10-K 1 d25132d10k.htm FORM 10-K Form 10-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-K

 

 

 

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

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015

 

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

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 001-35214

 

 

API TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   98-0200798

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

4705 S. Apopka Vineland Rd. Suite 210

Orlando, FL

  32819
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number including area code: (407) 876-0279

Securities registered under Section 12 (b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Title of Each Class

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Securities registered under Section 12 (g) of the Exchange Act:

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant (1) filed all reports required to be filed by section 13 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for a 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  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    ¨

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 “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

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 issuer is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

As of May 31, 2015, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $47,081,825. For the purpose of the foregoing calculation only, all directors and executive officers of the registrant and owners of more than 10% of the registrant’s common stock are assumed to be affiliates of the registrant. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily conclusive for any other purpose.

As of February 16, 2016, the Company had 55,850,800 shares of common shares issued and outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the end of our fiscal year ended November 30, 2015 are incorporated by reference into Part III.

 

 

 


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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PART I

  

ITEM 1

   BUSINESS      1   

ITEM 1A

   RISK FACTORS      15   

ITEM 1B

   UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS      28   

ITEM 2

   PROPERTIES      29   

ITEM 3

   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS      30   

ITEM 4

   MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES      30   

PART II

     

ITEM 5

  

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’ S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

     31   

ITEM 6

   SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA      32   

ITEM 7

  

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     32   

ITEM 7A

   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK      47   

ITEM 8

   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA      47   

ITEM 9

  

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

     47   

ITEM 9A

   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES      47   

ITEM 9B

   OTHER INFORMATION      48   

PART III

     

ITEM 10

   DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE      49   

ITEM 11

   EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION      49   

ITEM 12

  

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

     49   

ITEM 13

  

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

     49   

ITEM 14

   PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES      49   

PART IV

     

ITEM 15

   EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES      50   


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PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document and the documents incorporated in this document by reference contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this document and the materials accompanying this document are forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to our management. Frequently, but not always, forward-looking statements are identified by the use of the future tense and by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “will,” “may,” “could,” “would,” “projects,” “continues,” “estimates” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this document are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and are subject to the safe harbor created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include declarations regarding our plans, intentions, beliefs or current expectations.

Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements are the risks and uncertainties described under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this document and in our other filings with the SEC.

Forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking statements included in this document are made as of the date of this document and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect new information, subsequent events or otherwise.

Overview of the Company

API Technologies Corp. (“we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” or “API”) is a leading provider of high performance Radio Frequency (“RF”) microwave, microelectronic, power, and security solutions. We offer one of the most comprehensive selections of RF, microwave, millimeterwave and microelectronics products in the industry, ranging from components to complete system solutions. We operate through our three business segments—Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC), Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) and Secure Systems & Information Assurance (SSIA).

Our primary end markets are defense, high- reliability commercial and industrial, and non-defense government. Our products may be found in a variety of applications including commercial aircraft systems, mobile and wireless systems, radar and imaging systems, missile systems, unmanned systems, spectrum defense technology, commercial and military satellites, space vehicles, medical devices, and oil and gas industrial systems.

We sell our products through direct sales force and applications engineering staff, a network of independent sales representatives, and distributors, as well as through our web site.

 

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We currently have business offices throughout North America, the U.K., and Germany. Our executive corporate office is located at 4705 S. Apopka Vineland Rd. Suite 210, Orlando, FL 32819, and our telephone number at that location is (407) 876-0279.

Our website address is www.apitech.com. In our web site’s “Investor Relations” section, we make available, free of charge, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as proxy statements, as soon as reasonably practicable after we file electronically such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The content on our website is available for information purposes only and is not incorporated by reference. Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “ATNY.”

2015 Product Highlights

Systems, Subsystems & Components

 

    RF/Microwave & Microelectronics: In May 2015, we expanded our line of high power amplifier solutions through the introduction of a GaN-based multifunction rack mount assembly and communications band jammer amplifier. Further expansion of our amplifier product line included the addition of higher frequency designs. In August 2015, the first in a line of opto-electronic media converter products was released. In March 2015 our U.K. Operation announced the signing of a technical collaboration agreement with Bharat Electronics Limited India for the co-development of advanced transmit / receive modules for use in next generation E-Scan (electronically scanned) radars.

 

    Electromagnetic Integrated Solutions (EIS): As of November 2015, we further expanded our surge suppression offering by introducing ESD and Transient suppressed Mil circular connector configurations. In June of 2015, EIS had also expanded the breadth of its custom cable offering including higher temperature options.

 

    Power Solutions: In November 2015 we secured Underwriters Lab Listing for a series of 4 SMART PDU products to be adopted across the ATE Test Platforms at a major aerospace contractor.

Secure Systems & Information Assurance (SSIA)

Demand from Government users for TEMPEST products and services was particularly strong in the U.K. and Scandinavia. Market need for thin client and zero client solutions was addressed with new products released in the year. Secure products, including IP telephones and video conferencing terminals, were designed and sold in the period. With the introduction of the ION Secure virtual Appliance, ION enters the Cloud application market, enabling remote secure services of privileged users.

Recent Developments and Financial Highlights

During fiscal 2015, we completed the following transactions:

On June 8, 2015 we completed the acquisition of Aeroflex / Inmet, Inc. (“Inmet”) and Aeroflex / Weinschel, Inc. (“Weinschel”) from Cobham plc for a total purchase price of approximately $80.0 million. Inmet and Weinschel have each been in business for more than 40 years, and each manufactures and sells RF and microwave products for defense, space, avionics, wireless, and test and measurement applications. The acquisitions of Inmet and Weinschel add breadth to our RF, microwave, and microelectronics product portfolio, extend the Company’s subsystems offering, and further our reach in key end markets, including defense, space, commercial aviation, and wireless. We financed the acquisition with an $85.0 million add-on to our existing term loan with Guggenheim Corporate Funding LLC.

During fiscal 2014, we completed the following transactions:

On March 21, 2014, we entered into Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment No. 2”), by and among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as

 

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administrative agent (the “Agent”). Amendment No. 2 amends the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2013, by and among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Agent (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Term Loan Agreement”) to provide for an incremental term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $55.0 million (the “Incremental Term Loan Facility”). The Incremental Term Loan Facility is subject to substantially the same terms and conditions, including the applicable interest rate and the maturity date of February 6, 2018, as the $165.0 million term loan facility provided upon the initial closing of the Term Loan Agreement. In addition, Amendment No. 2 amends the Term Loan Agreement to reduce the minimum interest coverage ratio and increase the maximum leverage ratio, among other things.

The proceeds of the Incremental Term Loan Facility were used (i) to pay in full the amounts due under a Credit Agreement (the “Revolving Loan Agreement”), by and among the Company and certain of its U.S. subsidiaries, as borrowers, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and U.K. security trustee, which Revolving Loan Agreement was then terminated; (ii) to redeem all 26,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock that were outstanding (as described below); (iii) to pay fees, costs and expenses associated with the Incremental Term Loan Facility and related transactions; and (iv) for general corporate purposes.

As of March 21, 2014, we redeemed all 26,000 shares of our Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock that were outstanding. We paid the holder of the Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock an aggregate of $27.6 million to effect the redemption. Following redemption, all shares of Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock were cancelled and such shares were returned to authorized but undesignated shares of preferred stock.

On December 31, 2013, we completed the sale and leaseback (the “Sale/Leaseback”) of the Company’s facility located in State College, Pennsylvania. We sold the facility to an unaffiliated third party for a gross purchase price of approximately $15.5 million and will lease the property from the buyer for approximately $1.3 million per year, subject to annual adjustments. We used $14.2 million of the proceeds of the Sale/Leaseback to reduce our outstanding indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement.

Business Strategy

Our business strategy is to increase shareholder value by providing differentiated products to address our customers’ high reliability requirements for the RF/Radio Frequency and microwave, power, and security solutions.

Our strategies to achieve our objectives include:

 

    Broaden International Customer Footprint. Given our expanded availability of standard and configurable products, we are able to execute a targeted sales effort aimed at expanding our presence in international growth markets. The breadth of our product line positions us favorably against competitors, as does our ability to manufacture products in China and Europe.

 

    Expand Within Customer Base by Leveraging Our Status as a Strategic Supplier to Major OEM Customers. We are an incumbent strategic supplier with products designed-in across a wide range of defense and commercial programs. We intend to leverage our relationships with our Tier 1 and government customers by our performance on existing contracts and actively working with them on new contracts. Our status as a strategic supplier, with many decades of successful heritage, presents us with opportunities to develop and design new products for these OEM customers on a collaborative, solutions-oriented basis giving us an advantage over many of our competitors.

 

   

Leverage Intellectual Property and New Product Introductions to Expand Customer Reach. We believe through our acquisitions of Spectrum Control, Inc. (“Spectrum”), Commercial Microwave

 

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Technology, Inc. (“CMT”), C-MAC, RTIE, Inmet and Weinschel, we have amassed significant “know how”, which we continue to channel into the development and launch of new products. By leveraging our current market position and existing customer relationships, we are able to win adjacent, higher margin, highly engineered products to a global customer audience.

 

    Target Customers’ Applications Affected by Limited RF Spectrum Availability/Allocation. While available RF spectrum is limited, demand continues to increase, driven primarily by the growing use of mobile and wireless communications technology. API intends to capitalize on its technology expertise in this area of RF filtering technology to introduce new solutions to meet continuously growing customer demand.

 

    Capitalize on Evolving Defense Requirements. In recent years global government budgets, including the Department of Defense (“DoD”) budget, have reflected increased focus on command, control, communications, computers, collaboration and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, precision -guided weapons, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (“UAV”) and other electro-mechanical robotic capabilities, networked information technologies, special operations forces, and missile defense. The emphasis on systems interoperability, advances in intelligence gathering, and the provision of real-time relevant data to battle commanders, often referred to as the Common Operating Picture (COP), have increased the electronic content of nearly all major military procurement and research programs. Therefore, we expect that global government budgets for information technologies and defense electronics will be relatively strong, in comparison to other segments of the defense market. We believe our Systems, Subsystems & Components segment, which manufactures components for these items, is well positioned to benefit from the expected focus in those areas. We are well positioned to address demand for Information Assurance solutions via our SSIA business segment. We have seen increased budgets for Security Services to counter State Sponsored threats as well as on going terrorist activity/attacks.

 

    Target High Growth Industrial and Commercial Sectors. We intend to actively pursue opportunities in adjacent, high-growth industrial and commercial market sectors that require high-reliability electronics. These sectors include commercial aerospace, mobile communications, satellites, and oil and gas. We believe our technology heritage, differentiated high-reliability portfolio of standard and custom products, and industry certifications, positions us well in this market. Furthermore, the high barrier of entry associated with new competitors entering these market sectors offers fertile ground for us to organically grow our industrial and commercial customer base.

 

    Continuously Improve our Cost Structure and Business Processes. We intend to continue to aggressively improve and reduce our direct contract and overhead costs, including general and administrative costs, as well as real estate. Effective management of labor, material, subcontractor and other direct costs is a primary element of favorable contract performance. We have taken steps to reduce assembly direct labor costs by locating plants in areas with relatively low-cost labor, including our manufacturing centers in Mexico and China. We believe continuous cost improvement will enable us to increase our cost competitiveness, expand our operating margin and selectively invest in new product development, bids and proposals and other business development activities to organically grow sales and effectively compete in a global marketplace.

 

    Pursue Strategic Acquisitions, Divestitures and Business Combinations. We periodically review and evaluate potential strategic acquisitions, and we may selectively acquire businesses that add new products, technologies, programs and contracts, or provide access to select customers and provide attractive returns on investment. Furthermore, we periodically consider divestiture and business combination opportunities as a potential means to better align our product portfolio to meet current and future market demands, as well as address strategic business needs and provide shareholder value.

 

   

Developing and Retaining Highly Qualified Management and Technical Employees. The success of our businesses, including our ability to retain existing business and to successfully compete for new business is primarily dependent on the management, marketing and business development, contracting,

 

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engineering and technical skills, and knowledge of our employees. We intend to retain and develop our existing employees and recruit and hire new qualified and skilled employees through training, competitive compensation, and organizational and staff development, as well as effective recruiting.

Corporate Organization and History

API was incorporated on February 2, 1999 under the laws of the State of Delaware under the name Rubincon Ventures Inc. On November 6, 2006, we completed the business combination among API, API Nanotronics Sub, Inc., which we refer to as API Sub, and API Electronics Group Corp., which we refer to as API Ontario. In this business combination, which occurred under Ontario law, API combined with API Ontario, and API Ontario became API’s wholly-owned indirect subsidiary. The holders of common shares of API Ontario were given the right to receive either 0.83 API common shares (which number reflects a subsequent share split and reverse share splits), or if the shareholder elected and was a Canadian taxpayer, 0.83 Exchangeable Shares of API Sub (which number reflects a subsequent share split and reverse share splits). Any API Ontario common shares not exchanged into Exchangeable Shares or API common shares may be cancelled on November 6, 2016.

On November 6, 2006, API changed its name to “API Nanotronics Corp.” and subsequently changed its name to API Technologies Corp. on October 22, 2009.

Products

We provide our products to our customers through three principal business segments—Systems, Subsystems & Components, Electronic Manufacturing Services and Secure Systems & Information Assurance.

Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC)

The Systems, Subsystems & Components segment includes the products of several of our operating subsidiaries, including Spectrum, API Defense Inc., API Defense USA Inc., API Systems Inc., API Microwave Ltd. (formerly RF2M Microwave Ltd.), API Microelectronics Ltd. (formerly RF2M Microelectronics Ltd.), API Electronics, Inc., TM Systems, Keytronics, Filtran Limited, CMT, API / Inmet, Inc. and API / Weinschel, Inc.

Products offered in the SSC segment include:

 

    RF, Microwave and Millimeterwave Products

We develop and offer high-performance RF, microwave and millimeterwave solutions for defense, space, commercial and military aircraft, and industrial applications. In addition to offering one of the world’s largest selections of RF and microwave filters for high reliability applications, we specialize in the development of Active Antenna Array Unit (AAAU) subsystems for AESA radar, datalink and satcom applications; high power amplifiers; and custom Integrated Microwave Assemblies (IMAs). Other featured products include small signal and high frequency amplifiers, SAW and BAW modules, agile sources, transponders and multi-channel transmit/receive modules. We also offer one of the world’s largest selection of RF and microwave attenuator based products via a wide range of frequencies and power levels consisting of gain equalizers, fixed, mechanically stepped and programmable attenuators and RF distribution subsystems.

 

    Microcircuits and Microelectronics

We develop microelectronics products for a broad range of space, defense, commercial, and industrial applications. Products span digital and mixed signal microcircuits, opto-electronic media conversion solutions, multi-chip modules (MCMs), high temperature electronics, and power and general purpose hybrids and modules.

 

    Electromagnetic Integrated Solutions (EIS)

We offer one of the world’s largest selections of high reliability custom and off-the-shelf components for EMC compliance, energy efficiency, and power management, used in defense, aerospace, medical, and industrial applications. The product line features a broad range of EMI filters, power filters, magnetics, thin film capacitors, coaxial filters, specialty connectors, and advanced ceramics.

 

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    Power Solutions

Our core focus is to expand and grow our AC & DC SMARTStart PDU, AC & DC Custom Military PDU, as well as our Power Conversion, Power Supply product. We will be focused on strategic programs targeting specific applications and focused accounts.

The SSC product offerings are sold to defense, commercial, and industrial customers, both domestic and international.

Secure Systems & Information Assurance (SSIA)

The Secure Systems & Information Assurance segment includes the products of our operating subsidiaries Emcon Emanation Control Inc., Secure Systems and Technologies Ltd., API Cryptek Inc. and the ION Networks division.

We develop and offer various secure network and hardware solutions spanning TEMPEST and Emanation Security, ruggedized systems, secure access, information assurance products, as well as TEMPEST certification. Products are marketed under the EMCON®, SST™, Cryptek™, ION™, and Netgard® brand names. These product offerings are sold to U.S. and international U.S. friendly governments and military organizations and Fortune 500 firms for which security and information assurance is of paramount importance.

Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS)

The Electronic Manufacturing Services segment includes the products of our operating subsidiaries API Defense Inc., API Systems Inc. and SenDEC.

We deliver award-winning Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) for high-reliability applications to defense, commercial, and medical customers. Offerings span New Product Introductions (NPI) and prototypes, turnkey manufacturing, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly, electro-mechanical assembly, systems integration, test engineering, turnkey box build, and supply chain management.

Financial Information About Segments and Geographical Data

For financial information concerning our reportable segments and geographic regions, refer to note 21 of our consolidated financial statements found in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K.

Sales and Marketing

We use an integrated sales approach across all of our business segments to closely manage relationships at multiple levels of the customers’ organizations, including management, engineering and purchasing personnel. At November 30, 2015 our sales, marketing and customer support team consists of approximately 68 people. Our use of experienced engineers as part of the sales effort facilitates close technical collaboration with our customers during the design and qualification phase of the engagement. We believe that close customer collaboration is critical to ensuring our products are incorporated into our customers’ systems and platforms. Products are sold through direct sales representatives and a network of independent sales representatives, distributors, and agents, with the exception of the Secure Systems and Information Assurance (SSIA) segment. SSIA products are sold almost exclusively by direct sales representatives.

The sales cycle can be long in nature with a protracted design phase. However, once a product is designed into a defense or commercial system, we may be the sole-source or primary source supplier. Due to the extensive qualification process and potential redesign required for using an alternative source, customers are often reluctant to change the incumbent supplier. We attempt to become the incumbent supplier by supporting customers’ early design and engineering efforts, thereby positioning us to realize long-term, recurring revenue throughout the lifecycle of our customers’ products.

 

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In the commercial market, we target industries with high-reliability applications (e.g. communications, space, medical, alternative energy). This enables us to parlay our defense engineering experience into producing products for customers who place a premium on performance, quality, and reliability.

Backlog and Orders

Our sales backlog at November 30, 2015 was approximately $118.6 million compared to approximately $120.7 million at November 30, 2014. Our backlog figures represent confirmed customer purchase orders that we had not shipped at the time the figures were calculated. We anticipate that approximately $82.3 million of our backlog orders will be filled in fiscal 2016. We lack control over the timing of new purchase orders, as such, the backlog can increase or decrease significantly based on timing of customer purchase orders.

 

     (dollar amounts in thousands)
As at November 30
 
     2015      2014      %
Change
 

Backlog by segments:

        

SSC

   $ 97,308       $ 98,111         (0.8 )% 

EMS

     15,577         19,077         (18.3 )% 

SSIA

     5,759         3,481         65.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 118,644       $ 120,669         (1.7 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The backlog decrease at November 30, 2015 compared to November 30, 2014 primarily related to our EMS and SSC segments. The decreases in our EMS and SSC segments resulted from lower bookings in the year ended November 30, 2015, and were partially offset by increased SSIA bookings in the year ended November 30, 2015.

Seasonality

Revenues for our Secure Systems and Information Assurance (SSIA) segment are typically slightly higher in the three months ended May relative to other quarters, partially related to the fiscal year end of the U.K. and Canadian Governments. Revenues from our Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC) and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) segment typically do not demonstrate consistent seasonal patterns. Various factors can affect the distribution of our revenue between accounting periods, including the timing of government contract awards and the ensuing subcontracts, the availability of government funding, product deliveries and customer acceptance.

Customers

Our customers consist mainly of military prime contractors and the subcontractors who work for them in the U.S., the U.K., Canada and various other countries in the world. Approximately 45% of total consolidated revenues for each of the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014 were derived directly or indirectly from defense contracts for end use by the U.S. government and its agencies. The U.K. and Canadian Governments’ Departments of Defense (directly and through subcontractors) account for approximately 10% and 1% of our revenues for the year ended November 30, 2015, and 9% and 2% of our revenues for the year ended November 30, 2014, respectively.

 

     2015     2014  

Revenue

    

United States Department of Defense Prime & Subcontractors

     45     45

Two of the U.S. customers, one a defense prime contractor, represented approximately 15% of revenues for the year ended November 30, 2015 (12% – 2014). The same customers represented 11% and 10% of accounts receivable as of November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

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Revenue from these customers primarily derives from our Systems Subsystems & Components (SSC) and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) segments. The loss of such customers could have a material adverse effect on such reporting segments.

Research and Development

We conduct research and development to maintain and advance our technology base. Our research and development efforts are funded by both internal sources and customer-funded development contracts.

Our research and development efforts primarily involve engineering and design relating to: developing new products, improving existing products and adapting existing products to new applications and programs.

A portion of our product development costs are recoverable under contractual arrangements; while the balance of these costs are self-funded. Our self-funded research and development expenditures for continuing operations were approximately $9.6 million and $8.3 million, for the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

We believe that strategic investment in product development is essential for us to remain competitive in the markets we serve. We are committed to maintaining appropriate levels of expenditures for product development.

Competition

We are engaged in a competitive industry that is characterized by technological change and product life cycles. We face competition from large and mid-tier defense contractors, large semiconductor and electronic component companies to small specialized firms, electronic contract manufacturers, and other companies. Sole and primary source supplier positions provide us a measure of protection against impending competition. This is particularly true of the Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC) segment, where products are designed into programs and platforms that may continue for many years.

In the SSC segment, we are considered one of the world’s largest merchant suppliers of RF microwave and millimeterwave products to the defense and commercial high reliability end markets. We also hold a significant portion, nearly 50%, of the total market share for EMI filtering coaxial and interconnect products. Some of our principal competitors in the SSC segment include Amphenol (NYSE: APH), Cobham plc, DRS.Finmeccanica, K&L Microwave, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc., and Schaffner Group. In the EMS segment, API is one of a select group of providers to hold ISO-9001:2008, AS9100 and ISO-13485 certifications. Competitors include Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE: DCO) and regional contract manufacturing providers. In the SSIA segment, API Technologies selling through EMCON and SST brand names currently holds approximately 20% of the addressable worldwide market share for TEMPEST products; principal competitors include CIS Secure Computing, Eurotempest, and Advanced Programs, Inc.

The extent of competition in each segment for any single project generally varies according to the complexity of the product and the dollar value of the anticipated award. We believe that we compete on the basis of:

 

    the performance, adaptability and competitive price of our products;

 

    reputation for prompt and responsive contract performance with a high quality product;

 

    accumulated technical knowledge and expertise;

 

    breadth of our product lines; and

 

    the capabilities of our facilities, equipment and personnel to undertake the programs for which we compete.

 

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Our future success will depend in large part upon our ability to improve existing product lines and to develop new products and technologies in the same or related fields. Since a number of consolidations and mergers of defense suppliers has occurred, the number of participants in the defense industry has decreased in recent years. We expect this consolidation trend to continue. As the industry consolidates, the large defense contractors are narrowing their supplier base, awarding increasing portions of projects to strategic mid- and lower-tier suppliers, and, in the process, are becoming oriented more toward systems integration. We believe that we have and expect to continue to benefit from this defense industry trend.

Intellectual Property

We rely upon trade secrets, technical know-how and continuing technological innovation to develop and maintain our competitive position. We have certain registered trademarks, none of which we consider to be material to our current operations. We own numerous U.S. and foreign patents and have certain patents pending, but do not believe that the conduct of our business as a whole or any single business segment is materially dependent on any single patent, trademark or copyright.

The products we sell require a large amount of engineering design and manufacturing expertise. We have patents on certain Secure Systems & Components (SSC) segment products and technologies, including our electronic components, circuits, filters, connectors, optocouplers, and antennas, and Secure Systems & Information Assurance (SSIA) segment products and technologies, including secure network systems, virtual data labeling systems, and secure access management systems. However, the majority of our technological capabilities are not protected by patents and licenses. We rely on the expertise of our employees and our learned experiences in both the design and manufacture of our products. It is possible that a competitor may also learn to design and produce products with similar performance capabilities as our products, which may result in increased competition and a reduction of sales for our products. We intend to file patent applications to protect future material proprietary technology, inventions and improvements. While we intend to protect our intellectual property rights vigorously, there can be no assurance that any of our patents will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, or the rights granted thereunder will provide competitive advantage to us.

Our trade secret protection for our technology in all segments is based in large part on confidentiality agreements that we enter into with our employees, consultants and other third parties. It is possible that these parties may breach these agreements. Since many agreements are made with companies much larger than us, we may not have adequate financial resources to adequately enforce our rights which could adversely impact our ability to protect our trade secrets and lead to a reduction of sales for our products. In addition, the laws of certain territories in which we develop, manufacture or sell our products may not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the U.S., the U.K. or Canada.

Regulatory Matters

Government Contracting Regulations

A significant portion of our Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) and Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC) business is derived from subcontracts with prime contractors of the U.S. government. As a U.S. government subcontractor, we are subject to federal contracting laws and regulations, including the U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the False Claims Act, that: (1) impose various profit and cost controls, (2) regulate the allocations of costs, both direct and indirect, to contracts, and (3) provide for the non-reimbursement of unallowable costs. Our extensive experience in the defense industry enables us to handle the strict requirements that accompany these contracts.

Under federal contracting regulations, the U.S. government is entitled to examine all of our cost records with respect to certain negotiated contracts or contract modifications for three years after final payment on such contracts to determine whether we furnished complete, accurate, and current cost or pricing data in connection with the negotiation of the price of the contract or modification.

 

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As is common in the U.S. defense industry, we are subject to business risks, including changes in the U.S. government’s procurement policies (such as greater emphasis on competitive procurement), governmental appropriations, national defense policies or regulations, service modernization plans, and availability of funds. Each of our business segments could be materially adversely affected by a) a reduction in expenditures by the U.S. Government for products of the type we manufacture and provide, b) lower margins resulting from increasingly competitive procurement policies, c) a reduction in the volume of contracts or subcontracts awarded to us or d) the incurrence of substantial contract cost overruns.

All of our U.S. Government prime and subcontracts, in all of our operating segments, can be terminated by the U.S. Government either for its convenience or if we default by failing to perform under the contract. Termination for convenience provisions provide only for our recovery of costs incurred or committed settlement expenses and profit on the work completed prior to termination. Termination for default provisions provide for the contractor to be liable for excess costs incurred by the U.S. Government in procuring undelivered items from another source. Our contracts and subcontracts with foreign governments generally contain similar provisions relating to termination at the convenience of the customer. Because government sales account for a material portion of our business, any such cancellations or renegotiations could have a material adverse effect on our business.

In connection with our U.S. government business, we are also subject to government audits and reviews of our accounting procedures, business practices and procedures, and internal controls for compliance with procurement regulations and applicable laws. We also could be subject to an investigation as a result of private party whistleblower lawsuits. We may be subject to downward contract price adjustments, refund obligations or civil and criminal penalties. In certain circumstances in which a contractor has not complied with the terms of a contract or with regulations or statutes, the contractor might be debarred or suspended from obtaining future contracts for a specified period of time. Since defense sales account for a significant portion of our business, any such suspension or debarment would have a material adverse effect on our business. It is our policy to cooperate with the government in any investigations of which we have knowledge, but the outcome of any such government investigation cannot be predicted with certainty. We believe we have complied in all material respects with applicable government requirements. We are not aware of any current government investigations of our policies, procedures, and internal controls for compliance with procurement regulations and applicable laws.

A significant portion of our Secure Systems & Information Assurance (SSIA) business is derived from subcontracts with prime contractors of U.K. and Canadian government agencies. In instances where the Company is a sole-source provider, certain government agencies may reserve the right to review costs and impose various profit and cost controls. These government agencies also have the right to require its prime and subcontractors to comply with relevant laws and regulations. Non-compliance with these requirements could lead to contract termination. Our extensive experience in the defense industry has enabled us to handle the strict requirements that accompany these contracts.

Some of our activities, in the SSC and SSIA segments, require security clearances from the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office, which is part of the Defense Security Service, an agency of the DoD, as well as comparable clearances in Canada and the U.K. A security clearance is a determination by the U.S. and international government agencies that a person or company is eligible for access to classified information. There are two types of clearances: Personnel Security Clearances and Facility Security Clearance. We have sufficient security clearances for our activities.

In order to qualify as an approved supplier of products for use in equipment purchased by military or aerospace programs, we are required to meet the applicable portions of the quality specifications and performance standards designed by the Air Force, the Army, and the Navy. Our products must also conform to the specifications of the Defense Electronic Supply Center for replacement parts supplied to the military. To the extent required, we currently meet or exceed all of these specifications.

 

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Our products are often incorporated into wireless communications systems that are subject to various FCC regulations, as well as regulation internationally by other foreign government agencies. Regulatory changes, including changes in the allocation of available frequency spectrum, could significantly impact our operations by restricting development efforts by our customers, making current products obsolete or increasing the opportunity for additional competition, which may affect our Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC) segment. Changes in, or the failure by us to comply with, applicable domestic and international regulations could have an adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, the increasing demand for wireless communications has exerted pressure on regulatory bodies worldwide to adopt new standards for such products, generally following extensive investigation of and deliberation over competing technologies. The delays inherent in this government approval process may cause the cancellation, postponement or rescheduling of the installation of communications systems by our customers, which in turn may have a material adverse effect on the sale of products by us to such customers.

Environmental Matters

Our operations are regulated under a number of federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, which govern, among other things, the discharge of hazardous materials into the air and water as well as the handling, storage and disposal of such materials and the use of restricted substances, including “conflict minerals.” We currently use limited quantities of hazardous materials common to our industry in connection with the production of our products. In addition, because of our use of such hazardous materials, we may be subject to potential financial exposure for costs associated with an investigation and remediation of sites at which we have arranged for the disposal of hazardous wastes, if such sites become contaminated. This is true even if we fully comply with applicable environmental laws.

Through the Spectrum acquisition on June 1, 2011, we owned certain land and manufacturing facilities in State College, Pennsylvania. The property, which was acquired by Spectrum from Murata Electronics North America (“Murata”) in December 2005, consists of approximately 53 acres of land and 250,000 square feet of manufacturing facilities. Among other uses, the acquired facilities have become the design and manufacturing center for our ceramic operations. We completed the Sale/Leaseback of our facility located in State College, Pennsylvania on December 31, 2013.

Spectrum’s purchase price for the acquired property included the assumption of, and indemnification of Murata against, all environmental liabilities related to the property. The acquired property had known environmental conditions that required remediation, and certain hazardous materials previously used on the property have migrated into neighboring third party areas. These environmental issues arose from the use of chlorinated organic solvents including tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene. As a condition to the purchase, Spectrum entered into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“PADEP”) pursuant to which: (a) Spectrum agreed to remediate all known environmental conditions relating to the property to a specified industrial standard, with the costs for remediating such conditions being capped at $4.0 million; (b) PADEP released Murata from further claims by Pennsylvania under specified state laws for the known environmental conditions; and (c) Spectrum purchased an insurance policy providing clean-up cost cap coverage (for known and unknown pollutants) with a combined coverage limit of approximately $8.2 million, and pollution legal liability coverage (for possible third party claims) with an aggregate coverage limit of $25.0 million. The total premium cost for the insurance policy, which has a ten year term commencing 2005 and an aggregate deductible of approximately $0.7 million, was $4.8 million. The cost of the insurance associated with the environmental clean-up ($3.6 million) is being charged to general and administrative expense in direct proportion to the actual remediation costs incurred. The cost of the insurance associated with the pollution legal liability coverage ($1.2 million) is being charged to general and administrative expense on a pro rata basis over the ten-year policy term.

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be entirely covered by the insurance policy. As of November 30, 2012, remediation expenditures of $2.4 million were incurred and charged against the environmental liability, with all such expenditures being reimbursed by the insurance carrier. In the second quarter of fiscal 2012, PADEP issued a site specific standard for the State College facility announcing that it meets specific industrial standards necessary to allow the discontinuance of further cleanup efforts. No reimbursements were provided by the insurance carrier thereafter; and subsequent cleanup, monitoring and decommissioning expenses were recorded as restructuring charges under administrative costs at $0.1 million in fiscal 2013 and $0.1 million in fiscal 2014. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company decommissioned all monitoring wells and water treatment equipment and anticipates no further material testing or cleanup requirements with respect to this matter.

International Operating and Export Sales

We currently sell several of our products internationally. The export of defense articles and data for military and satellite purposes from the U.S. is covered under International Traffic in Arms Regulations promulgated under the Arms Export Control Act.

We are registered with the U.S. Department of State and renew our registration annually. We currently hold several licenses that allow us to export technical data and product to certain foreign companies.

In addition, international sales of our U.S. products are in many cases subject to export licenses granted on a case-by-case basis by the U.S. Department of State and Department of Commerce. In certain cases, the U.S. government prohibits or restricts the export of some of our products.

We use two principal contracting methods for export sales: Direct Foreign Sales (DFS) and the U.S. government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS). In a DFS transaction, the contractor sells directly to the foreign entity and assumes all the risks in the transaction. In an FMS transaction, the sale is funded by a U.S. prime contractor who in turn sells the product to the foreign entity.

Our international operations involve additional risks for us, such as exposure to currency fluctuations, future investment obligations and changes in international economic and political environments. In addition, international transactions frequently involve increased financial and legal risks arising from stringent contractual terms and conditions and widely different legal systems, customs and practices in foreign countries.

Manufacturing and Source of and Availability of Materials

Our manufacturing processes for most of our products in all of our segments include the assembly of purchased components and testing of products at various stages in the assembly process. Purchased components include integrated circuits, circuit boards, sheet metal fabricated into cabinets, resistors, capacitors, semiconductors, silicon wafers and other conductive materials, and insulated wire and cables. In addition, many of our products use machine castings and housings, motors, and recording and reproducing media.

The most significant raw materials that we purchase for our SSC and EMS segment operations are integrated circuits in silicon wafers, die forms and packaged devices. As is the case with all of our business segments, materials and purchased components are generally available from a number of suppliers, several suppliers are our sole source of certain components. We are also dependent on certain suppliers for particular customers due to their product specifications. If a supplier should cease to deliver such components, other sources probably would be available; however, added cost and manufacturing delays might result. Despite the risks associated with purchasing from a limited number of sources, we have made the strategic decision to select limited source suppliers in order to obtain lower pricing, receive more timely delivery and maintain quality control. We are subject to rules promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act regarding the use of certain materials (tantalum, tin, gold and tungsten), known as conflict minerals, which are mined form the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries. These

 

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rules have and may continue to impose costs and may introduce new risks related to our ability to verify the origin of any conflict minerals used in our products.

We have long-standing strategic relationships with world class semiconductor suppliers. Because of these capabilities and relationships, we believe we can continue to meet our customers’ requirements. We do not have specific long-term contractual arrangements with our suppliers, however, we have good and long standing relationships with them.

Employees

As of November 30, 2015, we had approximately 1,863 full-time employees, including 1,342 in manufacturing, 186 in general and administrative, 177 in engineering and research and development, 68 in quality assurance, 68 in sales and marketing and 22 in contracts and customer service. With the exception of approximately 79 employees from our C-MAC acquisition, none of our employees are currently subject to a collective bargaining agreement.

There is a continuing demand for qualified technical personnel, and we believe that our future growth and success will depend upon our ability to attract, train and retain such personnel. We believe that our relations with our employees generally are satisfactory.

Executive Officers of the Registrant

The following table lists as of February 1, 2016, the name, age, and position of each of our executive officers.

 

Name

   Age     

Position Held

   Term
Commenced
 

Brian R. Kahn

     42       Chairman and Director      2011   

Robert E. Tavares

     54       Chief Executive Officer and President      2015   

Eric F. Seeton

     43       Chief Financial Officer      2015   

Set forth below is certain biographical information regarding each of our executive officers.

Brian R. Kahn

Brian Kahn became our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer on January 21, 2011. Mr. Kahn continued to serve as Chief Executive Officer until August 1, 2012 and he continues to serve as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Kahn founded and has served as the investment manager of Vintage Capital Management, LLC (“Vintage”), and its predecessor, Kahn Capital Management, LLC since 1998. Vintage focuses on public and private market investments in the consumer, manufacturing, and defense industries. Mr. Kahn also was the former Chairman of the Board of White Electronic Designs Corporation, where he served on the Governance, Compensation and Strategic Alternatives committees. Additionally, he recently served as a director of Integral Systems, Inc. where he served on the Nominating and Governance, Strategic Growth and Special Litigation committees. Currently, Mr. Kahn serves as a director of Aaron’s, Inc. (NYSE: AAN), where he is a member of the Nominating & Governance Committee and the Operational & Financial Advisory Committee. Mr. Kahn graduated cum laude and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Harvard University.

Robert E. Tavares

Robert Tavares became our President and Chief Executive Officer and joined the Board on March 2, 2015. Mr. Tavares has 30 years of experience in microelectronics and semiconductors for both commercial and defense applications. From March 2012 until joining API, Mr. Tavares was President of Crane Electronics Inc., a

 

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provider of microelectronic-based solutions for power and microwave applications to the defense, commercial aerospace, and medical markets. Prior to Crane, Mr. Tavares served as President of e2v U.S. Operations, a leading supplier of technology solutions in RF power and semiconductors from July 2010 to March 2012. Mr. Tavares spent the majority of his career, from May 1985 to February 2010 at Tyco Electronics, M/A Com Division, where he began his tenure as a design and development engineer, moving through various management roles, and ultimately progressing to the role of Vice President, General Manager. It is in this role where he was responsible for setting the strategic direction, and driving the growth, and profitability of a $320 million RF and microwave, multi-site business. He holds a B.S in Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

Eric F. Seeton

Eric Seeton became our Chief Financial Officer on September 8, 2015 and has over 20 years of experience in the RF/Microwave and healthcare industries. Prior to joining API, Mr. Seeton served as Business Unit Finance Director for Analog Devices (NASDAQ: ADI), a $3 billion manufacturer of integrated circuits. He joined Analog Devices as part of its July 2014 acquisition of Hittite Microwave Corp., where Mr. Seeton served as Hittite’s Director of Finance for three years. From May 2006 until July 2010, he served various finance leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble (formerly The Gillette Company), including as Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis and Operations Finance Manager. From July 2010 until July 2011, Mr. Seeton also served as the Co-Owner of Seeton Company, L.L.C., an online and retail consumer products company. Mr. Seeton holds an MBA from Cornell University and a B.S. in Accounting from Bentley University in Waltham, MA.

 

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Additional Risk Factors to Consider:

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risk factors described below, together with the other information included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K before you decide to invest in our securities. The risks described below are the material risks of which we are currently aware; however, they may not be the only risks that we may face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently view as immaterial may also impair our business. If any of these risks develop into actual events, it could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, the trading price of your shares could decline and you may lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to the Merger

Satisfying closing conditions may delay or prevent completion of the Merger

On February 28, 2016, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with RF1 Holding Company (“Parent”) and RF Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with API surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Completion of the Merger is conditioned upon certain closing conditions, and if such closing conditions are not met, the Merger will not be consummated.

If the Merger is not completed, the price of API common stock and future business and operations could be harmed

There is no assurance that the Merger will be effected. If the Merger is not completed, we may be subject to the following material risks, among others:

 

    we may not be able to find a party willing to pay an equivalent or more attractive merger consideration than the consideration offered by ;

 

    the price of API common stock may decline to the extent that the current market price of API common stock reflects a higher price than it otherwise would have based on the assumption, among others, that the Merger will be completed;

 

    certain of our costs related to the Merger, such as legal, accounting and certain financial advisory fees, must be paid even if the Merger is not completed;

 

    we would not realize the benefits it expects from the Merger;

 

    the diversion of management attention from our day-to-day business and the unavoidable disruption to its employees and its relationships with clients as a result of efforts and uncertainties relating to the Merger may detract from our ability to grow revenues and minimize costs, which, in turn may lead to a loss of market position that we could be unable to regain if the Merger does not occur;

 

    under the Merger Agreement, we are subject to certain restrictions on the conduct of our business prior to completing the Merger, which may affect our ability to execute certain of our business strategies; and

 

    we may not be able to continue our present level of operations, may need to scale back our business and may not be able to take advantage of future opportunities or effectively respond to competitive pressures, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operation.

Shareholders may sell substantial amounts of API common stock in the public market, which is likely to depress the price of API common stock

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will acquire such shares. These arbitrageurs would likely sell all such shares in the public market immediately following any announcement, or anticipated announcement, that the Merger failed, or will likely fail, to close, which in turn would likely cause the market price of API common stock to decline. In addition to the other negative effects on the Company, such sales of API common stock might make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future if the Merger is not completed.

We have incurred, and expect to continue to incur, substantial charges associated with the Merger; we cannot predict the exact timing or amounts of such charges

Other Merger related costs yet to be incurred, such as potential litigation costs related to the Merger and additional legal, accounting and certain investment banking fees, must be paid even if the Merger is not completed. Under certain circumstances specified in the Merger Agreement, we may be required to pay a termination fee of $3.5 million.

Risks Related to Our Business

We are highly reliant on defense spending

Our current orders from defense-related companies account for a material portion of our overall net sales and defense spending levels depend on factors that are outside of our control. For each of the fiscal years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014, U.S. defense revenue represented approximately 45% and 45%, respectively, of our total consolidated sales. Reductions or changes in defense spending, including as a result of new U.S. government budget reductions, could have a material adverse effect on our sales and profits. The loss or significant curtailment of government contracts or subcontracts, or failure to exercise renewal options or enter into new contracts or subcontracts, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Changes in federal government spending could directly affect our financial performance. Among the factors that could impact federal government spending and which would reduce our federal government contracting and subcontracting business are a significant decline in, or reapportioning of, spending by the federal government, changes or cancellations of federal government programs or requirements, and shutdowns or other delays in the government appropriations process. In addition, a difference in philosophy or the worsening economic climate of the country could reduce or change appropriations.

The current administration and Congress are under increasing pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit. This could result in a general decline in U.S. defense spending and could cause federal government agencies to reduce their purchases under contracts, exercise their rights to terminate contracts in whole or in part, to issue temporary stop work orders or decline to exercise options to renew contracts, all of which could harm our operations and significantly reduce our future revenues.

In particular, military spending may be negatively impacted by the Budget Control Act of 2011, or the Budget Control Act, which was passed in August 2011. The Budget Control Act established limits on U.S. government discretionary spending, including a reduction of defense spending by approximately $490 billion between the 2012 and 2021 U.S. government fiscal years, and also provided that the defense budget would face “sequestration” cuts of up to an additional $500 billion during that same period to the extent that discretionary spending limits were exceeded. The impact of sequestration was reduced with respect to the government’s 2014 and 2015 fiscal years, in exchange for extending sequestration into fiscal years 2022 and 2023, following the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 in December 2013. The impact of sequestration was further reduced with respect to the government’s 2016 and 2017 fiscal years, following the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 in November 2015. Sequestration is currently scheduled to resume in the government’s 2018 fiscal year. We are unable to predict the impact the cuts associated with Sequestration will ultimately have on funding for the military programs which we support. However, such cuts could result in reductions, delays or cancellations of these programs, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Future congressional appropriation and authorization of defense spending and the application of sequestration remain marked by significant debate and an uncertain schedule. The debt ceiling continues to be actively debated as plans for long-term national fiscal policy are discussed. The outcome of these debates could have a significant impact on defense spending broadly and programs we support in particular. As a result of the Budget Act and deficit reduction pressures, it appears likely that discretionary spending by the federal government may remain constrained for several years.

Such occurrences are beyond our control. For instance, government contracts are conditioned upon the continuing availability of Congressional appropriations. Congress typically appropriates funds for a given program on a fiscal-year basis even though contract performance may take more than one year. As a result, at the beginning of a major program, a contract is typically only partially funded, and additional monies are normally committed to the contract by the procuring agency only as Congress makes appropriations available for future fiscal years. Also, the specific programs in which we participate, or in which we may seek to participate in the future, must compete with other programs for consideration during the budget formulation and appropriation processes.

We are subject to unique business risks as a result of supplying products to the U.S. government directly and as a subcontractor, which could lead to a reduction in our net sales from, or the profitability of our arrangements with, the U.S. Government

Companies engaged in supplying defense-related products to U.S. government agencies are subject to business risks specific to the defense industry. We contract directly with the U.S. government and as a subcontractor to customers contracting with the U.S. government. These risks include the ability of the U.S. government to unilaterally suspend or prohibit us from receiving new contracts pending resolution of alleged violations of procurement laws or regulations, reduce the value of existing contracts and audit our contract- related costs and fees. In addition, most of our U.S. and international government contracts and subcontracts can be terminated by the U.S. or foreign government or the contracting party, as applicable, at its convenience. Termination for convenience provisions provide only for our recovery of costs incurred or committed, settlement expenses and profit on the work completed prior to termination.

In addition, the U.S. government may seek to review our costs to determine whether our pricing is “fair and reasonable.” Such a review could be costly and time consuming for our management and could distract from our ability to effectively manage the business. As a result of such a review, we could be required to provide a refund to the U.S. government or we could be asked to enter into an arrangement whereby our prices would be based on cost or the DoD could seek to pursue alternative sources of supply for our parts. Any of those occurrences could lead to a reduction in our net sales from, or the profitability of certain of our arrangements with, certain agencies and buying organizations of the U.S. government.

Our business may be adversely affected by global economic conditions

The continuing turmoil in the global economy and, in the U.S., the Congressional deadlock over the federal debt ceiling and government spending restrictions, has had, and may continue to have, a significant negative impact on our business, financial condition, and future results of operations. Specific risk factors related to these overall economic and credit conditions include the following: customer or potential customers may reduce or delay their procurement or new product development; key suppliers may become insolvent resulting in delays for our material purchases; vendors and other third parties may fail to perform their contractual obligations; customers may be unable to obtain credit to finance purchases of our products; and certain customers may become insolvent. These risk factors could reduce our product sales, increase our operating costs, impact our ability to manage inventory levels and collect customer receivables, lengthen our cash conversion cycle and increase our need for cash, which would ultimately decrease our profitability and negatively impact our financial condition. In addition, defense budgets generally are under pressure. Reduced defense spending may affect products purchased by those governments or their prime contractors from us and may materially adversely affect our operations and financial condition.

 

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We are reliant on certain security clearances for some of our business

We have Facility Security Clearances from the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office, which is part of the Defense Security Service, or DSS, for several of our U.S. facilities and comparable clearances at several of our U.K. and Canadian facilities. If we do not maintain the Facility Security Clearances we would be prevented from continuing those business activities that require access to classified information. Our ability to maintain our Facility Security Clearances has a direct impact on our ability to bid on or win new contracts, complete existing contracts, or effectively re-bid on expiring contracts either directly through the U.S. government or through U.S. defense contractors. The inability to obtain and maintain our Facility Security Clearances would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

We currently maintain approximately $200.0 million of debt and our failure to service such indebtedness may adversely affect our financial and operating activities

At February 1, 2016, we had approximately $200.0 million (November 30, 2015 – $200.0 million), in aggregate principal amount of outstanding debt, which was secured by substantially all of our assets.

Our ability to make scheduled payments of principal and interest on our indebtedness and to refinance our existing debt depends on our future financial performance as well as our ability to access the capital markets, and the relative attractiveness of available financing terms. We do not have complete control over our future financial performance because it is subject to economic, political, financial (including credit market conditions), competitive, regulatory and other factors affecting the aerospace and defense industry, as well as commercial industries in which we operate. It is possible that in the future our business may not generate sufficient cash flow from operations to allow us to service our debt and make necessary capital expenditures. If this situation occurs, we may have to reduce costs and expenses, sell assets, restructure debt or obtain additional equity capital. We may not be able to do so in a timely manner or upon acceptable terms in accordance with the restrictions contained in our debt agreements. Our level of indebtedness has important consequences to us. These consequences may include:

 

    requiring a substantial portion of our net cash flow from operations to be used to pay interest and principal on our debt and therefore be unavailable for other purposes, including acquisitions, capital expenditures, paying dividends to our shareholders, repurchasing shares of our common stock, research and development and other investments;

 

    limiting our ability to obtain additional financing for acquisitions, working capital, investments or other expenditures, which, in each case, may limit our ability to introduce new technologies and products or exploit business opportunities;

 

    heightening our vulnerability to downturns in our business or in the general economy and restricting us from making acquisitions, introducing new technologies and products or exploiting business opportunities; and

 

    limiting our organic growth and ability to hire additional personnel.

Our credit facilities contain certain restrictions that may limit our ability to operate our business

Our credit facilities contain a number of restrictive covenants that affect our business and restrict our ability to, among other things, incur indebtedness, issue guarantees, grant liens, dispose of assets and pay dividends or make distributions to stockholders.

In addition, as a result of the covenants and restrictions contained in our credit facilities, we are limited in how we conduct our business and we may be unable to make capital expenditures or raise additional debt or equity financing to compete effectively or to take advantage of new business opportunities either through acquisitions or internal expansion. The terms of any future indebtedness could include more restrictive covenants.

 

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We cannot assure that we will be able to remain in compliance with the covenants in our credit facilities in the future and, if we fail to do so, that we will be able to obtain waivers from the appropriate parties and/or amend the covenants. Our ability to comply with these covenants is dependent on our future performance, which will be subject to many factors, some of which are beyond our control, including prevailing economic conditions. If we are not able to comply with all of these covenants for any reason and we have debt outstanding at the time of such failure, some or all of our outstanding debt could become due and payable and the incurrence of additional debt under the credit facilities would not be allowed. If our cash is utilized to repay any outstanding debt, depending on the amount of debt outstanding, we could experience an immediate and significant reduction in working capital available to operate our business.

Net sales could decline significantly if we lose a major customer or a major program

Historically, a large portion of our net sales have been derived from sales to a small number of our customers and we expect this trend to continue for the foreseeable future. The U.S., U.K. and Canadian governments’ Departments of Defense (directly and through subcontractors) account for approximately, 45%, 10% and 1%, respectively, of our revenues for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015, and 45% and 9% and 2%, respectively, of our revenues for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014. Two of our U.S. customers, one a defense prime contractor, represented approximately 15% of revenues for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015 and 12% of revenues for the year ended November 30, 2014. A loss of a significant customer could materially adversely impact the future operations of our Company.

In many cases, our customers are not subject to any minimum purchase requirements and can discontinue the purchase of our products at any time. In the event one or more of our major customers reduces, delays or cancels orders with us, and we are not able to sell our products to new customers at comparable levels, our net sales could decline significantly, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, any difficulty in collecting amounts due from one or more key customers would negatively impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

Our operations are subject to numerous laws, regulations and restrictions, and failure to comply with these laws, regulations and restrictions could subject us to fines, penalties, suspension or debarment

Our contracts and operations are subject to various laws and regulations. Prime contracts with various agencies of the U.S. government, and subcontracts with other prime contractors, are subject to numerous procurement regulations, including Federal Acquisition Regulation and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations promulgated under the Arms Export Control Act, with noncompliance found by any one agency possibly resulting in fines, penalties, debarment, or suspension from receiving additional contracts with all U.S. government agencies. We are also subject to the federal False Claims Act, which provides for substantial civil penalties and treble damages where a contractor presents a false or fraudulent claim to the government for payment. Actions under the False Claims Act may be brought by the government or by other persons on behalf of the government (who may then share in any recovery). Given our dependence on U.S. government business, suspension or debarment could have a material adverse effect on our financial results.

In addition, our international business subjects us to numerous U.S. and foreign laws and regulations, including, without limitation, regulations relating to import-export control, technology transfer restrictions, repatriation of earnings, exchange controls, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the anti-boycott provisions of the U.S. Export Administration Act. Changes in regulations or political environments may affect our ability to conduct business in foreign markets including investment, procurement and repatriation of earnings. Failure by us or our sales representatives or consultants to comply with these laws and regulations could result in certain liabilities and could possibly result in suspension or debarment from government contracts or suspension of our export privileges, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial results.

 

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The possibility of goodwill impairment exists

As a result of our business acquisitions, including SenDEC, Spectrum, CMT, RTIE, C-MAC, Inmet and Weinschel, goodwill is a significant part of our total assets. At November 30, 2015, our total assets were approximately $345.0 million, which included approximately $149.2 million of goodwill. Goodwill reflects the excess of the purchase price of each of our acquisitions over the fair value of the net assets of the business acquired. We perform annual evaluations, or more frequently if impairment indicators arise, for potential impairment of the carrying value of goodwill in accordance with current accounting standards. We wrote down goodwill by $107.5 million in fiscal 2012, primarily from our EMS segment.

Major factors that influence our analyses of fair value are our estimates for future revenue and expenses associated with the reporting units. Other factors considered in our fair value calculations include assumptions as to the business climate, industry and economic conditions. These assumptions are subjective and different estimates could have a significant impact on the results of our analyses. While management, based on current forecasts and outlooks, believes that the assumptions and estimates are reasonable, we can make no assurances that future actual operating results will be realized as planned and that there will not be additional material impairment charges as a result. Any write-down of goodwill or intangible assets resulting from future periodic evaluations would, as applicable, either decrease our net income or increase our net loss and those decreases or increases could be material.

The concentration of our share ownership among our current officers, directors and their affiliates may limit our shareholders’ ability to influence corporate matters

Our officers and directors as a group beneficially own a large percentage of our shares. Therefore, directors and officers, acting together may have a controlling influence on (i) matters submitted to our shareholders for approval (including the election and removal of directors and any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets) and (ii) our management and affairs. This concentration of ownership also may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control, impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination or discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could materially adversely affect the market price of our shares.

We have a history of net losses, and may not be profitable in the future

Prior to the six-month transition period ended November 30, 2011, we incurred net losses for each of the five fiscal years preceding the transition period and incurred a loss in our past four fiscal years. We cannot assure you that we will be profitable in the future. Even if we achieve profitability, we may experience significant fluctuations in our revenues and we may incur net losses from period to period. The impact of the foregoing may cause our operating results to be below the expectations of securities analysts and investors, which may result in a decrease in the market value of our common shares.

The integration of acquisitions may be difficult and may not yield the expected results

As part of our general business strategy, we have experienced significant growth due to acquisitions. Failure to manage this growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. Expansion will place significant demands on our marketing, sales, administrative, operational, financial and management information systems, controls and procedures. Accordingly, our performance and profitability will depend on the ability of our officers and key employees to (i) manage our business and our subsidiaries as a cohesive enterprise, (ii) manage expansion through the timely implementation and maintenance of appropriate administrative, operational, financial and management information systems, controls and procedures, (iii) add internal capacity, facilities and third-party sourcing arrangements as and when needed, (iv) maintain product and service quality controls, and (v) attract, train, retain, motivate and manage effectively our employees. There can be no assurance that our systems, controls, procedures, facilities and personnel, even if

 

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successfully integrated, will be adequate to support our projected future operations. Any failure to maintain such systems, controls and procedures, add internal capacity, facilities and third-party sourcing arrangements or attract, train, retain, motivate and manage effectively our employees could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Ultimately, acquisitions may not be as profitable as expected or profitable at all.

Some of the additional risks that may continue to affect integration of our acquired companies include those associated with:

 

    consolidating and integrating operations and space, and the costs and risks associated therewith;

 

    retaining customers and contracts from the acquired companies;

 

    increasing the scope, geographic diversity and complexity of our operations; and

 

    implementing the controls and procedures and policies appropriate for a public company to any acquired company that prior to their acquisition lacked such controls, procedures and policies.

For certain acquisitions, we have raised the capital required to make such acquisitions from the issuance of shares, warrants, and convertible debt, which has been dilutive to our shareholders.

Additionally, in the period following an acquisition, we are required to evaluate goodwill and acquisition-related intangible assets for impairment. When such assets are found to be impaired, they are written down to estimated fair value, with a charge against earnings.

Pending and future litigation may lead us to incur significant costs and could adversely affect our business

We are, or may become, party to various lawsuits and claims arising in the normal course of business, which may include lawsuits or claims relating to intellectual property, contracts, product liability, employment matters, environmental matters or other aspects of our business. In connection with claims or litigation, we may be required to pay damage awards or settlements or become subject to injunctions or other equitable remedies, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, cash flows or results of operations. The outcome of litigation is often difficult to predict, and the outcome of pending or future litigation may have a material adverse effect on our financial position, cash flows or results of operations.

We may require additional financing which we may not be able to obtain; Our shareholders may suffer dilution

We expect that we will require additional financing in order to support expansion, develop new or enhanced services or products, respond to competitive pressures, acquire complementary businesses or technologies, repay debt, or take advantage of unanticipated opportunities. Our ability to arrange such financing in the future will depend in part upon the prevailing capital market conditions, as well as our business performance. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts to arrange additional financing under satisfactory terms. If additional financing is raised by the issuance of additional shares of our common stock, our shareholders may suffer dilution. If adequate funds are not available, or are not available on acceptable terms, we may not be able to take advantage of opportunities, or otherwise respond to competitive pressures and remain in business.

Our inability to retain and attract employees with key technical or operational expertise may adversely affect our business

The products that we sell require a large amount of engineering design, manufacturing and operational expertise. However, the majority of our technological capabilities are not protected by patents and licenses. We rely on the expertise of our employees and our learned experiences in both the design and manufacture of our products. Competition for personnel in our industry is intense and there are a limited number of persons,

 

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especially engineers, with knowledge of and experience in our technologies. Our design and development efforts depend on hiring and retaining qualified technical personnel. An inability to attract or maintain a sufficient number of technical personnel could have a material adverse effect on our operating performance or on our ability to capitalize on market opportunities. In addition, if we were to lose one or more of our key employees, then we would likely lose some portion of our institutional knowledge and technical know-how, which could adversely affect our business.

Failure to maintain adequate internal controls could adversely affect our business

Under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we are required to include in this Annual Report and each of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, a report containing our management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. These laws, rules and regulations continue to evolve and could become increasingly stringent in the future. We have undertaken actions to enhance our ability to comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, including, but not limited to, the engagement of consultants, the documentation of existing controls and the implementation of new controls or modification of existing controls as deemed appropriate.

We continue to devote substantial time and resources to the documentation and testing of our controls. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, as such standards are modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, we could be subject to regulatory actions, civil or criminal penalties or shareholder litigation. In addition, failure to maintain adequate internal controls could result in financial statements that do not accurately reflect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We are dependent on key personnel

We are dependent upon a small number of key personnel. The loss of the services of such key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business because we believe our success will depend in large part on the efforts of these individuals. While we have entered into employment letter agreements with certain key personnel, such letter agreements provide that their employment is at-will. We do not currently have, or propose to have, any long-term employment agreements with key personnel, nor do we intend to obtain key-man insurance in respect of such key personnel.

The defense, semiconductor and electronic components industries are highly competitive and increased competition could adversely affect our operating results

The areas of the defense, semiconductor and electronic component industries in which we do business are highly competitive. We expect intensified competition from existing competitors and new entrants. Competition is based on price, product performance, product availability, quality, reliability and customer service. Even in strong markets, pricing pressures may emerge. For instance, competitors may attempt to gain a greater market share by lowering prices. The market for commercial products is characterized by declining selling prices. We anticipate that average selling prices for our products will continue to decrease in future periods, although the timing and amount of these decreases cannot be predicted with any degree of certainty. We compete in various markets with companies of various sizes, many of which are larger and have greater financial and other resources than we have, and thus may be better able to pursue acquisition opportunities and to withstand adverse economic or market conditions. In addition, companies not currently in direct competition with us may introduce competing products in the future. We may not be able to compete successfully in the future and such competitive pressures may harm our financial condition and/or operating results.

We are required to comply with the “conflict minerals” rules promulgated by the SEC, which will impose costs on us and could raise reputational and other risks

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which are mined from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries, as well as procedures regarding manufacturers’ efforts to discover the origin of such minerals and metals produced from those minerals. These conflict minerals are commonly referred to as “3TG” and include tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold. The conflict minerals rules required us to engage in due diligence efforts for the 2013 calendar year and such efforts are ongoing. Disclosures are required no later than May 31 of each year. We have, and we expect that we will continue to, incur additional costs and expenses, which may be significant in order to comply with these rules, including for (i) due diligence to determine whether conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of any of our products and, if so, verify the sources of such conflict minerals; and (ii) any changes that we may desire to make to our products, processes, or sources of supply as a result of such diligence and verification activities. Since our supply chain is complex, ultimately we may not be able to sufficiently discover the origin of the conflict minerals used in our products through the due diligence procedures that we implement, which may adversely affect our reputation with our customers, shareholders, and other stakeholders. In such event, we may also face difficulties in satisfying customers who require that all of our products are certified as conflict mineral free. If we are not able to meet such requirements, customers may choose not to purchase our products, which could adversely affect our sales and the value of portions of our inventory. Further, there may be only a limited number of suppliers offering conflict free minerals and, as a result, we cannot be sure that we will be able to obtain metals, if necessary, from such suppliers in sufficient quantities or at competitive prices. Any one or a combination of these various factors could harm our business, reduce market demand for our products, and adversely affect our profit margins, net sales, and overall financial results.

We depend on limited suppliers for certain critical raw materials

Our manufacturing operations require raw materials that must meet exacting standards. Additionally, certain customers require us to buy from particular vendors due to their product specifications. We rely heavily on our ability to maintain access to steady sources of these raw materials at favorable prices. We do not have specific long-term contractual arrangements, but we believe we are on good terms with our suppliers. We cannot be certain that we will continue to have access to our current sources of supply at favorable prices, or at all, or that we will not encounter supply problems in the future. Any interruption in our supply of raw materials could reduce our sales in a given period, and possibly cause a loss of business to a competitor, if we could not reschedule the deliveries of our product to our customers. In addition, our gross profits could suffer if the prices for raw materials increase, especially with respect to sales associated with military contracts where prices are typically fixed.

Precious metals are subject to price fluctuations

Raw materials used in the manufacture of certain ceramic capacitors include silver, palladium, and platinum. Certain of our microwave components and systems require gold plating. Precious metals are available from many sources; however, their prices may be subject to significant fluctuations and such fluctuations may have a material and adverse effect on our operating results. Historically, the Company has been able to pass on precious metal price increase to its customers, in the form of precious metal price adders or direct sales price increases. However, there can be no assurance that customers will continue to accept these selling price adjustments and, as a result, there may be a material adverse effect on our operating margins and overall operating results.

We may not be able to develop new products to satisfy changes in demand

The industries in which we operate are dynamic and constantly evolving. We cannot provide any assurance that we will successfully identify new product opportunities and develop and bring products to market in a timely and cost-effective manner, or those products or technologies developed by others will not render our products or technologies obsolete or noncompetitive.

 

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The introduction of new products presents significant business challenges because product development commitments and expenditures must be made well in advance of product sales. The success of a new product depends on accurate forecasts of long-term market demand and future technological developments, as well as on a variety of specific implementation factors, including:

 

    timely and efficient completion of process design and development;

 

    timely and efficient implementation of manufacturing and assembly processes;

 

    product performance;

 

    the quality and reliability of the product;

 

    effective marketing, sales and customer service; and

 

    sufficient demand for the product at an acceptable price.

The failure of our products to achieve market acceptance due to these or other factors could harm our business.

Cancellation or changes or delays in orders could materially reduce our net sales and operating results

We generally do not receive firm, long-term purchase commitments from our customers. Customers may cancel their orders, change production quantities or delay production for a number of reasons. Cancellations, reductions or delays by a significant customer or by a group of customers would seriously harm our results of operations for a period by reducing our net sales in that period. In addition, because many of our costs and operating expenses are fixed, a reduction in customer demand could harm our gross profit and operating income.

Our lengthy sales cycle may increase the likelihood that our quarterly net sales will fluctuate which may adversely affect the market price of our shares of common stock

Due to the complexity of our technology and the types of end uses for our products, our customers perform, and require us to perform, extensive process and product evaluation and testing, which results in a lengthy sales cycle. Our sales cycles can often last for several months, and may last for up to a year or more. Additionally, as we are a tier three supplier, our orders are dependent on funding and contract negotiations through multiple parties which can affect our receipt of orders due to matters outside of our control. Our business is moving towards a business base driven more by larger orders on major defense programs. As a result of these factors, our net sales and operating results may vary unpredictably from period to period. This fact makes it more difficult to forecast our quarterly results and can cause substantial variations in operating results from quarter to quarter that are unrelated to the long-term trends in our business. This lack of predictability in our results could adversely affect the market price of our common shares in particular periods.

We depend on military prime contractors for the sale of our products

We sell a substantial portion of our products to military prime contractors and the contract manufacturers who work for them. The timing and amount of sales to these customers ultimately depend on sales levels and shipping schedules for the products into which our components are incorporated. We have no control over the volume and timing of products shipped by our military prime contractors and the contract manufacturers who work for them, and we cannot be certain that our military prime contractors or the contract manufacturers who work for them will continue to ship products that incorporate our components at current levels, or at all. Our business will be harmed if our military prime contractors or the contract manufacturers who work for them fail to achieve significant sales of products incorporating our components or if fluctuations in the timing or reductions in the volume of such sales occur. Failure of these customers to inform us of changes in their production needs in a timely manner could also hinder our ability to effectively manage our business.

 

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Our failure to comply with U.S. government laws, regulations and manufacturing facility certifications would reduce our ability to be awarded future military business

We must comply with laws, regulations and certifications relating to the formation, administration and performance of federal government contracts as passed down to us by our customers in their purchase orders, which affects our military business and may impose added cost on our business. We are subject to government audits and reviews of our accounting procedures, business practices, procedures, and internal controls for compliance with procurement regulations and applicable laws. We also could be subject to an investigation as a result of private party whistleblower lawsuits. Such audits could result in adjustments to our contract costs and profitability. If a government investigation uncovers improper or illegal activities, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, including the termination of our contracts, the forfeiture of profits, the suspension of payments owed to us, fines, and our suspension or debarment from doing business with federal government agencies. In addition, we could expend substantial amounts defending against such charges and incur damages, fines and penalties if such charges are proven or result in negotiated settlements. Since defense sales account for a significant portion of our business, any debarment or suspension of our ability to obtain military sales would greatly reduce our overall net sales and profits, and would likely affect our ability to continue as a going concern.

Our products may be found to be defective, product liability claims may be asserted against us and we may not have sufficient liability insurance

One or more of our products may be found to be defective after shipment, requiring a product replacement, recall or repair which would cure the defect but impede performance of the product. We may also be subject to product returns, which could impose substantial costs and harm to our business.

Product liability claims may be asserted with respect to our technology or products. Although we currently have insurance, there can be no assurance that we have obtained a sufficient amount of insurance coverage, that asserted claims will be within the scope of coverage of the insurance, or that we will have sufficient resources to satisfy any asserted claims.

We typically provide a one-year product defect warranty from the date of sale. Historically, warranty costs have been nominal and have been within management’s expectations. We continually assess the necessity for a warranty provision and accrue amounts deemed necessary.

Our inability to protect our intellectual property rights or our infringement of the intellectual property rights of others could adversely affect our business

We principally rely on our skill in the manufacture of our products and not on any proprietary technologies that we develop or license on an exclusive basis. Our manufacturing know-how is primarily embodied in our drawings and specifications, and information about the manufacture of these products purchased from others. Our future success and competitive position may depend in part upon our ability to obtain licenses of certain proprietary technologies used in principal products from the original manufacturers of such products. Our reliance upon protection of some of our production technology as “trade secrets” will not necessarily protect us from other parties independently obtaining the ability to manufacture our products. In addition, there may be circumstances in which “know how” is not documented, but exists within the heads of various employees who may leave the Company or disclose our know how to third parties. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain the confidentiality of our production technology, dissemination of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Patents of third parties may have an important bearing on our ability to offer certain of our products. Our major competitors as well as other third parties may obtain and may have obtained patents related to the types of products we offer or plan to offer. We cannot assure you that we are or will be aware of all patents containing claims that may pose a risk of infringement by our products. In addition, some patent applications in the U.S. are

 

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confidential until a patent is issued and, therefore, we cannot evaluate the extent to which technology concerning our products may be covered or asserted to be covered by claims contained in pending patent applications. In general, if one or more of our products were found by a court to infringe patents held by others, we may be required to stop developing or marketing the products, to obtain licenses to develop and market the products from the holders of the patents or to redesign the products in such a way as to avoid infringing those patents. An adverse ruling arising out of any intellectual property dispute could also subject us to significant liability for damages.

We cannot assess the extent to which we may be required in the future to obtain licenses with respect to patents held by others, whether such license would be available or, if available, whether we would be able to obtain such licenses on commercially reasonable terms. If we are unable to obtain licenses with respect to patents held by others, and are unable to redesign our products to avoid infringement of any such patents, this could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

Also, we hold various patents and licenses relating to certain of our products. We cannot assure you as to the breadth or degree of protection that existing or future patents, if any, may afford us, that our patents will be upheld, if challenged, or that competitors will not develop similar or superior methods or products outside the protection of any patent issued to us. It is possible that our existing patent rights may not be valid. We may have to expend resources to protect our patents in the event a third party infringes our patents, although we cannot assure you that we will have the resources to prosecute all or any patent violations by third parties.

We must commit resources to product manufacturing prior to receipt of purchase commitments and could lose some or all of the associated investment

We sell many of our products pursuant to purchase orders for current delivery, rather than pursuant to long-term supply contracts. This makes long-term planning difficult. Further, many of these purchase orders may be revised or canceled prior to shipment without penalty. As a result, we must commit resources to the production of products without advance purchase commitments from customers. The cancellation or deferral of product orders, the return of previously sold products, or overproduction due to the failure of anticipated orders to materialize, could result in our holding excess or obsolete inventory. This could cause inventory write-downs. Our inability to sell products after we have devoted significant resources to them could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Variability of our manufacturing yields may affect our gross margins

Our manufacturing yields vary significantly among products, depending on the complexity of a particular product. The difficulties that may be experienced in the production process include: defects in subcontractors components, impurities in the materials used, equipment failure, and unreliability of a subcontractor. From time to time, we have experienced difficulties in achieving planned yields, which have adversely affected our gross margins. Yield decreases can result in substantially higher unit costs, which could materially and adversely affect our operating results and have done so in the past. Moreover, we cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to improve yields in the future or that we will not suffer periodic yield problems, particularly during the early production of new products or introduction of new process technologies. In either case, our results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Our inventories may become obsolete

The life cycles of some of our products depend heavily upon the life cycles of the end products into which these products are designed. Products with short life cycles require us to manage closely our production and inventory levels. Inventory may also become obsolete. The life cycles for electronic components have been shortening over time at an accelerated pace. We may be adversely affected in the future by obsolete or excess inventories which may result from unanticipated changes in the estimated total demand for our products or the estimated life cycles of the end products into which our products are designed.

 

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Interruptions, delays or cost increases affecting our materials, parts, equipment or subcontractors may impair our competitive position

Some of our product are sometimes tested and plated using a third-party test and plating house. We do not have any long-term agreements with these subcontractors. As a result, we may not have assured control over our product delivery schedules or product quality. Due to the amount of time typically required to qualify assemblers and testers, we could experience delays in the shipment of our products if we are forced to find alternative third parties to assemble or test them. Any product delivery delays in the future could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. Our operations and ability to satisfy customer obligations could be adversely affected if our relationships with these subcontractors is disrupted or terminated.

Environmental liabilities could adversely impact our financial position

U.S., U.K., and Canadian laws and regulations impose various restrictions and controls on the discharge of materials, chemicals and gases used in our semiconductor and other manufacturing processes or in our finished goods. Under environmental regulations, we are responsible for determining whether certain toxic metals or chemicals are present in any given components we purchase and in each product we sell. These environmental regulations have required us to expend a portion of our resources and capital on relevant compliance programs. In addition, under other laws and regulations, we could be held financially responsible for remedial measures if our current or former properties are contaminated or if we send waste to a landfill or recycling facility that becomes contaminated, even if we did not cause the contamination. Also, we may be subject to additional common law claims if we release substances that damage or harm third parties. Further, future changes in environmental laws or regulations may require additional investments in capital equipment or the implementation of additional compliance programs in the future. Any failure to comply with environmental laws or regulations could subject us to significant liabilities and could have material adverse effects on our operating results, cash flows and financial condition.

In the conduct of our manufacturing operations, we have handled and do handle materials that are considered hazardous, toxic or volatile under applicable laws. The risk of accidental release of such materials cannot be completely eliminated. In addition, we operate or own facilities located on or near real property that was formerly owned and operated by others. These properties were used in ways that may have involved hazardous materials. Contaminants may migrate from, or within or through any such property. These risks may give rise to claims. Where third parties are responsible for contamination, the third parties may not have funds, or not make funds available when needed, to pay remediation costs imposed upon us jointly with third parties under environmental laws and regulations.

Risks Relating to Our Shares of Common Stock

Our stock market price and trading volume is volatile

The market for our common stock is volatile. Our share price is subject to volatility in both price and volume arising from market expectations, announcements and press releases regarding our business, and changes in estimates and evaluations by securities analysts or other events or factors.

Over the years, the securities markets in the U.S. have experienced a high level of price and volume volatility, and the market price of securities of many companies, particularly smaller-capitalization companies like us, have experienced wide fluctuations that have not necessarily been related to the operations, performances, underlying asset values, or prospects of such companies. For these reasons, our shares of common stock are subject to significant volatility resulting from purely market forces over which we will have no control. Further, the market for our common stock has been very thin. As a result, our shareholders may be unable to sell significant quantities of common stock in the public trading markets without a significant reduction in the price of our common shares.

 

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Shareholders may experience dilution if a significant proportion of our outstanding options are exercised

Because our success is highly dependent upon our employees, directors and consultants, we have and intend in the future to grant to some or all of our key employees, directors and consultants options to purchase shares of our Common Stock as non-cash incentives. We have adopted an equity incentive plan for this purpose. To the extent that significant numbers of such options may be exercised when the exercise price is below the then current market price for our common shares, the interests of the other shareholders of the company may be diluted. As of November 30, 2015, we have outstanding options to purchase 2,002,627 shares of Common Stock that were granted to directors, officers, employees and consultants that have a weighted average price of $3.62 and 278,381 restricted stock units.

We do not expect to pay dividends

We intend to invest all available funds to finance our growth and/or pay down debt. Therefore our shareholders cannot expect to receive any dividends on our shares of common stock in the foreseeable future. Even if we were to determine that a dividend could be declared, we could be precluded from paying dividends by restrictive provisions of loans, leases or other agreements or by legal prohibitions under applicable corporate law.

Our failure to comply with The NASDAQ Stock Market’s continued listing standards may adversely affect the price and liquidity of our shares of common stock as well as our ability to raise capital in the future

Our common stock commenced trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market on June 27, 2011, under the symbol ATNY. Until we became listed on NASDAQ, our common stock was quoted and traded on the OTC Bulletin Board. NASDAQ requires listed companies to maintain minimum financial thresholds and comply with certain corporate governance regulations to remain listed. If we are unsuccessful in maintaining compliance with the continued listing requirements of NASDAQ, then our common stock could be delisted and may trade only in the secondary markets such as OTC Bulletin Board. Delisting from NASDAQ could adversely affect our liquidity and price of our common stock as well as our ability to raise capital in the future.

 

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

We operate from leased facilities in the following locations:

 

Location

  

Description and Segments that Use the Properties

   Approximate Square Footage
(excludes subleased space)
 

State College,
Pennsylvania

  

Engineering/Design, Sales, Administration and Manufacturing:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     275,000   

Windber, Pennsylvania (Includes two facilities)

  

Engineering/Design, Sales and Manufacturing:

- Electronic Manufacturing Services

     123,800   

Guong Dong Province, China

  

Manufacturing:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     70,000   

Fairport, New York

  

Sales and Manufacturing:

- Electronic Manufacturing Services

     60,000   

Juarez, Mexico

  

Manufacturing:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     50,000   

Marlborough, Massachusetts

  

Engineering/Design, Sales and Manufacturing:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     43,000   

Hudson, New Hampshire

  

Engineering/Design, Sales and Manufacturing:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     39,000   

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

  

Engineering/Design, Sales, Administration and Manufacturing:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     38,500   

Frederick, Maryland

  

Engineering/Design, Sales, Administration and Manufacturing:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     35,000   

Kanata (Ottawa), Ontario

  

Engineering/Design, Sales, Administration and Manufacturing:

- Secure Systems & Information Assurance

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     17,800   

Rancho Cordova, California

  

Engineering/Design, Sales and Manufacturing:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     16,000   

Melbourne, Florida

  

Engineering/Design, Sales and Manufacturing:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     16,000   

Ann Arbor, Michigan

  

Engineering/Design and Manufacturing:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     12,000   

Girard, Pennsylvania

  

Storage:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     8,700   

Columbia, Maryland

  

Engineering/Design and Sales:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     7,000   

South Plainfield, New Jersey

  

Engineering/Design, Sales and Manufacturing:

- Secure Systems & Information Assurance

     4,300   

Schwabach, Germany

  

Sales Office:

- Systems, Subsystems & Components

     3,000   

Gloucester, United Kingdom

  

Storage:

- Secure Systems & Information Assurance

     1,300   

 

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We also operate from owned facilities in the following locations:

 

Location

 

Description

  Approximate Square
Footage
    Principal Balance
Outstanding at
November 30, 2015 on
Related Mortgage
 

Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

 

Engineering/Design, Sales, Administration and Manufacturing:

-   Systems, Subsystems & Components

    112,000        N/A   

Fairview, Pennsylvania (includes two facilities)

 

Engineering/Design, Sales, Administration and Manufacturing:

-   Systems, Subsystems & Components

    53,000        N/A   

Wesson, Mississippi

 

Manufacturing:

-   Systems, Subsystems & Components

    50,000        N/A   

Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

Engineering/Design, Sales, Administration and Manufacturing:

-   Systems, Subsystems & Components

    39,000        N/A   

Gloucester, United Kingdom

 

Engineering/Design, Sales, Administration and Manufacturing:

-   Secure Systems & Information Assurance

    24,300      $ 956,000   

Auburn, New York

 

Engineering/Design, Sales and Manufacturing:

-   Systems, Subsystems & Components

    21,000        N/A   

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Engineering/Design, Sales and Manufacturing:

-   Systems, Subsystems & Components

    20,000        N/A   

Delmar, Delaware

 

Engineering/Design, Sales and Manufacturing:

-   Systems, Subsystems & Components

    15,000        N/A   

Our executive corporate offices are located at 4705 S. Apopka Vineland Rd. Suite 210, Orlando, Florida.

All of the owned facilities are subject to liens to secure the amounts owed under our Term Loan Agreement.

We believe that our facilities are suitable and adequate to meet our needs. We will continue to consolidate certain of our operations that will result in reduced overhead expenses and greater overall efficiencies and profitability.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Information with respect to legal proceedings can be found in Note 19 “Commitments and Contingencies” to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and such information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’ S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our shares of common stock trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol ANTY. None of the shares of our subsidiaries are publicly traded.

The following table lists the reported high and low common stock sales prices on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

     High      Low  

Year ended November 30, 2015

     

Fourth Quarter (11/30/15)

   $ 2.45       $ 1.82   

Third Quarter (8/31/15)

   $ 2.65       $ 2.01   

Second Quarter (5/31/15)

   $ 2.25       $ 1.77   

First Quarter (2/28/15)

   $ 2.19       $ 1.82   

Year ended November 30, 2014

     

Fourth Quarter (11/30/14)

   $ 2.69       $ 1.91   

Third Quarter (8/31/14)

   $ 2.85       $ 1.82   

Second Quarter (5/31/14)

   $ 3.15       $ 2.20   

First Quarter (2/28/14)

   $ 3.86       $ 2.75   

Registered Holders of our Common Stock

As of February 16, 2016, we had approximately 92 common shareholders of record, although there are a larger number of beneficial owners.

Dividends

Since our inception, we have not paid any dividends on our shares of common stock. In addition, our loan documents limit our ability to pay dividends or distributions subject to customary exceptions. We do not anticipate that we will pay dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. API Sub has not and does not intend to pay any dividends on its common shares. Dividends on Exchangeable Shares will only be paid to the extent that dividends, if any, are paid on our common shares.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

We did not sell any unregistered equity securities in fiscal 2015.

Recent Repurchases of our Shares

We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during the three months ended November 30, 2015.

 

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

A smaller reporting company is not required to provide the information in this Item.

 

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Introduction

This section is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto and the other financial information that appears elsewhere in this Annual Report to help provide an understanding of our financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of our operations.

Recent Developments

On February 28, 2016, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with RF1 Holding Company (“Parent”) and RF Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with API surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

In connection with transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, on February 28, 2016, we also entered into Amendment No. 4 (the “Amendment No. 4”) to the Term Loan Agreement (as defined below), by and among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as administrative agent (the “Agent”).

Business Overview of API Technologies Corp.

We design, develop and manufacture high reliability RF microwave, millimeterwave, microelectronics, power, and security products and solutions to the defense, aerospace, industrial, satellite, and commercial end markets. In addition, we provide electronics manufacturing services to such markets. We own and operate several state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in the U.S., the U.K., Canada, China and Mexico.

Operating through our three segments; Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC), Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) and Secure Systems & Information Assurance (SSIA), we are positioned as a differentiated solution provider to U.S. and U.S. friendly governments, military, defense, aerospace and homeland security contractors, and leading industrial and commercial firms. With a focus on high-reliability products and solutions, our product portfolio spans RF/microwave and microelectronics, electromagnetics, power products, and security products. We also offer a wide range of electronic manufacturing services from prototyping to high volume production.

On June 8, 2015 we completed the acquisition of Aeroflex / Inmet, Inc. (“Inmet”) and Aeroflex / Weinschel, Inc. (“Weinschel”) from Cobham plc for a total purchase price of approximately $80.0 million. Inmet and Weinschel have each been in business for more than 40 years, and each manufactures and sells RF and microwave products for defense, space, avionics, wireless, and test and measurement applications. The acquisitions of Inmet and Weinschel add breadth to our RF, microwave, and microelectronics product portfolio, extend our subsystems offering, and further our reach in key end markets, including defense, space, commercial aviation, and wireless. We financed the acquisition with an $85.0 million add-on to our existing term loan with the Agent through an Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment No. 3”), by and among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and the Agent, as administrative agent. Amendment No. 3 permits the acquisitions of Inmet and Weinschel and amends the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2013, by and among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Agent (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Term Loan Agreement”) to provide for an incremental term loan facility in an

 

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aggregate principal amount equal to $85.0 million (the “Second Incremental Term Loan Facility”). The proceeds of the Second Incremental Term Loan Facility were used to fund the purchase price for the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel and related fees and expenses, with the remainder available for general corporate purposes. We paid customary arrangement and commitment fees, as well as an amendment fee, in connection with the Second Incremental Term Loan Facility.

On March 21, 2014, we entered into Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment No. 2”), by and among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and the Agent, as administrative agent. Amendment No. 2 amends the Term Loan Agreement to provide for an incremental term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $55.0 million (the “Incremental Term Loan Facility”). The Incremental Term Loan Facility is subject to substantially the same terms and conditions, including the applicable interest rate and the maturity date of February 6, 2018, as the $165.0 million term loan facility provided upon the initial closing of the Term Loan Agreement. In addition, Amendment No. 2 amends the Term Loan Agreement to reduce the minimum interest coverage ratio and increase the maximum leverage ratio, among other things.

The proceeds of the Incremental Term Loan Facility were used (i) to pay in full the amounts due under a Credit Agreement (the “Revolving Loan Agreement”), by and among the Company and certain of its U.S. subsidiaries, as borrowers, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and U.K. security trustee, which Revolving Loan Agreement was then terminated; (ii) to redeem all 26,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock that were outstanding (as described below); (iii) to pay fees, costs and expenses associated with the Incremental Term Loan Facility and related transactions; and (iv) for general corporate purposes.

As of March 21, 2014, we redeemed all 26,000 shares of our Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock that were outstanding. We paid the holder of the Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock an aggregate of $27.6 million to effect the redemption. Following redemption, all shares of Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock were cancelled and such shares were returned to authorized but undesignated shares of preferred stock.

On December 31, 2013, we completed the sale and leaseback (the “Sale/Leaseback”) of the Company’s facility located in State College, Pennsylvania. We sold the facility to an unaffiliated third party for a gross purchase price of approximately $15.5 million and lease the property from the buyer for approximately $1.3 million per year, subject to annual adjustments. We used $14.2 million of the proceeds of the Sale/Leaseback to prepay a portion of our outstanding indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement.

Operating Revenues

We derive operating revenues from our three principal business segments: Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC); Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS); and Secure Systems & Information Assurance (SSIA). We sell our products to customers throughout the world, with a concentration in North America, western Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC) Revenue includes high-performance RF/microwave, microelectronics, millimeter wave, electromagnetic, power, and microelectronics solutions used in high-reliability defense, space, industrial and commercial applications, including missile systems, radar systems, electronic warfare systems (e.g. counter-IED RF jamming devices), unmanned air, ground and robotic systems, satellites, as well as industrial, medical, energy and telecommunications products. The main demand today for our SSC products come from U.S. friendly governments, including militaries, defense organizations, commercial aerospace, space, homeland security, prime defense contractors and manufacturers of industrial products.

Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) Revenue includes high speed surface mount circuit card assemblies using both surface mount and thru-hole processes, electromechanical assemblies, system and integrated level solutions used in high-reliability defense, industrial, and commercial applications. The main

 

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demand today for our EMS products come from various defense organizations, aerospace, prime defense contractors and manufacturers of industrial, medical and commercial products.

Secure Systems & Information Assurance (SSIA) Revenue includes revenues derived from the manufacturing of TEMPEST and Emanation control products, ruggedized computers and peripherals, secure mobile devices, secure access and information assurance products. The principal market for these products are the defense industries of the U.K., the U.S., and Canada and other U.S. friendly governments, Fortune 500 companies and telecommunication service providers

Cost of Revenues

We conduct all of our design and manufacturing efforts in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Mexico and China. Cost of goods sold primarily consists of costs that were incurred to manufacture, test and ship the products and some design costs for customer funded research and development (“R&D”). These costs include raw materials, including freight, direct labor, subcontractor services, tooling required to design and build the parts, and the cost of testing (labor and equipment) the products throughout the manufacturing process and final testing before the parts are shipped to the customer. Other costs include provision for obsolete and slow moving inventory, and restructuring charges related to the consolidation of operations.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses consist of selling, general, administrative expenses, research and development, business acquisition and related charges and other income or expenses.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses include compensation and benefit costs for all employees, including sales and customer service, sales commissions, executive, finance and human resource personnel. Also included in SG&A is compensation related to stock-based awards to employees and directors, professional services for accounting, legal and tax, information technology, rent and general corporate expenditures.

Research and Development Expenses

R&D expenses represent the cost of our development efforts. R&D expenses include salaries of engineers, technicians and related overhead expenses, the cost of materials utilized in research, and additional engineering or consulting services. R&D costs are expensed as incurred.

Business Acquisition and Related Charges

Business acquisition charges primarily represent costs of engaging outside legal, accounting, due diligence, business valuation consultants and accelerated stock option expenses related to business combinations or divestitures. Related charges include costs incurred related to our efforts to consolidate operations of recently acquired and legacy businesses and expenses associated with divestitures.

Other Expenses (Income)

Other expenses (income) consists of interest expense on term loans, notes payable, operating loans and capital leases, interest income on cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, amortization of note discounts and deferred financing costs, gains or losses on disposal of property and equipment, and gains or losses on foreign currency transactions.

 

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Backlog

Our sales backlog at November 30, 2015 was approximately $118.6 million compared to approximately $120.7 million at November 30, 2014. Our backlog figures represent confirmed customer purchase orders that we had not shipped at the time the figures were calculated. We anticipate that approximately $82.3 million of our backlog orders will be filled in fiscal 2016. We lack control over the timing of new purchase orders, as such, the backlog can increase or decrease significantly based on timing of customer purchase orders.

 

     (dollar amounts in thousands)
As at November 30
 
     2015      2014      %
Change
 

Backlog by segments:

        

SSC

   $ 97,308       $ 98,111         (0.8 )% 

EMS

     15,577         19,077         (18.3 )% 

SSIA

     5,759         3,481         65.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 118,644       $ 120,669         (1.7 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The backlog decrease at November 30, 2015 compared to November 30, 2014 primarily related to our EMS and SSC segments. The decreases in our EMS and SSC segments resulted from lower bookings in the year ended November 30, 2015, and were partially offset by increased SSIA bookings in the year ended November 30, 2015.

Results of Operations

Year Ended November 30, 2015 Compared to Year Ended 2014

The following discussion of results of operations is a comparison of our year ended November 30, 2015 and 2014.

Segment Operating Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA

Financial information for each of our segments is set forth in Part II- Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, Note 21 “Segment Information and Geographical Data” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance, our chief operating decision maker regularly evaluates the performance of our reportable segments on the basis of revenue and adjusted EBITDA. Segment adjusted EBITDA assists us in comparing our segment performance over various reporting periods because it removes from our operating results the impact of items that our management believes do not reflect our core operating performance. Our reportable segment measure of adjusted EBITDA is not a recognized measure under GAAP and should not be considered an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net income (loss) or other measures of financial performance derived in accordance with GAAP. Our segment adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies because other entities may not calculate segment adjusted EBITDA in the same manner.

 

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Our segment Adjusted EBITDA is defined as income from continuing operations before income taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization, and excluding other items. Such items include stock-based compensation expense, non-cash inventory provisions, charges related to Inmet and Weinschel purchase accounting, franchise taxes, acquisition related charges, restructuring charges, financing and other adjustments, foreign exchange losses, contingency accruals, change in benefit liability and lease payments related to the Sale/Leaseback.

 

     (dollar amounts in thousands)
Year ended November 30,
 
     2015      2014      %
Change
 

Revenues by segments:

        

SSC

   $ 170,828       $ 162,454         5.2

EMS

     42,260         42,404         (0.3 )% 

SSIA

     19,192         21,999         (12.8 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 232,280       $ 226,857         2.4
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Consolidated revenues for the year ended November 30, 2015 increased 2.4% over the year ended November 30, 2014. The increase was due primarily to higher revenues in our SSC segment, partially offset by lower revenues in our SSIA segment. The SSC segment increased by more than 5.0% primarily due to approximately $21.4 million from the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel, partially offset by the timing of certain key defense programs. The decrease in the SSIA segment is due primarily to purchasing delays by the Canadian government as a result of its federal election, but was partially offset by an increase in revenues at the SSIA U.K. location.

 

     (dollar amounts in thousands)
Year ended November 30,
 
     2015      2014     %
Change
 

Segment Adjusted EBITDA:

       

SSC

   $ 21,526       $ 22,372        (3.8 )% 

EMS

     1,558         (245     736.6

SSIA

     4,098         3,614        13.4

The SSC segment adjusted EBITDA for the year ended November 30, 2015 was lower than 2014, as a result of higher operating expenses, including higher health care costs and the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel, partially offset by a product mix shift to sales with higher margins. During the year ended November 30, 2015, the increase in our EMS segment adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to improved efficiencies, including cost reductions in the year ended November 30, 2015 compared to the prior year. The SSIA segment has higher adjusted EBITDA, despite lower revenues, compared to the prior year as a result of a change in product mix in the year ended November 30, 2015, due primarily to the completion of a contract in the year ended November 30, 2014 with a low margin profile.

Operating Expenses

Cost of Revenues and Gross Margin

 

     Year ended November 30,  
           2015                 2014        

Gross margin by segments:

    

SSC

     27.5     27.0

EMS

     6.3     4.6

SSIA

     32.3     28.5

Overall

     24.0     23.0

 

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Our consolidated gross margin for the year ended November 30, 2015 increased 1.0 percentage points compared to the prior year. Gross profit margin varies from period to period and can be affected by a number of factors, including product mix, new product introduction, production efficiency, inventory obsolescence and restructuring activities. Overall cost of revenues as a percentage of sales decreased for the year ended November 30, 2015 to 76.0% compared to 77.0% for the same period in 2014. The SSC segment cost of revenues for fiscal 2015 decreased 0.5 percentage points compared to fiscal 2014, mainly as a result of a change in product mix in fiscal 2015, as we shipped products on certain programs with lower costs of revenues from the Inmet and Weinschel acquisition. The EMS segment cost of revenues in fiscal 2015 decreased by 1.7 percentage points compared to fiscal 2014 primarily as a result of cost reductions realized in fiscal 2015 compared to fiscal 2014. The cost of revenues for the SSIA segment decreased 3.8 percentage points in fiscal 2015 compared to fiscal 2014. The decrease is a result of an unfavorable product mix in the year ended November 30, 2014, due primarily to the completion of a contract with a lower margin profile. Consolidated restructuring costs recorded in cost of revenues in fiscal 2015 decreased to approximately $0.5 million from approximately $1.1 million for the year ended November 30, 2014.

General and Administrative Expenses

Consolidated general and administrative expenses increased to approximately $29.2 million for the year ended November 30, 2015 from $23.1 million for the year ended November 30, 2014. The increase is primarily a result of approximately $5.6 million from the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel, including higher salaries, higher amortization of intangibles and higher stock based compensation for the full year of fiscal 2015. As a percentage of sales, general and administrative expenses were 12.6% for the year ended November 30, 2015, compared to 10.2% for the year ended November 30, 2014.

The major components of general and administrative expenses are as follows:

 

     (dollar amounts in thousands)
Year ended November 30,
 
     2015      % of
sales
    2014     % of
sales
 

Depreciation and Amortization

   $ 11,962         5.1   $ 9,681        4.3

Payroll expense—General and Administrative

   $ 9,235         4.0   $ 7,298        3.2

Professional Services (including Audit and Legal)

   $ 1,805         0.8   $ 1,784        0.8

Stock based compensation—general and administrative

   $ 952         0.4   $ (16     0.0

Selling Expenses

Selling expenses increased to approximately $15.4 million for the year ended November 30, 2015 from approximately $14.5 million for the year ended November 30, 2014. The increase was largely due to sales subject to commissions and higher salaries following the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel. As a percentage of sales, consolidated selling expenses were 6.6% for the year ended November 30, 2015, compared to 6.4% for the year ended November 30, 2014.

The major components of selling expenses are as follows:

 

     (dollar amounts in thousands)
Year ended November 30,
 
     2015      % of
sales
    2014      % of
sales
 

Payroll Expense—Sales

   $ 8,341         3.6   $ 8,142         3.6

Commissions

   $ 5,034         2.2   $ 4,077         1.8

Advertising

   $ 848         0.4   $ 1,118         0.5

 

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Research and Development Expenses

Research and development costs increased to approximately $9.6 million for the year ended November 30, 2015 compared to approximately $8.3 million for the year ended November 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to the impact of the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel on June 8, 2015. As a percentage of sales, research and development expenses were 4.1% for the year ended November 30, 2015, compared to 3.6% for the year ended November 30, 2014.

Business acquisition and related charges

Business acquisition charges primarily represent costs of engaging outside legal, accounting, due diligence, and business valuation consultants related to business combinations or divestitures. For the year ended November 30, 2015, business acquisition charges of approximately $1.4 million, which related primarily to the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel, compared to approximately $0.5 million for the year ended November 30, 2014.

Operating Income (Loss)

We recorded an operating loss for the year ended November 30, 2015 of approximately $2.8 million compared to operating income of approximately $4.6 million for the year ended November 30, 2014. The increase in operating loss of approximately $7.4 million is attributed to higher operating expense following the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel and higher restructuring charges, partially offset by improved financial results in our SSC and EMS segments due largely to efficiencies and improved product mix in fiscal 2015, as we shipped products on certain programs with lower costs of revenues.

Other Expense (Income), net

Total other expense for the year ended November 30, 2015 was approximately $18.1 million, compared to other expense of $22.2 million for the year ended November 30, 2014.

The decrease in other expense is largely attributable to lower amortization of discounts and deferred financing costs of approximately $10.2 million following the March 21, 2014 debt extinguishment during the year ended November 30, 2014, partially offset by an increase in interest expense of approximately $4.0 million largely due to higher debt levels throughout the year ended November 30, 2015, compared to the prior year, and a contingency settlement of $2.5 million.

Income Taxes

Income taxes is a net expense of approximately $1.4 million for the year ended November 30, 2015, compared to income tax expense of approximately $1.3 million for the year ended November 30, 2014. The current provision is less than the statutory tax rate due to non-deductible expenses, as well as the recording of a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets due to a history of cumulative losses and the federal and state benefit of current losses from continuing operations.

Net loss

We recorded a net loss for the year ended November 30, 2015 of approximately $22.3 million, compared to a net loss of approximately $18.9 million for the year ended November 30, 2014. The increase in net loss is largely due to approximately $4.0 million higher interest expense and higher operating expenses following the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel and higher restructuring charges, partially offset by the higher write-off of approximately $10.2 million of discounts and deferred financing costs in fiscal 2014, and higher overall financial results in our SSC and EMS segment in fiscal 2015 as a result of efficiencies and a change in product mix.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview and Summary

Our principal sources of liquidity include cash flows from operations, funds from borrowings and existing cash on hand.

At November 30, 2015, we held cash and cash equivalents of approximately $7.2 million compared to $8.3 million at November 30, 2014. We believe that our available cash and cash equivalents and future cash flows from operations will be sufficient to satisfy our anticipated cash requirements for the next twelve months, including scheduled debt repayments, lease commitments, planned capital expenditures, and research and development expenses. There can be no assurance, however, that unplanned capital replacements or other future events will not require us to seek additional debt or equity financing and, if so required, that it will be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any issuance of additional equity could dilute our current stockholders’ ownership interests.

On June 8, 2015, we entered into Amendment No. 3, which amends the Term Loan Agreement to provide for an incremental term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $85.0 million (the “Second Incremental Term Loan Facility”), increases the margins applicable to the outstanding term loans to 7.50% in the case of base rate loans and 8.50% in the case of LIBOR loans, beginning December 2015, amends the prepayment premiums that we are required to pay upon voluntary prepayments or certain mandatory prepayments of the term loans, permits certain additional adjustments to our consolidated EBITDA for cost savings in connection with the acquisition Inmet and Weinschel, and reduces the minimum interest coverage ratio and increases the maximum leverage ratio for certain compliance periods. The proceeds of the Second Incremental Term Loan Facility were primarily used to fund the purchase price for the Inmet and Weinschel acquisition. As of November 30, 2015, we had borrowed $193.7 million under the Term Loan Agreement.

Amendment No. 4, among other items, adds additional mandatory prepayment events upon the occurrence of a change of control (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) and/or receipt of any termination fees under the Merger Agreement and decreases the prepayment premiums that we are required to pay upon a voluntary or mandatory prepayment of any of the outstanding term loans. Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, we will be required to pay a prepayment premium in an amount equal to 1% of the amount of the term loans prepaid. Amendment No. 4 also amends the amortization schedule applicable to future term loan payments made by the Company by removing our obligation to make an amortization payment for the fiscal quarters ending February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2016 and requiring us to make an amortization payment in an amount equal to 5.0% of the original aggregate term loan amount on the earlier of (a) May 27, 2016 and (b) the date of termination of the Merger Agreement. Amendment No. 4 reduces the minimum interest coverage ratio for certain compliance periods, increases the maximum leverage ratio for certain compliance periods, and adds additional events of default upon either (a) the termination of the Merger Agreement or (b) our failure to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement on or prior to May 27, 2016.

Term Loan Agreement

The outstanding term loans, including the term loans incurred pursuant to the Second Incremental Term Loan Facility (collectively, the “Term Loans”), bear interest, at our option, at the base rate plus 6.50% or an adjusted LIBOR rate (based on one, two or three-month interest periods) plus 7.50% during the first six months after Amendment No. 3’s closing date, and a base rate plus 7.50% or the adjusted LIBOR rate plus 8.50% thereafter. The base rate continues to mean the highest of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association’s prime rate, the federal funds rate plus a margin equal to 0.50% and the adjusted LIBOR rate for a 3-month interest period plus a margin equal to 1.00%. The adjusted LIBOR rate remains subject to a floor of 1.25%.

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three months) in the case of Term Loans bearing interest at the adjusted LIBOR rate. Principal payments of the Term Loans are paid at the end of each of our fiscal quarters, with the balance of any outstanding Term Loans due and payable in full on February 6, 2018. The quarterly principal payments will amortize at 1.875% for the fiscal quarters through the end of our 2015 fiscal year, 0% for the quarters ending February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2016 and 2.50% for each of the fiscal quarters thereafter.

Under certain circumstances, we are required to prepay the Term Loans upon the receipt of cash proceeds from certain asset sales, cash proceeds of certain extraordinary receipts and cash proceeds of certain debt or equity financings, and based on a calculation of annual excess cash flow. Mandatory prepayments resulting from assets sales or certain debt financings may require the payment of certain prepayment premiums. Amendment No. 3 increases the prepayment premiums that we are required to pay upon voluntary prepayments or certain mandatory prepayments of any of the outstanding term loans and requires additional prepayment premiums for any prepayment of the Second Incremental Term Loan Facility made on or prior to December 8, 2015, as calculated in accordance with the Term Loan Agreement. Amendment No. 4 adds additional mandatory prepayments as described above.

The Term Loans are secured by a security interest in substantially all of the assets owned by the Company and the subsidiary guarantors.

The Term Loan Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that limit or restrict the Company and its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur indebtedness, grant liens, dispose of assets and pay dividends or make distributions to stockholders, in each case subject to customary exceptions for a term loan of this size and type.

Pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement, we are required to maintain compliance with an interest coverage ratio and a leverage ratio and to limit our annual capital expenditures to $4.0 million per fiscal year (subject to carry-over rights). The interest coverage ratio is defined as the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to cash Interest Expense (as each term as defined in the Term Loan Agreement), as at the end of each fiscal quarter. Amendment No. 3 and Amendment No. 4 reduce the minimum interest coverage ratio and increase the maximum leverage ratio for certain compliance periods. For the first fiscal quarter during the fiscal year ending November 30, 2015, the interest coverage ratio must not have been less than the ratio of 2.20:1.00, for the second and third fiscal quarters ending November 30, 2015, it must not have been less than the ratio of 1.90:1.00, and for the fourth fiscal quarter not less than 1.55:1.00. The leverage ratio is defined as the ratio of Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA (as each term as defined in the Term Loan Agreement), as at the end of each fiscal quarter. For each of the fiscal quarters during the fiscal year ending November 30, 2015, the leverage ratio must not have been greater than 5.25:1.00, except for the second fiscal quarter during the fiscal year ending November 30, 2015 for which the leverage ratio must not have been greater than 5.50:1.00 and for the fourth fiscal quarter not greater than 6.50:100. Amendment No. 3 also permits certain adjustments to the Company’s consolidated EBITDA, which is used in calculating the financial covenants, to reflect cost savings in connection with the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel.

The Term Loan Agreement includes customary events of default including, among other things, non-payment defaults, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross default to material indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency defaults, non-compliance with ERISA laws and regulations, defaults under the security documents or guaranties, material judgment defaults, and a change of control default, in each case subject to certain exceptions for a term loan of this type. The occurrence of an event of default could result in an increased interest rate equal to 2.0% above the applicable interest rate for loans, the acceleration of our obligations pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement and an obligation of the subsidiary guarantors to repay the full amount of our borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement. If we were unable to obtain a waiver for a breach of covenant and the lenders accelerated the payment of any outstanding amounts, such acceleration may cause our cash position to deteriorate or, if cash on hand were insufficient to satisfy the payment due, may require us to obtain alternate financing to satisfy the accelerated payment. If our cash is utilized to repay any outstanding debt, we could experience an immediate and significant reduction in working capital available to operate our business.

 

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Year Ended November 30, 2015 Compared to November 30, 2014

Cash generated by operating activities of approximately $12.1 million for the year ended November 30, 2015, increased by $6.8 million from cash generated by operating activity of approximately $5.3 million for the year ended November 30, 2014. The increase in cash generated by operating activities resulted primarily from the net cash generated by changes in operating assets and liabilities during fiscal 2015, primarily related to accounts payable and accounts receivable, partially offset by higher interest payments in fiscal 2015 compared to fiscal 2014.

Cash used in investing activities for the year ended November 30, 2015 was approximately $81.8 million, which is due primarily to the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel and the purchase of fixed and intangible assets. Cash generated by investing activities for the year ended November 30, 2014 was approximately $15.3 million, which consisted primarily of the $15.1 million proceeds from the sale of the State College facility, $1.5 million related to the release of restricted cash from the sale of Sensors and $1.8 million of tax refunds related to the SenDEC acquisition, partially offset by the acquisition of fixed and intangible assets of $3.1 million.

Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended November 30, 2015 totaled approximately $68.6 million, and resulted from the June 8, 2015 refinancing, which generated net proceeds of $81.8 million, partially offset by the repayment of long-term debt, mainly related to the term loans under the Term Loan Agreement. Cash used by financing activities for the year ended November 30, 2014 totaled approximately $18.4 million, which resulted from $55.7 million of repayments of long-term debt, mainly related to term loans under the Term Loan Agreement, the repayment and termination of the Revolving Loan Agreement and the $27.6 million redemption of preferred shares, partially offset by $64.9 million of net proceeds associated with the Revolving Loan Agreement.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Summary of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our significant accounting policies are fully described in the notes to our consolidated financial statements. Some of our accounting policies involved estimates that required management’s judgment in the use of assumptions about matters that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made. Different estimates, with respect to key variables used for the calculations, or changes to estimates, could potentially have had a material impact on our financial position or results of operations. The development and selection of the critical accounting estimates are described below. Dollar amounts are presented in thousands of USD.

Accounting estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements, and the disclosures made in the accompanying notes. Examples of estimates include the provisions made for bad debts and obsolete inventory, estimates associated with annual goodwill impairment tests, and estimates of deferred income tax and liabilities. The Company also uses estimates when assessing fair values of assets and liabilities acquired in business acquisitions as well as any fair value and any related impairment charges related to the carrying value of machinery and equipment, other long-lived assets, fixed assets held for sale and discontinued operations. The Company also uses estimates in determining the remaining economic lives of long-lived assets. In addition, the Company uses assumptions when employing the Black-Scholes valuation model to estimate the fair value of share options. Despite the Company’s intention to establish accurate estimates and use reasonable assumptions, actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

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Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand, bank balances and investments in money market instruments with original maturities of three months or less.

Inventories

Inventories, which include materials, labor, and manufacturing overhead, are stated at the lower of cost (on a first-in, first-out basis) or net realizable value. On a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates inventories for potential write-down for identifiable obsolescence and slow moving items. The evaluation includes analysis of future demand, product mix and possible alternative uses. The Company records a provision that includes excess and obsolete inventory when write-downs or write-offs are identified. Any write-down of inventory at the close of a fiscal period creates a new cost basis that subsequently would not be marked up based on changes in underlying facts and circumstances. The Company periodically reviews and analyzes its inventory management systems, and conducts inventory impairment testing on a quarterly basis.

Fixed Assets

Fixed assets are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and are depreciated using the straight-line method over the following periods:

 

Straight line basis

    

Buildings and leasehold improvements

   5-40 years

Computer equipment

   3-5 years

Furniture and fixtures

   5-8 years

Machinery and equipment

   5-10 years

Vehicles

   3 years

Betterments are capitalized and amortized by the Company, using the same amortization basis as the underlying assets over the remaining useful life of the original asset. Betterments include renovations, major repairs and upgrades that increase the service of a fixed asset and extend the useful life. Gains and losses on depreciable assets retired or sold are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations in the year of disposal. Repairs and maintenance expenditures are expensed as incurred.

Fixed Assets Held for Sale

Certain fixed assets within our SSC segment were classified as held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company estimated the fair value of the net assets to be sold at approximately $150 at November 30, 2014. There are no fixed assets held for sale at November 30, 2015.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and intangible assets result primarily from business acquisitions accounted for under the purchase method. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized but are subject to impairment by applying a fair value based test. The Company completes an annual (or more often if impairment indicators arise under the applicable accounting guidance) impairment assessment of its goodwill on a reporting unit level. The Company’s annual impairment test for goodwill is September 1st.

The Company has three reporting units: (i) SSC, (ii) EMS, and (iii) SSIA. The goodwill in the consolidated financial statements relates to the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel in June 2015, RTIE in March 2012, C-MAC in March 2012, Commercial Microwave Technology, Inc. (“CMT”) in November 2011, Spectrum in June 2011, and SenDEC Corp. (“SenDEC”) in January 2011. All of the goodwill relates to our SSC reporting

 

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unit, except for the goodwill associated with SenDEC, which relates to the EMS reporting unit. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of acquired companies over the estimated fair value assigned to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

A two-step test is performed to assess goodwill impairment. First, the fair value of each reporting unit is compared to its carrying value. The fair value is determined based on a market approach as well as the discounted future cash flows of the subsidiary carrying the goodwill. If the calculated fair value exceeds the carrying value of the assets, goodwill is not impaired and no further testing is performed. The second step is performed if the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the goodwill. If the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss equal to the difference is recorded.

Following the required accounting guidance, the Company performed the first step of the two-step test method based on an income approach and a market approach on September 1, 2015. The respective reporting units’ future cash flows exceeded the carrying value of the underlying assets and therefore goodwill was not at risk of impairment and no further testing was required for the year ending November 30, 2015.

Intangible assets that have a finite life are amortized using the following basis over the following period:

 

Non-compete agreements

   Straight line over 5 years

Computer software

   Straight line over 3-5 years

Customer related intangibles

   Straight line or the pattern in which the economic benefits are expected to be realized, over an estimated life of 4-15 years

Marketing related intangibles

   The pattern in which the economic benefits are expected to be realized,
over an estimated life of 3-10 years

Technology related intangibles

   The pattern in which the economic benefits are expected to be realized,
over an estimated life of 10 years

Long-Lived Assets

The Company periodically evaluates the net realizable values of long-lived assets, principally identifiable intangibles and capital assets, for potential impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable, as determined based on the estimated future undiscounted cash flows. If such assets were considered to be impaired, the carrying value of the related assets would be reduced to their estimated fair value.

Income taxes

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and available net operating loss carry forwards. A valuation allowance is established to reduce tax assets if it is more likely than not that all or some portions of such tax assets will not be realized.

The Company’s valuation allowance was recorded on the deferred tax assets to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that we estimate are probable to be realized. In determining the adequacy of the valuation allowance, the Company applied the authoritative guidance, and considered such factors as (i) the reversal of existing temporary differences; (ii) future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards; (iii) taxable income in prior carryback years where carryback is permitted; and (iv) prudent and feasible tax planning strategies.

 

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The Company follows the guidance concerning accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which clarifies the accounting and disclosure for uncertainty in tax positions. The guidance requires that the Company determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will not be sustained upon examination by the appropriate taxing authority. If a tax position does not meet the more likely than not recognition criterion, the guidance requires that the tax position be measured at the largest amount of benefit greater than 50 percent not likely of being sustained upon ultimate settlement.

Based on the Company’s evaluation, management has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the consolidated financial statements. Open tax years include the tax years ended January 21, 2011 through November 30, 2015.

The Company from time to time has been assessed interest or penalties by major tax jurisdictions, however such assessments historically have been minimal and immaterial to our financial results. If the Company receives an assessment for interest and/or penalties, it would be classified in the consolidated financial statements as general and administrative expense.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes non-contract revenue when it is realized and earned. The Company considers non-contract revenue realized or realizable and earned when it has persuasive evidence of an arrangement, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery is not considered to have occurred until products have been shipped and risk of loss and ownership has transferred to the client. Revenue from production-type contracts, which represents less than one per cent of total revenue, is recognized using the percentage of completion method. The degree of completion is determined based on costs incurred, excluding costs that are not representative of progress to completion, as a percentage of total costs anticipated for each contract. A provision is made for losses on contracts in progress when such losses first become known. Revisions in cost and profit estimates, which can be significant, are reflected in the accounting period in which the relevant facts become known. Revenue from contracts under the percentage of completion method is not significant to the financial statements.

Deferred Revenue

The Company defers revenue when payment is received in advance of the service or product being shipped or delivered.

Warranty

The Company provides up to a one-year product defect warranty on various products from the date of sale. Historically, warranty costs have been nominal and have been within management’s expectations. The Company has accrued approximately $328 and $325, in warranty liability as of November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, which has been included in accounts payable and accrued expenses.

Shipping and Handling

Shipping and handling costs are expensed as incurred and included in cost of revenues.

Sales Taxes

The Company records sales tax on the sale of its products as a liability, and does not include such amounts in revenue.

Research and Development

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Advertising Costs

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and were $849 and $1,118, for the years ended November 30, 2015, and 2014, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company follows the authoritative guidance for accounting for stock-based compensation. The guidance requires that new, modified and unvested stock-based payment transactions with employees, such as grants of stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and restricted stock, be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair value at the grant date and recognized as compensation expense over their vesting periods. Stock-based compensation cost for RSUs is measured based on the closing fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model which takes into account as of the grant date the exercise price and expected life of the option, the current price of the underlying shares and its expected volatility, expected dividends on the shares and the risk-free interest rate for the term of the option.

Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions

The Company’s functional currency is U.S. dollars and the consolidated financial statements are stated in U.S. dollars, “the reporting currency.” Integrated operations have been translated from various foreign currencies (British Pounds Sterling, Canadian dollars, Chinese Yuan, Euros, and Mexican Pesos) into U.S. dollars at the period-end exchange rate for monetary balance sheet items, the historical rate for fixed assets and shareholders’ equity, and the average exchange rate for the year for revenues, expenses, gains and losses. The gains or losses on translation are included as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) for the period.

Receivables and Credit Policies

Accounts receivable are non-interest bearing, uncollateralized customer obligations. Accounts receivable are stated at the amounts billed to the customer. Customer account balances with invoices over 90 days old are considered delinquent. Payments of accounts receivable are allocated to the specific invoices identified on the customer’s remittance advice or, if unspecified, are applied to the earliest unpaid invoices. The carrying amount of accounts receivable is reduced by a valuation allowance that reflects management’s estimate of the amounts that will not be collected.

Financial Instruments

The fair values of financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and short-term borrowings approximate their carrying values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. Unless otherwise noted, it is management’s opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest rate, currency or credit risks arising from its financial instruments. The recorded value of long-term debt approximates the fair value of the debt as the terms and rates approximate market rates.

In the ordinary course of business, the Company carries out transactions in various foreign currencies (British Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Chinese Yuan, Euros, and Mexican Pesos) included in the Company’s cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank indebtedness, as well as a mortgage loan. The translation adjustments related to these accounts have been reflected as a component of comprehensive income. Currently, the Company does not maintain a foreign currency hedging program.

Debt Issuance Costs and Long-term Debt Discount

Fees paid to obtain debt financing or amendments under such debt financing are treated as debt issuance costs and are capitalized and amortized over the life of the debt using the effective interest method. These payments are shown as a financing activity on the consolidated statement of cash flows and are shown as other non-current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.

 

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The Company may record debt and equity discounts in connection with raising funds through the issuance of convertible notes or equity instruments. These discounts may arise from (i) the receipt of proceeds less than the face value of convertible notes or equity instruments, (ii) beneficial conversion features and/or (iii) recording derivative liabilities related to embedded features. These costs are amortized over the life of the debt to interest expense utilizing the effective interest method. If a conversion of the underlying debt occurs, a proportionate share of the unamortized discount is immediately expensed.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company maintains cash balances, at times, with financial institutions, which are in excess of amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) and Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS in the U.K.). Management monitors the soundness of these institutions and has not experienced any collection losses with these institutions.

The U.S., U.K. and Canadian Governments’ Departments of Defense (directly and through subcontractors) accounts for approximately 45%, 10% and 1% of the Company’s revenues for the year ended November 30, 2015, and 45%, 9% and 2% of the Company’s revenues for the year ended November 30, 2014. Two of the U.S. customers, one a defense prime contractor, represented approximately 15% of revenues for the year ended November 30, 2015 (12% of revenues for the year ended November 30, 2014). The same customers represented 11% and 10% of accounts receivable as of November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. A loss of a significant customer could adversely impact the future operations of the Company.

Earnings (Loss) per Share of Common Stock

Basic earnings per share of common stock is computed by dividing income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share of common stock gives effect to all dilutive potential shares of common stock outstanding during the period. The computation of diluted earnings per share does not assume conversion, exercise or contingent exercise of securities that would have an anti-dilutive effect on earnings per share.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss), which includes foreign currency translation adjustments, is shown in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2015, the FASB issued guidance which clarifies that in a classified statement of financial position, an entity shall classify deferred tax liabilities and assets as noncurrent amounts. The former guidance required the valuation allowance for a particular tax jurisdiction be allocated between current and noncurrent deferred tax assets for that tax jurisdiction on a pro rata basis. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments in this guidance may be applied either prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur after the effective date of this guidance or retrospectively to all periods presented, with earlier application permitted for financial statements that have not been issued. The Company has early adopted this guidance prospectively for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015.

In April 2015, the FASB issued guidance which changes the presentation of debt issuance costs in financial statements to present such costs as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. The guidance will become effective for public companies during interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has early adopted this guidance for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015.

 

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In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance which affects any entity that either enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services or enters into contracts for the transfer of nonfinancial assets unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards (e.g., insurance contracts or lease contracts). The new guidance will supersede the existing revenue recognition requirements, and most industry-specific guidance. Following the announcement of a one year deferral in July 2015, for a public entity, the amendments in this guidance are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is not permitted. The guidance permits companies to either apply the requirements retrospectively to all prior periods presented or apply the requirements in the year of adoption, through a cumulative adjustment. The Company has not yet selected a transition method nor has it determined the impact of adoption on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2014, the FASB issued guidance which changes the threshold for reporting discontinued operations and adds additional disclosures. The guidance updates the definition of discontinued operations to include the disposal of a component or group of components that is disposed of or is classified as held for sale and represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. The guidance is effective prospectively for all disposals of components of an entity that occur with annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, and interim periods therein.

 

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

A smaller reporting company is not required to provide the information in this Item.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Our financial statements are included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K immediately following the signature page.

 

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Controls and Procedures

We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of November 30, 2015. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of November 30, 2015.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.

With the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of November 30,

 

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2015, based on the framework and criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework). Based on that evaluation, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of November 30, 2015.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During our most recent fiscal quarter, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information called for by this Item 10 of Part III of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in our definitive proxy statement relating to our 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14-A under the Exchange Act within 120 days from 2015 fiscal year end. Reference is also made to the information appearing in Item 1 of Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the caption “Business—Executive Officers of the Registrant.”

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to our directors and employees (including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and controller and persons performing similar functions). The Code of Ethics is posted on our website at www.apitech.com on the Investor Relations section. We will post on our website any amendments to or waivers of the Code of Ethics for executive officers or directors in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

 

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information called for by this Item 11 of Part III of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days from 2015 fiscal year end.

 

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information called for by this Item 12 of Part III of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in our Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days from 2015 fiscal year end.

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information called for by this Item 13 of Part III of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days from 2015 fiscal year end.

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information required to be disclosed by this Item 14 of Part III of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days from 2015 fiscal year end.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

1. Financial statements are set forth in this report following the signature page of this report. See index on page F-1.

2. Consolidated financial statement schedule

All financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or because the required information is shown in the financial statements or in the notes thereto.

3. Exhibit Index. The exhibits listed below, as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, are numbered in conformity with the numbering used in Item 601 of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit Title

*2.1    Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2015 between API Technologies Corp. and Aeroflex Microelectronics Solutions, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 28, 2015).
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 27, 2009).
  3.2    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 4, 2011).
  3.3    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of API Technologies Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 18, 2012).
  3.4    Certificate of Designation of Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock of API Technologies Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 18, 2012).
  3.5    Certificate of Elimination of Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock of API Technologies Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 26, 2014).
  3.6    Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of API Technologies Corp. filed November 7, 2011 (filed herewith).
  3.7    Amended and Restated By-laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 27, 2009).
10.1    Support Agreement dated November 6, 2006 among API Nanotronics Corp. k/n/a API Technologies Corp. and RVI Sub, Inc. k/n/a API Nanotronics Sub, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2006).
10.2    Voting and Exchange Agreement dated November 6, 2006 among API Nanotronics Corp. k/n/a API Technologies Corp. and RVI Sub, Inc. k/n/a API Nanotronics Sub, Inc. and Equity Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2006).

 

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Exhibit

Number

 

Exhibit Title

    10.3   Share Capital and Other Provisions included in the Articles of Incorporation of API Nanotronics Sub, Inc. f/k/a RVI Sub, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2006).
    10.4   Registration Rights Agreement dated January 21, 2011 by and between the Company and Vintage Albany Acquisition, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 27, 2011).
**10.5   Management Bonus Plan dated January 21, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 27, 2011).
**10.6   Employment letter agreement with Bel Lazar (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on April 14, 2011).
**10.7   Amended and Restated API Technologies Corp. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company’s 10-K/T filed with the SEC on February 9, 2012).
**10.8   Form of Incentive Option Agreement (filed herewith).
**10.9   Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC October 15, 2009.)
**10.10   Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (filed herewith).
**10.11   Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 6, 2011).
    10.12   Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 18, 2011 by and among the Company, the persons and entities listed on Exhibit A, and, with respect to Section 8(l) only, Vintage Albany Acquisition, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 21, 2011).
    10.13   Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 27, 2011 by and among the Company, the persons and entities listed on Exhibit A, and, with respect to Section 8(1) only, Vintage Albany Acquisition, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the Company’s 10-K filed with the SEC on August 26, 2011).
    10.14   Credit Agreement, dated February 6, 2013, by and among API Technologies Corp. as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 8, 2013).
    10.15   U.S. Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated February 6, 2013, by and among API Technologies Corp. and certain of its domestic subsidiaries, as grantors, the guarantors party thereto, and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 8, 2013).
    10.16   Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement, dated February 6, 2013, by and among certain Canadian subsidiaries of API Technologies Corp., as grantors and guarantors, and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 8, 2013).
    10.17   Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated October 10, 2013, by and among API Technologies Corp. as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 19, 2013).

 

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Exhibit

Number

 

Exhibit Title

    10.18   Consent Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2013, by and between API Technologies Corp., the lenders party thereto and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 6, 2014).
    10.19   Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated March 21, 2014, by and among API Technologies Corp. as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 26, 2014).
    10.20   Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, by and among API Technologies Corp. as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2015).
    10.21   Commitment Letter, dated as of April 23, 2015 among API Technologies Corp., Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC and the other commitment parties party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 28, 2015).
    10.22   Lease Agreement between Store SPE State College 2013-8, LLC and Spectrum Control, Inc. dated as of December 31, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 9, 2014).
**10.23   Employment letter agreement with Robert Tavares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 2, 2015).
**10.24   Separation Agreement and Release between the Company and Bel Lazar (filed herewith).
**10.25   Employment Letter Agreement, dated August 12, 2015 and effective as of September 8, 2015, by and between API Technologies Corp. and Eric Seeton (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 14, 2015).
    21   Subsidiaries of the Company (filed herewith).
    23.1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).
    31.1   Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) Certification by Chief Executive Officer (filed herewith).
    31.2   Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) Certification by Chief Financial Officer (filed herewith).
    32.1   Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
    32.2   Certification of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
  101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
  101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
  101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
  101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
  101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
  101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

* Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of any of the omitted schedules upon request made by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
** Management contracts, compensation plans or arrangements.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

API TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
/S/    ROBERT E. TAVARES        
Robert E. Tavares,
President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: March 2, 2016

In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Principal Executive Officer

  

/S/    ROBERT E. TAVARES        

Robert E. Tavares,

President and Chief Executive Officer

   March 2, 2016

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

  

/S/    ERIC SEETON        

Eric Seeton

Chief Financial Officer

   March 2, 2016

/S/    BRIAN R. KAHN        

Brian R. Kahn,

Chairman and Director

   March 2, 2016

/S/    MATTHEW E. AVRIL        

Matthew E. Avril,

Director

   March 2, 2016

/S/    MELVIN L. KEATING        

Melvin L. Keating,

Director

   March 2, 2016

/S/    KENNETH J. KRIEG        

Kenneth J. Krieg,

Director

   March 2, 2016

 

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Consolidated Financial Statements

 

     Page  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     F-2   

Consolidated Balance Sheets as at November 30, 2015 and 2014

     F-3   

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years ended November  30, 2015 and 2014

     F-4   

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Redeemable Preferred Stock and Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014

     F-5   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014

     F-7   

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

     F-8   

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

API Technologies Corp.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of API Technologies Corp. as of November 30, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in redeemable preferred stock and shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of API Technologies Corp. at November 30, 2015 and 2014, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

March 2, 2016

 

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API TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands of dollars, except share data)

 

     November 30,
2015
    November 30,
2014
 

Assets

    

Current

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 7,207      $ 8,258   

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $756 and $716 at November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively

     41,684        38,657   

Inventories, net (note 6)

     65,243        54,718   

Deferred income taxes

     —          561   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     1,980        1,592   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     116,114        103,786   

Fixed assets, net (note 7)

     30,246        30,424   

Fixed assets held for sale (note 2)

     —          150   

Goodwill (note 8)

     149,239        116,770   

Intangible assets, net

     46,928        29,848   

Other non-current assets

     2,498        1,862   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 345,025      $ 282,840   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

    

Current

    

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 41,795      $ 27,907   

Deferred revenue

     3,694        2,279   

Current portion of long-term debt (note 11)

     21,816        10,097   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     67,305        40,283   

Deferred income taxes

     4,373        4,575   

Other long-term liabilities (note 12)

     1,601        1,216   

Long-term debt, net of current portion and discount of $2,480 and $0 at November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively (note 11)

     175,730        118,214   

Deferred gain (note 11c)

     7,193        7,788   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     256,202        172,076   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (note 19)

    

Shareholders’ equity

    

Common shares ($0.001 par value, 250,000,000 authorized shares, 55,850,736 and 55,397,320 shares issued and outstanding at November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively)

     56        55   

Special voting stock ($0.01 par value, 1 share authorized, issued and outstanding at November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively)

     —          —     

Additional paid-in capital

     331,144        327,846   

Common stock subscribed but not issued

     —          2,373   

Accumulated deficit

     (242,401     (220,105

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     24        595   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     88,823        110,764   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

   $ 345,025      $ 282,840   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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API TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(In thousands of dollars, except share data)

 

     Year ended
November 30, 2015
    Year ended
November 30, 2014
 

Revenue, net

   $ 232,280      $ 226,857   

Cost of revenues

    

Cost of revenues

     176,048        173,697   

Restructuring charges (note 20)

     482        1,064   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of revenues

     176,530        174,761   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     55,750        52,096   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses

    

General and administrative

     29,239        23,069   

Selling expenses

     15,435        14,541   

Research and development

     9,623        8,270   

Business acquisition and related charges

     1,438        479   

Restructuring charges (note 20)

     2,864        1,153   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     58,599        47,512   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     (2,849     4,584   

Other expense (income), net

    

Interest expense, net

     15,779        11,765   

Amortization of note discounts and deferred financing costs

     746        10,940   

Other expense (income), net

     1,527        (477
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     18,052        22,228   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

     (20,901     (17,644

Expense for income taxes

     1,395        1,270   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (22,296   $ (18,914

Accretion on preferred stock

     —          (393
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

   $ (22,296   $ (19,307
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share—Basic and diluted

   $ (0.40   $ (0.35
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

    

Basic

     55,541,364        55,448,862   

Diluted

     55,541,364        55,448,862   

Comprehensive loss
Unrealized foreign currency translation adjustment

   $ (571   $ (977
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss

     (571     (977
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

   $ (22,867   $ (19,891
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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API Technologies Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Redeemable Preferred Stock and Shareholders’ Equity—continued

(In thousands of dollars, except share data)

 

    Preferred
Stock-number
of shares
    Preferred
stock
amount
    Common
stock-number
of shares
    Common
stock
amount
    Additional
paid-in capital
    Common
stock
subscribed
but not issued
    Accumulated
deficit
    Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
    Total
shareholders’
equity
 

Balance at November 30, 2013

    26,000      $ 26,326        54,846,071      $ 55      $ 327,901      $ 2,373      $ (200,798   $ 1,572      $ 131,103   

Stock issued as compensation

    —          —          48,333        —          —          —          —          —          —     

Stock withheld for taxes

    —          —          (13,751     —          (39     —          —          —          (39

Accretion on Redeemable Preferred Stock (Dividends see Note 13)

    —          393        —          —          —          —          (393     —          (393

Accrued dividend in kind (effective) on Series A Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock (see Note 13)

    —          42        —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Redemption of Preferred Stock (see Note 13)

    (26,000     (26,761     —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Stock-based compensation expense

    —          —          —          —          (16     —          —          —          (16

Stock exchanged for subsidiary exchangeable shares and stock subject to issuance in connection with plan of arrangement (see Note 15)

    —          —          516,667        —          —          —          —          —          —     

Net loss for the period

    —          —          —          —          —          —          (18,914     —          (18,914

Other comprehensive loss

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (977     (977
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at November 30, 2014

    —        $ —          55,397,320      $ 55      $ 327,846      $ 2,373      $ (220,105   $ 595      $ 110,764   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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API Technologies Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity—continued

(In thousands of dollars, except share data)

 

    Common
stock-number
of shares
    Common
stock
amount
    Additional
paid-in capital
    Common
stock
subscribed
but not issued
    Accumulated
deficit
    Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
    Total
shareholders’
equity
 

Balance at November 30, 2014

    55,397,320      $ 55      $ 327,846      $ 2,373      $ (220,105   $ 595      $ 110,764   

Stock issued as compensation

    43,334        —          —          —          —          —          —     

Stock withheld for taxes

    (13,668     —          (27     —          —          —          (27

Stock-based compensation expense

    —          —          952        —          —          —          952   

Stock issued in connection with common stock subscribed (see Note 15)

    423,750        1        2,373        (2,373     —          —          1   

Net loss for the period

    —          —          —          —          (22,296     —          (22,296

Other comprehensive loss

    —          —          —          —          —          (571     (571
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at November 30, 2015

    55,850,736      $ 56      $ 331,144      $ —        $ (242,401   $ 24      $ 88,823   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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API TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands of dollars, except share data)

 

     Year Ended
Nov. 30, 2015
    Year Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
 

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Net loss

   $ (22,296   $ (18,914

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     18,333        15,965   

Amortization of note discounts and deferred financing costs

     746        728   

Amortization of note discounts due to debt extinguishment

     —          10,212   

Stock based compensation, net

     952        (16

Gain on sale of fixed assets, net

     (400     (252

Deferred income taxes

     (292     668   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of business acquisitions

    

Accounts receivable

     3,328        (915

Inventories

     1,436        2,996   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     (125     829   

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     8,929        (4,263

Deferred revenue

     1,465        (1,739
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     12,076        5,299   

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Purchase of fixed assets

     (1,356     (2,733

Purchase of intangible assets

     (560     (381

Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets

     96        15,108   

Business acquisitions net of cash acquired (note 4 and 17)

     (80,000     1,816   

Restricted cash (note 17)

     —          1,500   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided (used) by investing activities

     (81,820     15,310   

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Redemption of preferred shares (Note 13)

     —          (27,600

Repayment of long-term debt

     (13,268     (55,716

Net proceeds—long-term debt (note 11)

     81,864        64,877   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used by) financing activities

     68,596        (18,439

Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents

     97        (263
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

     (1,051     1,907   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     8,258        6,351   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 7,207      $ 8,258   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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API Technologies Corp.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

1. NATURE OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Nature of Business

API Technologies Corp. (“API”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) designs, develops, and manufactures systems, subsystems, modules, and components for RF microwave, millimeterwave, electromagnetic, power, and security applications, as well as provides electronics manufacturing for technically demanding, high-reliability applications.

On June 8, 2015 API completed the acquisition of Aeroflex / Inmet, Inc. (“Inmet”) and Aeroflex / Weinschel, Inc. (“Weinschel”) from Cobham plc for a total purchase price of approximately $80,000. Inmet and Weinschel have each been in business for more than 40 years, and each manufactures and sells RF and microwave products for defense, space, avionics, wireless, and test and measurement applications. The acquisitions of Inmet and Weinschel add breadth to API’s RF, microwave, and microelectronics product portfolio, extend the Company’s subsystems offering, and further API’s reach in key end markets, including defense, space, commercial aviation, and wireless. API financed the acquisition with an $85,000 add-on to its existing term loan with Guggenheim Corporate Funding LLC (see Note 4 and Note 11a).

On December 31, 2013, the Company completed the sale and leaseback (the “Sale/Leaseback”) of the Company’s facility located in State College, Pennsylvania. The Company sold the facility to an unaffiliated third party for a purchase price of approximately $15,500 and will lease the property from the buyer for approximately $1,279 per year, subject to annual adjustments. The Company used $14,200 of the proceeds of the Sale/Leaseback to prepay a portion of its outstanding term loan indebtedness.

Basis of Presentation

The audited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of API and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. There are no other entities controlled by the Company, either directly or indirectly. The financial statements are presented in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements, and the disclosures made in the accompanying notes. Examples of estimates include the provisions made for bad debts and obsolete inventory, estimates associated with annual goodwill impairment tests, and estimates of deferred income tax and liabilities. The Company also uses estimates when assessing fair values of assets and liabilities acquired in business acquisitions as well as any fair value and any related impairment charges related to the carrying value of machinery and equipment, other long-lived assets, fixed assets held for sale and discontinued operations. The Company also uses estimates in determining the remaining economic lives of long-lived assets. In addition, the Company uses assumptions when employing the Black-Scholes valuation model to estimate the fair value of share options. Despite the Company’s intention to establish accurate estimates and use reasonable assumptions, actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

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API Technologies Corp.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand, bank balances and investments in money market instruments with original maturities of three months or less.

Inventories

Inventories, which include materials, labor, and manufacturing overhead, are stated at the lower of cost (on a first-in, first-out basis) or net realizable value. On a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates inventories for potential write-down for identifiable obsolescence and slow moving items. The evaluation includes analysis of future demand, product mix and possible alternative uses. The Company records a provision that includes excess and obsolete inventory when write-downs or write-offs are identified. Any write-down of inventory at the close of a fiscal period creates a new cost basis that subsequently would not be marked up based on changes in underlying facts and circumstances. The Company periodically reviews and analyzes its inventory management systems, and conducts inventory impairment testing on a quarterly basis.

Fixed Assets

Fixed assets are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and are depreciated using the straight-line method over the following periods:

 

Straight line basis

    

Buildings and leasehold improvements

   5-40 years

Computer equipment

   3-5 years

Furniture and fixtures

   5-8 years

Machinery and equipment

   5-10 years

Vehicles

   3 years

Betterments are capitalized and amortized by the Company, using the same amortization basis as the underlying assets over the remaining useful life of the original asset. Betterments include renovations, major repairs and upgrades that increase the service of a fixed asset and extend the useful life. Gains and losses on depreciable assets retired or sold are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations in the year of disposal. Repairs and maintenance expenditures are expensed as incurred.

Fixed Assets Held for Sale

Certain fixed assets within our SSC segment were classified as held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company estimated the fair value of the net assets to be sold at approximately $150 at November 30, 2014. There are no fixed assets held for sale at November 30, 2015.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and intangible assets result primarily from business acquisitions accounted for under the purchase method. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized but are subject to impairment by applying a fair value based test. The Company completes an annual (or more often if impairment indicators arise under the applicable accounting guidance) impairment assessment of its goodwill on a reporting unit level. The Company’s annual impairment test for goodwill is September 1st.

 

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API Technologies Corp.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

The Company has three reporting units: (i) SSC, (ii) EMS, and (iii) SSIA. The goodwill in the consolidated financial statements relates to the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel in June 2015, RTIE in March 2012, C-MAC in March 2012, Commercial Microwave Technology, Inc. (“CMT”) in November 2011, Spectrum in June 2011, and SenDEC Corp. (“SenDEC”) in January 2011. All of the goodwill relates to our SSC reporting unit, except for the goodwill associated with SenDEC, which relates to the EMS reporting unit. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of acquired companies over the estimated fair value assigned to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

A two-step test is performed to assess goodwill impairment. First, the fair value of each reporting unit is compared to its carrying value. The fair value is determined based on a market approach as well as the discounted future cash flows of the subsidiary carrying the goodwill. If the calculated fair value exceeds the carrying value of the assets, goodwill is not impaired and no further testing is performed. The second step is performed if the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the goodwill. If the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss equal to the difference is recorded.

Following the required accounting guidance, the Company performed the first step of the two-step test method based on an income approach and a market approach on September 1, 2015. The respective reporting units’ future cash flows exceeded the carrying value of the underlying assets and therefore goodwill was not at risk of impairment and no further testing was required for the year ending November 30, 2015.

Intangible assets that have a finite life are amortized using the following basis over the following period:

 

Non-compete agreements

   Straight line over 5 years

Computer software

   Straight line over 3-5 years

Customer related intangibles

   Straight line or the pattern in which the economic benefits are expected to be realized, over an estimated life of 4-15 years

Marketing related intangibles

   The pattern in which the economic benefits are expected to be realized, over an estimated life of 3-10 years

Technology related intangibles

   The pattern in which the economic benefits are expected to be realized, over an estimated life of 10 years

Long-Lived Assets

The Company periodically evaluates the net realizable values of long-lived assets, principally identifiable intangibles and capital assets, for potential impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable, as determined based on the estimated future undiscounted cash flows. If such assets were considered to be impaired, the carrying value of the related assets would be reduced to their estimated fair value.

Income taxes

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and available net operating loss carry forwards. A valuation allowance is established to reduce tax assets if it is more likely than not that all or some portions of such tax assets will not be realized.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

The Company’s valuation allowance was recorded on the deferred tax assets to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts that we estimate are probable to be realized. In determining the adequacy of the valuation allowance, the Company applied the authoritative guidance, and considered such factors as (i) the reversal of existing temporary differences; (ii) future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards; (iii) taxable income in prior carryback years where carryback is permitted; and (iv) prudent and feasible tax planning strategies.

The Company follows the guidance concerning accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which clarifies the accounting and disclosure for uncertainty in tax positions. The guidance requires that the Company determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will not be sustained upon examination by the appropriate taxing authority. If a tax position does not meet the more likely than not recognition criterion, the guidance requires that the tax position be measured at the largest amount of benefit greater than 50 percent not likely of being sustained upon ultimate settlement.

Based on the Company’s evaluation, management has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the consolidated financial statements. Open tax years include the tax years ended January 21, 2011 through November 30, 2015.

The Company from time to time has been assessed interest or penalties by major tax jurisdictions, however such assessments historically have been minimal and immaterial to our financial results. If the Company receives an assessment for interest and/or penalties, it would be classified in the consolidated financial statements as general and administrative expense.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes non-contract revenue when it is realized and earned. The Company considers non-contract revenue realized or realizable and earned when it has persuasive evidence of an arrangement, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery is not considered to have occurred until products have been shipped and risk of loss and ownership has transferred to the client. Revenue from production-type contracts, which represents less than one per cent of total revenue, is recognized using the percentage of completion method. The degree of completion is determined based on costs incurred, excluding costs that are not representative of progress to completion, as a percentage of total costs anticipated for each contract. A provision is made for losses on contracts in progress when such losses first become known. Revisions in cost and profit estimates, which can be significant, are reflected in the accounting period in which the relevant facts become known. Revenue from contracts under the percentage of completion method is not significant to the financial statements.

Deferred Revenue

The Company defers revenue when payment is received in advance of the service or product being shipped or delivered.

Warranty

The Company provides up to a one-year product defect warranty on various products from the date of sale. Historically, warranty costs have been nominal and have been within management’s expectations. The Company has accrued approximately $328 and $325, in warranty liability as of November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, which has been included in accounts payable and accrued expenses.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

Shipping and Handling

Shipping and handling costs are expensed as incurred and included in cost of revenues.

Sales Taxes

The Company records sales tax on the sale of its products as a liability, and does not include such amounts in revenue.

Research and Development

Research and development costs are expensed when incurred.

Advertising Costs

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and were $849 and $1,118, for the years ended November 30, 2015, and 2014, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company follows the authoritative guidance for accounting for stock-based compensation. The guidance requires that new, modified and unvested stock-based payment transactions with employees, such as grants of stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and restricted stock, be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair value at the grant date and recognized as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award. Stock-based compensation cost for RSUs is measured based on the closing fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model which takes into account as of the grant date the exercise price and expected life of the option, the current price of the underlying shares and its expected volatility, expected dividends on the shares and the risk-free interest rate for the term of the option.

Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions

The Company’s functional currency is U.S. dollars and the consolidated financial statements are stated in U.S. dollars, “the reporting currency.” Integrated operations have been translated from various foreign currencies (British Pounds Sterling, Canadian dollars, Chinese Yuan, Euros, and Mexican Pesos) into U.S. dollars at the period-end exchange rate for monetary balance sheet items, the historical rate for fixed assets and shareholders’ equity, and the average exchange rate for the year for revenues, expenses, gains and losses. The gains or losses on translation are included as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) for the period.

Receivables and Credit Policies

Accounts receivable are non-interest bearing, uncollateralized customer obligations. Accounts receivable are stated at the amounts billed to the customer. Customer account balances with invoices over 90 days old are considered delinquent. Payments of accounts receivable are allocated to the specific invoices identified on the customer’s remittance advice or, if unspecified, are applied to the earliest unpaid invoices. The carrying amount of accounts receivable is reduced by a valuation allowance that reflects management’s estimate of the amounts that will not be collected.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

Financial Instruments

The fair values of financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and short-term borrowings approximate their carrying values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. Unless otherwise noted, it is management’s opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest rate, currency or credit risks arising from its financial instruments. The recorded value of long-term debt approximates the fair value of the debt as the terms and rates approximate market rates.

In the ordinary course of business, the Company carries out transactions in various foreign currencies (British Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Chinese Yuan, Euros, and Mexican Pesos) included in the Company’s cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank indebtedness, as well as a mortgage loan. The translation adjustments related to these accounts have been reflected as a component of comprehensive income. Currently, the Company does not maintain a foreign currency hedging program.

Debt Issuance Costs and Long-term Debt Discount

Fees paid to obtain debt financing or amendments under such debt financing are treated as debt issuance costs and are capitalized and amortized over the life of the debt using the effective interest method. These payments are shown as a financing activity on the consolidated statement of cash flows and are shown as other non-current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company may record debt and equity discounts in connection with raising funds through the issuance of convertible notes or equity instruments. These discounts may arise from (i) the receipt of proceeds less than the face value of convertible notes or equity instruments, (ii) beneficial conversion features and/or (iii) recording derivative liabilities related to embedded features. These costs are amortized over the life of the debt to interest expense utilizing the effective interest method. If a conversion of the underlying debt occurs, a proportionate share of the unamortized discount is immediately expensed.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company maintains cash balances, at times, with financial institutions, which are in excess of amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) and Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS in the United Kingdom). Management monitors the soundness of these institutions and has not experienced any collection losses with these institutions.

The U.S., U.K. and Canadian Governments’ Departments of Defense (directly and through subcontractors) accounts for approximately 45%, 10% and 1% of the Company’s revenues for the year ended November 30, 2015, and 45%, 9% and 2% of the Company’s revenues for the year ended November 30, 2014. Two of the U.S. customers, one a defense prime contractor, represented approximately 15% of revenues for the year ended November 30, 2015 (12% of revenues for the year ended November 30, 2014). The same customers represented 11% and 10% of accounts receivable as of November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. A loss of a significant customer could adversely impact the future operations of the Company.

Earnings (Loss) per Share of Common Stock

Basic earnings per share of common stock is computed by dividing income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share of common stock gives effect to all dilutive potential shares of common stock outstanding during the period. The computation of diluted earnings per share does not assume conversion, exercise or contingent exercise of securities that would have an anti-dilutive effect on earnings per share (Note 18).

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss), which includes foreign currency translation adjustments, is shown in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

3. EFFECTS OF RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2015, the FASB issued guidance which clarifies that in a classified statement of financial position, an entity shall classify deferred tax liabilities and assets as noncurrent amounts. The former guidance required the valuation allowance for a particular tax jurisdiction be allocated between current and noncurrent deferred tax assets for that tax jurisdiction on a pro rata basis. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments in this guidance may be applied either prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur after the effective date of this guidance or retrospectively to all periods presented, with earlier application permitted for financial statements that have not been issued. The Company has early adopted this guidance prospectively for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015.

In April 2015, the FASB issued guidance which changes the presentation of debt issuance costs in financial statements to present such costs as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. The guidance will become effective for public companies during interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has early adopted this guidance for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015.

In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance which affects any entity that either enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services or enters into contracts for the transfer of nonfinancial assets unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards (e.g., insurance contracts or lease contracts). The new guidance will supersede the existing revenue recognition requirements, and most industry-specific guidance. Following the announcement of a one year deferral in July 2015, for a public entity, the amendments in this guidance are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is not permitted. The guidance permits companies to either apply the requirements retrospectively to all prior periods presented or apply the requirements in the year of adoption, through a cumulative adjustment. The Company has not yet selected a transition method nor has it determined the impact of adoption on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2014, the FASB issued guidance which changes the threshold for reporting discontinued operations and adds additional disclosures. The guidance updates the definition of discontinued operations to include the disposal of a component or group of components that is disposed of or is classified as held for sale and represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. The guidance is effective prospectively for all disposals of components of an entity that occur with annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, and interim periods therein.

4. ACQUISITIONS

a) Inmet and Weinschel

On June 8, 2015 API completed the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel for a total purchase price of $79,392, which included a payment of $80,000 partially offset by a working capital adjustment of $608. Inmet and Weinschel have each been in business for more than 40 years, and each manufactures and sells RF and microwave products for defense, space, avionics, wireless, and test and measurement applications. The

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

acquisitions of Inmet and Weinschel add breadth to API’s RF, microwave, and microelectronics product portfolio, extend the Company’s subsystems offering, and further API’s reach in key end markets, including defense, space, commercial aviation, and wireless. API financed the acquisition with an $85,000 add-on to its existing term loan with Guggenheim Corporate Funding LLC (see Note 11). The acquisition expands the Company’s RF and Microwave capabilities and the Company believes that additional revenue opportunities will be generated through cross selling. These factors contributed to a purchase price resulting in the recognition of goodwill.

The Company has accounted for the acquisition using the purchase method of accounting in accordance with the guidance on business combinations. The Company also incurred legal costs, reorganization charges and professional fees in connection with the acquisition of approximately $1,129 as of November 30, 2015. These expenses have been accounted for as operating expenses. The results of operations of Inmet and Weinschel have been included in the Company’s results of operations beginning on June 8, 2015 in the Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC) segment.

Accounting guidance requires that identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed be reported at fair value as of the acquisition date of a business combination. The purchase consideration was preliminarily allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:

 

     (in thousands)  

Accounts receivable and other current assets

   $ 6,854   

Inventory

     12,655   

Fixed assets

     5,365   

Customer, marketing and technology related intangible assets

     28,179   

Goodwill

     32,469   

Current liabilities

     (6,130
  

 

 

 

Total purchase consideration

   $ 79,392   
  

 

 

 

The purchase consideration for Inmet and Weinschel exceeded the underlying fair value of the net assets acquired, giving rise to the goodwill. The resulting goodwill will be deductible for tax purposes. Customer, marketing and technology related intangibles are amortized based on the pattern in which the economic benefits are expected to be realized, over estimated lives of four to twelve years. The purchase accounting is preliminary subject to the completion of the fair value assessment of the accounting for income taxes. Material adjustments, if any, to provisional amounts in subsequent periods, will be reflected as required.

Revenues and net loss of Inmet and Weinschel combined, for the period from the acquisition of June 8, 2015 to November 30, 2015 were approximately $21,421 and $1,062, respectively.

Fixed assets acquired in this transaction consist of the following:

 

     (in thousands)  

Land

   $ 385   

Buildings and leasehold improvements

     3,397   

Computer equipment

     15   

Furniture and fixtures

     207   

Machinery and equipment

     1,361   
  

 

 

 

Total fixed assets acquired

   $ 5,365   
  

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

The following unaudited pro forma summary presents the combined results of operations as if the Inmet and Weinschel acquisitions described above had occurred at the beginning of the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014.

 

     Year ended
November 30,
     Year ended
November 30,
 
     2015      2014  

Revenues

   $ 256,015       $ 273,263   

Net loss

   $ (17,893    $ (16,922

Net loss per share—basic and diluted

   $ (0.32    $ (0.31

5. OTHER FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The following table summarizes assets, which have been accounted for at fair value, along with the basis for the determination of fair value.

 

     November 30, 2015      November 30, 2014  
     2015
Total
     Unobservable
Measurement
Criteria
(Level 3)
     Impairment      2014
Total
     Unobservable
Measurement
Criteria
(Level 3)
     Impairment  

Fixed assets held for sale

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ 150       $ 150       $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ 150       $ 150       $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following is a summary of activity for the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014 for assets and liabilities measured at fair value based on unobservable measure criteria:

 

     Fixed Assets Held
for Sale
 

Balance as at November 30, 2013

   $ 150   

Less: Fixed assets sold

     —     
  

 

 

 

Balance as at November 30, 2014

   $ 150   

Less: Fixed assets sold

     (150
  

 

 

 

Balance as at November 30, 2015

   $ —     
  

 

 

 

The fair value of the fixed assets held for sale was determined using a market approach by using prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving comparable assets.

6. INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following at November 30:

 

     2015      2014  

Raw materials

   $ 34,222       $ 30,509   

Work in progress

     19,355         16,130   

Finished goods

     11,666         8,079   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 65,243       $ 54,718   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

At November 30, 2015 and 2014, inventories are presented net of inventory reserves of $9,343 and $8,990, respectively.

7. FIXED ASSETS

Fixed assets consisted of the following:

 

     As of November 30, 2015  
     Cost      Accumulated
Depreciation
    Net Book
Value
 

Land

   $ 2,874       $ —        $ 2,874   

Buildings and leasehold improvements

     21,609         (5,490     16,119   

Computer equipment

     4,920         (3,775     1,145   

Furniture and fixtures

     2,447         (2,052     395   

Machinery and equipment

     35,573         (25,869     9,704   

Vehicles

     76         (67     9   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed assets, net

   $ 67,499       $ (37,253   $ 30,246   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     As of November 30, 2014  
     Cost      Accumulated
Depreciation
    Net Book
Value
 

Land

   $ 2,489       $ —        $ 2,489   

Buildings and leasehold improvements

     18,832         (3,706     15,126   

Computer equipment

     4,643         (2,925     1,718   

Furniture and fixtures

     1,166         (817     349   

Machinery and equipment

     28,619         (17,896     10,723   

Vehicles

     99         (80     19   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed assets, net

   $ 55,848       $ (25,424   $ 30,424   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Buildings and leasehold improvements for November 30, 2015, includes assets from capital leases with cost of $5,225, accumulated depreciation of $(668) and net book value of $4,557 (November 30, 2014—$5,225, $(319) and $4,906, respectively). Machinery and equipment for November 30, 2015, includes assets from capital leases with cost of $558, accumulated depreciation of $(275) and net book value of $283 (November 30, 2014—$558, $(227) and $331, respectively).

Depreciation expense amounted to $6,674 for the year ended November 30, 2015, and $6,652 for the year ended November 30, 2014. Included in these amounts are $397 and $378 of amortization of assets under capital lease for the year ended November 30, 2015, November 30, 2014, respectively.

8. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The goodwill in the consolidated financial statements relates to the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel in June 2015, RTIE in March 2012, C-MAC in March 2012, CMT in November 2011, Spectrum in June 2011, and SenDEC in January 2011. All of the goodwill relates to our SSC and EMS reporting units.

Following the required accounting guidance, the Company performed the first step of the two-step test method based on discounted future cash flows on September 1, 2015. The respective reporting units’ future cash flows exceeded the carrying value of the underlying assets and therefore goodwill was not at risk of impairment and no further testing was required for the year ending November 30, 2015.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

Goodwill and intangible assets consisted of the following at November 30:

 

     2015      2014  

Goodwill not subject to amortization:

     

Beginning balance, net

   $ 116,770       $ 116,770   

Acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel (note 4)

     32,469         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ending balance, net

   $ 149,239       $ 116,770   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Intangible assets consisted of the following:

 

            November 30, 2015  
     Weighted
Average Useful
Life (years)
     Cost      Accumulated
Amortization
    Net Book
Value
 

Non-compete agreements

     2.0       $ 484       $ (484   $ —     

Customer contracts

     10.1         54,535         (20,658     33,877   

Technology

     6.8         24,783         (13,854     10,929   

Tradenames

     3.5         8,641         (7,583     1,058   

Computer software

     3.0         3,891         (2,975     916   

Patents

        271         (123     148   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Intangible assets, net

     8.3       $ 92,605       $ (45,677   $ 46,928   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

            November 30, 2014  
     Weighted
Average Useful
Life (years)
     Cost      Accumulated
Amortization
    Net Book
Value
 

Non-compete agreements

     2.0       $ 484       $ (484   $ —     

Customer contracts

     8.6         33,548         (14,979     18,569   

Technology

     7.6         19,027         (9,465     9,562   

Tradenames

     3.3         7,376         (7,280     96   

Computer software

     3.0         2,848         (1,397     1,451   

Patents

        242         (72     170   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Intangible assets, net

     7.3       $ 63,525       $ (33,677   $ 29,848   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in the carrying amount of Intangible assets were as follows:

 

     November 30,
2015
    November 30,
2014
 

Intangible assets:

    

Beginning balance, net

   $ 29,848      $ 38,780   

Intangible assets from business acquisition (note 4)

     28,179        —     

Patents and Computer software purchased

     560        381   

Less: Amortization

     (11,659     (9,313
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending balance, net

   $ 46,928      $ 29,848   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amortization expense amounted to $11,659 for the year ended November 30, 2015 and $9,313 for the year ended November 30, 2014. Amortization expense related to existing intangible assets is expected to be

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

approximately $11,384, $9,138, $8,321, $6,932 and $3,443 for the years ending November 30, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively. At November 30, 2015, computer software includes net capitalized computer software development costs of $517 ($1,164 at November 30, 2014).

9. SHORT-TERM DEBT

The Company has a credit facility in place for its U.K. subsidiaries for approximately $376 (250 GBP), which renews in July 2016. This line of credit is tied to the prime rate in the United Kingdom and is secured by the subsidiaries’ assets. This facility was undrawn as of November 30, 2015 and 2014.

10. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the following at November 30:

 

     2015      2014  

Trade accounts payable

   $ 22,493       $ 16,843   

Accrued expenses

     12,551         6,497   

Wage and vacation accrual

     6,751         4,567   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 41,795       $ 27,907   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

11. LONG-TERM DEBT

The Company was obligated under the following debt instruments at November 30:

 

     2015     2014  

Term loans, due February 6, 2018, base rate plus 6.50% interest or LIBOR plus 7.50%, (a)

   $ 193,690      $ 121,730   

Mortgage loan, due 2027, 1.35% above Barclays fixed bank rate (b)

     956        1,151   

Capital leases payable (c)

     5,380        5,430   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 200,026      $ 128,311   

Less: Current portion of long-term debt

     (21,816     (10,097

Discount and deferred financing charges on term loans

     (2,480     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term portion

   $ 175,730      $ 118,214   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

a) On February 6, 2013, the Company refinanced its credit facilities and entered into (i) a credit agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) with various lenders and Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, as agent (the “Agent”) that provided for a $165,000 term loan facility and (ii) a credit agreement with various lenders and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Revolving Loan Agreement”) that provided for a $50,000 asset-based revolving borrowing base credit facility, with a $10,000 subfacility (or the Sterling equivalent) for certain of our United Kingdom subsidiaries, a $10,000 subfacility for letters of credit and a $5,000 subfacility for swingline loans.

In fiscal year 2013, the Company repaid approximately $73,699 of its term loans from the proceeds of sales of certain of its businesses. In addition, the Company repaid a portion of its term loans using the net proceeds of $739 from the March 14, 2013, sale of certain land and a building in Palm Bay, Florida.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

On December 31, 2013, the Company repaid $14,200 of its term loans from the proceeds of the Sale/Leaseback (see (c) below) of the Company’s facility located in State College, Pennsylvania.

On October 10, 2013, the Company entered into an Amendment No. 1 to the Term Loan Agreement (the “Amendment No. 1”) which, among other things, amends the Term Loan Agreement to reduce the minimum interest coverage ratio, increase the maximum leverage ratio, reduce the interest rate on the term loans and modify the terms of the prepayment premium, which the Company is required to pay upon voluntary prepayments or certain mandatory prepayments of the term loans.

On March 21, 2014, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Term Loan Agreement (the “Amendment No. 2”), to provide for an incremental term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $55,000 (the “Incremental Term Loan Facility”), which Incremental Term Loan Facility is subject to substantially the same terms and conditions, including the applicable interest rate and the maturity date of February 6, 2018, as the $165,000 term loan facility provided upon the initial closing of the Term Loan Agreement. In addition, Amendment No. 2 amended the Term Loan Agreement to reduce the minimum interest coverage ratio and increase the maximum leverage ratio, among other things.

The proceeds of the Incremental Term Loan Facility were used (i) to pay in full and terminate the Company’s Revolving Loan Agreement; (ii) to redeem all 26,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock that were outstanding; (iii) to pay fees, costs and expenses associated with the Incremental Term Loan Facility and related transactions; and (iv) for general corporate purposes. This resulted in the write-off of approximately $10,212 of deferred financing costs and note discounts in the quarter ended May 31, 2014.

On June 8, 2015, the Company entered into Amendment No. 3 to the Term Loan Agreement (the “Amendment No. 3”), to provide for an incremental term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $85,000 (the “Second Incremental Term Loan Facility”), increased the margins applicable to the outstanding term loans to 7.50% in the case of base rate loans and 8.50% in the case of LIBOR loans, beginning December 2015, amended the prepayment premiums that the Company is required to pay upon voluntary prepayments or certain mandatory prepayments of the term loans, permitted certain additional adjustments to the Company’s consolidated EBITDA for cost savings in connection with the acquisition Inmet and Weinschel and reduced the minimum interest coverage ratio and increased the maximum leverage ratio for certain compliance periods. The proceeds of the Second Incremental Term Loan Facility were primarily used to fund the purchase price for the Inmet and Weinschel acquisition.

Term Loan Agreement

The term loans incurred pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement, as amended through Amendment No. 2, bore interest, at the Company’s option, at the base rate plus 6.50% or an adjusted LIBOR rate (based on one, two or three-month interest periods) plus 7.50% for the first year and at the base rate plus 7.50% or an adjusted LIBOR rate (based on one, two or three-month interest periods) plus 10.75% thereafter, with a LIBOR floor of 1.50%. Amendment No. 3 increased the margins applicable to the outstanding term loans to 7.50% in the case of base rate loans and 8.50% in the case of LIBOR loans, beginning December 2015. For purposes of the Term Loan Agreement, the “base rate” means the highest of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association’s prime rate, the federal funds rate plus a margin equal to 0.50% and the adjusted LIBOR rate for a 3-month interest period plus a margin equal to 1.00%.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

Interest is due and payable in arrears monthly for term loans bearing interest at the base rate and at the end of an interest period (or at each three month interval in the case of term loans with interest periods greater than three months) in the case of term loans bearing interest at the adjusted LIBOR rate. Principal payments of the term loans are paid at the end of each of the Company’s fiscal quarters, with the balance of any outstanding term loans due and payable in full on February 6, 2018. The quarterly principal payments will amortize at 1.25% for the fiscal quarters through the end of the Company’s 2014 fiscal year, at 1.875% for the fiscal quarters through the end of the Company’s 2015 fiscal year and at 2.50% for each of the fiscal quarters thereafter.

Under certain circumstances, the Company is required to prepay the term loans upon the receipt of cash proceeds of certain asset sales, cash proceeds of certain extraordinary receipts and cash proceeds of certain debt or equity financings, and based on a calculation of annual excess cash flow. Mandatory prepayments resulting from assets sales or certain debt financings may require the payment of certain prepayment premiums.

The term loans are secured by a first priority security interest in accounts receivable, inventory, machinery, equipment and certain other personal property relating to the foregoing, and any proceeds from any of the foregoing, subject to certain exceptions and liens, and a first priority security position on substantially all other real and personal property, in each case that are owned by the Company and the subsidiary guarantors.

The Term Loan Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that limit or restrict the Company and its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur indebtedness, grant liens, dispose of assets and pay dividends or make distributions to stockholders. The Term Loan Agreement has the financial covenants of a minimum interest coverage ratio and maximum leverage ratio. At November 30, 2015 the Company was not in compliance with these Term Loan Agreement financial covenants and has incurred recurring operating losses. To address these matters, management has undertaken certain actions including obtaining an amendment to the Term Loan Agreement. On February 28, 2016, the Company entered into Amendment No. 4 to the Term Loan Agreement (“Amendment No. 4”), refer to Note 24 to the consolidated financial statements. Amendment No. 4 reduces the minimum interest coverage ratio and increases the maximum leverage ratio for the November 30, 2015 compliance period and the fiscal year 2016 compliance periods. At November 30, 2015, the Company was in compliance with these amended financial covenants. Amendment No. 4 also amends the amortization schedule applicable to future term loan payments made by the Company by removing the Company’s obligation to make an amortization payment for the fiscal quarters ending February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2016. Additionally, as the Merger Agreement was being contemplated at the same time as discussed in Note 24 to the consolidated financial statements, as a condition of granting the amendment to the Term Loan Agreement, the Company delivered a fully executed Merger Agreement.

Pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement, the Company is required to maintain compliance with an interest coverage ratio and a leverage ratio and to limit its annual capital expenditures to $4,000 per fiscal year (subject to carry-over rights).

Revolving Loan Agreement

On March 21, 2014, approximately $25,136 of the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loan Facility was used to pay in full and terminate the Company’s Revolving Loan Agreement.

 

b) A subsidiary of the Company in the United Kingdom entered into a 20 year term mortgage agreement in 2007, under which interest is charged at a margin of 1.35% over Barclays Fixed Base Rate of 0.5% at November 30, 2015. The mortgage is secured by the subsidiary’s assets.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

c) On December 31, 2013, the Company completed the sale and leaseback (the “Sale/Leaseback”) of the Company’s facility located in State College, Pennsylvania. The Company sold the facility to an unaffiliated third party for a gross purchase price of approximately $15,500 and will lease the property from the buyer for approximately $1,279 per year, subject to annual adjustments. As a result of this transaction the Company initially recorded a capital lease obligation of $5,225. The gain on the sale has been deferred and is being recognized over the 15 year lease term.

The Company is also the lessee of equipment under various capital leases with monthly payments of $9 and $9 for November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, including interest ranging from approximately 6 to 8%, secured by the leased assets that expire by May 2016. The assets and liabilities under the capital leases are recorded at the fair value of the asset. The assets are amortized over the lower of their related lease terms or its estimated productive life.

At November 30, 2015 and 2014, $4,840 and $5,237 of assets from capital leases were included in fixed assets, net.

Future principal payments of long-term debt and capital leases for the next five years are as follows:

 

Year

   Long-term
debt
     Capital
leases
     Total  

2016

   $ 21,768       $ 1,362       $ 23,130   

2017

     21,771         1,338         23,109   

2018

     150,553         1,365         151,918   

2019

     139         1,392         1,531   

2020

     142         1,420         1,562   

Thereafter

     273         12,569         12,842   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 194,646       $ 19,446       $ 214,092   

Less: imputed interest

     —           (14,066      (14,066
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 194,646       $ 5,380       $ 200,026   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

12. OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

At November 30, 2015, Other long-term liabilities consist of $1,107 asset retirement obligations ($1,154 at November 30, 2014) and $494 deferred rent liabilities ($62 at November 30, 2014).

Asset retirement obligations, relating to leasehold improvements associated with land and a building at one of the Company’s facilities in the United Kingdom under lease until December 2021. As a result of the acquisition of C-MAC (a U.K. subsidiary), the Company initially recorded an asset retirement obligation of approximately $967. During the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded accretion expense of approximately $69 and $66.

Deferred rent liabilities of $494 ($62 at November 30, 2014), relate to land and a building at one of the Company’s facilities in the United States under lease until November 2024.

13. REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

The Company, as of March 21, 2014, redeemed all 26,000 shares of its outstanding Series A Preferred Stock. The Company paid the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock an aggregate of $27,600 to effect the redemption. This resulted in a gain of $549, which is recorded in Other expenses (income) on the Consolidated

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

Statement of Operations for the year ended November 30, 2014. Following the redemption, all shares of Series A Preferred Stock were cancelled and such shares were returned to authorized but undesignated shares of the Company’s preferred stock.

14. INCOME TAXES

The geographical sources of loss before income taxes for the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

 

     Year ended
November 30, 2015
     Year ended
November 30, 2014
 

Income (loss) before income taxes:

     

United States

   $ (21,079    $ (19,065

Non-United States

     178         1,421   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (20,901    $ (17,644
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The income tax expense (benefit) is summarized as follows:

 

     Year ended
November 30, 2015
     Year ended
November 30, 2014
 

Current:

     

United States

   $ 397       $ 295   

Non-United States

     1,290         307   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,687         602   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred:

     

United States

     721         319   

Non-United States

     (1,013      349   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (292      668   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense

   $ 1,395       $ 1,270   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The consolidated effective tax benefit/(expense) rate (as a percentage of income (loss) before income taxes is reconciled to the U.S. federal statutory tax rate as follows:

 

     Year ended
Nov. 30, 2015
    Year ended
Nov. 30, 2014
 

U.S. federal statutory tax rate

     34.0     34.0

Non-deductible expenses

     (1.6     (1.7

Effect of foreign tax rates

     0.3        0.5   

State income taxes, net of federal tax effect

     8.2        8.0   

Change in valuation allowance

     (42.6     (44.2

Change in tax rates

     (0.5     1.0   

Share based compensation

     —          (3.7

Repatriation of foreign earnings

     (2.4     (3.0

Return to provision adjustments

     (1.9     2.8   

Other

     (0.2     (0.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective tax rate benefit/(expense)

     (6.7 )%      (7.2 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

The components of deferred taxes are as follows as at November 30:

 

     2015      2014  

Deferred income tax assets

     

Loss carryforwards

   $ 21,379       $ 15,879   

Deferred Gain

     2,683         2,896   

Share based compensation

     926         918   

Inventory

     3,006         2,397   

Intangible assets

     664         —     

Accruals

     959         959   

Tax credits

     1,458         1,424   

Valuation Allowance

     (29,566      (20,657
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,509         3,816   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred income tax liabilities

     

Capital assets

     (904      (2,577

Intangible assets

     —           (1,518

Deferred tax on unremitted earnings

     (967      (521

Deferred tax on export sales

     (3,101      (2,944
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (4,972      (7,560
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ (3,463    $ (3,744
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2014      2014  

Balance sheet presentation

     

Deferred income tax assets—current

   $ —         $ 561   

Deferred income tax assets—long-term (in Other non-current assets)

     910         270   

Deferred income tax liability—current

     —           —     

Deferred tax liabilities—long-term

     (4,373      (4,575
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred tax liabilities

   $ (3,463    $ (3,744
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The valuation allowance as of November 30, 2015 and 2014 totaled approximately $29,566 and $20,657, respectively, which consisted principally of established reserves for deferred tax assets on carry forward losses from our entities in the United States of America and of foreign entities.

A valuation allowance is established when it is more likely than not that a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The valuation allowance is adjusted based on the changing facts and circumstances, such as the expected expiration of an operating loss carryforward. The total change in valuation allowance for the year ended November 30, 2015 was approximately $8,910, which primarily relates to the increase in deferred tax assets, partially offset by a utilization of loss carryforwards.

The Company and its subsidiaries have U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $34,608, to apply against future taxable income. These losses will expire in various amounts in years 2024 through 2035. Due to recent acquisitions, these loss carryforwards, and other tax credits, may be subject to certain limitations.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

The Company and its subsidiaries have state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $138,533 to apply against future state taxable income. These losses will expire in various amounts in years 2024 through 2035.

The Company and its subsidiaries have foreign net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $3,979 to apply against future taxable income. These losses will expire in various amounts in years 2028 through 2035.

With the exception of a deferred tax liability of $967 recorded on its German and certain Canadian operations, the Company has not recorded deferred income taxes on the undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries in fiscal 2015 because of management’s intent to indefinitely reinvest such earnings. At November 30, 2015 the aggregate undistributed earnings of the foreign subsidiaries amounted to $26,264. Upon distribution of these earnings in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company may be subject to U.S. income taxes and foreign withholding taxes. It is not practical, however, to estimate the amount of taxes that may be payable on the eventual remittance of these earnings.

The Company has foreign investment credits of approximately $54 as of November 30, 2015 which expire in 2018.

The Company and its subsidiaries have research and development credits of approximately $663 as of November 30, 2015, which expire in 2031 through 2034.

The Company recognizes the financial statement benefit of a tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more-likely-than-not sustain the position following an audit. For tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not threshold, the amount recognized in the consolidated financial statements is the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the relevant tax authority.

For the year ended November 30, 2015, a reconciliation of beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

 

Balance at November 30, 2014

   $ 224   

Increases in tax positions taken during a prior period

     25   

Decreases related to settlement with taxing authorities

     (101
  

 

 

 

Balance at November 30, 2015

   $ 148   
  

 

 

 

The Company’s unrecognized tax benefits relate to certain U.S. tax credits and state income tax matters, as well as Chinese transfer pricing on intercompany sales of goods. As of November 30, 2015, the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $148 would affect the Company’s effective tax rate if recognized.

The Company records interest and penalties related to tax matters within other expense on the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations. These amounts are not material to the consolidated financial statements for the periods presented. The Company’s U.S. tax returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities. The Company’s Canadian tax returns are subject to examination by federal and provincial taxing authorities in Canada. Generally, tax years 2011-2015 remain open to examination by tax jurisdictions to which the Company is subject.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

15. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

On January 20, 2010 the Company agreed to issue 800,000 shares of API common stock payable as part of the compensation to Kuchera Defense Systems, Inc. (“KDS”), KII, Inc. (“KII”) and Kuchera Industries, LLC (“KI Industries” and collectively with KDS and KII, the “KGC Companies”) or their designees. 250,000 shares were issued and delivered at closing, an additional 250,000 shares were to be issued and delivered on the first anniversary of the closing and 300,000 shares were to be issued and delivered on the second anniversary of the closing. The Company has issued 126,250 shares in escrow from the originally deferred 550,000 shares. The unissued shares were initially accounted for as common shares subscribed but not issued. Following the Kuchera settlement in October 2015 (see Note 19), the Company issued the remaining 423,750 shares. In addition, on January 20, 2010 and January 22, 2010, we issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 892,862 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $5.60 per share, which expired on January 20, 2015 and January 22, 2015.

In connection with the Plan of Arrangement that occurred on November 6, 2006, the Company was obligated to issue 2,354,505 shares of either API common stock or exchangeable shares of API Nanotronics Sub, Inc. in exchange for the API Electronics Group Corp. common shares previously outstanding. As of November 30, 2015, API is obligated to issue a remaining approximately 63,886 shares of its common stock under the Plan of Arrangement either directly for API common shares or in exchange for API Nanotronics Sub, Inc. exchangeable shares not held by API or its affiliates. There are 22,617 exchangeable shares outstanding (excluding exchangeable shares held by the Company) as of November 30, 2015. Exchangeable shares are substantially equivalent to our common shares.

On November 6, 2006, API amended its certificate of incorporation to allow it to issue one special voting share. This special voting share was issued to a trustee in connection with a Plan of Arrangement and allows the trustee to have at meetings of stockholders of API the number of votes equal to the number of exchangeable shares not held by API or subsidiaries of API. (The trustee is charged with obtaining the direction of the holders of exchangeable shares on how to vote at meetings of API stockholders.) The API Nanotronics Sub, Inc. exchangeable shares are convertible into shares of API common stock at any time at the option of the holder. API may force the conversion of API Nanotronics Sub., Inc. exchangeable shares into shares of API common stock on the tenth anniversary of the date of the Plan of Arrangement or sooner upon the happening of certain events.

The Company, as of March 21, 2014, redeemed all 26,000 shares of its outstanding Series A Preferred Stock. Following the redemption, all shares of Series A Preferred Stock were cancelled and such shares were returned to authorized but undesignated shares of the Company’s preferred stock.

The Company issued 980,881, 245,000 and 15,000 options and RSUs during the years ended November 30, 2015, 2014 and November 30, 2013, respectively (Note 16).

16. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

On October 26, 2006, the Company adopted its 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”), which was approved at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company. All the prior options issued by API were carried over to this plan under the provisions of the Plan of Arrangement. On October 22, 2009, the Company amended the Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock under the plan from 1,250,000 to 2,125,000. On January 21, 2011, the Company amended the Equity Incentive Plan to further increase the number of shares of common stock under the plan from 2,125,000 to 5,875,000, and on June 3, 2011 amended the plan to permit the issuance of RSUs, which amendments were approved by the shareholders of the Company on November 4, 2011. Of the 5,875,000 shares authorized under the Equity Incentive Plan, 2,805,359

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

shares are available for issuance pursuant to options, RSUs, or stock as of November 30, 2015. Under the Company’s Equity Incentive Plan, incentive options and non-statutory options may have a term of up to ten years from the date of grant. The stock option exercise prices are equal to at least 100 percent of the fair market value of the underlying shares on the date the options are granted.

As of November 30, 2015 there was $446 of total unrecognized compensation related to non-vested stock options, which are not contingent upon attainment of certain milestones. For options with certain milestones necessary for vesting, the fair value is not calculated until the conditions become probable. The cost is expected to be recognized over the remaining periods of the options, which are expected to vest from 2015 to 2018.

During the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014, $952 and ($16), respectively, has been recognized as stock-based compensation expense in general and administrative expense.

The fair value of each option grant is estimated at the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the assumptions detailed below:

 

     Year ended
November 30, 2015
    Year ended
November 30, 2014
 

Expected volatility

     72.8     70.2

Expected dividends

     0     0

Expected term

     9.3 years        6 years   

Risk-free rate

     1.48     1.58

The summary of the common stock options granted, cancelled, exchanged or exercised under the Plan:

 

     Shares      Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 

Share Options outstanding—November 30, 2013

     1,848,485       $ 4.98   

Less forfeited

     (765,175    $ 4.90   

Exercised

     —         $ —     

Issued

     245,000       $ 2.23   
  

 

 

    

Share Options outstanding—November 30, 2014

     1,328,310       $ 4.52   

Less forfeited

     (33,183    $ 4.60   

Exercised

     —         $ —     

Issued

     707,500       $ 1.98   
  

 

 

    

Share Options outstanding—November 30, 2015

     2,002,627       $ 3.62   
  

 

 

    

Share Options exercisable—November 30, 2015

     1,265,127       $ 4.57   
  

 

 

    

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

Restricted stock unit activity under the 2006 Equity Compensation Plan is presented below:

 

     Units      Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value
 

RSUs outstanding—November 30, 2013

     81,667       $ 3.72   

Issued

     15,000       $ 2.37   

Vested -Stock issued

     (48,333    $ 3.72   
  

 

 

    

RSUs outstanding—November 30, 2014

     48,334       $ 3.30   

Issued

     273,381       $ 1.96   

Vested -Stock issued

     (43,334    $ 3.72   
  

 

 

    

RSUs outstanding—November 30, 2015

     278,381       $ 1.96   
  

 

 

    

RSUs vested—November 30, 2015

     5,000       $ 2.37   
  

 

 

    

 

RSUs and Options Outstanding

     RSUs and Options Exercisable  

Range of

Exercise Price

   Number of
Outstanding
at November 30,
2015
     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
     Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life
(Years)
     Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
     Number
Exercisable
at November 30,
2015
     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
     Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 

$0.00 – $3.55

     1,615,881       $ 2.05         6.97       $ 594         605,000       $ 3.04       $ —     

$3.56 – $4.99

     27,084       $ 3.56         4.90       $ —           27,084       $ 3.56       $ —     

$5.00 – $6.99

     632,209       $ 5.96         4.84       $ —           632,209       $ 5.96       $ —     

$7.00 – $20.00

     5,834       $ 14.07         1.49       $ —           5,834       $ 14.07       $ —     
  

 

 

          

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

 
     2,281,008            6.34       $ 594         1,270,127          $ —     
  

 

 

          

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

 

The intrinsic value is calculated as the excess of the market value as of November 30, 2015 over the exercise price of the shares. The market value as of November 30, 2015 was $1.97 per share as reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market.

17. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Supplemental cash flow information for the period ended:

 

     Year ended
Nov. 30, 2015
     Year ended
Nov. 30, 2014
 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

     

Cash paid for income taxes

   $ 1,439       $ 835   

Cash paid for interest

   $ 14,973       $ 9,093   

Deferred gain on Sale/Leaseback (note 11c)

   $ —         $ 8,383   

Capital lease obligation (note 11c)

   $ —         $ 5,225   

In February and May 2014, the Company received $1,414 and $402, respectively, related to tax refunds from the acquisition of one of its subsidiaries, SenDEC Corporation. In April 2014, $1,500 was removed from escrow related to the sale of the Sensors companies.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

18. EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

The following table sets forth the computation of weighted-average shares outstanding for calculating basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS):

 

     Year ended
November 30,
     Year ended
November 30,
 
     2015      2014  

Weighted average shares-basic

     55,541,364         55,448,862   

Effect of dilutive securities

     *         *   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average shares—diluted

     55,541,364         55,448,862   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic EPS and diluted EPS for the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014 have been computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted average shares outstanding. The weighted average numbers of shares of common stock outstanding includes exchangeable shares and shares to be issued under the Plan of Arrangement.

 

* All outstanding options and RSUs aggregating 2,281,008 at November 30, 2015 (1,376,644—2014) incremental shares, and 892,862 warrants at November 30, 2014, have been excluded from the November 30, 2015 and 2014 computations of diluted EPS, as they are anti-dilutive due to the losses generated in each respective year.

19. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

  (a) Rent

The following is a schedule by years of approximate future minimum rental payments under operating leases that have remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of November 30, 2015.

 

2016

   $ 4,915   

2017

     4,473   

2018

     4,470   

2019

     4,127   

2020

     3,213   

Thereafter

     17,346   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 38,544   
  

 

 

 

The preceding data reflects existing leases at November 30, 2015, and does not include replacement upon the expiration. In the normal course of business, operating leases are normally renewed or replaced by other leases. Rent expense amounted to $4,150 and $3,919 for the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

  b)

On September 15, 2011, Currency, Inc., KII Inc., Kuchera Industries, LLC, William Kuchera and Ronald Kuchera (the “Plaintiffs”) filed a lawsuit against API and three API subsidiaries (the “API Pennsylvania Subsidiaries”) in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in relation to the Asset Purchase Agreement by and among API, the API Pennsylvania Subsidiaries, the KGC Companies, William Kuchera, and Ronald Kuchera dated January 20, 2010. Plaintiffs’ complaint alleges claims for breach of contract and unjust enrichment based on their contention that API and the API Pennsylvania Subsidiaries violated the Agreement by failing to issue certain shares of stock to Plaintiffs and by

 

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Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

  failing to cooperate with Plaintiffs in the filing of a final general and administrative overhead rate with the Defense Contracting Audit Agency. API and the API Pennsylvania Subsidiaries filed an answer to the complaint denying all liability and a counterclaim for breach of contract against Plaintiffs. Of the 550,000 shares that had not been delivered under the Asset Purchase Agreement, 126,250 were placed in escrow and the remaining 423,750 shares were previously accounted for as common shares subscribed but not issued with a value of $2,373.

In October 2015, the Company settled the Kuchera litigation described above for a $2,500 note payable to the plaintiffs and the delivery of the remaining 550,000 shares under the Asset Purchase Agreement to the plaintiffs. If the net proceeds resulting from the sale of the 550,000 shares do not, in the aggregate, yield at least $1,000, API will issue additional shares of common stock until the net proceeds of all such shares is $1,000. To the extent net proceeds from the sale of the 550,000 shares exceed $1,000, such excess will be credited against amounts due under the note. As of November 30, 2015 the shares have been issued and delivered, but have not been sold. The closing price of the Company’s stock as of November 30, 2015 was $1.97 per share, as reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market. The note (recorded in Accounts payable and accrued expenses) will bear interest at the rate of 12% until April 1, 2016 and 18% thereafter. Monthly payments of interest only are required until April 1, 2016, and thereafter equal monthly payments of interest and principal will be amortized and payable over a 48 month period. All amounts due under the note will accelerate and become due and payable if the Term Loan Agreement is refinanced. There is no prepayment penalty.

 

  c) The Company is also a party to lawsuits in the normal course of its business. Litigation can be unforeseeable, expensive, lengthy and disruptive to normal business operations. Moreover, the results of complex legal proceedings are difficult to predict. An unfavorable resolution of a particular lawsuit could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, operating results, or financial condition.

In accordance with required guidance, the Company accrues for litigation matters when losses become probable and reasonably estimable. The Company has no recorded accrual relating to its outstanding legal matters as of November 30, 2015 (November 30, 2014—$0). As of the end of each applicable reporting period, or more frequently, as necessary, the Company reviews each outstanding matter and, where it is probable that a liability has been incurred, it accrues for all probable and reasonably estimable losses. Where the Company is able to reasonably estimate a range of losses with respect to such a matter, it records an accrual for the amount within the range that constitutes its best estimate. If the Company can reasonably estimate a range but no amount within the range appears to be a better estimate than any other, it will use the amount that is the low end of such range. Because of the uncertainty, the complexity and the many variables involved in litigation, the actual costs to the Company with respect to its legal matters may differ from our estimates, could result in a significant difference and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, liquidity, or results of operations. If we determine that an additional loss in excess of our accrual is probable but not estimable, the Company will provide disclosure to that effect. The Company expenses legal costs as they are incurred.

20. RESTRUCTURING CHARGES RELATED TO CONSOLIDATION OF OPERATIONS

In accordance with accounting guidance for costs associated with asset exit or disposal activities, restructuring costs are recorded as incurred. Restructuring charges for employee workforce reductions are recorded upon employee notification.

During the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014 the Company has reflected within the consolidated statement of operations restructuring charges of $3,346 and $2,217, respectively. These restructuring charges

 

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included costs related to the change in the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and legal charges, and workforce reductions and other expenses related to consolidating certain operations, including Ottawa, Ontario, Canada business to its State College, P.A. facility and consolidating certain parts of its U.K. operations. The actions taken as part of these restructuring activities are intended to realize synergies from our combined SSC operations, contain costs and streamline our operations. Management continues to evaluate whether other related assets have been impaired, and has concluded that there should be no additional impairment charges as of November 30, 2015.

For the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014, the following table represents the details of restructuring charges:

 

     Year ended
Nov. 30, 2015
     Year ended
Nov. 30, 2014
 

Opening balance

   $ 230       $ —     

Restructuring charges

     3,346         2,217   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accumulated restructuring charges

     3,576         2,217   

Cash payments

     (3,312      (1,987
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ending Balance

   $ 264       $ 230   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of November 30, 2015, the Company has also recorded a lease impairment accrual of approximately $1,671 related to one of the facilities of its EMS business.

21. SEGMENT INFORMATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL DATA

The Company follows the authoritative guidance on the required disclosures for segments which establish standards for the way that public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in financial reports. The guidance also establishes standards for related disclosures about products, geographic areas and major customers.

The Company’s operations are conducted in three principal business segments: Systems, Subsystems & Components (SSC), Secure Systems & Information Assurance (SSIA) and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS). Inter-segment sales are presented at their market value for disclosure purposes. Corporate includes general and administrative functions and unallocated costs of our shared service operations/management, administrative and other shared corporate services functions such as information technology, legal, finance, human resources, and marketing. These administrative and other shared services costs have been allocated in the adjusted EBITDA measure based on a percent of revenue for each respective operating segment.

The Company’s chief operating decision maker evaluates segment performance based primarily on revenues and Adjusted EBITDA. The accounting policies of each of the operating segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in Note 2. Adjusted EBITDA represents income from continuing operations excluding depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense and other items as described below. Management views adjusted EBITDA as an important measure of segment performance because it removes from operating results the impact of items that management believes do not reflect the Company’s core operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA is a measure which is also used in calculating financial ratios in material debt covenants in the Company’s credit facilities.

 

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Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

Management does not evaluate the performance of its operating segments using asset measures. The identifiable assets by segment disclosed in this note are those assets specifically identifiable within each segment and include cash, accounts receivable, inventory, goodwill and intangible assets.

 

Year ended November 30, 2015

  SSC     SSIA     EMS     Corporate     Inter
Segment
Eliminations
    Total  

Revenue from external customers

  $ 170,828      $ 19,192      $ 42,260      $ —        $ —        $ 232,280   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA:

    21,526        4,098        1,558        —          —          27,182   

Acquisition related charges

              1,438   

Restructuring

              3,346   

Depreciation and amortization

              18,333   

Interest expense, net

              15,779   

Amortization of note discounts and deferred financing costs

              746   

Other adjustments *

              8,441   
           

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes

            $ (20,901
           

 

 

 

Segment assets—as at November 30, 2015

  $ 305,267      $ 11,089      $ 21,024      $ 7,645      $ —        $ 345,025   

Goodwill included in assets—as at November 30, 2015

  $ 146,770      $ —        $ 2,469      $ —        $ —        $ 149,239   

Purchase of fixed assets, to November 30, 2015

  $ 1,139      $ 31      $ 186      $ —        $ —        $ 1,356   

 

* Other adjustments primarily include non-cash inventory provisions and charges related to Inmet and Weinschel purchase accounting, contingency accruals, stock based compensation expense, franchise taxes, financing and other adjustments, lease payments for the State College, Pennsylvania facility and foreign exchange losses.

 

Year ended November 30, 2014

  SSC     SSIA     EMS     Corporate     Inter
Segment
Eliminations
    Total  

Revenue from external customers

  $ 162,454      $ 21,999      $ 42,404      $ —        $ —        $ 226,857   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA:

    22,372        3,614        (245     —          —          25,741   

Acquisition related charges

              479   

Restructuring

              2,217   

Depreciation and amortization

              15,965   

Interest expense, net

              11,765   

Amortization of note discounts and deferred financing costs

              10,940   

Other adjustments *

              2,019   
           

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes

            $ (17,644
           

 

 

 

Segment assets—as at November 30, 2014

  $ 241,246      $ 13,183      $ 24,235      $ 4,176      $ —        $ 282,840   

Goodwill included in assets—as at November 30, 2014

  $ 114,301      $ —        $ 2,469      $ —        $ —        $ 116,770   

Purchase of fixed assets, to November 30, 2014

  $ 2,126      $ 285      $ 306      $ 16      $ —        $ 2,733   

 

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* Other adjustments primarily include non-cash inventory provisions, stock based compensation expense, franchise taxes, financing and other adjustments, lease payments for the State College, Pennsylvania facility, foreign exchange losses and a change in benefit liability.

The Company has operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, China and Germany. Revenues are attributed to geographic regions based upon the location of the customer. The geographic distribution of sales is as follows:

 

     Year ended
November 30, 2015
     Year ended
November 30, 2014
 

Revenues

     

United States

   $ 166,915       $ 155,476   

United Kingdom

     23,177         25,229   

Canada

     7,164         9,772   

China

     3,558         5,833   

Germany

     4,056         4,367   

All other countries

     27,410         26,180   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 232,280       $ 226,857   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The geographic distribution of long-lived assets is as follows at November 30:

 

     2015      2014  

Long-lived assets

     

United States

   $ 22,410       $ 20,880   

United Kingdom

     6,923         8,300   

Canada

     461         901   

Mexico

     35         30   

China

     411         453   

Germany

     6         10   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 30,246       $ 30,574   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

22. 401(K) PLAN

The Company has adopted a 401(k) deferred compensation arrangement. Under the provision of the plan, the Company was required to match 50% of the first 5% deferred contributions for certain employee contributions. The employer match was suspended effective March 11, 2013 and was reinstated effective April 2014.

Employees may contribute up to a maximum of 100% of eligible compensation. During the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company incurred $420 and $189, respectively, as its obligation under the terms of the plan, charged to general and administrative expense.

 

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23. INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

The following is a summary of the Company’s selected quarterly financial data for the years ended November 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     Three months ended     Year ended
Nov. 30, 2015
 
     Feb. 28, 2015     May 31, 2015     *
Aug. 31,  2015
    Nov. 30, 2015    

Revenues

   $ 50,850      $ 52,281      $ 67,993      $ 61,156      $ 232,280   

Operating expenses

     11,826        12,307        16,211        18,255        58,599   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     1,123        (1,345     1,816        (4,443     (2,849
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (2,179   $ (4,292   $ (6,296   $ (9,529   $ (22,296
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share

   $ (0.04   $ (0.08   $ (0.11   $ (0.17   $ (0.40
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

   $ (0.04   $ (0.08   $ (0.11   $ (0.17   $ (0.40
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* On June 8, 2015 API completed the acquisition of Inmet and Weinschel

 

     Three months ended     Year ended
Nov. 30, 2014
 
     Feb. 28, 2014     May 31, 2014     Aug. 31, 2014     Nov. 30, 2014    

Revenues

   $ 58,918      $ 53,169      $ 56,924      $ 57,846      $ 226,857   

Operating expenses

     11,778        12,340        12,076        11,318        47,512   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     1,567        (1,930     2,733        2,214        4,584   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (2,124   $ (14,984   $ (634   $ (1,172   $ (18,914
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share

   $ (0.05   $ (0.27   $ (0.01   $ (0.02   $ (0.35
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

   $ (0.05   $ (0.27   $ (0.01   $ (0.02   $ (0.35
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

24. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On February 28, 2016, API entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with RF1 Holding Company (“Parent”) and RF Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with API surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

At the effective time of the Merger, each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of API (the “Company Common Stock”) issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time, other than certain excluded shares, will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive $2.00 cash, without interest (the “Per Share Price”). Company RSUs and Company options will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Per Share Price, less, with respect to Company options, the exercise price per share underlying such Company options, if any.

Consummation of the Merger is subject to certain conditions, including, without limitation, (i) the receipt of the necessary approval of the Merger from the Company’s stockholders, which was obtained by written consent on February 29, 2016; (ii) the absence of any law or order restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger; and (iii) the expiration or termination of any waiting periods applicable to the consummation of the Merger under applicable antitrust and competition laws.

 

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Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Per Share Data

 

The Company has made customary representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement and has agreed to customary covenants regarding the operation of the business of the Company prior to the consummation of the Merger.

The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for the Company and Parent. Upon termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances (principally in connection with terminating the Merger Agreement to accept a superior proposal, as defined in the Merger Agreement), the Company will be required to pay Parent a termination fee of $3.5 million.

Upon termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, Parent will be required to pay the Company a termination fee of $5 million. This reverse termination fee is payable if the Merger Agreement is terminated by the Company if Parent and Merger Sub fail to consummate the Merger under certain circumstances or if Parent or Merger Sub have willfully breached their respective representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements in the Merger Agreement in certain circumstances and have failed to cure such breach within a certain period. A private equity fund affiliated with J.F. Lehman & Company has provided the Company with a limited guaranty guaranteeing the payment of the reverse termination fee and certain other monetary obligations that may be owed by Parent pursuant to the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement also provides that either party may, under certain circumstances, specifically enforce the other party’s obligations under the Merger Agreement.

In addition to the foregoing termination rights, and subject to certain limitations, the Company or Parent may terminate the Merger Agreement if the Merger is not consummated by May 27, 2016.

On February 29, 2016, Vintage Albany Acquisition, LLC (“Vintage”), the record and beneficial owner of 22,000,000 shares of API common stock, and Steel Excel Inc. (“Steel”), the record and beneficial owner of 11,377,192 shares of API common stock, approved the Merger and adopted the Merger Agreement by written consent. Together, Vintage and Steel hold over a majority of the outstanding shares of API common stock. The approval by Vintage and Steel constitutes the required approval of the Merger and adoption of the Merger Agreement by the Company’s stockholders under Delaware General Corporation Law and the charter.

On February 28, 2016, in connection with transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company entered into Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement ( “Amendment No. 4”), by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto and the Agent. Amendment No. 4 amends the Term Loan Agreement to add additional mandatory prepayment events upon the occurrence of a change of control (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) and/or receipt of any termination fees under the Merger Agreement and decreases the prepayment premiums that the Company is required to pay upon a voluntary or mandatory prepayment of any of the outstanding term loans. Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company will be required to pay a prepayment premium in an amount equal to 1% of the amount of the term loans prepaid. Amendment No. 4 also amends the amortization schedule applicable to future term loan payments made by the Company by removing the Company’s obligation to make an amortization payment for the fiscal quarters ending February 29, 2016 and May 31, 2016 and requiring the Company to make an amortization payment in an amount equal to 5.0% of the original aggregate term loan amount on the earlier of (a) May 27, 2016 and (b) the date of termination of the Merger Agreement.

Amendment No. 4 reduces the minimum interest coverage ratio and increases the maximum leverage ratio for certain compliance periods, and adds additional events of default upon either (a) the termination of the Merger Agreement or (b) the Company’s failure to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement on or prior to May 27, 2016.

 

 

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