VIDEO DISPLAY CORP - Annual Report: 2023 (Form 10-K)
Table of Contents
☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Georgia |
58-1217564 | |
(State of Incorporation) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
5155 King Street, Cocoa, Florida |
32926 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip code) |
Title of each class |
Name of each exchange on which registered | |
Common Stock, no par value |
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer |
☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
Table of Contents
VIDEO DISPLAY CORPORATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM NUMBER |
PAGE NUMBER |
|||||
PART I | ||||||
Item 1. |
1 | |||||
Item 1A. |
5 | |||||
Item 1B. |
8 | |||||
Item 2. |
8 | |||||
Item 3. |
9 | |||||
Item 4. |
9 | |||||
PART II | ||||||
Item 5. |
10 | |||||
Item 6. |
10 | |||||
Item 7. |
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
11 | ||||
Item 7A. |
16 | |||||
Item 8. |
17 | |||||
Item 9. |
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
38 | ||||
Item 9A. |
38 | |||||
Item 9B. |
39 | |||||
PART III | ||||||
Item 10. |
40 | |||||
Item 11. |
40 | |||||
Item 12. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters |
40 | ||||
Item 13. |
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence |
40 | ||||
Item 14. |
40 | |||||
PART IV | ||||||
Item 15. |
41 | |||||
42 |
Table of Contents
PART I
Item 1. Business.
General
Video Display Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”, ”us”, “we” or “VDC”) is a provider and manufacturer of video products, components, and systems for visual display and presentation of electronic information media in a variety of requirements and environments. The Company designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, distributes and installs technologically advanced display products and systems, from basic components to turnkey systems, for government, military, aerospace, medical, industrial, and commercial organizations. The Company markets its products worldwide primarily from facilities located in the United States. Please read the comments under the caption “Forward looking statements and risk factors” in Item 1A Risk Factors of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Description of Principal Business
The Company generates revenues from the manufacturing and distribution of displays and display components. The Company operates primarily in four divisions: simulation, training and display products, cyber secure products and services, Data display CRTs, and other computer products.
Consolidated Net Sales by division for fiscal 2023 are comprised of the following:
Simulation, Training and Display Products (62%)
Cyber Secure Products (7%)
Data Display CRTs (20%)
Other Computer Products (11%)
A more detailed discussion of sales by category of product is included under the section entitled “Principal Products by Division.”
The Company’s manufacturing and distribution facilities are located in Kentucky and Florida.
The Company continues to explore opportunities to expand its product offerings in the display industry. The Company anticipates that this expansion will be achieved by adding new products or by acquiring existing companies that would enhance the Company’s position in the display industry. Management continually evaluates product trends externally in the industry and internally in the divisions in which the Company operates.
Segment Information
We operate and manage our business as one segment. The four divisions have similarities such as the types of products and markets served. Therefore, we believe they meet the criteria for aggregation under the applicable authoritative guidance and, as such, are reported as one segment within the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Principal Products by Division
Simulation, Training and Display Products
The Company’s simulation, training and display products operations are conducted in the VDC’s Cocoa, Florida location. Product lines include:
• | Dome Aircraft Simulator Display Systems |
• | Multi-Faceted Aircraft Simulator Display Systems |
• | Video Walls for Broadcast and Control Centers |
• | Rugged Video Walls for Combat Information Center (CIC) |
• | Rugged Flat Panel Displays and Computers |
• | TEMPEST Products |
• | TEMPEST Services |
• | Projector and Monitor Upgrades |
• | Projection Screens |
1
Table of Contents
These product lines are used by the military branches such as the Navy and Air Force and various government agencies such as the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy. VDC also supplies direct view video walls into both the Command and Control and Broadcast markets.
This portion of the Company’s operations, which contributed approximately 62% of fiscal 2023 consolidated net sales, involves the design, engineering, and manufacturing of digital projector display units. The Company customizes these units for specific applications, including ruggedization for military uses or size reduction due to space limitations in industrial and medical applications. Because of the Company’s flexible and cost-efficient manufacturing, it is able to handle low volume orders that generate higher margins.
This portion of the Company’s operations targets niche markets where competition from major multinational electronics companies tends to be lower. The prime customers for these products include defense, security, training, and simulation areas of the United States of America (U.S.) and foreign militaries as well as the major defense contractors such as the Boeing Company, L-3 Communications Corporation, DRS Laurel Technologies, and others. Flight simulator displays are produced to provide a full range of flight training simulations for military and commercial applications.
Cyber Secure Products
The Company acquired the AYON Cyber Security (“ACS”) division in March 2012. ACS was formerly known as Hetra Products and most recently as StingRay56 before becoming part of Video Display Corporation. ACS specializes in advanced TEMPEST technology, also known as Emanation Security (EMSEC), products and custom engineering solutions to include extreme environmental performance and survivability technologies (MIL-STD-810 and DO-160) in support of military forces, intelligence agencies, prime contractors and niche commercial sectors worldwide. ACS has a long history of specializing in TEMPEST technology. In addition to its TEMPEST products and services, the business also provides various contract services to government agencies and prime contractors. Services performed include design and testing solutions for defense and niche commercial uses worldwide. This division represented approximately 7% of fiscal 2023 consolidated net sales.
CRTs and Phosphor Products
Since its organization in 1975, the Company has been engaged in the distribution and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) using new and recycled CRT glass bulbs, primarily in the replacement market, for use in data display screens, including computer terminal monitors, medical monitor equipment and various other data display applications and in television sets.
The Company’s CRT manufacturing operation of new and recycled CRTs is conducted at a facility located in Lexington, Kentucky (Lexel). The Company offers CRTs from other manufacturers at this facility as well. This division represented approximately 20% of fiscal 2023 consolidated net sales.
The Company maintains the capability of manufacturing and remanufacturing monochrome CRTs for Flight Simulators and Medical Monitors. In addition, our Lexel operation manufactures highly specialized CRTs called a Direct-View Storage Tubes (DVSTs) for military radar applications. All CRTs manufactured by the Company pass rigorous testing and quality requirements. The Medical Monitors are tested in accordance with standards from Underwriters Laboratories. Major customers for our CRT products include GE Healthcare, Leonardo DRS, Richardson Electronics, Flight Safety and many more.
The Company also distributes new CRTs and other electronic tubes purchased from OEMs. The Company sells CRTs into the replacement market which sometimes takes five to seven years to develop; these purchased inventories sometimes do not sell as quickly as other inventories. Bulk CRT purchases have declined over the past few years as the Company is managing current inventory levels against the anticipated reduction in future CRT demand due to the growth of flat panel technology.
The Company’s Lexel operation also provides a wide variety of products for the scientific community in the way of phosphor coated substrates. This is an area of potential growth for the Company as advances in the scientific community are made and the demand for phosphor coated substrates increase worldwide. These products are used in many applications including CCD imaging, RHEED/LEED view ports, Digital X-Ray Imaging, Electron Microscopy, Alpha detectors for Neutron generators, and Spectrometry to name a few. Some of our major customers for these products include Bruker, Photonis, and all the US National Laboratories.
2
Table of Contents
Other Computer Products
The Company acquired a small keyboard company on October 23, 2017. The Company’s long term plans are to use this as a platform to manufacture cyber-secure keyboards as part of the cyber security division. This division was 11% of the 2023 consolidated net sales.
Patents and Trademarks
The Company holds patents with respect to certain products and services. The Company also sells products under various trademarks and trade names. The Company believes that success in its industry primarily will be dependent upon incorporating emerging technology into new product line introductions, frequent product enhancements, and customer support and service.
Seasonal Variations in Business
Historically, there has not been seasonal variability in the Company’s business.
Working Capital Practices
The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has sustained losses for four of the last five years. The accumulated losses reported has resulted from a combination of lower revenues at certain divisions without a commensurate reduction of expenses. The Company’s working capital and liquid asset position is presented as follows:
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Working capital |
$ | (1,297 | ) | $ | 509 | |||
Liquid assets |
$ | 400 | $ | 245 |
Management’s plans with regard to improving working capital includes increasing marketing efforts in its ruggedized displays, and small specialty displays. The Company is developing new products for customers in the ruggedized display section of its business. The Company has orders for ruggedized display products which are being engineered by the Company’s engineering department which will be delivered in the Company’s next fiscal year. The Company is also entertaining a letter of intent to sell the TEMPEST business to supply working capital for the expanding ruggedized display business. The Company sees the ruggedized display business as repeatable business and a source of a steady income stream. The Company is working towards streamlining its two business units in Kentucky, Lexel Imaging and Unicomp. The Company is moving from being a manufacturer of CRT products to a distributor of CRT products, while working with customers on last time buys of certain specialty products. Unicomp, the keyboard division has completed a redesign of one of its better selling keyboards, forced by the lack of availability of certain computer chips used in the production of the previous model.
The Company’s efforts to increase revenues by upgrading its sales and marketing efforts are showing results with an increase in the Company’s backlog, especially in ruggedized products. These efforts have increased revenues from last year and will increase them even more in the upcoming fiscal year as the Company’s business typically has longer lead times from initial contact to a sale and the including the amount of time to develop the products by engineering. The pandemic has also slowed down the process of obtaining new business as many of our customers and potential customers are still working from home. Furthermore, supply chain challenges have slowed down production of certain products due to long lead times on critical items of production, impacting cash flow.
The Company moved the corporate accounting functions to the Cocoa, Florida location which allows the Company to become more efficient and save money on reducing redundant operations. The Company has not automatically replaced employees who have left the Company while it works to increase business. The Company reduced expenses further by closing the Tucker, Georgia facility on March 31, 2022.
If additional and more permanent capital is required to fund the operations of the Company, no assurance can be given that the Company will be able to obtain the capital on terms favorable to the Company, if at all.
3
Table of Contents
Concentration of Customers
The Company sells to a variety of domestic and international customers on an open-unsecured account basis. These customers principally operate in the medical, military, industrial and avionics industries. The Company had direct and indirect net sales to the U.S. government, primarily the Department of Defense for training and simulation programs that comprised approximately 51% and 43% of consolidated net sales for fiscal 2023 and 2022, respectively. Sales to foreign customers were approximately 8% and 11% of consolidated net sales for fiscal 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company had two customers, Naval Air Warfare and DRS Laurel Technologies with 14% and 10% of the Company’s consolidated net sales in fiscal 2023. The Company attempts to minimize credit risk by reviewing customers’ credit history before extending credit, and by monitoring customers’ credit exposure on a daily basis. The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts receivable based upon factors surrounding the credit risk of specific customers, historical trends and other information.
Backlog
The Company’s backlog is comprised of undelivered, firm customer orders, which are scheduled to ship within twelve months. The Company’s backlog was approximately $9.9 million at February 28, 2023 and $5.2 million at February 28, 2022. It is anticipated that more than 90% of the February 28, 2023 backlog will ship during fiscal 2024.
Environmental Matters
The Company’s operations are subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to the generation, storage, handling, emission, transportation, and discharge of materials into the environment. The costs of complying with environmental protection laws and regulations have not had a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, or cash flow in the past and are not expected to have a material adverse impact in the foreseeable future.
Research and Development
The objectives of the Company’s research and development activities are to increase efficiency and quality in its manufacturing and assembly operations and to enhance its existing product line by developing alternative product applications to existing display systems and electron optic technology.
Employees
As of February 28, 2023, the Company employed 58 persons on a full-time basis. Of these, 10 were employed in executive, administrative, and clerical positions, 3 were employed in sales and distribution, 14 in engineering, and 31 were employed in manufacturing operations. The Company believes its employee relations to be satisfactory. No employees are under collective bargaining agreements.
Competition
The Company believes that it has a competitive advantage in the display industry due to its ability to engineer custom display solutions for a variety of industrial, military and commercial applications, its ability to provide internally produced component parts, and its manufacturing flexibility. As a result, the Company can offer more customization in the design and engineering of new products. With the operations of VDC Display Systems, Jaco Display Solutions and AYON Cyber Security, the Company believes it has become one of the leading suppliers within each of these specialty display markets.
The Company now operates in several markets in the areas of custom electronic solutions. The Company has reentered the ruggedized display business and is actively looking to grow this business. The Company’s VDC Display Systems division specializes in projector design and video solutions, and the Company’s AYON Cyber Security division specializes in making electronic devices cyber secure. The Company specializes in the design and installation of video walls focusing on configurable visual solutions for command and control and other large format visuals in the energy, utility, transportation, industrial and security markets.
4
Table of Contents
The Company is a wholesale distributor and manufacturer of OEM CRTs. The Company believes it is the only company that offers complete service in replacement markets with its manufacturing and recycling capabilities. The Company’s ability to compete effectively in this market is dependent upon its continued ability to respond promptly to customer orders and to offer competitive pricing.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Forward looking statements and risk factors
All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this report, including, without limitation, those statements contained in Item 1, are statements that constitute “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. The words “expect”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “predict”, “believe” and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements appear in a number of places in this report and include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company, its directors or its officers with respect to, among other things: (i) trends affecting the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows; (ii) the Company’s financing plans; (iii) the Company’s business and growth strategies, including potential acquisitions; and (iv) other plans and objectives for future operations. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those predicted in the forward-looking statements or which may be anticipated from historical results or trends.
Our Company operates in technology-based markets that involve a number of risks, some of which are beyond our control. The following discussion highlights some risks and uncertainties that investors should consider, in conjunction with all other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company may impair the Company’s business and operations. If any of the following risks actually occur, the Company’s business, consolidated financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations could be materially affected.
History of losses and declining liquidity
Declining liquidity and lack of credit availability could have important consequences, including:
• | generating insufficient cash flows from operating activities to meet our payment obligations; |
• | increasing our vulnerability to general economic and industry conditions; |
• | requiring a substantial portion of cash flow for operating activities and as a result reducing our ability to use our cash flow to fund capital expenditures, capitalize on future business opportunities and expand our business and execute our strategy; |
• | causing us to make non-strategic divestitures; |
• | limiting our ability to adjust to changing market conditions and to react to competitive pressure and placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors who may have access to a line of credit. |
Changes in government priorities may affect military spending, and our consolidated financial condition and results of operations or cash flows could suffer if their purchases decline.
We currently derive a portion of our net sales (51% in fiscal 2023) from direct and indirect sales to the U.S. government. If we are unable to replace expiring contracts, which are typically less than twelve months in duration, with contracts for new business, our sales could decline, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. We expect that direct and indirect sales to the U.S. government will continue to account for a substantial portion of our sales in the foreseeable future. We have no assurance that these government-related sales will continue to reach or exceed historical levels in future periods.
Our inability to secure financing could negatively affect the future of our business.
• | Our inability to secure financing with our current bank or others, if necessary, could expose us to the risk of losing business; and |
• | Our inability to secure financing with a commercial bank could expose us to the risk of increased interest rates. |
5
Table of Contents
Our industry is highly competitive and competitive conditions may adversely affect our business.
Our success depends on our ability to compete in markets that are highly competitive, with rapid technological advances and products that require constant improvement in both price and performance. In most of our markets, we are experiencing increased competition, and we expect this trend to continue. This environment may result in changes in relationships with customers or vendors, the ability to develop new relationships, or the business failure of customers or vendors, which may negatively affect our business. If our competitors are more successful than we are in developing new technology and products, our business may be adversely affected.
Competitive pressures may increase or change through industry consolidation, entry of new competitors, marketing changes or otherwise. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to continue to compete effectively with existing or potential competitors.
Competitors or third-parties may infringe on our intellectual property.
The Company holds patents with respect to certain products and services. The Company also sells products under various trademarks and trade names. Should competitors or third-parties infringe on these rights, costly legal processes may be required to defend our intellectual property rights, which could adversely affect our business.
Migration to flat panel and other technology may negatively affect our CRT business.
The Company acquires CRT inventory when the replacement market appears to demonstrate adequate future demand and the purchase price allows a reasonable profit for the risk. Due to the extended time frame for the replacement market to develop (five to seven years), these purchased inventories may not sell as quickly as other inventories. If the Company is unable to manage CRT inventory levels in coordination with reduced future CRT demand due to the growth of flat panel technology, the marketability of inventory on hand may be affected and the Company may incur significant costs in the disposal of excess inventory.
The Company anticipates that flat panel and other technology products, due to their lower space and power requirements, has become the display of choice in many display applications. Given this shift, the Company has focused its efforts and its acquisition strategy toward flat panel technologies. If the Company is unable to replace any future declines in CRT sales with products based on other technologies, our business may be adversely affected.
Future acquisitions may not provide benefits to the Company.
The Company’s growth strategy includes expansion through acquisitions that enhance the profitability and shareholder value of the Company. The Company continues to seek new products through acquisitions and internal development that complement existing profitable product lines. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to complete further acquisitions or that past or future acquisitions will not have a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated operations.
If we are unable to retain certain key personnel and hire new, highly-skilled personnel, we may not be able to execute our business plan.
Our future success depends on the skills, experience, and efforts of our senior managers. The loss of services of any of these individuals, or our inability to attract and retain qualified individuals for key management positions, could negatively affect our business.
Our business operations could be disrupted if our information technology systems fail to perform adequately.
We depend upon our information technology systems in the conduct of our operations and financial reporting. If our major information systems fail to perform as anticipated, we could experience difficulties in maintaining normal business operations. Such systems-related problems could adversely affect product development, sales, and profitability.
6
Table of Contents
Our business operations could be adversely impacted by the effects of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) or any other related adverse public health developments.
The risk of the Coronavirus to our employees, customers and supply chain could negatively impact our ability to conduct our business due to threat of illness, quarantines, restrictions of movement and closures of key customers and suppliers.
Changes to accounting rules or regulations may adversely affect our results of operations.
New accounting rules or regulations and varying interpretations of existing accounting rules or regulations have occurred and may occur in the future. Future changes to accounting rules or regulations or the questioning of current accounting practices may adversely affect our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.
The Company’s stock price may be negatively affected by a variety of factors.
In addition to any impact the Company’s operating performance, potential future Company sales or repurchases of common stock, the Company’s dividend policies or possible anti-takeover measures available to the Company may have, changes in securities markets caused by general foreign or domestic economic, consumer or business trends, the impact of interest rate policies by the federal reserve board, and other factors outside the Company’s control may negatively affect our stock price.
Our stock may be traded infrequently and in low volumes, so you may be unable to sell your shares at or near the quoted bid price if you need to sell your shares.
Our stock is quoted on the OTC Markets and the shares of our common stock may trade infrequently and in low volumes, meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our common shares at or near bid prices at any given time may be relatively small or non-existent. An investor may find it difficult to obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of our common stock or to sell his or her shares at or near bid prices, if at all.
Changes to estimates, or operating results that are lower than our current estimates, may cause us to incur impairment charges.
We make certain estimates and projections in connection with our impairment analyses for other long-term assets. If these estimates or projections change or prove incorrect, we may be required to record impairment charges. If these impairment charges were significant, our consolidated financial position or results of operations would be adversely affected.
International factors could negatively affect our business.
A small portion of our consolidated net sales (8% in fiscal 2023) is made to foreign customers. We also receive certain raw materials from foreign vendors. We are subject to the risks inherent in conducting our business across national boundaries, many of which are outside of our control. These risks include the following:
• | Economic downturns; |
• | Currency exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations; |
• | Changes in governmental policy or laws including, among others, those relating to taxation; |
• | International military, political, diplomatic and terrorist incidents; |
• | Government instability; |
• | Nationalization of foreign assets; |
• | Natural disasters; and supply chain issues |
• | Tariffs and governmental trade policies. |
7
Table of Contents
We cannot ensure that one or more of these factors will not negatively affect our international customers and, as a result, our business and consolidated financial performance.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.
Item 2. Properties.
The Company has two locations, Cocoa, Florida and Lexington, Kentucky. The Florida location is leased from a related party at current market rates with the Cocoa, Florida space currently serving as the Corporate headquarters location. See Part III, Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Management believes the facilities to be adequate for its needs.
The following table details manufacturing, warehouse, and administrative facilities:
Location |
Square Feet | Lease Expires | ||||
Cocoa, Florida |
34,500 | February 19, 2025 | ||||
Lexington, Kentucky |
41,055 | July 30, 2023 |
8
Table of Contents
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of business.
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 the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report.
9
Table of Contents
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
The Company’s common stock is traded on the Over-the-Counter Market (OTCMKTS) under the symbol VIDE. The Company had previously traded on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) national market system under the symbol VIDE until April 30, 2015.
The following table shows the range of prices for the Company’s common stock as reported by the OTCMKTS for each quarterly period beginning on March 1, 2021. The prices reflect inter-dealer prices, without mark-up, mark-down, or commission, and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
For Fiscal Years Ended | ||||||||||||||||
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||||||||||
Quarter Ended |
High | Low | High | Low | ||||||||||||
May |
1.19 | 0.91 | 2.70 | 1.13 | ||||||||||||
August |
1.82 | 0.93 | 1.40 | 1.12 | ||||||||||||
November |
2.50 | 0.72 | 1.22 | 1.02 | ||||||||||||
February |
2.55 | 1.09 | 1.27 | 0.83 |
There were approximately 120 holders of record of the Company’s common stock as of May 13, 2023.
Payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon the consolidated earnings and financial condition of the Company and other factors that the Board of Directors may deem appropriate.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The following table provides information as of February 28, 2023 regarding compensation plans (including individual compensation arrangements) under which common stock of the Company is authorized for issuance.
Stock Option Plan |
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights |
Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights |
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in first column) |
|||||||||
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders |
200,000 | $ | 0.82 | 614,000 |
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The Company has a stock repurchase program, pursuant to which it had been authorized to repurchase up to 2,632,500 shares of the Company’s common stock in the open market. On January 20, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a continuation of the stock repurchase program, and authorized the Company to repurchase up to 1,500,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock in the open market. There is no minimum number of shares required to be repurchased under the program. During fiscal 2023 and 2022, the Company did not repurchase any shares of the Company’s stock. Under this program, an additional 490,186 shares remain authorized to be repurchased by the Company at February 28, 2023.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
N/A
10
Table of Contents
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Overview
The Company manufactures and distributes a wide range of display devices, encompassing, among others, industrial, military, medical, and simulation display solutions. The Company is organized into the following four interrelated divisions that have similar products and markets served and therefore are aggregated into one reportable segment:
• | Simulation and Training Products– offers a wide range of projection display systems for use in training, simulation, military, medical, industrial applications, video walls and command and control centers including ruggedized displays. |
• | Cyber Secure Products – provides advanced TEMPEST technology and (EMSEC) products. This business also provides various contract services including the design and testing solutions for defense and niche commercial uses worldwide. |
• | Data Display CRTs – offers a wide range of CRTs for use in data display screens, including computer terminal monitors and medical monitoring equipment. |
• | Other Computer Products – offers keyboard products with a plan to manufacture and offer cyber-secure keyboards as part of the cyber secure products division. |
During fiscal 2023, management of the Company focused key resources on strategic efforts to support the efforts of operations to increase market share. The Company also seeks to look for acquisition opportunities that enhance the profitability and shareholder value of the Company. The Company continues to seek new products through acquisitions and internal development that complement existing profitable product lines. Challenges facing the Company during these efforts include:
Inventory management - Management regularly reviews the Company’s investment in inventories for declines in value and writes down the cost when it is apparent that the expected net realizable value of the inventory falls below its carrying amount. The Company operates in an environment of constantly changing technologies and retains a certain amount of inventory for legacy products for maintenance and replacement capabilities for its customers. The Company also inventories product to ensure it has adequate inventory to fulfill orders for transitioning product lines. Management reviews inventory levels on a quarterly basis. Such reviews include observations of product development trends of the original equipment manufacturers, new products being marketed, and technological advances relative to the product capabilities of the Company’s existing inventories.
Impact of COVID-19 – The Company has been actively monitoring the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, situation and its impact globally. Financial results for fiscal 2023 were impacted by COVID-19 due to delayed orders and/or the fulfillment of the related orders. However, the Company currently does not expect any material impact on our financial results for fiscal 2024. Management continues to operate normally with the exception of restrictions issued by federal and local governments and supply chain issues as a result of the pandemic. If a reoccurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic occurs, the Company may experience other disruptions that could severely impact the business, results of operations and prospects.
Sales generation – Although the Company increased sales this year, it was unable to reduce operating expenses at the needed level to reach profitability. In order to improve revenue generating activities, management is focused on increasing marketing efforts in its ruggedized displays business. The company has recently entered into an agreement with a prominent military manufacturing representative and added sales personnel to focus efforts on winning major multi-year military programs for ruggedized displays, computers, and other ancillary military products. The company is already seeing positive results with a number of recent awards and increased sales pipeline and backlog.
Operations
The following table sets forth, for the fiscal years indicated, the percentages that selected items in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations bear to total revenues (amounts in thousands):
(See Item 1. Business – Description of Principal Business and Principal Products for discussion about the Company’s Products and Divisions.)
2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
Net Sales |
||||||||||||||||
Simulation and Training |
5,035 | 62.1 | % | 4,088 | 58.4 | % | ||||||||||
Data Display CRTs |
1,566 | 19.3 | 992 | 14.2 | ||||||||||||
Cyber Secure Products |
589 | 7.3 | 612 | 8.7 | ||||||||||||
Other Computer Products |
912 | 11.3 | 1,309 | 18.7 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total net sales |
8,102 | 100.0 | 7,001 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
Table of Contents
Costs and expenses |
||||||||||||||||
Cost of goods sold |
6,930 | 85.5 | % | 7,324 | 103.7 | % | ||||||||||
Selling and delivery |
446 | 5.5 | 555 | 7.9 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative |
3,505 | 43.3 | 3,753 | 53.6 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
10,881 | 134.3 | 11,632 | 165.2 | |||||||||||||
Loss from operations |
(2,779 | ) | (34.3 | ) | (4,631 | ) | (65.2 | ) | ||||||||
Interest expense, net |
(15 | ) | (0.2 | ) | (25 | ) | (0.4 | ) | ||||||||
Employee retention credit income |
31 | 0.4 | 796 | 11.4 | ||||||||||||
Gain on extinguishment of PPP loans |
— | 0.0 | 1,084 | 15.5 | ||||||||||||
Gain on disposal of assets |
5 | 0.1 | — | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Other income, net |
765 | 9.4 | 216 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes |
(1,993 | ) | (24.6 | ) | (2,560 | ) | (35.6 | ) | ||||||||
Income tax expense |
— | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Net (loss) income |
(1,993 | ) | (24.6 | ) | (2,560 | ) | (35.6 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal 2023 Compared to Fiscal 2022
Net Sales
Consolidated net sales increased 15.7% for year ended February 28, 2023 compared to the year ended February 28, 2022 and decreased 1.0% for the three months ended February 28, 2023 compared to the comparable three months last year. The Company’s AYON Cyber Security (ACS) division is down 3.8% for the year ended February 28, 2023 compared to fiscal year ended February 28, 2022 and increased 305.9% for the three months ended February 28, 2023 compared to the same three months last year. The business relied on primarily service business with not much in product sales. Product sales picked up in the fourth quarter leading to the large increase versus prior year quarter’s sales. The Display Systems division increased by 23.2% for the year ended February 28, 2023 compared to last year and was down 18.8% for the quarter ended February 28, 2023 compared to the same three months last year. The division sales increased due to new customers for ruggedized products and steady sales in specialty displays. The Company is currently developing new products for the ruggedized display markets which it already has orders for. The Data Display division sales were up 57.8% for the year ended February 28, 2023 due to last time buy orders from customers. The division sells a specialty product, a direct view storage tube (DVST) to two customers in Asia. Orders are expected from both customers, but due to the pandemic, the funds which would have been used for these products were diverted to other priorities. The division also sells replacement CRTS for flight simulators. Because of changing technology, the demand for these products has decreased. The Lexel division will be dependent on continued sales of the DVST products and steady sales of its cathode ray tube products (CRTs) to increase their sales. Lexel had an increase of 22.9% for three months ended February 28, 2023 compared to the three months ended February 28, 2022. The Company’s keyboard division, posted sales of $0.9 million and $0.2 million for the year and three months ended February 28, 2023 compared to $1.3 million and $0.3 million for the comparable periods last year, respectively. Sales were down due to the availability of one of the products due to a chip shortage forcing the Company to redesign one of the products.
Gross Margins
Consolidated gross margins increased to 14% for fiscal 2023 from (3.7)% for fiscal 2022. Overall gross margin dollars increased by $1.4 million versus the prior fiscal year due to increased revenues and decreased costs. The gross margins were impacted by the changes in technology which led the Company to charging off approximately $500 thousand in inventory in fiscal 2023 compared to $919 thousand in inventory charges recorded to cost of goods sold during fiscal 2022.
ACS gross margin percentage were 17.8% compared to 21.1% and the gross margin dollars were $105 thousand compared to $129 thousand for the year ended February 28, 2023 compared to the year ended February 28, 2022. For the three months ended February 28, 2023 compared to the same period last year, ACS gross margin percentage were 13.4% compared to a negative 48.8% and gross margin dollars were $33 thousand compared to a negative $29 thousand.
VDC Display Systems (VDCDS) gross margin percentage was 29.4% compared to 14.3% in the prior year and the gross margin dollars were $1,478 thousand compared to $584 thousand for the year ended February 28, 2023 compared to the year ended February 28, 2022. For the three months ended February 28, 2023 compared to the same period last year, VDCDS gross margin percentage was 8.4% compared to 12.6%. Gross margin dollars were $66 thousand compared to $123 thousand.
The keyboard division, Unicomp, had $80 thousand of gross margin dollars or 8.7% to sales for the year ended February 28, 2023 and $363 thousand of gross margin dollars or 27.7% for the year ended February 28, 2022. For the quarter ended February 28, 2022, Unicomp had a negative $49 thousand of gross profit or a negative 22.9% compared to $48 thousand or 15.7%.
12
Table of Contents
The Data Display division had a negative $490 thousand in gross margin dollars for the year ended February 28, 2023 compared to a negative $1,337 thousand for the year ended February 28, 2022. The Data Display division for Lexel had a negative $392 thousand in gross margin dollars for the three months ended February 28, 2023 compared to a negative $265 thousand for the three months ended February 28, 2022. The division is in the process of curtailing much of its manufacturing in displays and moving to become a distributor.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses as a percentage of sales decreased to 48.8% for fiscal 2023 from 61.5% in fiscal 2022. Operating expenses as a percentage of sales were lower for fiscal 2023 when compared to fiscal 2022 due to the increase in sales in fiscal 2023 with a corresponding decrease in operating expenses. Actual operating expenses decreased by $357 thousand.
The Company is working to reduce costs in all areas of the business to bring its cost structure in line with the current size of the business. The Company closed the corporate headquarters in Georgia and has merged it into the Florida location, which is saving considerable operating expenses. The Company is expanding its product offerings, primarily in ruggedized displays and in doing so, is adding costs strategically to support those businesses. The keyboard and CRT divisions are making changes to maximize profitability including reducing the size of their operating facility and streamlining their product offerings.
Interest Expense
Interest expense was $15 thousand in fiscal 2023 and $25 thousand for fiscal 2022 related to the Company’s obligations. The interest expense is primarily from the financing lease on the TEMPEST equipment for the cyber security business.
Other Income
In fiscal 2023, the Company received $498 thousand in proceeds from a class action lawsuit, $274 thousand in royalties, $19 thousand in rental income, $31 thousand in retention credit revenue, $5 thousand on the sale of assets, $11 thousand in interest income and $2 thousand in miscellaneous other. Other expense netted against other income was $31 thousand for the payout of a lawsuit and $8 thousand in settlement of another dispute.
In fiscal 2022, the Company had $1,084 thousand in gain on extinguishment of PPP loans, $796 thousand in employee retention credit income, net rental income of $210 thousand and $4 thousand in bad debt recovery.
Income Taxes
The Company had a net loss before taxes of approximately $2.0 million in fiscal 2023 and $2.6 million in fiscal 2022 which a full valuation allowance was provided due to historical losses resulting in an effective tax rate of 0%.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has sustained losses for four of the last five years. The accumulated losses reported has resulted from a combination of lower revenues at certain divisions without a commensurate reduction of expenses. The Company’s working capital and liquid asset position is presented as follows:
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Working capital |
$ | (1,297 | ) | $ | 509 | |||
Liquid assets |
$ | 400 | $ | 245 |
Management’s plans with regard to improving working capital includes increasing marketing efforts in its ruggedized displays, and small specialty displays. The Company is developing new products for customers in the ruggedized display section of its business. The Company has orders for ruggedized display products which are being engineered by the Company’s engineering department which will be delivered in the Company’s next fiscal year. The Company is also entertaining a letter of intent to sell the TEMPEST business to supply working capital for the expanding ruggedized display business. The Company sees the ruggedized display business as repeatable business and a source of a steady income stream. The Company is working towards streamlining its two business units in Kentucky, Lexel Imaging and Unicomp. The Company is moving from being a manufacturer of CRT products to a distributor of CRT products, while working with customers on last time buys of certain specialty products. Unicomp, the keyboard division has completed a redesign of one of its better selling keyboards, forced by the lack of availability of certain computer chips used in the production of the previous model.
13
Table of Contents
The Company’s efforts to increase revenues by upgrading its sales and marketing efforts are showing results with an increase in the Company’s backlog, especially in ruggedized products. These efforts have increased revenues from last year and will increase them even more in the upcoming fiscal year as the Company’s business typically has longer lead times from initial contact to a sale and the including the amount of time to develop the products by engineering. The pandemic has also slowed down the process of obtaining new business as many of our customers and potential customers are still working from home. Furthermore, supply chain challenges have slowed down production of certain products due to long lead times on critical items of production, impacting cash flow.
The Company moved the corporate accounting functions to the Cocoa, Florida location which allows the Company to become more efficient and save money on reducing redundant operations. The Company has not automatically replaced employees who have left the Company while it works to increase business. The Company reduced expenses further by closing the Tucker, Georgia facility on March 31, 2022.
If additional and more permanent capital is required to fund the operations of the Company, no assurance can be given that the Company will be able to obtain the capital on terms favorable to the Company, if at all.
Cash used in operations was $0.6 million in fiscal 2023 compared to the use of 0.1 million in fiscal 2022. During fiscal 2023, the net loss from operations was $2.0 million and adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash were $0.3 million with $0.5 million in inventory related charges, $0.2 million in depreciation and $0.1 million in amortization of intangible assets. Working capital related accounts provided $0.5 million in cash with retention credit receivables providing $0.8 million, contract assets of $0.2 million, reduction in inventories $0.9 million, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities providing $0.4 million, offset by a decrease in contract liabilities of $0.9 million and an increase in an accounts receivable receivables of $0.4 million.
Investing activities used $40 thousand for capital expenditures in fiscal 2023 compared to using $79 thousand in fiscal 2022.
Financing activities provided $0.8 million in fiscal 2023. The Company received $0.9 million in a related party loan and paid $0.1 million in equipment financing. Financing activities provided $0.1 million for the year ended February 28, 2022.
The Company has a stock repurchase program, pursuant to which it has been authorized to repurchase up to 2,632,500 shares of the Company’s common stock in the open market. On January 20, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a one-time continuation of the stock repurchase program, and authorized the Company to repurchase up to 1,500,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock, depending on the market price of the shares. There is no minimum number of shares required to be repurchased under the program. During fiscal years 2023 and 2022, the Company did not repurchase any of the Company’s stock. Under this program, an additional 490,186 shares remain authorized to be repurchased by the Company at February 28, 2023.
Transactions with Related Parties and Contractual Obligations
The Company leases a building in Cocoa, Florida, from an entity that is controlled by the Company’s CEO and leased another building for part of the year in Lexington, KY. The building in Lexington, KY serves as the manufacturing operations for the CRT division and the keyboard division. The Company now leases the building from a third party. The building in Cocoa, Florida is the new operational site for both VDC Display Systems, AYON Cyber Security and the corporate office. See Note 10.
The Company borrows money from the Chief Executive Officer from time to time to support operations. In fiscal 2023, the Company borrowed approximately $926 thousand bringing the total of the note payable to $1,384 thousand and owes another $256 thousand in rent, bringing the total rent owed to $616 thousand. There are no repayment terms related to the amounts owed but the Company intends to pay back the CEO when funds are available in fiscal 2024. These amounts are included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.
Contractual Obligations
Future contractual maturities due under operating and finance leases and other obligations at February 28, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
Payments due by period | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | Less than 1 year |
1 – 3 years |
3 – 5 years |
More than 5 years |
||||||||||||||||
Finance lease obligations |
$ | 78 | $ | 78 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||
Operating lease obligations |
511 | 321 | 190 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Note payable -related party |
1,384 | 1,384 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Warranty reserve obligations |
18 | 18 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Total |
$ | 1,991 | $ | 1,801 | $ | 190 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14
Table of Contents
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Consolidated Financial Condition and Results of Operations are based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements. These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). These principles require the use of estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and related notes. The accounting policies that may involve a higher degree of judgments, estimates, and complexity include inventory valuation, contract revenue recognition as well as profitability or loss recognition estimates, and the sufficiency of the valuation reserve relating to deferred tax assets. The Company uses the following methods and assumptions in determining its estimates:
Inventory valuation
Management regularly reviews the Company’s investment in inventories for declines in value and writes down the cost when it is apparent that the expected net realizable value of the inventory falls below its carrying amount. The Company operates in an environment of constantly changing technologies and retains a certain amount of inventory for legacy products for maintenance and replacement capabilities for its customers. The Company maintains inventory on certain products to ensure it has adequate inventory to fulfill orders for transitioning product lines. Management reviews inventory levels on a quarterly basis. Such reviews include observations of product development trends of the original equipment manufacturers, new products being marketed, and technological advances relative to the product capabilities of the Company’s existing inventories.
Revenue recognition
The Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of the promised products or services to customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those products or services. VDC derives revenue primarily from sales of simulation and video wall systems, cyber secure products, data displays, and keyboards. The Company excludes sales and usage-based taxes from revenue.
The Company’s simulation and video wall systems are custom-built (using commercial off-the-shelf products) to customer specifications under fixed price contracts. Judgment is required to determine whether each product and service is considered to be a distinct performance obligation that should be accounted for separately under the contract. Generally, these contracts contain one performance obligation (the installation of a fully functional system). The Company recognizes revenue for these systems over time as control is transferred based on labor hours incurred on each project based on the percentage of completion method.
The Company recognizes revenue related to its cyber secure products, data displays, and keyboards at a point in time when control is transferred to the customer (generally upon shipment of the product to the customer).
Timing of invoicing to customers may differ from timing of revenue recognition; however, the Company’s contracts do not include a significant financing component as substantially all invoices have terms of 30 days or less. The Company is applying the practical expedient to exclude from consideration any contracts with payment terms of one year or less and does not offer terms extending beyond one year.
Income taxes
Deferred income taxes are provided to reflect the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company has established a valuation allowance of $6 million on the Company’s deferred tax assets.
The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions under the provisions of ASC Topic 740, which contains a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates it is more likely than not, that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount, which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company considers many factors when evaluating and estimating the Company’s tax positions and tax benefits, which may require periodic adjustments. At February 28, 2023, the Company did not record any liabilities for uncertain tax positions.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company does not have during the periods presented, and the Company does not currently have, any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined under SEC rules.
15
Table of Contents
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements and their effect on the Company.
Impact of Inflation
Inflation has not had a material effect on the Company’s results of operations to date.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
The Company’s primary market risks include changes in technology and government spending. The rapid advances in video and projection technology present a challenge for the Company’s management and engineers to be able to meet the ever-changing demands in the markets in which it operates. The Company did a significant amount of business with the government (51% of revenues) in fiscal 2023. Failure of the government to continue to fund programs in the Company’s markets could have a detrimental effect on the Company.
16
Table of Contents
18 | ||
20 | ||
22 | ||
23 | ||
24 | ||
25 |
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Assets |
||||||||
Current assets |
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
400 |
$ | 245 | ||||
Accounts receivable, less allowance for bad debts of $6 and $3 |
829 |
390 | ||||||
Employee retention credit refund receivable |
— |
796 | ||||||
Inventories, net |
2,458 |
3,342 | ||||||
Contract assets |
280 |
444 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
206 |
297 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total current assets |
4,173 |
5,514 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Property, plant and equipment: |
||||||||
Buildings |
789 |
778 | ||||||
Construction in progress |
9 |
— | ||||||
Machinery and equipment |
5,384 |
5,359 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
6,182 |
6,137 | |||||||
Accumulated depreciation |
(5,479 |
) |
(5,247 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net property, plant and equipment |
703 |
890 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Right of use assets under operating leases |
482 |
592 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net |
— |
118 | ||||||
Other noncurrent assets |
2 |
2 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total assets |
$ |
5,360 |
$ | 7,116 | ||||
|
|
|
|
February 28, |
February 28, |
|||||||
2023 |
2022 |
|||||||
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) |
||||||||
Current liabilities |
||||||||
Accounts payable (including related party payables of ($616 and $360; Note 5) |
$ |
1,629 |
$ | 1,465 | ||||
Accrued liabilities |
1,096 |
855 | ||||||
Contract liabilities |
974 |
1,872 | ||||||
Current maturities of financing lease obligations |
74 |
98 | ||||||
Current operating lease liabilities |
313 |
257 | ||||||
Note payable to officers and directors, current (Note 5) |
1,384 |
458 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total current liabilities |
5,470 |
5,005 | ||||||
Long-term operating lease liabilities |
169 |
333 | ||||||
Finance lease obligations less current maturities |
— |
64 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total liabilities |
5,639 |
5,402 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) |
||||||||
Preferred stock, no par value – 10,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding |
— |
— | ||||||
Common stock, no par value – 50,000 shares authorized; 9,732 issued; 5,878 outstanding at February 28, 2023 and 2022 |
7,293 |
7,293 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
281 |
281 | ||||||
Retained earnings |
8,429 |
10,422 | ||||||
Treasury stock, 3,854 shares, at cost |
(16,282 |
) |
(16,282 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total shareholders’ equity (deficit) |
(279 |
) |
1,714 | |||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficit) |
$ |
5,360 |
$ | 7,116 | ||||
|
|
|
|
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Net sales |
$ |
8,102 |
$ | 7,001 | ||||
Cost of goods sold |
6,930 |
7,324 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Gross profit (loss) |
1,172 |
(323 | ) | |||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Operating expenses |
||||||||
Selling and delivery |
446 |
555 | ||||||
General and administrative |
3,505 |
3,753 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
3,951 |
4,308 | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Operating loss |
(2,779 |
) |
(4,631 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Other income (expense) |
||||||||
Interest expense, net |
(15 |
) |
(25 | ) | ||||
Gain on extinguishment of PPP loans |
— |
1,084 | ||||||
Employee retention credit income |
31 |
796 | ||||||
Gain on disposal of assets |
5 |
— | ||||||
Other income, net |
765 |
216 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total other income, net |
786 |
2,071 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
(Loss) income before income taxes |
(1,993 |
) |
(2,560 | ) | ||||
Income tax expense |
— |
— | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net (loss) income |
$ |
(1,993 |
) |
$ | (2,560 | ) | ||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net (loss) income per share-basic |
$ |
(0.34 |
) |
$ | (0.44 | ) | ||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net (loss) income per share-diluted |
$ |
(0.34 |
) |
$ | (0.44 | ) | ||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Average shares outstanding – basic |
5,878 |
5,878 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Average shares outstanding – diluted |
5,878 |
5,878 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
Common Shares* |
Share Amount |
Additional Paid-in Capital |
Retained Earnings |
Treasury Stock |
Total Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) |
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance, March 1, 2021 |
5,878 | $ | 7,293 | $ | 281 | $ | 12,982 | $ | (16,282 | ) | $ | 4,274 | ||||||||||||
Net loss |
— | — | — | (2,560 | ) | — | (2,560 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, February 28, 2022 |
5,878 | $ | 7,293 | $ | 281 | $ | 10,422 | $ | (16,282 | ) | $ | 1,714 | ||||||||||||
Net loss |
— | — | — | (1,993 | ) | — | (1,993 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, February 28, 2023 |
5,878 | $ | 7,293 | $ | 281 | $ | 8,429 | $ | (16,282 | ) | $ | (279 | ) | |||||||||||
* | Common Shares are shown net of Treasury Shares |
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Operating Activities |
||||||||
Net (loss) income |
$ |
(1,993 |
) |
$ | (2,560 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities: |
||||||||
Depreciation expense |
231 |
268 | ||||||
Amortization of intangible assets |
118 |
129 | ||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
3 |
14 | ||||||
Inventory related charges |
455 |
919 | ||||||
Non cash lease cost |
110 |
535 | ||||||
Gain on extinguishment of PPP loans |
— |
(1,084 | ) | |||||
Gain on disposal of assets |
(5 |
) |
— | |||||
Changes in working capital items: |
||||||||
Accounts receivable |
(442 |
) |
910 | |||||
Employee retention credit refund receivable |
796 |
(796 | ) | |||||
Inventories |
429 |
(234 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
91 |
165 | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
405 |
990 | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities |
(108 |
) |
(567 | ) | ||||
Contract assets |
164 |
1,090 | ||||||
Contract liabilities |
(898 |
) |
155 | |||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net cash used in operating activities |
(644 |
) |
(66 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Investing Activities |
||||||||
Capital expenditures |
(45 |
) |
(79 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of assets |
5 |
— | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(40 |
) |
(79 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Financing Activities |
||||||||
Proceeds from related party loans |
926 |
275 | ||||||
Repayments of lease financing |
(87 |
) |
(78 | ) | ||||
Repayments of notes payable |
— |
(100 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
839 |
97 | ||||||
Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
155 |
(48 | ) | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year |
245 |
293 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year |
400 |
245 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Working capital |
$ |
(1,297 |
) |
$ | 509 | |||
Liquid assets |
$ |
400 |
$ | 245 |
2023 |
2022 |
|||||||
Simulation and training (including video walls) |
$ | 5,035 | $ | 4,088 | ||||
Cyber security |
589 | 612 | ||||||
Data displays |
1,566 | 992 | ||||||
Other computer products (keyboards) |
912 | 1,309 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total revenue |
$ | 8,102 | $ | 7,001 | ||||
|
|
|
|
Level 1 |
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. | |
Level 2 |
Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. | |
Level 3 |
Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. |
Description |
Balance at Beginning of Period |
Additions: Charged to Costs and Expenses |
Deductions |
Balance at End of Period |
||||||||||||
February 28, 2023 |
$ | 3 | $ | 3 | $ | — | $ | 6 | ||||||||
February 28, 2022 |
$ | 12 | $ | 14 | $ | (23 | ) | $ | 3 |
Net Income (Loss) |
Average Shares Outstanding |
Net (Loss) Income Per Share |
||||||||||
2023 |
||||||||||||
Basic |
(1,993 | ) | 5,878 | (0.34 | ) | |||||||
Effect of dilution: |
||||||||||||
Options |
— | — | — | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Diluted loss per share |
(1,993 | ) | 5,878 | (0.34 | ) | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
2022 |
||||||||||||
Basic |
(2,560 | ) | 5,878 | (0.44 | ) | |||||||
Effect of dilution: |
||||||||||||
Options |
— | — | — | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Diluted earnings per share |
(2,560 | ) | 5,878 | (0.44 | ) | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Raw materials |
$ |
1,179 |
$ | 2,037 | ||||
Work-in-process |
762 |
846 | ||||||
Finished goods |
517 |
459 | ||||||
2,458 |
3,342 | |||||||
Reserves for obsolescence |
— |
— | ||||||
$ |
2,458 |
$ | 3,342 | |||||
Description |
Balance at Beginning of Period |
Additions: Charged to Costs and Expenses |
Deductions |
Balance at End of Period |
||||||||||||
February 28, 2023 |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
February 28, 2022 |
$ | 798 | $ | 30 | $ | (828 | ) | $ | — |
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Costs incurred to date on uncompleted contracts |
$ |
666 |
$ | 2,465 | ||||
Estimated earnings recognized to date on these contracts |
293 |
1,073 | ||||||
Total costs and estimated gross profit earned |
959 |
3,538 | ||||||
Less billings to date |
(1,653 |
) |
(4,966 | ) | ||||
Contract liabilities, net |
$ |
(694 |
) |
$ | (1,428 | ) | ||
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Contract assets |
$ |
280 |
$ | 444 | ||||
Contract liabilities |
(974 |
) |
(1,872 | ) | ||||
Contract liabilities, net |
$ |
(694 |
) |
$ | (1,428 | ) | ||
2023 |
2022 |
|||||||
Balance at beginning of year |
24 |
41 | ||||||
Change in provision based on current year sales activity |
— |
(8 | ) | |||||
Warranty costs incurred |
(6 |
) |
(9 | ) | ||||
Balance at end of year |
18 |
24 | ||||||
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Accrued compensation and benefits |
$ |
672 |
$ | 416 | ||||
Accrued payroll taxes |
32 |
147 | ||||||
Accrued commissions |
206 |
219 | ||||||
Accrued property taxes |
30 |
2 | ||||||
Accrued warranty |
18 |
24 | ||||||
Accrued other |
138 |
47 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
$ |
1,096 |
$ | 855 | |||||
|
|
|
|
Number of Options (in thousands) |
Average Exercise Price Per Share |
|||||||
Outstanding at March 1, 2021 |
200 | $ | 0.82 | |||||
Granted |
— | — | ||||||
Forfeited or expired |
— | — | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Outstanding at February 28, 2022 |
200 | $ | 0.82 | |||||
Granted |
— | — | ||||||
Forfeited or expired |
— | — | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Outstanding at February 28, 2023 |
200 | $ | 0.82 | |||||
Options exercisable |
||||||||
February 28, 2022 |
200 | $ | 0.82 | |||||
February 28, 2023 |
200 | $ | 0.82 |
Options Outstanding |
Options Exercisable |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Range of Exercise Prices |
Number Outstanding at February 28, 2023 (in thousands) |
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |
Weighted Average Exercise Price |
Number Exercisable at February 28, 2023 (in thousands) |
Weighted Average Exercise Price |
|||||||||||||||||
$ |
0.80 - $1.00 |
200 |
5.0 |
$ |
0.82 |
200 |
$ |
0.82 |
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended |
||||||||
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate |
$ |
(409 |
) |
$ | (746 | ) | ||
State income taxes, net of federal benefit |
(46 |
) |
(93 | ) | ||||
Valuation allowance |
319 |
805 | ||||||
Other |
136 |
34 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Taxes at effective income tax rate |
$ |
— |
$ | — | ||||
|
|
|
|
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Deferred tax assets (liabilities): |
||||||||
Federal net operating loss carry-forward |
$ |
4,813 |
$ | 4,381 | ||||
State net operating loss carry-forward |
832 |
955 | ||||||
Federal tax credit carry-forward |
318 |
318 | ||||||
Uniform capitalization costs |
87 |
116 | ||||||
Accrued liabilities |
40 |
41 | ||||||
Right of use assets |
(116 |
) |
(142 | ) | ||||
Lease liabilities |
116 |
141 | ||||||
Basis difference of property, plant and equipment |
(157 |
) |
(172 | ) | ||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts |
1 |
1 | ||||||
Amortization of intangibles |
74 |
50 | ||||||
Other |
(3 |
) |
(3 | ) | ||||
Valuation allowance |
(6,005 |
) |
(5,686 | ) | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net deferred tax assets |
$ |
— |
$ | — | ||||
|
|
|
|
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Operating lease right-of-use |
$ | 482 | |
|
$ |
592 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
$ | 313 | |
|
$ |
257 |
||
Noncurrent portion of operating lease liabilities |
169 | |
|
333 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Total operating lease liabilities |
$ | 482 | |
|
$ |
590 |
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Weighted average remaining lease term |
1.6 |
|
|
2.7 years |
||||
Weighted average discount rate |
6 | % | |
6 |
% |
Fiscal Year |
Amount |
|||
2024 |
$ | 321 | ||
2025 |
190 | |||
|
|
|||
Total operating lease payments |
$ | 511 | ||
Less imputed interest |
(29 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Total operating lease liabilities |
$ | 482 | ||
|
|
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Machinery and equipment |
$ | 277 | $ | 277 | ||||
Less: Accumulated depreciation |
(208 | ) | (115 | ) | ||||
Machinery and equipment, net |
$ | 69 | |
|
$ |
162 |
||
Current portion of financing lease liabilities |
$ | 74 | |
|
$ |
98 |
||
Noncurrent portion of financing lease liabilities |
— | |
|
64 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Total financing lease liabilities |
$ | 74 | |
|
$ |
162 |
Fiscal Year |
Amount |
|||
2024 |
$ | 78 | ||
|
|
|||
Total finance lease payments |
$ | 78 | ||
Less imputed interest |
(4 | ) | ||
|
|
|||
Total finance lease liabilities |
$ | 74 | ||
|
|
Fiscal Year |
Amount |
|||
2024 |
$ | 190 | ||
2025 |
190 | |||
|
|
|||
$ | 380 |
Fiscal Year Ended (in thousands) |
||||||||
February 28, 2023 |
February 28, 2022 |
|||||||
Cash paid for: |
||||||||
Interest |
$ |
15 |
$ | 25 | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Non-cash activity: |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Note payable to officer |
$ |
— |
$ | 183 | ||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Forgiveness of PPP loans (Note 4) |
$ |
— |
$ | 1,084 | ||||
|
|
|
|
2023 |
||||||||||||||||
First Quarter |
Second Quarter |
Third Quarter |
Fourth Quarter |
|||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
Net sales |
$ | 2,841 | $ | 1,966 | $ | 1,687 | $ | 1,608 | ||||||||
Gross profit (loss) |
711 | 512 | 295 | (346 | ) | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
(295 | ) | 65 | (713 | ) | (1,050 | ) | |||||||||
Basic net income (loss) per share |
$ | (0.05 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | (0.18 | ) | |||||
Diluted net income (loss) per share |
$ | (0.05 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | (0.18 | ) |
2022 |
||||||||||||||||
First Quarter |
Second Quarter |
Third Quarter |
Fourth Quarter |
|||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
Net sales |
$ | 1,857 | $ | 1,904 | $ | 1,616 | $ | 1,624 | ||||||||
Gross profit |
367 | 51 | (555 | ) | (186 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
(745 | ) | 164 | (806 | ) | (1,173 | ) | |||||||||
Basic net income (loss) per share |
$ | (0.13 | ) | $ | 0.03 | $ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.20 | ) | |||||
Diluted net income (loss) per share |
$ | (0.13 | ) | $ | 0.03 | $ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.20 | ) |
Table of Contents
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of the end of the period covered by this report (February 28, 2023). Our disclosure controls and procedures are intended to ensure that the information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as the principal executive and financial officers, respectively, to allow final decisions regarding required disclosures. Based on their evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of February 28, 2023, the CEO and CFO have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
In the prior fiscal quarter, our CEO and CFO concluded that as of November 30, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting relating to inventory. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, management remediated the material weakness identified in the prior fiscal quarter related to inventory.
The Company incorporated new policies and procedures to effect stronger controls around it’s inventory In fiscal 2023. The controls included regular cycle counts including a review of the activity of the items counted to strengthen the timeliness of evaluating the inventory’s net realizable value given the changes in market conditions in the Company’s industry. Tighter controls were imposed on incoming and outgoing shipments to ensure proper timing of the recording of these shipments. These controls were audited by management to ensure compliance. Given the new procedures and the emphasis on these internal controls, the Company believes it can rely on the internal controls around the proper timing and valuation of the inventory.
The required certifications of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer are included as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The disclosures set forth in this Item 9A contain information concerning the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting and changes to internal control referred to in those certifications. Those certifications should be read in conjunction with this Item 9A for a more complete understanding of the matters covered by the certifications.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and disposition of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
All internal controls, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of February 28, 2023. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) (2013 Framework) entitled “Internal Control- Integrated Framework.” Based on such assessment, our management concluded that as of February 28, 2023 our internal control over financial reporting was effective.
38
Table of Contents
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.
Change in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Except for the remediation of the material weakness described above, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
Inherent limitations on the effectiveness of controls
An effective internal control system, no matter how well designed, has inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error or overriding of controls, and therefore can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to reliable financial reporting. Because of its inherent limitations, our internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all misstatements, including the possibility of human error, the circumvention or overriding of controls, or fraud. Effective internal controls can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
39
Table of Contents
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The information contained in Video Display Corporation’s Proxy Statement to be filed within 120 days of the Company’s 2023 fiscal year end (the “2023 Proxy Statement”), with respect to directors and executive officers of the Company under the headings “Election of Directors” and “Executive Officers”, is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item; provided, however, that the information contained in the 2023 Proxy Statement under the heading “Compensation and Stock Option Committee Report” or under the heading “Performance Graph” shall not be incorporated herein by reference.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The information contained in the 2023 Proxy Statement under the heading, “Executive Compensation and Other Benefits”, with respect to executive compensation, is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The information contained in the 2023 Proxy Statement under the headings “Common Stock Ownership” and “Executive Compensation and Other Benefits”, is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
The information contained in the 2023 Proxy Statement under the heading, “Transactions with Affiliates”, is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
The information contained in the 2023 Proxy Statement under the heading, “Audit Fees and All Other Fees” is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
40
Table of Contents
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) | The following documents are filed as part of this Report: |
Financial Statements:
The following consolidated financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and the Reports of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms are included in Part II, Item 8.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of February 28, 2023 and February 28, 2022.
Consolidated Statements of Operations—Fiscal Years Ended February 28, 2023 and February 28, 2022.
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) – Fiscal Years Ended February 28, 2023 and February 28, 2022.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Fiscal Years Ended February 28, 2023 and February 28, 2022.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(b) | Exhibits |
41
Table of Contents
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.
Date: May 30, 2023 | VIDEO DISPLAY CORPORATION | |||||
By: | /s/ Ronald D. Ordway | |||||
Ronald D. Ordway | ||||||
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ronald D. Ordway as attorney-in-fact, with power of substitution, for him in any and all capacity, to sign any amendments to this Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature -Name |
Capacity |
Date | ||
/s/ Ronald D. Ordway | Chief Executive Officer, | May 30, 2023 | ||
Ronald D. Ordway | Treasurer and Director | |||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||||
/s/ Gregory L. Osborn | Chief Financial Officer and Director | May 30, 2023 | ||
Gregory L. Osborn | (Principal Financial Officer) |