10-Q
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2006
or
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 001-07731
EMERSON RADIO CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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22-3285224 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization)
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Identification No.) |
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9 Entin Road Parsippany, New Jersey
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07054 |
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(973) 884-5800
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. þ Yes o No
Indicate by check mark 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.
o Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer þ Non-accelerated filer
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act). o Yes þ No
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of common stock as of March 15, 2007: 27,109,832.
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
EMERSON RADIO CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except earnings per share data)
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Three Months Ended |
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Nine Months Ended |
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December 31 |
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December 31 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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Net revenues |
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$ |
89,339 |
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$ |
76,514 |
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$ |
244,168 |
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$ |
192,737 |
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Costs and expenses: |
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Cost of sales |
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64,344 |
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66,555 |
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177,920 |
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167,577 |
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Cost of sales-related party |
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12,148 |
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33,090 |
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Other operating costs and expenses |
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1,330 |
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1,823 |
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4,355 |
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4,663 |
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Selling, general and administrative
expenses (exclusive of non-cash
compensation shown below) |
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5,402 |
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5,588 |
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16,208 |
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14,810 |
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Acquisition costs |
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21 |
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Non-cash compensation |
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83 |
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90 |
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138 |
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260 |
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83,307 |
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74,056 |
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231,732 |
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187,310 |
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Operating income |
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6,032 |
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2,458 |
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12,436 |
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5,427 |
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Interest expense, net |
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457 |
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370 |
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564 |
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976 |
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Income before income taxes and
discontinued operations |
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5,575 |
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2,088 |
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11,872 |
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4,451 |
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Provision for income taxes |
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1,880 |
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693 |
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3,792 |
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1,638 |
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Income from continuing operations |
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3,695 |
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1,395 |
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8,080 |
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2,813 |
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Income from discontinued
operations, net of tax |
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272 |
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Gain on sale of Sport Supply
Group, Inc., net of tax |
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12,646 |
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Income from discontinued operations |
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12,918 |
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Net income |
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$ |
3,695 |
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$ |
1,395 |
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$ |
8,080 |
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$ |
15,731 |
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Basic net income per share: |
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Continuing operations |
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$ |
0.14 |
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0.05 |
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$ |
0.30 |
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$ |
0.10 |
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Discontinued operations |
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0.48 |
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$ |
0.14 |
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$ |
0.05 |
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$ |
0.30 |
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$ |
0.58 |
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Diluted net income per share: |
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Continuing operations |
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$ |
0.14 |
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$ |
0.05 |
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$ |
0.30 |
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$ |
0.10 |
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Discontinued operations |
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0.48 |
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$ |
0.14 |
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$ |
0.05 |
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$ |
0.30 |
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$ |
0.58 |
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Weighted average shares
outstanding: |
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Basic |
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27,097 |
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27,048 |
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27,080 |
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27,089 |
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Diluted |
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27,117 |
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27,154 |
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27,121 |
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27,185 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the interim
consolidated financial statements.
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EMERSON RADIO CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
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December 31, 2006 |
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March 31, 2006 |
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(Unaudited) |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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11,062 |
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$ |
17,517 |
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Restricted cash |
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3,000 |
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3,000 |
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Accounts receivable (less allowances of $4,660 and
$4,770, respectively) |
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22,149 |
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18,996 |
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Other receivables |
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1,690 |
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1,427 |
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Due from affiliates |
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22,605 |
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Inventories |
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40,516 |
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33,003 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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4,913 |
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3,694 |
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Deferred tax assets |
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3,344 |
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4,350 |
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Total current assets |
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109,279 |
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81,987 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |
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2,467 |
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2,500 |
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Trademarks and other intangible assets, net |
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325 |
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442 |
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Deferred tax assets |
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5,422 |
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6,861 |
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Other assets |
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125 |
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712 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
117,618 |
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$ |
92,502 |
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Short-term borrowings |
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$ |
4,727 |
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$ |
1,841 |
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Revolving credit facilities |
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7,786 |
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Current maturities of long-term borrowings |
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148 |
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85 |
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Accounts payable and other current liabilities |
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22,051 |
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18,121 |
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Accrued sales returns |
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2,316 |
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1,583 |
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Income taxes payable |
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1,451 |
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142 |
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Total current liabilities |
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38,479 |
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21,772 |
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Long-term borrowings |
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685 |
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575 |
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Shareholders equity: |
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Preferred shares 10,000,000 shares authorized, 3,677
shares issued and outstanding |
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3,310 |
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3,310 |
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Common
shares $.01 par value, 75,000,000 shares
authorized; 52,945,797 and 52,900,297 shares issued,
27,109,832 and 27,064,332 shares outstanding,
respectively |
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529 |
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529 |
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Capital in excess of par value |
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117,316 |
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117,085 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive losses |
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(82 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(18,395 |
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(26,475 |
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Treasury stock, at cost, 25,835,965 shares |
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(24,224 |
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(24,224 |
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Total shareholders equity |
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78,454 |
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70,155 |
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Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
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$ |
117,618 |
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$ |
92,502 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the interim consolidated financial statements.
Certain reclassifications were made to conform the prior years financial statements to the current
presentation.
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EMERSON RADIO CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
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Nine Months Ended |
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December 31 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Income from continuing operations |
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$ |
8,080 |
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$ |
2,813 |
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Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations
To net cash used by continuing operations: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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701 |
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921 |
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Non cash compensation |
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138 |
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260 |
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Deferred tax expenses |
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2,445 |
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1,312 |
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Asset allowances, reserves and other |
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2,253 |
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2,808 |
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Changes in assets and liabilities: |
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Restricted cash |
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2,616 |
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Accounts receivable |
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(4,325 |
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(11,898 |
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Other receivables |
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(263 |
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269 |
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Due from affiliates |
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(22,605 |
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Inventories |
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(7,861 |
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(747 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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(1,219 |
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289 |
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Other assets |
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525 |
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(699 |
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Accounts payable and other current liabilities |
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3,929 |
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6,442 |
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Income taxes payable |
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1,309 |
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131 |
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Operating cash flow (used) by continuing operations |
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(16,893 |
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4,517 |
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Operating cash flow (used) by discontinued operations |
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220 |
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Net cash (used) provided by operating activities |
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(16,893 |
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4,737 |
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Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Additions to property and equipment (continuing operations) |
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(225 |
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(654 |
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Investing activities of discontinued operations, including
proceeds from sale of SSG (net of cash at date of sale) |
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29,488 |
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Net cash (used) provided by investing activities |
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(225 |
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28,834 |
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Short-term borrowings |
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31,894 |
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7,500 |
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Repayments of short-term borrowings |
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(24,045 |
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(7,500 |
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Net borrowings (repayments) under revolving credit facility |
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2,886 |
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(11,267 |
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Purchase of treasury stock |
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(392 |
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Exercise of stock options |
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94 |
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Long-term borrowings |
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63,321 |
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34,702 |
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Repayments of long-term borrowings |
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(63,487 |
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(46,050 |
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Financing activities of continuing operations |
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10,663 |
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(23,007 |
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Financing activities of discontinued operations |
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(143 |
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Net cash provided (used) by financing activities |
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10,663 |
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(23,150 |
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Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents |
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(6,455 |
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10,421 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period (including
cash of discontinued operations of $0 and $1,141,
respectively) |
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17,517 |
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2,958 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
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$ |
11,062 |
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$ |
13,379 |
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Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:
The Company has entered into certain capital lease agreements. For the nine month period ended
December 31, 2006, the Company entered into agreements related to approximately $264,000 of
equipment, which is excluded from the statement of cash flow as the transaction was non-cash in
nature. There were no such transactions during the nine month period ended December 31, 2005.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the interim consolidated financial statements.
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EMERSON RADIO CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1 BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Emerson Radio Corp. (Emerson,
consolidated the Company), which operates in the consumer electronics business. On July 1,
2005, Emerson sold its 53.2% ownership in Sport Supply Group, Inc. (SSG), which was previously
reported as the Companys Sporting Goods Segment, to Collegiate Pacific Inc. (Collegiate) for net
proceeds of $30.7 million, after disposition costs, which resulted in a net gain of $12.6 million,
or $0.48 per share, that was reported in the Companys results for the quarter ended September 30,
2005. Such gain was net of total estimated income taxes of $4.2 million. As a result of the sale,
the financial position and results of operations of SSG have been presented as discontinued
operations for all prior year periods shown in the accompanying financial statements (see Note 10),
and the Company now operates in one segment, the consumer electronics segment. The consumer
electronics business includes the design, sourcing, importing and marketing of a variety of
consumer electronic products and the licensing of the
and
H.H. Scott
® trademarks for a variety
of products domestically and internationally to certain licensees.
The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements reflect all normal and recurring
adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present a fair statement of our
consolidated financial position as of December 31, 2006 and the results of operations for the three
and nine month periods ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005. All significant intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The preparation of the unaudited
interim consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes; actual results
could materially differ from those estimates. The unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and accordingly do not include all of the disclosures normally made in our annual
consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, these unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes
thereto for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (fiscal 2006), included in our annual report on
Form 10-K, as amended, for fiscal 2006.
Due to the seasonal nature of Emersons business, the results of operations for the three and
nine month periods ended December 31, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the results of
operations that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year ending March 31,
2007 (fiscal 2007).
5
Certain reclassifications were made to conform the prior years financial statements to the
current presentation.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company elected to early-adopt SFAS No. 123R,
Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R) under the modified retrospective approach applied only to prior
interim periods in fiscal 2005. As a result, the Company has applied SFAS 123R to new awards and
to awards modified, repurchased, or cancelled after April 1, 2004. Additionally, compensation cost
for the portion of awards for which the requisite service had not been rendered that were
outstanding as of April 1, 2004 are being recognized as the requisite service is rendered on or
after April 1, 2004 (generally over the remaining option vesting period). The compensation cost
for that portion of awards has been based on the grant-date fair value of those awards as
calculated for pro forma disclosures under Statement 123. As a result of the early adoption, under
the provision of SFAS 123R, the Company has recorded non-cash compensation costs of approximately
$83,000 for the three month period ended December 31, 2006 compared to non-cash compensation
expenses of $90,000 for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year, and $138,000 and
$260,000 in non-cash compensation costs for the nine month period ended December 31, 2006 and
December 31, 2005, respectively.
NOTE 2 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Comprehensive income for the three and nine month periods ended
December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 is as follows (in thousands):
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Three Months Ended |
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Nine Months Ended |
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December 31 |
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December 31 |
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2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
Income from
continuing
operations |
|
$ |
3,695 |
|
|
$ |
1,395 |
|
|
$ |
8,080 |
|
|
$ |
2,813 |
|
Recognition of
realized losses in
Net income |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Change in
unrealized (loss)
gain on
securities, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income |
|
$ |
3,690 |
|
|
$ |
1,396 |
|
|
$ |
8,068 |
|
|
$ |
2,829 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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NOTE 3 NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in
thousands, except per share amounts):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
Numerator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings from continuing
operations for basic and
diluted earnings per share |
|
$ |
3,695 |
|
|
$ |
1,395 |
|
|
$ |
8,080 |
|
|
$ |
2,813 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator for basic earnings
per share weighted average
shares |
|
|
27,097 |
|
|
|
27,048 |
|
|
|
27,080 |
|
|
|
27,089 |
|
Effect of dilutive securities
on denominator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options and warrants |
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
106 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
96 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator for diluted
earnings per share
weighted average shares and
assumed conversions |
|
|
27,117 |
|
|
|
27,154 |
|
|
|
27,121 |
|
|
|
27,185 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings from continuing operations
Basic and diluted earnings per
share |
|
$ |
0.14 |
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
0.30 |
|
|
$ |
0.10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 4- SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Outstanding capital stock at December 31, 2006 consists of common stock and Series A
convertible preferred stock. The Series A convertible preferred stock is non-voting, has no
dividend preferences and has not been convertible since March 31, 2002; however, it retains a
liquidation preference.
At December 31, 2006, Emerson had approximately 632,000 options outstanding with exercise
prices ranging from $1.00 to $3.26.
In September 2003, the Company publicly announced the Emerson Radio Corp. common stock
repurchase program. The program provides for share repurchase of up to 2,000,000 shares of
Emersons outstanding common stock. As of December 31, 2006, the Company has repurchased 1,267,623
shares under this program. During the quarter and year-to-date periods ended December 31, 2006,
there were no shares repurchased under this program. No shares have been repurchased under the
program since June 14, 2005. Repurchases of the Companys shares are subject to certain conditions
under Emersons banking facility.
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On October 7, 2003, in connection with a consulting arrangement, the Company granted 50,000
warrants with an exercise price of $5.00 per share. These warrants were valued using the
Black-Scholes option valuation model, which resulted in $90,500 being charged to earnings during
fiscal 2004. As of December 31, 2006, these warrants have not been exercised.
On August 1, 2004, in connection with a consulting agreement, the Company granted 50,000
warrants with immediate vesting and an exercise price of $3.00 per share with an expiration date of
August 2009. These warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes valuation model, which resulted in
$88,500 being charged to earnings during fiscal 2005. As of December 31, 2006, these warrants had
not been exercised.
NOTE 5 INVENTORY
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the first-in,
first-out method. As of December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2006, inventories consisted of the
following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2006 |
|
|
March 31, 2006 |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Finished goods |
|
$ |
42,277 |
|
|
$ |
34,416 |
|
Less inventory allowances |
|
|
(1,761 |
) |
|
|
(1,413 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net inventory |
|
$ |
40,516 |
|
|
$ |
33,003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 6 INCOME TAXES
The Company has tax net operating loss carry forwards included in net deferred tax assets that
are available to offset future taxable income and can be carried forward for 15 to 20 years.
Although realization is not assured, management believes it is more likely than not that all of the
net deferred tax assets will be realized through tax planning strategies available in future
periods and through future profitable operating results. The amount of the deferred tax asset
considered realizable could be reduced or eliminated if certain tax planning strategies are not
successfully executed or estimates of future taxable income during the carryforward period are
reduced. If management determines that the Company would not be able to realize all or part of the
net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to
income in the period such determination was made.
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In August 2006, the Company was notified by the Franchise Tax Board of the State of
California that it had suspended in California the rights, powers and privileges of a predecessor
company due to that predecessors failure to pay state taxes, interest and penalties for tax years
from 1979 to 1989 in the aggregate amounts of approximately $5.1 million. The Company has accrued
an amount based upon managements best estimate as to the ultimate amount payable. During the
three and nine month period ended December 31, 2006, the company recorded $500,000 of expense
related to this item. No accrual was made during the corresponding prior year periods.
NOTE 7 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On December 5, 2005, The Grande Holdings Limited (Grande) purchased approximately 37%
(10,000,000 shares) of the Companys outstanding common stock from our former Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, Geoffrey P. Jurick. Since the initial purchase of common stock, Grande has
increased its holdings of Emerson Radio Corp. common stock through open market purchases to
approximately 50.8%, as of the date of this filing.
In January 2006, Emerson commenced leasing office space and procuring services in connection
with this office space rental in Hong Kong from Grande. Under these arrangements, Emerson incurred expenses with Grande
of approximately $106,000 and $341,000 for the three and nine month periods ended December 31,
2006, respectively.
In December 2005, Emerson sold to Sansui Electric Co., Ltd. (Sansui), an affiliate of
Grande, the Companys controlling stockholder, aging inventory then located in a warehouse in the
United Kingdom. The purchase price was approximately $974,000 and represented the then net
realizable value (after write downs) of the inventory. During the period January to August 2006,
Emerson repurchased $146,000 of the inventory and on March 14, 2007, management of the Company
provided documentation indicating the net amount due from Sansui totaled $455,000, which amount was
received from Sansui on March 14, 2007. Until such time as a thorough review and verification of
the documents can be completed, the Company will continue to carry the balance of $373,000 as an
account receivable, which amount has been fully reserved for as of December 31, 2006.
In the quarter ended December 31, 2006, Emerson recorded $33.1 million of net revenues and
$50,000 of operating profit as a consequence of its participation in a Black Friday promotion of
42 plasma television sets by a major retailer. In this transaction, Emerson provided financial
assistance to the manufacturer of the television sets, Capetronic Display Limited (Capetronic), a
subsidiary of Grande. This
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financial assistance, which was provided on an unsecured basis, included (i) the deposit with
Capetronic of approximately $6.7 million for what Capetronic has indicated was parts purchases,
(ii) the opening of approximately $22.1 million of letters of credit under its credit line with
Wachovia Bank, for the benefit of Capetronic, for what Capetronic has indicated was parts purchases
and (iii) the borrowing of monies under its credit line when the letters of credit were drawn down
upon the delivery of the parts to Capetronic. In addition, Emerson purchased the television sets
from Capetronic and resold them to a distributor for $33.1 million and $50,000 of operating profit.
All amounts owed by Capetronic and the distributor to Emerson relating to this transaction have
been paid in full.
As of October 1, 2006, the Company, by action of its Chairman, entered into an agreement with
APH USA, Inc. (the Licensee) pursuant to which, among other things, Emerson agreed to grant the
Licensee a license to distribute and sell LCD televisions (LCD sets) in North America under the
Scott brand. In the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2006, the Licensee began selling 32 and 37
LCD sets to a major United States based retailer. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement with the
Licensee, Emerson was due a license fee of 0.625%, on such sales equal to $110,000, which amount
was paid on March 15, 2007.
Emerson also provided unsecured financial assistance to Capetronic, Nakamichi Corporation
(Nakamichi), Akai Electric (China) Co. Ltd. (Akai), and Sansui Electric (China) Co. Ltd.,
(Sansui), each of which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grande, the manufacturer of the LCD sets,
in the forms of letters of credit and loans which in the aggregate approximated $22.0 million in
amount at December 31, 2006. In a subsequent review of the documentation for certain of the
letters of credit referred to above, Emerson determined that some of the parts for which letters of
credit were opened were used for the manufacture of 27 and 42 television sets sold to a licensee
of Grande by Akai. Emerson had no direct or indirect interest in such sales by Akai, which did not
utilize any Emerson brand. On February 9, 2007, Capetronic agreed to pay Emerson $57,000 as a fee
for helping to finance such transaction, which fee has been paid.
On February 21, 2007, Capetronic, Nakamichi, Akai, and Sansui (collectively, the Borrowers),
each of which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grande, jointly and severally, issued a promissory
note (the Note) in favor of the Company in the principal amount of $23,501,513.71. The principal
amount of the Note represents the outstanding amounts currently owed to the Company as a result of
certain related party transactions entered into between the Company and the Borrowers described
above, including interest that had accrued from the date of such related party transactions until
the date of the Note. Simultaneously with the execution of the Note, Grande executed an unsecured
guaranty (the Guaranty) in favor of the Company pursuant to which Grande guaranteed
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payment of all of the obligations of the Borrowers under the Note in accordance with the terms
thereof.
Interest on the unpaid principal balance of the Note accrues at a rate of 8.25% per annum,
commencing on February 21, 2007, until all obligations under the Note are paid in full, subject to
an automatic increase of 2% per annum in the event of default under the Note in accordance with the
terms thereof. Payments of principal and interest under the Note are to be made in nine
installments from April 1, 2007 through June 3, 2007 in such amounts and on such dates as set forth
in the Note, with all amounts of interest due under the Note scheduled to be paid with the final
installment. The Borrowers may prepay the principal amount outstanding, together with all accrued
and unpaid interest, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time without premium or
penalty. The installment schedule is presented below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Installment |
|
|
|
Installment Amount |
Number |
|
Payment Date |
|
(in US Dollars) |
1. |
|
April 1, 2007 |
|
$ |
672,000.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
|
April 7, 2007 |
|
$ |
4,626,800.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3. |
|
April 26, 2007 |
|
$ |
4,785,246.38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4. |
|
May 4, 2007 |
|
$ |
4,543,664.18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5. |
|
May 5, 2007 |
|
$ |
1,780,790.62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6. |
|
May 10, 2007 |
|
$ |
120,271.88 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7. |
|
May 17, 2007 |
|
$ |
4,225,894.55 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. |
|
May 26, 2007 |
|
$ |
1,056,729.53 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9. |
|
June 3, 2007 |
|
$ |
2,060,348.47 |
|
NOTE 8 BORROWINGS
Short-term Borrowings
Short-term borrowings consist of amounts outstanding under the Companys foreign bank
facilities held by its foreign subsidiaries and current amounts outstanding under our Revolving
Credit Agreement with Wachovia Bank. (See Note 8 Borrowings, Long-term borrowings)
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Availability under the foreign bank facilities totaled $17.5 and $23.3 million as of December 31,
2006 and March 31, 2006, and are maintained by the pledge of bank deposits of approximately $3.0
million for each period shown in the following table. These compensating amounts are legally
restricted from use for general business purposes and are classified as restricted cash in the
current asset section of the balance sheet. The current revolver balance of $7.8 million pertains
to the purchase of LCD televisions (See Note 7 Related Party Transactions). Subsequent to
December 31, 2006, payments were made to reduce the balance of the revolver to normal seasonal
level.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2006 |
|
|
March 31, 2006 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Revolving line of credit |
|
$ |
7,786 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
Foreign bank loans |
|
|
4,727 |
|
|
|
1,841 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short term borrowings |
|
$ |
12,513 |
|
|
$ |
1,841 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term Borrowings
As of December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2006, borrowings under long-term facilities consisted
of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2006 |
|
|
March 31, 2006 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Mortgage payable |
|
$ |
585 |
|
|
$ |
641 |
|
Capitalized lease obligations
and other |
|
|
248 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
833 |
|
|
|
660 |
|
Less current maturities |
|
|
(148 |
) |
|
|
(85 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long term debt and notes payable |
|
$ |
685 |
|
|
$ |
575 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emerson Credit Facility On December 23, 2005, Emerson entered into a $45.0 million Revolving
Credit Agreement with Wachovia Bank. The loan agreement provides for a $45.0 million revolving
line of credit for revolving loans subject to individual maximums which, in the aggregate, are not
to exceed the lesser of $45 million or a Borrowing Base as defined in the loan agreement. The
Borrowing Base amount is established by specified percentages of eligible accounts receivables and
inventories and bears interest ranging from Prime (8.25% as of December 31, 2006) plus 0.00% to
0.50% or, at Emersons election, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR which was 5.33% as of
December 31, 2006) plus 1.25% to 2.25% depending on excess availability. Pursuant to the Revolving
Credit Agreement, Emerson
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is restricted from, among other things, paying certain cash dividends, and entering into
certain transactions without the lenders prior consent and is subject to certain leverage
financial covenants. Amounts outstanding under the loan agreement will be secured by substantially
all of Emersons tangible assets.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2006, Emerson amended its Revolving Credit Agreement
with Wachovia Bank, National Association to finance its working capital requirements through
October 31, 2006, primarily to ensure funding of the promotional item purchases totaling over $30.0
million. Under this amendment, Emersons line of credit was increased to $53 million from $45
million for this period, and its revolver commitments, letters of credit and inventory borrowing
bases were increased. Emerson did not utilize the additional available funds during the amendment
period, and this amendment expired at October 31, 2006.
At December 31, 2006, there were approximately $7.8 million of borrowings outstanding under
the facility and is currently in compliance with the terms of such
facility. See Note 11 Subsequent Events. The effective
interest rate on such borrowings was 8.25% at December 31, 2006.
As of December 31, 2006, the carrying value of this credit facility approximated fair value.
NOTE 9 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is not a party to, and none of its property is the subject of, any pending legal
proceedings other than routine litigation that is incidental to its business.
NOTE 10 DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
On July 1, 2005, Emerson sold its 53.2% interest in SSG to Collegiate. After disposition
costs, Emerson realized and reported in the quarter ended September 30, 2005, a gain of
approximately $12.6 million, net of estimated deferred taxes of $4.2 million. Proceeds from the
sale were used to pay down $18.5 million of indebtedness.
The following table represents the results of the discontinued operations, net of minority
interest, and net of income taxes for which there was no provision or recovery in either period.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
Discontinued Operations(SSG) |
|
December 31, 2005 |
Net revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
23,218 |
|
|
Operating income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
610 |
|
Gain on sale of SSG, net of
tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,646 |
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
12,918 |
|
NOTE 11 Subsequent Events
In its review of events subsequent to December 31, 2006, the Company learned that an Emerson
letter of credit for $734,000 was issued on February 13, 2007 for the purchase of 50 plasma
modules delete to be supplied to Sansui. Emerson had no direct or indirect interest in the purchase
of such parts. The Company received payment of approximately
$739,000, which amount includes interest, from
Sansui on March 16, 2007.
As a result of the related party transactions entered into between the Company and affiliates of
Grande described in Note 7 and this Note 11 to the Companys financial statements, the Companys
lender had advised the Company that it was in breach of certain covenants contained in the
Companys credit facility, including a covenant restricting the Company from lending money and
from entering into related party transactions without the consent of its lender and upon shipping
or utilizing credit on greater than 150 day terms. The Company had approximately $7.8 million
outstanding under its credit facility at December 31, 2006 and
approximately $15.5 million
outstanding under its credit facility at March 13, 2007. On
March 16, 2007, the lender under the credit facility
and the Company executed an amendment to the credit facility. Under the amendment, (i) the Company
granted the lender a security interest in the $23 million Note and the Guaranty
referred to in Note 7 to the Companys financial statements, (ii) a failure (following a 15 day
cure period) by the borrowers to make payments to the Company as required by the terms of the Note
will be deemed a default under the credit facility, (iii) the number of field audits by the lender
will be increased from two to three each year, at an additional annual cost of $25,000, and (iv)
the Company paid $125,000 to the lender in connection with the amendment. The
additional audit and amendment expenses, when incurred, will be billed to and borne by the
Borrowers, who have agreed to promptly remit such costs to the Company.
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Results of
Operations and Financial Condition
The following discussion of our operations and financial condition should be read in
conjunction with the Financial Statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q.
In the following discussions, most percentages and dollar amounts have been rounded to aid
presentation. Accordingly, all amounts are approximations.
Forward-Looking Information
This report contains forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to Emersons beliefs, plans,
objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future
performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be
beyond Emersons control, and which may cause Emersons actual results, performance or achievements
to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be
forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through Emersons use
of words such as may, will, can, anticipate, assume, should, indicate, would,
believe, contemplate, expect, seek, estimate, continue, plan, project, predict,
could, intend, target, potential, and other similar words and expressions of the future.
These forward-looking statements may not be realized due to a variety of factors, including,
without limitation:
|
|
|
the loss of any of our key customers or reduction in the purchase of
our products by any such customers; |
|
|
|
|
our inability to improve and maintain effective internal controls or
the failure by our personnel to comply with such internal controls; |
|
|
|
|
the failure to maintain our relationships with our licensees and |
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|
|
|
distributors or the failure to obtain new licensees or distribution
relationships on favorable terms; |
|
|
|
|
our inability to anticipate market trends, enhance existing products
or achieve market acceptance of new products; |
|
|
|
|
our dependence on a limited number of suppliers for our components and
raw materials; |
|
|
|
|
our dependence on third party manufacturers to manufacture and deliver
our products; |
|
|
|
|
the seasonality of our business, as well as changes in consumer
spending and economic conditions; |
|
|
|
|
the failure of third party sales representatives to adequately
promote, market and sell our products; |
|
|
|
|
our inability to protect our intellectual property; |
|
|
|
|
the effects of competition; |
|
|
|
|
changes in foreign laws and regulations and changes in the political
and economic conditions in the foreign countries in which we operate; |
|
|
|
|
conflicts of interest that exist based on our relationship with Grande; |
|
|
|
|
the outcome of the Audit Committees review of our related party
transactions and internal controls; |
|
|
|
|
changes in accounting policies, rules and practices; and |
|
|
|
|
the other factors listed under Risk Factors in this Form 10-Q, as
well as our Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2006 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the SEC). |
All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
notice. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date of this report or the date of the document incorporated by reference into
this report. We have no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update, revise or
correct any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise. We have expressed our expectations, beliefs and projections in good faith and
we believe they have a reasonable basis. However, we
cannot assure you that our expectations, beliefs or projections will result or be achieved or
accomplished.
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Company Filings
We make available through our internet website free of charge our annual report on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, amendments to such reports and other
filings made by us with the SEC, as soon as practicable after we electronically file such reports
and filings with the SEC. Our website address is www.emersonradio.com. The information contained
in this website is not incorporated by reference in this report.
Results of Operations
As a result of the sale of SSG, the results of operations of SSG have been presented as
discontinued operations for all prior year periods presented, and we now operate in one segment,
the consumer electronics segment. Accordingly, only the consumer electronics segment is presented
in the following Managements Discussion and Analysis.
The following table summarizes certain financial information for the three and nine month
periods ended December 31, 2006 (fiscal 2007) and the three and nine month periods ended December
31, 2005 (fiscal 2006) (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
December 31 |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
Net revenues |
|
$ |
89,339 |
|
|
$ |
76,514 |
|
|
$ |
244,168 |
|
|
$ |
192,737 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales |
|
|
64,344 |
|
|
|
66,555 |
|
|
|
177,920 |
|
|
|
167,577 |
|
Cost of sales-related party |
|
|
12,148 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,090 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other operating costs |
|
|
1,330 |
|
|
|
1,823 |
|
|
|
4,355 |
|
|
|
4,663 |
|
Selling, general and
administrative costs |
|
|
5,402 |
|
|
|
5,588 |
|
|
|
16,208 |
|
|
|
14,810 |
|
Acquisition costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash compensation
Costs |
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
90 |
|
|
|
138 |
|
|
|
260 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income |
|
|
6,032 |
|
|
|
2,458 |
|
|
|
12,436 |
|
|
|
5,427 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
|
457 |
|
|
|
370 |
|
|
|
564 |
|
|
|
976 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
before income taxes taxes |
|
|
5,575 |
|
|
|
2,088 |
|
|
|
11,872 |
|
|
|
4,451 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
1,880 |
|
|
|
693 |
|
|
|
3,792 |
|
|
|
1,638 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing
Operations |
|
$ |
3,695 |
|
|
$ |
1,395 |
|
|
$ |
8,080 |
|
|
$ |
2,813 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Revenues Net revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2007 increased $12.8
million, or 16.7%, to $89.3 million as compared to $76.5 million for the third quarter of fiscal
2006. For the nine month period of fiscal
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2007, net revenues increased $51.5 million, or 26.7%, to
$244.2 million from $192.7 million for the nine month period of fiscal 2006. Net revenues are
comprised of Emerson® branded product sales, promotional item sales, themed product sales and
licensing revenues. Emerson® branded product sales are earned from the sale of products bearing
the Emerson® or HH Scott® brand name; promotional item sales include various sales programs of
specific models or products based on customer specifications; themed product sales represent
products sold bearing a certain theme or character; and licensing revenues are derived from
licensing the Emerson® and HH Scott® brand names to licensees for a fee. The variations in net
revenue for the three and nine month periods were comprised of:
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i) |
|
An increase in revenues from the sale of Emerson® branded product of $5.4 million, or
9.8%, to $60.3 million from $54.9 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared
to the same period in fiscal 2006. Revenues for the nine month period of fiscal 2007 of
Emerson® branded product increased $36.1 million, or 25.7%, to $176.3 million from $140.2
million for the same period is fiscal 2006. The increase for the three month period was
primarily due to an increase in sales of iPod® compatible products. The increase for the
nine month period was primarily due to an increase in sales of iPod® compatible products
and an increase in the number of units sold in the microwave category of the Emerson®
product group. |
|
|
ii) |
|
During the third quarter of fiscal 2007, Emerson had promotional item sales totaling
$12.3 million. This sales agreement represents a major holiday promotion with one of our
major customers and will result in total net revenues of $33.1 million in fiscal 2007. In
addition to this increase in net revenues, this promotional sale resulted in an increase
in accounts payable and other current liabilities and accounts receivable of $20.6 million
and $20.8 million, respectively, as well as an increase in short term deposits of $28.8
million due to parts and inventory purchases related to this sale. In order to fund these
purchases, short term borrowings through our revolving line of credit increased by $24.0
million for the period ended September 30, 2006. These short term borrowings were repaid
in the three months ended December 31, 2006. As of the date of this filing, the
outstanding balances in accounts payable and other current liabilities, accounts
receivable, short term deposits and short term borrowings associated with this specific
promotional item have returned to normal seasonal business levels. There were no
promotional item sales during fiscal 2006. |
|
|
iii) |
|
A decrease in themed product sales of $4.9 million, or 24.6%, to $15.0 million in the
third quarter of fiscal 2007 from $19.9
million for the third quarter of fiscal 2006. For the nine month period of fiscal 2007,
themed product sales totaled $30.0 million compared to $46.4 million for the same period
in fiscal 2006, a |
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|
|
decrease of $16.4 million, or 35.3%. This revenue decrease was the
result of decreased unit sales of the Nickelodeon® themed product category. The
Companys license agreement for the Nickelodeon name, trademark and logo will expire on
March 31, 2007 and the Company will have the right to sell off products using the
Nickelodeon name, trademark and logo for an additional 90 days following such
termination. As a result, the Company expects revenues related to its Nickelodeon
license will continue to decrease over the next two quarters. However, as previously
announced, the Company expects to generate themed product sales under its agreement with
Mattel for Barbie themed products commencing in spring 2007. |
|
|
iv) |
|
Licensing revenues increased by approximately $101,000, or 6.3%, to approximately
$1.7 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2007 from $1.6 million in the third quarter
of fiscal 2006. For the nine month period of fiscal 2007, licensing revenues decreased by
approximately $1.3 million, or 21.3%, to $4.8 million as compared to $6.1 million for the
nine month period of fiscal 2006. The decreases for the three and nine month periods were
primarily due to lower sales volumes under our video licensing agreement. |
Cost of Sales Cost of sales, as a percentage of net revenues, decreased for the third
quarter of fiscal 2007 to 85.6% from 87.0% for the same period of fiscal 2006, and to 86.4% from
87.0% for the nine month period of fiscal 2007 compared to the same period of fiscal 2006. In
relative terms, the decrease in cost of sales for the three and nine month periods was primarily
due to increased sales in our higher margin iPod® compatible product category. As a percentage of
net revenues for the third quarter and the nine month period of fiscal 2007, cost of sales
associated with Capetronic Displays Limited, a related party, was 13.6%. In absolute terms, costs
of sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2007 increased $9.9 million, or 14.9%, to $76.5 million
from $66.6 million for the same period in fiscal 2006. For the nine month period of fiscal 2007,
cost of sales increased $43.4 million, or 25.9%, to $211.0 million from $167.6 million for the same
period of fiscal 2006. The cost of sales as a percentage of sales revenues less license revenues
decreased to 87.3% and 88.1% for the three and nine month periods of fiscal 2007, respectively, as
compared to 88.9% and 89.8% for the three and nine month periods of fiscal 2006.
Gross profit margins continue to be subject to decreased licensing revenues and competitive
pressures arising from lower pricing of the product categories in the consumer electronics market
in which Emerson competes. Emersons branded products are generally placed in the low-to-medium
priced category of the market.
Other Operating Costs and Expenses - Other operating costs and expenses, as a percentage of
net revenues, decreased to 1.5% from 2.4% for the third
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quarter of fiscal 2007 compared to the same
period of fiscal 2006, and decreased to 1.8% for the nine month period of fiscal 2007 compared to
2.4% for the same period in fiscal 2006. In absolute terms, other operating costs and expenses
decreased to $1.3 million from $1.8 million ($493,000 or 27.4%) and decreased to $4.4 million from
$4.7 million ($308,000 or 6.6%) for the three and nine month periods of fiscal 2007 and fiscal
2006, respectively. As a percentage of net revenues, the decrease for the three and nine month
periods was primarily due to lower service fees related to inventory as compared to the increase in
sales volumes.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (S,G&A) S,G&A decreased approximately
$186,000, or 3.3%, to $5.4 million (6.0% of net revenues) from $5.6 million (7.3% of net revenues)
for the third quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2006. For the nine
month period of fiscal 2007, S,G&A expenses increased $1.4 million, or 9.5%, to $16.2 million (6.6%
of net revenues) from $14.8 million (7.7% of net revenues) in fiscal 2006. For the third quarter
of fiscal 2007, the decrease in absolute terms compared to fiscal 2006 was primarily due to a
decrease of approximately $334,000 for sales commissions and freight out costs. In addition, bad
debt expenses decreased by approximately $431,000. These decreases were partially offset by
increases in personnel expenditures of approximately $424,000, as well as increases in various
other costs. The increase in absolute terms for the nine month period of fiscal 2007 compared to
fiscal 2006 was primarily due to increased advertising expenses of $338,000, bad debt expenses of
$315,000, commissions of $201,000, and comparison against a gain on sale of real property in the
prior year of $198,000.
Acquisition Costs The Company recorded acquisition costs of approximately $21,000 in the
first quarter of fiscal 2007, associated with contemplated acquisition transactions that were not
completed. There were no acquisition costs in the nine month period of fiscal 2006.
Non-Cash Compensation Costs (Recovered) Non-cash compensation costs relate to stock
option expense associated with the adoption of SFAS 123R Share-Based Payments. For the three
month period ended December 31, 2006, non-cash compensation expenses of $83,000 were recorded as
compared to $90,000 in non-cash compensation costs recorded for the same period of fiscal 2006.
For the nine month periods, non-cash compensation costs of approximately $138,000 and $260,000 were
recorded for fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, respectively, with the decrease in expenses a result of
stock option forfeitures incurred in prior periods. All non-cash compensation costs in all periods
were associated with stock options.
Interest Expense, net In the third quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company recorded interest
expense, net, of $457,000, an increase of $87,000 over the third quarter of fiscal 2006, in which
we recorded approximately $370,000 in interest expense, net. For the nine month period of fiscal
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2007, the Company recorded interest expense, net of $564,000, a decrease of approximately $412,000
over the nine month period of fiscal 2006, in which we recorded $976,000 in interest expense, net.
The decrease in interest expense, net was primarily the result of expensing the remainder of
capitalized debt issue costs pertaining to our prior financing agreement in the prior year, as well
as increased interest income recorded in the foreign subsidiaries in the current year.
Provision for Income Taxes Income tax expenses were approximately $1.9 million for the
third quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared to $693,000 for the third quarter of fiscal 2006. For the
nine month period of fiscal 2007, the provision for income taxes increased by $2.2 million to $3.8
million as compared to $1.6 million for the same period in fiscal 2006. The increase in the tax
expense for the three and nine month periods of fiscal 2007 was the result of higher pre-tax profit
in our domestic subsidiary as compared to the same period in fiscal 2006.
Income From Continuing Operations As a result of the foregoing factors, income from
continuing operations is approximately $3.7 million (4.1% of net revenues) for the third quarter of
fiscal 2007 as compared to $1.4 million (1.8% of net revenues) for the same period of fiscal 2006.
For the nine month period of fiscal 2007, income from continuing operations totaled approximately
$8.1 million (3.3% of net revenues) as compared to $2.8 million (1.5% of net revenues) for the nine
month period of fiscal 2006.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2006, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $11.1 million
compared to approximately $17.5 million at March 31, 2006. Working capital increased to $70.8
million at December 31, 2006 as compared to $60.2 million at March 31, 2006. The decrease in cash
and cash equivalents of approximately $6.4 million was primarily due to increases in cash used by
continuing operating and investing activities of $16.9 million and $225,000, respectively, offset
by cash provided from investing activities of $10.7 million, as described below.
Cash flows used by continuing operating activities were approximately $16.9 million for fiscal
2007, primarily related to increases in accounts receivable ($4.3 million), inventories ($7.9
million) and due from affiliates ($22.6 million), offset by an increase in accounts payable and
accrued liabilities ($3.9 million) and income from
continuing operations ($8.1 million). Due to foreign purchases of promotional items in the six
months ended September 30, 2006, accounts payable and accrued liabilities and accounts receivable
increased in part by approximately $20.6 million and $20.8 million, respectively, and
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deposits
increased by $28.8 million. These increases were a result of a major holiday promotion with one of
our major customers. These increases were reduced after the promotion was concluded in the three
months ended December 31, 2006. See Managements Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations
and Financial Condition Results of Operations. Due to the production of LCD TVs during the
three months ended December 31, 2006, due from affiliates has increased by $22.0 million, to $22.6
million. In addition, the increase in inventories and the remaining increases in accounts payable
and accrued liabilities and accounts receivable were due to the seasonal nature of the business,
with increased sales volumes over the prior quarter.
Net cash used by investing activities was approximately $225,000 in fiscal 2007, which
consisted primarily of computer equipment acquisitions.
Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $10.7 million for fiscal 2007 due
primarily to the net increase in borrowings needed to secure the purchase of the new promotional
items as well as purchases related to increased inventory levels.
On December 23, 2005, Emerson entered into a $45.0 million Revolving Credit Agreement with
Wachovia Bank, National Association. The loan agreement provides for a $45 million revolving line
of credit. The $45.0 million revolving line of credit replaced Emersons prior $35.0 million
credit facility which contained substantially the same terms and conditions as the Revolving Credit
Agreement. The $45.0 million revolving line of credit facility provides for revolving loans
subject to individual maximums which, in the aggregate, are not to exceed the lesser of $45 million
or a Borrowing Base as defined in the loan agreement. The Borrowing Base amount is established
by specified percentages of eligible accounts receivables and inventories and bears interest
ranging from Prime plus 0.00% to 0.50% or, at Emersons election, LIBOR plus 1.25% to 2.25%
depending on excess availability. Pursuant to the loan agreement, Emerson is restricted from,
among other things, paying certain cash dividends, and entering into certain transactions without
the lenders prior consent and is subject to certain leverage financial covenants. Amounts
outstanding under the loan agreement are secured by substantially all of Emersons tangible assets.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2006, Emerson amended its Revolving Credit Agreement
with Wachovia Bank, National Association to finance its working capital requirements through
October 31, 2006, primarily to ensure funding of the promotional item purchases totaling over $30.0
million. Under this amendment, Emersons line of credit was increased to $53 million from $45
million for this period; and its revolver commitments, letters of credit and inventory borrowing
bases were increased. Emerson did
not utilize the additional available funds during the amendment period, and this amendment
expired at October 31, 2006.
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As of December 31, 2006, there were approximately $7.8 million in borrowings outstanding under
the facility. Due to the fact that the outstanding revolver balance has been returning to normal
seasonal business levels as of the date of this filing, all amounts outstanding under this facility
have been presented as short-term in the accompanying financial statements.
As a
result of the related party transactions entered into between the Company and affiliates
of Grande described in Note 7 and this Note 11 to the Companys financial statements, the Companys
lender had advised the Company that it was in breach of certain covenants contained in the Companys
credit facility, including a covenant restricting the Company from lending money and from entering
into related party transactions without the consent of its lender and upon shipping or utilizing
credit on greater than 150 day terms. The Company had approximately $7.8 million outstanding under
its credit facility at December 31, 2006 and approximately $15.5 million outstanding under its
credit facility at March 13, 2007. On March 16, 2007, the lender under the credit facility
and the Company executed an amendment to the credit facility. Under the
amendment, (i) the Company granted the lender a security interest in the $23 million Note
and the Guaranty referred to in Note 7 to the Companys financial statements, (ii) a failure
(following a 15 day cure period) by the
borrowers to make payments to the Company as required by the terms of the Note will be deemed a
default under the credit facility, (iii) the number of field audits by the lender will be increased
from two to three each year, at an additional annual cost of $25,000,
and (iv) the Company paid $125,000 to the lender in connection with the amendment. The additional audit and
amendment expenses, when incurred, will be billed to and borne by the Borrowers, who have agreed to
promptly remit such costs to the Company.
Our foreign subsidiaries maintain various credit facilities, aggregating $17.5 million,
consisting of the following:
|
|
|
Two letter of credit facilities totaling $10.0 million which are used for inventory
purchases; and |
|
|
|
|
Two back-to-back letter of credit facilities totaling $7.5 million. |
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At December 31, 2006, our foreign subsidiaries pledged approximately $3.0 million in
certificates of deposit to this bank to assure the availability of the $10.0 million of credit
facilities. The compensating amount of $3.0 million of restricted cash is legally restricted from
use for general business purposes. At December 31, 2006, there were approximately $4.8 million of
letters of credit outstanding under these credit facilities.
We believe that our present cash position, future cash flow from operations and our existing
institutional financing noted above will be sufficient to fund all of our cash requirements for the
next twelve months.
The following summarizes our obligations at December 31, 2006 for the periods shown (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payment due by period |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less than |
|
1-3 |
|
3-5 |
|
More than 5 |
|
|
Total |
|
1 year |
|
years |
|
years |
|
years |
|
|
|
Mortgages payable |
|
$ |
585 |
|
|
$ |
74 |
|
|
$ |
148 |
|
|
$ |
148 |
|
|
$ |
215 |
|
Capital lease
obligations |
|
|
248 |
|
|
|
74 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
|
|
Leases |
|
|
5,697 |
|
|
|
1,767 |
|
|
|
2,939 |
|
|
|
991 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
6,530 |
|
|
$ |
1,915 |
|
|
$ |
3,221 |
|
|
$ |
1,179 |
|
|
$ |
215 |
|
|
|
|
There were no material capital expenditure commitments and no substantial commitments for
purchase orders outside the normal purchase orders used to secure product as of December 31, 2006.
Critical Accounting Policies
For the nine month period ended December 31, 2006, there were no significant changes to our
accounting policies from those reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2006.
Inflation, Foreign Currency, and Interest Rates
Neither inflation nor currency fluctuations had a significant effect on our results of
operations during the first three quarter of fiscal 2007. Our exposure to currency fluctuations has
been minimized by the use of U.S. dollar denominated purchase orders. We purchase virtually all of
our products from manufacturers located in China.
The interest on any borrowings under our credit facilities would be based on the prime and
LIBOR rate. We believe that given the present
economic climate, interest rates, while expected to rise, are not expected to increase
significantly during the coming year.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There have been no significant changes from items disclosed in Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2006.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
(a) Disclosure controls and procedures.
During the nine month period of fiscal 2007, our management, including the principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) related to the
recording, processing, summarization and reporting of information in our reports that we file with
the SEC. These disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material
information relating to us, including our subsidiaries, is made known to our management, including
these officers, by other of our employees, and that this information is recorded, processed,
summarized, evaluated and reported, as applicable, within the time periods specified in the SECs
rules and forms. Due to the inherent limitations of control systems, not all misstatements may be
detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be
faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can
be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by
management override of the control. Our controls and procedures can only provide reasonable, not
absolute, assurance that the above objectives have been met.
Based on their evaluation as of December 31, 2006, our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer have concluded that, for the reasons set forth below under Changes In
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting; our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) were not effective to
reasonably ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file
or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms.
(b) Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
Emerson has operated for many years under a system of internal controls governing the purchase
and sale of inventory and the use of its credit facilities to support its working capital needs.
This system was designed in order to insure participation by and coordination among employees
involved in each of the major functional areas of Emerson,
namely sales, procurement and finance both in the United States and in its Asian offices.
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The process begins with a monthly sales meeting in the United States chaired by the President
of Sales and attended by sales, treasury, sales planning and production scheduling personnel. At
this meeting, sales projections, customer purchase orders, pipeline and forecasts for all customers
and for all models are reviewed and the foundation for the Monthly Buy Package is established.
Subsequent to the monthly sales meeting, a Monthly Buy Package is developed, including a schedule
of production needs by month, model and quantity. This package is forwarded to the Director of
Sales and the Director of the Corporate Treasury and, when approved, forwarded to the Macao office.
Experienced personnel in Macao then review and combine all buy packages received and schedule
letters of credit and on account buys with manufacturers covering production for the month
necessary to fill timely outstanding orders and likely needs of customers. The report from Macao
is then sent for final approval to the Director of the Corporate Treasury and the Treasurer. This
system of internal controls provides that no letter of credit may be authorized for issuance and no
open account production is permitted to begin until this final approval is received.
Once approved by Treasury, the package is sent back to the Macao office for execution of the
buy transactions. Purchase order to vendors are placed and letters of credit are issued as needed.
The Macao office produces and forwards to the Treasury and Finance Departments a Daily Activity
Report which includes, among other things, letter of credit number, dollar amount, model number,
manufacturer and quantity produced. All information on the Daily Activity Report should be able to
be traced back to and tie in with the original approved Buy Package. This information becomes the
basis on which Emersons cash and credit line are managed on a daily basis.
Emersons primary domestic bank is notified of each letter of credit presented for payment
and, when paid, the applicable item is removed from the Daily Activity Report. In summary, this
system, which was developed over many years, was intended to ensure that every major function
within the firm participates at every stage of the purchase, sale and finance process and that
there is a centralized and continuing monitoring of the Companys liquidity position.
In two recent transactions described in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
paragraphs of Note 7 (Related Party Transactions) to the Companys financial statements included in
this report on Form 10-Q, some of Emersons internal control processes were bypassed. In the
transaction involving the 42 plasma televisions, purchase orders were issued, letters of credit
were authorized and funds were advanced as a deposit with Capetronic, an affiliate of Grande, with
on the second transaction (sixth, seventh and eighth paragraph of
Note 7) only minimal involvement
from the Treasury, Sales or Finance Departments
under Emersons system of internal control. In addition, the distributor to which Emerson
sold the television sets remitted approximately 25% of the monies due to Capetronic rather than
Emerson which then received the
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funds at a later time. Documentation of the entire transaction was
also deficient.
The same infirmities (other than the payment by the distributor to Capetronic rather than
Emerson) are present in the transactions involving the Scott LCD sets. In addition, the major
functions of Emerson had no knowledge of the transactions and no documentation has been made
available to Emerson setting forth its participation in the transactions beyond the detail
information set forth in the issued Letters of Credit. However, the available information shows
that some of the Companys credit was utilized to fund transactions for the benefit of Grande
affiliates and in which Emerson then had no financial interest whatsoever.
As described under Note 7 to the Companys financial statements, during the quarter ended
December 31, 2006, the Company and affiliates of Grande entered into a number of related party
transactions that resulted in loans and letters of credit under the Companys credit facility being
issued for the benefit of affiliates of Grande. These loans are (i) subject to a repayment
schedule that commences on April 1, 2007 and ends on June 3, 2007 as set forth in the Note and (ii)
guaranteed by Grande. The Companys Audit Committee recently conducted an initial review of these
transactions and concluded that these financing transactions (i) were not made on substantially the
same terms, including interest rates and collateral and return on investment, as those prevailing
at the time for comparable transactions with unrelated persons and (ii) involved more than the
normal risk of collectibility. In addition, the review of the transactions revealed material
weaknesses in the Companys internal controls. The deficiencies that were uncovered related to (i)
one or more senior managers failing to follow the Companys existing internal controls over
purchases and sales of inventory and utilization of the Companys credit facilities and (ii) the
lack of documentation related to such related party transactions. These events have also raised
concerns about the Companys overall control environment. Although such events may not result in
any adjustment to the Companys financial statements, such events reflect material weaknesses with
respect to the Company internal controls.
The Companys Audit Committee is continuing its independent review into certain related party
transactions entered into by the Company, including its subsidiaries, with affiliates of Grande
from December 2005 to the present, and internal controls related to such transactions.
As part of the Companys remedial actions, on February 20, 2007, the Board of Directors
appointed a management committee comprised of Adrian Ma, the Companys Chief Executive Officer,
Greenfield Pitts, the Companys Chief Financial Officer, Michael A.B. Binney, the Companys
President International Operations, and Eduard Will, the Companys
President North American Operations, to internally review and approve all related party
transactions. Following review and approval by this newly formed committee, all related party
transactions in an amount in
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excess of $500,000 will be reviewed and approved by the Companys
Audit Committee.
Except as set forth above, there have been no changes in the Companys internal controls
over financial reporting that occurred during its last fiscal quarter to which this Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Companys internal controls over financial reporting.
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The Company is not a party to, and none of its property is the subject of, any pending legal
proceedings other than routine litigation that is incidental to its business.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The following are additional risk factors that should be considered in conjunction with risk
factors previously disclosed in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2006 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company has material weaknesses with its internal controls and if the Company is unable to
establish appropriate internal controls and procedures, it could cause the Company to fail to meet
its reporting obligations, result in the restatement of its financial statements, harm its
operating results, limit the Companys access to credit facilities necessary to fund its
operations, subject the Company to regulatory scrutiny and sanction, cause investors to lose
confidence in the Companys reported financial information and have a negative effect on the market
price for shares of Emersons common stock.
Effective internal controls are necessary for the Company to provide reliable financial
reports. Emerson maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting, which is defined
as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by its board of
directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
As noted in Item 4 Controls and Procedures, recent events revealed that the Company had
material weaknesses in its internal controls. The Company is required to document and test its
internal
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Wirsching, Eduard Will, Christopher Ho,
and Adrian Ma. There were 27,089,832 shares of outstanding capital stock of the company entitled
to vote at the record date for this meeting and there were present at such meeting, in person or by
proxy, stockholders holding 26,142,365 shares of the Companys Common Stock, which represented
96.5% of the total capital stock outstanding and entitled to vote.
(i) There were 26,108,494 shares voted on the matter of the election of directors. The result
of the votes cast regarding each nominee for office was:
(ii) With respect to a proposal to approve the amendment to the 2004 Non-Employee Outside
Director Stock Option Plan To Increase The Number of shares of Common Stock Available For Issuance
thereunder by 250,000 shares, from 250,000 shares to 500,000 shares votes cast were; 17,109,900
voted in favor, 3,080,545 voted against, and 9,698,649 votes abstained from voting on the proposal.
(iii) With respect to a proposal to ratify the appointment of Moore Stephens P.C. as the
independent registered public accounting firm for Emerson for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2007, the votes cast were; 23,974,388 voted in favor, 1,246,937 voted against, and 921,040 votes
abstained from voting on the proposal.