms may be either FOB shipping point or destination) and title has passed to the customer, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the selling price is fixed or determinable, and collectibility is reasonably assured.

Basic and Diluted Income per Share from Continuing Operations

        Basic income per share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted income per share is determined by dividing the net income by the sum of (1) the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and (2) if not anti-dilutive, the effect of stock awards determined utilizing the treasury stock method. The dilutive effect of outstanding awards was 98,000 and 552,000 for the years 2008 and 2007, respectively. Stock options to purchase 264,000 and 55,000 shares of common stock, were excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share for years 2008 and 2007, respectively, since the results would have been anti-dilutive.

Comprehensive Income

        Comprehensive income is defined as the change in equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. It includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by and distributions to stockholders.

Fair Values of Financial Instruments

        The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturities of these financial instruments. The carrying amount of the term loan approximates the fair value because the underlying instrument is a variable rate note that reprices frequently.

Income Taxes

        The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109 ("FAS 109"), "Accounting for Income Taxes." Consistent with guidance in FAS 109, the current provision for income taxes represents actual or estimated amounts payable or refundable on tax return filings each year. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded for the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and amounts reported in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, and for operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. The change in deferred tax assets and liabilities for the period measures the deferred tax provision or benefit for the period. Effects of changes in enacted tax laws on deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected as adjustments to the tax provision or benefit in the period of enactment. A valuation allowance may be provided to the extent management deems it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of net deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future

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1. BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

taxable income, in the appropriate taxing jurisdictions, during the periods in which temporary differences, net operating losses and tax credits become realizable. Management believes that it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefits of these temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, net of valuation allowances.

        In July 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" ("FIN 48"). The interpretation requires that realization of an uncertain income tax position must have a "more likely than not" probability of being sustained based on technical merits before it can be recognized in the financial statements, assuming a review by tax authorities having all relevant information and applying current conventions. The Company adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2008. Adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company does not have significant unrecognized tax benefits and does not anticipate a significant increase or decrease in unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. The Company recognizes income tax related interest and penalties as a component of the provision for income taxes.

Pension and Postretirement Welfare Plans

        SFAS No. 158, "Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R)", requires gains or losses and prior service costs or credits that arise during the period but are not recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost pursuant to FASB Statement No. 87, Employers' Accounting for Pensions, or No. 106, Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions to be recognized as a component of other comprehensive income, net of tax. Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income are adjusted as they are subsequently recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost pursuant to the recognition and amortization provisions of those Statements.

Concentration of Credit Risk

        Trade receivables subject the Company to the potential for credit risk. To reduce this risk, the Company performs evaluations of its customers' financial condition and creditworthiness at the time of sale, and updates those evaluations when necessary. No single customer makes up more than 10% of trade receivables.

Use of Estimates

        The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions. Such estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as well as disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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2. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

        Included in goodwill and intangible assets in the Company's consolidated balance sheets are the following intangible assets (in thousands):

        The change in the carrying amount of goodwill for 2008 is as follows (in thousands):

        Total amortization expense for intangible assets for the years 2008 and 2007 was $1,052,000 and $1,033,000 respectively. Estimated amortization expense for intangible assets is $1,041,000 for the year ending December 31, 2009, $940,000 for 2010, $800,000 for 2011, $418,000 for 2012, $63,000 for 2013 and $22,000 for 2014.

3. DEBT OBLIGATIONS

        Debt obligations consisted of the following (in thousands):

        In 2007, the Company entered into a credit agreement to provide term debt of $4 million and revolving credit of up to $11 million and €3 million. The credit agreement has a five year term

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3. DEBT OBLIGATIONS (Continued)

(maturity date of May 7, 2012). The term debt is payable in twenty equal quarterly installments of $200,000 over the five year term. No principal payments are required on the revolving credit facilities prior to maturity. The interest rates on the agreement are variable rates based on one or more interest rate indices. All borrowings are secured by substantially all the assets of the Company.

        The credit agreement contains certain financial covenants related to maximum leverage, minimum fixed charge coverage and minimum tangible net worth of the company. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2008.

        At December 31, 2008, approximately $15.2 million was available under the credit agreement and €300,000 was available under a bank overdraft facility.

        Future maturities of debt obligations under the credit agreement are as follows as of December 31, 2008:

4. INCOME TAXES

        The provision for income taxes is based on income before income taxes as follows (in thousands):

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4. INCOME TAXES (Continued)

        Components of the total provision for income taxes are as follows (in thousands):