form10q033108.htm
FORM 10-Q

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
 

 
  X
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2008.

 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ________________ TO ________________.


Commission File No. 0-13375

LSI Industries Inc.
 
State of Incorporation - Ohio    IRS Employer I.D. No. 31-0888951

10000 Alliance Road

Cincinnati, Ohio  45242

(513) 793-3200



Indicate by checkmark 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, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  
YES  x                      NO o

Indicate by checkmark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.  See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer o                                       Accelerated filer x                                                       Non-accelerated filer o

Indicate by checkmark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yeso    No x

As of April 25, 2008 there were 21,586,118 shares of the Registrant's common stock outstanding.


 


LSI INDUSTRIES INC.
FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2008

INDEX
 
 
Begins on
Page
PART I.
Financial Information
 
       
 
ITEM 1.
Financial Statements
 
       
   
Condensed Consolidated Income Statements
3
   
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
4
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
5
       
   
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
6
       
 
ITEM 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
        of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
23
       
 
ITEM 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
32
       
 
ITEM 4.
Controls and Procedures
33
       
PART II.
Other Information
 
       
 
ITEM 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
33
       
 
ITEM 6.
Exhibits
34
       
Signatures
   
34


This Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to numerous assumptions, risks or uncertainties.  The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “estimates,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “expects,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should” or the negative versions of those words and similar expressions, and by the context in which they are used.  Such statements, whether expressed or implied, are based upon current expectations of the Company and speak only as of the date made.  Actual results could differ materially from those contained in or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risks and uncertainties.  These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the impact of competitive products and services, product demand and market acceptance risks, reliance on key customers, financial difficulties experienced by customers, the adequacy of reserves and allowances for doubtful accounts, fluctuations in operating results or costs, unexpected difficulties in integrating acquired businesses, the ability to retain key employees of acquired businesses and the other risk factors that are identified herein.  In addition to the factors described in this paragraph, the risk factors identified in our Form 10-K constitute risks and uncertainties that may affect the financial performance of the Company.  The Company has no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

LSI INDUSTRIES INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


(in thousands, except per share data)
 
Three Months Ended
March 31
   
Nine Months Ended
March 31
 
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
   
2007
 
Net sales – products
  $ 63,198     $ 70,131     $ 221,420     $ 233,561  
                                 
Net sales – installation
    1,582       5,192       17,423       10,069  
                                 
    Total net sales
    64,780       75,323       238,843       243,630  
                                 
Cost of products sold
    48,798       56,849       173,651       179,840  
                                 
    Gross profit
    15,982       18,474       65,192       63,790  
                                 
Selling and administrative expenses
    14,456       13,353       45,231       41,617  
                                 
    Operating income
    1,526       5,121       19,961       22,173  
                                 
Interest (income)
    (66 )     (19 )     (316 )     (37 )
                                 
Interest expense
    15       252       53       928  
    Income before income taxes
    1,577       4,888       20,224       21,282  
                                 
Income tax expense
    580       1,590       7,451       7,454  
                                 
    Net income
  $ 997     $ 3,298     $ 12,773     $ 13,828  
                                 
Earnings per common share (see Note 5)
                               
    Basic
  $ 0.05     $ 0.15     $ 0.59     $ 0.64  
    Diluted
  $ 0.05     $ 0.15     $ 0.58     $ 0.63  
                                 
Weighted average common shares
                               
  outstanding
                               
                                 
    Basic
    21,786       21,692       21,753       21,669  
    Diluted
    21,908       21,955       21,996       21,927  

The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

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LSI INDUSTRIES INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
   
 (In thousands, except share amounts)
 
March 31,
2008
   
June 30,
2007
 
ASSETS
           
             
Current Assets
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 4,509     $ 2,731  
Short-term investments
    --       8,000  
Accounts receivable, net
    41,171       55,750  
Inventories
    48,863       49,731  
Refundable income taxes
    2,327       364  
Other current assets
    4,905       6,782  
Total current assets
    101,775       123,358  
                 
Property, Plant and Equipment, net
    45,898       47,558  
                 
Goodwill, net
    42,200       42,200  
                 
Intangible Assets, net
    17,421       19,166  
                 
Other Assets, net
    1,322       1,330  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 208,616     $ 233,612  
                 
LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
                 
Current Liabilities
               
Accounts payable
  $ 13,372     $ 19,834  
Accrued expenses
    11,935       35,127  
Total current liabilities
    25,307       54,961  
                 
Long-Term Deferred Tax Liabilities
    2,250       2,175  
Other Long-Term Liabilities
    3,168       415  
                 
Shareholders’ Equity
               
Preferred shares, without par value; Authorized 1,000,000
shares; none issued
    --       --  
Common shares, without par value; Authorized 30,000,000
shares; Outstanding 21,587,096 and 21,493,327 shares,
respectively
    81,307       79,326  
Retained earnings
    96,584       96,735  
Total shareholders’ equity
    177,891       176,061  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 208,616     $ 233,612  

The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

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LSI INDUSTRIES INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 (In thousands)
 
Nine Months Ended
March 31
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
           
Net income
  $ 12,773     $ 13,828  
Non-cash items included in net income
               
Depreciation and amortization
    6,644       6,674  
Deferred income taxes
    155       21  
Deferred compensation plan
    90       131  
Stock option expense
    929       520  
Issuance of common shares as compensation
    34       30  
(Gain) on disposition of fixed assets
    3       (15 )
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    (106 )     166  
Inventory obsolescence reserve
    139       473  
                 
Changes in
               
Accounts receivable
    14,685       4,575  
Inventories
    729       (8,083 )
Accounts payable and other
    (12,823 )     (9,377 )
Reserve for uncertain tax positions
    2,793       --  
Reserve for uncertain tax positions charged against retained earnings
    (2,582 )     --  
Customer prepayments
    (17,029 )     10,343  
Net cash flows from operating activities
    6,434       19,286  
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
               
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
    (3,243 )     (4,860 )
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
    1       3,432  
Acquisition of business, net of cash received
    --       (141 )
Proceeds from sale of short-term investments
    8,000       --  
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities
    4,758       (1,569 )
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
               
Payment of long-term debt
    (958 )     (19,956 )
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
    958       9,881  
Cash dividends paid
    (10,342 )     (8,158 )
Exercise of stock options
    1,076       524  
Purchase of treasury shares
    (228 )     (285 )
Issuance of treasury shares
    80       16  
Net cash flows (used in) financing activities
    (9,414 )     (17,978 )
                 
Increase (Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    1,778       (261 )
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    2,731       3,322  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 4,509     $ 3,061  
                 
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
               
     Interest paid
  $ 62     $ 907  
     Income taxes paid
  $ 10,550     $ 7,821  
     Issuance of common shares as compensation
  $ 34     $ 30  
                 
The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

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LSI INDUSTRIES INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)


NOTE 1:            INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
The interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information, and rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.  In the opinion of Management, the interim financial statements include all normal adjustments and disclosures necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2008, and the results of its operations for the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, and its cash flows for the nine month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. These statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and footnotes included in the fiscal 2007 annual report.  Financial information as of June 30, 2007 has been derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 2:             SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Consolidation:

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of LSI Industries Inc. (an Ohio corporation) and its subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned.  All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

Revenue Recognition:

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition."  Revenue is recognized when title to goods and risk of loss have passed to the customer, there is persuasive evidence of a purchase arrangement, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, and collectibility is reasonably assured.  Revenue is typically recognized at the time of shipment. Sales are recorded net of estimated returns, rebates and discounts.  Amounts received from customers prior to the recognition of revenue are accounted for as customer pre-payments and are included in accrued expenses.  Revenue is recognized in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) 00-21, “Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables.”

The Company has four sources of revenue:  revenue from product sales; revenue from installation of products; service revenue generated from providing integrated design, project and construction management, site engineering and site permitting; and revenue from shipping and handling.

Product revenue is recognized on product-only orders at the time of shipment.  Product revenue related to orders where the customer requires the Company to install the product is generally recognized when the product is installed.  In some situations,

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product revenue is recognized when the product is shipped, before it is installed, because by agreement the customer has taken title to and risk of ownership for the product before installation has been completed.  Other than normal product warranties or the possibility of installation or post-shipment service and maintenance of certain solid state LED video screens or billboards, the Company has no post-shipment responsibilities.

Installation revenue is recognized when the products have been fully installed.  The Company is not always responsible for installation of products it sells and has no post-installation responsibilities, other than normal warranties.

Service revenue from integrated design, project and construction management, and site permitting is recognized at the completion of the contract with the customer.  With larger customer contracts involving multiple sites, the customer may require progress billings for completion of identifiable, time-phased elements of the work, in which case revenue is recognized at the time of the progress billing which coincides with the completion of the earnings process.  Post-shipment service and maintenance revenue, if applicable, related to solid state LED video screens or billboards is recognized according to terms defined in each individual service agreement and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Shipping and handling revenue coincides with the recognition of revenue from sale of the product.

Credit and Collections:

The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts receivable for probable estimated losses resulting from either customer disputes or the inability of its customers to make required payments.  If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, resulting in their inability to make the required payments, the Company may be required to record additional allowances or charges against income.  The Company determines its allowance for doubtful accounts by first considering all known collectibility problems of customers’ accounts, and then applying certain percentages against the various aging categories of the remaining receivables.  The resulting allowance for doubtful accounts receivable is an estimate based upon the Company’s knowledge of its business and customer base, and historical trends.  The Company also establishes allowances, at the time revenue is recognized, for returns and allowances, discounts, pricing and other possible customer deductions.  These allowances are based upon historical trends.

The following table presents the Company’s net accounts receivable at the dates indicated.

(In thousands)
 
March 31,
2008
   
June 30,
2007
 
Accounts receivable
  $ 41,887     $ 56,572  
less Allowance for doubtful accounts
    (716 )     (822 )
Accounts receivable, net
  $ 41,171     $ 55,750  


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Facilities Expansion Tax Incentives and Credits:

The Company periodically receives either tax incentives or credits for state income taxes when it expands a facility and/or its level of employment in certain states within which it operates.  A tax incentive is amortized to income over the time period that the state could be entitled to return of the tax incentive if the expansion or job growth were not maintained, and is recorded as a reduction of either manufacturing overhead or administrative expenses.  A credit is amortized to income over the time period that the state could be entitled to return of the credit if the expansion were not maintained, is recorded as a reduction of state income tax expense, and is subject to a valuation allowance review if the credit cannot immediately be utilized.

Short-Term Investments:

Short-term investments consist of tax free (federal) investments in high grade government agency backed bonds for which the interest rate resets weekly and the Company has a seven day put option.  These investments are classified as available-for-sale securities and are stated at fair market value, which represents the most recent reset amount at period end.  The Company invested in these types of short-term investments during fiscal 2007 and the first half of fiscal 2008.

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

The cash balance includes cash and cash equivalents which have original maturities of less than three months.  At March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2007, the bank balances included $2,495,000 and $2,421,000, respectively, in excess of FDIC insurance limits.

Inventories:

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market.  Cost is determined on the first-in, first-out basis.

Property, Plant and Equipment and Related Depreciation:

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost.  Major additions and betterments are capitalized while maintenance and repairs are expensed.  For financial reporting purposes, depreciation is computed on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

                    Buildings
31 - 40 years
                    Machinery and equipment
  3 - 10 years
                    Computer software
  3 -   8 years

Costs related to the purchase, internal development, and implementation of the Company’s fully integrated enterprise resource planning/business operating software system are either capitalized or expensed in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Statement of Position 98-1, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use.”  The current business operating software was first implemented in January 2000.  All costs capitalized for the business operating software are being depreciated over an eight year life from the date placed in service.  Other purchased computer software is being depreciated over periods ranging from three to five years.  Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of fifteen years or the remaining term of the lease.

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The following table presents the Company’s property, plant and equipment at the dates indicated.

 (In thousands)
 
March 31,
2008
   
June 30,
2007
 
Property, plant and equipment, at cost
  $ 103,192     $ 100,847  
less Accumulated depreciation
    (57,294 )     (53,289 )
Property, plant and equipment, net
  $ 45,898     $ 47,558  

Intangible Assets:

Intangible assets consisting of customer relationships, trade names and trademarks, patents, technology and software, and non-compete agreements are recorded on the Company's balance sheet and are being amortized to expense over periods ranging between two and forty years.  The excess of cost over fair value of assets acquired ("goodwill") is not amortized but is subject to review for impairment.  See additional information about goodwill and intangibles in Note 7.  The Company periodically evaluates intangible assets, goodwill and other long-lived assets for permanent impairment.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments:

The Company has financial instruments consisting primarily of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, revolving lines of credit, and long-term debt.  The fair value of these financial instruments approximates carrying value because of their short-term maturity and/or variable, market-driven interest rates.  The Company has no financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk.

Product Warranties:

The Company offers a limited warranty that its products are free of defects in workmanship and materials.  The specific terms and conditions vary somewhat by product line, but generally cover defects returned within one to five years from date of shipment.  The Company records warranty liabilities to cover the estimated future costs for repair or replacement of defective returned products as well as products that need to be repaired or replaced in the field after installation.  The Company calculates its liability for warranty claims by applying estimates to cover unknown claims, as well as estimating the total amount to be incurred for known warranty issues.  The Company periodically assesses the adequacy of its recorded warranty liabilities and adjusts the amounts as necessary.

Changes in the Company’s warranty liabilities, which are included in accrued expenses in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, during the periods indicated below were as follows:

 (In thousands)
 
March 31,
2008
   
June 30,
2007
 
Balance at beginning of the period
  $ 314     $ 378  
Additions charged to expense
    1,081       1,172  
Deductions for repairs and replacements
    (1,031 )     (1,236 )
Balance at end of the period
  $ 364     $ 314  

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Contingencies:

The Company is party to various negotiations, customer bankruptcies, and legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business.  The Company provides reserves for these matters when a loss is probable and reasonably estimable.  In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows or liquidity (see Note 12).

Research and Development Costs:

Research and development expenses are costs directly attributable to new product development and consist of salaries, payroll taxes, employee benefits, materials, supplies, depreciation and other administrative costs.  All costs are expensed as incurred and are classified as operating expenses.  Research and development costs incurred total $1,079,000 and $589,000 for the three month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively and $2,798,000 and $1,829,000 for the nine month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Earnings Per Common Share:

The computation of basic earnings per common share is based on the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period net of treasury shares held in the Company’s non-qualified deferred compensation plan.  The computation of diluted earnings per share is based on the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period and includes common share equivalents.  Common share equivalents include the dilutive effect of stock options, contingently issuable shares (for which issuance has been determined to be probable), and common shares to be issued under a deferred compensation plan, all of which totaled 122,000 shares and 263,000 shares for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively and 243,000 shares and 258,000 shares for the nine months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Stock Options:

The Company recorded $228,500 in the first nine months of fiscal 2008 as a reduction of federal income taxes payable, $221,300 as an increase in common stock, and $7,200 as a reduction of income tax expense to reflect the tax credits it will receive as a result of disqualifying dispositions of shares from stock option exercises.  This had the effect of reducing cash flow from operating activities and increasing cash flow from financing activities by $221,300.  The Company recorded $114,200 in the first nine months of fiscal 2007 as a reduction of federal income taxes payable, $104,100 as an increase in additional paid in capital, and $10,100 as a reduction of income tax expense to reflect the tax credits it will receive as a result of disqualifying dispositions of shares from stock option exercises.  This had the effect of reducing cash flow from operating activities and increasing cash flow from financing activities by $104,100.  See further discussion in Note 11.

Recent Pronouncements:

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.”  This Statement provides a new definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and expands disclosures

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about fair value measurements.  The Statement applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements.  SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, or the Company’s fiscal year 2009.  Two FASB Staff Positions (FSP) were subsequently issued.  In February 2007, FSP No. 157-2 delayed the effective date of this SFAS No. 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a nonrecurring basis.  This FSP is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, or the Company’s fiscal year 2010.  FSP No. 157-1, also issued in February 2007, excluded FASB No. 13 “Accounting for Leases” and other accounting pronouncements that address fair value measurements for purposes of lease classification or measurement under FASB No. 13.  However, this scope exception does not apply to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that are required to be measured at fair value under FASB Statement No. 141, “Business Combinations” or FASB No. 141R, “Business Combinations.”  This FSP is effective upon initial adoption of SFAS No. 157.  The Company will be evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 157 and cannot currently estimate the impact on its consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.”  This Statement improves financial reporting by requiring an employer to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position and to recognize changes in that funded status in the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive income.  This Statement also improves financial reporting by requiring an employer to measure the funded status of a plan as of the date of its year-end statement of financial position, with limited exceptions.  The effective date to initially recognize the funded status and to provide the required disclosures is for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2006, or the Company’s fiscal year 2007.  SFAS No. 158 requires companies to measure plan assets and benefit obligations for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008, or the Company’s fiscal year 2009.  The Company has adopted the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 158 and as such, did not have a significant impact on its consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.”  This Statement permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value.  The election is made on an instrument-by-instrument basis and is irrevocable.  If the fair value option is elected for an instrument, SFAS No. 159 specifies that all subsequent changes in fair value for that instrument shall be reported in earnings.  The objective of the pronouncement is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions.  This Statement is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007, or in the Company’s case, July 1, 2008. The Company is evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 159 and cannot currently estimate the impact on its consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations,” which replaces SFAS No. 141.  The statement retains the purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, but requires a number of changes,

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including changes in the way assets and liabilities are recognized in the purchase accounting.  It also changes the recognition of assets acquired and liabilities assumed arising from contingencies, requires the capitalization of in-process research and development at fair value, and requires the expensing of acquisition related costs as incurred.  SFAS No. 141R is effective for us beginning July 1, 2009 and will apply prospectively to business combinations completed on or after that date.

Comprehensive Income:

The Company does not have any comprehensive income items other than net income.

Reclassifications:

Certain reclassifications may have been made to prior year amounts in order to be consistent with the presentation for the current year.  This included the presentation of changes in non-cash items, specifically the allowance for doubtful accounts, the inventory obsolescence reserve and customer prepayments, within the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, and identification of installation revenues on the face of the condensed consolidated income statements.  The Company has also revised its business segment reporting in these financial statements to now report two business segments (Lighting and Graphics), rather than three segments as had previously been reported.  See further discussion in Note 4.

Use of Estimates:

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

NOTE 3:            MAJOR CUSTOMER CONCENTRATIONS

 
The Company sells both lighting and graphics products into its most significant market, the petroleum / convenience store market, with approximately 22% and 27% of total net sales concentrated in this market for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and approximately 30% and 24% of total net sales concentrated in this market for the nine month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

 
The Company’s net sales to a major customer in the Graphics Segment, CVS Corporation, represented approximately $24,910,000, or 10% of consolidated net sales in the nine months ended March 31, 2007.

NOTE 4:            BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

 
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” establishes standards for reporting information regarding operating segments in annual financial statements and requires selected information of those segments to be presented in interim financial statements.  Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise for which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker (the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer) in making decisions on how to allocate resources and assess performance.  While the Company has thirteen operating segments, it has only two reportable operating business segments:  Lighting

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and Graphics.  These segments are strategic business units organized around product categories that follow management’s internal organization structure with a President of LSI Lighting Solutions Plus and a President of LSI Graphics Solutions Plus reporting directly to the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

 
The Lighting Segment includes outdoor, indoor, and landscape lighting that has been fabricated and assembled for the commercial, industrial and multi-site retail lighting markets, including the petroleum/convenience store market.  The Lighting Segment includes the operations of LSI Ohio Operations, LSI Metal Fabrication, LSI MidWest Lighting, LSI Lightron and LSI Greenlee Lighting.  These operations have been integrated and have similar economic characteristics.  LSI Marcole, which produces wire harnesses used in the Company’s lighting products and also manufactures electric wiring used by appliance manufacturers in commercial and industrial markets, has been aggregated into the Lighting Segment based on its overall immateriality compared to the consolidated amounts of the reportable business segment and management’s plans to continue to integrate its Lighting operations by increasing its intercompany volume.

 
The Graphics Segment designs, manufactures and installs exterior and interior visual image elements related to image programs, menu board systems, solid state LED digital advertising billboards, and solid state LED digital sports and entertainment video screens.  These products are used in visual image programs in several markets, including the petroleum/convenience store market and multi-site retail operations.  The Graphics Segment includes the operations of Grady McCauley, LSI Retail Graphics and LSI Integrated Graphic Systems, which have been aggregated as such facilities manufacture two-dimensional graphics with the use of screen and digital printing, fabricate three-dimensional structural graphics sold in the multi-site retail and petroleum/convenience store markets, and exhibit each of the similar economic characteristics outlined in paragraph 17 of SFAS No. 131.  The Graphics Segment also includes LSI Images, which manufactures three-dimensional menu board systems, and LSI Adapt, which provides customers with surveying, permitting, engineering and installation services related to products of the Graphics Segment.  The results of LSI Images, LSI Adapt, the solid-state LED billboards and sports video boards, and the Smartvision video screens for the entertainment market have been aggregated into the Graphics Segment based on the overall immateriality of these operating segments compared to the consolidated amounts of the reportable Graphics business segment as these operating segments are driven by a few contract-specific programs that vary year-over-year.

 
In its evaluation of business segment reporting, the Company determined that the total of external revenues reported by the operating segments in the Lighting Segment (LSI Ohio Operations, LSI Metal Fabrication, LSI MidWest Lighting, LSI Lightron, Greenlee Lighting) and the operating segments in the Graphics Segment (Grady McCauley, LSI Retail Graphics and LSI Integrated Graphic Systems) comprised more than 75% of total consolidated revenue.

 
Effective with the first quarter of fiscal 2008, the Company has realigned its business segment reporting structure to reflect changes in its manufacturing operations and changes in its internal management reporting to the President and CEO, and to appropriately report operating results to shareholders of the Company.  This change resulted in the former Technology Segment, which was comprised of the LSI Saco Technologies operations, being collapsed into the Lighting and Graphics Segments.  LSI Saco Technologies will serve as the Company’s R&D center with its primary mission to continue to develop solid-state LED technology to be employed in both the Lighting and

 
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Graphics Segments, and will also be responsible for Smartvision® video screens for the entertainment market and some specialty LED lighting.  The marketing and sales of solid-state LED billboards and sports video boards has been transferred from LSI Saco Technologies and will be overseen by the President of LSI Graphics Solutions Plus.  The marketing and sales of all LED light fixtures will be overseen by the president of LSI Lighting Solutions Plus.  Segment information from earlier periods contained herein has been recast to reflect the change in business segment composition.

 
Summarized financial information for the Company’s reportable business segments for the three months and nine months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, and as of March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2007 is as follows:

(In thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
March 31
   
Nine Months Ended
March 31
 
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
   
2007
 
Net sales:
                       
Lighting Segment
  $ 44,869     $ 46,450     $ 141,594     $ 147,787  
Graphics Segment
    19,911       28,873       97,249       95,843  
    $ 64,780     $ 75,323     $ 238,843     $ 243,630  
                                 
Operating income:
                               
Lighting Segment
  $ 1,392     $ 2,161     $ 8,889     $ 9,778  
Graphics Segment
    134       2,960       11,072       12,395  
    $ 1,526     $ 5,121     $ 19,961     $ 22,173  
                                 
Capital expenditures:
                               
Lighting Segment
  $ 275     $ 1,979     $ 2,144     $ 2,893  
Graphics Segment
    425       542       1,099       1,967  
    $ 700     $ 2,521     $ 3,243     $ 4,860  
                                 
Depreciation and amortization:
                               
Lighting Segment
  $ 1,353     $ 1,333     $ 4,136     $ 4,097  
Graphics Segment
    820       863       2,508       2,577  
    $ 2,173     $ 2,196     $ 6,644     $ 6,674  

   
March 31,
2008
   
June 30,
2007
 
Identifiable assets:
           
Lighting Segment
  $ 105,468     $ 112,266  
Graphics Segment
    85,025       97,507  
      190,493       209,773  
Corporate
    18,123       23,839  
    $ 208,616     $ 233,612  


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Segment net sales represent sales to external customers.  Intersegment revenues were eliminated in consolidation as follows:

 (In thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
March 31
   
Nine Months Ended
March 31
 
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
   
2007
 
Lighting Segment net sales to the Graphics Segment
  $ 480     $ 701     $ 3,179     $ 2,417  
                                 
Graphics Segment net sales to the Lighting Segment
  $ 353     $ 591     $ 1,332     $ 1,864  

 
Segment operating income, which is used in management’s evaluation of segment performance, represents net sales less all operating expenses including allocations of corporate expense, but excluding interest expense.

 
Identifiable assets are those assets used by each segment in its operations, including allocations of shared assets.  Corporate assets consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, refundable income taxes and certain intangible assets.

The Company considers its geographic areas to be:  1) the United States, and 2) Canada. The majority of the Company’s operations are in the United States; one operation is in Canada.  The geographic distribution of the Company’s net sales and long-lived assets are as follows:

(In thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
March 31
   
Nine Months Ended
March 31
 
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
   
2007
 
Net sales (a):
                       
United States
  $ 63,000     $ 69,235     $ 232,488     $ 229,152  
Canada
    1,780       6,088       6,355       14,478  
    $ 64,780     $ 75,323     $ 238,843     $ 243,630  

   
March 31,
2008
   
June 30,
2007
 
Long-lived assets (b):
  $ 101,567     $ 104,653  
United States
    5,274       5,601  
Canada
  $ 106,841     $ 110,254  

 
(a)
Net sales are attributed to geographic areas based upon the location of the operation making the sale.

 
(b)
Long-lived assets includes property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, goodwill, and other long term assets.

NOTE 5:
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

 
The following table presents the amounts used to compute earnings per common share and the effect of dilutive potential common shares on net income and weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands, except per share data):


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Three Months Ended
March 31
   
Nine Months Ended
March 31
 
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
   
2007
 
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE
                       
                         
Net income
  $ 997     $ 3,298     $ 12,773     $ 13,828  
                                 
Weighted average shares outstanding during the
period, net of treasury shares (a)
    21,576       21,489       21,544       21,470  
Weighted average shares outstanding in the
Deferred Compensation Plan during the period
    210       203       209       199  
Weighted average shares outstanding
    21,786       21,692       21,753       21,669  
                                 
Basic earnings per share
  $ 0.05     $ 0.15     $ 0.59     $ 0.64  
                                 
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
                               
                                 
Net income
  $ 997     $ 3,298     $ 12,773     $ 13,828  
                                 
Weighted average shares outstanding  - Basic
    21,786       21,692       21,753       21,669  
                                 
Effect of dilutive securities (b):
                               
Impact of common shares to be issued under
stock option plans, and contingently issuable
shares, if any
    122       263       243       258  
                                 
Weighted average shares outstanding (c)
    21,908       21,955       21,996       21,927  
                                 
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 0.05     $ 0.15     $ 0.58     $ 0.63  

 
(a)
Includes shares accounted for like treasury stock in accordance with EITF 97-14.
     
 
(b)
Calculated using the “Treasury Stock” method as if dilutive securities were exercised and the funds were used to purchase common shares at the average market price during the period.
     
 
(c)
Options to purchase 627,283 common shares and 237,067 common shares during the three month periods ending March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and options to purchase 528,758 common shares and 187,263 common shares during the nine month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise price was greater than the average fair market value of the common shares.


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NOTE 6:
BALANCE SHEET DATA

 
The following information is provided as of the dates indicated (in thousands):

   
March 31, 2008
   
June 30,
2007
 
Inventories
           
Raw materials
  $ 22,902     $ 23,111  
Work-in-process
    7,566       8,211  
Finished goods
    18,395       18,409  
    $ 48,863     $ 49,731  
                 
Accrued Expenses
               
Compensation and benefits
  $ 6,339     $ 8,837  
Customer prepayments
    1,461       18,490  
Accrued Commissions
    1,257       1,287  
Accrued income taxes
    72       1,726  
Other accrued expenses
    2,806       4,787  
    $ 11,935     $ 35,127  
                 
Other Long-Term Liabilities
               
Reserve for uncertain tax positions
  $ 2,793     $ --  
Other long-term liabilities
    375       415  
    $ 3,168     $ 415  

NOTE 7:          GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company completed its annual goodwill impairment test in fiscal 2008 as of July 1, 2007.  For purposes of this test, the Company determined it had seven reporting units, of which five have goodwill.  Based upon this analysis, there was no goodwill impairment.

 
The Company identified its reporting units in conjunction with its annual goodwill impairment testing.   In connection with the realignment of its operating business segments (see Note 4), the Company allocated certain amounts of the goodwill and intangible assets that resulted from the LSI Saco Technologies acquisition to certain of its reporting units based upon the relative fair values of these reporting units.  The Company relies upon a number of factors, judgments and estimates when conducting its impairment testing.  These include operating results, forecasts, anticipated future cash flows and market place data, to name a few.  There are inherent uncertainties related to these factors and judgments in applying them to the analysis of goodwill impairment.

The following tables present information about the Company's goodwill and other intangible assets on the dates or for the periods indicated.

(in thousands)
 
As of March 31, 2008
   
As of June 30, 2007
 
   
Carrying
Amount
   
Accumulated
Amortization
   
Net
   
Carrying
Amount
   
Accumulated
Amortization
   
Net
 
Goodwill
  $ 44,585     $ 2,385     $ 42,200     $ 44,585     $ 2,385     $ 42,200  
                                                 
Other Intangible Assets
  $ 24,173     $ 6,752     $ 17,421     $ 24,173     $ 5,007     $ 19,166  


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Amortization Expense of Other Intangible Assets

   
March 31, 2008
   
March 31, 2007
 
Three Months Ended
  $ 581     $ 585  
                 
Nine Months Ended
  $ 1,745     $ 1,745  

 
The Company expects to record amortization expense over each of the next five years as follows:  2008 -- $2,326,000; 2009 through 2012 -- $2,101,000.

The carrying amounts of goodwill for both June 30, 2007 and March 31, 2008 are as follows:  Lighting Segment $11,320,000 and Graphics Segment $30,880,000; total Company $42,200,000.

The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization by major other intangible asset class is as follows:


   
March 31, 2008
   
June 30, 2007
 
(in thousands)
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
   
Accumulated
Amortization
   
Gross
Carrying
Amount
   
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Intangible Assets
                       
                         
Amortized Intangible Assets
                       
Customer relationships
  $ 7,472     $ 3,483     $ 7,472     $ 3,068  
Trademarks and trade names
    920       168       920       151  
Patents
    110       51       110       45  
LED Technology firmware, software
    10,448       2,612       10,448       1,493  
Non-compete agreements
    630       438       630       250  
      19,580       6,752       19,580       5,007  
                                 
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets
                               
Trademarks and trade names
    4,593       --       4,593       --  
      4,593       --       4,593       --  
                                 
Total Intangible Assets
  $ 24,173     $ 6,752     $ 24,173     $ 5,007  

NOTE 8:           REVOLVING LINES OF CREDIT AND LONG-TERM DEBT

The Company has an unsecured $50 million revolving line of credit with its bank group in the U.S.  As of March 31, 2008, all $50 million of this line of credit was available.  A portion of this credit facility is a $20 million line of credit that expires in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.  The remainder of the credit facility is a $30 million three year committed line of credit that expires in fiscal 2011.  Annually in the third quarter, the credit facility is renewable with respect to adding an additional year of commitment to replace the year just ended.  Interest on the revolving lines of credit is charged based upon an increment over the LIBOR rate as periodically determined, an increment over the Federal Funds Rate as periodically determined, or at the bank’s base lending rate, at the Company’s option.  The increment over the LIBOR borrowing rate, as periodically determined, fluctuates between 50 and 75 basis points depending upon the ratio of indebtedness to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA).  The increment over the Federal Funds borrowing rate, as periodically determined, fluctuates between

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150 and 200 basis points, and the commitment fee on the unused balance of the $30 million committed portion of the line of credit fluctuates between 15 and 25 basis points based upon the same leverage ratio.  Under terms of these agreements, the Company has agreed to a negative pledge of assets, to maintain minimum levels of profitability and net worth, and is subject to certain maximum levels of leverage.  The Company has had no borrowings under its bank credit facilities in the U.S. in fiscal year 2008.

The Company also established a $7 million line of credit for its Canadian subsidiary.  The line of credit expires in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.  Interest on the Canadian subsidiary’s line of credit is charged based upon an increment over the LIBOR rate or based upon an increment over the United States base rates if funds borrowed are denominated in U.S. dollars or an increment over the Canadian prime rate if funds borrowed are denominated in Canadian dollars.  While there has been some activity in the line of credit during the first nine months of fiscal 2008, there are no borrowings against this line of credit as of March 31, 2008.

The Company is in compliance with all of its loan covenants as of March 31, 2008.

NOTE 9:            RESERVE FOR UNCERTAIN TAX LIABILITIES
 
The Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” on July 1, 2007.  As a result of adoption, the Company recognized $2,582,000 in reserves for uncertain tax positions and recorded a charge of $2,582,000 to the July 1, 2007 retained earnings balance.  As of the adoption date, penalties were $523,000 of the reserve.  Additionally, tax and interest, net of federal tax, were $1,592,000 and $467,000, respectively, of the reserves as of July 1, 2007.  Of the $2,582,000 reserve for uncertain tax positions, $2,059,000 would have an unfavorable impact on the effective tax rate if recognized.
 
For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2008, the Company recognized an additional $37,000 and $211,000 tax expense, respectively, related to the increase in reserves for uncertain tax positions.  The Company is recording estimated interest and penalties related to potential underpayment of income taxes as a component of tax expense in the Consolidated Income Statement.  While it is reasonably possible that the amount of reserves for uncertain tax positions may change in the next twelve months, the Company does not anticipate that total reserves for uncertain tax positions will significantly change due to the settlement of audits or the expiration of statutes of limitations in the next twelve months.
 
The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return in the United States, and files various combined and separate tax returns in several state and local jurisdictions. With limited exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. Federal, state and local tax examinations by tax authorities for fiscal years ending prior to June 30, 2003.  The Company is currently under audit by the Internal Revenue Service on its fiscal year 2006 Federal Income Tax Return.

  NOTE 10:
CASH DIVIDENDS

The Company paid cash dividends of $10,342,000 and $8,158,000 in the nine month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.  In April, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a $0.15 per share regular quarterly cash dividend (approximately $3,238,000) payable on May 13, 2008 to shareholders of record as of May 6, 2008.

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NOTE 11:          EQUITY COMPENSATION

Stock Options

The Company has an equity compensation plan that was approved by shareholders which covers all of its full-time employees, outside directors and advisors.  The options granted or stock awards made pursuant to this plan are granted at fair market value at date of grant or award.  Options granted to non-employee directors become exercisable 25% each ninety days (cumulative) from date of grant, and options granted to employees generally become exercisable 25% per year (cumulative) beginning one year after the date of grant. Prior to fiscal 2007, options granted to non-employee directors were immediately exercisable.  The number of shares reserved for issuance is 2,250,000, of which 1,249,752 shares were available for future grant or award as of March 31, 2008.  This plan allows for the grant of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted and unrestricted stock awards, performance stock awards, and other stock awards.  As of March 31, 2008, a total of 1,201,482 options for common shares were outstanding from this plan as well as two previous stock option plans (both of which had also been approved by shareholders), and of these, a total of 599,532 options for common shares were vested and exercisable.  The approximate unvested stock option expense as of March 31, 2008 that will be recorded as expense in future periods is $2,796,000.  The weighted average time over which this expense will be recorded is approximately 22 months.

The fair value of each option on the date of grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  The below listed weighted average assumptions were used for grants in the periods indicated.

   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
3/31/08
   
3/31/07
   
3/31/08
   
3/31/07
 
Dividend yield
    3.61%       2.92%       3.61%       2.92%  
Expected volatility
    37.32%       39.04%       36.38%       40.00%  
Risk-free interest rate
    2.5%       4.6%       4.3%       4.6%  
Expected life
 
4.3 yrs.
   
7 yrs.
   
4.3 yrs.
   
7 yrs.
 

At March 31, 2008, the 328,200 options granted in the first nine months of fiscal 2008 to employees and non-employee directors had exercise prices ranging from $12.58 to $19.76, fair values ranging from $3.07 to $6.61, and remaining contractual lives of between four years and eleven months to nine years and five months.

At March 31, 2007, the 245,700 options granted in the first nine months of fiscal 2007 to non-employee directors had exercise prices ranging from $13.83 to $18.19, fair values ranging from $4.88 to $6.55, and remaining contractual lives of between four and one-half years to ten years.

The Company records stock option expense using a straight line Black-Scholes method with an estimated 4.2% forfeiture rate (revised in the second quarter of fiscal 2008 from the 10% forfeiture rate previously used).  The expected volatility of the Company’s stock was calculated based upon the historic monthly fluctuation in stock price for a period approximating the expected life of option grants.  The risk-free interest rate is the rate of a five year Treasury security at constant, fixed maturity on the approximate date of the stock option grant.  The expected life of outstanding options is determined to be less than the contractual term for a period equal to the aggregate group of option holders’ estimated weighted average time within which options will be exercised.  It is the Company’s policy

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that when stock options are exercised, new common shares shall be issued.  No equity compensation expense has been capitalized in inventory or fixed assets.  As of March 31, 2008, the Company expects that approximately 577,000 outstanding stock options, net of forfeitures, having a weighted average exercise price of $17.57, weighted average remaining contractual terms of 8.5 years and aggregate intrinsic value of $237,000 will vest in the future.

Information related to all stock options for the nine months ended March 31, 2008 is shown in the table below:


   
Shares
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding at 6/30/07
    983,788     $ 12.16  
6.3 yrs.
  $ 5,642,400  
                           
Granted
    328,200     $ 19.74            
Forfeitures
    (5,500 )   $ 16.14            
Exercised
    (105,006 )   $ 9.52            
                           
Outstanding at 3/31/08
    1,201,482     $ 14.45  
6.8 yrs.
  $ 1,790,700  
                           
Exercisable at 3/31/08
    599,532     $ 11.31  
5.1 yrs.
  $ 1,543,300  

The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised in the nine months ended March 31, 2008 was $913,649.  The Company received $855,000 of cash and 8,068 shares from employees who exercised 105,006 options during the nine months ended March 31, 2008. Additionally, in this nine month period, the Company recorded $228,500 as a reduction of federal income taxes payable, $221,300 as an increase in common stock, and $7,200 as a reduction of income tax expense related to the exercises of stock options in which the employees sold the common shares prior to the passage of twelve months from the date of exercise.

Information related to unvested stock options for the nine months ended March 31, 2008 is shown in the table below:

   
Shares
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding unvested stock options at 6/30/07
    443,157     $ 14.40  
8.3 yrs.
  $ 1,552,100  
                           
Vested
    (163,907 )   $ 13.38            
Forfeitures
    (5,500 )   $ 16.14            
Granted
    328,200     $ 19.74            
                           
Outstanding unvested stock  options at 3/31/08
    601,950     $ 17.57  
8.5 yrs.
  $ 247,400  


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Stock Compensation Awards

The Company awarded a total of 1,876 common shares in the first nine months of fiscal 2008, valued at their approximate $33,875 fair market value on the date of issuance pursuant to the compensation programs for non-employee directors and twenty year service awards for fourteen employees who receive a portion of their compensation as an award of Company stock.  Stock compensation awards are made in the form of newly issued common shares of the Company.

Deferred Compensation Plan

The Company has a non-qualified deferred compensation plan providing for both Company contributions and participant deferrals of compensation.  The Plan is fully funded in a Rabbi Trust.  All Plan investments are in common shares of the Company.  As of March 31, 2008 there were 36 participants, and all but one had fully vested account balances.  A total of 208,733 common shares with a cost of $2,397,200, and 203,688 common shares with a cost of $2,249,400 were held in the Plan as of March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2007, respectively, and, accordingly, have been recorded as treasury shares. The change in the number of shares held by this plan is the net result of share purchases and sales on the open stock market for compensation deferred into the Plan and for distributions to terminated employees.  The Company does not issue new common shares for purposes of the Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan.  For the full fiscal year 2008, the Company estimates the Rabbi Trust for the Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan will make net repurchases in the range of 14,000 to 15,000 common shares of the Company.  During the nine months ended March 31, 2008 the Company used approximately $228,000 to purchase common shares of the Company in the open stock market for either employee salary deferrals or Company contributions into the Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan.  The Company does not currently repurchase its own common shares for any other purpose.

NOTE 12:         LOSS CONTINGENCY RESERVE

 
The Company is party to various negotiations and legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business, most of which are dismissed or resolved with minimal expense to the Company, exclusive of legal fees.  Since October of 2000, the Company has been the defendant in a complex lawsuit alleging patent infringement with respect to some of the Company’s menu board systems sold over the past approximately eleven years.  The Company has defended and intends to continue to defend this case vigorously.  The Company made a reasonable settlement offer in the third quarter of fiscal 2005 and, accordingly, recorded a loss contingency reserve in the amount of $590,000.  This settlement offer was not accepted by the plaintiff and the Company received a counter offer of $4.1 million to settle the majority of the alleged patent infringement.  In March 2007, the Company received a favorable summary judgment decision.  As a result of the favorable summary judgment decision, the loss contingency reserve of $590,000 was written off to income in the third quarter of fiscal 2007.  The plaintiffs in this lawsuit appealed the summary judgment decision and in March 2008 the summary judgment decision was vacated by the Appeals Court and the lawsuit was remanded back to the lower level court for additional consideration.  With this lawsuit back in progress, the Company intends to vigorously defend itself.  In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies,” the Company has not recorded a loss contingency reserve because the probability and estimate of loss, if any, is uncertain.

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ITEM 2.           MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
 
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net Sales by Business Segment
(In thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
March 31
   
Nine Months Ended
March 31
 
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
   
2007
 
Lighting Segment
  $ 44,869     $ 46,450     $ 141,594     $ 147,787  
                                 
Graphics Segment
     19,911       28,873       97,249       95,843  
                                 
    $ 64,780     $ 75,323     $ 238,843     $ 243,630  

The Company’s “forward looking statements” as presented earlier in this Form 10-Q in the “Safe Harbor” Statement should be referred to when reading Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The Company has streamlined its segment reporting to the two segments of Lighting and Graphics, and accordingly, results of fiscal 2007 have been recast into these two segments.  This change in segment reporting did not have any impact on previously reported consolidated financial results of the Company.

Results of Operations

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 COMPARED TO THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2007

Net sales of $64,780,000 in third quarter of fiscal 2008 decreased 14.0% from fiscal 2007 third quarter net sales of $75,323,000.  Lighting Segment net sales decreased 3.4% to $44,869,000 and Graphics Segment net sales decreased 31.0% to $19,911,000 as compared to the prior year.  Sales to the petroleum / convenience store market represented 22% and 27% of net sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 and 2007, respectively.  Net sales to this, the Company’s largest niche market, are reported in both the Lighting and Graphics Segments, depending upon the product or service sold, and were down 29% from last year to $14,179,000 as Graphics sales to this market decreased significantly (40%) and Lighting sales decreased (10%).  The petroleum / convenience store market has been, and will continue to be, a very important niche market for the Company; however, if sales to other markets and customers increase more than net sales to this market, then the percentage of net sales to the petroleum / convenience store market would be expected to decline.

The $1.6 million or 3.4% decrease in Lighting Segment net sales is primarily the net result of a $1.9 million or 7.8% increase in commissioned net sales to the commercial and industrial lighting market offset by a $3.3 million net decrease in lighting sales to our niche markets of petroleum / convenience stores, automotive dealerships, and retail national accounts (one large national retailer represented a reduction of approximately $4.2 million as their new store construction program slowed and the Company has transitioned from primarily interior lighting to primarily exterior lighting under a new contract).

The $9.0 million or 31.0% decrease in Graphics Segment net sales is primarily the result of completion of or reduction in volume of graphics programs, including three image conversion

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programs in the petroleum / convenience store market ($7.1 million decrease), a menu board program for a quick serve restaurant retailer ($1.5 million decrease), a sports LED video screen customer ($1.9 million decrease) and an LED billboard customer ($2.0 million decrease), partially offset by increased net sales related to a menu board program for a quick serve restaurant retailer ($4.2 million increase).  See Note 3 to these financial statements on Major Customer Concentrations.

Image and brand programs, whether full conversions or enhancements, are important to the Company’s strategic direction.  Image programs include situations where our customers refurbish their retail sites around the country by replacing some or all of the lighting, graphic elements, menu board systems and possibly other items they may source from other suppliers. These image programs often take several quarters to complete and involve both our customers’ corporate-owned sites as well as their franchisee-owned sites, the latter of which involve separate sales efforts by the Company with each franchisee.  The Company may not always be able to replace net sales immediately when a large image conversion program has concluded.  Brand programs typically occur as new products are offered or new departments are created within an existing retail store.  Relative to net sales to a customer before and after an image or brand program, net sales during the program are typically significantly higher, depending upon how much of the lighting or graphics business is awarded to the Company.  Sales related to a customer’s image or brand program are reported in either the Lighting Segment and/or the Graphics Segment, depending upon the product and/or service provided.

Gross profit of $15,982,000 in third quarter of fiscal 2008 decreased 13% from last year, and increased slightly as a percentage of net sales to 24.7% as compared to 24.5% last year.  The decrease in the amount of gross profit is due primarily to the effects of the 14% decrease in net sales (made up of a 3.4% decrease in the Lighting Segment and a 31.0% decrease in the Graphics Segment), and decreased margins on installation revenue.  The following items also influenced the Company’s gross profit margin on a consolidated basis:  competitive pricing pressures, less manufacturing overhead absorption, and other manufacturing expenses in support of production requirements ($0.1 million of decreased wage, compensation and benefits costs; $0.1 million of decreased factory supplies, repairs and maintenance).

Selling and administrative expenses of $14,456,000 in the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 increased $1.1 million, and increased to 22.3% as a percentage of net sales from 17.7% last year.  Fiscal 2007 administrative expense included a favorable reversal of a $0.6 million loss contingency reserve, with no similar favorable item in fiscal 2008.  Other changes of expense between years include increased sales commission expense ($0.6 million), increased research & development expense ($0.5 million, primarily associated with research and development spending related to solid-state LED technology), decreased legal expenses ($0.3 million), increased outside services ($0.2 million) and decreased warranty expense ($0.1 million).

The Company reported net interest income of $51,000 in third quarter of fiscal 2008 as compared to net interest expense of $233,000 last year.  The Company was in a positive cash position and was debt free during the third quarter of fiscal 2008 and generated interest income on invested cash.  The Company was in a borrowing position during the third quarter of fiscal 2007.  The effective tax rate in third quarter of fiscal 2008 was 36.8% as compared to 32.5% in the same period of fiscal 2007, primarily as a result of favorable tax credits in the fiscal 2007 third quarter.

Net income of $997,000 decreased 69.8% in third quarter of fiscal 2008 as compared to $3,298,000 last year.  The decrease is primarily the result of decreased gross profit on decreased net sales and increased operating expenses, partially offset by net interest income as compared to net interest expense last year, and decreased income taxes.  Diluted earnings

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per share was $0.05 in third quarter of fiscal 2008, as compared to $0.15 per share last year. The weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of computing diluted earnings per share in third quarter of fiscal 2008 was 21,908,000 shares as compared to 21,955,000 shares last year.

NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 COMPARED TO NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2007

Net sales of $238,843,000 in first nine months of fiscal 2008 decreased 2.0% from fiscal 2007 nine month net sales of $243,630,000.  Lighting Segment net sales decreased 4.2% to $141,594,000 and Graphics Segment net sales increased 1.5% to $97,249,000 as compared to the prior year.  Sales to the petroleum / convenience store market represented 30% and 24% of net sales in the first nine months of fiscal 2008 and 2007, respectively.  Net sales to this, the Company’s largest niche market, are reported in both the Lighting and Graphics Segments, depending upon the product or service sold, and were up 23% from last year to $70,496,000 as Graphics sales to this market increased significantly (47%) and Lighting sales decreased (8%).  The petroleum / convenience store market has been, and will continue to be, a very important niche market for the Company; however, if sales to other markets and customers increase more than net sales to this market, then the percentage of net sales to the petroleum / convenience store market would be expected to decline.

The $6.2 million or 4.2% decrease in Lighting Segment net sales is primarily the net result of a $6.5 million or 8.9% increase in commissioned net sales to the commercial and industrial lighting market, offset by an $11.5 million decrease in lighting sales to our niche markets of petroleum / convenience stores, automotive dealerships, and retail national accounts (one large national retailer represented approximately $12.9 million of this reduction as their new store construction program slowed and the Company has transitioned from primarily interior lighting to primarily the exterior lighting under a new contract).

The $1.4 million or 1.5% increase in Graphics Segment net sales is primarily the result of increased net sales related to two image conversion programs in the petroleum / convenience store market ($17.3 million increase), and to a menu board conversion program for a quick serve restaurant retailer ($19.6 million increase).  These increases were partially offset by completion of programs or reduction of net sales to other graphics customers, including an image conversion program for a national drug store retailer ($13.7 million decrease), a petroleum / convenience store customer ($6.0 million decrease), an LED billboard customer ($2.0 million decrease), reduced project sales to a customer involved in sports scoreboards and video screens ($5.5 million reduction), reduced sales for a menu board conversion program for a quick serve restaurant retailer ($2.6 million decrease) and changes in volume or completion of other graphics programs.  See Note 3 to these financial statements on Major Customer Concentrations.

Image and brand programs, whether full conversions or enhancements, are important to the Company’s strategic direction.  Image programs include situations where our customers refurbish their retail sites around the country by replacing some or all of the lighting, graphic elements, menu board systems and possibly other items they may source from other suppliers. These image programs often take several quarters to complete and involve both our customers’ corporate-owned sites as well as their franchisee-owned sites, the latter of which involve separate sales efforts by the Company with each franchisee.  The Company may not always be able to replace net sales immediately when a large image conversion program has concluded.  Brand programs typically occur as new products are offered or new departments are created within an existing retail store.  Relative to net sales to a customer before and after an image or brand program, net sales during the program are typically significantly higher, depending upon

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how much of the lighting or graphics business is awarded to the Company.  Sales related to a customer’s image or brand program are reported in either the Lighting Segment and/or the Graphics Segment, depending upon the product and/or service provided.

Gross profit of $65,192,000 in first nine months of fiscal 2008 increased 2% from last year, and increased as a percentage of net sales to 27.3% as compared to 26.2% last year.  The increase in the gross profit percentage is primarily due to the increased weighting of net sales from the more profitable Graphics Segment and gross profit percentage improvements in both segments.  The increase in amount of gross profit is primarily due to increased installation sales and improvements in the Graphics gross margin percentage, partially offset by reduced gross profit from reduced lighting net sales and decreased margins on installation revenue  The following items also influenced the Company’s gross profit margin on a consolidated basis:  competitive pricing pressures, and other manufacturing expenses in support of increased production requirements ($0.4 million of increased wage, compensation and benefits costs; $0.4 million of decreased outside services; $0.2 million decreased lease and rental expense; $0.1 million increased depreciation expense; $0.1 million decreased utilities and property taxes; and $0.1 million decreased repairs and maintenance).

Selling and administrative expenses of $45,231,000 in the first nine months of fiscal year 2008 increased $3.6 million, and increased to 18.9% as a percentage of net sales from 17.1% last year.  Employee compensation and benefits expense increased $1.0 million in first nine months of fiscal 2008 as compared to last year.  Other changes of expense between years include increased sales commission expense ($1.6 million), increased research & development expense ($1.0 million, primarily associated with research and development spending related to solid-state LED technology), increased outside services ($1.0 million), decreased legal expenses ($0.8 million), increased warranty expense ($0.3 million), decreased bad debt expense ($0.2 million), decreased depreciation expense ($0.1 million), and increased repairs and maintenance ($0.1 million).  Additionally, fiscal 2007 administrative expense included a favorable reversal of a $0.6 million loss contingency reserve, with no similar favorable item in fiscal 2008.

The Company reported net interest income of $263,000 in first nine months of fiscal 2008 as compared to net interest expense of $891,000 last year.  The Company was in a positive cash position and was debt free for substantially all of the first nine months of fiscal 2008 and generated interest income on invested cash.  The Company was in a borrowing position the first nine months of fiscal 2007.  The effective tax rate in first nine months of fiscal 2008 was 36.8% as compared to 35.0% in the same period of fiscal 2007, primarily as a result of favorable tax credits in fiscal 2007.

Net income of $12,773,000 decreased 7.6% in first nine months of fiscal 2008 as compared to $13,828,000 last year.  The decrease is primarily the result of increased gross profit on decreased net sales, and net interest income as compared to net interest expense last year, offset by increased operating expenses.  Diluted earnings per share was $0.58 in first nine months of fiscal 2008, as compared to $0.63 per share last year. The weighted average common shares outstanding for purposes of computing diluted earnings per share in first nine months of fiscal 2008 were 21,996,000 shares as compared to 21,927,000 shares last year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company considers its level of cash on hand, its borrowing capacity, its current ratio and working capital levels to be its most important measures of short-term liquidity.  For long-term liquidity indicators, the Company believes its ratio of long-term debt to equity and its historical levels of net cash flows from operating activities to be the most important measures.
 

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At March 31, 2008 the Company had working capital of $76.5 million, compared to $68.4 million at June 30, 2007.  The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 4.02 to 1 as compared to a ratio of 2.24 to 1 at June 30, 2007.  The $8.1 million increase in working capital from June 30, 2007 to March 31, 2008 was primarily related to decreased accrued expenses and customer prepayments ($23.2 million), decreased accounts payable ($6.5 million) and increased refundable income taxes ($2.0 million) partially offset by decreased net accounts receivable ($14.6 million), decreased cash and short-term investments ($6.2 million), decreased other current assets ($1.9 million) and decreased net inventories ($0.9 million),

The Company generated $6.4 million of cash from operating activities in first nine months of fiscal 2008 as compared to generation of $19.3 million of cash last year.  The $12.9 million decrease in net cash flows from operating activities in first nine months of fiscal 2008 is primarily the net result of less net income ($1.1 million unfavorable), a larger decrease in accounts receivable (favorable change of $10.1 million), a decrease rather than an increase in inventories (favorable change of $8.8 million), more of a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses (unfavorable change of $3.4 million), a decrease rather than an increase in customer prepayments (unfavorable $27.4 million), an increase in the reserve for uncertain income tax positions (favorable change of $0.2 million), and increased stock option expense (favorable change of $0.4 million), a reduction rather than an increase in the bad debt reserve (unfavorable change of $0.3 million), and less of an increase in the obsolete inventory reserve (unfavorable change of $0.3 million).

Net accounts receivable were $41.2 million and $55.8 million at March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2007, respectively.  The decrease of $14.6 million in net accounts receivable is primarily due to a lesser amount of net sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 ($64.8 million) as compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 ($93.8 million).  The DSO (Days’ Sales Outstanding) increased to 59 days at March 31, 2008 as compared to 48 days at June 30, 2007 (primarily as a result of timing of payments from the Company’s Graphics customers), thereby partially offsetting the reduction in accounts receivable.  The Company believes that its receivables are ultimately collectible or recoverable, net of certain reserves, and that aggregate allowances for doubtful accounts are adequate.

Inventories at March 31, 2008 decreased $0.9 million from June 30, 2007 levels.  Inventory of the Graphics Segment increased approximately $0.1 million, while inventory in the Lighting Segment decreased approximately $1 million (some of this inventory supports certain graphics programs) since June 30, 2007.  The $6.5 million decrease in accounts payable from June 30, 2007 to March 31, 2008 is primarily related to flow of materials in support of reduced anticipated sales and production volume, particularly in the Company’s Graphics Segment.

The $23.2 million decrease in accrued expenses from June 30, 2007 to March 31, 2008 is primarily related to a decrease in customer prepayments ($17.0 million), decreased accruals for compensation and benefits ($2.5 million), decreased accrued income taxes ($1.7 million) and decreased other accrued expenses ($2 million).  The Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (FIN 48), as of July 1, 2007 by recording a liability of $2,582,000 and a corresponding charge to Retained Earnings.  The Company added $211,000 to this liability and recorded a corresponding income tax expense in the first nine months of fiscal 2008.  See Note 9 to the March 31, 2008 financial statements.

Cash generated from operations and borrowing capacity under two line of credit facilities are the Company’s primary source of liquidity.  The Company has an unsecured $50 million revolving line of credit with its bank group in the U.S., with all $50 million of the credit line available as of April 24, 2008.  This line of credit consists of a $30 million three year committed credit facility expiring in fiscal 2010 and a $20 million credit facility expiring in the third quarter of

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fiscal 2009. Additionally, the Company has a separate $7 million annually renewable line of credit for the working capital needs of its Canadian subsidiary, LSI Saco Technologies, all of which is available as of April 24, 2008.  The Company believes that the total of available lines of credit plus cash flows from operating activities is adequate for the Company’s fiscal 2008 operational and capital expenditure needs. The Company is in compliance with all of its loan covenants.

The Company generated $4.8 million of cash related to investing activities in first nine months of fiscal 2008 as compared to a use of $1.6 million in the same period last year.  The primary change between years relates to the fiscal 2007 proceeds from the sale of fixed assets (as two significant rental LED video screens were sold, $3.4 million unfavorable), less purchase of fixed assets ($1.6 million unfavorable), and the fiscal 2008 divesture of short-term investments ($8.0 million generation of funds).  The Company expects fiscal 2008 capital expenditures to be in the $5 million range, exclusive of business acquisitions.

The Company used approximately $9.4 million of cash related to financing activities in first nine months of fiscal 2008 as compared to a use of $18.0 million the same period last year.  The $8.6 million change between years is primarily the result of activities with the Company’s lines of credit ($10.1 million unfavorable).  The first nine months of fiscal 2008 was a period in which the debt that was borrowed was also paid off, whereas the first nine months of fiscal 2007 was a period of net payment of borrowed money.  Cash dividend payments of $10.3 million in first nine months of fiscal 2008 were greater than cash dividend payments of $8.2 million in the same period last year.  The change between years relates to the fiscal 2007 special year-end dividend of approximately $1.1 million paid in the first quarter of fiscal 2008, and a higher per share dividend rate and an increased number of outstanding shares in first nine months of fiscal 2008 for the regular quarterly cash dividend.  Additionally, the Company experienced increased cash flow from the exercise of stock options in first nine months of fiscal 2008 as compared to the same period last year (favorable $0.6 million).

The Company has financial instruments consisting primarily of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, revolving lines of credit, and long-term debt.  The fair value of these financial instruments approximates carrying value because of their short-term maturity and/or variable, market-driven interest rates.  The Company has no financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk and has no off balance sheet arrangements.

On April 23, 2008 the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share (approximately $3,238,000) payable May 13, 2008 to shareholders of record on May 6, 2008.  The declaration and amount of dividends will be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, in its discretion, based upon its evaluation of earnings, cash flow, capital requirements and future business developments and opportunities, including acquisitions.

Carefully selected acquisitions have long been an important part of the Company’s strategic growth plans.  The Company continues to seek out, screen and evaluate potential acquisitions that could add to the Lighting or Graphics product lines or enhance the Company’s position in selected markets.  The Company believes adequate financing for any such investments or acquisitions will be available through future borrowings or through the issuance of common or preferred shares in payment for acquired businesses.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The Company is required to make estimates and judgments in the preparation of its financial statements that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related footnote disclosures.  The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the

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circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities.  The Company continually reviews these estimates and their underlying assumptions to ensure they remain appropriate.  The Company believes the items discussed below are among its most significant accounting policies because they utilize estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and therefore are based on management’s judgment.  Significant changes in the estimates or assumptions related to any of the following critical accounting policies could possibly have a material impact on the financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition."  Revenue is recognized when title to goods and risk of loss have passed to the customer, there is persuasive evidence of a purchase arrangement, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, and collectibility is reasonably assured.  Revenue is typically recognized at time of shipment. Sales are recorded net of estimated returns, rebates and discounts.  Amounts received from customers prior to the recognition of revenue are accounted for as customer prepayments and are included in accrued expenses.  Revenue is recognized in accordance with EITF 00-21.

The Company has four sources of revenue:  revenue from product sales; revenue from installation of products; service revenue generated from providing integrated design, project and construction management, site engineering and site permitting; and revenue from shipping and handling.  Product revenue is recognized on product-only orders at the time of shipment.  Product revenue related to orders where the customer requires the Company to install the product is generally recognized when the product is installed.  In some situations, product revenue is recognized when the product is shipped, before it is installed, because by agreement the customer has taken title to and risk of ownership for the product before installation has been completed.  Other than normal product warranties or the possibility of installation or post-shipment service and maintenance of certain solid state LED video screens or billboards, the Company has no post-shipment responsibilities.  Installation revenue is recognized when the products have been fully installed.  The Company is not always responsible for installation of products it sells and has no post-installation responsibilities, other than normal warranties.  Service revenue from integrated design, project and construction management, and site permitting is recognized at the completion of the contract with the customer.  With larger customer contracts involving multiple sites, the customer may require progress billings for completion of identifiable, time-phased elements of the work, in which case revenue is recognized at the time of the progress billing which coincides with the completion of the earnings process.  Post-shipment service and maintenance revenue, if applicable, related to solid state LED video screens or billboards is recognized according to terms defined in each individual service agreement and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principals.  Shipping and handling revenue coincides with the recognition of revenue from sale of the product.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes;” accordingly, deferred income taxes are provided on items that are reported as either income or expense in different time periods for financial reporting purposes than they are for income tax purposes.  Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are reported on the Company’s balance sheet.  Significant management judgment is required in developing the Company’s income tax provision, including the determination of deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowances that might be required against deferred tax assets.

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The Company operates in multiple taxing jurisdictions and is subject to audit in these jurisdictions.  The Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities routinely review the Company’s tax returns.  These audits can involve complex issues which may require an extended period of time to resolve.  In management’s opinion, adequate provision has been made for potential adjustments arising from these examinations.

As of March 31, 2008 the Company had recorded two deferred state income tax assets, one in the amount of $22,000 related to a state net operating loss carryover generated by the Company’s New York subsidiary, and the other in the amount of $938,000, net of federal tax benefits, related to non-refundable state tax credits.  The Company has determined that these deferred state income tax assets totaling $960,000 do not require any valuation reserves because, in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109 (SFAS No. 109), these assets will, more likely than not, be realized.
 
The Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” on July 1, 2007.  As a result of adoption, the Company recognized $2,582,000 in reserves for uncertain tax positions and recorded a charge of $2,582,000 to the July 1, 2007 retained earnings balance.  As of the adoption date, penalties were $523,000 of the reserve.  Additionally, tax and interest, net of federal tax, were $1,592,000 and $467,000, respectively, of the reserves as of July 1, 2007.  Of the $2,582,000 reserve for uncertain tax positions, $2,059,000 would have an unfavorable impact on the effective tax rate if recognized.
 
 
As of March 31, 2008, the Company recognized an additional $211,000 tax expense related to the increase in reserves for uncertain tax positions.  The Company is recording estimated interest and penalties related to potential underpayment of income taxes as a component of tax expense in the Consolidated Income Statement.  While it is reasonably possible that the amount of reserves for uncertain tax positions may change in the next twelve months, the Company does not anticipate that total reserves for uncertain tax positions will significantly change due to the settlement of audits or the expiration of statutes of limitations in the next twelve months.

Equity Compensation

The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment,” effective July 1, 2005.  SFAS No. 123(R) requires public entities to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments and recognize this cost over the period during which an employee is required to provide the services.

Asset Impairment

Carrying values of goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are reviewed at least annually for possible impairment in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (SFAS No. 142), “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.”  The Company’s impairment review involves the estimation of the fair value of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets using a discounted cash flow approach, at the reporting unit level, that requires significant management judgment with respect to revenue and expense growth rates, changes in working capital and the selection and use of an appropriate discount rate.  The estimates of fair value of reporting units are based on the best information available as of the date of the assessment.  The use of different assumptions would increase or decrease estimated discounted future operating cash flows and could increase or decrease an impairment charge.  Company management uses its judgment in assessing whether assets

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may have become impaired between annual impairment tests.  Indicators such as adverse business conditions, economic factors and technological change or competitive activities may signal that an asset has become impaired.  While the Company’s annual analysis and test for impairment of goodwill conducted as of July 1, 2007 has not been audited, indications are that goodwill is not impaired.  There were no impairment charges related to goodwill recorded by the Company during fiscal 2008 or 2007.

Carrying values for long-lived tangible assets and definite-lived intangible assets, excluding goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, are reviewed for possible impairment as circumstances warrant in connection with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144 (SFAS No. 144), “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.”  Impairment reviews are conducted at the judgment of Company management when it believes that a change in circumstances in the business or external factors warrants a review.  Circumstances such as the discontinuation of a product or product line, a sudden or consistent decline in the forecast for a product, changes in technology or in the way an asset is being used, a history of negative operating cash flow, or an adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate, among others, may trigger an impairment review.  The Company’s initial impairment review to determine if a potential impairment charge is required is based on an undiscounted cash flow analysis at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows exist.  The analysis requires judgment with respect to changes in technology, the continued success of product lines and future volume, revenue and expense growth rates, and discount rates.  There were no impairment charges related to long-lived tangible assets or definite-lived intangible assets recorded by the Company during fiscal year 2008 or 2007.

Credit and Collections

The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts receivable for probable estimated losses resulting from either customer disputes or the inability of its customers to make required payments.  If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, resulting in their inability to make the required payments, the Company may be required to record additional allowances or charges against income.  The Company determines its allowance for doubtful accounts by first considering all known collectibility problems of customers’ accounts, and then applying certain percentages against the various aging categories of the remaining receivables.  The resulting allowance for doubtful accounts receivable is an estimate based upon the Company’s knowledge of its business and customer base, and historical trends.  The Company also establishes allowances, at the time revenue is recognized, for returns and allowances, discounts, pricing and other possible customer deductions.  These allowances are based upon historical trends.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.”  This Statement provides a new definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.  The Statement applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements.  SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, or the Company’s fiscal year 2009.  Two FASB Staff Positions (FSP) were subsequently issued.  In February 2007, FSP No. 157-2 delayed the effective date of this SFAS No. 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a nonrecurring basis.  This FSP is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, or the Company’s fiscal year 2010.  FSP No. 157-1, also issued in February 2007, excluded FASB No. 13 “Accounting for Leases” and other accounting pronouncements that address fair value measurements for purposes of lease

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classification or measurement under FASB No. 13.  However, this scope exception does not apply to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that are required to be measured at fair value under FASB Statement No. 141, “Business Combinations” or FASB No. 141R, “Business Combinations.”  This FSP is effective upon initial adoption of SFAS No. 157.  The Company will be evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 157 and cannot currently estimate the impact on its consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.”  This Statement improves financial reporting by requiring an employer to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position and to recognize changes in that funded status in the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive income.  This Statement also improves financial reporting by requiring an employer to measure the funded status of a plan as of the date of its year-end statement of financial position, with limited exceptions.  The effective date to initially recognize the funded status and to provide the required disclosures is for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2006, or the Company’s fiscal year 2007.  SFAS No. 158 requires companies to measure plan assets and benefit obligations for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008, or the Company’s fiscal year 2009.  The Company has adopted the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 158 and as such, did not have a significant impact on its consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.”  This Statement permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value.  The election is made on an instrument-by-instrument basis and is irrevocable.  If the fair value option is elected for an instrument, SFAS No. 159 specifies that all subsequent changes in fair value for that instrument shall be reported in earnings.  The objective of the pronouncement is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions.  This Statement is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007, or in the Company’s case, July 1, 2008. The Company is evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 159 and cannot currently estimate the impact on its consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations,” which replaces SFAS No. 141.  The statement retains the purchase method of accounting for acquisitions, but requires a number of changes, including changes in the way assets and liabilities are recognized in the purchase accounting.  It also changes the recognition of assets acquired and liabilities assumed arising from contingencies, requires the capitalization of in-process research and development at fair value, and requires the expensing of acquisition related costs as incurred.  SFAS No. 141R is effective for us beginning July 1, 2009 and will apply prospectively to business combinations completed on or after that date.

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There have been no material changes in the Registrant’s exposure to market risk since June 30, 2007.  Additional information can be found in Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk, which appears on page 13 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.

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ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

An evaluation was performed as of March 31, 2008 under the supervision and with the participation of the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Based upon this evaluation, the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2008, in all material respects, to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports the Registrant files and submits under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required.

There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recently ended fiscal period of the Registrant or in other factors that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 
(c)
The Company does not purchase into treasury its own common shares for general purposes.  However, the Company does purchase its own common shares, through a Rabbi Trust, in connection with investments of employee/participants of the LSI Industries Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan.  Purchases of Company common shares for this Plan in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 were as follows:

 
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 
 
 
 
 
 
Period
 
 
(a) Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
 
 
 
(b) Average
Price Paid
per Share
 
(c) Total Number of
Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs
(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
1/1/08 to 1/31/08
401
$11.94
401
(1)
2/1/08 to 2/29/08
  --
--
  --
(1)
3/1/08 to 3/31/08
  663
$13.12
  663
(1)
Total
1,064
$12.69
1,064
(1)

(1)
All acquisitions of shares reflected above have been made in connection with the Company's Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, which has been authorized for 375,000 shares of the Company to be held in the Plan.  At March 31, 2008 the Plan held 208,733 shares of the Company.


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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

 
a)
Exhibits
 
       
   
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a)
       
   
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a)
       
   
32.1
Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
       
   
32.2
Section 1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer

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.
 
 
LSI Industries Inc.
 
 
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Robert J. Ready  
    Robert J. Ready  
    President and Chief Executive Officer  
     (Principal Executive Officer)  
     
       
 
By:
/s/Ronald S. Stowell   
    Ronald S. Stowell  
    Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   

April 29, 2008

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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