JANEL CORP - Annual Report: 2010 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
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Annual
report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010
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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
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Commission file number:
333-60608
JANEL
WORLD TRADE, LTD.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NEVADA
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86-1005291
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
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Identification
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150-14 132nd Avenue, Jamaica, NY
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11434
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
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(718)
527-3800
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Name of Each Exchange on Which
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Title of
Class
Common
Stock, $0.001 par value
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in
Rule 405 of the Act). Yes ¨ No x
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No x
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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
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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 other information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or
any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition
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 Company x
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by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Act). Yes ¨ No x
The
aggregate market value of Common Stock, $0.001 par value, held by non-affiliates
of the registrant based on the closing sales price of the Common Stock on the
Over-The-Counter (OTC) market on March 31, 2010, was $10,258,434.
The
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 27, 2010 was
20,997,368.
JANEL
WORLD TRADE, LTD.
2010
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
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Business
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Item
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Risk
Factors
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Item
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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Properties
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Legal
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PART
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Item
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Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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Selected
Financial Data
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of
Operations
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Financial
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosures
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Item
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Controls
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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Executive
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
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Certain
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Exhibits
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Signatures
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PART
I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Background
Janel World Trade, Ltd. (“we”, “the
Company” or “Janel”) provides logistics services for importers and exporters
worldwide, through its wholly owned subsidiaries. Our principal
executive office is located at 150-14 132nd Avenue,
Jamaica, NY 11434, adjacent to the John F. Kennedy International Airport, and
our telephone number is 718-527-3800. Information about us may be
obtained from our website www.janelgroup.net. Copies
of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current
reports on Form 8-K, are available free of charge on the website as soon as they
are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through a link to
the SEC’s EDGAR reporting system. Simply select the “Investors” menu
item, then click on the “SEC Filings” link. The SEC’s EDGAR reporting
system can also be accessed directly at www.sec.gov. The
Company was incorporated in Nevada in August 2000 as the successor to operations
commenced in 1975 – see history, below.
On
October 4, 2010 (subsequent to the period covered by this report), the Company
acquired the international freight forwarding assets of Ferrara International
Logistics, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“FIL”) pursuant to the terms of an
Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) between the Registrant and
FIL dated October 4, 2010. The purchase price paid and to be paid under the
terms of the Purchase Agreement consists of (i) cash in an amount equal to 70%
of the annual actual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA) achieved over the three 12-month periods following the
Closing (the “Earn-Out Period”) from revenues generated from the customers
included in the purchased assets, and (ii) 1,714,286 restricted shares of the
Registrant’s Common Stock valued at $600,000 based on the closing market price
of the stock on October 1, 2010 (the “Share Allocation”), issued pursuant to an
exemption from registration set forth in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
1933 and Regulation D promulgated there under. The Share Allocation
is subject to decrease if actual EBITDA from revenues generated from the
customers included in the purchased assets during the Earn-Out Period is below
$2 million, and will be issued in three installments on October 4, 2011, 2012
and 2013.
Description of
Business
The
Company operates its business as two reportable segments. Primarily
we are a non-asset based third party logistics services company, engaged in
full-service cargo transportation logistics management, including freight
forwarding – via air, ocean and land-based carriers, customs brokerage services,
and warehousing and distribution services. Our second, smaller
segment is computer software sales, support and maintenance.
Our
traditional freight forwarding and customs brokerage activities include various
value-added logistics services, such as freight consolidation, insurance, a
direct client computer access interface, logistics planning, landed-cost
calculations, in-house computer tracking, product repackaging, online shipment
tracking and electronic billing. The value-added services and systems are
intended to help our customers streamline operations, reduce inventories,
increase the speed and reliability of worldwide deliveries and improve the
overall management and efficiency of the customer’s supply-chain
activities.
We
operate out of five leased locations in the United States: Jamaica
(headquarters) and Lynbrook (accounting) in New York; Elk Grove Village
(Chicago, Illinois); Forest Park (Atlanta, Georgia); and Inglewood (Los Angeles,
California). Each Janel office is managed independently, with each
manager having over 20 years experience with the Company. Our
California office has a sales person in Miami, Florida covering our sales
development efforts in Central America. Janel Shanghai, Janel Hong
Kong and Janel China (Shenzhen) operate as independently owned franchises within
the Company’s network.
Janel
conducts its business through a network of Company-operated facilities and
independent agent relationships in most trading countries. During fiscal 2010
(Janel’s fiscal year ends September 30), the Company handled approximately
36,000 individual import and export shipments, predominately originating or
terminating in the United States, Europe and the Far East. Janel generated gross
revenue of approximately $88.5 million in fiscal 2010, $71.9 million in fiscal
2009 and $82.7 million in 2008. In fiscal 2010, approximately 72% of revenue
related to import activities, 4% to export, 20% to break-bulk and forwarding,
and 4% to warehousing, distribution and trucking. By operating segment, total
2010 revenue was comprised of $87.9 million for transportation logistics and
$57,000 for computer software.
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History
Janel
commenced business in 1975 as Janel International Forwarding Company, Inc., a
New York corporation. In 1976, the “Janel Group” was established in
New York City as a company primarily focused on quality import customs brokerage
and related transportation services. Janel’s initial customer base consisted of
importers and exporters of machines and machine parts, principally through what
was then West Germany. Shortly thereafter, the Company began expanding its
business scope into project transportation and high-value general cargo
forwarding. In 1979, Janel expanded to the Midwest and West Coast,
opening branches in Chicago and Los Angeles, respectively. Additional locations
were opened in Atlanta (1995) and Miami (franchise agent) (1997). In 1980, C
and N Corp. was organized as a Delaware corporation to be the
corporate parent of the various Janel Group operating subsidiaries.
In 1990,
Janel agreed to the use of its name by a Bangkok, Thailand office to facilitate
business operations during 1990 and 1992 in which it serviced a United States
cellular communications carrier. In 1997, Janel designed and manufactured
(through a subcontractor) electronic switching equipment shelters, which it sold
to the carrier together with consulting services on transportation logistics and
coordination for construction of cellular telephone sites in
Thailand.
In 2000,
Janel opened the office in Shanghai, China, followed by the opening of the Hong
Kong office in 2001 and the opening of an office in Shenzhen, China in
2003.
In June
and July 2002, the corporate parent, C and N Corp., entered into and completed a
reverse merger transaction with Wine Systems Design, Inc. in which it formally
changed its state of incorporation from Delaware to Nevada, changed its
corporate name to Janel World Trade, Ltd. and became a public company traded on
the Nasdaq Bulletin Board under the symbol “JLWT.”
In
October 2007, the Company acquired certain assets of Order Logistics, Inc. (OLI)
consisting of proprietary technology, intellectual property (including the name
“Order Logistics”), office locations and equipment and customer lists for use in
the management and expansion of the Company’s international integrated logistics
transport services business.
In July 2008, the Company acquired the
customs brokerage “book of business” of Ferrara International Logistics, Inc.
(Ferrara), consisting of books, records, forms, manuals, access codes, goodwill,
customer lists and contact information, telephone and advertising listings for
the expansion of the Company’s international integrated logistics transport
services business.
In October 2010, the Company acquired
the remaining assets of Ferrara (see above for a description of the FIL
transaction), consisting of the international freight forwarding services
associated with the movement of air and ocean shipments, warehousing (handling
and storage) and trucking.
Operations
Freight Forwarding Services.
As a cargo freight forwarder, Janel procures shipments from its customers,
consolidates shipments bound for a particular destination from a common place of
origin, determines the routing over which the consolidated shipment will move,
selects a carrier (air, ocean, land) serving that route on the basis of
departure time, available cargo capacity and rate, and books the consolidated
shipment for transportation with the selected carrier. In addition, Janel
prepares all required shipping documents, delivers the shipment to the
transporting carrier and, in many cases, and arranges clearance of the various
components of the shipment through customs at the final destination. If so
requested by its customers, Janel will also arrange for delivery of the
individual components of the consolidated shipment from the arrival terminal to
their intended consignees.
As a
result of its consolidation of customer shipments and its ongoing volume
relationships with numerous carriers, a freight forwarder is usually able to
obtain lower rates from such carriers than its customers could obtain directly.
Accordingly, a forwarder is generally able to offer its customers a lower rate
than would otherwise be available directly to the customer, providing the
forwarder with its profit opportunity as an intermediary between the carrier and
end-customer. The forwarder’s gross profit is represented by the
difference between the rate it is charged by the carrier and the rate it, in
turn, charges its customer.
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In
fulfilling its intermediary role, the forwarder can draw upon the transportation
assets and capabilities of any individual carrier or combination thereof
comprised of airlines and/or air cargo carriers, ocean shipping carriers and
land-based carriers, such as trucking companies. Janel solicits
freight from its customers to fill containers, charging rates lower than the
rates that would be offered directly to its customers for similar type
shipments.
Customs Brokerage
Services. As part of its integrated logistics services, Janel
provides customs brokerage clearance services in the United States and in most
foreign countries. These services typically entail the preparation
and assembly of required documentation in many instances (Janel provides
in-house translation services into Chinese, Spanish or Italian), the advancement
of customs duties on behalf of importers, and the arrangement for the delivery
of goods after the customs clearance process is
completed. Additionally, other services may be provided such as the
procurement and placement of surety bonds on behalf of importers and the
arrangement of bonded warehouse services, which allow importers to store goods
while deferring payment of customs duties until the goods are
delivered.
Janel has
over 30 years of experience clearing a wide range of goods through U.S. Customs,
from automobiles to heavy machinery to textiles. The Company currently has seven
fully licensed customs house brokers on staff. Janel is fully certified with
U.S. Customs for both ABI and AES transmissions. The Company has established an
active “correspondent Customs House Broker Network” of individuals specially
chosen for their ability to service customers throughout those locations in the
United States where Janel does not have its own branch office. In
addition, the Company regularly works with a group of proven independent
attorneys, whose specialization in transportation, U.S. Customs law and
classifications has resulted in substantial savings to customers.
In July
2008, the Company acquired the customs brokerage “book of business” of Ferrara
International Logistics, Inc. (Ferrara), consisting of books, records, forms,
manuals, access codes, goodwill, customer lists and contact information,
telephone and advertising listings for the expansion of the Company’s
international integrated logistics transport services
business. Ferrara will provide the Company with related marketing,
advertising, sales, and related administrative services pursuant to a three-year
term agreement, which includes non-competition provisions.
Other Logistic
Services. In addition to providing air, ocean and land freight
forwarding and customs brokerage services, Janel provides its import and export
customers with an array of fully integrated global logistics services. These
logistics services include warehousing and distribution services, door-to-door
freight pickup and delivery, cargo consolidation and de-consolidation, project
cargo management, insurance, direct client computer access interface, logistics
planning, landed-cost calculations, duty-drawback (recovery of previously paid
duties when goods are re-exported), in-house computer tracking, product
promotion, product packaging and repackaging utilizing Janel mobile packaging
machinery, domestic pickup and forwarding, “hazmat” certifications for hazardous
cargoes, letters of credit, language translation services, online shipment
tracking and electronic billing.
In
October 2007, Janel completed the acquisition of certain assets of Order
Logistics, Inc. (“OLI”), a Delaware corporation, comprised of proprietary
technology, intellectual property (including the brand name “Order Logistics”),
office locations and equipment, and customer relationships, for use in the
management and expansion of Janel’s international integrated logistics transport
services business. The Web-based supply-chain technology acquired by Janel
enables its customers to collaborate in the planning, execution, management and
tracking of shipments, financial settlement, procurement and quality control
activities on a worldwide basis. Janel filed a Form 8-K report regarding the
asset acquisition transaction with the SEC on October 22, 2007.
Information
Systems. Janel’s information system hardware consists of an
IBM AS 400 system that is utilized by all of its offices in the United States.
The Company’s information technology capabilities also include DCS/HBU Logistics
software (a fully integrated freight forwarding and financial reporting system),
a T-1 online national network, recently acquired Web-based supply-chain
technology, and a nationwide in-house e-mail network. These systems enable Janel
to perform in-house computer tracking and to offer customers landed-cost
calculations and online Internet information availability via the Company’s
websites relative to the tracing and tracking of customer
shipments. The fully integrated real time performance provides us
with accurate and timely financial information.
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Customers, Sales and
Marketing
While Janel’s customer base represents
a multitude of diverse industry groups, the bulk of the Company’s shipments are
related to three principal markets: consumer wearing apparel and textiles,
machines and machine parts, and household appliances. During fiscal 2010, the
Company shipped goods and provided logistics services for approximately 1,700
individual accounts. Janel markets its global cargo transportation and
integrated logistics services worldwide. In markets where the Company does not
operate its own facilities, its direct sales efforts are supplemented by the
referral of business through one or more of the Company’s franchise or agent
relationships. We have two customers that each account for over 10% of our
revenues in fiscal 2010: The Conair Corporation (which accounts for
approximately 15% of revenue) and H.H. Brown Shoe Company (which accounts for
approximately 12% of revenue).
James N. Jannello and William J. Lally,
the Company’s President, are principally responsible for the marketing of the
Company’s services. Each branch office manager is responsible for sales
activities in their U.S. local market area. Janel attempts to cultivate strong,
long-term relationships with its customers and referral sources through
high-quality service and management.
Competition
Competition within the freight
forwarding industry is intense, characterized by low economic barriers to entry
resulting in a large number of highly fragmented participants around the
world. Janel competes for customers on the basis of its services and
capabilities against other providers ranging from multinational, multi-billion
dollar firms with hundreds of offices worldwide to regional and local freight
forwarders to “mom-and-pop” businesses with only one or a few
customers. Many of our customers utilize more than one transportation
provider.
Employees
As of September 30, 2010, Janel
employed 69 people; 31 in its Jamaica, New York headquarters, and Lynbrook, New
York back office; six in Hillside, New Jersey; one in Champaign, Illinois; 11 in
Elk Grove Village, Illinois; 6 in Forest Park, Georgia; one in Miami, Florida;
and 13 in Inglewood, California. Approximately 54 of the Company’s employees are
engaged principally in operations, 10 in finance and administration and five in
sales, marketing and customer service. Janel is not a party to any collective
bargaining agreement and considers its relations with its employees to be
good.
To retain the services of highly
qualified, experienced and motivated employees, Janel management emphasizes an
incentive compensation program and adopted a stock option plan in December
2002.
Currency
Risks
The nature of Janel’s operations
requires it to deal with currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. This results in
the Company being exposed to the inherent risks of international currency
markets and governmental interference. A number of countries where Janel
maintains offices or agent relationships have currency control regulations that
influence its ability to hedge foreign currency exposure. The Company tries to
compensate for these exposures by accelerating international currency
settlements among those offices or agents.
Inflation
We do not believe that the relatively
moderate rates of inflation in the United States in recent years have had a
significant effect on our operations.
Seasonality and Shipping
Patterns
Historically, Janel’s quarterly
operating results have been subject to seasonal trends. The fiscal first quarter
has traditionally been the weakest and the fiscal third and fourth quarters have
traditionally been the strongest. This pattern has been the result of, or
influenced by, numerous factors including climate, national holidays, consumer
demand, economic conditions and other similar and subtle forces. This historical
seasonality has also been influenced by the growth and diversification of
Janel’s international network and service offerings.
A significant portion of Janel’s
revenues are derived from customers in industries with shipping patterns closely
tied to consumer demand and from customers with shipping patterns dependent upon
just-in-time production schedules. Many of Janel’s customers may ship a
significant portion of their goods at or near the end of a quarter. Therefore,
the timing of Janel’s revenues are, to a large degree, affected by factors
beyond the Company’s control, such as shifting consumer demand for retail goods
and manufacturing production delays. The Company cannot accurately forecast many
of these factors, nor can it estimate the relative impact of any particular
factor and, as a result, there is no assurance that historical patterns will
continue in the future.
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Environmental
Issues
In the United States, Janel is subject
to federal, state and local provisions regulating the discharge of materials
into the environment or otherwise for the protection of the
environment. Similar laws apply in many foreign jurisdictions in
which Janel operates. Although current operations have not been significantly
affected by compliance with these environmental laws, governments are becoming
increasingly sensitive to environmental issues and the Company cannot predict
what impact future environmental regulations may have on its business. Janel
does not anticipate making any material capital expenditures for environmental
control purposes during the remainder of the current or succeeding fiscal
years.
Regulation
With respect to Janel’s activities in
the air transportation industry in the United States, it is subject to
regulation by the Department of Transportation as an indirect air carrier. The
Company’s overseas offices and agents are licensed as freight forwarders in
their respective countries of operation. Janel is licensed in each of its
offices as a freight forwarder by the International Air Transport Association.
IATA is a voluntary association of airlines which prescribes certain operating
procedures for freight forwarders acting as agents of its
members. The majority of the Company’s freight forwarding businesses
is conducted with airlines that are IATA members.
Janel is licensed as a customs broker
by the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Service. All U.S.
customs brokers are required to maintain prescribed records and are subject to
periodic audits by the Customs Service. In other jurisdictions in which Janel
performs clearance services, it is licensed by the appropriate governmental
authority.
Janel is registered as an Ocean
Transportation Intermediary and licensed as a NVOCC carrier (non-vessel
operating common carrier) by the Federal Maritime Commission. The FMC has
established certain qualifications for shipping agents, including certain surety
bonding requirements.
Janel does not believe that current
U.S. and foreign governmental regulations impose significant economic restraint
on its business operations.
Cargo
Liability
When acting as an airfreight
consolidator, Janel assumes a carrier’s liability for lost or damaged shipments.
This legal liability is typically limited by contract to the lower of the
transaction value or the released value ($9.07 per pound unless the customer
declares a higher value and pays a surcharge), excepted for loss or damages
caused by willful misconduct in the absence of an appropriate airway bill. The
airline that the Company utilizes to make the actual shipment is generally
liable to Janel in the same manner and to the same extent. When acting solely as
the agent of an airline or shipper, Janel does not assume any contractual
liability for loss or damage to shipments tendered to the airline.
When acting as an ocean freight
consolidator, Janel assumes a carrier’s liability for lost or damaged shipments.
This liability is strictly limited by contract to the lower of a transaction
value or the released value ($500 for package or customary freight unit unless
the customer declares a higher value and pays a surcharge). The steamship line
which Janel utilizes to make the actual shipment is generally liable to the
Company in the same manner and to the same extent. In its ocean freight
forwarding and customs clearance operations, Janel does not assume cargo
liability.
When providing warehouse and
distribution services, Janel limits its legal liability by contract to an amount
generally equal to the lower of fair value or $.50 per pound with a maximum of
$50 per “lot,” defined as the smallest unit that the warehouse is required to
track. Upon payment of a surcharge for warehouse and distribution
services, Janel would assume additional liability.
The
Company maintains marine cargo insurance covering claims for losses attributable
to missing or damaged shipments for which it is legally liable. Janel also
maintains insurance coverage for the property of others stored in company
warehouse facilities.
ITEM
1A. RISK
FACTORS
An
investment in our Common Stock is subject to risks inherent to our
business. The material risks and uncertainties that management
believes affect the Company are described below. Additional risks and
uncertainties that management is not aware of or focused on or that management
currently deems immaterial may also impair the Company’s business
operations.
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Risk
Factors Relating To Our Business Generally
We
face aggressive competition from freight carriers with greater financial
resources and with companies that operate in areas that we plan on expanding to
in the future.
We face intense competition within the
freight industry on a local, regional, national and global
basis. Many of our competitors have much larger facilities and far
greater financial resources than ours. In the freight forwarding industry, we
compete with a large and diverse group of freight forwarding concerns,
commercial air and ocean carriers and a large number of locally established
companies in geographic areas where we do business or intend to do business in
the future. The loss of customers, agents or employees to competitors
could adversely impact our ability to maintain profitability.
Failure
to Comply with Governmental Permit and Licensing Requirements, Statutory and
Regulatory Requirements Could Result in Civil and Criminal Sanctions, Fines or
Revocation of Our Operating Authorities, and Changes in These Requirements Could
Adversely Affect Us.
Our operations are subject to various state, local, federal and foreign statutes
and regulations prohibiting various activities, that in many instances require
permits and licenses. Our failure to maintain compliance with applicable law and
regulations, required permits or licenses, or to comply with applicable
regulations, could result in substantial fines or revocation of our operating
authorities. Moreover, government deregulation efforts, “modernization” of the
regulations governing customs clearance and changes in the international trade
and tariff environment could require material expenditures or otherwise
adversely affect us.
Our
Ability to Serve Our Customers Depends on the Availability of Cargo Space from
Third Parties.
Our ability to serve our customers depends on the availability of air and sea
cargo space, including space on passenger and cargo airlines and ocean carriers
that service the transportation lanes that we use. Shortages of cargo space are
most likely to develop around holidays and in especially heavy transportation
lanes. In addition, available cargo space could be reduced as a result of
decreases in the number of passenger airlines or ocean carriers serving
particular shipment lanes at particular times. This could occur as a result of
economic conditions, transportation strikes, regulatory changes and other
factors beyond our control. Our future operating results could be adversely
affected by significant shortages of suitable cargo space and associated
increases in rates charged by passenger airlines or ocean carriers for cargo
space.
Terrorist
attacks and other acts of violence or war may affect any market on which our
shares trade, the markets in which we operate, our operations and our
profitability.
Terrorist acts or acts of war or armed
conflict could negatively affect our operations in a number of
ways. Primarily, any of these acts could result in increased
volatility in or damage to the U.S. and worldwide financial markets and economy
and could lead to increased regulatory requirements with respect to the security
and safety of freight shipments and transportation. They could also
result in a continuation of the current economic uncertainty in the United
States and abroad. Acts of terrorism or armed conflict, and the
uncertainty caused by such conflicts, could cause an overall reduction in
worldwide sales of goods and corresponding shipments of goods. This
would have a corresponding negative effect on our operations. Also,
terrorist activities similar to the type experienced on September 11, 2001 could
result in another halt of trading of securities, which could also have an
adverse affect on the trading price of our shares and overall market
capitalization.
We
intend to continue expansion through acquisition.
We have grown through the acquisitions
of other freight forwarders and intend to continue our program of business
expansion through acquisitions. There can be no assurance that
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acquisitions will be successfully consummated or will enhance
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any expansion opportunities will be available upon reasonable
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encounter risks similar to the risks that past acquisitions have had such
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difficulty
in assimilating the operations and personnel of the acquired
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the
inability of management to realize the projected operational and financial
benefits from the acquisition or to maximize our financial and strategic
position through the successful incorporation of acquired personnel and
clients;
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the
maintenance of uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies;
and
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the
impairment of relationships with employees and clients as a result of any
integration of new management
personnel.
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We expect that any future acquisitions
could provide for consideration to be paid in cash, stock or a combination of
cash and stock. There can be no assurance that any of these
acquisitions will be accomplished. If an entity we acquire is not
efficiently or completely integrated with us, then our business, financial
condition and operating results could be materially adversely
affected.
Events
affecting the volume of international trade and international operations could
adversely affect our international operations.
Our international operations are
directly related to and dependent on the volume of international trade,
particularly trade between the United States and foreign nations. This trade, as
well as our international operations, is influenced by many factors,
including:
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economic
and political conditions in the United States and
abroad;
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major
work stoppages;
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exchange
controls, currency conversion and
fluctuations;
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war,
other armed conflicts and terrorism;
and
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United
States and foreign laws relating to tariffs, trade restrictions, foreign
investment and taxation.
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Trade-related events beyond our
control, such as a failure of various nations to reach or adopt international
trade agreements or an increase in bilateral or multilateral trade restrictions,
could have a material adverse effect on our international operations. Our
operations also depend on the availability of independent carriers that provide
cargo space for international operations.
We
are dependent upon key officers.
Our founder, James N. Jannello,
continues to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, and
William J. Lally, who replaced the Company’s former President in May 2009,
continues to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer. We believe that our
success is highly dependent on the continuing efforts of Mr. Jannello and the
other executive officers and key employees, as well as our ability to attract
and retain other skilled managers and personnel. None of our officers or key
employees is subject to employment contracts. The loss of the services of any of
our key personnel could have a material adverse effect on us.
Economic
and other conditions in the markets in which we operate can affect demand for
services and results of operations.
Our future operating results are
dependent upon the economic environments of the markets in which we
operate. Demand for our services could be adversely affected by
economic conditions in the industries of our customers. Many of our
principal customers are in the fashion, household products, industrial products,
computer and electronics industries. Adverse conditions in any one of
these industries or loss of the major customers in such industries could have a
material adverse impact upon us. We expect the demand for our
services (and consequently our results of operations) to continue to be
sensitive to domestic and, increasingly, global economic conditions and other
factors beyond our control.
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In addition, the transport of freight,
both domestically and internationally, is highly competitive and price
sensitive. Changes in the volume of freight transported, shippers
preferences as to the timing of deliveries as a means to control shipping costs,
economic and political conditions, both in the United States and abroad, work
stoppages, United States and foreign laws relating to tariffs, trade
restrictions, foreign investments and taxation may all have significant impact
on our overall business, growth and profitability.
Janel’s
Officers and Directors control the Company.
The officers and directors of the
Company control the vote of approximately 41.8% of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock. The Company’s stock option plan provides 1,600,000 shares of
Common Stock regarding which options may be granted to key employees of the
Company. As a result, the officers and directors of the Company control the
election of the Company’s directors and will have the ability to control the
affairs of the Company. Furthermore, they will, by virtue of their
control of a large majority of the voting shares, have controlling influence
over, among other things, the ability to amend the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws or effect or preclude fundamental corporate
transactions involving the Company, including the acceptance or rejection of any
proposals relating to a merger of the Company or an acquisition of the Company
by another entity.
Risk
Factors Relating to our Articles of Incorporation and our Stock
The
liability of our directors is limited.
Our Articles of Incorporation limit
the liability of directors to the maximum extent permitted by Nevada
law.
It
is unlikely that we will issue dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable
future.
We have never declared or paid cash
dividends on our Common Stock and do not intend to pay dividends in the
foreseeable future. The payment of dividends in the future will be at the
discretion of our board of directors.
Our
stock price is subject to volatility.
Our Common Stock trades on the OTC
Bulletin Board under the symbol “JLWT”. The market price of our
Common Stock has been subject to significant fluctuations. Such fluctuations, as
well as economic conditions generally, may adversely affect the market price of
our securities.
We
have no assurance of a continued public trading market.
Janel’s Common Stock is quoted in the
over-the-counter market on the OTC Bulletin Board and is subject to the
low-priced security or so-called “penny stock” rules that impose additional
sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell such
securities. For any transaction involving a penny stock, the rules
require, among other things, the delivery, prior to the transaction, of a
disclosure schedule required by the SEC relating to the penny stock
market. The broker-dealer also must disclose the commissions payable
to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current
quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements must be
sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stocks held in the
customer’s account. As a result, characterization as a “penny stock” can
adversely affect the market liquidity for the securities.
ITEM
1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF
COMMENTS
Not
applicable.
ITEM
2. PROPERTIES
As of September 30, 2010, Janel leased
office and warehouse space in 4 cities located in the United
States. The executive offices in Jamaica, New York consist of
approximately 5,000
square feet of
office space adjoined by 9,000 square feet of warehouse space, all subject to a
lease with a term ending January 31, 2015, with an annual base rent of $160,409.
Its administrative office in Lynbrook, New York is approximately 1,459 square
feet and is occupied under a lease which expires February 28, 2013, with an
annual rent of $45,290 through February 28, 2011, which increases at the rate of
3% per year of the lease. Janel’s Elk Grove Illinois office occupied
approximately 2,063 square feet with an additional 800 square feet of warehouse
space under a month-to-month lease. Janel’s Georgia location occupies
approximately 3,000 square feet of office and warehouse space, under a lease
which expires on August 31, 2012 with an annual rent of $31,368 which increases
to $32,304 on September 1, 2011. Janel’s Los Angeles office occupies
approximately 3,000 square feet of office under a lease which expires on June
30, 2016, with an annual rent of $83,100 through May 31, 2011, and increases
every eighteen (18) months based upon the CPI with a limit of up to 4.5% per
year. Certain of the leases also provide for annual increases based upon
increases in taxes or service charges.
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ITEM
3. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
Janel is occasionally subject to claims and lawsuits which typically arise in
the normal course of business. While the outcome of these claims cannot be
predicted with certainty, management does not believe that the outcome of any of
these legal matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s
financial position or results of operations.
Subsequent
to the October 2007 acquisition of certain assets of Order Logistics, Inc.
(“OLI”), a Delaware corporation, consisting principally of proprietary
technology, office locations and personnel, and customer relationships, Janel
learned that immediately prior to the closing of the acquisition, OLI had
entered into an undisclosed agreement with a third party (the “Settlement
Agreement”) which permitted that party to use OLI proprietary technology and
customer relationships being purchased by Janel, and to solicit OLI employees in
its South Carolina office. Janel believes that OLI’s failure to disclose the
Settlement Agreement prior to the closing of the asset acquisition was a
material violation of the OLI covenants, representations and warrantees set
forth in the October 18, 2007 Asset Purchase Agreement which has damaged the
value of the assets acquired by Janel.
On
February 11, 2008, Janel World Trade, Ltd. (“Janel”) filed a lawsuit in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against
defendants World Logistics Services, Inc. (“World Logistics”), a Delaware
Corporation formerly known as “Order Logistics, Inc.;” Richard S. Francis
(“Francis”), the President of World Logistics; and Brian P. Griffin (“Griffin”),
who was the Chief Executive Officer of World Logistics when Janel completed an
acquisition in October 2007 of certain World Logistics assets consisting of
proprietary technology, intellectual property (including the name “Order
Logistics”), office equipment, and customer lists for Janel’s exclusive use in
the management and expansion of Janel’s international integrated logistics
transport services business. The technology was acquired by Janel to enable it
to integrate the tracking of all of the different aspects of the production,
movement and delivery of goods, making the entire process electronically visible
in “real time” by both its managers and clients.
Janel
claims that the defendants made false and misleading statements of material
facts concerning the exclusivity of the rights to the assets which were offered
and sold to Janel by having concealed and withheld the provisions of a
settlement agreement with a third-party business associate and creditor made
only two days before the closing of the asset sale, in which World Logistics
agreed to the cancellation of a restrictive covenant which had prevented the
creditor from using World Logistics proprietary computer software, or soliciting
its list of valuable customers and employees.
Janel has
charged that the defendants violated the anti-fraud provisions of the federal
securities laws, committed common law fraud, breach of contract and other
wrongdoing, with the specific intent to defraud Janel and obtain 285,000 shares
of its newly authorized Class B convertible preferred stock, and more than
$2,300,000 in payments by Janel of the defendants long overdue obligations to
suppliers, creditors and tax authorities.
In June
2010, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the case based upon the
defendants’ claim that the complaint “fails to state a claim upon which relief
may be granted.” The Company filed a brief opposing the defendants’
motion. In June 2010, the court entered an order denying the
defendants motions to dismiss in their entirety. In April 2009 the defendants
filed answers to the Company’s complaint, and counterclaimed that the Company
breached agreements and withheld payments due to the defendants. In May 2009,
the Company filed replies denying each of the counterclaims as
meritless.
In March
2010, Mr. Griffin and Janel entered into a settlement agreement in which Mr.
Griffin withdrew all of his counterclaims against Janel, and agreed to provide
both testimonial and documentary evidence as a witness for the Company. Janel
withdrew all of its claims in the lawsuit against Mr. Griffin, and issued
489,750 shares of Janel’s Common Stock in April and May 2010, without additional
consideration, to a limited list of persons formerly associated with World
Logistics, not including Mr. Griffin.
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On
November 15, 2010 (subsequent to the period covered by this report) Mr. Francis
and Janel entered into a settlement agreement in which Mr. Francis withdrew all
of his counterclaims against Janel and Janel withdrew all of its claims in the
lawsuit against Mr. Francis, and issued 780,000 shares of Janel’s Common Stock
plus cash consideration of $23,359 payable in six equal monthly installments to
Mr. Francis. As a result, on November 23, 2010 the Janel lawsuit
against World Logistics, Francis and Griffin was dismissed in its
entirety.
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PART II
ITEM
5.
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MARKET FOR THE
REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER
PURCHASES OF EQUITY
SECURITIES
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The Company’s Common Stock is traded on
the Over-The-Counter (OTC) market under the symbol JLWT.
The
following table sets forth the high and low prices for the Common Stock for each
full quarterly period during the fiscal years indicated. The prices
reflect the high and low bid prices as available through the OTC market and
represent prices between dealers and do not reflect the retailer markups,
markdowns or commissions, and may not represent actual
transactions. There have been no dividends declared.
Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
2010
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First
Quarter
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High
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$ | 0.90 | |||
Low
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$ | 0.42 | ||||
Second
Quarter
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High
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$ | 0.85 | |||
Low
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$ | 0.35 | ||||
Third
Quarter
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High
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$ | 0.84 | |||
Low
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$ | 0.25 | ||||
Fourth
Quarter
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High
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$ | 0.75 | |||
Low
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$ | 0.30 | ||||
Fiscal
Year Ended September 30, 2009
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First
Quarter
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High
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$ | 1.05 | |||
Low
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$ | 0.33 | ||||
Second
Quarter
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High
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$ | 1.01 | |||
Low
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$ | 0.60 | ||||
Third
Quarter
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High
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$ | 0.85 | |||
Low
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$ | 0.41 | ||||
Fourth
Quarter
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High
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$ | 1.25 | |||
Low
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$ | 0.71 |
On December 13, 2010, the Company had
59 holders of record and approximately 353 beneficial holders of its shares of
Common Stock. The closing price of the Common Stock on that date was
$0.32 per share.
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ITEM
6. SELECTED FINANCIAL
DATA
JANEL
WORLD TRADE, LTD.
(in
thousands, except per share data)
2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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Statement
of Operations Data:
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Revenue
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$ | 88,486 | $ | 71,853 | $ | 82,745 | $ | 74,947 | $ | 77,220 | ||||||||||
Costs
and expenses
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87,425 | 71,857 | 82,495 | 74,300 | 76,811 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and Amortization
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246 | 553 | 703 | 99 | 108 | |||||||||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
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$ | 815 | $ | ( 557 | ) | $ | ( 453 | ) | $ | 548 | $ | 301 | ||||||||
Impairment
loss
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- | (1,066 | ) | (1,813 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
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$ | 383 | $ | (1,241 | ) | $ | (1,645 | ) | $ | 323 | $ | 57 | ||||||||
Net
income (loss) per common share
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$ | 0.02 | $ | ( 0.07 | ) | $ | ( 0.10 | ) | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.00 | ||||||||
Balance
Sheet Data:
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Total
assets
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$ | 11,342 | $ | 10,025 | $ | 13,471 | $ | 8,584 | $ | 6,743 | ||||||||||
Working
capital
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1,832 | 2,491 | 2,651 | 4,285 | 3,609 | |||||||||||||||
Current
liabilities
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6,613 | 4,308 | 6,411 | 4,032 | 2,906 | |||||||||||||||
Long-term
liabilities
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92 | 1,585 | 2,189 | 81 | 85 | |||||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
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$ | 4,637 | $ | 4,132 | $ | 4,871 | $ | 4,471 | $ | 3,751 |
ITEM
7.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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Forward-Looking
Statements
The statements contained in all parts
of this document that are not historical facts are, or may be deemed to be,
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. When used in this document, the words “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“expect,” “may,” “plans,” “project,” and similar expressions are intended to be
among the statements that identify forward-looking statements. Janel’s results
may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking
statements. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not
limited to, those relating to costs, delays and difficulties related to the
Company’s dependence on its ability to attract and retain skilled managers and
other personnel; the intense competition within the freight industry; the
uncertainty of the Company’s ability to manage and continue its growth and
implement its business strategy; the Company’s dependence on the availability of
cargo space to serve its customers; effects of regulation; its vulnerability to
general economic conditions and dependence on its principal customers; accuracy
of accounting and other estimates; risk of international operations; risks
relating to acquisitions; the Company’s future financial and operating results,
cash needs and demand for its services; and the Company’s ability to maintain
and comply with permits and licenses; as well as other risk factors described in
this Annual Report. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes
may vary materially from those projected.
Overview
The following discussion and analysis
addresses the results of operations for the fiscal year ended September 30,
2010, as compared to the results of operations for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2009 and the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, as compared to
the results of operations for the fiscal year ended September 30,
2008. The discussion and analysis then addresses the liquidity and
financial condition of the Company, and other matters.
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Results of
Operations
Janel operates its business as two
reportable segments. The first segment is comprised of full-service
cargo transportation logistics management, including freight forwarding via air,
ocean and land-based carriers, customs brokerage services, warehousing and
distribution services, and other value-added logistics services. The
second segment is comprised of computer software sales, support and
maintenance.
Years
ended September 30, 2010 and 2009
Revenue. Total revenue for fiscal
2010 was $88,485,931, as compared to $71,852,806 for fiscal 2009, a
year-over-year increase of $16,633,125 or 23.2%. For fiscal 2010,
transportation logistics accounted for revenue of $88,428,775, while computer
software revenue was $57,156. The increase in total revenue was
primarily due to the increase in the Company’s transportation logistics segment
revenue which increased by 23.4% to $88,428,775 for fiscal 2010 from $71,663,175
for fiscal 2009. This increase is mainly the result of the relative
strengthening of the U.S. economy year-over-year, and the consequent increase in
ocean fright and airfreight shipping activity by existing customers between the
two periods. Net revenue (revenue minus forwarding expenses) in
fiscal 2010 was $8,913,678, an increase of $479,615 (5.7%) as compared to net
revenue of $8,434,063 in fiscal 2009. Computer software-related
revenue during the period was negatively affected as a result of the Company’s
earlier closing of former World Logistics operations in South Carolina and from
the continuing cutbacks the Company has made in that business
segment. The Company does not anticipate any future revenue from the
computer software business segment.
Forwarding Expense. Forwarding expense is
primarily comprised of the fees paid by Janel directly to cargo carriers to
handle and transport its actual freight shipments on behalf of its customers
between initial and final terminal points. Forwarding expense also
includes any duties and/or trucking charges related to the
shipments. For fiscal year 2010, forwarding expense increased by
$16,153,510, or 25.5%, to $79,572,253 as compared to $63,418,743 for fiscal year
2009. Forwarding expense as a percentage of revenue increased to
89.9% for fiscal year 2010, from 88.3% for fiscal year 2009, a 1.6 percentage
point increase. This increase is principally the result of ocean
freight shipments accounting for a higher proportion of the overall shipping
activity (versus airfreight) in the fiscal year 2010, as compared to the fiscal
year 2009.
Selling, General and Administrative
Expense. For
the fiscal years ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, selling, general and
administrative expenses were $7,852,123 (8.87% of revenue), and $8,574,504
(11.93% of revenue), respectively. This represents a year-over-year
decrease of $722,381, or 8.4%. The year-over-year absolute dollar
decrease in SG&A primarily resulted from cutbacks made as part of the
Company’s ongoing austerity program, during which personnel positions have been
eliminated, workweek reductions were implemented, and all additional overhead
expenses have been tightly monitored. Primarily because of the higher
revenue base, SG&A as a percentage of revenue decreased by 25.65%, to 8.87%
in fiscal year ended 2010 from 11.93% in fiscal year ended 2009.
Income (Loss) Before
Taxes. Income before taxes in
fiscal year ended 2010 improved by $2,552,093 to $718,895, as compared to a loss
before taxes of ($1,833,198) in the fiscal year ended 2009. The prior
fiscal year included nonrecurring pretax charges related to the amortization of
intangible assets and to impairment of identifiable intangible assets of
$197,072 and $1,066,240, respectively, the former primarily and the latter
wholly associated with the Company’s acquisition of Order Logistics, Inc. in
October 2007.
Income Taxes. The effective
income tax rate for the fiscal year ended 2010 was 46.7%. In 2009 the
Company recorded an income tax credit with an effective income tax rate of
32.2%. Both fiscal periods reflect the U.S. federal statutory rate
and applicable state income taxes.
Net Income (Loss). For the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2010, Janel’s net income improved by $1,624,093 to
$382,895 from a loss of ($1,241,198) in fiscal year ended September 30,
2009. Net income available to common shareholders for fiscal year
ended 2010 was $367,849, or $0.019 per diluted share, up $1,624,047 as compared
to a net loss available to common shareholders of $(1,256,198), or $(0.07) per
diluted share, for the fiscal year ended 2009. Included in the
improvement were the nonrecurring charges in 2009 relating to the amortization
and impairment of the Order Logistics, Inc. acquisition.
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Years
ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
Revenue. Total
revenue for fiscal 2009 was $71,852,806, as compared to $82,745,383 for fiscal
2008, a year-over-year decrease of $(10,892,577), or (13.2)%. The decrease in
total revenue was primarily due to the decrease in the Company’s transportation
logistics segment as a result of a generally weaker overall environment in
domestic and international trade during fiscal 2009 in all of the principal
industry sectors served by the Company, which include wearing apparel and
finished garments, footwear, household appliances and electronics, and sporting
goods and accessories. Revenue in 2009 was also negatively affected by the
continuing substitution, when possible, of lower-priced ocean freight versus
airfreight by many of our customers. During fiscal 2009, the Company’s overall
business activities with existing clients declined, primarily as a reflection of
the weaker overall economic conditions. Net revenue (revenue minus forwarding
expenses) in fiscal 2009 was $8,434,063, a decrease of $(1,352,079), or (13.8)%,
as compared to $9,786,142 in fiscal 2008.
Forwarding
Expense. Forwarding expense is primarily comprised of the fees
paid by Janel directly to cargo carriers to handle and transport its actual
freight shipments on behalf of its customers between initial and final terminal
points. Forwarding expense also includes any duties and/or trucking charges
related to the shipments. For fiscal year 2009, forwarding expense decreased by
$9,540,498, or 13.1%, to $63,418,743, as compared to $72,959,241 for fiscal year
2008. The Company’s export business is conducted predominantly by
ocean freight. Continuing customer attention to and improvements in supply-chain
management and inventory planning resulted in a reduced reliance on and
frequency of time-critical shipments which require airfreight. These factors
have resulted in the increased use of lower-cost ocean freight. As a general
rule, ocean freight costs less than airfreight, and is marked up at a lower
percentage than are shipments via airfreight, i.e., forwarding expense as a
percentage of revenue is generally higher (and the Company earns less) for ocean
freight than for airfreight.
Selling, General and Administrative
Expense. Selling, general and administrative expense decreased
$962,227, or 10.1%, to $8,574,504 in fiscal 2009, as compared to $9,536,731 in
fiscal 2008. As a percentage of revenue, SG&A expense in fiscal 2009 was
11.93% as compared to 11.53% as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2008. The
year-over-year dollar decrease in SG&A resulted from a general decrease in
most categories of SG&A expenses in fiscal 2009, including, in particular,
lower commissions earned on the lower level of logistics revenue.
Income (Loss) Before
Taxes. Loss before taxes in fiscal 2009 was $(1,833,198),
which represented a year-to-year improvement of $539,229, or 22.7%, as compared
to the loss before taxes of $(2,372,427) in fiscal 2008. The
principal reasons for the 2009 loss were nonrecurring pretax charges of $197,072
and of $1,066,240 related to amortization of intangible assets and to impairment
of identifiable intangible assets, respectively, the former primarily and the
latter wholly associated with the Company’s acquisition of Order Logistics, Inc.
in October 2007.
Income Taxes (Credit). The
effective income tax rates in fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2008, a credit in each
year, are (32)% and (30)%, respectively.
Net Income (Loss). For fiscal 2009, Janel
reported a net loss of $(1,241,198), an improvement of $404,229, or 24.6%, as
compared to the reported a net loss of $(1,645,427) in fiscal 2008. Janel’s net
(loss) margin (net loss as a percent of net revenue) was (14.72)% in fiscal 2009
as compared to a net (loss) margin of (16.81)% in fiscal 2008. The principal
reasons for the improvement were the decrease in extraordinary charges related
to amortization and impairment taken in 2009 as compared to 2008, as noted
above.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
General. Our
ability to satisfy our liquidity requirements, which include satisfying our debt
obligations and funding working capital, day-to-day operating expenses and
capital expenditures depends upon our future performance, which is subject to
general economic conditions, competition and other factors, some of which are
beyond our control. If we achieve significant near-term revenue
growth, we may experience a need for increased working capital financing as a
result of the difference between our collection cycles and the timing of our
payments to vendors. Also, as a non-asset based freight forwarder, we
do not have a need for significant capital expenditure.
Janel’s
cash flow performance for the 2010 fiscal year is not necessarily indicative of
future cash flow performance.
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As of
September 30, 2010, and compared with the prior fiscal year, the Company’s cash
and cash equivalents declined by $128,238, or 8.7%, to $1,354,912 from
$1,483,150, respectively. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010,
Janel’s net working capital (current assets minus current liabilities) decreased
by $659,033, or 26.5%, from $2,491,296 at September 30, 2009, to $1,832,263
at September 30, 2010.
Cash flows from operating
activities. Net cash provided by operating activities was $509,839
for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, compared to $713,898 for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2009. The change was principally
driven by a decrease in collections of outstanding accounts receivable, which
were more than offset by the change in our net profit, a federal tax refund and
a decrease in payments of outstanding accounts payable.
Cash flows from investing
activities. Net cash used for investing activities, primarily
capital expenditures for property and equipment, were $17,031 and $12,492 for
the fiscal years ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Cash flows from financing
activities. Net cash used for financing activities was
$621,046 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, compared to $1,646,354
for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009. The cash used in
financing activities for fiscal year ended 2010, consisted primarily of
scheduled repayments under the term loan agreement with JPMorgan Chase
Bank. The cash used in financing activities for fiscal year ended
2009, consisted primarily of repayments under the term and line note agreements
with JPMorgan Chase Bank.
Community National Bank Borrowing
Facility. On August 3, 2010, the Company’s Janel Group of New
York, Inc. (“Janel New York”) subsidiary entered into a one year $3.5 million
revolving line of credit agreement with Community National Bank
(“CNB”). The new credit facility (the “CNB Facility”) replaces Janel
New York’s previous term loan agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank. The interest
rate of the CNB Facility is the prime rate plus 1%, with a minimum rate of
5%. Under the CNB Facility, Janel New York may borrow up to $3.5
million limited to 80% of the Company’s aggregate outstanding eligible accounts
receivable. On August 3, 2010, $951,190 of the CNB Facility was used
to pay off the outstanding balances under the term loan with JPMorgan Chase
Bank. The CNB Facility is for a one year term, expiring on July 31, 2011, and
obligations under the CNB Facility are secured by all of the assets of the
Company, and are guaranteed by the Company and James N. Jannello, the Company’s
Chief Executive Officer. As of September 30, 2010, there were
outstanding borrowings of $951,336 under the CNB Facility (which represented
35.6% of the amount available thereunder) out of a total amount available for
borrowing under the CNB Facility of approximately $2,673,000.
Working Capital
Requirements. The Company’s cash needs are currently met by
the CNB Facility and cash on hand. As of September 30, 2010, the
Company had $1,721,645 available under its $3.5 million CNB Facility and
$1,354,912 in cash from operations and cash on hand. We believe that
our current financial resources will be sufficient to finance our operations and
obligations (current and long-term liabilities) for the long and short
terms. However, our actual working capital needs for the long and
short terms will depend upon numerous factors, including our operating results,
the cost associated with growing the Company either internally or through
acquisition, competition, and the availability of a revolving credit facility,
none of which can be predicted with certainty.
Current
Outlook
Janel’s
results of operations are affected by the general economic cycle, particularly
as it influences global trade levels and specifically the import and export
activities of Janel’s various current and prospective
customers. Historically, the Company’s quarterly results of
operations have been subject to seasonal trends which have been the result of,
or influenced by, numerous factors including climate, national holidays,
consumer demand, economic conditions, the growth and diversification of its
international network and service offerings, and other similar and subtle
forces. The Company cannot accurately forecast many of these factors nor
can the Company estimate accurately the relative influence of any particular
factor and, as a result, there can be no assurance that historical patterns, if
any, will continue in future periods.
On
October 4, 2010 (subsequent to the period covered by this report), the Company
acquired the international freight forwarding assets of Ferrara International
Logistics, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“FIL”) pursuant to the terms of an
Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and FIL dated October 4,
2010. Refer to Note 20 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a
further description of this transaction.
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In addition, Janel is progressing with
the implementation of its business plan and strategy to grow its revenue and
profitability for fiscal 2011 and beyond through other avenues. The Company’s
strategy for growth includes plans to: open, as warranted, additional branch
offices domestically and/or outside the continental United States; introduce
additional revenue streams for its existing headquarters and branch locations;
proceed with negotiations and due diligence with privately held
transportation-related firms which may ultimately lead to their acquisition by
the Company; expand its existing sales force by hiring additional
commission-only sales representatives with established customer bases; increase
its focus on growing revenue related to export activities; evaluate direct entry
into the trucking and warehouse distribution business as a complement to the
services already provided to existing customers; and continue its focus on
containing current and prospective overhead and operating expenses, particularly
with regard to the efficient integration of any additional offices or
acquisitions.
Certain elements of the Company’s
growth strategy, principally proposals for acquisition, are contingent upon the
availability of adequate financing at terms acceptable to the
Company. The Company is continuing in its efforts to secure long-term
financing, but has to date been unable to complete any such long-term financing
transactions at terms it deems acceptable, and cannot presently anticipate when
or if financing on acceptable terms will become available. Therefore, the
implementation of significant aspects of the Company’s strategic growth plan may
be deferred beyond the originally anticipated timing.
Contractual Obligations and
Commitments
Contractual Obligations and
Commitments. The following table presents, as of September 30,
2010, our significant fixed and determinable contractual obligations to third
parties by payment date. Further discussion of the nature of each
obligation is included in Notes 10 and 14 to the consolidated financial
statements.
Payments Due by Fiscal Year
(in thousands)
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015 and
thereafter
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Total
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Amounts
reflected in Balance Sheet:
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Long
term debt (1)
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$ | 14 | - | - | - | - | $ | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
Other
amounts not reflected in Balance Sheet:
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Operating
leases (2)
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321 | 321 | 263 | 243 | 199 | $ | 1,347 | |||||||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 335 | $ | 321 | $ | 263 | 243 | 199 | $ | 1,361 |
(1)
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Represents
principal payments only.
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(2)
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Operating
leases represent future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable
operating leases (primarily the rental of premises) at September 30,
2010. In accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States, our operating leases are not recorded in
our balance sheet.
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Critical Accounting Policies
and Estimates
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
discusses the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America. The preparation of these financial
statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future
events that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
accompanying notes. Since future events and their effects cannot be
determined with absolute certainty, the determination of estimates requires the
exercise of judgment. Actual results could differ from those
estimates, and such difference may be material to the financial
statements. The most significant accounting estimates inherent in the
preparation of our financial statements include estimates as to the appropriate
carrying value of certain assets and liabilities which are not readily apparent
from other sources, primarily allowance for doubtful accounts, accruals for
transportation and other direct costs, accruals for cargo insurance, and
deferred income taxes. Management bases its estimates on historical
experience and on various assumptions which are believed to be reasonable under
the circumstances. We reevaluate these significant factors as facts
and circumstances change. Historically, actual results have not
differed significantly from our estimates. These accounting policies
are more fully described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Management believes that the nature of
the Company’s business is such that there are few, if any, complex challenges in
accounting for operations. Revenue recognition is considered the critical
accounting policy due to the complexity of arranging and managing global
logistics and supply-chain management transactions.
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Revenue
Recognition
A.
Full-Service Cargo Transportation Logistics Management
Revenues are derived from airfreight,
ocean freight and custom brokerage services. The Company is a non-asset-based
carrier and accordingly does not own transportation assets. The Company
generates the major portion of its air and ocean freight revenues by purchasing
transportation services from direct carriers (airlines, steam ship lines, etc.)
and reselling those services to its customers. By consolidating shipments from
multiple customers and availing itself of its buying power, the Company is able
to negotiate favorable rates from the direct carriers, while offering to its
customers lower rates than the customers could obtain themselves.
Airfreight revenues include the charges
for carrying the shipments when the Company acts as a freight consolidator.
Ocean freight revenues include the charges for carrying the shipments when the
Company acts as a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC). In
each case, the Company is acting as an indirect carrier. When acting
as an indirect carrier, the Company will issue a House Airway Bill (HAWB) or a
House Ocean Bill of Lading (HOBL) to customers as the contract of
carriage. In turn, when the freight is physically tendered to a
direct carrier, the Company receives a contract of carriage known as a Master
Airway Bill for airfreight shipments and a Master Ocean Bill of Lading for ocean
shipments. At this point the risk of loss passes to the carrier,
however, in order to claim for any such loss, the customer is first obligated to
pay the freight charges.
Based upon the terms in the contract of
carriage, revenues related to shipments where the Company issues a HAWB or a
HOBL are recognized at the time the freight is tendered to the direct
carrier. Costs related to the shipments are recognized at the same
time.
Revenues realized when the Company acts
as an agent for the shipper and does not issue a HAWB or a HOBL include only the
commission and fees earned for the services performed. These revenues
are recognized upon completion of the services.
Customs brokerage and other services
involves provide multiple services at destination including clearing shipments
through customs by preparing required documentation, calculating and providing
for payment of duties and other charges on behalf of the customers, arranging
for any required inspections, and arranging for final delivery. These
revenues are recognized upon completion of the services.
The movement of freight may require
multiple services. In most instances the Company may perform multiple services
including destination break bulk and value added services such as local
transportation, distribution services and logistics management. Each
of these services has separate fee that is recognized as revenue upon completion
of the service.
Customers will frequently request an
all-inclusive rate for a set of services that is known in the industry as
“door-to-door services.” In these cases, the customer is billed a
single rate for all services from pickup at origin to delivery. The
allocation of revenue and expense among the components of services when provided
under an all inclusive rate are done in an objective manner on a fair value
basis in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 00-21, “Revenue
Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables.”
B.
Computer Software Sales, Support and Maintenance
The
Company recognizes revenue, including multiple element arrangements, in
accordance with the provisions of the SEC’s Staff Accounting bulletin (“SAB”)
No. 104, Revenue
Recognition, and the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”), and
EITF 00-21, Revenue Agreements
with Multiple Deliverables. Revenue from the sale of the
Company’s products and services are recognized when persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists, delivery has occurred (or services have been rendered), the
price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured.
Amounts billed in excess of revenue recognized are recorded as deferred revenue
in the balance sheet.
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Estimates
While judgments and estimates are a
necessary component of any system of accounting, the Company’s use of estimates
is limited primarily to the following areas that in the aggregate are not a
major component of the Company’s consolidated statements of income:
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a.
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accounts
receivable valuation;
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b.
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the
useful lives of long-term assets;
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c.
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the
accrual of costs related to ancillary services the Company provides;
and
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c.
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accrual
of tax expense on an interim basis.
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Management
believes that the methods utilized in all of these areas are non-aggressive in
approach and consistent in application. Management believes that there are
limited, if any, alternative accounting principles or methods which could be
applied to the Company’s transactions. While the use of estimates means that
actual future results may be different from those contemplated by the estimates,
the Company believes that alternative principles and methods used for making
such estimates would not produce materially different results than those
reported.
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
In June
2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard amending the accounting and
disclosure requirements for transfers of financial assets. This accounting
standard requires greater transparency and additional disclosures for transfers
of financial assets and the entity’s continuing involvement with them and
changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets. In addition, it
eliminates the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity (“QSPE”). This
accounting standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2009. The adoption of this ASU did not have a
material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB also issued an accounting standard amending the accounting and
disclosure requirements for the consolidation of variable interest entities
(“VIEs”). The elimination of the concept of a QSPE, as discussed above, removes
the exception from applying the consolidation guidance within this accounting
standard. Further, this accounting standard requires a company to perform a
qualitative analysis when determining whether or not it must consolidate a VIE.
It also requires a company to continuously reassess whether it must consolidate
a VIE. Additionally, it requires enhanced disclosures about a company’s
involvement with VIEs and any significant change in risk exposure due to that
involvement, as well as how its involvement with VIEs impacts the company’s
financial statements. Finally, a company will be required to disclose
significant judgments and assumptions used to determine whether or not to
consolidate a VIE. This accounting standard is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The
adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
In
December 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-16, Accounting for Transfers of
Financial Assets. This Accounting Standards Update amends the FASB Accounting
Standards Codification for the issuance of FASB Statement No. 166, Accounting
for Transfers of Financial Assets—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140. The
amendments in this Accounting Standards Update improve financial reporting by
eliminating the exceptions for qualifying special-purpose entities from the
consolidation guidance and the exception that permitted sale accounting for
certain mortgage securitizations when a transferor has not surrendered control
over the transferred financial assets. In addition, the amendments require
enhanced disclosures about the risks that a transferor continues to be exposed
to because of its continuing involvement in transferred financial assets.
Comparability and consistency in accounting for transferred financial assets
will also be improved through clarifications of the requirements for isolation
and limitations on portions of financial assets that are eligible for sale
accounting. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our
consolidated financial statements.
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In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 – Improving Disclosures about Fair
Value Measurements. This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that
requires new disclosure as follows: 1) Transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2. A
reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers
in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the
reasons for the transfers. 2) Activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. In
the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable
inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity should present separately information about
purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (that is, on a gross basis rather
than as one net number). This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that
clarifies existing disclosures as follows: 1) Level of disaggregation. A
reporting entity should provide fair value measurement disclosures for each
class of assets and liabilities. A class is often a subset of assets or
liabilities within a line item in the statement of financial position. A
reporting entity needs to use judgment in determining the appropriate classes of
assets and liabilities. 2) Disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. A
reporting entity should provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and
inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value
measurements. Those disclosures are required for fair value measurements that
fall in either Level 2 or Level 3. The adoption of this guidance did not have a
material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In
February 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-9 –Amendments to Certain Recognition and
Disclosure Requirements. This update addresses certain implementation issues
related to an entity’s requirement to perform and disclose subsequent-events
procedures, removes the requirement that public companies disclose the date of
their financial statements in both issued and revised financial statements.
According to the FASB, the revised statements include those that have been
changed to correct an error or conform to a retrospective application of U.S.
GAAP. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our
consolidated financial statements.
In March
2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-11 –Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit
Derivatives. Embedded credit-derivative features related only to the transfer of
credit risk in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another
are not subject to potential bifurcation and separate accounting as clarified by
recently issued FASB guidance. Other embedded credit-derivative features are
required to be analyzed to determine whether they must be accounted for
separately. This update provides guidance on whether embedded credit-derivative
features in financial instruments issued by structures such as collateralized
debt obligations (CDOs) and synthetic CDOs are subject to bifurcation and
separate accounting. The guidance is effective at the beginning of a company’s
first fiscal quarter beginning after June 15, 2010. We do not expect the
adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
In April
2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-13, Compensation – Stock Compensation: Effect
of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the
Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades. ASU
2010-13 clarifies that a share-based payment award with an exercise price
denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the
entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a
condition that is not a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore,
such an award should not be classified as a liability if it otherwise qualifies
as equity. ASU 2010-13 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within
those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010, with early adoption
permitted. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of this ASU;
however, we do not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on
our consolidated financial statements.
ITEM
8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The financial statements and
supplementary data required by this Item 8 are included in our Consolidated
Financial Statements and set forth in the pages indicated in Item 15(a) of this
Annual Report.
ITEM
9.
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CHANGES IN AND
DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURES
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None.
ITEM
9A. CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We
maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to
provide reasonable assurance that information, which is required to be disclosed
by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and is accumulated and communicated to
management in a timely manner. Our Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated this system of
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this
annual report, and have concluded that the system is effective.
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Management’s
Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our
management, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our
internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of our financial statements for external reporting purposes in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP). Internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records
that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with US GAAP, and that the Company’s receipts
and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition,
use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on
the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control
over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to
the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions,
or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
Our Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over
financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control — Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, management concluded
that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of
September 30, 2010.
This Annual Report does not include an
attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal
control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation
by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only management’s report in this Annual
Report.
Changes in Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting
There
have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
ITEM
9B. OTHER
INFORMATION
None.
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PART III
ITEM
10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Directors and Executive
Officers
The executive officers and directors
of the Registrant are as follows:
Name
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Age
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Position
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James
N. Jannello
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66
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Executive
Vice President,
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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William
J. Lally
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57
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President,
Chief Operating
Officer
and Director
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Nicholas
V. Ferrara
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53
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Director
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Noel J.
Jannello
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39
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Director
and Vice President
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Vincent
Iacopella
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43
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Director
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Ruth
Werra
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69
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Secretary
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Philip
J. Dubato
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54
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Executive
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial and Accounting
Officer
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James N. Jannello is the
Executive Vice President and a director, and has been the Chief Executive
Officer of Janel since it was founded in 1974. Mr. Jannello’s
principal function is the overseeing of all of the Company’s operations,
management of the import side of the business and the setting of billing rates
and charges, and the maintenance of relationships with overseas agents
worldwide. Mr. Jannello is a licensed Customs House Broker and the
father of Noel J. Jannello.
Mr. Jannello is well qualified to
serve as a member of the Company’s Board based on his extensive experience in
the freight forwarding business and his management position with the Company
since its founding.
William J. Lally has been the
President of Janel since May 2009. Mr. Lally is the Chief Operating
Officer and is principally engaged in sales and marketing and also manages the
export side of the Company’s business. Mr. Lally has been employed by Janel
since 1975, first in New York and later in Chicago, Illinois. Since
1979, Mr. Lally has served as the President of the Janel Group of Illinois,
Inc. Mr. Lally became a director of the Company in July
2002.
Mr. Lally is well qualified to serve
as a member of the Company’s Board based on his extensive experience in the
freight forwarding business and his management positions within the Company
since 1975.
Nicholas V. Ferrara became a
director and employee of the Company on October 4, 2010 in conjunction with the
Company’s acquisition of the assets of Ferrara International Logistics, Inc. on
the same date (Refer to Note 20 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements. Mr. Ferrara’s principal function is the management and
oversight of the Company’s New Jersey operations and sales
initiatives. Prior to joining Janel, Mr. Ferrara was the President,
CEO and sole stockholder of Ferrara International Logistics, Inc. since
1994.
Mr. Ferrara is well qualified to
serve as a member of the Company’s Board based on his extensive experience in
the freight forwarding business.
Noel J. Jannello has been
employed by Janel since 1995, and has been a Vice President and operations
executive since 2003. His principal function is the overseeing of the
Company’s U.S. operations. Mr. Jannello is a graduate of Bradley
University (B.A., Advertising & Marketing, 1993), and is the son of James N.
Jannello.
Mr. Jannello is well qualified to
serve as a member of the Company’s Board based on his extensive experience in
the freight forwarding business.
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Vincent Iacopella has been
the Managing Director of The Janel Group of Los Angeles since 2004, and was the
driving force in reorganizing the Los Angeles office into profitable
operation. Prior to joining Janel, Mr. Iacopella was the Managing
Director and President of the California subsidiary of Delmar Logistics,
Inc. Mr. Iacopella is a member of the board of directors of Los
Angeles Customs Brokers Freight Forwarders Association, and is the Secretary of
The Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders
Associations, Inc. Mr. Iacopella attended New York University, and is
a licensed customs broker.
Mr. Iacopella is well qualified to
serve as a member of the Company’s Board based on his extensive experience in
the freight forwarding business and leadership positions within the
industry.
Ruth Werra has been the
Secretary of Janel since 1994 and has been employed by the Company since 1975.
She is the office manager of the New York executive office and oversees the
maintenance of Janel’s corporate records. Mrs. Werra also oversees
the entry and clearance of all personal effects shipments handled by the New
York office.
Philip J. Dubato has been the
Executive Vice President of Finance since May 2010. Mr. Dubato is the
Chief Financial and Accounting Officer and oversees all accounting operations
for the Company. From 1997 through 2007, Mr. Dubato was Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, and from 1998
through 2007 a director of Target Logistics, Inc., a domestic and international
freight forwarder publicly traded on the American Stock
Exchange. From 2007 through May 2010, Mr. Dubato was a consultant in
the freight forwarding industry and a private investor.
Directors hold office until the next
annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter until their successors have been
duly elected and qualified. The executive officers are elected by the Board of
Directors on an annual basis and serve under the direction of the board.
Executive officers devote all of their business time to the Company’s
affairs.
Janel’s Board of Directors does not
yet include any “independent” directors, and the Company does not have any
standing Audit, Compensation or Nominating Committees.
Board
of Directors
Board of
Directors. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010,
the Board of Directors met one time. No incumbent director attended
fewer than 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors of the
Company held during the year.
Our Board
of Directors has not established any committees. There is no Audit
Committee, Compensation Committee, or Nominating Committee, or any committee
performing similar functions, and no charters have been adopted with respect to
these functions. The functions which would have been assigned to those
committees are undertaken by the entire board as a whole.
Audit Function. In
its audit function, the Board oversees the Company’s accounting, financial
reporting and internal control functions and the audit of the Company’s
financial statements. The audit responsibilities include, among
others, direct responsibility for hiring, firing, overseeing the work of and
determining the compensation for the Company’s independent
auditors. The Board does not include an “audit committee financial
expert” (as defined in applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
rules), because the Board believes that the benefits provided by the addition to
the Board of an individual who meets the SEC criteria at this time do not
justify the cost of retaining such an individual.
Nominating
Function. The Company’s full Board of Directors acts as a
nominating committee for the annual selection of its nominees for election as
directors. The Board of Directors held one meeting during the past
fiscal year in order to make nominations for directors. The Board
believes that the interests of the Company’s stockholders are served by
relegating the nominations process to the full Board. While the Board
of Directors will consider nominees recommended by stockholders, it has not
actively solicited recommendations from the Company’s stockholders for nominees,
nor established any procedures for this purpose. In considering
prospective nominees, the Board of Directors will consider the prospect’s
relevant financial and business experience, familiarity with and participation
in the Company’s industry and market area, the integrity and dedication of the
prospect and other factors the Board deems relevant. The Board of
Directors will apply the same criteria to nominees recommended by stockholders
as those recommended by the full Board.
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Compensation
Function. The Company’s full Board of Directors acts as a
compensation committee for Company. The Board believes that, due to
the size of the Company and its management team, the interests of the Company’s
stockholders are served by relegating the compensation process to the full
Board.
The
primary objective of our compensation and benefits program is to attract,
motivate and retain our quality executive talent, and support our business goals
within the limits arising out of the Company’s revenue and profitability.
Our executive compensation structure is comprised of limited a small group
of only six executives, and the amount of their compensation is principally
based on the available funds and the achievement of our goals for growth and
profitability.
Our compensation approach is
necessarily tied to our stage of development as a company. Historically, our
Company is one of the smaller freight logistics businesses whose securities are
traded in the public market, with the result that our compensation program is
limited to cash compensation depending upon the funds available, and is lower
than the level of compensation of the public companies in our business group.
Our Board of Directors reviews and approves executive compensation, bonus,
and benefits policies on a case-by-case basis, often based on the recommendation
of our Chief Executive Officer’s subjective assessment of the funding reasonably
available for executive compensation.
Director
Compensation
Our
directors are reimbursed for their reasonable expenses as members of the Board
of Directors, but they do not receive any compensation for serving as
such.
Code
of Ethics
Due to
its small size, the Company has not yet adopted a code of ethics.
Communications
with the Board
Any shareholder desiring to contact the
Board, or any specific director(s), may send written communications to: Board of
Directors (Attention: (Name(s) of director(s), as applicable)), c/o the
Company’s Secretary, 150-14 132nd Avenue,
Jamaica, New York 11434. Any proper communication so received will be
processed by the Secretary. If it is unclear from the communication
received whether it was intended or appropriate for the Board, the Secretary
will (subject to any applicable regulatory requirements) use his judgment to
determine whether such communication should be conveyed to the Board or, as
appropriate, to the member(s) of the Board named in the
communication.
Leadership
Structure and Risk Oversight
While the Board believes that there are
various structures which can provide successful leadership to the Company, the
Company’s executive functions are shared by the Company’s Chief executive
Officer and President/Chief Operating Officer. Both individuals serve
on the Company’s Board of Directors and they, together with the other directors
bring experience, oversight and expertise to the management of the
Company. The Board believes that, due to the small size of the
Company, this leadership structure best serves the Company and its
stockholders.
Management is responsible for the
day-to-day management of risks the Company faces, while the Board, as a whole
has responsibility for the oversight of risk management. In its risk
oversight role, the Board has the responsibility to satisfy itself that the risk
management processes designed and implemented by management are adequate and
functioning as designed. To do this, management discusses with the
Board members strategy and the risks facing the Company.
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Compliance
with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act, as amended, requires that the Company’s directors and executive
officers and each person who owns more than 10% of the Company’s Common Stock,
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a timely manner an initial
report of beneficial ownership and subsequent reports of changes in beneficial
ownership of the Shares. During the month of October 2010, an initial
report of beneficial ownership was filed for the first time by our directors and
executive officers (James N. Jannello, William J. Lally, Nicholas V. Ferrara,
Noel J. Jannello, Vincent Iacopella, Ruth Werra and Philip J. Dubato) and by
Stephen P. Cesarski an owner of more than 10% of the Company’s
Shares. In addition, Mr. Cesarski and Mr. Ferrara filed one report
each for changes in beneficial ownership. To the Company’s knowledge,
all reports are now up to date although they were not filed on a timely
basis.
Audit
Committee Report
The Board of Directors in its audit
function has reviewed and discussed with management the annual audited financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors in its audit
function has discussed with Paritz & Company, P.A., the independent auditors
for the Company for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, the matters
required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards 61, as amended, as
adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule
3200T. The Board has received the written disclosures and the letter
from the independent auditors required by Rule 3526, Communication with Audit
Committees Concerning Independence, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board and has discussed with the independent auditors the independent
auditors’ independence.
Based on the foregoing review and
discussions, the Board of Directors approved the inclusion of the audited
financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2010 for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
The
Board of Directors
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James
N. Jannello
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William
J. Lally
|
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Nicholas
V. Ferrara
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Noel
J. Jannello
|
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Vincent
Iacopella
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ITEM
11.
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EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
|
Introduction
The individuals who served as the
Company’s principal executive officers during the fiscal year ended September
30, 2010, two individuals (other than principal executive officers) who were the
Company’s most highly compensated executive officers as of September 30, 2010,
and up to two additional individuals who were the Company’s most highly
compensated employees whose total compensation during the fiscal year exceeded
$100,000 (listed in the Summary Compensation Table below), are referred to in
the following discussion as the “named executive officers”. The
following compensation discussion and analysis, executive compensation tables
and related narrative describe the compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to
the named executive officers for services provided to the Company during the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.
Employment
Agreements
We have not entered into any written
employment agreements with our officers and directors. We do not contemplate
entering into any employment agreements until such time as the Board of
Directors concludes that such agreements would be appropriate under the
circumstances.
Long-Term
Incentive Plan Awards
We do not have any long-term incentive
plans that provide compensation intended to serve as incentive for
performance.
The Company has a defined contribution
profit sharing plan covering eligible employees. The Plan is
voluntary with respect to participation and is subject to the provisions of
ERISA. The plan provides for participant contributions of up to 25%
of annual compensation, as defined by the plan. The Company
contributes an amount equal to 25% of the participant’s first 5% of
contributions. The Company may contribute an additional amount from
its profits as authorized by the Board of Directors. The Company made
no additional contributions in 2010. Participants in the plan are
vested over six years from hire date in the Company’s contributions, plus actual
earnings thereon. The Company’s 2010 contributions to the plan on
behalf of named executive officers are included in the “All Other Compensation”
column in the “Summary Compensation Table” below.
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Summary
Compensation Table
The following table sets forth
information regarding the total compensation paid or earned by the named
executive officers as compensation for their services in all capacities during
the fiscal years ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
Name and
Principal Position
(a)
|
Year
(b)
|
Base Salary
$
(c)
|
Bonus
$
(d)
|
Stock
Awards
$
(e)
|
Option
Awards
$
(f)
|
All Other
Compensation
$ (i)
|
Total
$
(j)
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James
N. Jannello,
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2010
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170,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53,288 | (1) | 223,693 | ||||||||||||||||||
EVP
and CEO
|
2009
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185,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47,088 | (1) | 232,088 | ||||||||||||||||||
Philip
J. Dubato,
|
2010
|
66,298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,871 | (2) | 73,169 | ||||||||||||||||||
EVP
of Finance and CFO
|
2009
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
William
J. Lally
|
2010
|
90,537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,229 | (3) | 105,766 | ||||||||||||||||||
President
|
2009
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99,712 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21,183 | (3) | 120,895 | ||||||||||||||||||
Noel
J. Jannello
|
2010
|
173,385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29,350 | (4) | 202,735 | ||||||||||||||||||
Vice
President
|
2009
|
182,180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27,377 | (4) | 209,557 | ||||||||||||||||||
Vincent
Iacopella
|
2010
|
114,038 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,393 | (5) | 126,430 | ||||||||||||||||||
Director
|
2009
|
127,662 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,955 | (5) | 141,617 |
(1)
|
Includes
$15,995 and $12,953 of medical insurance premiums paid on behalf of such
individual for each of the fiscal years ended 2010 and 2009, respectively,
$35,335 and $31,974 for automobile and automobile-related costs, including
insurance, incurred on behalf of such individual, for each of the fiscal
years ended 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $1,958 and $2,161 of 401K
paid on behalf of such individual for each of the fiscal years ended 2010
and 2009, respectively.
|
(2)
|
Includes
$4,581 of medical insurance premiums reimbursed on behalf of such
individual and $2,290 for an automobile
allowance.
|
(3)
|
Includes
$15,229 and $21,183 for automobile and automobile-related costs, including
insurance, incurred on behalf of such individual for each of the fiscal
years ended 2010 and 2009,
respectively.
|
(4)
|
Includes
$6,600 and $6,000 of medical insurance premiums paid on behalf of such
individual for each of the fiscal years ended 2010 and 2009, respectively,
$21,476 and $19,973 for automobile and automobile-related costs, including
insurance, incurred on behalf of such individual, for each of the fiscal
years ended 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $1,274 and $1,404, of 401K
paid on behalf of such individual for the fiscal year ended 2010 and 2009,
respectively.
|
(5)
|
Includes
$849 and $2,215 of medical insurance premiums paid on behalf of such
individual for each of the fiscal years ended 2010 and 2009, respectively,
$11,543 and $11,670 for automobile and automobile-related costs, including
insurance, incurred on behalf of such individual, for each of the fiscal
years ended 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $70 of 401K paid on behalf of
such individual for the fiscal year ended
2009.
|
Savings
and Stock Option Plans
401(k) and Profit-Sharing
Plan.
The Company maintains an Internal
Revenue Code Section 401(k) salary deferral savings and profit-sharing plan (the
“Plan”) for all of its eligible employees who have been employed for at least
one year and are at least 21 years old. Subject to certain
limitations, the Plan allows participants to voluntarily contribute up to 15% of
their pay on a pre-tax basis. Under the Plan, the Company may make
matching contributions on behalf of the pre-tax contributions made up to a
maximum of 25% of the participant’s first 5% of compensation contributed as
Elective Deferrals in the year. All participants are fully vested in their
accounts in the Plan with respect to their salary deferral contributions, and
are vested in company matching contributions at the rate of 20% after two years
of service, 40% after three years of service, 60% after four years of service,
80% after five years of service, with 100% vesting after six years of
service.
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Stock Option
Plan.
On December 12, 2002, Janel’s Board of
Directors and majority of its shareholders approved and adopted the Janel World
Trade, Ltd. Stock Option Incentive Plan (the “Option Plan”) providing for
options to purchase up to 1,600,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance to
valued employees and consultants of the Company as an incentive for superior
performance.
To date, 23,750 options have been
granted under the Option Plan. The Option Plan is administered by the Board of
Directors, which is authorized to grant incentive stock options and non
qualified stock options to selected employees and consultants of the Company and
to determine the participants, the number of options to be granted and other
terms and provisions of each option.
The exercise price of any incentive
stock option or nonqualified option granted under the Option Plan may not be
less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares of Common Stock of the
Company at the time of the grant. In the case of incentive stock
options granted to holders of more than 10% of the voting power of the Company,
the exercise price may not be less than 110% of the fair market
value.
Under the terms of the Option Plan, the
aggregate fair market value (determined at the time of grant) of shares issuable
to any one recipient upon exercise of incentive stock options exercisable for
the first time during any one calendar year may not exceed
$100,000. Options granted under the Option Plan may be exercisable in
either one, two or three equal annual installments at the discretion of the
Board of Directors, but in no event may a stock option be exercisable prior to
the expiration of six months from the date of grant, unless the grantee dies or
becomes disabled prior thereto. Stock options granted under the
Option Plan have a maximum term of 10 years from the date of grant, except that
with respect to incentive stock options granted to an employee who, at the time
of the grant, is a holder of more than 10% of the voting power of the Company,
the stock option shall expire not more than five years from the date of the
grant. The option price must be paid in full on the date of exercise
and is payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock having a fair market value
on the date the option is exercised equal to the option price, as determined by
the Board of Directors.
If a grantee’s employment by, or
provision of services to, the Company shall be terminated, the Board
of Directors may, in its discretion, permit the exercise of stock options for a
period not to exceed one year following such termination
of employment with respect to incentive stock
options and for a period not to extend beyond the expiration date with respect
to non qualified options, except that no incentive stock option may
be exercised after three months following the grantee’s termination of
employment, unless due to death or permanent disability, in which case the
option may be exercised for a period of up to one year following such
termination.
ITEM
12.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
|
The following tables set forth
information concerning beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock
outstanding as of September 30, 2010. For purposes of calculating
beneficial ownership, Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act requires
inclusion of shares of Common Stock that may be acquired within sixty days of
the stated date. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to a
table, beneficial ownership of shares represents sole voting and investment
power with respect to those shares.
Certain
Beneficial Owners
The following table reflects the names
and addresses of the only persons known to the Company to be the beneficial
owners of 5% or more of the Shares outstanding as September 30,
2010.
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Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner
|
Shares
Beneficially Owned
|
Percent
of Class
|
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James
N. Jannello
150-14
132nd Avenue
Jamaica,
NY 11434
|
5,500,000 | (1) | 26.19 | % | ||||
Stephen
P. Cesarski
150-14
132nd Avenue
Jamaica,
NY 11434
|
5,490,000 | (1) | 26.15 | % | ||||
Nicholas
V. Ferrara
1319
North Broad Street
Hillside,
NJ 07205
|
2,234,947 | (1) | 10.64 | % |
(1)
All of these shares are owned of record.
Management
The following table sets forth
information with respect to the beneficial ownership of the shares of Common
Stock as of September 30, 2010 by (i) each executive officer of the Company
named in the Summary Compensation Table included elsewhere in this Annual
Report, (ii) each current director and each nominee for election as a director
and (iii) all directors and executive officers of the Company as a
group. An asterisk (*) indicates ownership of less than
1%.
Name of
Beneficial Owner
|
Shares
Beneficially Owned
|
Percent
of Class
|
||||||
James
N. Jannello
|
5,500,000 | 26.19 | % | |||||
William
J. Lally
|
1,000,000 | 4.76 | % | |||||
Nicholas
V. Ferrara
|
2,234,947 | 10.64 | % | |||||
Noel
J. Jannello
|
25,000 | * | ||||||
Vincent
Iacopella
|
0 | * | ||||||
Ruth
Werra
|
25,000 | * | ||||||
Philip
J. Dubato
|
0 | * | ||||||
All
directors and executive officers
|
||||||||
as
a group (7 persons)
|
8,784,947 | 41.84 | % |
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
The following table provides
information, as of September 30, 2010, with respect to all compensation
arrangements maintained by the Company under which shares of Common Stock may be
issued:
Plan Category
|
Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
|
Weighted-average exercise
price of outstanding
options, warrants and
rights
|
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a)
|
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(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
||||||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
23,750 | * | $ | 1.00 | 1,576,250 | * | ||||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Total
|
23,750 | * | $ | 1.00 | 1,576,250 | * |
* Shares are
issuable pursuant to options granted under the Company’s 2002 Option
Plan.
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ITEM
13.
|
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS,
RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR
INDEPENDENCE
|
Janel’s Board of Directors does not yet
include any “independent” directors.
On October 4, 2010 (subsequent to the
period covered by this report), the Company acquired the international freight
forwarding assets of Ferrara International Logistics, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation (“FIL”) pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and FIL, a company owned by Nicholas
V. Ferrara, dated October 4, 2010. Mr. Ferrara became a director of
the Company following the closing. The purchase price paid and to be paid
under the terms of the Purchase Agreement consists of (i) cash in an amount
equal to 70% of the annual actual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization (EBITDA) achieved over the three 12-month periods following the
Closing (the “Earn-Out Period”) from revenues generated from the customers
included in the purchased assets, and (ii) 1,714,286 restricted shares of the
Company’s Common Stock valued at $600,000 based on the closing market price of
the stock on October 1, 2010 (the “Share Allocation”), issued pursuant to an
exemption from registration set forth in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
1933 and Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The Share Allocation is
subject to decrease if actual EBITDA from revenues generated from the customers
included in the purchased assets during the Earn-Out Period is below $2 million,
and will be issued in three installments on October 4, 2011, 2012 and
2013.
Furthermore, in connection with the
2008 purchase by the Company from FIL of FIL’s customs brokerage business, the
Company deferred payment of $435,000 of the purchase price until 2011. On
October 4, 2010, the Company paid this outstanding amount in
full.
ITEM
14.
|
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT
FEES AND SERVICES
|
The firm
of Paritz & Company, P.A. (the “Auditor”) has served as the Company’s
independent public accountants since 2002. The following is a
description of the fees billed to the Company by the Auditor during the fiscal
years ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:
Audit
Fees
Audit
fees include fees paid by the Company to the Auditor in connection with the
annual audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and review of
the Company’s interim financial statements. Audit fees also include
fees for services performed by the Auditor that are closely related to the audit
and in many cases could only be provided by the Auditor. Such
services include consents related to SEC and other regulatory
filings. The aggregate fees billed to the Company by the Auditor for
audit services rendered to the Company for the years ended September 30, 2010
and 2009 totaled $62,137 and $55,000, respectively.
Audit
Related Fees
Audit
related services include due diligence services related to accounting
consultations, internal control reviews, and employee benefit plan
audits. The Auditor did not bill any fees to the Company for audit
related services rendered to the Company for the years ended September 30, 2010
and 2009.
Tax
Fees
Tax fees
include corporate tax compliance, counsel and advisory services. The
aggregate fees billed to the Company by the Auditor for the tax related services
rendered to the Company for the years ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 totaled
$7,050 and $5,000, respectively.
All
Other Fees
The
aggregate fees billed to the Company by the Auditor for all other fees for the
year ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 totaled $4,750 and $5,612,
respectively. These “other fees” were for services related to
abandoned acquisitions.
Approval
of Independent Auditor Services and Fees
The
Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer review all fees
charged by the Company’s independent auditors, and actively monitor the
relationship between audit and non-audit services provided. The Chief
Executive Officer must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by
the Company’s independent auditors and fees charged.
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PART IV
ITEM
15.
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EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL
STATEMENT SCHEDULES
|
(a) 1. Financial
Statements
Page
|
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Report
of Registered Independent Public Accounting Firm
|
F-1
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2010 and 2009
|
F-2
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the Years Ended September 30, 2010, 2009, and
2008
|
F-3
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the Years Ended
|
||
September
30, 2010, 2009, and 2008
|
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended September 30, 2010, 2009, and
2008
|
F-5
|
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-6
|
(a) 2. Financial Statement
Schedules
Schedule
II - Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
|
S-1
|
All other
schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, are not required, or
because the required information is included in the consolidated financial
statements or notes thereto.
(a) 3. Exhibits required to be
filed by Item 601 of Regulation S-K
Exhibit
No.
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Wine Systems Design, Inc. (predecessor name)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3A to Wine Systems Design, Inc.
(predecessor name) Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed May 10, 2001,
File No. 333-60608)
|
3.2
|
Restated
and Amended By-Laws of Janel World Trade,
Ltd.
|
3.3
|
Certificate
of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
January 17, 2007 File No.
333-60608)
|
3.4
|
Certificate
of Designations of Series B Convertible Stock (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October
22, 2007, File No. 333-60608)
|
10.1
|
Janel
Stock Option Incentive Plan adopted December 12, 2002 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
Report for the year ended September 30, 2002, File No.
333-60608)
|
10.2
|
Asset
Purchase Agreement between Janel World Trade, Ltd. and Ferrara
International Logistics, Inc. dated October 4, 2010 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed October 8, 2010, File No.
333-60608)
|
10.3
|
Sales
Agency and Service Agreement between Janel World Trade, Ltd. and Ferrara
International Logistics, Inc. entered into May 19, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed May 22, 2008, File No.
333-60608)
|
10.4
|
Promissory
Note dated August 2, 2010 made by Registrant’s subsidiary, The Janel Group
of New York, Inc., payable to Community National
Bank*
|
10.5
|
Business
Loan Agreement dated August 2, 2010 between Registrant’s subsidiary, The
Janel Group of New York, Inc., and Community National
Bank*
|
10.6
|
Commercial
Guaranty dated August 2, 2010 made by Registrant with respect to the
obligation of Registrant’s subsidiary, The Janel Group of New York, Inc.,
to Community National Bank*
|
10.7
|
Commercial
Security Agreement dated August 2, 2010 made by Registrant for the benefit
of Community National Bank, securing Registrant’s obligations under its
guaranty of the obligation of Registrant’s subsidiary, The Janel Group of
New York, Inc., to Community National
Bank*
|
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|
Subsidiaries
of the Registrant*
|
23
|
Consent of Paritz & Company,
P.A.*
|
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31.1
|
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
Certification of Chief Executive
Officer*
|
31.2
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Operating
Officer*
|
31.3
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial
Officer*
|
32.1
|
Section
1350 Certifications*
|
99.1
|
Press
release dated December 29,
2010*
|
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
JANEL
WORLD TRADE, LTD..
|
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Date: December
28, 2010
|
By:
|
/s/ James N. Jannello
|
|
James
N. Jannello
|
|||
Executive
Vice President and
|
|||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
||
/s/ James N. Jannello
|
Executive
Vice President, Chief
|
December
28, 2010
|
||
James
N. Jannello
|
Executive
Officer and Director
|
|||
/s/ William J. Lally
|
President,
Chief Operating
|
December
28, 2010
|
||
William
J. Lally
|
Officer
and Director
|
|||
/s/ Philip J. Dubato
|
Executive
Vice President of
|
December
28, 2010
|
||
Philip
J. Dubato
|
Finance
and Chief Financial
|
|||
and
Accounting Officer
|
||||
/s/ Noel J. Jannello
|
Vice
President and Director
|
December
28, 2010
|
||
Noel
J. Jannello
|
||||
/s/ Vincent Iacopella
|
Director
|
December
28, 2010
|
||
Vincent
Iacopella
|
||||
/s/ Nicholas V. Ferrara
|
Director
|
December
28, 2010
|
||
Nicholas
V. Ferrara
|
||||
/s/ Ruth Werra
|
Secretary
|
December
28, 2010
|
||
Ruth
Werra
|
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Paritz
& Company, P.A.
JANEL
WORLD TRADE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
WITH
|
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED ACCOUNTING FIRM
|
Paritz
& Company, P.A.
|
15
Warren Street, Suite 25
Hackensack,
New Jersey 07601
(201)342-7753
Fax:
(201) 342-7598
E-Mail:
paritz @paritz.com
|
Certified
Public Accountants
|
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of
Directors
Janel
World Trade Ltd. and Subsidiaries
Jamaica,
New York
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Janel World Trade Ltd.
and Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2010 and 2009 and the related consolidated
statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2010. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the 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 audit included
consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for
designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no
such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our 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 Janel World Trade Ltd. and
Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2010 and 2009 and the results of its operations
and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30,
2010 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America.
Paritz
& Company, P.A
Hackensack,
New Jersey
December
6, 2010
F-1
JANEL
WORLD TRADE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
SEPTEMBER 30,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents (
Note 1)
|
$ | 1,354,912 | $ | 1,483,150 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, net of allowance for
|
||||||||
doubtful
accounts of $106,987 in 2010 and $85,368 in 2009
|
6,841,607 | 4,616,244 | ||||||
Marketable
securities (Note
3)
|
54,748 | 52,100 | ||||||
Loans
receivable - officers (Note 4)
|
97,092 | 114,616 | ||||||
- other
|
583 | 4,908 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and sundry current assets
|
96,608 | 239,437 | ||||||
Tax
refund receivable (Note
12)
|
- | 289,000 | ||||||
TOTAL
CURRENT ASSETS
|
8,445,550 | 6,799,455 | ||||||
Property and equipment,
net (Note
6)
|
111,478 | 179,779 | ||||||
OTHER
ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Intangible
assets, net (Note
7)
|
1,714,702 | 1,875,754 | ||||||
Security
deposits
|
53,688 | 55,991 | ||||||
Deferred
income taxes (Note
12)
|
1,017,000 | 1,114,000 | ||||||
TOTAL
OTHER ASSETS
|
2,785,390 | 3,045,745 | ||||||
$ | 11,342,418 | $ | 10,024,979 | |||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
||||||||
Note
payable – bank (Note
9)
|
$ | 951,335 | - | |||||
-
other (Note
2A)
|
- | 125,000 | ||||||
Accounts
payable – trade
|
4,516,547 | 3,116,830 | ||||||
-
related party (Note
5)
|
- | 100,078 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses and taxes payable
|
564,386 | 422,110 | ||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt (Note
10)
|
581,019 | 544,141 | ||||||
TOTAL
CURRENT LIABILITIES
|
6,613,287 | 4,308,159 | ||||||
OTHER
LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||
Long-term
debt (Note
10)
|
13,889 | 1,506,096 | ||||||
Deferred
compensation
|
78,568 | 78,568 | ||||||
TOTAL
OTHER LIABILITIES
|
92,457 | 1,584,664 | ||||||
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY (Note 11)
|
4,636,674 | 4,132,156 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
$ | 11,342,418 | $ | 10,024,979 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
F-2
JANEL
WORLD TRADE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
YEAR
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
|
||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
REVENUES (Note
1)
|
$ | 88,485,931 | $ | 71,852,806 | $ | 82,745,383 | ||||||
COSTS
AND EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||||
Forwarding
expenses
|
79,572,253 | 63,418,743 | 72,959,241 | |||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
7,852,122 | 8,438,189 | 9,400,903 | |||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
246,205 | 552,707 | 838,674 | |||||||||
TOTAL
COSTS AND EXPENSES
|
87,670,580 | 72,409,639 | 83,198,818 | |||||||||
INCOME
(LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS
|
815,351 | (556,833 | ) | (453,435 | ) | |||||||
OTHER
ITEMS:
|
||||||||||||
Impairment
loss (Note
2)
|
- | (1,066,240 | ) | (1,812,750 | ) | |||||||
Interest
and dividend income
|
4,959 | 14,581 | 43,147 | |||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(101,415 | ) | (224,706 | ) | (149,389 | ) | ||||||
TOTAL
OTHER ITEMS
|
(96,456 | ) | (1,276,365 | ) | (1,918,992 | ) | ||||||
INCOME
(LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
718,895 | (1,833,198 | ) | (2,372,427 | ) | |||||||
Income taxes
(credit) (Note
12)
|
336,000 | (592,000 | ) | (727,000 | ) | |||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS)
|
382,895 | (1,241,198 | ) | (1,645,427 | ) | |||||||
Preferred stock
dividends (Note
11)
|
15,046 | 15,000 | 15,000 | |||||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS) AVAILABLE TO
|
||||||||||||
COMMON
STOCKHOLDERS
|
$ | 367,849 | $ | (1,256,198 | ) | $ | (1,660,427 | ) | ||||
OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
|
||||||||||||
NET
OF TAX:
|
||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain (loss) from available for sale
securities
|
$ | 2,469 | $ | (197 | ) | $ | (25,270 | ) | ||||
Basic
earnings (loss) per share
|
$ | .02 | $ | (.07 | ) | $ | (.10 | ) | ||||
Fully
diluted earnings (loss) per share
|
$ | .02 | $ | (.07 | ) | $ | (.10 | ) | ||||
Basic
weighted average number of shares outstanding
|
18,223,942 | 17,545,712 | 17,011,278 | |||||||||
Fully
diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding
|
20,843,733 | 17,945,712 | 17,431,552 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
F-3
JANEL
WORLD TRADE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CAPITAL STOCK
|
PREFERRED STOCK
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SHARES
|
$
|
SHARES
|
$
|
TREASURY
STOCK
|
ADDITIONAL
PAID-IN
CAPITAL
|
RETAINED
EARNINGS
|
ACCUMULATED
OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE
GAIN (LOSS)
|
TOTAL
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE-SEPTEMBER
30, 2007
|
17,043,000 | 17,043 | 1,000,000 | 1,000 | (65,812 | ) | 1,416,558 | 3,090,470 | 11,660 | 4,470,919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | (1,645,427 | ) | - | (1,645,427 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock issuance
|
520,661 | 521 | - | - | - | 629,479 | - | - | 630,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Convertible
preferred stock issuance
|
285,000 | 285 | - | 1,424,715 | - | - | 1,425,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retirement
of treasury stock
|
(137,000 | ) | (137 | ) | - | - | 65,812 | (65,675 | ) | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
to preferred shareholders
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | (15,000 | ) | - | (15,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
financing charges related to Issuance of convertible debt
|
- | - | - | - | - | 33,600 | - | - | 33,600 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
of 2,500 shares treasury stock
|
- | - | - | - | (2,743 | ) | - | - | - | (2,743 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive gains (losses):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gains (losses) on available-for-sale marketable securities
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | (25,270 | ) | (25,270 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE-SEPTEMBER
30, 2008
|
17,426,661 | 17,427 | 1,285,000 | 1,285 | (2,743 | ) | 3,438,677 | 1,430,043 | (13,610 | ) | 4,871,079 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | (1,241,198 | ) | - | (1,241,198 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock issuance
|
586,671 | 587 | - | - | - | 508,159 | - | - | 508,746 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
to preferred shareholders
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | (15,000 | ) | - | (15,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Options
issued
|
- | - | - | - | - | 17,249 | - | - | 17,249 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
of 12,676 shares treasury stock
|
- | - | - | - | (8,523 | ) | - | - | - | (8,523 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive gains (losses):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gains (losses) on available-for-sale marketable securities
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | (197 | ) | (197 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE-SEPTEMBER
30, 2009
|
18,013,332 | 18,014 | 1,285,000 | 1,285 | (11,266 | ) | 3,964,085 | 173,845 | (13,807 | ) | 4,132,156 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | 382,895 | - | 382,895 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
to preferred shareholders
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | (15,046 | ) | - | (15,046 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive gains (losses):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gains (losses) on available-for-sale marketable securities
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,469 | 2,469 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of stock options as compensation
|
- | - | - | - | - | 9,200 | - | - | 9,200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Settlement
of litigation (Note 15)
|
489,750 | 490 | (69,475 | ) | (69 | ) | - | 124,579 | - | - | 125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE–SEPTEMBER
30, 2010
|
18,503,082 | $ | 18,504 | 1,215,525 | $ | 1,216 | $ | (11,266 | ) | $ | 4,097,864 | $ | 541,694 | $ | (11,338 | ) | $ | 4,636,674 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
F-4
JANEL
WORLD TRADE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
|
||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
OPERATING
ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 382,895 | $ | (1,241,198 | ) | $ | (1,645,427 | ) | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
provided by (used in) operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
246,205 | 552,707 | 838,674 | |||||||||
Amortization
of imputed interest
|
27,528 | 46,860 | 13,332 | |||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
97,000 | (360,000 | ) | (754,000 | ) | |||||||
Issuance
of options
|
9,200 | 17.249 | - | |||||||||
Impairment
loss
|
- | 1,066,240 | 1,812,750 | |||||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(2,225,363 | ) | 1,485,961 | (758,247 | ) | |||||||
Tax
refund receivable
|
289,000 | (206,000 | ) | (83,000 | ) | |||||||
Prepaid
expenses and sundry current assets
|
142,829 | (69,038 | ) | (53,597 | ) | |||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
1,538,242 | (573,693 | ) | 163,146 | ||||||||
Security
deposits
|
2,303 | (5,190 | ) | (1,766 | ) | |||||||
NET
CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
509,839 | 713,898 | (468,135 | ) | ||||||||
INVESTING
ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Acquisition
of subsidiaries (Note
2)
|
- | - | (423,867 | ) | ||||||||
Acquisition
of property and equipment, net
|
(16,852 | ) | (12,239 | ) | (57,036 | ) | ||||||
Purchase
of marketable securities
|
(178 | ) | (253 | ) | (6,434 | ) | ||||||
NET
CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
(17,030 | ) | (12,492 | ) | (487,337 | ) | ||||||
FINANCING
ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Dividends
paid
|
(11,296 | ) | ||||||||||
Proceeds
from (repayment of) bank loan
|
- | (750,000 | ) | 750,000 | ||||||||
Repayment
of long-term debt
|
(531,522 | ) | (893,169 | ) | (84,764 | ) | ||||||
Repayment
(issuance) of loans receivable
|
21,849 | 48,682 | (3,772 | ) | ||||||||
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
- | (8,523 | ) | (2,743 | ) | |||||||
Proceeds
from (repayment of) loans receivable (payable) – related
party
|
(100,078 | ) | (43,344 | ) | 111,700 | |||||||
Proceeds
from loans payable – related party
|
- | - | 143,422 | |||||||||
NET
CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
(621,047 | ) | (1,646,354 | ) | 913,843 | |||||||
DECREASE
IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
(128,238 | ) | (944,948 | ) | (41,629 | ) | ||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS – BEGINNING OF YEAR
|
1,483,150 | 2,428,098 | 2,469,727 | |||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS – END OF YEAR
|
$ | 1,354,912 | $ | 1,483,150 | $ | 2,428,098 | ||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
||||||||||||
Cash
paid during the year for:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
$ | 73,887 | $ | 87,312 | $ | 177,583 | ||||||
Income
taxes
|
$ | 7,239 | $ | 134,753 | $ | 200,788 | ||||||
Non-cash
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain (loss) on marketable securities
|
$ | 2,469 | $ | (197 | ) | $ | (25,270 | ) | ||||
Dividends
declared to preferred shareholders
|
$ | 15,046 | $ | 15,000 | $ | 15,000 | ||||||
Issuance
of common stock, convertible preferred stock and
|
||||||||||||
notes
payable in connection with business acquisitions
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | 2,941,632 | ||||||
Deferred
financing charges
|
$ | - | $ | 58,267 - | $ | 33,600 | ||||||
Conversion
of debt to equity
|
$ | - | $ | 508,746 | $ | - | ||||||
Cancellation
of note payable – other
|
$ | 125,000 | $ | - | $ | - |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
F-5
JANEL
WORLD TRADE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1
|
SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|
Business
description
Janel
World Trade Ltd. and Subsidiaries (“the Company” or “Janel”) operates its
business as two reportable segments comprised of: A) full-service cargo
transportation logistics management, including freight forwarding – via air,
ocean and land-based carriers – custom brokerage services, warehousing and
distribution services, and other value-added logistics services, and B) computer
software sales, support and maintenance.
Basis
of consolidation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
Company and its subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned. All
intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Uses
of estimates in the preparation of financial statements
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of net revenue and expenses during each reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Cash
and cash equivalents
Cash and
cash equivalents consist of cash and highly liquid investments with remaining
maturities of less than ninety days at the date of purchase.
The
Company maintains cash balances at various financial
institutions. Accounts at each institution are insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000. The Company’s accounts
at these institutions may, at times, exceed the federally insured
limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such
accounts.
Marketable
securities
The
Company classifies all of its short-term investments as available-for-sale
securities. Such short-term investments consist primarily of mutual
funds which are stated at market value, with unrealized gains and losses on such
securities reflected as other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders’
equity. Realized gains and losses on short-term investments are
included in earnings and are derived using the specific identification method
for determining the cost of securities. Therefore, all securities are
considered to be available for sale and are classified as current
assets.
Property
and equipment and depreciation policy
Property
and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is provided for in
amounts sufficient to amortize the costs of the related assets over their
estimated useful lives on the straight-line and accelerated methods for both
financial reporting and income tax purposes.
Maintenance,
repairs and minor renewals are charged to expense when
incurred. Replacements and major renewals are
capitalized.
F-6
Revenues
and revenue recognition
(a) Full
service cargo transportation logistics management
Revenues
are derived from airfreight, ocean freight and custom brokerage
services. The Company is a non-asset based carrier and accordingly,
does not own transportation assets. The Company generates the major
portion of its air and ocean freight revenues by purchasing transportation
services from direct carriers (airlines, steam ship lines, etc.) and reselling
those services to its customers. By consolidating shipments from
multiple customers and availing itself of its buying power, the Company is able
to negotiate favorable rates from the direct carriers, while offering to its
customers lower rates than the customers could obtain themselves.
Airfreight
revenues include the charges to the Company for carrying the shipments when the
Company acts as a freight consolidator. Ocean freight revenues
include the charges to the Company for carrying the shipments when the Company
acts as a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC). In each
case, the Company is acting as an indirect
carrier. When acting as an indirect carrier, the Company will issue a
House Airway Bill (HAWB) or a house Ocean Bill of Lading (HOBL) to customers as
the contract of carriage. In turn, when the freight is physically
tendered to a direct carrier, the Company receives a contract of carriage known
as a Master Airway Bill for airfreight shipments and a Master Ocean Bill of
Lading for ocean shipments. At this point the risk of loss
passes to the carrier, however, in order to claim for any such loss, the
customer is first obligated to pay the freight charges.
Based
upon the terms in the contract of carriage, revenues related to shipments where
the Company issues a HAWB or a HOBL are recognized at the time the freight is
tendered to the direct carrier. Costs related to the shipments are
recognized at the same time.
Revenues
realized when the Company acts as an agent for the shipper and does not issue a
HAWB or a HOBL include only the commission and fees earned for the services
performed. These revenues are recognized upon completion of the
services.
Customs
brokerage and other services involves providing multiple services at
destination, including clearing shipments through customs by preparing required
documentation, calculating and providing for payment of duties and other charges
on behalf of the customers, arranging for any required inspections, and
arranging for final delivery. These revenues are recognized upon
completion of the services.
The
movement of freight may require multiple services. In most instances,
the Company may perform multiple services including destination breakbulk and
value added services such as local transportation, distribution services and
logistics management. Each of these services has a separate fee which
is recognized as revenue upon completion of the service.
Customers
will frequently request an all inclusive rate for a set of services, which is
known in the industry as “door-to-door services”. In these cases, the
customer is billed a single rate for all services from pickup at origin to
delivery. The allocation of revenue and expense among the components
of service when provided under an all inclusive rate are done in an objective
manner on a fair value basis.
(b) Computer
software sales, support and maintenance
The
Company recognizes revenue, including multiple element arrangements, in
accordance with current authoritative guidance. Revenue from
the sale of the Company’s products and services are recognized when persuasive
evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred (or services have been
rendered), the price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably
assured. Amounts billed in excess of revenue recognized are recorded
as deferred revenue in the balance sheet.
F-7
Income
per common share
Basic net
income per common share is calculated by dividing net income available to common
shareholders by the weighted average of common shares outstanding during the
period. Diluted net income per common share is calculated using the
weighted average of common shares outstanding adjusted to include the
potentially dilutive effect of stock options and warrants.
Comprehensive income
Comprehensive
income encompasses all changes in stockholders’ equity other than those arising
from stockholders, and generally consists of net income and unrealized gains and
losses on unrestricted available-for-sale marketable equity
securities. As of September 30, 2009, accumulated other comprehensive
income consists of unrealized gains on unrestricted available-for-sale
marketable equity securities.
Deferred income taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with current authoritative
guidance which requires that deferred tax assets and liabilities be recognized
for future tax consequences attributable to differences between financial
statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their
respective tax bases. In addition, current authoritative guidance
requires recognition of future tax benefits, such as carryforwards, to the
extent that realization of such benefits is more likely than not and that a
valuation allowance be provided when it is more likely than not that some
portion of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.
Goodwill,
other intangibles and long-lived assets
The
Company records as goodwill the excess of purchase price over the fair value of
the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired. Current
authoritative guidance requires goodwill to be tested for impairment annually as
well as when an event or change in circumstance indicates an impairment may have
occurred. Goodwill is tested for impairment by comparing the fair
value of the Company’s individual reporting units to their carrying amount to
determine if there is a potential goodwill impairment. If the fair
value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, an impairment loss
is recorded to the extent that the implied fair value of the goodwill of the
reporting unit is less than its carrying value.
Long-lived
assets, including fixed assets and intangible assets, are reviewed for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying value may not be recoverable. In reviewing for impairment,
the carrying value of such assets is compared to the estimated undiscounted
future cash flows expected from the use of the assets and their eventual
disposition. If such cash flows are not sufficient to support the
asset’s recorded value, an impairment charge is recognized to reduce the
carrying value of the long-lived asset to its estimated fair
value. The determination of future cash flows, as well as the
estimated fair value of long-lived assets, involve significant estimates on the
part of management. In order to estimate the fair value of a
long-lived asset, the Company may engage a third-party to assist with the
valuation. If there is a material change in economic conditions or
other circumstances influencing the estimate of future cash flows or fair value,
the Company could be required to recognize impairment charges in the future.
(See Note 2A).
Fair
value of financial instruments
The
carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, prepaid expenses and
other assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities are
reasonable estimates of their fair values because of the short-term nature of
these instruments.
F-8
Recent
accounting pronouncements
In June
2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard amending the accounting and
disclosure requirements for transfers of financial assets. This accounting
standard requires greater transparency and additional disclosures for transfers
of financial assets and the entity’s continuing involvement with them and
changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets. In addition, it
eliminates the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity (“QSPE”). This
accounting standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2009. The adoption of this ASU did not have a
material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB also issued an accounting standard amending the accounting and
disclosure requirements for the consolidation of variable interest entities
(“VIEs”). The elimination of the concept of a QSPE, as discussed above, removes
the exception from applying the consolidation guidance within this accounting
standard. Further, this accounting standard requires a company to perform a
qualitative analysis when determining whether or not it must consolidate a VIE.
It also requires a company to continuously reassess whether it must consolidate
a VIE. Additionally, it requires enhanced disclosures about a company’s
involvement with VIEs and any significant change in risk exposure due to that
involvement, as well as how its involvement with VIEs impacts the company’s
financial statements. Finally, a company will be required to disclose
significant judgments and assumptions used to determine whether or not to
consolidate a VIE. This accounting standard is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The
adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
In
December 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-16, Accounting for Transfers of
Financial Assets. This Accounting Standards Update amends the FASB Accounting
Standards Codification for the issuance of FASB Statement No. 166, Accounting for Transfers of
Financial Assets—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140. The amendments
in this Accounting Standards Update improve financial reporting by eliminating
the exceptions for qualifying special-purpose entities from the consolidation
guidance and the exception that permitted sale accounting for certain mortgage
securitizations when a transferor has not surrendered control over the
transferred financial assets. In addition, the amendments require enhanced
disclosures about the risks that a transferor continues to be exposed to because
of its continuing involvement in transferred financial assets. Comparability and
consistency in accounting for transferred financial assets will also be improved
through clarifications of the requirements for isolation and limitations on
portions of financial assets that are eligible for sale accounting. The adoption
of this ASU did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 – Improving Disclosures about Fair
Value Measurements. This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that
requires new disclosure as follows: 1) Transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2. A
reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers
in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the
reasons for the transfers. 2) Activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. In
the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable
inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity should present separately information about
purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (that is, on a gross basis rather
than as one net number). This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that
clarifies existing disclosures as follows: 1) Level of disaggregation. A
reporting entity should provide fair value measurement disclosures for each
class of assets and liabilities. A class is often a subset of assets or
liabilities within a line item in the statement of financial position. A
reporting entity needs to use judgment in determining the appropriate classes of
assets and liabilities. 2) Disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. A
reporting entity should provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and
inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value
measurements. Those disclosures are required for fair value measurements that
fall in either Level 2 or Level 3. The adoption of this guidance did not have a
material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
F-9
In
February 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-9 –Amendments to Certain Recognition and
Disclosure Requirements. This update addresses certain implementation issues
related to an entity’s requirement to perform and disclose subsequent-events
procedures, removes the requirement that public companies disclose the date of
their financial statements in both issued and revised financial statements.
According to the FASB, the revised statements include those that have been
changed to correct an error or conform to a retrospective application of U.S.
GAAP. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our
consolidated financial statements.
In March
2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-11 –Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit
Derivatives. Embedded credit-derivative features related only to the transfer of
credit risk in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another
are not subject to potential bifurcation and separate accounting as clarified by
recently issued FASB guidance. Other embedded credit-derivative features are
required to be analyzed to determine whether they must be accounted for
separately. This update provides guidance on whether embedded credit-derivative
features in financial instruments issued by structures such as collateralized
debt obligations (CDOs) and synthetic CDOs are subject to bifurcation and
separate accounting. The guidance is effective at the beginning of a company’s
first fiscal quarter beginning after June 15, 2010. We do not expect the
adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
In April
2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-13, Compensation – Stock Compensation: Effect
of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the
Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades. ASU
2010-13 clarifies that a share-based payment award with an exercise price
denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the
entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a
condition that is not a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore,
such an award should not be classified as a liability if it otherwise qualifies
as equity. ASU 2010-13 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within
those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010, with early adoption
permitted. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of this ASU;
however, we do not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on
our consolidated financial statements.
2 ACQUISITIONS
AND IMPAIRMENT LOSSES
(A) ORDER
LOGISTICS, INC.
On
October 18, 2007, Janel World Trade, Ltd. (the “Company”) acquired certain
assets of Order Logistics, Inc. (“OLI”) consisting of proprietary technology,
intellectual property (including the name “Order Logistics”), office locations
and equipment and customer lists for use in the management and expansion of the
Company’s international integrated logistics transport services
business. The technology acquired by the Company enables it to
integrate all of the different aspects of movement and delivery of goods, making
the entire process electronically visible in “real time”. The
Agreement includes non-competition provisions restricting OLI from competing
with Janel.
The
purchase price for the acquired assets was $3,888,429 and was comprised of
$2,338,429 cash paid at closing, the issuance of a $125,000 note payable due
March 30, 2008 (see Note 15B) and the issuance of 285,000 restricted shares of
Janel’s newly-authorized $.001 par value Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
(“Series B”), each share of which is convertible into ten shares of Janel’s
$.001 par value common stock at any time after October 18, 2009. In
connection therewith, the Company borrowed $1,700,000 under its existing line of
credit and entered into a term loan agreement for $500,000 with a different
bank. The balance of the cash portion was paid from existing
cash.
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The
Company, with the assistance of a third party, performed a goodwill impairment
test effective as of September 30, 2008 and determined that there was no
impairment of the goodwill relating to OLI. The Company also
performed an impairment test on the other identifiable intangible assets
acquired relating to OLI and determined that, due to changes in economic
circumstances relating to OLI, the carrying value of certain intangible assets
exceeded their estimated undiscounted future cash flows and their eventual
disposition. Accordingly, the Company recorded an impairment loss of
$1,812,750 as of September 30, 2008 representing the write-off of:
Customer
relationships
|
$ | 414,451 | ||
Software
valuation
|
508,299 | |||
Development
agreement
|
890,000 | |||
$ | 1,812,750 |
The
Company, with the assistance of a third party, performed a goodwill impairment
test effective as of September 30, 2009 and determined that there was full
impairment of the intangible assets relating to the acquisition of certain
assets of OLI. Accordingly, the Company recorded an impairment loss
of $1,066,240 as of September 30, 2009 representing the write-off
of:
Customer
relationships
|
$ | 96,250 | ||
Software
valuation
|
280,000 | |||
Development
agreement
|
226,678 | |||
Goodwill
|
463,312 | |||
$ | 1,066,240 |
(B) FERRARA
INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS, INC.
On July
18, 2008 the Company acquired the customs brokerage “book of business”, as
defined, of Ferrara International Logistics, Inc. (“Ferrara”), consisting of
books, records, forms, manuals, access codes, goodwill, customer lists and
contact information, telephone and advertising listings (the “Business”) for the
expansion of the Company’s international integrated logistics transport services
business. Ferrara will provide the Company with related marketing,
advertising, sales, and related administrative services pursuant to the May 19,
2008 Sales Agency and Service Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”), which has a
three-year term and non-competition provisions restricting Ferrara from
competing with the Company.
The
purchase price for the acquired assets was $2,077,070 (including transaction
costs of $85,438 and net of imputed interest of $108,368), comprised of a
$600,000 payment by the Company at closing, the issuance of 520,661 restricted
shares of the Company’s $0.001 common stock (the “Shares”) valued at $630,000,
based upon the $1.21 per share closing price of the Company’s common stock in
the Over-The-Counter market on the Friday immediately preceding the closing
date, a non-interest bearing $435,000 payment due one year after closing, and a
non-interest bearing $435,000 payment due three years after the
closing. The Company has imputed interest on these obligations at 7%
per annum. The Company issued $400,000 of fixed rate convertible
promissory notes to unrelated third parties, in part, fund this acquisition (see
Note 8). The balance of the cash portion was paid from existing
cash.
If the
aggregate earnings of the Business before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization (“EBITDA”) for the three years immediately following the closing
fails to equal $2,100,000, the Company will be entitled to a reduction of the
purchase price in an amount equal to three times the total three year EBITDA
shortfall (the “Shortfall”). If the final note is not sufficient to
satisfy the Shortfall, the appropriate number of Shares, valued at the closing
market price on the third anniversary of the closing date, will be cancelled and
returned to the Company’s authorized and unissued stock.
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The
compensation payable to Ferrara pursuant to the Sales Agreement is contingent
upon the aggregate EBITDA of the Business for the three years immediately
following the closing exceeding $2,100,000, in which event the Company will pay
Ferrara 40% of the excess amount for that period, and for the following three
years pay Ferrara 40% of the excess amount of annual EBITDA exceeding
$700,000.
(C) PURCHASE
PRICE ALLOCATION
In
accordance with the acquisition method of accounting, the Company allocated the
consideration to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets, based on
their estimated fair values. Goodwill represents the excess of the
purchase price over the fair value of the underlying net tangible and
identifiable intangible assets. The factors that contributed to the
recognition of goodwill included securing buyer-specific synergies that increase
revenue and profits and are not otherwise available to a marketplace
participant, and the acquisition of a talented workforce.
The consideration has been allocated as
follows:
ORDER
LOGISTICS, INC.
|
FERRARA
INTERNATIONAL
LOGISTICS, INC.
|
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Tangible
assets:
|
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Furniture
and equipment
|
$ | 165,117 | $ | - | ||||
Intangible
assets:
|
||||||||
Identifiable
intangibles, subject to amortization
|
3,260,000 | 1,530,000 | ||||||
Goodwill
|
463,312 | 547,070 | ||||||
3,723,312 | 2,077,070 | |||||||
Purchase
price
|
$ | 3,888,429 | $ | 2,077,070 | ||||
The
following table provides unaudited pro forma results of operations for the
fiscal years ended September 30, 2008 as if the acquisitions had been
consummated as of the beginning of the period presented. The pro
forma results include the effect of certain purchase accounting adjustments,
such as the estimated changes in depreciation and amortization expense on the
acquired intangible assets. However, pro forma results do not include
any anticipated cost savings or other effects of the planned integration of the
companies. Accordingly, such amounts are not necessarily indicative
of the results if the acquisition has occurred on the dates indicated, or which
may occur in the future.
(Unaudited)
|
Pro Forma Results
|
|||
(Dollars in Thousands except per share data)
|
Year ended September 30,
2008
|
|||
Revenues
|
$ | 86,735 | ||
Loss
before income taxes (exclusive of impairment loss for
2008)
|
$ | (33 | ) | |
Fully
diluted earnings per share
|
$ | (.01 | ) |
F-12
3 MARKETABLE
SECURITIES
Marketable
securities consist of the following:
Cost
|
Unrealized
Holding
Gains (Losses)
|
Fair Value
|
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As
of September 30, 2010:
|
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Mutual
Funds
|
$ | 52,279 | $ | 2,469 | $ | 54,748 | ||||||
As
of September 30, 2009:
|
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Mutual
Funds
|
$ | 52,297 | $ | (197 | ) | $ | 52,100 |
4 LOANS
RECEIVABLE – OFFICERS
The loans
receivable – officers bear interest at 4% per annum and are due on
demand.
On July
22, 2009, Vincent Iacopella, a director of the Company, obtained a short-term
personal loan of $16,500 from the Janel Group of Los Angeles, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Iacopella had previously been issued
a Janel corporate credit card from the Janel Group of Los Angeles, Inc. for his
use in the course of Janel business activities. Mr. Iacopella had
used the corporate credit card for business charges and also personal charges
amounting to approximately $3,500. Neither Janel senior management
nor Mr. Iacopella were aware that the short-term personal loan to Mr. Iacopella
or the personal charges on his business credit card might be a violation of the
Sarbanes-Oxley act until November 22, 2009. On December 2, 2009, Mr.
Iacopella repaid his personal loan from Janel with interest and reimbursed the
Company for the personal expenses charged to Mr. Iacopella’s corporate credit
card.
Section
402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act makes it unlawful for any public company, directly
or indirectly, to extend credit, maintain credit or arrange for the extension of
credit in the form of a personal loan to or for the benefit of any director or
executive officer, except for loan transactions completed prior to July 30,
2002, when the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was signed into law.
Violations
of Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are also violations of Section 13(K) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such violations can result in
sanctions ranging from civil cease-and-desist proceedings to the prosecution of
criminal proceedings, depending upon the nature and seriousness of the
violation.
5 LOAN
PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY
The loan
payable – related party is due from a company owned by Janel’s Executive Vice
President. The loan bears interest at 6% per annum and is due on
demand.
6 PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT
A summary
of property and equipment and the estimated lives used in the computation of
depreciation and amortization is as follows:
September 30,
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2010
|
2009
|
Life
|
|||||||
Furniture
and fixtures
|
$ | 204,720 | $ | 224,661 |
5-7 years
|
||||
Computer
equipment
|
469,825 | 503,514 |
5 years
|
||||||
674,545 | 728,175 | ||||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation and Amortization
|
563,067 | 548,396 | |||||||
$ | 111,478 | $ | 179,779 |
F-13
7 INTANGIBLE
ASSETS
A summary
of intangible assets resulting from the Ferrara acquisition and the estimated
useful lives used in the computation of amortization is as follows:
Customer
relationships
|
$ | 1,530,000 |
9.5
years
|
||
Goodwill
|
547,070 | ||||
2,077,070 | |||||
Less
accumulated amortization
|
201,316 | ||||
$ | 1,875,754 |
A summary
of the changes in intangible assets is as follows:
Ferrara
International
Logistics,
Inc.
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Balance
– beginning of year
|
$ | 1,875,754 | $ | 2,036,807 | ||||
Amortization
|
(161,052 | ) | (161,053 | ) | ||||
Balance
– end of year
|
$ | 1,714,702 | $ | 1,875,754 |
8 CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTES
In July
2008 the Company issued $400,000 of fixed rate convertible promissory notes
which were due in July 2009 and bear interest at a weighted average interest
rate of 8.25% per annum, payable at maturity. In July 2009 the $400,000
convertible promissory notes plus accrued interest of $40,000 were converted
into 586,671 shares of common stock.
9 NOTE
PAYABLE – BANK
In August
2010, the Company’s subsidiary Janel Group of New York, Inc. (“Janel New York”)
entered into a one-year $3.5 million revolving line of credit agreement with
Community National Bank (“CNB”). The new credit facility (the “CNB
Facility”) replaces Janel New York’s previous term loan agreement with JPMorgan
Chase Bank. The interest rate of the CNB Facility is the prime rate
plus 1%, with a minimum rate of 5%. Under the CNB Facility, Janel New
York may borrow the lesser of $3.5 million or 80% of the Company’s aggregate
outstanding eligible accounts receivable. Janel New York’s
obligations under the CNB Facility are secured by all of the assets of the
Company and are guaranteed by the Company and James N. Jannello, the Company’s
Chief Executive Officer. The CNB Facility is for a one year term
expiring on July 31, 2011. On August 3, 2010, $951,190 of the CNB
Facility was used to repay the outstanding balances under the term
loan with JPMorgan Chase Bank. As of September 30, 2010, there were outstanding
borrowings of $951,336 under the CNB facility.
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10
LONG-TERM DEBT
Long-term
debt consists of the following:
September 30,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Term
loan payable, as amended.
|
$ | - | $ | 1,316,191 | ||||
Non-interest
bearing note payable, net of imputed interest, in payments of $435,000 in
July 2011 (see Note 2B).
|
414,352 | 386,824 | ||||||
Term
loan payable in monthly installments of $13,889, plus interest at a bank’s
prime rate minus .50% per annum. The loan is collateralized by
substantially all assets of a subsidiary of the Company.
|
180,556 | 347,222 | ||||||
594,908 | 2,050,237 | |||||||
Less
current portion
|
581,019 | 544,141 | ||||||
$ | 13,889 | $ | 1,506,096 |
These
obligations mature as follows:
2011
|
$ | 581,019 | ||
2012
|
13,889 | |||
$ | 594,908 |
11 STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
Janel is
authorized to issue 225,000,000 shares of common stock, par value
$.001. In addition, the Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000
shares of preferred stock, par value $.001. The preferred stock is
issuable in series with such voting rights, if any, designations, powers,
preferences and other rights and such qualifications, limitations and
restrictions as may be determined by the Company’s board of directors or a duly
authorized committee thereof, without stockholder approval. The board
may fix the number of shares constituting each series and increase or decrease
the number of shares of any series.
A. Issuance
of convertible preferred stock
(1) On
January 10, 2007, the Company sold 1,000,000 unregistered shares of
newly-authorized $0.001 par value 3% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the
“Series A Stock”) for a total of $500,000. The shares are convertible
into shares of Janel’s $0.001 par value common stock at any time on a one-share
for one-share basis.
(2) See
Notes 2 and 15(c)(2) in connection with the issuance of Series B Preferred
Stock.
B. Stock
repurchase program
On
October 12, 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up
to 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to certain
conditions. The repurchase plan may be suspended by the Company at
any time. As of September 30, 2010, 152,176 shares of the Company’s
common stock have been repurchased under the plan at a cost of
$77,078.
F-15
12
INCOME TAXES
Income taxes consist of the
following:
Year Ended September 30,
|
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2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
Federal
– current
|
$ | 146,000 | $ | (267,500 | ) | $ | (83,000 | ) | ||||
-
deferred
|
97,000 | (360,000 | ) | (754,000 | ) | |||||||
State
and local
|
93,000 | 35,500 | 110,000 | |||||||||
$ | 336,000 | $ | (592,000 | ) | $ | (727,000 | ) |
The
reconciliation of income tax computed at the Federal statutory rate to the
provision for income taxes is as follows:
Year Ended September 30,
|
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2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
Federal
taxes (credits) at statutory rates
|
$ | 252,000 | $ | (627,500 | ) | $ | (811,160 | ) | ||||
Non-deductible
expenses
|
20,400 | 11,740 | 11,560 | |||||||||
State
and local taxes, net of Federal benefit
|
63,600 | 23,760 | 72,600 | |||||||||
$ | 336,000 | $ | (592,000 | ) | $ | (727,000 | ) |
The
deferred tax asset represents the tax effect of timing differences relating to
amortization of intangible assets and the related impairment loss.
13
PROFIT SHARING AND 401(k) PLANS
The
Company maintains a non-contributory profit sharing and 401(k) plan covering
substantially all full-time employees. The expense charged to
operations for the years ended September 30, 2010, 2009, and 2008 aggregated
approximately $17,500, $24,000 and $30,000, respectively.
14
RENTAL COMMITMENTS
The
Company conducts its operations from leased premises. Rental expense
on operating leases for the years ended September 30, 2010, 2009 and
2008 was approximately$362,000, $412,000, and $404,000,
respectively.
Future
minimum lease commitments (excluding renewal options) under noncancelable leases
are as follows:
Year
ended September 30, 2011
|
$ | 321,000 | ||
2012
|
321,000 | |||
2013
|
263,000 | |||
2014
|
243,000 | |||
2015
|
199,000 |
F-16
15 RISKS
AND UNCERTAINTIES
|
(a)
|
Currency
risks
|
The
nature of Janel’s operations requires it to deal with currencies other than the
U.S. Dollar. This results in the Company being exposed to the inherent risks of
international currency markets and governmental interference. A
number of countries where Janel maintains offices or agent relationships have
currency control regulations that influence its ability to hedge foreign
currency exposure. The Company tries to compensate for these
exposures by accelerating international currency settlements among those
officers or agents.
(b) Concentration
of credit risk
The
Company’s assets that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk consist
primarily of cash and receivables from customers. The Company places
its cash with financial institutions that have high credit
ratings. The receivables from clients are spread over many
customers. The Company maintains an allowance for uncollectible
accounts receivable based on expected collectibility and performs ongoing credit
evaluations of its customers’ financial condition.
(c) Legal
proceedings
(1) Janel
is occasionally subject to claims and lawsuits which typically arise in the
normal course of business. While the outcome of these claims cannot
be predicated with certainty, management does not believe that the outcome of
any of these legal matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s
financial position or results of operations.
(2) On
February 11, 2008, The Company filed a lawsuit in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York against defendants World Logistics
Services, Inc. (“World Logistics”), a Delaware Corporation formerly known as
“Order Logistics, Inc.” Richard S. Francis (“Francis”), the President of World
Logistics; and Brian P. Griffin (“Griffin”), who was the Chief Executive Officer
of World Logistics when Janel completed an acquisition in October 2007 of
certain World Logistics assets.
Janel claims that the defendants made
false and misleading statements of material facts concerning the exclusivity of
the rights to the assets which were sold to Janel by having concealed and
withheld the provisions of a settlement agreement with a third-party business
associate and creditor made only two days before the closing of the asset sale,
in which World Logistics agreed to the cancellation of a restrictive covenant
which had prevented the creditor from using World Logistics proprietary computer
software, or soliciting its list of valuable customers and
employees.
Janel has
charged that the defendants violated the anti-fraud provisions of the Federal
securities laws, committed common law fraud, breach of contract and other
wrongdoing, with the specific intent to defraud Janel and obtain 285,000 shares
of its newly authorized Class B convertible preferred stock, and more than
$2,300,000 in payments by Janel of the defendants’ long overdue obligations to
suppliers, creditors and tax authorities.
In May
2008, the defendants filed a motion to the court asking it to dismiss the case
based upon the defendants’ claim that the complaint “fails to state a claim upon
which relief may be granted”. The Company, in turn, filed a brief in
opposition to the defendants’ motion showing that it is meritless and should be
denied. In March 2009 the court entered an order denying the defendants’ motions
to dismiss in their entirety.
F-17
In April
2009 the defendants Francis and Griffin filed answers to the Janel complaint and
they each counterclaimed that Janel breached agreements and withheld payments
from them. In May 2009 Janel filed replies denying each of the
counterclaims as meritless.
In March
2010 the Company reached a settlement agreement and mutual general release with
Brian Griffin. Terms of the settlement include the issuance of
489,750 shares of Janel’s common stock, surrender of 69,475 shares of preferred
stock, elimination of a $125,000 note payable to the defendant and a release of
any and all claims and demands of the defendant.
See Note
20(B) and (C).
(d) Relationships
with officers
Janel’s
former President and Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President and
Chief Executive Officer, jointly own FCL/LCL International Inc., (“FCL/LCL”) a
New York Corporation which is a consolidating indirect carrier that executed
paperwork for Janel, from which they each received $3,000 and $14,000 from
FCL/LCL for the years ending 2010 and 2009. FCL/LCL discontinued its operations
in November, 2009.
These
relationships involve actual or potential conflicts of interest between Janel
and its officers.
(e) Concentration
of sales
Sales to
two major customers were approximately 27%, 16.5% and 19.9% of consolidated
sales for the years ended September 30, 2010, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. Amounts due from these customers aggregated
approximately $1,130,000, $399,000 and $162,000 at September 30, 2010, 2009 and
2008, respectively.
16 QUARTERLY
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Fourth
|
|||||||||||||
Fiscal
2010
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 16,997,932 | $ | 19,270,955 | $ | 21,004,703 | $ | 31,212,341 | ||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
(28,016 | ) | 174,084 | 359,288 | 309,995 | |||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
(50,037 | ) | 106,084 | 170,430 | 156,418 | |||||||||||
Per
share data (1):
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
earnings per share
|
$ | (0.003 | ) | $ | 0.007 | $ | 0.009 | $ | 0 .008 | |||||||
Diluted
earnings per share
|
$ | (0.003 | ) | $ | 0.006 | $ | 0.009 | $ | 0.007 | |||||||
Fiscal
2009
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 21,266,128 | $ | 17,151,773 | $ | 15,524,769 | $ | 17,910,136 | ||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
(96,104 | ) | (360,818 | ) | (81,857 | ) | (18,054 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
(115,490 | ) | (284,735 | ) | (105,847 | ) | (735,126 | ) | ||||||||
Per
share data (1):
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
earnings per share
|
$ | (.01 | ) | $ | (.02 | ) | $ | (.01 | ) | $ | (.04 | ) | ||||
Diluted
earnings per share
|
$ | (.01 | ) | $ | (.02 | ) | $ | (.01 | ) | $ | (.04 | ) |
(1)
earnings per share were computed independently for each of the periods
presented. Therefore, the sum of the earnings per share amounts for
the quarters may not equal the total for the year.
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17 BUSINESS
SEGMENT INFORMATION
The
Company operates in two reportable segments which are full service cargo
transportation logistics management and supplying computer software sales,
support and maintenance.
The
following table presents financial information about the Company’s reportable
segments as of and for the years ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
2010
|
Consolidated
|
Transportation
Logistics
|
Computer
Software
|
|||||||||
Total
revenues
|
$ | 88,485,931 | $ | 88,428,775 | $ | 57,156 | ||||||
Net
revenues
|
$ | 8,913,678 | $ | 8,856,522 | $ | 57,156 | ||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
$ | 815,351 | $ | 942,248 | $ | (126,897 | ) | |||||
Identifiable
assets
|
$ | 11,342,418 | $ | 11,288,383 | $ | 54,035 | ||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
$ | 16,852 | $ | 16,852 | $ | - | ||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
$ | 246,205 | $ | 213,579 | $ | 32,626 | ||||||
Equity
|
$ | 4,636,674 | $ | 9,838,287 | $ | (5,201,613 | ) |
2009
|
Consolidated
|
Transportation
Logistics
|
Computer
Software
|
|||||||||
Total
revenues
|
$ | 71,852,806 | $ | 71,663,175 | $ | 189,631 | ||||||
Net
revenues
|
$ | 8,434,063 | $ | 8,244,432 | $ | 189,631 | ||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
$ | (556,833 | ) | $ | 99,871 | $ | (656,704 | ) | ||||
Identifiable
assets
|
$ | 10,024,979 | $ | 9,902,506 | $ | 122,473 | ||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
$ | 12,239 | $ | 10,701 | $ | 1,538 | ||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
$ | 552,706 | $ | 301,770 | $ | 250,936 | ||||||
Equity
|
$ | 4,132,156 | $ | 8,934,203 | $ | (4,802,047 | ) |
18 SHARE
BASED COMPENSATION
The
Company accounts for other based compensation in accordance with ASC
718-10. Under the provisions of this statement the compensation costs
relating to share-based payment transactions are to be recognized in the
Company’s consolidated financial statements based on their fair
values.
19 STOCK
OPTIONS
On June
30, 2010, the Company issued options to purchase 23,750 shares of common stock
at an exercise price of $1.00 per share, in partial satisfaction of half of the
finder’s fees associated with the hiring of two new sales executives on May 17,
2010. The remaining obligation in the amount of $23,750 was paid in
cash.
The fair
value of the options was determined using a Black Scholes Option Pricing Model
was $9,200 which, net of income taxes, resulted in a $5,428 reduction of net
income
The
Company has no other stock options outstanding.
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20 SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS
(A) On
October 4, 2010, the Company acquired the international freight forwarding
business of Ferrara pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase
Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and Ferrara dated
October 4, 2010.
The
purchase price paid and to be paid under the terms of the Purchase Agreement
consists of (i) cash in an amount equal to 70% of the annual actual earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) achieved over the
three 12-month periods following the Closing (the “Earn-Out Period”) from
revenues generated from the customers included in the purchased assets, and (ii)
1,714,286 restricted shares of the Company’s Common Stock valued at $600,000
based on the closing market price of the stock on October 1, 2010 (the “Share
Allocation”). The Share Allocation is subject to decrease if
actual EBITDA from revenues generated from the customers included in the
purchased assets during the Earn-Out Period is below $2 million, and will be
issued in three installments on October 4, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Purchase
price allocation
In
accordance with the purchase acquisition of accounting the Company has initially
allocated the consideration to the net tangible and identifiable intangible
assets, based on their estimated fair values. Goodwill represents the
excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the underlying net tangible
and identifiable intangible assets.
The
initial consideration estimated at $1,840,000 consists of $600,000 of common
stock and $1,400,000 of future cash to be paid, net of imputed interest of
$160,000. The consideration has been allocated as
follows:
Intangible
assets:
|
||||
Customer
relationships subject to amortization
|
$ | 1,220,000 | ||
Goodwill
|
620,000 | |||
Total
fair value
|
$ | 1,840,000 | ||
Pursuant
to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Nicholas V. Ferrara, the principal owner
of Ferrara, will be employed by the Company at an annual salary of $182,000 plus
benefits.
(B) In
November 2010 the Company reached a settlement agreement and mutual general
releases with Richard Francis. Terms of the settlement include the
issuance of 780,000 shares to Mr. Francis, as well as payments totaling
$23,359. Upon issuance and delivery of the settlement shares and
payment of the cash settlement, both signed a stipulation and Order of Dismissal
ending all claims made in their entirety.
(C) On
December 3, 2010 the former “CFO” of Janel filed a complaint through the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging, among other things,
discrimination by the Company. No damages were claimed in the
complaint. The Company’s response to the complaint is due on January
3, 2011. The Company intends to vigorously defend this
claim.
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SCHEDULE
II
SCHEDULE
OF VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(in
thousands)
Balance at
Beginning
of Year
|
Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
|
Charged to
Other
Accounts
|
Deductions
|
Balance at
End of Year
|
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For
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008
|
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Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
$ | 43 | $ | 131 | $ | - | $ | (44 | ) | $ | 130 | |||||||||
For
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
$ | 130 | $ | 192 | $ | - | $ | (237 | ) | $ | 85 | |||||||||
For
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
$ | 85 | $ | 271 | $ | - | $ | (249 | ) | $ | 107 |
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