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United States

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2009.

 

¨	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 0-10843

 

 

CSP Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts		04-2441294
(State of incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

43 Manning Road

Billerica, Massachusetts 01821-3901

(978) 663-7598

(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  ¨.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “accelerated filer,” “large accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer		¨		Accelerated filer		¨
Non-accelerated filer		¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company		x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

As of August 6, 2009, the registrant had 3,542,653 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

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INDEX

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.		Financial Statements
		Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2009 (unaudited) and September 30, 2008		3
		Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008		4
		Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited) for the nine months ended June 30, 2009		5
		Consolidated Statements of Cash flows (unaudited) for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008		6
		Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)		7-19
Item 2.		Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		20-30
Item 3.		Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk		31
Item 4.		Controls and Procedures		31
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2.		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		32
Item 6.		Exhibits		33

 

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CSP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Amounts in thousands, except par value)

 

		June 30, 2009				September 30, 2008
		(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	17,389			$	13,494
Short-term investments			—				5,000
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $158 and $163			8,889				11,470
Inventories			6,699				8,125
Refundable income taxes			793				1,774
Deferred income taxes			255				152
Other current assets			1,741				1,333
Total current assets			35,766				41,348
Property, equipment and improvements, net			880				1,003
Other assets:
Goodwill			3,941				3,941
Intangibles, net			829				913
Deferred income taxes			265				267
Cash surrender value of life insurance			2,418				2,251
Other assets			282				296
Total other assets			7,735				7,668
Total assets		$	44,381			$	50,019
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	9,831			$	11,237
Short-term note payable			—				1,501
Deferred revenue			2,664				3,645
Pension and retirement plans			417				397
Deferred income taxes			119				187
Income taxes payable			206				808
Total current liabilities			13,237				17,775
Pension and retirement plans			7,221				7,382
Deferred income taxes			628				553
Capital lease obligation			70				70
Other long-term liabilities			291				291
Total liabilities			21,447				26,071
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.01 par; authorized, 7,500 shares; issued and outstanding 3,542 and 3,758 shares, respectively			36				38
Additional paid-in capital			11,261				11,812
Retained earnings			15,203				15,385
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(3,566	)			(3,287	)
Total shareholders’ equity			22,934				23,948
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	44,381			$	50,019

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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CSP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Amounts in thousands, except for per share data)

 

		For the three months ended								For the nine months ended
		June 30, 2009				June 30, 2008				June 30, 2009				June 30, 2008
Sales:
Product		$	15,346			$	14,730			$	52,470			$	46,254
Services			3,325				4,425				12,767				12,455
Total sales			18,671				19,155				65,237				58,709
Cost of sales:
Product			13,022				12,339				44,802				38,246
Services			2,813				3,385				8,882				9,520
Total cost of sales			15,835				15,724				53,684				47,766
Gross profit			2,836				3,431				11,553				10,943
Operating expenses:
Engineering and development			524				471				1,542				1,650
Selling, general and administrative			3,335				3,113				10,267				9,875
Total operating expenses			3,859				3,584				11,809				11,525
Operating loss			(1,023	)			(153	)			(256	)			(582	)
Other income (expense):
Foreign exchange gain			—				5				6				28
Other income (expense), net			(23	)			118				81				436
Total other income (expense), net			(23	)			123				87				464
Loss before income taxes			(1,046	)			(30	)			(169	)			(118	)
Income tax expense (benefit)			(294	)			(22	)			13				(40	)
Net loss		$	(752	)		$	(8	)		$	(182	)		$	(78	)
Net loss per share – basic		$	(0.21	)		$	—			$	(0.05	)		$	(0.02	)
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic			3,531				3,778				3,628				3,790
Net loss per share – diluted		$	(0.21	)		$	—			$	(0.05	)		$	(0.02	)
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted			3,531				3,778				3,628				3,790

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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CSP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2009

(Amounts in thousands)

 

		Shares			Amount				Additional Paid-in Capital				Retained Earnings				Accumulated other comprehensive loss				Total Shareholders’ Equity				Comprehensive loss
Balance as of September 30, 2008		3,758			$	38			$	11,812			$	15,385			$	(3,287	)		$	23,948
Comprehensive loss:
Net loss		—				—				—				(182	)			—				(182	)		$	(182	)
Other comprehensive loss:
Effect of foreign currency translation		—				—				—				—				(279	)			(279	)			(279	)
Total comprehensive loss		—				—				—				—				—				—			$	(461	)
Stock-based compensation		—				—				180				—				—				180
Issuance of shares under employee stock purchase plan		65				1				179				—				—				180
Restricted stock shares issued		23				—				21				—				—				21
Purchase of common stock		(304	)			(3	)			(931	)			—				—				(934	)
Balance as of June 30, 2009		3,542			$	36			$	11,261			$	15,203			$	(3,566	)		$	22,934

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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CSP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Amounts in thousands)

 

		For the nine months ended
		June 30, 2009				June 30, 2008
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss		$	(182	)		$	(78	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			357				428
Amortization of intangibles			84				—
Loss on disposal of fixed assets, net			1				4
Gain on foreign currency transactions			(6	)			—
Non-cash changes in accounts receivable			(25	)			1
Stock-based compensation expense			201				230
Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance			(46	)			(58	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable			2,385				577
Decrease (increase) in inventories			1,393				(453	)
Decrease (increase) in refundable income taxes			868				(1,181	)
Decrease (increase) in other current assets			(412	)			140
Decrease (increase) in other assets			116				54
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses			(1,279	)			411
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue			(963	)			(1,132	)
Increase (decrease) in pension and retirement plans			52				134
Increase (decrease) in deferred income taxes			(90	)			47
Increase (decrease) in income taxes payable			(549	)			1,272
Net cash provided by operating activities			1,905				396
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of investments			—				(16,550	)
Sale of investments			5,000				18,990
Life insurance premiums paid			(121	)			(144	)
Purchases of property, equipment and improvements			(244	)			(396	)
Net cash provided by investing activities			4,635				1,900
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on short-term borrowing			(1,501	)			—
Proceeds from stock issued from exercise of options			—				112
Proceeds from issuance of shares under employee stock purchase plan			180				170
Purchase of common stock			(934	)			(698	)
Net cash used in financing activities			(2,255	)			(416	)
Effects of exchange rate on cash			(390	)			220
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents			3,895				2,100
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			13,494				13,687
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period		$	17,389			$	15,787
Supplementary cash flow information:
Cash paid for income taxes		$	349			$	214
Cash paid for interest		$	105			$	89

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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CSP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2009 AND 2008

Organization and Business

CSP Inc. and Subsidiaries (“CSPI” or the “Company”) was founded in 1968 and is based in Billerica, Massachusetts. To meet the diverse requirements of its industrial, commercial and defense customers worldwide, CSPI and its subsidiaries develop and market IT integration solutions, messaging and image-processing software, and high-performance cluster computer systems. The Company operates in two segments, its Systems segment and its Service and System Integration segment.

 

1.	Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company, without audit, and reflect all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair statement of the results of the interim periods presented. All adjustments were of a normal recurring nature. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, have been condensed or omitted. Accordingly, the Company believes that although the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading, the unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the footnotes contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008.

 

2.	Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

3.	Earnings Per Share of Common Stock

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share reflects the maximum dilution that would have resulted from the assumed exercise and share repurchase related to dilutive stock options and is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the assumed weighted average number of common shares outstanding.

The reconciliation of the denominators of the basic and diluted net income (loss) per share computations for the Company’s reported net income (loss) is as follows:

 

		For the Three Months Ended								For the Nine Months Ended
		June 30, 2009				June 30, 2008				June 30, 2009				June 30, 2008
		(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Net loss		$	(752	)		$	(8	)		$	(182	)		$	(78	)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – basic			3,531				3,778				3,628				3,790
Incremental shares from the assumed exercise of stock options			—				—				—				—
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – diluted			3,531				3,778				3,628				3,790
Net loss per share – basic		$	(0.21	)		$	—			$	(0.05	)		$	(0.02	)
Net loss per share – diluted		$	(0.21	)		$	—			$	(0.05	)		$	(0.02	)

SFAS No. 128 requires all anti-dilutive securities, including stock options, to be excluded from the diluted income per share computation. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2009, 333,000 and 337,000 options, respectively, were excluded from the diluted loss per share calculation because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2008, outstanding options of 323,000 and 249,000 respectively, were excluded from the diluted loss per share calculation because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

 

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4.	Investments

At June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2008, investments consisted of the following:

 

		Amortized Cost			Gross Unrealized Gains			Fair Value
		(Amounts in thousands)
June 30, 2009
Closed end Funds:		$	—		$	—		$	—
Total		$	—		$	—		$	—
September 30, 2008
Closed end Funds:
Blackrock Preferred Strategy Fund		$	450		$	—		$	450
Student Loan Backed Auction Rate Securities:
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency Bonds			1,100			—			1,100
Panhandle Plains Higher Education Authority, Inc. Bonds			2,050			—			2,050
Nelnet Student Loan Funding, LLC Asset-Backed Notes			1,400			—			1,400
		$	5,000		$	—		$	5,000
		Short-term			Long-term			Total
June 30, 2009
Available-for-sale		$	—		$	—		$	—
		$	—		$	—		$	—
September 30, 2008
Available-for-sale		$	5,000		$	—		$	5,000
		$	5,000		$	—		$	5,000

In the current year, all of the investments listed above, which were held at Merrill Lynch, were redeemed at par value which was our carrying value.

Net unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale investments are reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity until realized. There were no realized or unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale investments for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 or 2008.

 

5.	Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

 

		June 30, 2009			September 30, 2008
		(Amounts in thousands)
Raw materials		$	1,549		$	1,531
Work-in-process			638			202
Finished goods			4,512			6,392
Total		$	6,699		$	8,125

 

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6.	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The components of comprehensive income (loss) are as follows:

 

		For the Three Months Ended								For the Nine Months Ended
		June 30, 2009				June 30, 2008				June 30, 2009				June 30, 2008
		(Amounts in thousands)
Net income (loss)		$	(752	)		$	(8	)		$	(182	)		$	(78	)
Effect of foreign currency translation			497				(11	)			(279	)			45
Minimum pension liability			—				10				—				62
Comprehensive income (loss)		$	(255	)		$	(9	)		$	(461	)		$	29

The components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss are as follows:

 

		June 30, 2009				September 30, 2008
		(Amounts in thousands)
Cumulative effect of foreign currency translation		$	(1,828	)		$	(1,549	)
Additional minimum pension liability			(1,738	)			(1,738	)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		$	(3,566	)		$	(3,287	)

 

7.	Pension and Retirement Plans

In the United Kingdom and Germany, the Company provides defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution plans for the majority of its employees. Domestically, the Company also provides benefits through supplemental retirement plans to certain current and former employees. The domestic supplemental retirement plans have life insurance policies which are not plan assets but were purchased by the Company as a vehicle to fund the costs of the plan. Domestically, the Company provides for officer death benefits through post-retirement plans to certain officers.

The Company funds its pension plans in amounts sufficient to meet the requirements set forth in applicable employee benefits laws and local tax laws. Liabilities for amounts in excess of these funding levels are accrued and reported in the consolidated balance sheets.

Our pension plan in the United Kingdom is the only plan with plan assets. The plan assets consist of an investment in a commingled fund which in turn comprises a diversified mix of assets including corporate equity securities, government securities and corporate debt securities.

The components of net periodic benefit costs related to the U.S. and international plans are as follows:

 

		For the Three Months Ended June 30
		2009												2008
		Foreign				U.S.				Total				Foreign				U.S.			Total
		(Amounts in thousands)
Pension:
Service cost		$	14			$	2			$	16			$	21			$	2		$	23
Interest cost			174				37				211				183				35			218
Expected return on plan assets			(115	)			—				(115	)			(125	)			—			(125	)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost			—				—				—				8				5			13
Amortization of net gain			(2	)			(8	)			(10	)			(2	)			—			(2	)
Net periodic benefit cost		$	71			$	31			$	102			$	85			$	42		$	127
Post Retirement:
Service cost		$	—			$	3			$	3			$	—			$	16		$	16
Interest cost			—				17				17				—				13			13
Amortization of net gain			—				(5	)			(5	)			—				—			—
Net periodic benefit cost		$	—			$	15			$	15			$	—			$	29		$	29

 

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		For the Nine Months Ended June 30
		2009												2008
		Foreign				U.S.				Total				Foreign				U.S.			Total
		(Amounts in thousands)
Pension:
Service cost		$	41			$	5			$	46			$	64			$	6		$	70
Interest cost			510				111				621				553				104			657
Expected return on plan assets			(336	)			—				(336	)			(375	)			—			(375	)
Amortization of:
Prior service costs			—				—				—				25				14			39
Amortization of net gain			(6	)			(23	)			(29	)			(5	)			—			(5	)
Net periodic benefit cost		$	209			$	93			$	302			$	262			$	124		$	386
Post Retirement:
Service cost		$	—			$	10			$	10			$	—			$	48		$	48
Interest cost			—				50				50				—				39			39
Amortization of net gain			—				(14	)			(14	)			—				1			1
Net periodic benefit cost		$	—			$	46			$	46			$	—			$	88		$	88

 

8.	Line of Credit

The Company entered into the Second and Third Amendments (the “Amendments”) to its line of credit note on April 6 and April 10, 2009, respectively. The amendments (i) reduced the maximum available credit under the note from $2.5 million to $1.0 million, (ii) established the maturity date of the line of credit as December 31, 2010, and (iii) modified the interest provision contained in the line of credit such that the interest rate is equal to the LIBOR rate plus 1.5%, unless any event of default shall occur with respect to any portion of any outstanding principal amount. If such an event of default shall occur, then the interest rate shall be equal to the lender’s prime rate plus 1.5%. As of June 30, 2009, the Company’s line of credit note allowed for borrowings of up to $1.0 million.

Availability under the facility is reduced by outstanding letters of credit issued thereunder. The credit note contains financial and non-financial covenants that apply when the Company has borrowings outstanding under the line of credit. The covenants include a requirement to maintain (i) a level of $25 thousand in operating cash flow for the trailing twelve months from the end of each fiscal quarter; (ii) a minimum debt service coverage ratio of 1.25 and (iii) a minimum current ratio excluding inventory from current assets of 1.5 at the end of each fiscal quarter.

The outstanding balance under this credit facility as of June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2008 was $0 and $1.5 million, respectively.

 

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9.	Segment Information

The following table presents certain operating segment information.

 

		Systems				Service and system integration				Consolidated Total
		(Amounts in thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2009
Sales:
Product		$	1,420			$	13,926			$	15,346
Service			98				3,227				3,325
Total sales		$	1,518			$	17,153			$	18,671
Loss from operations		$	(670	)		$	(353	)		$	(1,023	)
Assets		$	13,352			$	31,029			$	44,381
Capital expenditures		$	11			$	29			$	40
Depreciation and amortization		$	44			$	94			$	138
Three Months Ended June 30, 2008
Sales:
Product		$	1,193			$	13,537			$	14,730
Service			102				4,323				4,425
Total sales		$	1,295			$	17,860			$	19,155
Profit (loss) from operations		$	(615	)		$	462			$	(153	)
Assets		$	16,621			$	31,184			$	47,805
Capital expenditures		$	17			$	109			$	126
Depreciation and amortization		$	55			$	89			$	144

 

		Systems				Service and system integration			Consolidated Total
		(Amounts in thousands)
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2009
Sales:
Product		$	3,968			$	48,502		$	52,470
Service			1,835				10,932			12,767
Total sales		$	5,803			$	59,434		$	65,237
Profit (loss) from operations		$	(639	)		$	383		$	(256	)
Assets		$	13,352			$	31,029		$	44,381
Capital expenditures		$	46			$	198		$	244
Depreciation and amortization		$	143			$	298		$	441
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2008
Sales:
Product		$	3,248			$	43,006		$	46,254
Service			231				12,224			12,455
Total sales		$	3,479			$	55,230		$	58,709
Profit (loss) from operations		$	(2,826	)		$	2,244		$	(582	)
Assets		$	16,621			$	31,184		$	47,805
Capital expenditures		$	101			$	295		$	396
Depreciation and amortization		$	168			$	260		$	428

Profit (loss) from operations is sales less cost of sales, engineering and development, selling, general and administrative expenses but is not affected by either non-operating charges/income or by income taxes. Non-operating charges/income consist principally of investment income and interest expense. In calculating profit (loss) from operations for individual operating segments, sales and administrative expenses incurred at the corporate level are allocated to each segment based upon their relative sales levels. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

 

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The assets include deferred income tax assets and other financial instruments owned by the Company.

The following table lists customers from which the Company derived revenues in excess of 10% of total revenues for the three and nine month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008.

 

		For the Three Months Ended												For the Nine Months Ended
		June 30, 2009						June 30, 2008						June 30, 2009						June 30, 2008
		Amount			% of Revenues			Amount			% of Revenues			Amount			% of Revenues			Amount			% of Revenues
		(Dollar amounts in millions)
Atos Origin GmbH		$	1.1		6	%		$	2.5		13	%		$	4.0		6	%		$	7.0		12	%
Comwork GmbH		$	1.9		10	%		$	—		—	%		$	4.3		7	%		$	—		—	%

 

10.	Fair Value Measures

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and enhances fair value measurement disclosure. Effective October 1, 2008, the Company adopted the measurement and disclosure requirements related to financial assets and financial liabilities. The adoption of SFAS 157 for financial assets and financial liabilities did not have an impact on the Company’s results of operations or the fair values of its financial assets and liabilities.

FASB Staff Position 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157, (“FSP 157-2”) delayed the effective date of SFAS 157 for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), until the beginning of fiscal 2010. The Company is currently assessing the impact that the application of SFAS 157 to nonfinancial assets and liabilities will have on its results of operations and financial position.

In October 2008, the FASB issued FSP 157-3 Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset when the Market for that Asset is Not Active. FSP 157-3 clarifies the application of SFAS No. 157 in a market that is not active, and provides guidance on the key considerations in determining the fair value of a financial asset when the market for that financial asset is not active.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (“SFAS 159”). Under SFAS 159, a company may choose, at specified election dates, to measure eligible items at fair value and report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. Effective October 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS 159, but the Company has not elected the fair value option for any eligible financial instruments as of June 30, 2009.

SFAS 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and it considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.

 

(a)

Fair Value Hierarchy

SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. SFAS 157 establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1

Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2

Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.

 

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Level 3

Level 3 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

(b)

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

Assets and Liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:

 

		June 30, 2009 Fair Value Measurements Using															September 30, 2008
		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Input (Level 3)			Total Balance			Gain or (loss)			Total Balance
		(Amounts in thousands)
Assets:
Money Market funds		$	4,044		$	—		$	—		$	4,044		$	—		$	1,327
U.S. Gov’t Security Money Market funds			100			—			—			100			—			—
Auction rate securities			—			—			—			—			—			5,000
Total assets measured at fair value		$	4,144		$	—		$	—		$	4,144		$	—		$	6,327

The assets are included in cash and cash equivalents and short term investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company had no liabilities measured at fair value as of June 30, 2009. The Company had no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a non recurring basis as of June 30, 2009.

 

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Goodwill

The excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the amounts assigned to acquired assets and liabilities is recognized as goodwill. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 142 – Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“SFAS No. 142”), goodwill is tested for impairment annually and more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. An impairment loss must be recognized to the extent that the carrying amount of the goodwill exceeds the fair value calculated at its reporting unit level. The factors the Company considers important that could indicate impairment, include significant under performance relative to prior operating results, an adverse change in projections, significant changes in the manner of the Company’s use of assets or the strategy for the Company’s overall business, and significant negative industry or economic trends.

As of December 31, 2008, March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009, the book value of the Company, was more than the aggregate market value of the Company (aggregate market value is calculated by multiplying the aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding by the closing price of the Company’s common stock as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market.) The Company considers the fact that its aggregate market value was less than its book value for two or more consecutive quarters to be a negative economic trend. A valuation of the reporting unit to which the Company’s goodwill is assigned, was completed as of March 31, 2009, to determine if goodwill was impaired. The estimated fair value of the reporting unit with goodwill was based on a combination of discounted projected cash flows and observable market price-to-earnings multiples of relevant, comparable peer companies. The Company updated the valuation as of June 30, 2009 using current valuation multiples, and its updated forecast of future results and cash flows.

In accordance with SFAS No. 142, the first step of the goodwill impairment test, used to identify potential impairment, compares the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not impaired, thus the second step of the impairment test, which is to compare the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill, is unnecessary. The conclusion of the valuation of the reporting unit was that the fair value of the reporting unit exceeded its carrying value. Therefore, the Company determined that goodwill was not impaired as of June 30, 2009. There is no assurance that: (1) valuation multiples will not decline, (2) discount rates will not increase or (3) the earnings, book values or projected earnings and cash flows of the Company’s individual reporting units will not decline. Accordingly, an impairment charge to goodwill and other intangible assets may be required in the foreseeable future if the book equity value exceeds the estimated fair value of the enterprise or of an individual segment.

 

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12.	Loss Contingency

Pricing Dispute

Pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies (“SFAS 5”), we record estimated loss contingencies when information is available that indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred or an asset has been impaired and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. We disclose if the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, or if an exposure to loss exists in excess of the amount accrued. Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed. Determining the likelihood of incurring a liability and estimating the amount of the liability involves an exercise of judgment. If the event results in an outcome that has greater adverse consequences to us than management currently expects, then we may have to record additional charges in future periods.

The Company’s US Modcomp division (“Modcomp US”), which is part of the Service and System Integration segment, is currently working to resolve a pricing dispute (the “Dispute”) with one of its largest hardware manufacturers (the “Hardware Manufacturer”). The Dispute arose through the discovery that Modcomp US was buying some products from the Hardware Manufacturer’s distributors at incorrect prices. The prices that were incorrect arose from Modcomp US and three of the Hardware Manufacturer’s distributors misapplying discounts that were available for specific products for certain customers to customers for whom these discounts were not available.

The Company settled with the Hardware Manufacturer with respect to a portion of the transactions in which incorrect discounts were used. However, there are additional affected transactions, which are subject to further review by the Hardware Manufacturer before we will be able to agree on a final adjustment with respect to these remaining transactions.

We have accrued approximately $337 thousand in additional cost of sales; and reduced commissions and income tax expense by approximately $98 thousand and $103 thousand respectively, for a net impact of approximately $137 thousand of additional net loss, for the nine months ended June 30, 2009, in connection with the Dispute. These amounts represent our best estimates of the liability associated with the Dispute for all transactions involved, whether settled or still under review. Our estimate is based on the assumption that all of the transactions still under review will be resolved in substantially the same manner that the settled transactions have been, because management believes that the facts and circumstances of the transactions still under review are the same as for the transactions that have been settled. However, the Hardware Manufacturer has advised us that it will need more time to review the remaining affected transactions, and accordingly has not yet agreed to resolve the remaining transactions in the same manner as the previously settled transactions. Accordingly, there exists a contingent liability with respect to the unsettled transactions, because the Hardware Manufacturer could assert a claim for amounts in excess of the estimates that we accrued in connection with the Dispute.

The Company has assessed that an additional contingent loss related to the Hardware Manufacturer is reasonably possible. Therefore, pursuant to SFAS 5, an accrual has not been recorded for the loss contingency. For loss contingencies that are assessed at the reasonably possible level, SFAS 5 requires that the loss contingency be disclosed and an estimate or range of possible loss must also be disclosed in the event that a reasonable estimate can be made. Accordingly, we estimate the range of the loss contingency associated with the Dispute is between $0 and $389 thousand.

Accounts Receivable

On August 5, 2009, we became aware that a significant customer of Modcomp US ceased operations and terminated all but “essential” employees. This event has given rise to a loss contingency. Management has assessed the likelihood of this loss contingency as reasonably possible but has not concluded that it is probable. Accordingly, we have not accrued this loss contingency. Our estimate of the range of potential loss associated with this contingency is $0 - $40 thousand. Sales to this customers were approximately $4.2 million and $646 thousand for the nine months and quarter ended June 30, 2009, respectively.

 

13.	Restatement of Financial Statements as of and for the periods ended March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008

The Company has restated its financial statements as of and for the periods ended March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 to reflect adjustments to cost of goods sold, operating expenses and income tax expense, in connection with transactions which occurred during those periods, related to the Dispute described above in note 12. The adjustments reflect amounts settled with the Hardware Manufacturer, and payable by the Company as of June 30, 2009, as well as the Company’s estimate of amounts that will become payable once the remaining transactions are resolved. These amounts are reflected as increases to cost of goods sold in the restated financial statements because they represent additional cost due to the Hardware Manufacturer because of the misapplied discounts referred to in note 12 above. In addition, the adjustments reflect reductions to sales & marketing expense for commissions recoverable by the Company in connection with the transactions and reductions to income tax expense. The effect of the restatements referred to above on net income and fully diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) are summarized below:

 

		Three months ended								Six months ended
		December 31, 2008				March 31, 2009				March 31, 2009
		(Amounts in thousands except for per share data)
Net Income as reported		$	380			$	279			$	659
Adjustment			(22	)			(67	)			(89	)
Restated Net Income		$	358			$	212			$	570
Fully diluted EPS as reported		$	0.10			$	0.08			$	0.18
Adjustment			(0.01	)			(0.02	)			(0.02	)
Restated EPS		$	0.09			$	0.06			$	0.16

 

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The tables below show the impact to the balance sheets and statements of operations for the restated periods.

March 31, 2009

Restated Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

		Three months ended March 31, 2009												Six months ended March 31, 2009
		As reported				Restatement Adjustment				Restated				As reported			Restatement Adjustment				Restated
		(Amounts in thousands except for per share data)
		(Unaudited)												(Unaudited)
Sales:
Product		$	18,711				—			$	18,711			$	37,123			—			$	37,123
Services			3,795				—				3,795				9,443			—				9,443
Total sales			22,506				—				22,506				46,566			—				46,566
Cost of sales:
Product			15,547				162				15,709				31,566			214				31,780
Services			2,824				—				2,824				6,069			—				6,069
Total cost of sales			18,371				162				18,533				37,635			214				37,849
Gross profit			4,135				(162	)			3,973				8,931			(214	)			8,717
Operating expenses:
Engineering and development			479				—				479				1,018			—				1,018
Selling, general and administrative			3,240				(47	)			3,193				6,995			(62	)			6,933
Total operating expenses			3,719				(47	)			3,672				8,013			(62	)			7,951
Operating income			416				(115	)			301				918			(152	)			766
Other income (expense):
Foreign exchange gain (loss)			(29	)			—				(29	)			6			—				6
Other income, net			4				—				4				104			—				104
Total other income (expense), net			(25	)			—				(25	)			110			—				110
Income before income taxes			391				(115	)			276				1,028			(152	)			876
Income tax expense			112				(48	)			64				369			(63	)			306
Net income		$	279			$	(67	)		$	212			$	659			(89	)		$	570
Net income per share – basic		$	0.08			$	(0.02	)		$	0.06			$	0.18		$	(0.02	)		$	0.16
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic			3,611				—				3,611				3,685			—				3,685
Net income per share – diluted		$	0.08			$	(0.02	)		$	0.06			$	0.18		$	(0.02	)		$	0.16
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted			3,616				—				3,616				3,692			—				3,692

 

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March 31, 2009 (Cont.)

 

Restated Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

		As of March 31, 2009
		As reported				Restatement Adjustment				Restated
		(Unaudited)
		(Amounts in thousands, except par value)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	14,332				—			$	14,332
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $477			14,521				—				14,521
Inventories			5,367				—				5,367
Refundable income taxes			876				—				876
Deferred income taxes			152				—				152
Other current assets			1,919				62				1,981
Total current assets			37,167				62				37,229
Property, equipment and improvements, net			926				—				926
Other assets:
Goodwill			3,941				—				3,941
Intangibles, net			857				—				857
Deferred income taxes			252				—				252
Cash surrender value of life insurance			2,384				—				2,384
Other assets			296				—				296
Total other assets			7,730				—				7,730
Total assets		$	45,823			$	62			$	45,885
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	9,588			$	214			$	9,802
Deferred revenue			3,495				—				3,495
Pension and retirement plans			371				—				371
Deferred income taxes			142				—				142
Income taxes payable			1,224				(63	)			1,161
Total current liabilities			14,820				151				14,971
Pension and retirement plans			6,879				—				6,879
Deferred income taxes			594				—				594
Capital lease obligation			70				—				70
Other long-term liabilities			291				—				291
Total liabilities			22,654				151				22,805
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.01 par; authorized, 7,500 shares; issued and outstanding, 3,520 shares			35				—				35
Additional paid-in capital			11,153				—				11,153
Retained earnings			16,044				(89	)			15,955
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(4,063	)			—				(4,063	)
Total shareholders’ equity			23,169				(89	)			23,080
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	45,823			$	62			$	45,885

 

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December 31, 2008

Restated Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

		For the three months ended December 31, 2008
		As reported			Restatement Adjustment				Restated
		(Amounts in thousands except for per share data)
		(Unaudited)
Sales:
Product		$	18,412			—			$	18,412
Services			5,648			—				5,648
Total sales			24,060			—				24,060
Cost of sales:
Product			16,019			52				16,071
Services			3,245			—				3,245
Total cost of sales			19,264			52				19,316
Gross profit			4,796			(52	)			4,744
Operating expenses:
Engineering and development			539			—				539
Selling, general and administrative			3,755			(15	)			3,740
Total operating expenses			4,294			(15	)			4,279
Operating income			502			(37	)			465
Other income:
Foreign exchange gain			35			—				35
Other income, net			100			—				100
Total other income, net			135			—				135
Income before income taxes			637			(37	)			600
Income tax expense			257			(15	)			242
Net income		$	380		$	(22	)		$	358
Net income per share – basic		$	0.10		$	(0.01	)		$	0.09
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic			3,758			—				3,758
Net income per share – diluted		$	0.10		$	(0.01	)		$	0.09
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted			3,766			—				3,766

 

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December 31, 2008 (Cont.)

 

Restated Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

		As of December 31, 2008
		As reported				Restatement Adjustment				Restated
		(Amounts in thousands, except par value)
		(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	12,658				—			$	12,658
Short-term investments			1,500				—				1,500
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $163			13,046				—				13,046
Inventories			7,463				—				7,463
Refundable income taxes			710				—				710
Deferred income taxes			155				—				155
Other current assets			1,029				15				1,044
Total current assets			36,561				15				36,576
Property, equipment and improvements, net			964				—				964
Other assets:
Goodwill			3,941				—				3,941
Intangibles, net			885				—				885
Deferred income taxes			263				—				263
Cash surrender value of life insurance			2,328				—				2,328
Other assets			296				—				296
Total other assets			7,713				—				7,713
Total assets		$	45,238			$	15			$	45,253
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	9,662			$	52			$	9,714
Deferred revenue			2,259				—				2,259
Pension and retirement plans			375				—				375
Deferred income taxes			164				—				164
Income taxes payable			1,221				(15	)			1,206
Total current liabilities			13,681				37				13,718
Pension and retirement plans			6,994				—				6,994
Deferred income taxes			587				—				587
Capital lease obligation			70				—				70
Other long-term liabilities			291				—				291
Total liabilities			21,623				37				21,660
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.01 par; authorized, 7,500 shares; issued and outstanding, 3,725 shares			37				—				37
Additional paid-in capital			11,752				—				11,752
Retained earnings			15,765				(22	)			15,743
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(3,939	)			—				(3,939	)
Total shareholders’ equity			23,615				(22	)			23,593
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	45,238			$	15			$	45,253

 

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14.	Common Stock Repurchase

On February 3, 2009, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase up to 350 thousand additional shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock at market price. Pursuant to the aforementioned authorization and previous authorizations by its board of directors, the Company repurchased approximately 304 thousand shares of its outstanding common stock during the nine months ended June 30, 2009. As of June 30, 2009, approximately 240 thousand shares remain authorized to repurchase under its stock repurchase program.

 

15.	New Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”), SFAS No. 107-1 and Accounting Principles Board (“APB”), No. 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments.” This FSP amends FASB Statement No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods of publicly traded companies as well as in annual financial statements. The FSP also amends APB No. 28, “Interim Financial Reporting,” to require those disclosures in summarized financial information at interim reporting periods. This FSP applies to all financial instruments within the scope of SFAS No. 107 held by publicly traded companies, as defined by APB No. 28. A publicly traded company is required to include disclosures about the fair value of its financial instruments whenever it issues summarized financial information for interim reporting periods. Such entity is required to disclose in the body or in the accompanying notes of its summarized financial information for interim reporting periods and in its financial statements for annual reporting periods the fair value of all financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value, whether recognized or not recognized in the statement of financial position, as required by SFAS No. 107. Fair value information disclosed in the notes must be presented together with the related carrying amount in a form that makes it clear whether the fair value and carrying amount represent assets or liabilities and how the carrying amount relates to what is reported in the statement of financial position. Such entity also must disclose the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments and describe changes in methods and significant assumptions during the period. This FSP is effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. The Company does not believe this pronouncement will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial position.

In April 2009, FASB issued FSP SFAS No. 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly.” This FSP provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased. This FSP also includes guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly. This FSP emphasizes that even if there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability and regardless of the valuation technique(s) used, the objective of a fair value measurement remains the same. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction (that is, not a forced liquidation or distressed sale) between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. This FSP is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and will be applied prospectively. The Company does not believe this pronouncement will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial position.

In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, “Subsequent Events” to establish accounting and disclosure standards for events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. It defines financial statements as available to be issued, requiring the disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events and the basis for that date, whether it be the date the financial statements were issued or the date they were available to be issued. The Company adopted SFAS No. 165 upon issuance. This standard had no material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”) and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,” as the single source of authoritative nongovernmental Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States. The Codification will be effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. Upon the effective date, the Codification will be the single source of authoritative accounting principles to be applied by all nongovernmental U.S. entities. All other accounting literature not included in the Codification will be nonauthoritative. The Company does not expect the adoption of the Codification to have an impact on its financial position or results of operations.

 

16.	Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated subsequent events through August 14, 2009, when the financial statements were issued.

 

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Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

The discussion below contains certain forward-looking statements related to, among others, but not limited to, statements concerning future revenues and future business plans. Actual results may vary from those contained in such forward-looking statements.

Markets for our products and services are characterized by rapidly changing technology, new product introductions and short product life cycles. These changes can adversely affect our business and operating results. Our success will depend on our ability to enhance our existing products and services and to develop and introduce, on a timely and cost effective basis, new products that keep pace with technological developments and address increasing customer requirements. The inability to meet these demands could adversely affect our business and operating results.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to uncollectible receivables, inventory valuation, goodwill, income taxes, deferred compensation and retirement plans, and contingencies. We base our estimates on historical performance and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. A description of our critical accounting policies is contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 in the “Critical Accounting Policies” section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Results of Operations

Overview of the nine months ended June 30, 2009 Results of Operations

CSP Inc. operates in two segments:

 

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Systems – the Systems segment consists of our MultiComputer division which designs, develops and manufactures signal processing computer platforms which are used primarily in military applications and the process control and data acquisition hardware business of our Modcomp subsidiary.

 

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Service and System Integration – the Service and System Integration Segment includes the computer systems’ maintenance and integration services and third-party computer hardware and software products businesses of our Modcomp subsidiary.

Highlights include:

 

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Total revenue for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 was $65.2 million versus $58.7 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2008, an increase of approximately 6.5 million, or 11%.

 

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Operating loss for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 was $256 thousand versus an operating loss of $582 thousand for the nine months ended June 30, 2008, a decrease in operating loss of approximately $326 thousand, or 56%, over the year-ago first nine months.

 

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Net loss for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 was approximately $182 thousand versus a net loss of $78 thousand for the nine months ended June 30, 2008, an increase in net loss of approximately $104 thousand, or 133%, over the year-ago first nine months.

 

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Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $1.9 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 compared to net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended June 30, 2008 of $396 thousand.

 

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The following table details our results of operations in dollars and as a percentage of sales for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		June 30, 2009				% of sales			June 30, 2008				% of sales
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Sales		$	65,237			100	%		$	58,709			100	%
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales			53,684			82	%			47,766			81	%
Engineering and development			1,542			2	%			1,650			3	%
Selling, general and administrative			10,267			16	%			9,875			17	%
Total costs and expenses			65,493			100	%			59,291			101	%
Operating loss			(256	)		—	%			(582	)		(1	)%
Other income			87			—	%			464			1	%
Loss before income taxes			(169	)		—	%			(118	)		—	%
Provision (benefit) for income taxes			13			—	%			(40	)		—	%
Net loss		$	(182	)		—	%		$	(78	)		—	%

Sales

The following table details our sales by operating segment for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		Systems				Service and System Integration				Total				% of Total
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
For the nine months ended June 30, 2009:
Product		$	3,968			$	48,502			$	52,470			80	%
Services			1,835				10,932				12,767			20	%
Total		$	5,803			$	59,434			$	65,237			100	%
% of Total			9	%			91	%			100	%
		Systems				Service and Systems Integration				Total				% of Total
For the nine months ended June 30, 2008:
Product		$	3,248			$	43,006			$	46,254			79	%
Services			231				12,224				12,455			21	%
Total		$	3,479			$	55,230			$	58,709			100	%
% of Total			6	%			94	%			100	%
		Systems				Service and System Integration				Total				% increase
$ Increase (Decrease)
Product		$	720			$	5,496			$	6,216			13	%
Services			1,604				(1,292	)			312			3	%
Total		$	2,324			$	4,204			$	6,528			11	%
% increase			67	%			8	%			11	%

Total revenues for the first nine months of fiscal year 2009 increased by approximately $6.5 million, or 11%, compared to the first nine months of fiscal year 2008. Approximately $2.3 million of this increase was in the Systems segment and approximately $4.2 million of the increase was from the Service and System Integration segment.

 

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A significant factor impacting the fluctuation in total revenues, year over year, was the currency exchange rate fluctuation of the strengthening US Dollar versus both the Pound Sterling in Great Britain (“GBP”) and the Euro in Germany for the nine month period ended June 30, 2009 versus the year-ago nine month period. This currency exchange fluctuation negatively impacted the current year nine-month period revenues when comparing to the prior fiscal year nine month period, by approximately $3.1 million. Hence, if the exchange rates between the GBP, the Euro and the US Dollar had stayed the same as the prior year nine month period, the increase in revenue would have been approximately $9.6 million.

Product revenues for the first nine months of fiscal year 2009 increased by approximately $6.2 million, or 13% compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2008. Service and System Integration segment product revenue increased by approximately $5.5 million, while Systems segment product revenue increased by approximately $720 thousand.

The increase in Service and System Integration segment product sales for the first nine months of fiscal 2009 was due to a $9.9 million increase in shipments of third-party products from the U.S. division of the segment, due mainly to in increase in sales to the US division’s four largest customers, which accounted for approximately $8.7 million of the increase plus product sales of approximately $3.0 million from the acquisition of R2 Technologies (“R2”), offset by a net decrease in sales to all other customers of approximately $1.7 million. R2 was acquired in September of 2008, hence the nine months ended June 30, 2008, included no sales from R2. Offsetting the increase from the US division, product sales of the segment’s German division decreased by approximately $4.5 million, due to a decrease in sales volume which accounted for approximately $2.8 million, and an unfavorable exchange rate fluctuation of the Euro versus the US Dollar which accounted for approximately $1.7 million of the decrease. The decrease in product sales volume from the German division of $2.8 million was due to the economic and technology sector slowdown which resulted in lower sales volume from several of the division’s largest customers; including a cable and internet service provider and a large German systems integrator. In the UK division, product sales increased by approximately $150 thousand due to a product order for a customer acquired from the R2 acquisition.

Systems segment product revenue for the first nine months of fiscal year 2009 compared to the same period in fiscal year 2008 increased by approximately $720 thousand. This increase was due primarily to increased product sales to Lockheed Martin which increased by approximately $1.7 million, increased sales to BAE Systems Inc of approximately $761 thousand offset by decreased product sales to Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha (“KBK”) of approximately $1.5 million and General Dynamics of approximately $173 thousand.

Service revenues for the first nine months of fiscal year 2009 increased by approximately $312 thousand, or 3% compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2008. Service revenues in the Systems segment increased by approximately $1.6 million due to royalty revenues from Lockheed Martin.

Service revenues in the Service and System Integration segment for the first nine months of fiscal year 2009 decreased by approximately $1.3 million compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2008. This decrease was driven by lower service revenues from the segment’s German and UK divisions which decreased by approximately $1.2 million and approximately $600 thousand, respectively; which amounted to an aggregate decrease from the European subsidiaries of approximately $1.8 million. This decrease from the European subsidiaries was driven, in large part, by the unfavorable exchange rate fluctuations of the Euro and GBP versus the US Dollar which accounted for approximately $1.4 million of the decrease. In constant US Dollars, that is, if those exchange rates had remained the same year over year, there was a decrease in service revenues from the European subsidiaries of approximately $400 thousand. This decrease in service revenue volume from the German and UK divisions was due to the economic and technology sector slowdown which resulted in lower sales volume from several of the segment’s largest customers in Germany; including a cable and internet service provider and a large German systems integrator. In the US division of the Service and System Integration segment, service revenue increased by approximately $562 thousand, which resulted primarily from R2 which the Company acquired on September 25, 2008. R2 generated $845 thousand in service revenues for the nine months ended June 30, 2009. Offsetting this increase, services revenues decreased in the legacy business of the US division of the segment by approximately $285 thousand due primarily to a lower volume of maintenance contracts during the nine months ended June 30, 2009 versus the nine months ended June 30, 2008.

Our sales by geographic area, based on the location to which the products were shipped or services rendered, are as follows:

 

		For the Nine Months Ended
		June 30, 2009			%			June 30, 2008			%			$ Increase/ (Decrease)				% Increase (Decrease)
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Americas		$	42,416		65	%		$	27,246		46	%		$	15,170			56	%
Europe			22,209		34	%			28,210		48	%			(6,001	)		(21	)%
Asia Pacific			612		1	%			3,253		6	%			(2,641	)		(81	)%
Totals		$	65,237		100	%		$	58,709		100	%		$	6,528			11	%

 

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The increase in Americas revenue for the first nine months of 2009 versus the corresponding prior year nine months was primarily the result of the increase in Systems segment sales to US customers which increased by approximately $3.9 million plus the increase in revenues of the US division of the Service and System Integration segment to North American customers, which increased by approximately $11.3 million. The decrease shown above in sales to Europe was primarily the result of lower sales from the German and UK divisions of the Service and System Integration segment, where sales in Europe decreased by approximately $5.8 million and $435 thousand, respectively. The impact of the strengthening US Dollar versus the Euro and GBP accounted for approximately $2.6 million from the German division and $562 thousand from the UK division, respectively, of the total decreases in sales to Europe from these divisions, referred to previously. Offsetting the decreases in sales to Europe from the European divisions, sales to Europe from the US division of the Service and Systems Integration segment increased by approximately $250 thousand. The decreased Asia Pacific sales were primarily the result of the decrease in sales to KBK of approximately $1.6 million, as described above, from the Systems segment, and a decrease in sales to Asia Pacific from the US division of the Service and Systems Integration segment of approximately $1.1 million.

Cost of Sales and Gross Margins

The following table details our cost of sales by operating segment for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		Systems				Service and System Integration				Total				% of Total
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
For the nine months ended June 30, 2009:
Product		$	2,295			$	42,507			$	44,802			83	%
Services			109				8,773				8,882			17	%
Total		$	2,404			$	51,280			$	53,684			100	%
% of Total			4	%			96	%			100	%
% of Sales			41	%			86	%			82	%
Gross Margins:
Product			42	%			12	%			15	%
Services			94	%			20	%			30	%
Total			59	%			14	%			18	%
		Systems				Service and System Integration				Total				% of Total
For the nine months ended June 30, 2008:
Product		$	1,956			$	36,290			$	38,246			80	%
Services			91				9,429				9,520			20	%
Total		$	2,047			$	45,719			$	47,766			100	%
% of Total			4	%			96	%			100	%
% of Sales			59	%			83	%			81	%
Gross Margins:
Product			40	%			16	%			17	%
Services			61	%			23	%			24	%
Total			41	%			17	%			19	%
		Systems				Service and System Integration				Total				% increase (decrease)
Increase (decrease)
Product		$	339			$	6,217			$	6,556			17	%
Services			18				(656	)			(638	)		(7	)%
Total		$	357			$	5,561			$	5,918			12	%
% Increase			17	%			12	%			12	%
% of Sales			(18	)%			3	%			1	%
Gross Margins:
Product			2	%			(4	)%			(2	)%
Services			33	%			(3	)%			6	%
Total			18	%			(3	)%			(1	)%

 

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Total cost of sales for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 increased by approximately $5.9 million compared to the nine months ended June 30, 2008, to $53.7 million from $47.8 million. The increase in cost of sales was the result of the increase in sales referred to above. The gross margin percentage for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 was 18% versus 19% gross margin for the nine months ended June 30, 2008.

The Systems segment gross margin increased by 18% from 41% for the nine months ended June 30, 2008 to 59% for the nine months ended June 30, 2009, and was due primarily to approximately $1.6 million in royalty income realized in the first nine months of fiscal 2009. No royalty income was realized in the nine months ended June 30, 2008. These royalty sales to Lockheed Martin carry no cost of sales.

Gross profit margins for the Service and System Integration segment decreased by 3% from 17% for the prior year nine months to 14% for the current year nine months ended June 30, 2009. This decrease was due primarily to approximately $11.0 million in low margin orders, that the Company defines as orders with lower than 8% gross margin, that were shipped in the 1^st nine months of fiscal 2009. The low margin orders shipped during the nine months ended June 30, 2009 included sales of approximately $4.3 million with zero gross margin, because of a pricing dispute that was settled with one of the segment’s largest vendors. The combination of the 18% increase in gross margin in the Systems segment, offset by the 3% decrease in gross margin in the Service and System Integration segment, resulted in the aggregate gross margin decrease of 1% for the first nine months of fiscal 2009.

Engineering and Development Expenses

The following table details our engineering and development expenses by operating segment for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		For the Nine months ended
		June 30, 2009			% of Total			June 30, 2008			% of Total			$ Decrease				% Decrease
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
By Operating Segment:
Systems		$	1,542		100	%		$	1,650		100	%		$	(108	)		(7	)%
Service and System Integration			—		—	%			—		—	%			—			—	%
Total		$	1,542		100	%		$	1,650		100	%		$	(108	)		(7	)%

Engineering and development expenses for the first nine months of fiscal 2009 decreased by approximately $108 thousand, or 7%, compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2008. The decrease relates primarily to decreases in outside consultant expense and salaries expense in connection with the reduced development activities for the next generation 3000 SERIES product of the MultiComputer division in the Systems segment.

Selling, General and Administrative

The following table details our selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense by operating segment for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		For the Nine Months Ended
		June 30, 2009			% of Total			June 30, 2008			% of Total			$ Increase (decrease)				% Increase (decrease)
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
By Operating Segment:
Systems		$	2,496		24	%		$	2,608		26	%		$	(112	)		(4	)%
Service and System Integration			7,771		76	%			7,267		74	%			504			7	%
Total		$	10,267		100	%		$	9,875		100	%		$	392			4	%

Total selling, general and administrative expenses in the first nine months of fiscal 2009 increased by approximately $392 thousand, or 4%, compared to the corresponding nine months of fiscal 2008. The $112 thousand decrease in the Systems segment SG&A expenses was the result of lower consulting & outside services expenses of $56 thousand, lower pension costs of $72 thousand, lower audit/tax fees $65 thousand, offset by higher incentive compensation expenses of $76 thousand, due to the higher sales volume.

The $504 thousand increase in the Service and System Integration segment SG&A expenses was the result of an increase of approximately $1.3 million in the US division which was the result of increased commissions’ expense of approximately $138 thousand. In addition, salaries & benefits costs increased by approximately $890 thousand, amortization of goodwill and intangibles by approximately $84 thousand and facilities costs by approximately $126 thousand in connection with the R2 acquisition. In Germany, SG&A

 

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expenses decreased on a constant dollar basis by approximately $167 thousand due to lower commissions, bonus and general salaries and wages expenses. In the UK, SG&A expenses decreased by approximately $100 thousand in constant dollars versus the prior year, due to lower salaries from lower headcount and reduced rent expense, from reducing the facility square footage. Foreign exchange rate fluctuation accounted for approximately $488 thousand of reduction in SG&A expenses.

Other Income/Expenses

The following table details our other income/expenses for the nine months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		For the Nine Months Ended
		June 30, 2009				June 30, 2008				$ Decrease
		(Amounts in thousands)
Interest expense		$	(89	)		$	(68	)		$	(21	)
Interest income			204				519				(315	)
Foreign exchange gain			6				28				(22	)
Other expense, net			(34	)			(15	)			(19	)
Total other income, net		$	87			$	464			$	(377	)

Total other income, net, decreased by approximately $377 thousand for the first nine months of fiscal 2009 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2008. This decrease is primarily due to a decrease in interest income that was primarily earned on money market funds in fiscal 2009 as opposed to our auction rate security (“ARS”) portfolio in fiscal 2008. We divested our holdings in ARSs since the year-ago period because of the preponderance of failed auctions in the ARS market. The ARSs earned higher rates of interest than do the money market funds. In addition, the balances of interest bearing assets in general were lower in the current fiscal year nine month period versus the prior year.

Overview of the quarter ended June 30, 2009 Results of Operations

Highlights include:

 

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Revenue decreased by approximately $484 thousand, or 3%, to $18.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 versus $19.2 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.

 

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Operating loss increased by approximately $870 thousand, or 569%, to approximately $1.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 versus approximately $153 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.

 

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Net loss increased by $744 thousand, to $752 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 versus $8 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.

The following table details our results of operations in dollars and as a percentage of sales for the quarters ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		June 30, 2009				% of sales			June 30, 2008				% of sales
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Sales		$	18,671			100	%		$	19,155			100	%
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales			15,835			85	%			15,724			82	%
Engineering and development			524			3	%			471			3	%
Selling, general and administrative			3,335			18	%			3,113			16	%
Total costs and expenses			19,694			105	%			19,308			101	%
Operating loss			(1,023	)		(5	)%			(153	)		(1	)%
Other income (expense)			(23	)		—	%			123			1	%
Loss before income taxes			(1,046	)		(6	)%			(30	)		—	%
Benefit for income taxes			(294	)		(2	)%			(22	)		—	%
Net loss		$	(752	)		(4	)%		$	(8	)		—	%

 

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Sales

The following table details our sales by operating segment for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		Systems				Service and System Integration				Total				% of Total
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
For the three months ended June 30, 2009:
Product		$	1,420			$	13,926			$	15,346			82	%
Services			98				3,227				3,325			18	%
Total		$	1,518			$	17,153			$	18,671			100	%
% of Total			8	%			92	%			100	%
		Systems				Service and Systems Integration				Total				% of Total
For the three months ended June 30, 2008:
Product		$	1,193			$	13,537			$	14,730			77	%
Services			102				4,323				4,425			23	%
Total		$	1,295			$	17,860			$	19,155			100	%
% of Total			7	%			93	%			100	%
		Systems				Service and System Integration				Total				% increase (decrease)
Increase (Decrease)
Product		$	227			$	389			$	616			4	%
Services			(4	)			(1,096	)			(1,100	)		(25	)%
Total		$	223			$	(707	)		$	(484	)		(3	)%
% increase (decrease)			17	%			(4	)%			(3	)%

As shown above, total revenues decreased by approximately $484 thousand, or 3%, for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 compared to the same period of fiscal year 2008. Revenue in the Systems segment increased in the current year quarter versus the prior year quarter by approximately $223 thousand, while revenues in the Service and System Integration segment decreased by approximately $707 thousand, resulting in the overall decrease of $484 thousand.

Product revenues increased by approximately $616 thousand, or 4% for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 compared to the comparable period of fiscal 2008. This change in product revenues was made up of an increase in product revenues in the Systems segment of approximately $227 thousand over the prior year quarter, and an increase in product revenues in the Service and System Integration segment of approximately $389 thousand versus the prior year quarter.

The increase in the Systems segment product revenues of approximately $227 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 versus the comparable period in fiscal 2008 was primarily the result of higher product sales to Lockheed Martin of approximately $844 thousand, and higher product sales to BAE of approximately $97 thousand, offset by lower sales to KBK of approximately $674 thousand.

The increase in the Service and System Integration segment product sales of $389 thousand was primarily due to product sales in the US division of the segment, which increased by approximately $1.2 million, offset by a decrease of approximately $788 thousand in the segment’s German division. The increase in the US was primarily from R2 which had product sales of approximately $1.1 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2009. The decrease in Germany was from lower sales volume which accounted for approximately $185 thousand of the decrease, and an unfavorable exchange rate fluctuation of the Euro versus the US Dollar which accounted for approximately $603 thousand of the decrease. The decrease in product sales volume from the German division of $185 thousand was due to the overall economic and technology sector slowdown which resulted in lower sales volume from several of the divisions largest customers; including a cable and internet service provider and a large German systems integrator.

As shown in the table above, service revenues decreased by approximately $1.1 million, or 25% for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 compared to the comparable quarter of fiscal 2008. This decrease was substantially derived from the Service and System Integration segment as shown in the table above.

 

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Service revenues in the Service and System Integration segment for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 decreased by approximately $1.1 million compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2008. This decrease was driven by lower service revenues from the segment’s German and UK divisions which decreased by approximately $870 thousand and approximately $300 thousand, respectively; which amounted to an aggregate decrease from the European subsidiaries of approximately $1.2 million. The decrease in service revenue from the German division of approximately $870 thousand resulted from lower sales volume of approximately $551 thousand and unfavorable foreign currency exchange fluctuation impact of approximately $319 thousand. The decrease in service revenue volume from the German division was due to the economic and technology sector slowdown which resulted in lower sales volume from several of the segment’s largest customers in Germany; including a cable and internet service provider and a large German systems integrator. In the UK, service revenues were down by approximately $300 thousand, of which approximately $178 thousand was lower volume, also attributable to the poor economic conditions, and approximately $122 thousand of the decrease was the result of foreign exchange fluctuation impact. Offsetting these decreases, service revenue in the US division of the Service and System Integration segment increased by approximately $100 thousand, attributable to the R2 acquisition.

Our sales by geographic area, based on the location to which the products were shipped or services rendered, are as follows:

 

		For the Three Months Ended
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
		June 30, 2009			%			June 30, 2008			%			$ Increase/ (Decrease)				% Increase (Decrease)
Americas		$	11,261		60	%		$	8,026		42	%		$	3,235			40	%
Europe			6,928		37	%			8,867		46	%			(1,939	)		(22	)%
Asia			482		3	%			2,262		12	%			(1,780	)		(79	)%
Totals		$	18,671		100	%		$	19,155		100	%		$	(484	)		(3	)%

The increase in Americas revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 versus the quarter ended June 30, 2008 was primarily the result of the increase in Systems segment sales to US customers (primarily Lockheed Martin and BAE) which totaled approximately $968 thousand plus the increase in revenues of the US division of the Service and System Integration segment to customers in the Americas of approximately $2.3 million. The decrease shown above in sales in Europe was primarily the result of lower sales from the German and UK divisions of the Service and System Integration segment, where sales in Europe decreased by approximately $1.6 million and $300 thousand, respectively. The impact of the strengthening US Dollar versus the Euro and GBP accounted for decreases in European sales of approximately $900 thousand from the German division and $118 thousand from the UK division, respectively. The decreased Asia sales were primarily the result of the decrease in sales to KBK from the Systems segment of approximately $674 thousand described above, and a decrease in sales to Asia from the US division of the Service and System Integration segment of approximately $1.1 million.

 

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Cost of Sales

The following table details our cost of sales by operating segment for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		Systems				Service and System Integration				Total				% of Total
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
For the three months ended June 30, 2009:
Product		$	808			$	12,214			$	13,022			82	%
Services			35				2,778				2,813			18	%
Total		$	843			$	14,992			$	15,835			100	%
% of Total			5	%			95	%			100	%
% of Sales			56	%			87	%			85	%
Gross Margins:
Product			43	%			12	%			15	%
Services			64	%			14	%			15	%
Total			44	%			13	%			15	%
		Systems				Service and System Integration				Total				% of Total
For the three months ended June 30, 2008:
Product		$	629			$	11,710			$	12,339			78	%
Services			20				3,365				3,385			22	%
Total		$	649			$	15,075			$	15,724			100	%
% of Total			4	%			96	%			100	%
% of Sales			50	%			84	%			82	%
Gross Margins:
Product			47	%			13	%			16	%
Services			80	%			22	%			24	%
Total			50	%			16	%			18	%
Increase (Decrease)
Product		$	179			$	504			$	683			6	%
Services			15				(587	)			(572	)		(17	)%
Total		$	194			$	(83	)		$	111			1	%
% Increase			30	%			(1	)%			1	%
% of Sales			6	%			3	%			3	%
Gross Margins:
Product			(4	)%			(1	)%			(1	)%
Services			(16	)%			(8	)%			(9	)%
Total			(6	)%			(3	)%			(3	)%

Total cost of sales increased by approximately $111 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, versus the quarter ended June 30, 2008, to $15.8 million up from $15.7 million in the prior year quarter. The increase in cost of sales was despite a decrease in sales volume and revenues referred to in the revenue section above. This trend of an increase in cost of sales with a decrease in revenues reflects an overall decrease in the gross profit percentage of 3% to 15% for the current year quarter versus 18% in the prior year quarter. This decrease in the overall gross margin percentage was due primarily to the lower gross margin in the Service and System Integration segment; the gross margin for which decreased by 3% for the three months ended June 30, 2009 versus the prior year corresponding three month period. This decrease was due primarily to a substantial decrease in the overall gross margins in the German division of the segment, where the gross margin percentage decreased by 7% from 13% to 6%. This decrease was due to the economic slowdown, which has put downward pressure on prices, and in particular, the German division sold approximately $1.9 million in low margin orders, which the company defines as orders with lower than 8% gross margin. These low margin orders had an aggregate gross profit margin of 3.3%, which accounts for 1.3% of the 7% reduction in gross profit margin.

 

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In the Systems segment, the gross margin percentage was 44% for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 versus 50% for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. This decrease in gross margin resulted from product mix, whereby in the quarter ended June 30, 2009, a significant portion of the sales were 3^rd party components versus manufactured products that were sold in the prior year. Gross margins are much higher on manufactured products versus 3^rd party components.

Engineering and Development Expenses

The following table details our engineering and development expenses by operating segment for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		For the Three Months Ended
		June 30, 2009			% of Total			June 30, 2008			% of Total			$ Increase			% Increase
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
By Operating Segment:
Systems		$	524		100	%		$	471		100	%		$	53		11	%
Service and System Integration			—		—	%			—		—	%			—		—	%
Total		$	524		100	%		$	471		100	%		$	53		11	%

Engineering and development expenses increased by approximately $53 thousand, or 11%, for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 compared to the same period of fiscal 2008. The increase reflects higher expenditures to outside consultants in connection with the development of the next generation of MultiComputer products in the Systems segment.

Selling, General and Administrative

The following table details our selling, general and administrative expense by operating segment for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		For the Three Months Ended
		June 30, 2009			% of Total			June 30, 2008			% of Total			$ Increase			% Increase
		(Dollar amounts in thousands)
By Operating Segment:
Systems		$	821		25	%		$	790		25	%		$	31		4	%
Service and System Integration			2,514		75	%			2,323		75	%			191		8	%
Total		$	3,335		100	%		$	3,113		100	%		$	222		7	%

Total selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased by $222 thousand, or 7%, for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 compared to the corresponding quarter of fiscal 2008. Substantially all of this increase was from the Service and System Integration segment. The Service and System Integration segment SG&A expense increased in the U.S. division for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 versus the prior year quarter by approximately $357 thousand, due primarily to the SG&A expenses incurred by R2, which the company acquired in September of 2008. This increase was offset by decreased SG&A expenses in the German and UK divisions, which were lower in the quarter ended June 30, 2009 compared to the prior year quarter by approximately $165 thousand. This decrease was due substantially to foreign exchange impact.

Other Income/Expenses

The following table details our other income/expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008:

 

		For the Three Months Ended
		June 30, 2009				June 30, 2008				$ decrease
		(Amounts in thousands)
Interest expense		$	(27	)		$	(22	)		$	(5	)
Interest income			28				134				(106	)
Foreign exchange gain			—				5				(5	)
Other income (expense), net			(24	)			6				(30	)
Total other income (expense), net		$	(23	)		$	123			$	(146	)

Total other income (expense), net, changed from other income, net of $123 thousand to other net expense of $23 thousand, resulting in an unfavorable change of approximately $146 thousand for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 compared to the same quarter

 

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of fiscal 2008. This decrease is primarily due to a decrease in interest income of $106 thousand. Interest income in the fiscal 2009 quarter was earned on money market funds as opposed to our auction rate security (“ARS”) portfolio in fiscal 2008. The ARSs carried much higher interest rates than our money market funds. We divested our holdings in ARSs over the period since the year-ago quarter because of the preponderance of failed auctions in the ARS market. In addition, the balances of interest bearing assets in general were lower in the current fiscal year three month period versus the prior year.

Income Taxes

Income Tax Provision

The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $294 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 reflecting an effective income tax rate of 28% compared to an income tax benefit of $22 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, which reflected an effective tax rate of 73%.

In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, we considered our taxable future earnings and the expected timing of the reversal of temporary differences. Accordingly, we have recorded a valuation allowance which reduces the gross deferred tax asset to an amount which we believe will more likely than not be realized. Our inability to project future profitability beyond fiscal year 2010 in the U.S. and cumulative losses incurred in recent years in the U.K. represent sufficient negative evidence under SFAS 109 to record a valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets. We maintained a substantial valuation allowance against our U.K. deferred tax assets as we have experienced cumulative losses and do not have any indication that the operation will be profitable in the future to an extent that will allow us to utilize much of our net operating loss carryforwards. To the extent that actual experience deviates from our assumptions, our projections would be affected and hence our assessment of realizability of our deferred tax asset may change.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary source of liquidity is our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, which decreased by approximately $1.1 million to $17.4 million as of June 30, 2009 compared to $18.5 million as of September 30, 2008. At June 30, 2009, the Company’s cash equivalents of $17.4 million are held in money market funds.

The Company generated approximately $1.9 million of cash from operations during the nine months ended June 30, 2009. A significant item that accounted for this source of cash was net cash provided from changes in operating assets and liabilities of approximately $1.5 million. Additionally, add-backs of non-cash expenses for depreciation and amortization of approximately $441 thousand, and stock-based compensation expense of $201 thousand, which offset the book net loss of approximately $182 thousand, were significant sources of cash from operating activities.

Approximately $4.6 million of cash was provided from investing activities for the nine months ended June 30, 2009, consisting primarily of $5.0 million from sales of our auction rate securities, offset by uses of cash from investing activities of approximately $244 thousand to purchase capital equipment and approximately $121 thousand to pay insurance premiums for officer and key employee life insurance policies.

We used approximately $2.3 million in financing activities during the nine months ended June 30, 2009 which consisted of $1.5 million to pay off our line of credit balance and approximately $936 thousand to buyback CSPI stock. Offsetting these uses of cash, we generated approximately $180 thousand in cash from proceeds for stock issued through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

For the nine months ended June 30, 2009, the effects of foreign exchange rate fluctuations on cash was a use of cash of approximately $390 thousand. This was due primarily to the significant reduction in the value of the British Pound and the Euro versus the US Dollar.

If cash generated from operations is insufficient to satisfy working capital requirements, we may need to access funds through bank loans or other means. There is no assurance that we will be able to raise any such capital on terms acceptable to us, on a timely basis or at all. If we are unable to secure additional financing, we may not be able to complete development or enhancement of products, take advantage of future opportunities, respond to competition or continue to effectively operate our business.

Based on our current plans and business conditions, management believes that the Company’s available cash and cash equivalents and cash generated from operations and investments will be sufficient to provide for the Company’s working capital and capital expenditure requirements for the foreseeable future.

Inflation and Changing Prices

Management does not believe that inflation and changing prices had significant impact on sales, revenues or income from continuing operations during the nine month periods ended June 30, 2009 or 2008. There is no assurance that our business will not be materially and adversely affected by inflation and changing prices in the future.

 

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Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Not required for smaller reporting companies

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2009. Our chief executive officer, our chief financial officer, and other members of our senior management team supervised and participated in this evaluation. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2009, the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

This quarterly report is not required to include, and does not include, a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of the company’s registered public accounting firm.

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

During the quarter ended June 30, 2009, the Company’s US Modcomp division (“Modcomp US”), which is part of the Service and System Integration segment, and one of its largest hardware manufacturers (the “Hardware Manufacturer”) began working to resolve a pricing dispute (the “Dispute”). The Dispute arose through the discovery that Modcomp US was buying some products from the Hardware Manufacturer’s distributors at incorrect prices. The prices that were incorrect arose from Modcomp US and three of the Hardware Manufacturer’s distributors misapplying discounts that were available for specific products for certain customers to customers for whom these discounts were not available.

As a result of the Dispute, the Company has restated its financial statements as of and for the periods ended March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 to reflect adjustments to cost of goods sold, operating expenses and income tax expense, in connection with transactions which occurred during those periods, as a result of the Dispute.

As a result of the restatement, management identified a material weakness in internal controls as of June 30, 2009 related to the Company’s policies and procedures within its purchasing cycle. Specifically, the Company’s policies and procedures did not provide for timely evaluation of and revision to management’s approach to assessing whether channel discounts were being applied appropriately. Effective in July 2009, management completed modifications to its internal control structure and procedures in order to remediate this weakness. Specifically, the Company implemented new procedures which require all proposed orders to be reviewed and approved by appropriate accounting personnel prior to a vendor purchase order being generated. In addition, new training points have been added to the Modcomp US sales representatives’ training and orientation processes, so that all sales representatives are made aware of the appropriate authorized distribution channels for each manufacturer whose products we resell.

Through these steps, the Company believes it has appropriately addressed the material weakness that affected its internal control over financial reporting as disclosed above. However, the effectiveness of any system of internal controls is subject to inherent limitations and there can be no assurance that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors.

During the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting other than those discussed above.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Share Repurchase Plans. The following table provides information with respect to shares of our common stock that we repurchased during the nine months ended June 30, 2009:

 

Month Ended		Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share			Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans (1)		Maximum number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans
October 31, 2008		9,805		$	3.92		9,805
November 30, 2008		17,088		$	3.17		17,088
December 31, 2008		45,023		$	2.77		45,023
January 31, 2009		59,608		$	3.07		59,608
February 28, 2009		139,781		$	3.18		139,781
March 31, 2009		15,206		$	2.75		15,206
April 30, 2009		18,300		$	2.82		18,300
May 31, 2009		—		$	—		—
June 30, 2009		—		$	—		—
Total		304,811		$	3.08		304,811		240,046

 

(1)	All shares were purchased under publicly announced plans. For additional information about these publicly announced plans, please refer to Note 14 of our audited financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008.

 

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Item 6.

Exhibits

 

Number		Description
3.1		Articles of Organization and amendments thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008)
3.2		By-Laws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008)
31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

				CSP INC.
Date: August 14, 2009				By:		/s/ Alexander R. Lupinetti
						Alexander R. Lupinetti
						Chief Executive Officer,
						President and Chairman
Date: August 14, 2009				By:		/s/ Gary W. Levine
						Gary W. Levine
						Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Number		Description
3.1		Articles of Organization and amendments thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008)
3.2		By-Laws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008)
31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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