YUNHONG GREEN CTI LTD. - Quarter Report: 2009 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For
the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009
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OR
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¨
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For
the transition period from _________to_________
Commission
File Number
000-23115
CTI
INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Illinois
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36-2848943
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
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incorporation
or organization)
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22160
N. Pepper Road
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Barrington, Illinois
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60010
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(847)
382-1000
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such
files). Yes þ No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer o Accelerated
filer o Non-accelerated
filer o Smaller
Reporting Company þ
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
The number of shares outstanding of the
Registrant’s common stock as of August 1, 2009 was 2,739,641.
INDEX
PART
I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
No. 1
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Financial
Statements
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Condensed
Consolidated Interim Balance Sheet at June 30, 2009
(unaudited)
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and
December 31, 2008
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3
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Condensed
Consolidated Interim Statements of Income (unaudited) for
the
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three
and six months ended June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2008
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4
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Condensed
Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
for
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the
three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2008
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5
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Condensed
Consolidated Interim Consolidated Earnings per Share
(unaudited)
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for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and June 30,
2008
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6
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Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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7
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Item
No. 2
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of
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Financial
Condition and Results of Operations
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19
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Item
No. 3
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Market Risk
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27
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Item
No. 4
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Controls
and Procedures
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27
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PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
No. 1
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Legal
Proceedings
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28
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Item
No. 1A
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Risk
Factors
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28
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Item
No. 2
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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28
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Item
No. 3
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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28
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Item
No. 4
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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29
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Item
No. 5
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Other
Information
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30
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Item
No. 6
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Exhibits
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31
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Signatures
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Exhibit
31.1
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Exhibit
31.2
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Exhibit
32.1
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Exhibit
32.2
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2
PART
1 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements
CTI
Industries Corporation and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
June 30, 2009
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December 31, 2008
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(unaudited)
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 202,656 | $ | 180,578 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $89,000 and $39,000,
respectively)
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6,617,105 | 5,821,593 | ||||||
Inventories,
net
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10,169,120 | 10,504,769 | ||||||
Net
deferred income tax asset
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719,411 | 674,872 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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646,045 | 506,225 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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18,354,337 | 17,688,037 | ||||||
Property,
plant and equipment:
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Machinery
and equipment
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22,043,341 | 21,612,995 | ||||||
Building
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3,179,909 | 3,179,909 | ||||||
Office
furniture and equipment
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1,980,993 | 1,898,642 | ||||||
Intellectual
property
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345,092 | 345,092 | ||||||
Land
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250,000 | 250,000 | ||||||
Leasehold
improvements
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425,657 | 409,797 | ||||||
Fixtures
and equipment at customer locations
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2,541,881 | 2,539,033 | ||||||
Projects
under construction
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959,875 | 1,017,737 | ||||||
31,726,748 | 31,253,205 | |||||||
Less
: accumulated depreciation and amortization
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(21,601,066 | ) | (20,677,223 | ) | ||||
Total
property, plant and equipment, net
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10,125,682 | 10,575,982 | ||||||
Other
assets:
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Deferred
financing costs, net
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83,448 | 123,229 | ||||||
Goodwill
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989,108 | 989,108 | ||||||
Net
deferred income tax asset
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257,054 | 341,714 | ||||||
Other
assets (due from related party $105,000 and $63,000,
respectively)
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369,358 | 270,121 | ||||||
Total
other assets
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1,698,968 | 1,724,172 | ||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
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30,178,987 | 29,988,191 | ||||||
LIABILITIES
AND EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Checks
written in excess of bank balance
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883,505 | 680,348 | ||||||
Trade
payables
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3,375,537 | 3,153,005 | ||||||
Line
of credit
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7,226,273 | 7,960,765 | ||||||
Notes
payable - current portion
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1,101,221 | 1,091,489 | ||||||
Notes
payable - officers, current portion, net of debt discount of $89,000 and
$89,000
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1,368,564 | 1,363,255 | ||||||
Accrued
liabilities
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2,344,052 | 1,973,318 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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16,299,152 | 16,222,180 | ||||||
Long-term
liabilities:
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Notes
Payable - Affiliates
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854,254 | 894,620 | ||||||
Notes
payable, net of current portion
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3,666,986 | 4,220,071 | ||||||
Notes
payable - officers, subordinated, net of debt discount of $52,000 and
$96,000
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948,298 | 903,964 | ||||||
Total
long-term liabilities
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5,469,538 | 6,018,655 | ||||||
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Equity:
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CTI
Industries Corporation stockholders' equity:
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Preferred
Stock — no par value 2,000,000
shares authorized
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0
shares issued and outstanding
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$ | - | $ | - | ||||
Common
stock - no par value, 5,000,000 shares
authorized,
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2,808,720
and 2,808,720 shares issued and 2,739,641 and 2,808,720 outstanding,
respectively
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3,764,020 | 3,764,020 | ||||||
Paid-in-capital
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8,716,025 | 8,703,265 | ||||||
Warrants
issued in connection with subordinated debt and bank debt
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443,313 | 443,313 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
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(2,707,922 | ) | (3,209,868 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
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(1,694,518 | ) | (1,966,130 | ) | ||||
Less: Treasury
stock, 69,079 shares and 0 shares
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(124,874 | ) | - | |||||
Total
CTI Industries Corporation stockholders' equity
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8,396,044 | 7,734,600 | ||||||
Noncontrolling
interest
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14,253 | 12,756 | ||||||
Total
Equity
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8,410,297 | 7,747,356 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
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$ | 30,178,987 | $ | 29,988,191 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated unaudited financial
statements
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CTI
Industries Corporation and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
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For the Six Months Ended June 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Net
Sales
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$ | 10,778,903 | $ | 12,460,945 | $ | 20,382,324 | $ | 23,195,646 | ||||||||
Cost
of Sales
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8,178,204 | 9,548,061 | 15,715,122 | 17,951,083 | ||||||||||||
Gross
profit
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2,600,699 | 2,912,884 | 4,667,202 | 5,244,563 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses:
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General
and administrative
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1,301,032 | 1,456,109 | 2,340,669 | 2,614,596 | ||||||||||||
Selling
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203,734 | 277,062 | 380,791 | 463,642 | ||||||||||||
Advertising
and marketing
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421,002 | 424,903 | 809,063 | 771,810 | ||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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1,925,768 | 2,158,074 | 3,530,523 | 3,850,048 | ||||||||||||
Income
from operations
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674,931 | 754,810 | 1,136,679 | 1,394,515 | ||||||||||||
Other
income (expense):
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Interest
expense
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(280,964 | ) | (287,263 | ) | (576,628 | ) | (557,840 | ) | ||||||||
Interest
income
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8,398 | 859 | 8,511 | 1,175 | ||||||||||||
Foreign
currency gain
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2,599 | 11,889 | (18,998 | ) | 42,211 | |||||||||||
Total
other expense, net
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(269,967 | ) | (274,515 | ) | (587,115 | ) | (514,454 | ) | ||||||||
Net
Income before taxes
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404,964 | 480,295 | 549,564 | 880,061 | ||||||||||||
Income
tax (benefit) expense
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(4,037 | ) | (4,818 | ) | 46,121 | 115,839 | ||||||||||
Net
Income
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409,001 | 485,113 | 503,443 | 764,222 | ||||||||||||
Less:
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
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263 | (24 | ) | 1,497 | 264 | |||||||||||
Net
income attributable to CTI Industries Corporation
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$ | 408,738 | $ | 485,137 | $ | 501,946 | $ | 763,958 | ||||||||
Other
Comprehensive Income
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Unrealized
gain on derivative instruments
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$ | 61,351 | $ | 144,610 | $ | 88,055 | $ | 7,749 | ||||||||
Foreign
currency adjustment
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$ | 332,457 | $ | 91,134 | $ | 183,556 | $ | 100,759 | ||||||||
Comprehensive
income
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$ | 802,546 | $ | 720,881 | $ | 773,557 | $ | 872,466 | ||||||||
Basic
income per common share
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$ | 0.15 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||||
Diluted
income per common share
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$ | 0.15 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.26 | ||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares and equivalent shares of common stock
outstanding:
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Basic
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2,775,902 | 2,781,025 | 2,792,220 | 2,721,646 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
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2,776,797 | 2,929,548 | 2,797,256 | 2,885,783 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated unaudited financial
statements
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CTI
Industries Corporation and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
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2009
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2008
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
income
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$ | 501,946 | $ | 763,958 | ||||
Adjustment
to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating
activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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945,438 | 760,304 | ||||||
Amortization
of debt discount
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44,334 | 44,334 | ||||||
Stock
based compensation
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44,698 | 30,000 | ||||||
Noncontrolling
interest in income of subsidiary
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1,497 | 280 | ||||||
Provision
for losses on accounts receivable
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56,102 | 90,000 | ||||||
Provision
for losses on inventories
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24,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
Deferred
income taxes
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40,121 | 115,837 | ||||||
Change
in assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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(703,853 | ) | (1,105,695 | ) | ||||
Inventories
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436,308 | (548,802 | ) | |||||
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
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(306,180 | ) | 183,556 | |||||
Trade
payables
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231,149 | 1,018,922 | ||||||
Accrued
liabilities
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372,023 | (439,769 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
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1,687,583 | 927,925 | ||||||
Cash
used in investing activity - purchases of property, plant and
equipment
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(433,481 | ) | (848,060 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in investing activity
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(433,481 | ) | (848,060 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Change
in checks written in excess of bank balance
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197,714 | (391,231 | ) | |||||
Net
change in revolving line of credit
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(734,492 | ) | 432,772 | |||||
Proceeds
from issuance of long-term debt and warrants
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- | 1,224,267 | ||||||
Repayment
of long-term debt (related parties $52,000
and $36,000)
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(617,128 | ) | (563,873 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
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- | 5,625 | ||||||
Cash
paid for purchase of stock
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(55,036 | ) | - | |||||
Cash
paid for deferred financing fees
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(40,555 | ) | (15,000 | ) | ||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
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(1,249,497 | ) | 692,560 | |||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash
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17,473 | 4,879 | ||||||
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
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22,078 | 777,304 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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180,578 | 483,113 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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$ | 202,656 | $ | 1,260,417 | ||||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
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Cash
payments for interest
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$ | 420,907 | $ | 545,166 | ||||
Cash
payments for taxes
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$ | 6,000 | $ | - | ||||
Supplemental Disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activity | ||||||||
Stock
issued under consulting agreement
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$ | 23,313 | $ | 221,000 | ||||
Exercise
of Warrants and payment of Subordinated Debt
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$ | - | $ | 793,810 | ||||
Property,
Plant & Equipment acquisitions funded by liabilities
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$ | 61,985 | $ | 35,588 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated unaudited financial
statements
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CTI
Industries Corporation and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Earnings per Share (unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30,
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Basic
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Average
shares outstanding:
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Weighted
average number of common shares
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outstanding
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2,775,902 | 2,781,025 | 2,792,220 | 2,721,646 | ||||||||||||
Net
income:
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Net
income:
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$ | 408,738 | $ | 485,137 | $ | 501,946 | $ | 763,958 | ||||||||
Per
share amount
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$ | 0.15 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||||
Diluted
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Average
shares outstanding:
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Weighted
average number of common shares
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outstanding
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2,775,902 | 2,781,025 | 2,792,220 | 2,721,646 | ||||||||||||
Effect
of dilutive shares
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895 | 148,523 | 5,036 | 164,137 | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares and
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equivalent
shares of common stock
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outstanding
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2,776,797 | 2,929,548 | 2,797,256 | 2,885,783 | ||||||||||||
Net
income:
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Net
income
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$ | 408,738 | $ | 485,137 | $ | 501,946 | $ | 763,958 | ||||||||
Per
share amount
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$ | 0.15 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.26 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated unaudited financial
statements
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CTI
Industries Corporation and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Note
1 - Basis of Presentation
The
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited but in
the opinion of management contain all the adjustments (consisting of those of a
normal recurring nature) considered necessary to present fairly the consolidated
financial position and the consolidated results of operations and consolidated
cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles for interim consolidated financial information and the
instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do
not include all the information and footnotes required by accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial
statements. Operating results for the three and six months ended June
30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. For further information,
refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in
the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008.
Principles
of consolidation and nature of operations:
The
condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CTI-US and
its wholly-owned subsidiaries, CTI Balloons Limited, CTI Helium, Inc. and CTF
International S.A. de C.V., as well as its majority-owned subsidiaries CTI
Mexico S.A. de C.V., and Flexo Universal, S.A. de C.V. (the
“Company”). All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been
eliminated in consolidation. The Company (i) designs, manufactures and
distributes balloon products throughout the world and (ii) operates systems for
the production, lamination, coating and printing of films used for food
packaging and other commercial uses and for conversion of films to flexible
packaging containers and other products.
Use of
estimates:
In
preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America, management makes estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities,
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed
consolidated financial statements and the reported amount of revenue and
expenses during the reporting period in the condensed consolidated financial
statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from
those estimates. The Company’s significant estimates include reserves
for doubtful accounts, reserves for the lower of cost or market of inventory and
recovery value of goodwill.
Earnings
per share:
Basic
earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average
number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period.
Diluted
earnings per share is computed by dividing the net income by the weighted
average number of shares of common stock and equivalents (stock options and
warrants), unless anti-dilutive, during each period.
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As of
June 30, 2009, shares to be issued upon the exercise of options and warrants
aggregated 234,644 and 343,030, respectively. As of June 30, 2008,
shares to be issued upon the exercise of options and warrants were 261,889 and
303,030, respectively. The number of anti-dilutive shares (not
included in the determination of earnings on a diluted basis) for the three
months ended June 30, 2009 were 571,121 of which 228,691 were represented by
options and 343,030 were represented by warrants, and for the six months ended
June 30, 2009 were 510,935 of which 167,905 were represented by options and
343,030 were represented by warrants. The number of anti-dilutive
shares (not included in the determination of earnings on a diluted basis) for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 were 62,606, all of which were
represented by options.
Reclassification:
For the
quarter ended June 30, 2009, we reclassified certain amounts received during the
first quarter 2009 as recovery related to the defalcation of a former
officer. Such receipts, totaling $195,000, were recorded as a
reduction of general and administrative expenses in the first quarter and were
reclassified as a reduction of repair and maintenance expense, and therefore are
a reduction in cost of goods sold, during the second quarter.
Subsequent
Events:
The
Company has evaluated subsequent events through August 13, 2009, the date
financial statements were issued for the three and six months ended June 30,
2009.
New
Accounting Pronouncements:
In
December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS
141(R), Business
Combinations (“SFAS141(R)”), which amends SFAS 141 and provides revised
guidance for recognizing and measuring identifiable assets and goodwill
acquired, liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the
acquired. It also provides disclosure requirements to enable users of
the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the
business combination. SFAS 141(R) is effective for the Company’s
fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009. Such adoption did not have a
material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS
160”), which establishes accounting and reporting standards pertaining to
ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, the
amount of net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling
interest, changes in the parent’s ownership interest, and the valuation of any
retained noncontrolling equity investment when a subsidiary is
deconsolidated. SFAS 160 also establishes disclosure requirements
that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and
the interests of the noncontrolling owners. SFAS is effective for the
Company’s fiscal year beginning on January 1, 2009. The Company
adopted SFAS 160 effective January 1, 2009. Such adoption did not
have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements.
8
In
December 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Positions (“FSP”) FIN 46(R)-8, Interests in Variable Interest
Entities and FSP FAS 140-4, Disclosures about Transfers of Financial
Assets, which will increase disclosure requirements for public reporting
companies for reporting periods that end after December 15,
2008. This FSP amends SFAS 140, Disclosures about Transfers of
Financial Assets, to require public entities to provide additional
disclosures about transfers of financial assets and variable interests in
qualifying special-purpose entities. It also amends FIN 46(R) to
require public enterprises to provide additional disclosures about their
involvement with variable interest entities. The Company adopted the
requirements of FSP FAS 140-4 and FSP FIN 46(R) beginning December 31,
2008. The adoption of FSP FAS 140-4 and FSP FIN 46(R) did not have a
material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements.
In April
2008, the FASB issued FSP SFAS 142-3, Determination of Useful Lives in
Intangible Assets, on SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets, to amend one of six factors that should be considered in
determining the useful life of an intangible asset, primarily
related to changes in the factors considered in the area of renewals or
extensions. FSP SFAS 142-3 requires additional disclosures related to
renewals and/or extensions of impacted intangible assets. FSP SFAS
142-3 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2008. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on
the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In April
2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS 141(R)-1, Accounting for Assets Acquired and
Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination that Arise from
Contingencies, a Staff Position on SFAS 141(R), to address application
issues on initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement and
accounting, and disclosure of assets and liabilities arising from contingencies
in a business combination. FSP SFAS 141(R)-1 is effective for
business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the
beginning of the first annual reporting period on or after December 15,
2008. Such adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s condensed
consolidated financial statements.
In May
2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 165, Subsequent Events (“SFAS
165”), which was issued to establish principles and requirements for recognition
of subsequent events that occur after the balance sheet date but prior to the
issuance of the financial statements. Further, it distinguishes
between subsequent events that should be recognized in the financial statements
and those that should not. SFAS 165 adds additional disclosure
requirements; it requires the disclosure of the date through which subsequent
events were evaluated, including the rationale for why the date was
chosen. Additionally, SFAS 165 stipulates the disclosure for certain
non-recognized subsequent events. SFAS 165 is effective for periods
ending after June 15, 2009 and shall be applied prospectively. The
adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s
condensed consolidated financial statements.
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In June
2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation
No. 46(R), which amends FASB Interpretation No. 46(R) Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities to require an enterprise to perform an analysis to determine
whether the enterprise’s variable interest gives it controlling financial
interest in a variable interest entity and to require ongoing assessments of
this nature. SFAS 167 amends certain guidance in FASB Interpretation
46(R) for determining whether an entity is a variable interest entity and adds
additional reconsideration for making this determination when facts or
circumstances change. The guidance requires enhanced disclosures that
will provide for more transparent information about an entity’s involvement in a
variable interest entity. SFAS 167 is effective for the fiscal year
that begins after November 15, 2009. The Company does not expect the
adoption of this standard to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed
consolidated financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles, which replaces SFAS 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, to establish the FASB Accounting Standards
Codification as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by
the FASB to be applied in the preparation of financial
statements. The codification also contains interpretive releases of
the SEC under federal securities laws and is a source of authoritative GAAP for
SEC registrants. SFAS 168 will be effective for financial statements
issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009 and shall
be applied prospectively. The Company does not expect the adoption of
the standard to materially change the presentation of its financial
statements.
In April
2009, the FASB issued FSP 107-1, Interim Disclosures About Fair Value
of Financial Instruments, on SFAS 107 Disclosures about Fair Value of
Financial Instruments, which expands the fair value disclosures required
for all financial instruments within the scope of SFAS 107 to interim
periods. The FSP also requires entities to disclose the methods and
significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments
in financial statements on an interim basis and to highlight any changes of the
methods and significant assumptions from prior periods. It does not
require interim disclosures of credit or market risks. FSP SFAS 107-1
is effective for interim and annual periods after June 15, 2009. Such
adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated
financial statements.
In
September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements, (“SFAS No. 157”). SFAS No. 157 clarifies the principle
that fair value should be based on the assumptions that market participants
would use when pricing an asset or liability and establishes a fair value
hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to develop those assumptions.
Under the standard, fair value measurements would be separately disclosed by
level within the fair value hierarchy. SFAS No. 157 is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption
permitted. Subsequently, the FASB provided for a one-year deferral of the
provisions of SFAS No. 157 for non-financial assets and liabilities that
are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the consolidated financial
statements on a non-recurring basis. We adopted with no impact on our
condensed consolidated financial statements all requirements of SFAS
No. 157 on January 1, 2008, except as they relate to nonfinancial
assets and liabilities, which we adopted on January 1, 2009, as allowed
under SFAS No. 157. The adoption of SFAS 157 has not had a
material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
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In
March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities —
an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133, (“SFAS No. 161”). SFAS
No. 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies
for using derivatives, quantitative data about the fair value of and gains and
losses on derivative contracts, and details of credit-risk-related contingent
features in hedged positions. The statement also requires enhanced disclosures
regarding how and why entities use derivative instruments, how derivative
instruments and related hedged items are accounted and how derivative
instruments and related hedged items affect entities’ financial position,
financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is effective for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2008. We adopted SFAS
No. 161 on January 1, 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 161
has not had a material impact on our financial statements.
Note
2 - Stock-Based Compensation; Changes in Equity
We
adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No 123R, Share-Based Payment,
effective January 1, 2006. This statement requires all share-based
payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be
recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements based on their
grant-date fair values.
The
Black-Scholes model incorporates assumptions to value stock-based
awards. The risk-free rate of interest is the related U.S. Treasury
yield curve for periods within the expected term of the option at the time of
grant. The dividend yield on our common stock is assumed to be zero
as we have historically not paid dividends and have no current plans to do so in
the future. The expected volatility is based on historical volatility
of the Company’s common stock.
The
Company’s net income for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 includes
approximately $24,000 and $15,000, respectively of compensation costs related to
share based payments. The Company’s net income for the six months
ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 includes approximately $45,000 and $30,000,
respectively of compensation costs related to share based
payments. As of June 30, 2009 there is $140,000 of unrecognized
compensation expense related to non-vested stock option grants. We
expect approximately $43,000 to be recognized over the remainder of 2009, and
approximately $72,000 and $25,000 to be recognized during 2010 and 2011,
respectively.
As of
June 30, 2009, the Company had five stock-based compensation plans pursuant to
which stock options may be granted. The Plans provide for the award
of options, which may either be incentive stock options (“ISOs”) within the
meaning of Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”) or non-qualified options (“NQOs”) which are not subject to special tax
treatment under the Code.
On April
30, 2007, the Board of Directors approved for adoption, effective October 1,
2007, the 2007 Stock Option Plan (“Plan”). The Plan authorizes the grant of
options to purchase up to an aggregate of 150,000 shares of the Company’s Common
Stock. As of
June 30, 2009, 151,500 options had been granted and 139,000 remain
outstanding.
On April
10, 2009, the Board of Directors approved for adoption, and on June 5, 2009, the
shareholders of the Corporation approved, a 2009 Incentive Stock Plan
(“Incentive Stock Plan”). The Incentive Stock Plan authorizes the
issuance of up to 250,000 shares of stock or options to purchase stock of the
Company. No stock or options have been granted under this Plan to
dates.
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A summary
of the Company’s stock option activity and related information is as
follows:
Shares under
Option
|
Weighted
Avgerage
Exercise Price
|
Weighted
Average
Contractual
Life
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
272,502 | $ | 2.95 | |||||||||||||
Granted
|
- | - | ||||||||||||||
Cancelled
|
37,858 | $ | 2.30 | |||||||||||||
Exercised
|
- | - | ||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at June 30, 2009
|
234,644 | $ | 3.05 | 3.40 | $ | 15,174 | ||||||||||
Exercisable
at June 30, 2009
|
147,019 | $ | 2.94 | 3.70 | $ | 8,049 |
A summary
of the Company’s stock warrant activity and related information is as
follows:
Shares under
Warrant
|
Weighted
Avgerage
Exercise Price
|
Weighted
Average
Contractual
Life
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
and Exercisable at December 31, 2008
|
343,030 | $ | 3.47 | ||||||||||
Granted
|
- | - | |||||||||||
Cancelled
|
- | - | |||||||||||
Exercised
|
- | ||||||||||||
Outstanding
and Exercisable at June 30, 2009
|
343,030 | $ | 3.47 |
1.70
|
$ |
-
|
A summary of the Company’s stock
option activity by grant date as of June 30, 2009 is as follows:
Options Outstanding
|
Options Exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Options by Grant Date
|
Shares
|
Wtd Avg
|
Remain. Life
|
Intrinsic Val
|
Shares
|
Wtd Avg
|
Remain. Life
|
Intrinsic Val
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mar
2000
|
25,786 | $ | 1.89 | 0.7 | $ | 2,579 | 25,786 | $ | 1.89 | 0.7 | $ | 2,579 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dec
2001
|
5,953 | $ | 1.47 | 2.5 | $ | 3,096 | 5,953 | $ | 1.47 | 2.5 | $ | 3,096 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Apr
2002
|
11,905 | $ | 2.10 | 2.8 | $ | - | 11,905 | $ | 2.10 | 2.8 | $ | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dec
2005
|
52,000 | $ | 2.88 | 6.5 | $ | - | 52,000 | $ | 2.88 | 6.5 | $ | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Oct
2007
|
66,500 | $ | 4.76 | 2.3 | $ | - | 33,250 | $ | 4.76 | 2.3 | $ | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Aug
2008
|
6,000 | $ | 6.14 | 3.1 | $ | - | 1,500 | $ | 6.14 | 3.1 | $ | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Oct
2008
|
2,500 | $ | 4.97 | 3.3 | $ | - | 625 | $ | 4.97 | 3.3 | $ | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nov
2008
|
64,000 | $ | 1.84 | 3.4 | $ | 9,500 | 16,000 | $ | 1.84 | 3.4 | $ | 2,375 | ||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
|
234,644 | $ | 3.05 | 3.4 | $ | 15,174 | 147,019 | $ | 2.94 | 3.7 | $ | 8,049 |
The
aggregate intrinsic value in the tables above represents the total pre-tax
intrinsic value (the difference between the closing price of the Company’s
common stock on the last trading day of the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and the
exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options and warrants)
that would have been received by the option and warrant holders had all the
holders exercised their options on June 30, 2009. No options or
warrants were exercised during the three and six months ended June 30,
2009.
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Note
3 - Legal Proceedings
The
Company is party to certain claims or actions arising in the normal course of
business. The ultimate outcome of these matters is unknown but, in the opinion
of management, the settlement of these matters is not expected to have a
significant effect on the future financial position or results of operations of
the Company.
Note
4 – Other Comprehensive Loss
In the
three months ended June 30, 2009 the company incurred comprehensive gain of
$394,000, principally from an unrealized gain on a derivative instrument of
$61,000 and a gain of $333,000 from foreign currency translation
adjustments. In the six months ended June 30, 2009 the company
incurred comprehensive gain of $272,000, principally from an unrealized
gain on a derivative instrument of $88,000 and a gain of $184,000 from foreign
currency translation adjustments.
The
following table sets forth the accumulated balance of other comprehensive loss
and each component.
Foreign
Currency
Items
|
Unrealized Gains
(Loss) on
Derivatives
|
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
(Loss)
|
||||||||||
Beginning
balance as of January 1, 2009
|
$ | (1,625,000 | ) | $ | (341,000 | ) | $ | (1,966,000 | ) | |||
Current
period change, net of tax
|
184,000 | 88,000 | 272,000 | |||||||||
Ending
Balance as of June 30, 2009
|
$ | (1,441,000 | ) | $ | (253,000 | ) | $ | (1,694,000 | ) |
For the
three and six months ended June 30, 2009 no tax benefit for foreign currency
translation adjustments has been recorded as such amounts would result in a
deferred tax asset. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 no income
tax benefit was recorded for the unrealized losses on the derivative instruments
by reason of the fact that the tax benefit was offset by a valuation allowance
with respect to the related deferred tax asset.
Note
5 - Fair Value Disclosures; Derivative Instruments
Financial
Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements
(“SFAS 157”) defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair
value, establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the quality of inputs used to
measure fair value and enhances disclosure requirements for fair value
measurements. The implementation of SFAS 157 did not cause a change
in the method of calculating fair value assets or liabilities.
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SFAS 157
establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosure of fair value
measurements. The valuation hierarchy categorizes assets and
liabilities at fair value into one of three different levels depending on the
observability of the inputs employed in the measurement. The three
levels are defined as follows:
|
·
|
Level 1 –
inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets are liabilities in active
markets.
|
|
·
|
Level 2 –
inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs are observable for
the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially
the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
|
·
|
Level 3 –
inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to
the fair value measurement.
|
A
financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based
upon the lowest level of the input that is significant to the fair value
measurement. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a
particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment
and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. The
following table presents information about the Company’s liabilities measured at
fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2009 and indicates the fair value
hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by the Company to determine such
fair value:
Description
|
6/30/2009
|
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
|||||||
Interest
Rate Swap 2006-1
|
$ | (30,000 | ) | $ | (30,000 | ) | |||||
Interest
Rate Swap 2006-2
|
(108,000 | ) | (108,000 | ) | |||||||
Interest
Rate Swap 2008
|
(115,000 | ) | (115,000 | ) | |||||||
$ | (253,000 | ) | $ | (253,000 | ) |
The
Company’s interest rate swap agreements are valued using the counterparty’s
mark-to-market statement, which can be validated using modeling techniques that
include market inputs such as publically available interest rate yield curves,
and are designated as Level 2 within the valuation hierarchy.
SFAS No.
133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” SFAS No.
137, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – Deferral of
the Effective Date of SFAS No. 133,” SFAS No. 138,”Accounting for Certain
Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities” and SFAS No. 149,
“Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,
(Collectively “SFAS 133”) require an entity to recognize all derivatives as
either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet and to measure
those instruments at fair value. Under certain conditions, a
derivative may be specifically designated as a fair value hedge or a cash flow
hedge.
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On April
5, 2006, the Company entered into two swap agreements with RBS Citizens N.A.
(“RBS”) in connection with portions (totaling $3,780,000) of the principal
amounts of a mortgage loan and term loan to the Company fixing the interest rate
on such floating rate loans at 8.49%. On January 28, 2008, the
Company entered into a swap agreements with the Bank with respect to $3,000,000
in principal amount of a floating rate revolving loan fixing the interest rate
on such amount at 6.17%. These swap agreements are designated as cash
flow hedges and hedge the Company’s exposure to interest rate fluctuations on
the portions of the principal amount of loans with the Bank that are covered by
the swap agreements. These swap agreements are derivative financial
instruments and the Company determines the fair market value of these agreements
on a quarterly basis, based on the Bank’s mark-to-market statement, recording
the fair market value of these contracts on the balance sheet with the offset to
other comprehensive loss. As of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008,
the Company has recorded the fair value of these swap agreements on the balance
sheet as a liability of $253,000 and $341,000, respectively. For the
three and six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recorded an unrealized
gain of $61,000 and $88,000, compared to $145,000 and $8,000 for the same period
in 2008, with respect to these swap agreements in other comprehensive income,
which represents the change in value of these swap agreements for the quarters
ended.
The
Company has not had any realized loss from financial instruments during the
three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008.
Note
6 – Inventories, Net
June 30,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Raw
materials
|
$ | 1,756,000 | $ | 1,676,000 | ||||
Work
in process
|
794,000 | 1,075,000 | ||||||
Finished
goods
|
7,985,000 | 8,183,000 | ||||||
Allowance
for excess quantities
|
(366,000 | ) | (429,000 | ) | ||||
Total
inventories
|
$ | 10,169,000 | $ | 10,505,000 |
Note
7 - Geographic Segment Data
The
Company has determined that it operates primarily in one business segment which
designs, manufactures and distributes film products for use in packaging and
novelty balloon products. The Company operates in foreign and domestic regions.
Information about the Company's operations by geographic areas is as
follows:
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Net Sales to Outside Customers
|
Net Sales to Outside Customers
|
|||||||||||||||
For the Three Months Ended
|
For the Six Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
June 30,
|
June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
United
States
|
$ | 8,623,000 | $ | 9,941,000 | $ | 15,891,000 | $ | 18,308,000 | ||||||||
Mexico
|
1,559,000 | 1,848,000 | 3,241,000 | 3,404,000 | ||||||||||||
United
Kingdom
|
597,000 | 672,000 | 1,250,000 | 1,484,000 | ||||||||||||
$ | 10,779,000 | $ | 12,461,000 | $ | 20,382,000 | $ | 23,196,000 |
Total
Assets at
|
||||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
United
States
|
$ | 24,047,000 | $ | 24,709,000 | ||||
Mexico
|
5,150,000 | 4,539,000 | ||||||
United
Kingdom
|
982,000 | 740,000 | ||||||
$ | 30,179,000 | $ | 29,988,000 |
Note
8 - Concentration of Credit Risk
Concentration
of credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable is generally limited
due to the number of entities comprising the Company's customer base. The
Company performs ongoing credit evaluations and provides an allowance for
potential credit losses against the portion of accounts receivable which is
estimated to be uncollectible. Such losses have historically been within
management's expectations. During the three and six months ended June
30, 2009 and 2008, there were two customers whose purchases represented more
than 10% of the Company’s consolidated net sales. The sales to each
of these customers for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are
as follows:
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2008
|
|||||||||||||||
Customer
|
Net
Sales
|
%
of Net
Sales
|
Net
Sales
|
%
of Net
Sales
|
||||||||||||
Customer
A
|
$ | 3,907,000 |
36.3%
|
$ | 2,876,000 |
23.1%
|
||||||||||
Customer
B
|
$ | 1,538,000 |
14.3%
|
$ | 1,821,000 |
14.6%
|
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Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
|
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2008
|
|||||||||||||||
Customer
|
Net
Sales
|
%
of Net
Sales
|
Net
Sales
|
%
of Net
Sales
|
||||||||||||
Customer
A
|
$ | 6,407,000 |
31.4%
|
$ | 4,746,000 |
20.5%
|
||||||||||
Customer
B
|
$ | 3,250,000 |
15.9%
|
|
$ | 3,584,000 |
15.4%
|
As of
June 30, 2009, the total amount owed by these customers was $1,969,000 or 29.8%
and $902,000, or 13.6% of the Company’s consolidated accounts
receivable. The amounts owed at June 30, 2008 were $1,627,000, or
23.0%, and $747,000, or 10.6% of the Company’s consolidated net accounts
receivable, respectively.
Note
9 – Related Party Transactions
Stephen
M. Merrick, Executive Vice President, Secretary and a Director of the Company,
is of counsel to the law firm of Vanasco Genelly and Miller PC which provides
legal services to the Company. Legal fees incurred by the Company with this firm
for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, were $35,000
and $55,000. Legal fees incurred by the Company with this firm for
the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, were $47,000 and
$106,000.
John H.
Schwan, Chairman of the Company, is a principal of Shamrock Packaging and
affiliated companies. The Company made purchases of approximately $557,000 from
Shamrock Packaging during the three months ended June 30, 2009 and $252,000
during the three months ended June 30, 2008. The Company made
purchases of approximately $965,000 from Shamrock Packaging during the six
months ended June 30, 2009 and $497,000 during the three months ended June 30,
2008. At June 30, 2009 and 2008, outstanding accounts payable
balances were $269,000 and $219,000, respectively.
John H.
Schwan, Chairman of the Company, and Howard W. Schwan, President of the Company,
are the brothers of Gary Schwan, one of the owners of Schwan Incorporated; which
provides building maintenance and remodeling services to the
Company. The Company received services from Schwan Incorporated of
approximately $8,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2009 and $46,000
during the three months ended June 30, 2008. The Company received
services from Schwan Incorporated of approximately $17,000 during the six months
ended June 30, 2009 and $97,000 during the three months ended June 30,
2008.
In
February 2003, the Company received $1,630,000, in the aggregate, from John H.
Schwan and Stephen M. Merrick in exchange for (a) two year 9% subordinated notes
and (b) five year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 163,000 shares of common
stock of the Company at the price of $4.87 per share. On February 8,
2008, those individuals exercised the warrants in exchange for the shares, based
upon the principal amount of $794,000 of the subordinated notes.
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On
February 1, 2006, Mr. Schwan and Mr. Merrick advanced $500,000 each to the
Company in exchange for (a) five year promissory notes bearing interest at 2%
over the prime rate determined quarterly and (b) five year warrants to purchase
an aggregate of 303,030 shares of common stock of the Company at the price of
$3.30 per share. The fair value of each warrant was estimated as of the date of
the grant using the Black-Scholes pricing model.
Interest
payments have been made to John H. Schwan and Stephen M. Merrick for loans made
to the Company. During the three months ended June 30, 2009 these
interest payments totaled $42,000 and $19,000,
respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2008 these interest
payments totaled $37,000 and $15,000, respectively. During the six
months ended June 30, 2009 these interest payments totaled $75,000
and $30,000, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2008
these interest payments totaled $82,000 and $36,000, respectively
Note
10 – Changes in Contractual Commitments
On
January 31, 2009, Registrant entered into a Fifth Amendment to Loan and Security
Agreement (“Loan Agreement”) among Registrant and RBS Citizens, N.A., successor
by merger to Charter One Bank, N.A. (“Bank”). Under the Fifth Amendment, the
Bank agreed to extend the maturity date of the revolving loan provided for in
the Loan Agreement from January 31, 2009 to January 31, 2010. The
Fifth Amendment to the Loan Agreement also provides for (i) a fee of $31,500,
(ii) adjustments to the applicable interest rate and non-utilization fee rate
and (iii) an adjustment to the loan covenant relating to the ratio of senior
debt to EBITDA.
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Item 2
|
Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
Overview. We
produce film products for novelty, packaging and container applications. These
products include metalized balloons, latex balloons and related latex toy
products, films for packaging applications, and flexible containers for
packaging and storage applications. We produce all of our film products for
packaging and container applications at our plant in Barrington, Illinois. We
produce all of our latex balloons and latex products at our facility in
Guadalajara, Mexico. Substantially all of our film products for packaging
applications and flexible containers for packaging and storage are sold to
customers in the United States. We market and sell our novelty items -
principally metalized balloons and latex balloons - in the United States,
Mexico, the United Kingdom and a number of additional countries.
Results
of Operations
Net
Sales. For the three months ended June 30, 2009, net
sales were $10,779,000 compared to net sales of $12,461,000 for the same period
of 2008, a decrease of 13.5%. For the quarters ended June 30, 2009
and 2008, net sales by product category were as follows:
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
June 30, 2009
|
June 30, 2008
|
|||||||||||||||
$
|
%
of
|
$
|
%
of
|
|||||||||||||
Product Category
|
(000) Omitted
|
Net Sales
|
(000) Omitted
|
Net Sales
|
||||||||||||
Metalized
Balloons
|
5,747
|
53%
|
4,918
|
39%
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Films
|
1,644
|
15%
|
2,008
|
16%
|
||||||||||||
Pouches
|
1,577
|
15%
|
3,441
|
28%
|
||||||||||||
Latex
Balloons
|
1,653
|
15%
|
1,969
|
16%
|
||||||||||||
Helium/Other
|
158
|
2%
|
125
|
1%
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
|
10,779
|
100%
|
12,461
|
100%
|
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Net
Sales. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, net sales
were $20,382,000 compared to net sales of $23,196,000 for the same period of
2008, a decrease of 12.1%. For the six months ended June 30, 2009 and
2008, net sales by product category were as follows:
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
June 30, 2009
|
June 30, 2008
|
|||||||||||||||
$
|
%
of
|
$
|
%
of
|
|||||||||||||
Product Category
|
(000) Omitted
|
Net Sales
|
(000) Omitted
|
Net Sales
|
||||||||||||
Metalized
Balloons
|
10,786
|
53%
|
9,516
|
41%
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Films
|
3,519
|
17%
|
3,951
|
17%
|
||||||||||||
Pouches
|
2,562
|
13%
|
5,889
|
25%
|
||||||||||||
Latex
Balloons
|
3,196
|
16%
|
3,471
|
15%
|
||||||||||||
Helium/Other
|
319
|
1%
|
369
|
2%
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
20,382
|
100%
|
23,196
|
100%
|
Metalized Balloons.
During the three months ended June 30, 2009 revenues from the sale of metalized
balloons increased by 16.9% compared to the prior year period from $4,918,000 to
$5,747,000. During the six months ended June 30, 2009 revenues from
the sale of metalized balloons increased by 13.3% compared to the prior year
period from $9,516,000 to $10,786,000. Substantially all of these
increases are attributable to increased sales to a principal balloon
customer.
Films. During the
three months ended June 30, 2009 revenues from the sale of laminated films
decreased by 18.1% compared to the prior year period from $2,008,000 to
$1,644,000. During the six months ended June 30, 2009 revenues from
the sale of laminated films decreased by 10.9% compared to the prior year period
from $3,951,000 to $3,519,000. The decrease was the result of reduced
sales to a principal film customer.
Pouches. During the
three months ended June 30, 2009 revenues from the sale of pouches decreased by
54.2% compared to the prior year period from $3,441,000 to
$1,577,000. During the six months ended June 30, 2009 revenues from
the sale of pouches decreased by 56.5% compared to the prior year period from
5,889,000 to $2,562,000. The difference between pouch sales for both
the second quarter of 2009 and the first six months of 2009, and the higher
level of pouch sales for the corresponding periods of 2008 is attributable
principally to a lower level of sales during 2009 to a principle pouch
customer. The higher level of sales to that customer in the first
half of 2008 was due to a pre-launch inventory build by the customer for a new
product launch in July 2008. Sales to that customer continue in 2009
but at a lower level than the pre-launch inventory build. Also, some
of the decline in pouch sales during 2009 to date compared to 2008 is
attributable to a decline in sales to another principle pouch
customer. Sales to that customer also continue in 2009 but at a lower
rate than in 2008.
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Latex
Balloons. During the three months ended June 30, 2009 revenues
from the sale of latex balloons decreased by 16.0% compared to the prior year
period from $1,969,000 to $1,653,000. During the six months ended
June 30, 2009 revenues from the sale of latex balloons decreased by 7.9%
compared to the prior year period from $3,471,000 to $3,196,000. This
decline in the dollar amount of latex balloon sales is attributable to the
following causes: (i) a relatively high percentage of our latex
balloon sales are with respect to balloons both produced and sold in Mexico,
(ii) although the unit volume of latex balloon sales in Mexico during the first
six months of 2009 is greater than the unit volume of sales in the first six
months of 2008, the dollar volume in 2009 is lower because of the decline in the
value of the Mexican peso, (iii) sales in Mexico during the first six months of
2009 were affected by the spread of influenza, and concern about influenza,
there.
Sales to
a limited number of customers continue to represent a large percentage of our
net sales. The table below illustrates the impact on sales of our top
three and ten customers for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and
2008.
Three Months Ended
|
Six Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
% of Net Sales
|
% of Net Sales
|
|||||||||||||||
June 30, 2009
|
June 30, 2008
|
June 30, 2009
|
June 30, 2008
|
|||||||||||||
Top
3 Customers
|
59.8%
|
58.9%
|
54.4%
|
52.0%
|
||||||||||||
Top
10 Customers
|
75.7%
|
75.0%
|
70.2%
|
73.2%
|
During
the three months ended June 30, 2009, there were two customers whose purchases
represented more than 10% of the Company’s consolidated net
sales. The sales to each of these customers for the three months
ended June 30, 2009 were $3,907,000 or 36.3% and $1,538,000 or 14.3% of
consolidated net sales, respectively. Sales of these customers in the
same period of 2008 were $2,876,000 or 23.1%, and $1,821,000 or 14.6% of
consolidated net sales, respectively. During the six months ended
June 30, 2009, there were two customers whose purchases represented more than
10% of the Company’s consolidated net sales. The sales to each of
these customers for the six months ended June 30, 2009 were $6,407,000 or 31.4%
and $3,250,000 or 15.9% of consolidated net sales,
respectively. Sales of these customers in the same period of 2008
were $4,746,000 or 20.5%, and $3,584,000 or 15.4% of consolidated net sales,
respectively. As of June 30, 2009, the total amount owed to the
Company by these customers was $1,969,000 or 29.8% and $902,000, or 13.6%, of
the Company’s consolidated accounts receivables. The amounts owed at
June 30, 2008 were $1,627,000, or 23.0% and $747,000, or 10.6% of the Company’s
consolidated net accounts receivables, respectively.
Cost of
Sales. During the three months ended June 30, 2009, the
cost of sales represented 75.9% of net sales compared to 76.6% for the three
months ended June 30, 2008. During the six months ended June 30,
2009, the cost of sales represented 77.1% of net sales compared to 77.4% for the
six months ended June 30, 2008. Cost of sales in the second quarter
2009 and the first six months of 2009 were reduced by the amount of the recovery
received by the Company related to the defalcation by a former officer (totaling
$199,000 for the second quarter and $394,000 for the six months ended June 30,
2009). Absent the amount of such recovery, the cost of sales for the
second quarter 2009 would have been 77.7% of net sales and, for the six months,
would have been 79.0% of net sales. Cost of sales (absent the
defalcation recovery) were lower during the first six months of 2008 compared to
2009 due to (i) higher production levels in 2008 resulting in production
efficiencies and lower unit costs and (ii) a higher level of production and sale
of certain products (pouches) having a higher gross margin than
others.
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General and
Administrative. During the three months ended June 30, 2009,
general and administrative expenses were $1,301,000 or 12.1% of net sales,
compared to $1,456,000 or 11.7% of net sales for the same period in
2008. During the six months ended June 30, 2009,
general and administrative expenses were $2,341,000 or 11.5% of net sales,
compared to $2,615,000 or 11.3% of net sales for the same period in
2008. The reduction in general and administrative expenses during the
first six months of 2009, compared to the corresponding periods of 2008, is
attributable to a (i) a reduction in administrative salary expense of $50,000,
(ii) a reduction in consulting fees of $51,000, (iii) a reduction in legal
expense of $97,000 and (iv) a reduction in bad debt expense of
$40,000.
Selling. During
the three months ended June 30, 2009, selling expenses were $204,000 or 1.9% of net sales,
compared to $277,000 or 2.2% of net sales for the same period in
2008. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, selling expenses
were $381,000 or 1.9% of net sales,
compared to $464,000 or 2.0% of net sales for the same period in
2008. The reduction in selling expenses during the first six months
of 2009, compared to the corresponding period of 2008, is attributable to a (i)
reduction in salary expense of $60,000 and (ii) a reduction in travel expense of
$33,000.
Advertising and
Marketing. During the three months ended June 30, 2009,
advertising and marketing expenses were $421,000 or 3.9% of net sales for the
period, compared to $425,000 or 3.4% of net sales for the same period of
2008. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, advertising and
marketing expenses were $809,000 or 4.0% of net sales for the period, compared
to $772,000 or 3.3% of net sales for the same period of 2008.
Other Income
(Expense). During the three months ended June 30, 2009, the
Company incurred net interest expense of $273,000, compared to net interest
expense during the same period of 2008 in the amount of
$287,000. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company
incurred net interest expense of $568,000, compared to net interest expense
during the same period of 2008 in the amount of $558,000.
For the
three months ended June 30, 2009, the Company had a foreign currency transaction
gain of $3,000 compared to foreign currency transaction gains of $12,000 during
the same period of 2008. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the
Company had a foreign currency transaction loss of $19,000 compared to foreign
currency transaction gains of $42,000 during the same period of
2008.
Income
Taxes. For the three months ended June 30, 2009, the Company
reported a consolidated income tax benefit of $4,000, compared to a consolidated
income tax benefit of $5,000 for the same period of 2008.
For the
six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company reported a consolidated income tax
expense of $46,000 compared to a consolidated income tax expense of $116,000 for
the six months ended June 30, 2008. For the six months ended June 30,
2009, this income tax provision was composed principally of provisions for
income tax on the income of Flexo Universal, our Mexican
subsidiary.
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Net
Income. For
the three months ended June 30, 2009, the
Company had net income of $409,000 or $0.15 per share (basic and diluted),
compared to net income of $485,000 for the same period of 2008 or $0.17 per
share (basic and diluted). For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the
Company had net income of $502,000 or $0.18 per share (basic and diluted),
compared to net income of $764,000 for the same period of 2008 or $0.28 per
share basic and $0.26 diluted.
Financial Condition, Liquidity and
Capital Resources
Cash Flow
Items.
Operating
Activities. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, net
cash provided by operations was $1,688,000, compared to net cash used in
operations during the six months ended June 30, 2008 of $928,000.
Significant
changes in working capital items during the six months ended June 30, 2009
consisted of (i) an increase in accounts receivable of $704,000, (ii)
depreciation and amortization in the amount of $945,000, (iii) an increase in
trade payables of $231,000, (iv) an increase in accrued liabilities of $372,000
(v) an increase of $306,000 in prepaid expenses and other assets and (vi) a
decrease in inventories of $436,000.
Investing
Activity. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, cash used
in investing activity for the purchase of equipment was $433,000, compared to
$848,000 in the same period of 2008.
Financing
Activities. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, cash
used in financing activities was $1,249,000 compared to cash provided by
financing activities for the same period of 2008 in the amount of
$693,000. During the six months ended June 30, 2009 financing
activities included payment of $617,000 on long-term debt obligations and
payment of $734,000 on the revolving line of credit.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources. At June 30, 2009, the Company had cash balances of
$203,000 compared to cash balances of $1,260,000 for the same period in
2008. At June 30, 2009, the Company had a working capital balance of
$2,055,000 compared to a working capital balance of $1,466,000 at December 31,
2008.
The
Company's current cash management strategy includes utilizing the Company's
revolving line of credit for liquidity. Under our line of credit with
RBS Citizens N.A. (formerly Charter One Bank), we are entitled to borrow an
amount equal to 85% of eligible receivables and 60% of eligible inventory, up to
a maximum of $9,000,000. Foreign receivables and inventory held by
our foreign subsidiaries are not eligible. In addition, in order to
be permitted to make advances under the line of credit, we are required to meet
various financial covenants. As of June 30, 2009, we had complied
with all applicable financial covenants in the loan agreement. Based
on our results to date for the year and our projected results of operations for
the balance of this year, we believe we will be in compliance with all
applicable financial covenants of the loan agreement for the balance of
2009. Further, we believe that with our present cash and working
capital and the amounts available to us under our line of credit and through
sales of common stock, we will have sufficient funds to enable us to meet our
obligations through the next twelve months.
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The loan
agreement provides for interest at varying rates in excess of the Bank’s prime
rate, depending on the level of senior debt to EBITDA over time. As
of June 30, 2009, the applicable premium being applied was 0.75%. At
June 30, 2009, the effective rate was 4.0%.
Also,
under the loan agreement, we were required to purchase a swap agreement with
respect to at least 60% of the mortgage and term loan portions of our loan. On
April 5, 2006, we entered into a swap arrangement with RBS Citizens N.A.
(formerly Charter One Bank) with respect to 60% of the principal amounts of the
mortgage loan and the term loan, which had the effect of fixing the interest
rate for such portions (totaling $3,780,000) of the loans at 8.49% for
the balance of the loan terms. On January 28, 2008 we entered
into a swap arrangement with RBS Citizens for an additional $3,000,000 on our
revolving line of credit, which had the effect of fixing the interest rate at
6.17%. These swap agreements are designated as a cash flow hedge and
hedge the Company’s exposure to interest rate fluctuations on the Company’s
floating rate loans. These swap arrangements are derivative financial
instruments with respect to which we determine and record the fair market value
each quarter. We record the fair market value of these contracts in
the balance sheet, with an offset to other comprehensive loss. The
fair market value of these swap agreements as of June 30, 2009 was a liability
of $253,000. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the other
comprehensive gain included $88,000 of unrecognized gain representing the change
in the mark-to-market value of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements for
such periods. The swap agreements require monthly settlements of the
difference between the amount to be received and paid under the agreements, the
amount of which is recognized in current earnings as interest
expense.
The
revolving loan line of credit matured on January 31, 2009. On that
date, we entered into a Fifth Amendment to Loan Agreement under which the
revolving loan term was extended to January 31, 2010 and certain of the loan
covenants were revised.
Seasonality
In recent
years, sales in the metalized balloon product line have historically been
seasonal with approximately 45% occurring in the period from December through
March and 21% being generated in the period from July through October. The sale
of latex balloons and laminated film products have not historically been
seasonal.
Critical Accounting
Policies
Please
see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008
presented on pages 35-38, for a description of policies that are critical to our
business operations and the understanding of our results of operations. The
impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business
operations is discussed throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations where such policies affect our
reported and expected financial results. No material changes to such information
have occurred during the three and six months ended June 30,
2009.
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New Accounting
Pronouncements
In
December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS
141(R), Business
Combinations (“SFAS141(R)”), which amends SFAS 141 and provides revised
guidance for recognizing and measuring identifiable assets and goodwill
acquired, liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the
acquired. It also provides disclosure requirements to enable users of
the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the
business combination. SFAS 141(R) is effective for the Company’s
fiscal year beginning January 1, 2009. Such adoption did not have a
material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS
160”), which establishes accounting and reporting standards pertaining to
ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, the
amount of net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling
interest, changes in the parent’s ownership interest, and the valuation of any
retained noncontrolling equity investment when a subsidiary is
deconsolidated. SFAS 160 also establishes disclosure requirements
that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and
the interests of the noncontrolling owners. SFAS is effective for the
Company’s fiscal year beginning on January 1, 2009. The Company
adopted SFAS 160 effective January 1, 2009. Such adoption did not
have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements.
In
December 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Positions (“FSP”) FIN 46(R)-8, Interests in Variable Interest
Entities and FSP FAS 140-4, Disclosures about Transfers of Financial
Assets, which will increase disclosure requirements for public reporting
companies for reporting periods that end after December 15,
2008. This FSP amends SFAS 140, Disclosures about Transfers of
Financial Assets, to require public entities to provide additional
disclosures about transfers of financial assets and variable interests in
qualifying special-purpose entities. It also amends FIN 46(R) to
require public enterprises to provide additional disclosures about their
involvement with variable interest entities. The Company adopted the
requirements of FSP FAS 140-4 and FSP FIN 46(R) beginning December 31,
2008. The adoption of FSP FAS 140-4 and FSP FIN 46(R) did not have a
material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements.
In April
2008, the FASB issued FSP SFAS 142-3, Determination of Useful Lives in
Intangible Assets, on SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets, to amend one of six factors that should be considered in
determining the useful life of an intangible asset, primarily
related to changes in the factors considered in the area of renewals or
extensions. FSP SFAS 142-3 requires additional disclosures related to
renewals and/or extensions of impacted intangible assets. FSP SFAS
142-3 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2008. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on
the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In April
2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS 141(R)-1, Accounting for Assets Acquired and
Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination that Arise from
Contingencies, a Staff Position on SFAS 141(R), to address application
issues on initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement and
accounting, and disclosure of assets and liabilities arising from contingencies
in a business combination. FSP SFAS 141(R)-1 is effective for
business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the
beginning of the first annual reporting period on or after December 15,
2008. Such adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s condensed
consolidated financial statements.
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In May
2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 165, Subsequent Events (“SFAS
165”), which was issued to establish principles and requirements for recognition
of subsequent events that occur after the balance sheet date but prior to the
issuance of the financial statements. Further, it distinguishes
between subsequent events that should be recognized in the financial statements
and those that should not. SFAS 165 adds additional disclosure
requirements; it requires the disclosure of the date through which subsequent
events were evaluated, including the rationale for why the date was
chosen. Additionally, SFAS 165 stipulates the disclosure for certain
non-recognized subsequent events. SFAS 165 is effective for periods
ending after June 15, 2009 and shall be applied prospectively. The
adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s
condensed consolidated financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation
No. 46(R), which amends FASB Interpretation No. 46(R) Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities to require an enterprise to perform an analysis to determine
whether the enterprise’s variable interest gives it controlling financial
interest in a variable interest entity and to require ongoing assessments of
this nature. SFAS 167 amends certain guidance in FASB Interpretation
46(R) for determining whether an entity is a variable interest entity and adds
additional reconsideration for making this determination when facts or
circumstances change. The guidance requires enhanced disclosures that
will provide for more transparent information about an entity’s involvement in a
variable interest entity. SFAS 167 is effective for the fiscal year
that begins after November 15, 2009. The Company does not expect the
adoption of this standard to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed
consolidated financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles, which replaces SFAS 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, to establish the FASB Accounting Standards
Codification as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by
the FASB to be applied in the preparation of financial
statements. The codification also contains interpretive releases of
the SEC under federal securities laws and is a source of authoritative GAAP for
SEC registrants. SFAS 168 will be effective for financial statements
issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009 and shall
be applied prospectively. The Company does not expect the adoption of
the standard to materially change the presentation of its financial
statements.
In April
2009, the FASB issued FSP 107-1, Interim Disclosures About Fair Value
of Financial Instruments, on SFAS 107 Disclosures about Fair Value of
Financial Instruments, which expands the fair value disclosures required
for all financial instruments within the scope of SFAS 107 to interim
periods. The FSP also requires entities to disclose the methods and
significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments
in financial statements on an interim basis and to highlight any changes of the
methods and significant assumptions from prior periods. It does not
require interim disclosures of credit or market risks. FSP SFAS 107-1
is effective for interim and annual periods after June 15, 2009. Such
adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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In
September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements, (“SFAS No. 157”). SFAS No. 157 clarifies the principle
that fair value should be based on the assumptions that market participants
would use when pricing an asset or liability and establishes a fair value
hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to develop those assumptions.
Under the standard, fair value measurements would be separately disclosed by
level within the fair value hierarchy. SFAS No. 157 is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption
permitted. Subsequently, the FASB provided for a one-year deferral of the
provisions of SFAS No. 157 for non-financial assets and liabilities that
are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the condensed consolidated
financial statements on a non-recurring basis. We adopted with no
impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements all requirements of
SFAS No. 157 on January 1, 2008, except as they relate to nonfinancial
assets and liabilities, which we adopted on January 1, 2009, as allowed
under SFAS No. 157. The adoption of SFAS 157 has not had a
material effect on our financial statements.
In
March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities —
an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133, (“SFAS No. 161”). SFAS
No. 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies
for using derivatives, quantitative data about the fair value of and gains and
losses on derivative contracts, and details of credit-risk-related contingent
features in hedged positions. The statement also requires enhanced disclosures
regarding how and why entities use derivative instruments, how derivative
instruments and related hedged items are accounted and how derivative
instruments and related hedged items affect entities’ financial position,
financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is effective for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2008. We adopted SFAS
No. 161 on January 1, 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 161
has not had a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial
statements.
Item
3. Quantitative and
Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Market Risk
Not
applicable.
Item
4. Controls and
Procedures
(a)
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures: Our Principal Executive
Officer and Principal Financial Officer have reviewed and evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30,
2009. Based on such review and evaluation, our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of such date, our
disclosure controls and procedures were adequate and effective to ensure that
the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files
or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a) is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and
forms and (b) is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management,
including the officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure.
(b)
Changes in internal controls: In connection with, and in response to, the
matters described on page 40 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March
31, 2009, we have undertaken, and are in the process of undertaking a number of
actions. During the period March and April 2009, we have (i) examined
every invoice to the Company received during 2007 to the present to determine
proper documentation and authorization, (ii) independently verified receipt of
services or goods on each invoice during such period that was authorized by the
officer who resigned March 2009, (iii) suspended authority to purchase from any
vendor having no activity with the Company since January 1, 2007, (iv) directly
verified each current vendor having no physical address on our system, (v)
assigned new personnel to review and verify invoices, (vi) enhanced the process
and requirements for vendor establishment, (vii) limited internal authority to
set-up new vendors and (viii) retained a third party to provide service in the
establishment of an internal audit function. We have undertaken work
to (i) develop and implement an internal audit function and (ii) develop or
enhance, and test control processes relating to treasury, payables, property,
plant and equipment, accounts receivable, accounts payable and information
technology. Except as described above, there were no other
significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could
significantly affect the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures during the
three and six months ended June 30, 2009, nor were there any significant
deficiencies or material weaknesses in the Company’s internal
controls.
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Part
II. OTHER
INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal
Proceedings
Not
applicable.
Item
1A. Risk
Factors
Not
applicable.
Item 2. Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
ISSUER
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SHARES
Period
|
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
(1)
|
Average price
Paid per Share
|
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced
Programs
|
Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares that
May Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs (2) (3)
|
||||||||||||
April
1-30, 2009
|
- | $ | - | - | $ | - | ||||||||||
May
1-31, 2009
|
666 | $ | 1.48 | 666 | $ | 397,000 | ||||||||||
June
1-30, 2009
|
26,225 | $ | 2.06 | 26,225 | $ | 346,000 | ||||||||||
Total
|
26,891 | 26,891 |
(1)
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Does
not include 42,188 shares of common stock, with a value of $70,032,
received by the Company as partial
restitution from a former officer of the
Company.
|
(2)
|
In
May 2009, the Company's Board of Directors approved a share repurchase
plan of up to 200,000 shares.
|
(3)
|
Dollar
value of shares are calculated based on the closing price at 6/30/2009 of
$1.99 per share.
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Item
3. Defaults Upon
Senior Securities
Not
applicable.
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Item
4. Submission of
Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 5, 2009, the following matters were
submitted to a vote of the shareholders.
1.
|
Election
of seven directors;
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2.
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Approval
of the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan
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3.
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Ratification
of the Board’s selection of Blackman Kallick, LLP as our independent
certified public accountants.
|
A total
of 2,309,364 shares (approximately 82% of our issued and outstanding shares)
were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting. These shares
were voted on the matters presented at the meeting as follows:
1.
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For
the election of individuals nominated as
directors:
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Name
|
Total Votes For
|
Total Votes Against or
Withheld
|
||||||
John
H. Schwan
|
2,264,807
|
44,557
|
||||||
Howard
W. Schwan
|
2,203,073
|
106,291
|
||||||
Stephen
M. Merrick
|
2,264,807
|
44,557
|
||||||
Bret
Tayne
|
2,278,985
|
30,379
|
||||||
Stanley
M. Brown
|
2,278,985
|
30,379
|
||||||
John
I. Collins
|
2,279,007
|
30,357
|
||||||
Phil
Roos
|
2,278,985
|
30,379
|
2.
|
Approval
of the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan.
|
Total Votes For
|
Total Votes Against
|
Total Broker Non- Votes And
Total Votes Abstain
|
|||||
1,355,737
|
93,597
|
860,030
|
3.
Ratification
of the Board of Directors selection of Blackman Kallick, LLP as our independent
certified public accountants.
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Total Votes For
|
Total Votes Against
|
Total Broker Non- Votes And
Total Votes Abstain
|
|||||
2,257,467
|
3,550
|
48,346
|
Item
5. Other
Information
The
Certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of
Registrant Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are
attached as Exhibits to this Report on Form 10-Q.
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Item
6. Exhibits
The
following are being filed as exhibits to this report: *
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
|
3.1
|
Third
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CTI Industries Corporation
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit A contained in Registrant’s Schedule
14A Definitive Proxy Statement for solicitation of written consent of
shareholders, as filed with Commission on October 25,
1999)
|
|
3.2
|
By-laws
of CTI Industries Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibits,
contained in Registrant’s Form SB-2 Registration Statement (File No.
333-31969) effective November 5, 1997)
|
|
10.1
|
Fifth
Amendment to Loan Agreement between RBS Citizens, N.A. and the Company
dated January 30, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit contained in
Registrant’s Report on Form 8-K dated February 2, 2009)
|
|
31.1
|
Sarbanes-Oxley
Act Section 302 Certification for Howard W. Schwan
|
|
31.2
|
Sarbanes-Oxley
Act Section 302 Certification for Stephen M. Merrick
|
|
32.1
|
Sarbanes-Oxley
Act Section 906 Certification for Stephen M. Merrick, Chief Financial
Officer
|
|
32.2
|
Sarbanes-Oxley
Act Section 906 Certification for Howard W. Schwan, Chief Executive
Officer
|
* Also
incorporated by reference the Exhibits filed as part of the SB-2 Registration
Statement of the Registrant, effective November 5, 1997, and subsequent periodic
filings.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements 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.
Dated:
August 13, 2009
|
CTI
INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Howard W. Schwan
|
|
Howard
W. Schwan, President and
|
||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Stephen M. Merrick
|
|
Stephen
M. Merrick
|
||
Executive
Vice President and
|
||
Chief
Financial Officer
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