TOFUTTI BRANDS INC - Annual Report: 2008 (Form 10-K)
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
x | ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. |
For the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008
o | TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. |
Commission File Number: 1-9009
TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 13-3094658 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
50 Jackson Drive, Cranford, New Jersey | 07016 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(908) 272-2400
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share | American Stock Exchange |
Securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
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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 Registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x
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The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the closing sale price of such stock, as reported by the American Stock Exchange, on March 23, 2009 was $3,233,000.
As of March 23, 2009, the issuer had 5,176,678 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01, outstanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
We are engaged in the development, production and marketing of TOFUTTI(R)brand nondairy frozen desserts and other food products. TOFUTTI products are nondairy, soy-based products which contain no butterfat, cholesterol or lactose.
As used in this annual report, the terms "we," "us" and "our" mean Tofutti Brands Inc., unless otherwise indicated.
Statements made in this annual report concerning the contents of any contract, agreement or other document are summaries of such contracts, agreements or documents and are not complete descriptions of all of their terms. If we filed any of these documents as an exhibit to this annual report or to any previous filling with the Securities and Exchange Commission, you may read the document itself for a complete recitation of its terms.
Except for the historical information contained in this annual report, the statements contained in this annual report are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, with respect to our business, financial condition and results of operations. Such forward-looking statements reflect our current view with respect to future events and financial results. We urge you to consider that statements which use the terms "anticipate," "believe," "do not believe," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We remind readers that forward-looking statements are merely predictions and therefore inherently subject to uncertainties and other factors and involve known and unknown risks that could cause the actual results, performance, levels of activity, or our achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, levels of activity, or our achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are also included in Item 1. "Business" and Item 7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations". Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we undertake no obligation to publicly release any update or revision to any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or circumstances, or otherwise after the date hereof. We have attempted to identify significant uncertainties and other factors affecting forward-looking statements in the Risk Factors section that appears in Item 1A. "Risk Factors."
We operate on a fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to December 31. Fiscal years for the financial statements included herein are the fifty-two week periods ended on December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007.
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PART I
Item 1. | Business. |
GENERAL
We are engaged in the development, production and marketing of TOFUTTI(R)brand nondairy frozen desserts and other food products. TOFUTTI products are nondairy, soy-based products which contain no butterfat, cholesterol or lactose. Our products are 100% milk free yet offer the same texture and full-bodied taste as their dairy counterparts. Our products are also free of cholesterol and derive their fat from soy and corn, both naturally lower in saturated fat than dairy products.
We were organized under the laws of the State of New York in 1981 and became a Delaware corporation in 1984. Our registered office and principal executive offices are located at 50 Jackson Drive, Cranford, New Jersey 07016, our telephone number is 908-272-2400 and our email address is info@tofutti.com. Our address on the Internet is www.tofutti.com. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this annual report.
STRATEGY
Our objective is to be a leading provider of nondairy, soy-based food products, primarily frozen desserts and soy-cheese products, to supermarkets and health food stores in the United States and abroad. We intend to continue to introduce new products that offer good taste while containing no butterfat, cholesterol or dairy to these markets. We focus our marketing efforts toward those consumers who find our products essential to their everyday diets because of health, lifestyle or religious reasons. As part of this strategy, we seek to achieve brand awareness through product innovation, eye-catching packaging, trade advertising and a strong word-of-mouth marketing program. We believe that our ability to offer a wide range of nondairy, soy-based parve kosher products will continue to provide us with a competitive advantage.
TOFUTTI PRODUCT LINE
We offer a broad product line of nondairy soy-based products. Our products include frozen desserts, nondairy cheeses and spreads, other frozen food products and several dry grocery items.
Frozen Desserts
u | Premium TOFUTTI® nondairy frozen dessert, available in prepacked pints, three-gallon cans, and soft serve mix, is sold nationally in supermarkets, health food stores, retail shops, and restaurants. Premium TOFUTTI was the first nondairy frozen dessert to be marketed to the general public through supermarkets. We currently offer nine flavors of premium, hard frozen TOFUTTI in pints: Vanilla, Chocolate Supreme, Wildberry Supreme, Vanilla Almond Bark®, Vanilla Fudge, Chocolate Cookie Crunch and Better Pecan®. Premium TOFUTTI soft serve mix is available in Vanilla and Chocolate. TOFUTTI in three gallon bulk cans is available in Vanilla, Chocolate Supreme and Vanilla Almond Bark. |
u | TOFUTTI CUTIES®, our best selling product, are bite size frozen sandwiches combining a Vanilla, Cookies and Cream, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Mint Chocolate Chip, Wild Berry, or Coffee filling between two chocolate wafers. Half the size of traditional ice cream sandwiches, TOFUTTI CUTIES offer consumers a portion controlled treat. Unlike ice cream sandwiches, CUTIES are totally dairy free, without butterfat or cholesterol, yet with the same great taste that makes ice cream sandwiches one of the best selling novelties in the freezer case. Like all our frozen dessert products, they are completely trans fat free, including the wafers. For those individuals who cannot have chocolate, our TOTALLY VANILLA TOFUTTI CUTIE is vanilla TOFUTTI between two vanilla wafers, while our KEY LIME CUTIE combines lime-flavored TOFUTTI between two vanilla wafers. Using the same vanilla wafers, we also offer the WAVE CUTIETM , which has a strawberry sauce blended with creamy vanilla TOFUTTI. |
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u | TOTALLY FUDGE POPS®, CHOCOLATE FUDGE TREATS, and COFFEE BREAK TREATS are stick novelties that offer the consumer the same taste as real fudge or coffee bars. The TOTALLY FUDGE POPS, made with organic sugar and with no gluten added, have 70 calories and 1 gram of fat per bar, while fat free, no sugar added CHOCOLATE FUDGE TREATS and COFFEE BREAK TREATS have only 30 calories per bar. Both TREATS are ideal for anyone on either a low fat or low carb diet. |
u | MINT BY MINTZ are no sugar added stick novelties shaped just like TREATS, with a mint-flavored TOFUTTI center, covered with a thick, dark chocolate coating. |
u | MARRY ME BARSare stick novelties that feature creamy vanilla TOFUTTI surrounded with a dark chocolate coating. Made with organic sugar and with no gluten added, MARRY ME BARS satisfy important diet requirements of certain consumers with that great TOFUTTI taste. |
Nondairy Cheese Products
u | BETTER THAN CREAM CHEESE® is similar in taste and texture to traditional cream cheese, but is milk and butterfat free and contains no cholesterol. It is as versatile as real cream cheese, whether spread on a bagel, used as a dip for snack items, such as crackers or chips, or used in any favorite recipe. The 8 oz. retail packages are available in Plain, French Onion, Herbs & Chives, Smoked Salmon, Garlic & Herb, and Garden Veggie flavors. The plain version is also available in 30 lb. bulk boxes. |
u | SOUR SUPREME® is similar in taste and texture to traditional sour cream, but is milk and butterfat free and contains no cholesterol. SOUR SUPREME has the versatility of sour cream with the added benefit of being dairy free. The 12 oz. retail packages are available in Plain and Guacamole. The plain version is also available in 30 lb. bulk boxes. Like BETTER THAN CREAM CHEESE, SOUR SUPREME is sold nationally in most health food stores and select supermarkets. |
u | For consumers concerned with their fat and calorie intake, TOFUTTI also offers versions of BETTER THAN CREAM CHEESE AND SOUR SUPREME without partially hydrogenated fat and no trans fatty acids. They are also made with organic sugar and are available in most health food stores. Non-hydrogenated fat BETTER THAN CREAM CHEESE is available in plain, chopped olive and cheddar flavors. |
u | TOFUTTI SOY-CHEESE SLICES offer consumers a delicious nondairy, vegan alternative to regular cheese slices and contain no trans fatty acids. Available as individually wrapped slices in 8 oz. packages, TOFUTTI SOY-CHEESE SLICES are sold in most health food stores and select supermarkets and come in two types: Mozzarella and American. |
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Other Food Products
u | TOFUTTI PIZZA PIZZAZ combines a delicious pan crust, zesty sauce and TOFUTTI totally dairy free BETTER THAN MOZZARELLA CHEESE into a completely authentic, yet healthy pizza. TOFUTTI PIZZA PIZZAZ is sold three squared slices to a package and is available in freezer cases in select supermarkets and health food stores. |
u | TOFUTTI BLINTZES are frozen crepes filled with TOFUTTI BETTER THAN CREAM CHEESE that are dairy and cholesterol free, yet taste just like real cheese blintzes. Our BLINTZES can be served hot, warm, or slightly chilled as a main meal or a snack. |
MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
TOFUTTI products are sold and distributed across the United States and internationally, and can be found in gourmet specialty shops, kosher supermarkets, natural/health food stores, and national and regional supermarket chains. Generally, most of our products are sold by independent unaffiliated food brokers to distributors and sometimes on a direct basis to retail chain accounts. Food brokers act as our agents within designated territories or for specific accounts and receive commissions, which average 5% of net collected sales. Certain key domestic accounts and all international accounts are handled directly by us. Our products are also sold in approximately twenty-five other countries.
We currently sell our frozen dessert products in most major markets in the United States, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Richmond, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa and Washington, D.C.
We currently distribute all of our products by common carrier or by allowing customers to pick-up products from outside storage facilities. We do not own, lease or otherwise maintain any vehicles involved in the shipping of our products. From our co-packing facilities, we either ship direct to our customers or we ship to outside public storage facilities from which our customers are able to pick-up products. Use of outside storage facilities in several key locations in the United States allows us to provide our customers with products in a timely fashion.
In addition to ice cream distributors, our products are handled by almost every major national and regional natural and/or gourmet specialty distributor in the country. We distribute our products through twenty-nine (29) distributors in the national health food market.
Our sales to health food distributors in fiscal 2008 decreased to $9,300,000, or 47% of total sales, as compared to $9,522,000, or 50% of total sales, in fiscal 2007. In fiscal 2008, sales to Trader Joe's declined to $3,634,000, or 19% of sales, as compared to $3,816,000, or 20% of sales, in fiscal 2007. Our sales to the kosher market increased to $1,120,000, or 6% of sales, in fiscal 2008, from sales of $1,056,000, or 6% of sales, in fiscal 2007.
The following table presents the geographical breakdown of our sales in our largest domestic markets for the last two fiscal years.
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Fiscal Year ended December 27, 2008 |
Fiscal Year ended December 29, 2007 |
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Sales |
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California | $ | 4,901 | 25 | % | $ | 4,836 | 25 | % | |||||||
Midwest | 2,979 | 15 | % | 2,718 | 14 | % | |||||||||
New England | 2,657 | 14 | % | 2,521 | 13 | % | |||||||||
Metropolitan New York | 2,534 | 13 | % | 2,463 | 13 | % | |||||||||
Mid-Atlantic | 1,498 | 8 | % | 1,370 | 7 | % | |||||||||
Florida | 1,345 | 7 | % | 1,218 | 6 | % | |||||||||
Northwest | 809 | 4 | % | 728 | 4 | % | |||||||||
Rocky Mountains | 394 | 2 | % | 352 | 2 | % | |||||||||
Southeast | 347 | 2 | % | 441 | 2 | % | |||||||||
Southwest | 251 | 1 | % | 315 | 2 | % | |||||||||
Upstate New York | 238 | 1 | % | 342 | 2 | % |
In December 2007, we were informed by Edys Grand Ice Cream, a subsidiary of the Dreyers Ice Cream Company, that they would no longer distribute our products in Florida and the southeastern United States effective March 14, 2008. We were successful in transferring the distribution of our frozen dessert products directly to the warehouses of Publix Super Markets, Inc., with whom we conduct most of our supermarket business in this region. The balance of our retail business in this region was transferred to our existing health and specialty food distributors.
During fiscal 2008, we shipped TOFUTTI nondairy products to distributors in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, China, England, Israel, Mexico and Panama. Our distributor in England is our master distributor for all of Europe and part of the Middle East, excluding Israel, and sells our products to approximately twenty other countries. Sales to foreign distributors decreased to $1,736,000, or 9% of sales, in fiscal 2008, as compared to $1,954,000, or 10% of sales, in fiscal 2007. We conduct all of our foreign business in U.S. dollars. Therefore, our future export sales could be adversely affected by an increase in the value of the U.S. dollar against local currencies, which could increase the local currency price of our products. Currently, our export sales business has not been negatively impacted by the stronger U.S. dollar.
COMPETITION
TOFUTTI frozen desserts compete with all forms of ice cream products, yogurt-based desserts and other soy-based frozen desserts. We believe that we are a leader in the nondairy frozen dessert product market and have the most complete line of nondairy frozen dessert products. Other soy-based frozen dessert products are presently being sold throughout the United States by established manufacturers, distributors of ice cream and other frozen dessert products and, wherever possible, directly to supermarket warehouses. The ice cream and frozen dessert industry is highly competitive and most companies with whom we compete are substantially larger and have significantly greater resources than us. Our other products also face substantial competition from both nondairy and dairy competitive products marketed by companies with significantly greater resources than we have. We believe that we are able to compete effectively due to our ability to offer an array of non-dairy frozen dessert and other food products that contain no butterfat, cholesterol or lactose and are 100% milk-free, yet offer the same texture and full-bodied taste as their dairy counterparts.
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
All of our current products were developed internally in our own laboratory. During the last two years, David Mintz, our Chief Executive Officer, has devoted a substantial amount of time and effort to the development of new products and the reformulation of other products. In fiscal 2008 and 2007, our product development expenses were $590,000 and $481,000, respectively. These amounts do not include any portion of Mr. Mintzs salary, and since they cannot be directly associated with any specific customers or products, they are considered part of operating expenses. All product development costs are expensed as incurred.
PRODUCTION
We believe that all of our products are produced under the strictest quality control procedures that are available in each manufacturing facility used by us. These quality control procedures include, but are not limited to, the cleaning processes utilized prior to running our products; spot line inspections during production; in-house laboratory testing as required by government agencies; supervision of all our production by our kosher supervisory service; and random testing by outside independent laboratories to ensure that our internal quality control procedures and guidelines are being properly followed.
All of our products are produced by co-packers to whom we supply certain key ingredients and packaging for the manufacturing processes. Our co-packing facilities are fully licensed and must comply with all state and federal laws and regulations. We currently utilize seven co-packers. Our co-packers manufacture and package our products and, in certain instances, warehouse such products pending shipment. For certain key product categories, such as nondairy frozen desserts and nondairy cheeses, we have more than one co-packer. In selecting an appropriate co-packer, we take into account all of the preceding factors, plus cost considerations such as product processing fees and freight and warehouse expenses.
Relationship with Co-Packers
We do not have any written production agreements with our co-packers and do not anticipate that we would encounter any material difficulty in obtaining alternative production sources, at a comparable cost, if one or all of our co-packers decide to terminate their relationships with us.
In order to protect our formulas, we have entered into confidentiality arrangements with our co-packers and certain of their employees. All of our employees, including officers, sign similar confidentiality agreements. There can be no assurance that such confidentiality arrangements can or will be maintained, or that our trade secrets, know-how and marketing ability cannot be obtained by others, or that others do not now possess similar or even more effective capabilities.
Kosher Certification
KOF-K Kosher Supervision, or KOF-K, of Teaneck, New Jersey provides us with our kosher certification service. Before KOF-K will permit its certification, evidenced by its symbol, to be placed on a product, KOF-K must approve both the ingredients contained in the product and the facility processing the product. Approval of the manufacturing facilities we use include periodic inspections, and in most cases, on-site supervision of actual production. We believe that our ability to successfully market and distribute our products is dependent upon our continued compliance with the requirements of rabbinical certification. All TOFUTTI products meet the requirements for certification as kosher-parve.
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TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
We have registered our trademark, TOFUTTI®, and other trademarks for our frozen desserts and other products in the United States and approximately thirty-five foreign countries. We believe our trademarks are an important means of establishing consumer recognition for our products and we will vigorously oppose any unauthorized use of our trademarks. We are not currently involved in any trademark litigation.
Although we believe that our formulas and processes are proprietary, we have not sought patent protection for such technology. Instead, we are relying on the complexity of our technology, on trade secrecy laws and on confidentiality agreements. We believe that our technology has been independently developed and does not infringe the patents of others.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
Companies engaged in the manufacture, packaging and distribution of food items are subject to extensive regulation by various government agencies which, pursuant to statutes, rules, and regulations, prescribe quality, purity, manufacturing and labeling requirements. Food products are often subject to standard of identity requirements, which are promulgated at either the Federal or state level to determine the permissible qualitative and quantitative ingredient content of food. To the extent that any product that we seek to market does not conform to an applicable standard, special permission to market such a product is required.
Our United States product labels are subject to regulation by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA. Such regulations include standards for product descriptions, nutritional claims, label format, minimum type sizes, content and location of nutritional information panels, nutritional comparisons, and ingredient content panels. Our labels, ingredients and manufacturing processes are subject to inspection by the FDA. We believe that we are in compliance with current labeling requirements and conduct periodic reviews to make certain that such compliance is on-going.
The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and rules and regulations promulgated by the FDA thereunder, contain no specific Federal standard of identity which is applicable to TOFUTTI. TOFUTTI frozen dessert products meet the New York State standard of identity for parevine, which has been adopted by at least eight other states. Many states require registration and label review before food products can be sold. While approval in one jurisdiction generally indicates the products will meet with approval in other jurisdictions, there is no assurance that approval from other jurisdictions will be forthcoming.
Food manufacturing facilities are subject to inspections by various safety, health and environmental regulatory authorities. A finding of a failure to comply with one or more regulatory requirements can result in the imposition of sanctions including the closing of all or a portion of a companys facilities, subject to a period during which the company can remedy the alleged violations. Our Cranford, New Jersey facility is subject to inspection by the New Jersey-Kosher Enforcement Bureau and the New Jersey Environmental Health Services. We believe that we and our distributors and co-packers are in compliance in all material respects with governmental regulations regarding our current products and have obtained the material governmental permits, licenses, qualifications and approvals required for our operations. Our compliance with Federal, state and local environmental laws has not materially affected us either economically or in the manner in which we conduct our business. However, there can be no assurance that our company, our distributors and our co-packers will be able to comply with such laws and regulations in the future or that new governmental laws and regulations will not be introduced that could prevent or temporarily inhibit the development, distribution and sale of our products to consumers.
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New government laws and regulations may be introduced in the future that could result in additional compliance costs, seizures, confiscations, recalls or monetary fines, any of which could prevent or inhibit the development, distribution and sale of our products. If we fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations, we may be subject to civil remedies, including fines, injunctions, recalls or seizures, as well as potential criminal sanctions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
EMPLOYEES
On December 27, 2008 and on December 29, 2007, we employed eleven persons on a full-time basis. We consider our relations with our employees to be good. We do not have any collective bargaining agreements with our employees.
Item 1A. | Risk Factors |
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk and uncertainty. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below before investing in our common stock. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations could be harmed. In that case, the value of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Risks Related to Our Business
Reliance on Independent Distributors. The success of our business depends, in large part, upon the establishment and maintenance of a strong distribution network. Although we believe that the business associated with any of our primary distributors can be readily transferred to other distributors or directly to supermarket warehouses if necessary, no assurance can be given that a change in distributors would not be disruptive to our business, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
Dependence on Key Suppliers. We do not produce any of our own products. During the years ended December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, we purchased approximately 30% and 15%, of our finished goods, respectively, from Ice Cream Specialties, our primary frozen dessert novelty co-packer; 8% and 9%, respectively, from Leibys Dairy, Inc, our frozen dessert pint co-packer; 7% and 0%, respectively, from Washburn Dairy, our secondary frozen dessert novelty co-packer; 18% and 17%, respectively, from Franklin Foods, our BETTER THAN CREAM CHEESE and SOUR SUPREME co-packer; and 6% and 5% respectively, from Old Fashioned Kitchen, Inc., our blintz co-packer. These producers are required to comply with FDA regulations relating to the production of food products. Although we believe that there will be no problem in continuing to obtain finished goods from our current or alternative sources in the future, any disruption in supply could have a material adverse effect on our company.
Competitive Environment. The frozen dessert and health food markets are highly competitive. The ability to successfully introduce innovative products on a periodic basis that are accepted by the marketplace is a significant competitive factor. In addition, many of our principal competitors are large, diversified companies with resources significantly greater than ours. We expect strong competition to continue, including competition for adequate distribution and competition for the limited shelf space for the frozen dessert category in supermarkets and other retail food outlets.
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Dependence on Key Customers. During the years ended December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, Trader Joes accounted for 19% and 20% of our net sales, respectively. In addition, a significant portion of our sales are to several key distributors, which are large distribution companies with numerous divisions and subsidiaries who act independently. Such distributors as a group accounted for 31% of our net sales for the year ended December 27, 2008 and 55% of our net sales for the year ended December 29, 2007. The loss of a substantial portion of our sales to Trader Joes would have a material adverse affect on our company.
The Absence of Patent Protection Could Adversely Affect Our Results of Operations. We rely upon the confidentiality of our formulas and our know-how rather than upon patent protection since patent protection may not be available for the recipes or manufacturing processes for any of our food products. There is no assurance that such confidentiality can or will be maintained or that our know-how cannot be obtained by others or that others do not now possess similar or even more effective capabilities. The failure to maintain the confidentiality of our know-how could adversely effect our operating results.
Product Liability Suits, if Brought, Could Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Business. From time to time in the normal course of our business, we become subject to product liability claims. If a product liability claim exceeding our insurance coverage were to be successfully asserted against us, it could harm our business. We cannot assure you that such coverage will be sufficient to insure against claims which may be brought against us, or that we will be able to maintain such insurance or obtain additional insurance covering existing or new products. As a marketer of food products, we are subject to the risk of claims for product liability. We maintain general product liability and umbrella insurance coverages and generally require that our co-packers maintain product liability insurance with us as a co-insured. Similarly, most of our customers require us to name them as additional insureds as well, and in some cases we are required to sign hold harmless agreements.
Continuing Need to Introduce New Products. The successful introduction of innovative products on a periodic basis has become increasingly important to our sales growth. Accordingly, the future degree of market acceptance of any of our new products, which may be accompanied by significant promotional expenditures, is likely to have an important impact on our future financial results.
Our Operating Results Vary Quarterly and Seasonally. We have often recognized a slightly greater portion of revenues in the second and third quarter of the year and in the last month, or even weeks, of a quarter. Our expense levels are substantially based on our expectations for future revenues and are therefore relatively fixed in the short-term. If revenue levels fall below expectations, our quarterly results are likely to be disproportionately adversely affected because a proportionately smaller amount of our expenses vary with our revenues. We expect to continue to experience slightly higher sales in the second and third quarters, and slightly lower sales in the fourth and first quarters, as a result of reduced sales of nondairy frozen desserts. Sales to our major customers fluctuate widely from period to period and there is no way to accurately predict that their sales pattern from one year will be repeated in the corresponding period of the next fiscal year. Due to the foregoing factors, in some future quarter our operating results may be below the expectations of investors. In such event, it is likely that the price of our common stock would be materially adversely affected.
Reliance on a Limited Number of Key Personnel. Our success is significantly dependent on the services of David Mintz (age 77), Chief Executive Officer, and Steven Kass (age 57), Chief Financial Officer. The loss of the services of either of these persons could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Control of the Company. Our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, David Mintz, together with our Chief Financial Officer, Steven Kass, hold 2,850,440 shares of common stock representing approximately 55% of the outstanding shares, permitting them to elect all members of the Board of Directors and thereby effectively control the business, policies and management of our company.
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We are Subject to Risks Associated with International Operations. In fiscal 2008 approximately 9% of our revenues were from international sales. Although we continue to expand our international operations, we cannot be certain that we will be able to maintain or increase international market demand for our products. To the extent that we cannot do so in a timely manner, our business, operating results and financial condition will be adversely affected. International operations are subject to inherent risks, including the following:
| the impact of possible recessionary environments in multiple foreign markets; |
| longer receivables collection periods and greater difficulty in accounts receivable collection; |
| unexpected changes in regulatory requirements; |
| potentially adverse tax consequences; and |
| political and economic instability. |
We May Be Adversely Affected by Fluctuations in Currency Exchange Rates. Our foreign transactions are always in U.S. dollars, and to date we have not engaged in any currency hedging transactions intended to reduce the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates on our results of operations. Therefore, our future export sales could be adversely affected by an increase in the value of the U.S. dollar, which could increase the local currency price of our products. Although exposure to currency fluctuations to date has not had a material adverse effect on our business, there can be no assurance such fluctuations in the future will not have a material adverse effect on revenues from international sales and, consequently, our business, operating results and financial condition.
Our Stock Price is Subject to Volatility. The market price of our common stock has been subject to fluctuations in the past and may be subject to wide fluctuations in the future in response to announcements concerning us or our competitors, quarterly variations in operating results, the introduction of new products or changes in product pricing policies by us or our competitors, general market conditions in the industry, developments in the financial markets and other factors.
We Do Not Intend to Pay Cash Dividends. Our policy is to retain earnings, if any, for use in our business and, for this reason, we do not intend to pay cash dividends on our shares of common stock in the foreseeable future.
Risks Related to Economic Pressures
Our business may be negatively affected by the current global credit crisis. The current economic climate, and particularly the increased difficulty in securing credit, could impact the ability of our customers to purchase our products. Certain of our retail customers who have seen significant dampening of consumer demand, could face increased financial pressures that could impact their ability to purchase our products and make payments in a timely manner. The extent of the impact, if any, of the global credit crisis, will depend on a number of factors, including whether the U.S. economy, and the global economy generally, enter into a prolonged recession as a result of the deterioration of the credit markets.
A material change in consumer demand for our products could have a significant impact on our business. We are a consumer food products company and rely on continued demand for our products. To achieve business goals, we must develop and sell products that appeal to consumers. If demand and growth rates fall substantially below expected levels or our market share declines significantly in these businesses, our results could be negatively impacted. This could occur due to unforeseen negative economic or political events or to changes in consumer trends and habits.
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Our business faces cost pressures which could affect our business results. Our costs are subject to fluctuations, particularly due to changes in commodity prices, raw materials, cost of labor, foreign exchange and interest rates. Our costs during most of 2008 were impacted by higher commodity and freight costs. Therefore, our success is dependent, in part, on our continued ability to manage these fluctuations through pricing actions, cost savings projects and sourcing decisions. In the manufacturing and general overhead areas, we need to maintain key manufacturing and supply arrangements, including any key sole supplier and manufacturing plant arrangements.
We face risks related to the current credit crisis. The current uncertainty in the global economic conditions resulting from the recent disruption in credit markets pose a risk to the overall economy that could impact consumer and customer demand for our products, as well as our ability to manage normal commercial relationships with our customers, suppliers and creditors. If the current situation deteriorates significantly, our business could be negatively impacted, including such areas as reduced demand for our products from a slow-down in the general economy, or supplier or customer disruptions resulting from tighter credit markets.
Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments. |
None.
Item 2. | Properties. |
Our facilities are located in a modern one-story facility in Cranford, New Jersey. The 6,200 square foot facility houses our administrative offices, a warehouse, walk-in freezer and refrigerator, and a product development laboratory and test kitchen. Our lease agreement expired on July 1, 1999, but we continue to occupy the premises under the terms of that agreement, subject to a six month notification period for us and the landlord with respect to any changes. We currently have no plans to enter into a long-term lease agreement for the facility. Our rent expense was $80,000 in both fiscal 2008 and 2007. Our management believes that the Cranford facility will continue to satisfy our space requirements for the foreseeable future.
Item 3. | Legal Proceedings. |
We are not a party to any material litigation.
Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of fiscal year ended December 27, 2008.
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PART II
Item 5. | Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. |
Our common stock has traded on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol TOF since October 29, 1985. Each share ranks equally as to dividends, voting rights, participation in assets on winding-up and in all other respects. No shares have been or will be issued subject to call or assessment. There are no preemptive rights, provisions for redemption or for either cancellation or surrender, or provisions for sinking or purchase funds.
The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices as reported on the American Stock Exchange for the two most recent fiscal years:
Quarter Ended |
High |
Low | ||||||
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March 31, 2007 | $ | 3.25 | $ | 2.91 | ||||
June 30, 2007 | 3.15 | 2.71 | ||||||
September 29, 2007 | 3.20 | 2.59 | ||||||
December 29, 2007 | 3.77 | 2.51 | ||||||
March 29, 2008 | 3.35 | 2.55 | ||||||
June 28, 2008 | 3.15 | 2.61 | ||||||
September 27, 2008 | 2.99 | 2.54 | ||||||
December 27, 2008 | 2.65 | 1.28 |
The closing price for our common stock on March 23, 2009, as reported on the American Stock Exchange, was $1.49.
Holders of Record
As of March 23, 2009, there were approximately 604 direct holders of record of our common stock. Based upon the most recent census performed by our stock transfer agent, brokerage houses and other financial institutions hold our common stock for approximately an additional 2,000 shareholders.
Dividends
We have not paid and have no present intention of paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
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Equity Compensation Plans
The following table sets forth, as of December 27, 2008, certain information related to our compensation plans under which shares of our common stock are authorized for issuance.
Plan Category |
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a) |
Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b) |
Number of securities Remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a) (c) |
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Equity Compensation Plans | |||
Approved by Security Holders | 471,000 | $1.31 | 39,000 |
Equity Compensation Plans | |||
Not Approved | |||
by Security Holders | - | n/a | - |
(1) | 410,000 of these options expired on March 18, 2009. |
1993 Stock Option Plan
The 1993 Stock Option Plan (the 1993 Plan) provides for the grant to key employees of incentive stock options, within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and for the grant of non-qualified stock options to key employees and consultants. The 1993 Plan had a term of ten years and terminated in 2003. No grants have been made under the 1993 Plan since 2003, and no further grants of options can be made under the 1993 Plan. As of March 23, 2009, none of our executive officers and directors held options to purchase shares of common stock under the 1993 Plan.
The term of any option granted under the 1993 Stock Option Plan was fixed by the Board of Directors at the time the options were granted. All options granted under the 1993 Stock Option Plan had up to 10-year terms and vesting periods that ranged from one to three years from date of grant. The exercise price of any options granted under the 1993 Stock Option Plan was the fair market value at the date of grant.
2004 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan
Our shareholders adopted the 2004 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the 2004 Directors Plan) on June 3, 2004. The purpose and intent of the 2004 Directors Plan is to attract and retain the best available individuals as non-employee directors of the company, to provide additional incentive to non-employee directors to continue to serve as directors and to encourage their continued service on the Board. All options granted under 2004 Directors Plan are nonstatutory stock options. The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock which may be issued under the 2004 Directors Plan is 100,000 shares.
The 2004 Directors Plan is currently administered by our Board of Directors, which in the future may delegate such administration to a committee of directors. Subject to the provisions of the 1993 Plan and applicable law, the Board or the Committee has the authority, to determine, among other things, to whom options may be granted, the number of shares of common stock to be covered by each option, the exercise price for each share, the vesting period of the option, and the terms, conditions and restrictions thereof, to construe and interpret the 2004 Directors Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the 2004 Directors Plan, and to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the 2004 Directors Plan.
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As of March 23, 2009, options to purchase 61,000 shares of our common stock were granted under the 2004 Directors Plan. The term of any option granted under the 2004 Directors Plan was fixed by the Board of Directors at the time the options were granted, provided that the exercise period was not to be longer than five years from the date of grant. All options granted under the 2004 Directors Plan have up to five-year terms and have vesting periods that range from one to three years from the grant date. The exercise price of any options granted under the 2004 Directors Plan is the fair market value at the date of grant. As of March 23, 2009, our non-employee directors as a group, consisting of three persons, held options to purchase 51,000 shares of common stock under the 2004 Directors Plan, and a former non-employee director held options to purchase 10,000 shares under the 2004 Directors Plan.
Sales of Unregistered Securities
There were no sales of unregistered securities during fiscal 2008.
Purchase of Equity Securities By the Issuer and Affiliates
Our Board of Directors first instituted a share repurchase program in September 2000 which, after several amendments, has to date authorized the repurchase of 1,850,000 shares of our common stock at prevailing market prices.
The following table sets forth for the thirteen weeks ended December 27, 2008 (the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008), certain information with respect to the purchase by us of shares of our common stock.
Period |
Total number of shares purchased (a) |
Average price paid per share ($) (b) |
Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs (c) |
Maximum number (or approximate dollar value ) of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (d) | ||||||||||
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September 28, 2008 | ||||||||||||||
through November 1, 2008 | 62,400 | 2.26 | 62,400 | 209,900 | ||||||||||
November 2, 2008 | ||||||||||||||
through November 29, 2008 | 80,510 | 1.93 | 80,510 | 129,390 | ||||||||||
November 30, 2008 | ||||||||||||||
through December 27, 2008 | 85,614 | 1.75 | 85,614 | 43,776 |
Item 6. | Selected Financial Data. |
Not applicable.
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Item 7. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. |
The following is managements discussion and analysis of certain significant factors which have affected our financial position and operating results during the periods included in the accompanying audited financial statements.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The policies discussed below are considered by management to be critical to an understanding of our financial statements because their application places the most significant demands on managements judgment, with financial reporting results relying on estimation about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Specific risks for these critical accounting policies are described in the following paragraphs. For all of these policies, management cautions that future events rarely develop exactly as forecast, and the best estimates routinely require adjustment.
Revenue Recognition. We recognize revenue when goods are shipped from our production facilities or outside warehouses and the following four criteria have been met: (i) the product has been shipped and we have no significant remaining obligations; (ii) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (iii) the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; and (iv) collection is probable. We record as deductions against sales all trade discounts, returns and allowances that occur in the ordinary course of business, when the sale occurs. To the extent we charge our customers for freight expense, it is included in revenues. The amount of freight costs charged to customers has not been material to date.
Accounts Receivable. The majority of our accounts receivables are due from distributors (domestic and international) and retailers. Credit is extended based on evaluation of a customers financial condition and, generally, collateral is not required. Accounts receivable are most often due within 30 to 90 days and are stated at amounts due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due. We determine whether an allowance is necessary by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade accounts receivable are past due, our previous loss history, the customers current ability to pay its obligation, and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. We write-off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to the allowance for doubtful accounts. We do not accrue interest on accounts receivable past due.
Allowance for Inventory Obsolescence. We are required to state our inventories at the lower of cost or market price. We maintain an allowance for inventory obsolescence for losses resulting from inventory items becoming unsaleable due to expiration of product shelf life, loss of specific customers or changes in customers requirements. Based on historical and projected sales information, we believe our allowance is adequate. However, changes in general economic, business and market conditions could cause our customers purchasing requirements to change. These changes could affect our ability to sell our inventory; therefore, the allowance for inventory obsolescence is reviewed regularly and changes to the allowance are updated as new information is received.
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Income Taxes. The carrying value of deferred tax assets assumes that we will be able to generate sufficient future taxable income to realize the deferred tax assets based on estimates and assumptions. If these estimates and assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets which could result in additional income tax expense. Upon the adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 48, or FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, January 1, 2007, we recognized a liability of $150,000 with respect to our uncertain tax positions, including related interest or penalties, which resulted in a direct charge to retained earnings. Our federal and state tax returns are open to examination for the years 2004 through 2007, however, the Internal Revenue Service commenced an examination of our federal income tax returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007 in 2009.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(revised 2007), Business Combinations, which will become effective for business combination transactions having an acquisition date on or after January 1, 2009. This standard requires the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date to be measured at their respective fair values. The Statement requires acquisition-related costs, as well as restructuring costs the acquirer expects to incur for which it is not obligated at acquisition date, to be recorded against income rather than included in purchase-price determination. It also requires recognition of contingent arrangements at their acquisition-date fair values, with subsequent changes in fair value generally reflected in income. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 141 to have a material effect on our company, as no acquisitions are currently contemplated.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51, which will become effective for us January 1, 2009, with retroactive adoption of the Statements presentation and disclosure requirements for existing minority interests. This standard will require ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent to be presented within the equity section of the consolidated balance sheet but separate from the parents equity. It will also require the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and the noncontrolling interest to be clearly identified and presented on the face of the consolidated income statement. Certain changes in a parents ownership interest are to be accounted for as equity transactions and when a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any noncontrolling equity investment in the former subsidiary is to be initially measured at fair value. We do not anticipate the implementation of SFAS No. 160 will significantly change the presentation of our financial statements.
In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. 157-1, Application of FASB Statement No. 157 to FASB Statement No. 13 and Its Related Interpretive Accounting Pronouncements That Address Leasing Transactions, which became effective for us on December 30, 2007. This FSP excludes FASB Statement No. 13, Accounting for Leases, and its related interpretive accounting pronouncements from the provisions of SFAS No. 157. Implementation of this standard did not have a material effect on our financial statements.
In February 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157, which delays our January 1, 2008 effective date of SFAS No. 157 for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), until January 1, 2009. Implementation of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on our financial statements.
In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities An Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 (SFAS No. 161), which amends and expands the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities to require qualitative disclosure about objectives and strategies in using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about the underlying credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. SFAS No. 161 is intended to improve financial reporting by requiring transparency about the location and amounts of derivative instruments in an entitys financial statements; how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133; and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect its financial position, financial performance and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. Implementation of this standard did not have a material effect on our financial statements.
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Results of Operations
Fifty-two Weeks Ended December 27, 2008 Compared with Fifty-Two Weeks Ended December 29, 2007
We operate on a fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to December 31. Fiscal years for the financial statements included herein are the fifty-two week period ended December 27, 2008 and the fifty-two week period ended on December 29, 2007.
Net sales for the fifty-two weeks ended December 27, 2008 were $19,609,000, an increase of $459,000, or 2%, from net sales of $19,150,000 for the fifty-two weeks ended December 29, 2007.
Although sales increased in fiscal 2008, our gross profit in fiscal 2008 decreased by $100,000, or 2%, while our gross profit percentage decreased to 27% in fiscal 2008 from 29% in fiscal 2007. The entire frozen dessert industry was subject to significant price increases to certain key ingredients and packaging, due mainly to supply shortages as a result of political events in certain foreign countries, the general economic situation here in the United States and the cost of petroleum, from which a number of our packaging items are produced. This was partially offset by an increase of freight out expense, which was only marginal despite significant increases in the cost of fuel throughout most of 2008, to $1,430,000 in fiscal 2008 from $1,411,000 in fiscal 2007. This marginal increase is attributable in part to the fact that shipping our frozen dessert novelties from our new ice cream co-packer in Indiana to the West Coast is more cost-effective than shipping them from our third-party Mountville, Pennsylvania warehouse or from our former frozen dessert novelties manufacturers location, and in part because in some instances we increased the minimum size of orders to customers where we paid the freight, which reduced our shipping costs. While we anticipate that our gross profit will increase due to increased unit sales and higher sales prices in 2009, our expected gross profit percentage will not improve materially due to promotional allowances associated with the planned introduction of new products. We also expect ingredient costs for certain key items and packaging costs to continue at their current high levels.
Selling and warehousing expenses increased by $170,000 to $1,826,000 for fiscal 2008 from $1,656,000 in fiscal 2007. This increase was caused primarily by a $71,000 increase in payroll costs due to the hiring of an additional person in sales and an $81,000 increase in bad debt expense. We anticipate that with the exception of commission expenses and outside warehouse rental expense, which are variable to sales, all other selling expenses in 2009 should remain relatively consistent with our expenses in 2008.
Marketing expenses increased by $204,000 in fiscal 2008 to $557,000 as compared to $353,000 in fiscal 2007. This increase is primarily attributable to a $30,000 increase in television advertising expense for a pilot program in one of our consumer markets and a $194,000 increase in newspaper advertising expense partially offset by a decrease in artwork and plates expense of $26,000. Newspaper advertising expenses increased due to additional costs incurred for advertising in some new advertising venues. We expect marketing expenses to decrease in fiscal 2009.
Product development expenses increased to $590,000 in fiscal 2008 as compared to $481,000 in fiscal 2007. The increase was caused primarily by increases in payroll costs of $48,000, lab costs and supplies of $34,000 and professional fees and outside services of $19,000. Our management expects that product development costs in 2009 will remain consistent with fiscal 2008 costs.
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General and administrative expenses were $2,014,000 for fiscal 2008 as compared with $2,233,000 for fiscal 2007, a decrease of $219,000 or 10%. The decrease was primarily due to a $272,000 decrease in stock-based compensation expense as a result of the accounting charge associated with a modification and cash pay-out for the redemption of a stock option, which was considered additional compensation expense for financial reporting purposes in fiscal 2007. This decrease was partially offset by increases in payroll costs of $38,000 and professional fees and outside services of $45,000. We anticipate that professional fees and outside services, which include legal and accounting fees, will increase in fiscal 2009 primarily due to the costs associated with compliance with the internal controls provisions of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Our management expects that general and administrative expenses in 2009 will remain consistent with fiscal 2008 expenses.
Overall, total operating expenses in fiscal 2008 increased to $4,987,000, an increase of $264,000, or 6%, from total operating expenses in fiscal 2007. Total operating expenses in fiscal 2007 were impacted by $272,000 in stock-based compensation expense included in our general and administrative expenses for 2007, the result of an accounting charge associated with a modification and cash pay-out for the redemption of a stock option. Had we not incurred that charge, the increase in total operating expenses from 2007 to 2008 would have been $536,000, or 11%.
Income before income taxes decreased by $364,000 to $435,000 in fiscal 2008 as compared with $799,000 in fiscal 2007 as a result of our reduced gross profit and higher operating expenses.
Income taxes for the current fiscal period were $218,000, or 50% of taxable income, compared to $334,000, or 42% of taxable income, in fiscal 2007. The increase in our effective tax rate in fiscal 2008 was due to permanent differences as well as an increase to our FIN 48 liability.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
At December 27, 2008 , our working capital was $3,581,000, a decrease of $876,000 from December 29, 2007. Our current and quick acid test ratios, both measures of liquidity, were 3.4 and 1.2, respectively, at December 27, 2008 compared to 3.6 and 2.1, respectively, at December 29, 2007. We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents on hand at December 27, 2008 , and the cash flows expected from operations will be sufficient to support us for at least the next twelve months.
At December 27, 2008 , accounts receivable decreased by $417,000 to $1,574,000 from December 29, 2007, reflecting an increase in cash collections and a slight reduction in sales in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008. The average number of days used to collect our gross accounts receivable in fiscal 2008 was 38 days as compared to 46 days in fiscal 2007. At December 27, 2008 , inventories increased to $2,334,000 from $1,552,000 at December 29, 2007. The increase in our inventories is due to a buildup in finished goods levels to support our anticipated sales in 2009. Accounts payable and accrued expenses decreased by $236,000 to $1,463,000 at December 27, 2008, from $1,699,000 at December 29, 2007, reflecting a reduction in our purchases of ingredients, packaging and finished goods in the fourth quarter.
Our Board of Directors first instituted a share repurchase program in September 2000 which has to date authorized the repurchase of 1,850,000 shares of our common stock at prevailing market prices. As of December 29, 2007, we had repurchased 1,342,100 shares with a total cost of $4,171,000, or an average price of $3.11 per share. During fiscal 2008, we repurchased an additional 464,124 shares for $1,110,000 or an average price of $2.39. Through March 23, 2009, we have repurchased an additional 12,665 shares for $14,000, bringing the total number of shares cumulatively purchased to 1,818,889 at a total cost of $5,294,000, or an average price of $2.91 per share.
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On February 26, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized us to enter into a transaction with Steven Kass, our Chief Financial Officer, whereby Mr. Kass surrendered 175,000 of his stock options that were expiring that month, in consideration for a purchase price of $2.3325 per share, reflecting a 25% discount from the $3.11 closing price of the common stock on February 26, 2007. After subtracting the underlying $.6875 per share exercise price of the options, this resulted in a net buyback price to our company of $1.645 per share, or $287,875. This is reflected as additional cash compensation expense to Mr. Kass. Concurrently, Mr. Kass exercised 150,000 options that were expiring on February 27, 2007 at an exercise price of $.6875 per share ($103,125) and 70,000 options that were expiring on July 30, 2007 at an exercise price of $.9375 per share ($65,625) (consistent with the original terms of the grants). The effect of these two transactions was a net cash outflow of the company to Mr. Kass of $119,125.
We have a $1,000,000 line of credit with Wachovia Bank. Any money borrowed under the line of credit will be at the prime rate of borrowing and any such loans will be secured by the assets of our company. Although management believes that we will be able to fund our operations during 2009 from current resources, there is no guarantee that we will be able to do so, and therefore, we established this facility to support short-term cash flow constraints, if necessary. This agreement will expire on April 30, 2009, but can be renewed for an additional one-year term with the consent of both parties. We intend to extend the facility. There can be no assurances that this facility will be extended. There were no amounts outstanding under this facility at December 27, 2008 or December 29, 2007.
Cash Flows
Year ended |
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December 27, 2008 |
December 29, 2007 | |||||||
(In thousands) |
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Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | $ | (151 | ) | $ | 1,041 | |||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (1,110 | ) | 169 | |||||
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | (1,261 | ) | 1,210 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 1,499 | 289 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 238 | $ | 1,499 | ||||
Cash used in operating activities was $151,000 for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008 compared with cash provided by operating activities of $1,041,000 for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007 as the result of our continued investment in building inventories to support the seasonal aspect of our business and the change in production facilities. During the year ended December 27, 2008, we paid bonuses to management of $500,000 and income taxes of $4,000 and in the year ended December 29, 2007, we paid bonuses to management of $500,000.
The $1,110,000 used in financing activities reflects the repurchase of 464,124 shares of our common stock.
As a result of our use of $151,000 in operating activities and $1,110,000 in financing activities in the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008, our cash and cash equivalents declined by $1,261,000 to $238,000.
We believe that we will be able to fund our operations during the next twelve months with cash generated from operations and from borrowings on our line of credit. We believe that these sources will be sufficient to meet our operating and capital requirements during the next twelve months.
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Contractual Obligations
We have no contractual obligations at December 27, 2008.
Inflation and Seasonality
We do not believe that our operating results have been materially affected by inflation during the preceding two years. There can be no assurance, however, that our operating results will not be affected by inflation in the future. Our business is subject to minimal seasonal variations with slightly increased sales historically in the second and third quarters of the fiscal year. We expect to continue to experience slightly higher sales in the second and third quarters, and slightly lower sales in the fourth and first quarters, as a result of reduced sales of nondairy frozen desserts during those periods.
Market Risk
We will invest our excess cash, should there be any, in highly rated money market funds which are subject to changes in short-term interest rates.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
None.
Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk. |
Not applicable.
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Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. |
Index to Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | F-1 |
Financial Statements: | |
Balance Sheets | F-2 |
Statements of Income | F-3 |
Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity | F-4 |
Statements of Cash Flows | F-5 |
Notes to Financial Statements | F-6 |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
and Stockholders
Tofutti Brands Inc.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Tofutti Brands Inc. as of December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, and the related statements of income, changes in stockholders equity and cash flows for the fifty-two week periods then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audit in accordance with standards of the Public Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit 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 audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Companys 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 financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Tofutti Brands, Inc. as of December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the fifty-two week periods then ended, in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ AMPER, POLITZINER & MATTIA, LLP
Edison, New Jersey
March 26, 2009
F - 1
TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
December 27, 2008 |
December 29, 2007 | |||||||
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Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 238 | $ | 1,499 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful | ||||||||
accounts and sales promotions of $528 and $430, | ||||||||
respectively | 1,574 | 1,991 | ||||||
Inventories, net | 2,334 | 1,552 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses | 19 | 46 | ||||||
Refundable income taxes | 555 | 770 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 324 | 298 | ||||||
Total current assets | 5,044 | 6,156 | ||||||
Fixed assets (net of accumulated amortization of | ||||||||
$29 and $24) | 19 | 24 | ||||||
Other assets | 16 | 16 | ||||||
$ | 5,079 | $ | 6,196 | |||||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 398 | $ | 633 | ||||
Accrued expenses | 565 | 566 | ||||||
Accrued officers' compensation | 500 | 500 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 1,463 | 1,699 | ||||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
Preferred stock - par value $.01 per share; | ||||||||
authorized 100,000 shares, none issued | - | - | ||||||
Common stock - par value $.01 per share; | ||||||||
authorized 15,000,000 shares, issued and | ||||||||
outstanding 5,189,343 shares at December 27, 2008 | ||||||||
and 5,653,467 shares at December 29, 2007 | 52 | 57 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | - | 225 | ||||||
Retained earnings | 3,564 | 4,215 | ||||||
Total stockholders' equity | 3,616 | 4,497 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 5,079 | $ | 6,196 | ||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F - 2
TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except for per share data)
Fifty-two weeks ended December 27, 2008 |
Fifty-two weeks ended December 29, 2007 | |||||||
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Net sales | $ | 19,609 | $ | 19,150 | ||||
Cost of sales | 14,187 | 13,628 | ||||||
Gross profit | 5,422 | 5,522 | ||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||
Selling and warehousing | 1,826 | 1,656 | ||||||
Marketing | 557 | 353 | ||||||
Product development costs | 590 | 481 | ||||||
General and administrative | 2,014 | 2,233 | ||||||
4,987 | 4,723 | |||||||
Income before income taxes | 435 | 799 | ||||||
Income taxes | 218 | 334 | ||||||
Net income | $ | 217 | $ | 465 | ||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding: | ||||||||
Basic | 5,476 | 5,620 | ||||||
Diluted | 5,716 | 5,884 | ||||||
Net income per common share: | ||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.08 | ||||
Diluted | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.08 | ||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F - 3
TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(In thousands, except for share data)
Common Stock |
Additional Paid-In Capital |
Retained Earnings |
Total Stockholders' Equity |
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Shares |
Amount |
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Balances, December 30, 2006 | 5,433,467 | $ | 54 | $ | 56 | $ | 3,900 | $ | 4,010 | ||||||||
Stock option exercise | 220,000 | 3 | 166 | - | 169 | ||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||||||||||
Charge to retained earnings upon adoption of FIN 48 | - | - | - | (150 | ) | (150 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income for period ended December 29, 2007 | - | - | - | 465 | 465 | ||||||||||||
Balances, December 29, 2007 | 5,653,467 | 57 | 225 | 4,215 | 4,497 | ||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | ||||||||||||
Stock purchases and retirements | (464,124 | ) | (5 | ) | (237 | ) | (868 | ) | (1,110 | ) | |||||||
Net income for period ended December 27, 2008 | - | - | - | 217 | 217 | ||||||||||||
Balances, December 27, 2008 | 5,189,343 | $ | 52 | $ | 0 | $ | 3,564 | $ | 3,616 | ||||||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
Fifty-two weeks ended December 27, 2008 |
Fifty-two weeks ended December 29, 2007 | |||||||
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 217 | $ | 465 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net | ||||||||
cash flows (used in) provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Amortization | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Provision for bad debts and sales promotions | 98 | 62 | ||||||
Stock compensation expense | 12 | 3 | ||||||
Deferred taxes | (26 | ) | 260 | |||||
Change in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | 319 | 31 | ||||||
Inventories | (782 | ) | 1,440 | |||||
Prepaid expenses and income taxes | 242 | (44 | ) | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | (236 | ) | 61 | |||||
Income taxes payable/refundable | - | (1,242 | ) | |||||
Net cash flows (used in) provided by operating activities | (151 | ) | 1,041 | |||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options, net | - | 169 | ||||||
Purchase of common stock | (1,110 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities | (1,110 | ) | 169 | |||||
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | (1,261 | ) | 1,210 | |||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD | 1,499 | 289 | ||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AT END OF PERIOD | $ | 238 | $ | 1,499 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | ||||||||
Income taxes paid | $ | 4 | $ | 992 | ||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
NOTE 1: | DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Description of Business Tofutti Brands Inc. (Tofutti or the Company) is engaged in one business segment, the development, production and marketing of nondairy frozen desserts and other food products.
Fiscal Year The Company operates on a fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to December 31. Fiscal years for the financial statements included herein are the fifty-two week periods ended on December 27, 2008 and December 29 2007, respectively.
Estimates and Uncertainties The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include allowance for doubtful accounts, sales promotion accruals and inventory reserves. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Revenue Recognition Revenue is recognized when goods are shipped from production facilities or outside warehouses to customers. Revenue is recognized when the following four criteria under Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 have been met: the product has been shipped and the Company has no significant remaining obligations; persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; and collection is probable. Deductions from sales for promotional programs, manufacturers charge-backs, co-operative advertising programs and other programs are recorded as reductions of revenues and are provided for at the time of initial sale of product. Freight charged to customers is included in revenues, and has generally been insignificant.
Concentration of Credit/Sales Risk Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and unsecured trade receivables. During the year, the Companys cash balance at a financial institution exceeded the FDIC limit of $100,000. Management believes that the financial institution is financially sound and, accordingly, minimal credit risk exists.
The Company performs ongoing evaluations of its customers financial condition and does not require collateral. Management feels that credit risk beyond the established allowances at December 29, 2007 is limited.
During the fiscal years ended December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, the Company derived approximately 91% and 90%, respectively, of its net sales domestically. The remaining sales in both periods were exports to foreign countries. The Company had sales to one customer representing 19% of net sales during fiscal 2008 and 20% of net sales during fiscal 2007. In addition, a significant portion of the Companys sales are to several key distributors, which are large distribution companies with numerous divisions and subsidiaries who act independently. Such distributors as a group accounted for 31% and 55% of the Companys net sales for the years ended December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007. The accounts receivable balance of one customer represented approximately 26% of total accounts receivable at December 27, 2008.
Accounts Receivable The majority of the Companys accounts receivables are due from distributors (domestic and international) and retailers. Credit is extended based on evaluation of a customers financial condition and, generally, collateral is not required. Accounts receivable are most often due within 30 to 90 days and are stated at amounts due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due. The Company determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade accounts receivable are past due, the Companys previous loss history, the customers current ability to pay its obligation to the Company, and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. The Company writes-off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to the allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company does not accrue interest on accounts receivable past due.
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TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
Cash and Equivalents The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined by the first-in, first-out method. Reserves for slow moving and obsolete inventories are provided based on historical experience, shelf life and product demand. The Company periodically reviews inventories and establishes reserves for obsolescence based on forecasted sales and market trend.
The Company purchased approximately 30% and 15% of its finished products from one supplier and 18% and 17% of its finished goods from another supplier during the periods ended December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, respectively.
Fixed Assets Fixed assets consist of leasehold improvements. Amortization is provided by charges to income using the straight-line method over the useful life of ten years.
Income Taxes Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded if there is uncertainty as to the realization of deferred tax assets. FASB Interpretation No. 48, or FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 was adopted December 31, 2006. This requires the Company to measure the impact of all uncertain tax positions at the date of adoption and record a liability for the amount of potential exposure, offset by a direct charge to retained earnings. At adoption, the Company recognized a direct charge of $150 to retained earnings and accrued expenses. Thereafter, any changes to the required amount of the liability recorded to recognize the potential exposures are recognized as a charge or credit to income tax expense. The Company had approximately $25 of accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions. Interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions are recognized as a component of income tax expense.
Net Income Per Share Basic earnings per common share has been computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share has been computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, including the dilutive effects of stock options. For the periods ended December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, stock equivalents of 10,000 shares were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculations since the effect was anti-dilutive, because the strike price of these options was greater than the quoted market value at such date.
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TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
Fifty-two Weeks Ended December 29, 2007 |
Fifty-two Weeks Ended December 29, 2007 | |||||||
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Net income, numerator, basic and diluted computation | $ | 217 | $ | 465 | ||||
Weighted average shares - denominator basic computation | 5,476 | 5,620 | ||||||
Effect of dilutive stock options | 240 | 264 | ||||||
Weighted average shares, as adjusted - denominator diluted computation | 5,716 | 5,884 | ||||||
Net income per common share: | ||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.08 | ||||
Diluted | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.08 | ||||
Stock Based Compensation -The Company follows the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to measure the estimated fair value of the options under SFAS No. 123(R). The compensation expense, less forfeitures, is being recognized over the service period on a straight-line basis.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments The fair value of financial instruments, which primarily consist of cash and equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable are stated at their carrying values. The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of those instruments.
Freight Costs Freight costs to ship inventory to customers and to outside warehouses amounted to $1,430 and $1,411 during the periods ended December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, respectively. Such costs are included in costs of goods sold.
Advertising Costs The Company expenses advertising costs as they are incurred. Advertising expenses amounted to $267 and $39 during the periods ended December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, respectively.
Product Development Costs Costs of new product development and product redesign are charged to expense as incurred.
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TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
Recent Accounting Pronouncements In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(revised 2007), Business Combinations, which will become effective for business combination transactions having an acquisition date on or after January 1, 2009. This standard requires the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date to be measured at their respective fair values. The Statement requires acquisition-related costs, as well as restructuring costs the acquirer expects to incur for which it is not obligated at acquisition date, to be recorded against income rather than included in purchase-price determination. It also requires recognition of contingent arrangements at their acquisition-date fair values, with subsequent changes in fair value generally reflected in income. The Company do not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 141 to have a material effect on it, as no acquisitions are currently contemplated.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51, which will become effective for us January 1, 2009, with retroactive adoption of the Statements presentation and disclosure requirements for existing minority interests. This standard will require ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent to be presented within the equity section of the consolidated balance sheet but separate from the parents equity. It will also require the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and the noncontrolling interest to be clearly identified and presented on the face of the consolidated income statement. Certain changes in a parents ownership interest are to be accounted for as equity transactions and when a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any noncontrolling equity investment in the former subsidiary is to be initially measured at fair value. The Company does not anticipate the implementation of SFAS No. 160 will significantly change the presentation of its financial statements.
In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. 157-1, Application of FASB Statement No. 157 to FASB Statement No. 13 and Its Related Interpretive Accounting Pronouncements That Address Leasing Transactions, which became effective for us on December 30, 2007. This FSP excludes FASB Statement No. 13, Accounting for Leases, and its related interpretive accounting pronouncements from the provisions of SFAS No. 157. Implementation of this standard did not have a material effect on the Companys financial statements.
In February 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157, which delays our January 1, 2008 effective date of SFAS No. 157 for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), until January 1, 2009. Implementation of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Companys financial statements.
In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities An Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 (SFAS No. 161), which amends and expands the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities to require qualitative disclosure about objectives and strategies in using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about the underlying credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. SFAS No. 161 is intended to improve financial reporting by requiring transparency about the location and amounts of derivative instruments in an entitys financial statements; how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133; and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect its financial position, financial performance and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. Implementation of this standard did not have a material effect on the Companys financial statements.
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TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
NOTE 2: | INVENTORIES |
Inventories consist of the following:
December 27, 2008 |
December 29, 2007 | |||||||
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Finished products | $ | 2,009 | $ | 1,048 | ||||
Raw materials and packaging | 325 | 504 | ||||||
$ | 2,334 | $ | 1,552 | |||||
NOTE 3: | STOCK OPTIONS |
The 1993 Stock Option Plan (the 1993 Plan) provides for the grant to key employees of incentive stock options, within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and for the grant of non-qualified stock options to key employees and consultants. No grants have been made under the 1993 Plan since 2003.
The following is a summary of stock option activity from December 30, 2006 to December 27, 2008:
INCENTIVE OPTIONS |
NON-QUALIFIED OPTIONS |
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Shares |
Weighted Average Exercise Price ($) |
Shares |
Weighted Average Exercise Price ($) |
Total Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($) | |||||||||||||
Outstanding at December 30, 2006 | 805,000 | 0.90 | 46,000 | 3.06 | 1,730 | ||||||||||||
Exercised in 2007 | (220,000 | ) | 0.77 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Forfeited in 2007 | - | - | (26,000 | ) | 3.09 | - | |||||||||||
Surrendered and repurchased in 2007 | (175,000 | ) | 0.69 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Granted in 2007 | - | - | 41,000 | 2.90 | - | ||||||||||||
Outstanding at December 29, 2007 | 410,000 | 1.06 | 61,000 | 2.94 | 664 | ||||||||||||
Exercisable at December 29, 2007 | 410,000 | - | 27,000 | - | 755 | ||||||||||||
Outstanding at December 27, 2008 | 410,000 | 1.06 | 61,000 | 2.94 | 138 | ||||||||||||
Exercisable at December 27, 2008 | 410,000 | - | 44,000 | - | 161 | ||||||||||||
The Companys shareholders adopted the 2004 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the 2004 Directors Plan) on June 3, 2004. The purpose and intent of the 2004 Directors Plan is to attract and retain the best available individuals as non-employee directors of the Company, to provide additional incentive to non-employee directors to continue to serve as directors and to encourage their continued service on the Board. All options granted under 2004 Directors Plan are nonstatutory stock options. The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock which may be issued under the 2004 Directors Plan is 100,000 shares. See Note 6 for discussion of 2007 stock option repurchase and exercise to an officer.
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TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
In 2007, 41,000 non-qualified stock options were granted to two non-employee directors with a fair value at grant date of $2.90, using the following assumptions: Dividend rate = 0%, expected life = 5, risk free interest = 3.81% and volatility = 14.43%.
There were no stock options granted in 2008.
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at December 27, 2008 :
Range of Exercise Prices ($) |
Number Outstanding |
Weighted Average Remaining Life (in years) |
Weighted Average Exercise Price($) |
Number Exercisable | ||||||||||
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1.0625 | 410,000 | 0.25 | 1.0625 | 410,000 | ||||||||||
3.14 | 10,000 | 1.08 | 3.14 | 10,000 | ||||||||||
2.90 | 10,000 | 2.42 | 2.90 | 3,334 | ||||||||||
2.90 | 41,000 | 3.83 | 2.90 | 13,666 | ||||||||||
1.0625-3.14 | 471,000 | 0.35 | 1.31 | 437,000 | ||||||||||
The aggregate unrecognized stock-based compensation charge at December 27, 2008 is approximately $19 expected to be expensed over two years.
NOTE 4: | LEASES |
The Companys facilities are located in a modern one-story facility in Cranford, New Jersey. The 6,200 square foot facility houses its administrative offices, a warehouse, walk-in freezer and refrigerator, and a product development laboratory and test kitchen. The Companys lease agreement expired on July 1, 1999, but it continues to occupy the premises under the terms of that agreement, subject to a six month notification period for the landlord or for the Company with respect to any changes. The Company currently has no plans to enter into a long-term lease agreement for the facility. Rent expense was $80 in 2008 and $80 in 2007. The Companys management believes that the Cranford facility will continue to satisfy its space requirements for the foreseeable future and that if necessary, such space can be replaced without a significant impact to the business.
NOTE 5: | INCOME TAXES |
The components of income tax expense (benefit) for the fiscal years ended December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007 are as follows:
December 27, 2008 |
December 29, 2007 | |||||||
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Current: | ||||||||
Federal | $ | 195 | $ | (4 | ) | |||
State | 49 | 78 | ||||||
244 | 74 | |||||||
Deferred: | ||||||||
Federal | (14 | ) | 232 | |||||
State | (12 | ) | 28 | |||||
(26 | ) | 260 | ||||||
Total income tax expense | $ | 218 | $ | 334 | ||||
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TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
A reconciliation between the expected federal tax expense at the statutory tax rate of 34% and the Companys actual tax expense for the periods ended December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007 follows:
December 27, 2008 |
December 29, 2007 | |||||||
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Income tax expense computed at federal statutory rate | $ | 148 | $ | 272 | ||||
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit | 24 | 48 | ||||||
Permanent and other items | 21 | 3 | ||||||
Under-accrual of prior year | - | (14 | ) | |||||
Addition to FIN 48 provision | 25 | 25 | ||||||
$ | 218 | $ | 334 | |||||
Deferred tax asset at December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007 consist of the following components:
December 27, 2008 |
December 29, 2007 | |||||||
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Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 211 | $ | 128 | ||||
Inventory | 113 | 115 | ||||||
Credits for tax paid to other jurisdictions | - | 55 | ||||||
Deferred tax asset | $ | 324 | $ | 298 | ||||
The Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on December 31, 2006, the first day of the Companys fiscal year. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company recognized a $150 increase in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, which was accounted for as a reduction to the December 31, 2006 balance of retained earnings. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
Balance at December 29, 2007 | $ | 419 | |||
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 25 | ||||
Balance at December 27, 2008 | $ | 444 | |||
The Company accounts for penalties or interest related to uncertain tax positions as part of its provision for income taxes. The Company has accrued for penalties or interest for the U.S. (both Federal and State) as of December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007. The Company believes that its unrecognized tax benefits would have an impact on the effective tax rate.
The provision at December 27, 2008 for uncertain tax positions is included in accrued expenses. The Companys federal and state tax returns are open to examination for the years 2004 to 2007, however, the Internal Revenue Service commenced an examination of the Companys federal income tax returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007 in 2009.
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TOFUTTI BRANDS INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
NOTE 6: | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
On February 26, 2007, the Board of Directors authorized the Company enter into a transaction with Steven Kass, our Chief Financial Officer, whereby Mr. Kass surrendered 175,000 of his stock options that were expiring on February 27, 2007, at a purchase price of a 25% discount from the $3.11 closing price of the common stock on February 26, 2007, or $2.3325 per share. After subtracting the underlying cost of the options, $.6875, this resulted in a net buyback price to the Company of $1.645 per share, or $287.9. This is reflected as an additional cash compensation expense to Mr. Kass as a result of the modification to the option terms and repurchase by the Company. Concurrently, Mr. Kass exercised 150,000 options that were expiring on February 27, 2007 at an exercise price of $.6875 per share ($103.1) and 70,000 options that were expiring on July 30, 2007 at an exercise price of $.9375 per share ($65.7), for a combined total proceeds to the Company of $168.8. The effect of these two transactions was a net cash outflow of the Company to Mr. Kass of $119.1.
NOTE 7: | LINE OF CREDIT |
The Company established a $1,000 line of credit with Wachovia Bank in April 2006, which was renewed for an additional year effective April 30, 2007. As of March 23, 2009, the Company has not used the line of credit. If the line of credit is drawn upon, the underlying promissory note becomes due and payable in consecutive monthly payments of accrued interest only, commencing, and continuing on, the same day of each month thereafter until fully paid. The line of credit may be used to finance working capital of the Company and interest on the unpaid balance shall accrue at Wachovias Prime Rate. The line of credit is secured by all of the personal property of the registrant including, without limitation, all accounts, equipment, accessions, inventory, chattel paper, instruments, investment property, documents, letter-of-credit rights, deposit accounts, and general intangibles, wherever located.
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Item 9. | Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. |
None.
Item 9A (T). | Controls and Procedures. |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. As of December 27, 2008 , our companys chief executive officer and chief financial officer conducted an evaluation regarding the effectiveness of our companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based upon the evaluation of these controls and procedures, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the fiscal year 2008.
Disclosure Controls and Internal Controls. As provided in Rule 13a-14 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Disclosure Controls are defined as meaning controls and procedures that are designed with the objective of insuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), is recorded, processed, designed and reported within the time periods specified by the SECs rules and forms. Disclosure Controls include, within the definition under the Exchange Act, and without limitation, controls and procedures to insure that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. Internal Controls are procedures which are designed with the objective of providing reasonable assurance that (1) our transactions are properly authorized; (2) our assets are safeguarded against unauthorized or improper use; and (3) our transactions are properly recorded and reported, all to permit the preparation of our financial statements inconformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Managements Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and effected by our board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
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 the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Managements evaluation of internal control over financial reporting includes using the COSO framework, an integrated framework for the evaluation of internal controls issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, to identify the risks and control objectives related to the evaluation of our control environment.
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Based on their evaluation under the frameworks described above, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was ineffective as of December 27, 2008 because of the following material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting:
| a lack of sufficient resources and an insufficient level of monitoring and oversight, which may restrict our ability to gather, analyze and report information relative to the financial statement and income tax assertions in a timely manner. |
| The limited size of the accounting department makes it impracticable to achieve an optimum separation of duties. |
Remediation Plan
It is our intention to increase the staffing level of the accounting department as demands on our accounting staff increase.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the quarter ended December 27, 2008, that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Managements report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only managements report on this annual report.
Item 9B. | Other Information. |
None.
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PART III
Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance. |
Our directors and executive officers are:
Name | Age | Position | |
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David Mintz | 77 | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer | |
Steven Kass | 57 | Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer | |
Neal S. Axelrod | 56 | Director | |
Joseph Fischer | 69 | Director | |
Aron Forem | 54 | Director | |
Philip Gotthelf | 56 | Director | |
Reuben Rapoport | 80 | Director | |
Franklyn Snitow | 62 | Director |
David Mintz has been our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since August 1981.
Steven Kass has been our Chief Financial Officer since November 1986 and Secretary and Treasurer since January 1987.
Neal S. Axelrod has been a director since August 2007. Mr. Axelrod has been a self-employed certified public accountant in New Jersey since 1977.
Joseph Fischer has been a director since August 2007. He previously served as a director from March 2004 until June 2007. He has been the principal in FMM Investments, which manages private portfolios, since 1992. Prior to that and since 1982, Mr. Fischer was the Controller of the Swingline Division of American Brands Inc.
Aron Forem has been a director since 2000. Since 1980, he has been the president of Wuhl Shafman Lieberman Corp., located in Newark, New Jersey, which is one of the largest produce wholesalers in the Northeastern United States.
Philip Gotthelf has been a director since 2006. He has been President of EQUIDEX Incorporated, a registered Commodity Trading Advisor, and EQUIDEX Brokerage Group, a registered Introducing Broker, since 1985. He has also been publisher of the COMMODEX System and COMMODITY FUTURES FORECAST Service since 1975 and has authored several financial books for Probus/McGraw Hill, McGraw Hill and John Wiley & Sons.
Reuben Rapoport, our former Director of Product Development who retired in April 2003, has been a director since July 1983.
Franklyn Snitow has been a director since 1987. He has been a partner in the New York City law firm Snitow Kanfer Holtzer & Millus, LLP, our general counsel, since 1985.
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All directors hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified. Officers serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors All of the executive officers devote their full time to our operations.
Employment Agreements
There are currently no employment agreements between us and any of our officers.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships between any of our directors and executive officers.
Involvement in Legal Proceedings
To the best of our knowledge, during the past five years, none of our directors or executive officers were involved in one of the following: (1) any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time; (2) any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses); (3) being subject to any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of any competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; and (4) being found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended or vacated.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is comprised of Mr. Axelrod, who serves as chairman, Mr. Gotthelf and Mr. Forem. The Board of Directors has determined that all of the Audit Committee members are independent, as that term is defined under the enhanced independence standards for audit committee members in the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The Board of Directors has also determined that Mr. Axelrod is an Audit Committee Financial Expert as that term is defined in rules issued pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our executive officers, directors and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial statements of beneficial ownership, reports of changes in ownership and annual reports concerning their ownership of common stock and other of our equity securities, on Forms 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders are required by Commission regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
To our knowledge, based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by us, or written representations from certain reporting persons that no additional forms were required for those persons, we believe that during fiscal 2008 all persons subject to these reporting requirements filed the required reports on a timely basis.
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Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics for Executive and Financial Officers. This code of ethics applies to our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, corporate controller and other finance organization employees. We also adopted a Code of Conduct, which applies to all of our employees. The Code of Ethics and the Code of Conduct are publicly available on our website at www.tofutti.com and printed copies are available upon request. If we make any substantive amendments to the Code of Ethics or the Code of Conduct or grant any waivers, including any implicit waiver, from a provision of these codes to our chief executive officer, chief financial officer or corporate controller, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our website.
Item 11. | Executive Compensation. |
The following table sets forth information concerning the total compensation during the last three fiscal years for our named executive officers whose total salary in fiscal 2008 totaled $100,000 or more:
Summary Compensation Table
Name and Principal Position |
Year |
Salary ($) |
Bonus ($) |
Stock Awards ($) |
Option Awards ($) |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) |
All Other Compensation ($) |
Total($) | ||||||||||||||||||
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David Mintz | 2008 | 450,000 | 350,000 | - | - | - | - | 800,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chief Executive Officer | 2007 | 450,000 | 350,000 | - | - | - | - | 800,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
and Director | 2006 | 450,000 | 350,000 | - | - | - | - | 800,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Steven Kass | 2008 | 125,000 | 150,000 | - | - | - | 215,000 | (1) | 490,000 | |||||||||||||||||
Chief Financial Officer | 2007 | 125,000 | 150,000 | - | - | - | 853,975 | (2) | 1,128,975 | |||||||||||||||||
2006 | 125,000 | 150,000 | - | - | - | - | 275,000 |
(1) | The value of the unexercised options as of December 27, 2008 is calculated as the difference between the closing price of the common stock as of December 27, 2008 and the option exercise price. |
(2) | On February 26, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized us to enter into a transaction with Steven Kass, our Chief Financial Officer, whereby Mr. Kass surrendered 175,000 of his stock options that were expiring that month, in consideration for a purchase price of $2.3325 per share, reflecting a 25% discount from the $3.11 closing price of the common stock on February 26, 2007. After subtracting the underlying $.6875 per share exercise price of the options, this resulted in a net buyback price to our company of $1.645 per share, or $287,875. Concurrently, Mr. Kass exercised 150,000 options that were expiring on February 27, 2007 at an exercise price of $.6875 per share ($103,125) and 70,000 options that were expiring on July 30, 2007 at an exercise price of $.9375 per share ($65,625) (consistent with the original terms of the grants), for a combined total purchase cost of $168,750, resulting in a net payment to Mr. Kass of $119,125. The value of the unexercised options is calculated as the difference between the closing price of the common stock as of December 27, 2008 and the option exercise price ($566,100). |
The aggregate value of all other perquisites and other personal benefits furnished in each of the last three years to each of these executive officers was less than 10% of each officers salary for such year.
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Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal 2008
There were no stock options awarded during the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008.
Long-Term Incentive Plans-Awards in Last Fiscal Year
We do not currently have any long-term incentive plans.
Director Compensation
Our non-employee directors earned director compensation in fiscal 2008 based on the number of meetings attended. Mr. Axelrod, chairman of the audit committee, receives $1,500 per meeting attended. All other non-employees are entitled to $500 per meeting attended.
The following table sets forth the compensation received by each of the Companys non-employee Directors for the year ended December 27, 2008. Each non-employee director is considered independent under AMEX listing standards.
Name |
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) |
Stock Awards ($) |
Option Awards ($) |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) |
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation ($) |
All Other Compensation ($) |
Total ($) | ||||||||||||||||
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Neal S. Axelrod | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - | 3,500 | ||||||||||||||||
Joseph Fischer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
Aron Forem | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
Philip Gotthelf | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - | 2,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Franklyn Snitow | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,000 |
Employment Agreements
We do not currently have any employment agreements with our executive officers. We do not anticipate having employment contracts with executive officers and key personnel in the future.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
The following table summarizes the options awards granted to each of the named executive officers identified above in the summary compensation table above pursuant to an Equity Incentive Plan. Mr. Kass exercised 150,000 options that were expiring on February 27, 2007 at an exercise price of $.6875 per share ($103,125) and 70,000 options that were expiring on July 30, 2007 at an exercise price of $.9375 per share ($65,625) (consistent with the original terms of the grants), for a combined total purchase cost of $168,750.
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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
Option Awards |
Stock Awards |
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Name |
Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) Exerciseable |
Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) Unexerciseable |
Equity incentive plan awards: number of securities underlying unexercised unearned options (#) |
Option exercise price ($) |
Option expiration date |
Number of shares or units of stock that have not vested (#) |
Market value of shares or units of stock that have not vested ($) |
Equity incentive plan awards: number of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested (#) |
Equity incentive plan awards: market or payout value of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested ($) | ||||||||||||||||||||
David Mintz | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Steven Kass | 400,000 | (1) | 0 | - | 1.0625 | 3/18/09 | - | - | - | - |
(1) | Reflects options issued to Steven Kass to purchase shares of our common stock. Mr. Kass was granted options to purchase our common stock at an exercise price of $1.0625. As of December 27, 2008, all of the options were vested. On March 18, 2009, all of the options expired. |
Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related StockholderMatters. |
The following tables set forth as of March 23, 2009 certain information regarding the ownership of our common stock, $0.01 par value, for each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock, for each executive officer named in the Summary Compensation Table, for each of our directors and for our executive officers and directors as a group:
Security ownership of certain beneficial owners.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) |
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Owner(2) |
Percent of Class(3) | ||||||
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David Mintz | 2,630,440 | 50.8 | % | |||||
Financial & Investment Management Group, Ltd. | 404,896 | (4) | 7.8 | % |
(1) | The address of Mr. Mintz is c/o Tofutti Brands Inc., 50 Jackson Drive, Cranford, New Jersey 07016. Mr. Mintz has sole voting and/or investment power of the shares attributed to him. |
(2) | Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Shares of common stock relating to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of March 23, 2009 are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such securities but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person. Except as indicated by footnote, and subject to community property laws where applicable, the persons named in the table above have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by them. |
(3) | Based on 5,176,678 shares issued and outstanding as of March 23, 2009. |
(4) | Based on the information contained in a Schedule 13G filed by the Financial & Investment Management Group, Ltd. filed March 4, 2009. The address of the Financial & Investment Management Group, Ltd. is 111 Cass Street, Traverse City, MI 49684. |
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Security ownership of management.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) |
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Owner(2) |
Percent of Class(3) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Mintz | 2,630,440 | 50.8 | % | |||||
Steven Kass | 220,000 | 4.2 | % | |||||
Reuben Rapoport | 85,000 | 1.6 | % | |||||
Franklyn Snitow | 71,200 | * | ||||||
Joseph Fischer | 17,333 | (4) | * | |||||
Philip Gotthelf | 6,666 | (5) | * | |||||
Neal S. Axelrod | 10,000 | (6) | * | |||||
Aron Forem | 0 | * | ||||||
All Executive Officers and | ||||||||
Directors as a group (8 | ||||||||
persons) | 3,040,639 | (7) | 58.4 | % |
* | Less than 1%. |
(1) | The address of Messrs. Mintz, Kass, Axelrod, Fischer, Gotthelf and Rapoport is c/o Tofutti Brands Inc., 50 Jackson Drive, Cranford, New Jersey 07016. The address of Mr. Snitow is 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017. The address of Mr. Forem is 52-62 Cornelia Street, Newark, New Jersey 07105. Each of these persons has sole voting and/or investment power of the shares attributed to him. |
(2) | Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Shares of common stock relating to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of March 23, 2009 are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such securities but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person. Except as indicated by footnote, and subject to community property laws where applicable, the persons named in the table above have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by them. |
(3) | Based on 5,176,678 shares issued and outstanding as of March 23, 2009. |
(4) | Issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable stock options. |
(5) | Issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable stock options. |
(6) | Issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable stock options. |
(7) | Includes 33,999 shares issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable stock options. |
Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence. |
None.
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Item 14. | Principal Accounting Fees and Services. |
Fees Paid to Independent Public Accountants
The following table sets forth, for each of the years indicated, the fees paid to our independent public accountants and the percentage of each of the fees out of the total amount paid to the accountants.
Year Ended |
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December 27, 2008 |
December 29, 2007 |
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Services Rendered |
Fees |
Percentages |
Fees |
Percentages | ||||||||||
Audit Fees (1) | $ | 103,000 | 100 | % | $ | 92,350 | 100 | % | ||||||
Audit-related Fees | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Tax Fees | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
All Other Fees | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Total | $ | 103,000 | 100 | % | $ | 92,350 | 100 | % | ||||||
(1) | Audit fees consist of services that would normally be provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, including services that generally only the independent accountant can reasonably provide. |
Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
Our Audit Committee has adopted a policy and procedures for the pre-approval of audit and non-audit services rendered by our independent public accountants, Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP. The policy generally pre-approves certain specific services in the categories of audit services, audit-related services, and tax services up to specified amounts, and sets requirements for specific case-by-case pre-approval of discrete projects, those which may have a material effect on our operations or services over certain amounts. Pre-approval may be given as part of the Audit Committees approval of the scope of the engagement of our independent auditor or on an individual basis. The pre-approval of services may be delegated to one or more of the Audit Committees members, but the decision must be presented to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The policy prohibits retention of the independent public accountants to perform the prohibited non-audit functions defined in Section 201 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or the rules of the SEC, and also considers whether proposed services are compatible with the independence of the public accountants.
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PART IV
Item 15. | Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules. |
(a) | Financial Statements |
See Item 8. |
(b) | Financial Statement Schedules |
None. |
(c) | Exhibits |
3.1 | Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through February 1986.(1) |
3.1.1 | March 1986 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation.(2) |
3.1.2 | June 1993 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation.(3) |
3.2 | By-laws.(1) |
4.1 | Copy of the Registrant's Amended 1993 Stock Option Plan.(4) |
4.2 | Tofutti Brands Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan.(5) |
10.1 | Form of Loan Agreement between the Registrant and Wachovia Bank, N. A.(6) |
10.2 | Form of Promissory Note between the Registrant and Wachovia Bank, N. A.(6) |
10.3 | Form of Security Agreement between the Registrant and Wachovia Bank, N. A.(6) |
23.1 | Consent of Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP |
31.1 | Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended. |
31.2 | Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended. |
32.1 | Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
32.2 | Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
(1) | Filed as an exhibit to the Registrants Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1985 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
(2) | Filed as an exhibit to the Registrants Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 2, 1986 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
(3) | Filed as an exhibit to the Registrants Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2005 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
(4) | Filed as an exhibit to the Registrants Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-79567) filed May 28, 1999 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
(5) | Filed as Appendix B to the Registrants Schedule 14A filed May 10, 2004 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
(6) | Filed as an exhibit to the Registrants Form 8-K bearing a cover date of April 13, 2006 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on March 27, 2009.
TOFUTTI BRANDS INC. (Registrant) By: /s/ David Mintz David Mintz Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
In accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below on March 27, 2009, by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated.
/s/ David Mintz
David Mintz
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Steven Kass
Steven Kass
Secretary, Treasurer and
Chief Financial and Accounting Officer
/s/ Neal Axelrod
Neal S. Axelrod
Director
/s/ Joseph Fischer
Joseph Fischer
Director
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/s/ Aron Forem
Aron Forem
Director
/s/ Philip Gotthelf
Philip Gotthelf
Director
/s/ Reuben Rapoport
Reuben Rapoport
Director
/s/ Franklyn Snitow
Franklyn Snitow
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
3.1 | Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through February 1986.(1) |
3.1.1 | March 1986 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation.(2) |
3.1.2 | June 1993 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation.(3) |
3.2 | By-laws.(1) |
4.1 | Copy of the Registrant's Amended 1993 Stock Option Plan.(4) |
4.2 | Tofutti Brands Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan.(5) |
10.1 | Form of Loan Agreement between the Registrant and Wachovia Bank, N. A.(6) |
10.2 | Form of Promissory Note between the Registrant and Wachovia Bank, N. A.(6) |
10.3 | Form of Security Agreement between the Registrant and Wachovia Bank, N. A.(6) |
23.1 | Consent of Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP |
31.1 | Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended. |
31.2 | Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended. |
32.1 | Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
32.2 | Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
(1) | Filed as an exhibit to the Registrants Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1985 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
(2) | Filed as an exhibit to the Registrants Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 2, 1986 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
(3) | Filed as an exhibit to the Registrants Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2005 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
(4) | Filed as an exhibit to the Registrants Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-79567) filed May 28, 1999 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
(5) | Filed as Appendix B to the Registrants Schedule 14A filed May 10, 2004 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |
(6) | Filed as an exhibit to the Registrants Form 8-K bearing a cover date of April 13, 2006 and hereby incorporated by reference thereto. |