NEW
YORK
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11-2160665
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer identification No.)
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89
Arkay Drive, Hauppauge, New York
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11788
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Common
Stock, Par Value $.01
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NYSE
Alternext US
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(Title
of class)
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(Name
of each exchange on which
registered)
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Quarter Ended
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High
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Low
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||||||
Fiscal 2008
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||||||||
December
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12.23 | 7.61 | ||||||
March
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9.95 | 4.53 | ||||||
June
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5.75 | 4.64 | ||||||
September
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5.85 | 4.27 | ||||||
Fiscal 2007
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||||||||
December
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3.90 | 3.07 | ||||||
March
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11.50 | 3.35 | ||||||
June
|
13.69 | 7.87 | ||||||
September
|
15.88 | 10.05 |
Total
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||||||||||||
Number
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Average
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Approximate
Dollar Value
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||||||||||
of
Shares
|
Price
Paid
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Of
Shares that May Yet Be
|
||||||||||
Period
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Purchased (1)
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Per Share
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Purchased Under the
Programs
|
|||||||||
07/01/08-07/31/08
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2,889 | $ | 5.47 | $ | 879,597 | |||||||
08/01/08-08/31/08
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- | - | $ | 879,597 | ||||||||
09/01/08-09/30/08
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10,300 | $ | 5.25 | $ | 825,510 | |||||||
Total
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13,189 | $ | 5.30 |
FISCAL
YEAR
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2008
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2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
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|||||||||||||||
Net
sales
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$ | 66,911 | $ | 69,073 | $ | 56,279 | $ | 56,056 | $ | 53,533 | ||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
30,422 | 29,386 | 22,094 | 20,996 | 19,711 | |||||||||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
4,389 | 4,682 | (367 | ) | (2,931 | ) | (2,226 | ) | ||||||||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
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4,589 | 4,921 | (397 | ) | (3,069 | ) | (2,210 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
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2,839 | 7,886 | (547 | ) | (2,885 | ) | (2,691 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) per share:
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||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
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.59 | 1.67 | (.12 | ) | (.63 | ) | (.59 | ) | ||||||||||||
Diluted
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.57 | 1.59 | (.12 | ) | (.63 | ) | (.59 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
46,964 | 45,841 | 35,955 | 34,192 | 38,867 | |||||||||||||||
Long-term
debt
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- | - | 1,740 | 2,062 | 2,410 | |||||||||||||||
Working
capital
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29,181 | 26,041 | 20,181 | 19,713 | 22,793 | |||||||||||||||
Property,
plant and equipment (net)
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5,301 | 5,762 | 6,229 | 6,616 | 7,090 |
Payments
Due
|
Debt
|
Lease
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||||||||||
By Period
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Repayments
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Commitments
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Total
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|||||||||
Less
than 1 year
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$ | - | $ | 490,000 | $ | 490,000 | ||||||
1-3
years
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- | 335,000 | 335,000 | |||||||||
Totals
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$ | - | $ | 825,000 | $ | 825,000 | ||||||
Name
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Age
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Position
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|||
Kenneth
M. Darby
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62 |
Chairman
of the Board, President and
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|||
Chief
Executive Officer
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|||||
John
M. Badke
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49 |
Senior
Vice President, Finance and
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|||
Chief
Financial Officer
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|||||
Peter
A. Horn
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53 |
Vice
President, Operations
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|||
Bret
M. McGowan
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43 |
Vice
President, U.S. Sales and Marketing
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|||
Yacov
A. Pshtissky
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57 |
Vice
President, Technology and Development
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|||
Christopher
J. Wall
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55 |
Managing
Director, Vicon Industries Ltd.
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|||
Yigal
Abiri
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59 |
General
Manager, Vicon Systems Ltd.
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|||
Clifton
H.W. Maloney
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71 |
Director
|
|||
Peter
F. Neumann
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74 |
Director
|
|||
W.
Gregory Robertson
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65 |
Director
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|||
Arthur
D. Roche
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70 |
Director
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Name
and Principal Position
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Year
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Salary ($)
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Bonus ($)
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Stock
Awards ($)
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Option
Awards ($)(1)
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Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(3)
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Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation Earnings
($)
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All
Other Compensation ($)(2)
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Total ($)
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||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kenneth
M. Darby
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2008
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$ | 400,000 | - | - | $ | 9,792 | (1) | $ | 218,182 | (2) | - | $ | 23,693 | (4) | $ | 651,667 | ||||||||||||||||
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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2007
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$ | 325,000 | - | - | $ | 27,495 | (1) | $ | 346,711 | (3) | $ | 852,429 | (5) | $ | 22,324 | (4) | $ | 1,573,959 | ||||||||||||||
John
M. Badke
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2008
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$ | 190,000 | - | - | $ | 12,336 | (1) | $ | 109,091 | (2) | - | $ | 7,927 | (6) | $ | 319,354 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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2007
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$ | 180,000 | - | - | $ | 17,252 | (1) | $ | 173,355 | (3) | - | $ | 7,152 | (6) | $ | 377,759 | ||||||||||||||||
Christopher
J. Wall
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2008
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$ | 203,013 | - | - | $ | 9,180 | (1) | $ | 190,891 | (8) | - | $ | 31,022 | (7) | $ | 434,106 | ||||||||||||||||
Managing
Director Vicon Industries, Ltd.
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2007
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$ | 200,000 | - | - | $ | 11,263 | (1) | $ | 188,490 | (8) | - | $ | 25,014 | (7) | $ | 424,767 | ||||||||||||||||
Peter
A. Horn
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2008
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$ | 168,000 | - | - | $ | 7,834 | (1) | $ | 72,727 | (2) | - | $ | 6,909 | (6) | $ | 255,470 | ||||||||||||||||
Vice
President, Operations
|
2007
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$ | 163,000 | - | - | $ | 8,375 | (1) | $ | 115,570 | (3) | - | $ | 7,244 | (6) | $ | 294,189 | ||||||||||||||||
Bret
M. McGowan
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2008
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$ | 180,000 | - | - | $ | 12,091 | (1) | $ | 74,803 | (9) | - | $ | 6,000 | (6) | $ | 272,894 | ||||||||||||||||
Vice
President, U.S. Sales and Marketing
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2007
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$ | 170,000 | - | - | $ | 12,856 | (1) | $ | 60,641 | (9) | - | $ | 6,000 | (6) | $ | 249,497 |
(1)
|
Represents
the compensation costs recognized for financial statement reporting
purposes for the fair value of stock options in accordance with Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R. (See “Note 1” under the
caption “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” to the accompanying
financial statements.)
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(2)
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Represents
cash awards under the Company’s 2008 performance based bonus plan. These
amounts were earned in fiscal 2008 and paid in fiscal
2009.
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(3)
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Represents
cash awards under the Company’s 2007 performance based bonus plan. These
amounts were earned in fiscal 2007 and paid in fiscal
2008.
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(4)
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All
other compensation represents: (a) automobile expense of $12,894 and
$11,857 for fiscal 2008 and 2007, respectively, (b) country club
membership of $8,589 and $8,257 for fiscal 2008 and 2007, respectively,
and (c) long-term disability insurance of $2,210 paid by the Company for
Mr. Darby in both fiscal 2008 and
2007.
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(5)
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Represents
the distribution of a $620,000 severance/retirement benefit and 70,647
shares of the Company’s common stock with a market value of $232,429 upon
the expiration of Mr. Darby’s previous employment agreement on September
30, 2006. Such amounts were earned by Mr. Darby over his thirty
years of service with the Company and charged to expense over prior year
periods.
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(6)
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Represents
automobile expense paid by the
Company.
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(7)
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All
other compensation represents: (a) automobile expense of $16,929 and
$15,380 for fiscal 2008 and 2007, respectively, and (b) supplemental
retirement contributions of $14,093 and $9,634 for fiscal 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
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(8)
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Represents
cash award under Mr. Wall’s performance based bonus
plan.
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(9)
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Represents
sales commissions earned.
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Name
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Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable
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Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable
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Equity
Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised
Unearned Options (#)
|
Option
Exercise Price ($)
|
Option
Expiration Date
|
||||||||||||
Kenneth
M. Darby
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16,129 | (1) | - | - | $ | 3.95 |
08/12/09
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||||||||||
Chairman
and Chief
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- | 10,000 | (1) | - | $ | 3.59 |
10/25/12
|
||||||||||
Executive
Officer
|
- | 20,000 | (3) | - | $ | 4.79 |
05/22/18
|
||||||||||
John
M. Badke
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10,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 3.95 |
08/12/09
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||||||||||
Senior
Vice President
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3,000 | (1) | 2,000 | (1) | - | $ | 3.00 |
05/27/11
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|||||||||
and
Chief Financial
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5,000 | (2) | - | - | $ | 3.17 |
12/09/10
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||||||||||
Officer
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- | 15,000 | (1) | - | $ | 3.59 |
10/25/12
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||||||||||
- | 10,000 | (3) | - | $ | 4.79 |
05/22/18
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|||||||||||
Christopher
J. Wall
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10,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 2.80 |
11/04/08
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Managing
Director
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10,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 3.95 |
08/12/09
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||||||||||
Vicon
Industries, Ltd.
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3,000 | (1) | 2,000 | (1) | - | $ | 3.00 |
05/27/11
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|||||||||
1,500 | (1) | 3,500 | (1) | - | $ | 3.17 |
12/09/11
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||||||||||
- | 5,000 | (1) | - | $ | 3.59 |
10/25/12
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|||||||||||
- | 10,000 | (3) | - | $ | 4.79 |
05/22/18
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|||||||||||
Peter
A. Horn
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5,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 3.95 |
08/12/09
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||||||||||
Vice
President, Operations
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3,000 | (1) | 2,000 | (1) | - | $ | 3.00 |
05/27/11
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|||||||||
1,500 | (1) | 3,500 | (1) | - | $ | 3.17 |
12/09/11
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||||||||||
- | 3,500 | (1) | - | $ | 3.59 |
10/25/12
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|||||||||||
- | 7,500 | (3) | - | $ | 4.79 |
05/22/18
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|||||||||||
Bret
M. McGowan
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7,500 | (1) | - | - | $ | 2.80 |
11/04/08
|
||||||||||
Vice
President
|
5,000 | (1) | - | - | $ | 3.95 |
08/12/09
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||||||||||
U.S.
Sales and Marketing
|
3,000 | (1) | 2,000 | (1) | - | $ | 3.00 |
05/27/11
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|||||||||
1,924 | (2) | - | - | $ | 3.17 |
12/09/10
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|||||||||||
923 | (1) | 2,153 | (1) | - | $ | 3.17 |
12/09/11
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||||||||||
- | 13,500 | (1) | - | $ | 3.59 |
10/25/12
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|||||||||||
- | 5,000 | (3) | - | $ | 4.79 |
05/22/18
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(1)
|
Options
vest over a four year period at 30% of the shares on the first anniversary
of the grant date, 30% of the shares on the second anniversary of the
grant date and the remaining 40% of the shares on the third anniversary of
the grant date. Options expire after the sixth anniversary of the grant
date.
|
(2)
|
Options
vest over a three year period at 30% of the shares on the grant date, 30%
of the shares on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining
40% of the shares on the second anniversary of the grant date. Options
expire after the fifth anniversary of the grant
date.
|
(3)
|
Options
vest over a five year period in five equal annual installments beginning
on the first anniversary of the grant date. Options expire
after the tenth anniversary of the grant
date.
|
|
Fiscal
2008 Directors' Compensation
|
Name
|
Fees
Earned or Paid in Cash
($)(1)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)(2)(3)
|
All
Other
Compensation ($)
|
Total ($)
|
|||||||||||||||
Clifton
H.W. Maloney
|
$ | 40,400 | - | $ | 4,940 | (2) | - | $ | 45,340 | |||||||||||
Peter
F. Neumann
|
$ | 41,600 | - | $ | 2,152 | (2) | - | $ | 43,752 | |||||||||||
W.
Gregory Robertson
|
$ | 29,600 | - | $ | 4,305 | (2) | - | $ | 33,905 | |||||||||||
Arthur
D. Roche
|
$ | 49,600 | - | $ | 4,305 | (2) | - | $ | 53,905 | |||||||||||
(1)
|
Directors
who are not employees of the Company received an annual fee of $20,000 for
regular Board meetings and $1,200 per committee meeting attended in person
or by teleconference. The Chairman of the Audit Committee also received an
additional retainer of $8,000.
|
(2)
|
Represents
the compensation costs recognized for financial statement reporting
purposes in fiscal 2008 for the fair value of stock options in accordance
with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 123R. (See “Note 1” under the caption “Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation” to the accompanying financial
statements.)
|
(3)
|
On
May 22, 2008, Mr. Neumann was granted 3,500 options and Messrs. Maloney,
Roche and Robertson were each granted 7,000 options to purchase common
stock at the opening market price of $4.79 per share. As of
September 30, 2008, Messrs. Maloney, Neumann, Robertson and Roche held
27,000, 3,500, 25,575 and 10,000 stock options,
respectively.
|
Name
and Address
|
Number
of Shares
|
|||||||
Of Beneficial Owner
|
Beneficially Owned (1)
|
% of Class
|
||||||
CBC
Co., Ltd. and affiliates
|
||||||||
2-15-13
Tsukishima, Chuo-ku,
|
||||||||
Tokyo,
Japan 104
|
543,715 | 11.2 | % | |||||
Dimensional
Fund Advisors
|
||||||||
1299
Ocean Avenue
|
||||||||
Santa
Monica, CA 90401
|
375,606 | (2 | ) | 7.7 | % | |||
Renaissance
Technologies, Corp.
|
||||||||
800
Third Avenue
|
||||||||
New
York, NY 10022
|
358,600 | 7.4 | % | |||||
Anita
G. Zucker,
|
||||||||
as
Trustee of Jerry Zucker Revocable Trust
|
||||||||
c/o
The Inter Tech Group, Inc.
|
||||||||
4838
Jenkins Ave.
|
||||||||
North
Charleston, SC 29405
|
325,900 | 6.7 | % | |||||
David
Weiner
|
||||||||
3940
Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Suite 327
|
||||||||
Studio
City, CA 91604
|
294,486 | 6.1 | % | |||||
C/O Vicon Industries, Inc.
|
||||||||
Kenneth
M. Darby
|
338,502 | (3 | ) | 7.0 | % | |||
Arthur
D. Roche
|
84,654 | (4 | ) | 1.7 | % | |||
Peter
A. Horn
|
58,747 | (9 | ) | 1.2 | % | |||
John
M. Badke
|
54,319 | (5 | ) | 1.1 | % | |||
Peter
F. Neumann
|
37,072 | * | ||||||
Christopher
J. Wall
|
34,027 | (6 | ) | * | ||||
W.
Gregory Robertson
|
31,900 | (7 | ) | * | ||||
Bret
McGowan
|
26,820 | (8 | ) | * | ||||
Clifton
H.W. Maloney
|
20,000 | (10 | ) | * | ||||
Total
all Executive Officers and
|
||||||||
Directors
as a group (11 persons)
|
725,591 | (11 | ) | 14.9 | % | |||
*
Less than 1%
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Number
of securities to
be issued upon exercise of |
Weighted
average exercise
price of |
Number
of securities remaining
available for |
||||||||||
Plan
category
|
(a)
|
(b)
|
(c)
|
|||||||||
Equity
compensation plans
|
||||||||||||
approved
by security holders
|
467,287 | $ | 3.98 | 376,258 | ||||||||
Equity
compensation plans not
|
||||||||||||
approved
by security holders
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Total
|
467,287 | $ | 3.98 | 376,258 | ||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Audit
fees
|
$ | 245,000 | $ | 250,000 | ||||
Audit
related fees
|
$ | 5,000 | $ | 5,000 | ||||
Tax
fees
|
$ | 42,000 | $ | 35,000 |
Number
|
Description
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation and By-Laws, as amended (Incorporated by reference to the
1985 Annual Report on Form 10-K; Form S-2 filed in Registration Statement
No. 33-10435 and Exhibit A, B and C of the 1987 Proxy
Statement)
|
3.2
|
Amendment
of the Company’s By-Laws effective January 1, 2008
|
3.3
|
Amendment
of the Certificate of Incorporation dated May 7, 2002 (Incorporated by
reference to the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K)
|
4
|
Rights
Agreement dated December 4, 2001 between the Registrant and Computershare
Investor Services (Incorporated by reference to the 2001 Annual Report on
Form 10-K)
|
10.1
|
Employment
Agreement effective as of October 1, 2008 between the Registrant and
Kenneth M. Darby (Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form
8-K dated August 11, 2008)
|
10.2
|
1996
Incentive Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to the 1997 Annual
Report on Form 10-K)
|
10.3
|
Advice
of borrowing terms between the Registrant and National Westminster Bank
PLC dated March 6, 2006 (Incorporated by reference to the March 31, 2006
filing on Form 10-Q)
|
10.4
|
1999
Incentive Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to the 1999 Annual
Report on Form 10-K)
|
10.5
|
1999
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to the 1999
Annual Report on Form 10-K)
|
10.6
|
2002
Incentive Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to the 2002 Annual
Report on Form 10-K)
|
10.7
|
2002
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to the 2002
Annual Report on Form 10-K)
|
10.8
|
Employment
and Deferred Compensation Agreement dated January 1, 2006 between the
Registrant and John M. Badke (Incorporated by reference to the Current
Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2006)
|
10.9
|
Amendment
1 to the Employment and Deferred Compensation Agreement dated November 13,
2006 between the Registrant and John M. Badke (Incorporated by reference
to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 16,
2006)
|
10.10
|
Employment
Agreement dated August 7, 2006 between the Registrant and Bret M. McGowan
(Incorporated by reference to the 2006 Annual Report on Form
10-K)
|
10.11
|
Employment
Agreement dated November 1, 2006 between the Registrant and Christopher J.
Wall (Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form
8-K dated November 16, 2006)
|
10.12
|
2007
Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to the Proxy Statement
filed on April 27, 2007)
|
10.13
|
Side
letter to the agreement dated November 14, 2007 between the Registrant and
Christopher J. Wall
|
21
|
Subsidiaries
of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to the Notes to the
Consolidated Financial Statements)
|
23
|
Consent
of BDO Seidman, LLP
|
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
Certifications
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002
|
31.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002
|
Section 1350
Certifications
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 66,911,442 | $ | 69,072,613 | $ | 56,278,971 | ||||||
Cost
of sales
|
36,489,172 | 39,686,486 | 34,184,675 | |||||||||
Gross
profit
|
30,422,270 | 29,386,127 | 22,094,296 | |||||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Selling,
general and
|
||||||||||||
administrative
expense
|
20,384,605 | 19,527,713 | 17,930,872 | |||||||||
Engineering
and development expense
|
5,648,442 | 5,175,948 | 4,530,806 | |||||||||
26,033,047 | 24,703,661 | 22,461,678 | ||||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
4,389,223 | 4,682,466 | (367,382 | ) | ||||||||
Other
expense (income):
|
||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
44,549 | 141,507 | 164,827 | |||||||||
Interest
and other income
|
(244,337 | ) | (379,750 | ) | (135,654 | ) | ||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
4,589,011 | 4,920,709 | (396,555 | ) | ||||||||
Income
tax expense (benefit)
|
1,750,000 | (2,965,573 | ) | 150,000 | ||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 2,839,011 | $ | 7,886,282 | $ | (546,555 | ) | |||||
Earnings (loss) per share:
|
||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | .59 | $ | 1.67 | $ | (.12 | ) | |||||
Diluted
|
$ | .57 | $ | 1.59 | $ | (.12 | ) | |||||
ASSETS
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Current
Assets:
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 9,560,966 | $ | 8,808,110 | ||||
Marketable
securities
|
227,237 | 229,668 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable (less allowance of
|
||||||||
$1,196,000
in 2008 and $962,000 in 2007)
|
14,763,914 | 12,995,595 | ||||||
Inventories:
|
||||||||
Parts,
components and materials
|
3,612,862 | 3,768,972 | ||||||
Work-in-process
|
2,407,980 | 2,274,661 | ||||||
Finished
products
|
6,545,046 | 6,951,619 | ||||||
12,565,888 | 12,995,252 | |||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
1,230,702 | 1,472,551 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
818,768 | 596,145 | ||||||
Total
current assets
|
39,167,475 | 37,097,321 | ||||||
Property,
plant and equipment:
|
||||||||
Land
|
1,219,300 | 1,268,880 | ||||||
Buildings
and improvements
|
5,780,763 | 5,978,758 | ||||||
Machinery,
equipment and vehicles
|
5,971,651 | 5,959,272 | ||||||
12,971,714 | 13,206,910 | |||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
7,670,717 | 7,445,405 | ||||||
5,300,997 | 5,761,505 | |||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
1,224,120 | 2,058,177 | ||||||
Other
assets
|
1,271,683 | 924,442 | ||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$ | 46,964,275 | $ | 45,841,445 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
||||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
||||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
$ | - | $ | 1,740,335 | ||||
Accounts
payable
|
4,267,620 | 3,404,971 | ||||||
Accrued
compensation and employee benefits
|
2,779,368 | 2,856,921 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
1,760,147 | 1,806,989 | ||||||
Unearned
revenue
|
872,195 | 830,901 | ||||||
Income
taxes payable
|
307,242 | 416,655 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
9,986,572 | 11,056,772 | ||||||
Unearned
revenue
|
303,857 | 408,229 | ||||||
Other
long-term liabilities
|
2,069,866 | 1,323,088 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
|
12,360,295 | 12,788,089 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies - Note 11
|
||||||||
Shareholders'
equity:
|
||||||||
Common
stock, par value $.01 per share
|
||||||||
authorized
- 25,000,000 shares
|
||||||||
issued
- 5,124,572 and 5,053,503 shares
|
51,246 | 50,535 | ||||||
Capital
in excess of par value
|
23,261,936 | 22,874,285 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
|
12,334,783 | 9,620,772 | ||||||
Treasury
stock at cost, 384,867 shares
|
||||||||
in
2008 and 263,027 shares in 2007
|
(1,768,135 | ) | (1,139,728 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
724,150 | 1,647,492 | ||||||
Total
shareholders' equity
|
34,603,980 | 33,053,356 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
$ | 46,964,275 | $ | 45,841,445 | ||||
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
|
Accumulated
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
in
|
other
|
share-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
|
excess
of
|
Retained
|
Treasury
|
comprehensive
|
holders'
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Stock
|
par value
|
earnings
|
Stock
|
income
|
equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
September 30, 2005
|
4,857,401 | $ | 48,574 | $ | 22,391,815 | $ | 2,281,045 | $ | (1,299,999 | ) | $ | 557,045 | $ | 23,978,480 | ||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income (loss):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
- | - | - | (546,555 | ) | - | - | (546,555 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
translation
adjustment
|
- | - | - | - | - | 425,286 | 425,286 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on derivatives
|
- | - | - | - | - | (8,091 | ) | (8,091 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized loss on
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
marketable
securities
|
- | - | - | - | - | (625 | ) | (625 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive income (loss)
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | (129,985 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
3,500 | 35 | 7,665 | - | - | - | 7,700 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
- | - | 152,413 | - | - | - | 152,413 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
compensation amortization
|
- | - | 10,233 | - | - | - | 10,233 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
September 30, 2006
|
4,860,901 | $ | 48,609 | $ | 22,562,126 | $ | 1,734,490 | $ | (1,299,999 | ) | $ | 973,615 | $ | 24,018,841 | ||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income (loss):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
- | - | - | 7,886,282 | - | - | 7,886,282 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
translation
adjustment
|
- | - | - | - | - | 689,151 | 689,151 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on derivatives, net of tax
|
- | - | - | - | - | (16,566 | ) | (16,566 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized loss on
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
marketable
securities, net of tax
|
- | - | - | - | - | 1,292 | 1,292 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive income (loss)
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | 8,560,159 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution
of deferred comp. shares
|
- | - | (472,187 | ) | - | 472,187 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
192,602 | 1,926 | 594,738 | - | (311,916 | ) | - | 284,748 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
- | - | 168,671 | - | - | - | 168,671 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tax
benefit from exercise of stock options
|
- | - | 10,327 | - | - | - | 10,327 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
compensation amortization
|
- | - | 10,610 | - | - | - | 10,610 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
September 30, 2007
|
5,053,503 | $ | 50,535 | $ | 22,874,285 | $ | 9,620,772 | $ | (1,139,728 | ) | $ | 1,647,492 | $ | 33,053,356 | ||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income (loss):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
- | - | - | 2,839,011 | - | - | 2,839,011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
translation
adjustment
|
- | - | - | - | - | (1,022,427 | ) | (1,022,427 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain on derivatives, net of tax
|
- | - | - | - | - | 97,855 | 97,855 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized loss on
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
marketable
securities, net of tax
|
- | - | - | - | - | 1,230 | 1,230 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive income (loss)
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1,915,669 | |||||||||||||||||||||
FIN
48 income tax liability
|
- | - | - | (125,000 | ) | - | - | (125,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Repurchases
of common stock
|
- | - | - | - | (628,407 | ) | - | (628,407 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
71,069 | 711 | 219,336 | - | - | - | 220,047 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tax
benefit from exercise of stock options
|
- | - | 24,270 | - | - | - | 24,270 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
- | - | 133,406 | - | - | - | 133,406 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
compensation amortization
|
- | - | 10,639 | - | - | - | 10,639 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
September 30, 2008
|
5,124,572 | $ | 51,246 | $ | 23,261,936 | $ | 12,334,783 | $ | (1,768,135 | ) | $ | 724,150 | $ | 34,603,980 | ||||||||||||||
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 2,839,011 | $ | 7,886,282 | $ | (546,555 | ) | |||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net
|
||||||||||||
cash
provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
1,136,612 | (3,497,576 | ) | - | ||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
778,276 | 892,534 | 973,535 | |||||||||
Amortization
of deferred compensation
|
10,639 | 10,611 | 10,233 | |||||||||
Stock
compensation expense
|
133,406 | 168,671 | 152,413 | |||||||||
Change
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
(2,565,752 | ) | (1,224,166 | ) | (871,872 | ) | ||||||
Inventories
|
(21,022 | ) | (753,723 | ) | (1,357,802 | ) | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
(194,123 | ) | (84,724 | ) | (52,070 | ) | ||||||
Other
assets
|
(347,241 | ) | (49,650 | ) | 226,364 | |||||||
Accounts
payable
|
1,194,754 | (903,577 | ) | 1,641,824 | ||||||||
Accrued
compensation and employee benefits
|
(4,260 | ) | 393,240 | 57,959 | ||||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
64,408 | 349,128 | 13,761 | |||||||||
Unearned
revenue
|
(55,973 | ) | (24,486 | ) | 114,872 | |||||||
Income
taxes payable
|
(71,776 | ) | 249,190 | 102,964 | ||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
521,778 | 221,919 | 256,774 | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
3,418,737 | 3,633,673 | 722,400 | |||||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(502,896 | ) | (296,332 | ) | (510,375 | ) | ||||||
Net
decrease (increase) in marketable securities
|
3,661 | (102,392 | ) | (5,492 | ) | |||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(499,235 | ) | (398,724 | ) | (515,867 | ) | ||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Repayments
of long-term debt
|
(1,740,335 | ) | (327,309 | ) | (403,419 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
|
220,047 | 284,748 | 7,700 | |||||||||
Repurchases
of common stock
|
(628,407 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(2,148,695 | ) | (42,561 | ) | (395,719 | ) | ||||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash
|
(17,951 | ) | (23,612 | ) | 10,342 | |||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash
|
752,856 | 3,168,776 | (178,844 | ) | ||||||||
Cash
at beginning of year
|
8,808,110 | 5,639,334 | 5,818,178 | |||||||||
Cash
at end of year
|
$ | 9,560,966 | $ | 8,808,110 | $ | 5,639,334 | ||||||
Cash
paid during the fiscal year for:
|
||||||||||||
Income
taxes
|
$ | 635,522 | $ | 217,873 | $ | 35,802 | ||||||
Interest
|
$ | 55,181 | $ | 143,159 | $ | 169,356 | ||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
3.6 | % | 4.8 | % | 4.4 | % | ||||||
Dividend
yield
|
0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||||
Volatility
factor
|
76.3 | % | 61.5 | % | 75.9 | % | ||||||
Weighted
average expected life
|
7.5
years
|
5.0
years
|
5.0
years
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Current:
|
||||||||||||
Federal
|
$ | 46,000 | $ | 85,327 | $ | - | ||||||
State
|
4,000 | - | - | |||||||||
Foreign
|
525,000 | 459,330 | 150,000 | |||||||||
575,000 | 544,657 | 150,000 | ||||||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||||
Federal
|
1,080,000 | (3,151,837 | ) | - | ||||||||
State
|
95,000 | (298,063 | ) | - | ||||||||
Foreign
|
- | (60,330 | ) | - | ||||||||
1,175,000 | (3,510,230 | ) | - | |||||||||
Total
|
$ | 1,750,000 | $ | (2,965,573 | ) | $ | 150,000 | |||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Percent
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
|||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
statutory tax
|
$ | 1,560,000 | 34.0 | % | $ | 1,673,000 | 34.0 | % | $ | (135,000 | ) | (34.0 | )% | |||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
valuation
allowance
|
43,000 | 0.9 | (4,739,000 | ) | (96.3 | ) | 423,000 | 106.5 | ||||||||||||||||
Unrecognized
prior year
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
foreign
operating
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
losses
|
- | - | - | - | (121,000 | ) | (30.6 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign
tax rate
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
difference
|
(64,000 | ) | (1.4 | ) | 51,000 | 1.0 | 42,000 | 10.6 | ||||||||||||||||
Permanent
differences
|
54,000 | 1.2 | (46,000 | ) | (0.9 | ) | (41,000 | ) | (10.2 | ) | ||||||||||||||
State
tax, net of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
federal
benefit
|
100,000 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Other,
net
|
57,000 | 1.2 | 95,000 | 1.9 | (18,000 | ) | (4.5 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Effective
tax rate
|
$ | 1,750,000 | 38.1 | % | $ | (2,966,000 | ) | (60.3 | )% | $ | 150,000 | 37.8 | % | |||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
||||||||
Inventories
|
$ | 507,000 | $ | 683,000 | ||||
Accrued
compensation
|
352,000 | 430,000 | ||||||
Warranty
accrual
|
149,000 | 149,000 | ||||||
Depreciation
|
493,000 | 450,000 | ||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts receivable
|
408,000 | 325,000 | ||||||
Unearned
revenue
|
436,000 | 458,000 | ||||||
U.S.
net operating loss carryforwards
|
157,000 | 1,182,000 | ||||||
Foreign
net operating loss carryforwards
|
364,000 | 321,000 | ||||||
AMT
credit carryforward
|
104,000 | 75,000 | ||||||
U.S.
capital loss carryforward
|
15,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
Other
|
87,000 | 81,000 | ||||||
Gross
deferred tax assets
|
3,072,000 | 4,169,000 | ||||||
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
||||||||
Other
|
253,000 | 317,000 | ||||||
Gross
deferred tax liabilities
|
253,000 | 317,000 | ||||||
Total
deferred tax assets and liabilities
|
2,819,000 | 3,852,000 | ||||||
Less
valuation allowance
|
(364,000 | ) | (321,000 | ) | ||||
Net
deferred tax assets and liabilities
|
$ | 2,455,000 | $ | 3,531,000 | ||||
Balance
at October 1, 2007
|
$ 100,000
|
Additions
based on tax positions related to prior years
|
125,000
|
Additions
based on tax positions related to the current year
|
50,000
|
Balance
at September 30, 2008
|
$ 275,000
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
U.S.
bank mortgage loans
|
$ | - | $ | 1,740,335 | ||||
U.K.
bank term loan
|
- | - | ||||||
Other
|
- | - | ||||||
- | 1,740,335 | |||||||
Less
current maturities
|
- | 1,740,335 | ||||||
$ | - | $ | - | |||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
$ | 664,856 | $ | 1,687,283 | ||||
Unrealized gain
(loss) on derivatives, net of tax
|
59,448 | (38,407 | ) | |||||
Unrealized
loss on marketable securities, net of tax
|
(154 | ) | (1,384 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
$ | 724,150 | $ | 1,647,492 |
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Net
sales
|
||||||||||||
U.S.
|
$ | 40,746,000 | $ | 42,752,000 | $ | 35,358,000 | ||||||
Foreign
|
26,165,000 | 26,321,000 | 20,921,000 | |||||||||
Total
|
$ | 66,911,000 | $ | 69,073,000 | $ | 56,279,000 | ||||||
Long-lived
assets
|
||||||||||||
U.S.
|
$ | 3,835,000 | $ | 4,129,000 | $ | 4,518,000 | ||||||
Foreign
|
1,466,000 | 1,633,000 | 1,711,000 | |||||||||
Total
|
$ | 5,301,000 | $ | 5,762,000 | $ | 6,229,000 |
Weighted
|
||||||||||
Average
|
||||||||||
Weighted
|
Remaining
|
|||||||||
Average
|
Contractual
|
Aggregate
|
||||||||
Number
|
Exercise
|
Term
|
Instrinsic
|
|||||||
of
Options
|
Price
|
(in
years)
|
Value
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at September 30, 2005
|
582,741 | $ | 3.35 | |||||||
Options
granted
|
39,975 | $ | 3.17 | |||||||
Options
exercised
|
(3,500 | ) | $ | 2.20 | ||||||
Options
forfeited
|
(73,933 | ) | $ | 3.79 | ||||||
Outstanding
at September 30, 2006
|
545,283 | $ | 3.28 | |||||||
Options
granted
|
77,000 | $ | 3.59 | |||||||
Options
exercised
|
(192,602 | ) | $ | 3.10 | ||||||
Options
forfeited
|
(23,000 | ) | $ | 3.00 | ||||||
Outstanding
at September 30, 2007
|
406,681 | $ | 3.45 | |||||||
Options
granted
|
154,000 | $ | 4.85 | |||||||
Options
exercised
|
(71,069 | ) | $ | 3.10 | ||||||
Options
forfeited
|
(22,325 | ) | $ | 3.14 | ||||||
Outstanding
at September 30, 2008
|
467,287 | $ | 3.98 |
4.6
|
$ 556,361
|
|||||
Exercisable
at September 30, 2008
|
204,552 | $ | 3.66 |
1.3
|
$ 309,322
|
Weighted
|
||||||||
Average
|
||||||||
Number
|
Grant-Date
|
|||||||
of
Options
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||||
Nonvested
at September 30, 2005
|
294,253 | $ | 1.79 | |||||
Granted
|
39,975 | $ | 2.05 | |||||
Vested
|
(88,372 | ) | $ | 1.79 | ||||
Forfeited
|
(33,500 | ) | $ | 2.40 | ||||
Nonvested
at September 30, 2006
|
212,356 | $ | 1.74 | |||||
Granted
|
77,000 | $ | 2.03 | |||||
Vested
|
(128,336 | ) | $ | 1.75 | ||||
Forfeited
|
(2,100 | ) | $ | 1.52 | ||||
Nonvested
at September 30, 2007
|
158,920 | $ | 1.87 | |||||
Granted
|
154,000 | $ | 3.61 | |||||
Vested
|
(37,460 | ) | $ | 1.75 | ||||
Forfeited
|
(12,725 | ) | $ | 2.29 | ||||
Nonvested
at September 30, 2008
|
262,735 | $ | 2.89 |
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Basic EPS Computation
|
||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 2,839,011 | $ | 7,886,282 | $ | (546,555 | ) | |||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
4,781,103 | 4,719,444 | 4,571,905 | |||||||||
Basic
income (loss) per share
|
$ | .59 | $ | 1.67 | $ | (.12 | ) | |||||
Basic and Diluted EPS
Computation
|
||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 2,839,011 | $ | 7,886,282 | $ | (546,555 | ) | |||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
4,781,103 | 4,719,444 | 4,571,905 | |||||||||
Stock
options
|
141,860 | 202,658 | - | |||||||||
Stock
compensation arrangements
|
23,574 | 31,156 | - | |||||||||
Diluted
shares outstanding
|
4,946,537 | 4,953,258 | 4,571,905 | |||||||||
Diluted
income (loss) per share
|
$ | .57 | $ | 1.59 | $ | (.12 | ) |
Earnings
Per Share
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Quarter
|
Net
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
Net Sales
|
Gross Profit
|
Income
|
Basic
|
Diluted
|
|||||||||||||||
Fiscal 2008
|
||||||||||||||||||||
December
|
$ | 15,643,000 | $ | 6,927,000 | $ | 345,000 | $ | .07 | $ | .07 | ||||||||||
March
|
15,335,000 | 6,797,000 | 206,000 | .04 | .04 | |||||||||||||||
June
|
16,027,000 | 7,268,000 | 528,000 | .11 | .11 | |||||||||||||||
September
|
19,906,000 | 9,430,000 | 1,760,000 | .37 | .36 | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 66,911,000 | $ | 30,422,000 | $ | 2,839,000 | $ | .59 | $ | .57 | ||||||||||
Fiscal 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||
December
|
$ | 17,883,000 | $ | 7,202,000 | $ | 1,115,000 | $ | .24 | $ | .24 | ||||||||||
March
|
16,892,000 | 7,148,000 | 802,000 | .17 | .16 | |||||||||||||||
June
|
17,140,000 | 7,218,000 | 1,035,000 | .22 | .20 | |||||||||||||||
September
|
17,158,000 | 7,818,000 | 4,934,000 | 1.03 | .97 | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 69,073,000 | $ | 29,386,000 | $ | 7,886,000 | $ | 1.67 | $ | 1.59 | ||||||||||
Balance
at
|
Balance
|
|||||||||||||||
beginning
|
at
end
|
|||||||||||||||
Description
|
of period
|
Additions
|
Deductions
|
of period
|
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Allowance for uncollectible
accounts:
|
||||||||||||||||
September
30, 2008
|
$ | 962,000 | $ | 249,000 | $ | 15,000 | $ | 1,196,000 | ||||||||
September
30, 2007
|
$ | 1,325,000 | $ | 37,000 | $ | 400,000 | $ | 962,000 | ||||||||
September
30, 2006
|
$ | 1,297,000 | $ | 48,000 | $ | 20,000 | $ | 1,325,000 | ||||||||
Deferred income tax valuation
allowance:
|
||||||||||||||||
September
30, 2008
|
$ | 547,000 | $ | 124,000 | $ | - | $ | 671,000 | ||||||||
September
30, 2007
|
$ | 5,286,000 | $ | - | $ | 4,739,000 | $ | 547,000 | ||||||||
September
30, 2006
|
$ | 4,863,000 | $ | 423,000 | $ | - | $ | 5,286,000 |
By
/s/ Kenneth M. Darby
|
By
/s/ John M. Badke
|
Kenneth
M. Darby
|
John
M. Badke
|
Chairman
and
|
Senior
Vice President, Finance
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
and
Chief Financial Officer
|
/s/ Kenneth M. Darby
|
December 29, 2008
|
|
Kenneth
M. Darby
|
Chairman
and CEO
|
Date
|
/s/ Clifton H.W. Maloney
|
December 29, 2008
|
|
Clifton
H.W. Maloney
|
Director
|
Date
|
/s/ Peter F. Neumann
|
December 29, 2008
|
|
Peter
F. Neumann
|
Director
|
Date
|
/s/ W. Gregory Robertson
|
December 29, 2008
|
|
W.
Gregory Robertson
|
Director
|
Date
|
/s/ Arthur D. Roche
|
December 29, 2008
|
|
Arthur
D. Roche
|
Director
|
Date
|