UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30,December 31, 2020

OR

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: 333-60608

JANEL CORPORATION
(Exact (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada 86-1005291
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

80 Eighth Avenue  
New York, New York 10011
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (516) 256-8143(212) 373-5895
Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed from last report: N/A
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
 
Trading symbols(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
None None None

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).
Yes ☒         No ☐

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

Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
 
Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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

The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 7, 2020February 11, 2021 was 865,652.901,154.



JANEL CORPORATION

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
For Quarterly Period Ended June 30,December 31, 2020

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JANEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(dollars (dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
  
June 30, 2020
(Unaudited)
  
September 30,
2019
 
ASSETS      
Current Assets:      
Cash $2,679  $2,163 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts  12,476   21,351 
Inventory, net  3,956   4,371 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  354   531 
Note receivable  71   139 
Total current assets  19,536   28,555 
Property and Equipment, net  4,044   3,954 
Other Assets:        
Intangible assets, net  12,869   13,598 
Goodwill  13,641   13,525 
Operating lease right of use asset  1,498    
Security deposits and other long-term assets  206   87 
Total other assets  28,214   27,210 
Total assets $51,794  $59,719 
LIABILITIES        
Current Liabilities:        
Line of credit $5,923  $8,391 
Accounts payable – trade  14,539   22,061 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  2,562   2,272 
Dividends payable  1,541   1,041 
Current portion of subordinated promissory note  157   152 
Short-term lease liabilities  438    
Current portion of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan  1,351    
Current portion of long-term debt  919   828 
Total current liabilities  27,430   34,745 
Other Liabilities:        
Long-term debt  5,991   6,602 
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan  1,380    
Subordinated promissory notes  424   541 
Mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest  619   619 
Deferred income taxes  2,360   2,000 
Long-term operating lease liabilities  1,082    
Other liabilities  320   334 
Total other liabilities  12,176   10,096 
Total liabilities  39,606   44,841 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000 shares authorized        
Series B 5,700 shares authorized and 331 and 631 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively.      
Series C 20,000 shares authorized and 20,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, liquidation value of $13,041 and $12,541 at June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively      
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 4,500,000 shares authorized, 875,652 issued and 855,652 outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and 863,812 issued and 843,812 outstanding as of September 30, 2019  1   1 
Paid-in capital  14,739   15,075 
Treasury stock, at cost, 20,000 shares  (240)  (240)
Accumulated (deficit) earnings  (2,312)  42 
Total stockholders’ equity  12,188   14,878 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $51,794  $59,719 
  
December 31,
2020
(Unaudited)
  
September 30,
2020
 
ASSETS      
Current Assets:      
Cash 
$
1,832
  $3,349 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts  
22,885
   
20,245
 
Inventory, net  
3,828
   
3,666
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets  
759
   
433
 
Total current assets  
29,304
   
27,693
 
Property and Equipment, net  
5,024
   
4,977
 
Other Assets:        
Intangible assets, net  
14,805
   
13,333
 
Goodwill  
16,153
   
14,146
 
Operating lease right of use asset  
2,630
   
2,621
 
Security deposits and other long-term assets  
308
   
265
 
Total other assets  
33,896
   
30,365
 
Total assets 
$
68,224
  
$
63,035
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY        
Current Liabilities:        
Line of credit 
$
10,827
  $8,447 
Accounts payable – trade  
21,213
   
20,769
 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  
3,314
   
3,007
 
Dividends payable  
1,835
   
1,661
 
Current portion of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan  
1,326
   
1,913
 
Current portion of deferred acquisition payments  
176
   
178
 
Current portion of subordinated promissory note-related party  
1,204
   
504
 
Current portion of long-term debt  
865
   
866
 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities  
806
   
720
 
Total current liabilities  41,566   38,065 
Other Liabilities:        
Long-term debt  
6,222
   
6,432
 
Long-term portion of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan  
1,554
   
960
 
Subordinated promissory notes-related party  
1,151
   
39
 
Long-term portion of deferred acquisition payments  
374
   
372
 
Mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest  
690
   
604
 
Deferred income taxes  
1,656
   
1,569
 
Long-term operating lease liabilities  
1,848
   
1,924
 
Other liabilities  
369
   
388
 
Total other liabilities  
13,864
   
12,288
 
Total liabilities  
55,430
   
50,353
 
Stockholders' Equity:        
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000 shares authorized        
Series B 5,700 shares authorized, 31 shares issued and outstanding  
   
 
Series C 20,000 shares authorized and 20,000 shares issued and 19,760 outstanding at December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, liquidation value of $11,716 and $11,541 at December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, respectively  
   
 
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 4,500,000 shares authorized, 921,154 issued and 901,154 outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 918,652 issued and 898,652 outstanding as of September 30, 2020  
1
   
1
 
Paid-in capital  
14,461
   
14,604
 
Treasury stock, at cost, 20,000 shares  
(240
)
  
(240
)
Accumulated deficit  
(1,428
)
  
(1,683
)
Total stockholders' equity  
12,794
   
12,682
 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 
$
68,224
  
$
63,035
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
JANEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 (in thousands, except share and per share data)
 (Unaudited)
  
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
  
2020
  
2019
 
Revenue 
$
26,478
  $19,821 
Forwarding expenses and cost of revenues  
20,029
   
13,534
 
Gross profit  
6,449
   
6,287
 
Cost and Expenses:        
Selling, general and administrative  
5,709
   
6,085
 
Amortization of intangible assets  
251
   
243
 
Total Costs and Expenses  
5,960
   
6,328
 
Income (Loss) from Operations  
489
   
(41
)
Other Items:        
Interest expense net of interest income  
(119
)
  
(163
)
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes  
370
   
(204
)
Income tax (expense) benefit  
(115
)
  
84
 
Net Income (Loss)  255   (120)
Preferred stock dividends  
(174
)
  
(151
)
Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders 
$
81
  
$
(271
)
         
Net income (loss) per share        
Basic 
$
0.27
  
$
(0.14
)
Diluted 
$
0.26
  
$
(0.14
)
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders:        
Basic 
$
0.09
  
$
(0.31
)
Diluted 
$
0.08
  
$
(0.31
)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:        
Basic  
935,936
   
865,275
 
Diluted  
966,872
   
865,275
 

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

JANEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

  
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
Revenue $18,498  $20,311  $57,440   63,607 
Forwarding expenses and cost of revenues  13,405   14,225   40,064   44,664 
Gross profit  5,093   6,086   17,376   18,943 
Costs and Expenses:                
Selling, general and administrative  5,482   5,600   18,151   16,681 
Amortization of intangible assets  243   230   729   674 
Total Costs and Expenses  5,725   5,830   18,880   17,355 
(Loss) Income from Operations  (632)  256   (1,504)  1,588 
Other Items:                
Interest expense net of interest income  (108)  (183)  (412)  (543)
(Loss) Income Before Income Taxes  (740)  73   (1,916)  1,045 
Income tax expense  (557)  (103)  (438)  (356)
Net (Loss) Income  (1,297)  (30)  (2,354)  689 
Preferred stock dividends  (174)  (150)  (500)  (420)
Net (Loss) Income Available to Common Stockholders $(1,471) $(180) $(2,854) $269 
                 
Net (loss) Income per share                
Basic $(1.49) $(0.04) $(2.71) $0.81 
Diluted $(1.49) $(0.04) $(2.71) $0.73 
Net (loss) income per share attributable to common stockholders:                
Basic $(1.69) $(0.22) $(3.29) $0.32 
Diluted $(1.69) $(0.22) $(3.29) $0.28 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:                
Basic  872,838   852,071   868,033   849,104 
Diluted  872,838   852,071   868,033   938,830 

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

JANEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in (in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
  PREFERRED STOCK  COMMON STOCK  
PAID-IN
CAPITAL
  TREASURY STOCK  
ACCUMULATED
EARNINGS
(DEFICIT)
  
TOTAL
EQUITY
 
  SHARES  
$  SHARES  
$  
$  SHARES  
$  
$  
$ 
Balance - September 30, 2019  20,631  $   863,812  $1  $15,075   20,000  $(240) $42  $14,878 
Net Loss                       (2,354)  (2,354)
Dividends to preferred stockholders              (500)           (500)
Conversion of Preferred B shares to Common Shares  (300)     3,000                   
Issuance of Restricted Stock        5,000                   
Restricted stock vested but not issued              (30)           (30)
Stock-based compensation              163            163 
Stock option exercise        3,840      31            31 
Balance – June 30, 2020  20,331  $   875,652  $1  $14,739   20,000  $(240) $(2,312) $12,188 
  
PREFERRED STOCK
  
COMMON STOCK
  
PAID-IN
CAPITAL
  
TREASURY STOCK
  
ACCUMULATED EARNINGS (DEFICIT)
  
TOTAL
EQUITY
 
  
SHARES
  $
  
SHARES
  
$
  
$
  
SHARES
  
$
  
$
  
$
 
Balance - September 30, 2020  19,791      918,652  $1  $14,604   20,000  $(240) $(1,683) $12,682 
Net Income  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
255
   
255
 
Dividends to preferred stockholders  
   
   
   
   
(174
)
  
   
   
   
(174
)
Stock-based compensation  
   
   
   
   
10
   
   
   
   
10
 
Stock option exercise  
   
   
2,502
   
   
21
   
   
   
   
21
 
Balance - December 31, 2020  
19,791
  
$
   
921,154
  
$
1
  
$
14,461
   
20,000
  
$
(240
)
 
$
(1,428
)
 
$
12,794
 

  PREFERRED STOCK  COMMON STOCK  
PAID-IN
CAPITAL
  TREASURY STOCK  
ACCUMULATED
EARNINGS
(DEFICIT)
  
TOTAL
EQUITY
 
  SHARES  
$
  SHARES  
$  
$  SHARES  
$  
$  
$ 
Balance -September 30, 2018  21,271  $   837,951  $1  $15,872   20,000  $(240) $(606) $15,027 
Net Income                       689   689 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle                       32   32 
Dividends to preferred stockholders              (420)           (420)
Restricted stock vested but not issued              (235)           (235)
Stock option exercise        9,461      72            72 
Stock-based compensation              251            251 
Balance – June 30, 2019  21,271  $   847,412  $1  $15,540   20,000  $(240) $115  $15,416 
  
PREFERRED STOCK
  
COMMON STOCK
  
PAID-IN
CAPITAL
  
TREASURY STOCK
  
ACCUMULATED EARNINGS (DEFICIT)
  
TOTAL
EQUITY
 
  
SHARES
  $
  
SHARES
  
$
  
$
  
SHARES
  
$
  
$
  
$
 
Balance - September 30, 2019  20,631      863,812  $1  $15,075   20,000  $(240) $42  $14,878 
Net Loss  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
(120
)
  
(120
)
Dividends to preferred stockholders  
   
   
   
   
(151
)
  
   
   
   
(151
)
Stock-based compensation  
   
   
   
   
55
   
   
   
   
55
 
Stock option exercise  
   
   
3,840
   
   
31
   
   
   
   
31
 
Balance - December 31, 2019  
20,631
  
$
   
867,652
  
$
1
  
$
15,010
   
20,000
  
$
(240
)
 
$
(78
)
 
$
14,693
 

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

JANEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in (in thousands)
(Unaudited)
  
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2020  2019 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:      
Net (loss) income $(2,354) $689 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Provision for uncollectible accounts  137   353 
Depreciation and amortization  198   229 
Deferred income tax  360   318 
Amortization of intangible assets  729   674 
Amortization of acquired inventory valuation  597   195 
Amortization of loan costs  7   7 
Stock-based compensation  217   329 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:        
Accounts receivable  8,738   (1,108)
Inventory  (182)  (161)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  177   (276)
Security deposits and other long term assets  (51)  (8)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (7,317)  1,910 
Other liabilities  7   68 
Net cash provided by operating activities  1,263   3,219 
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:        
Acquisition of property and equipment, net of disposals  (288)  (303)
Acquisitions  (115)  (1,935)
Net cash used in investing activities  (403)  (2,238)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:        
Repayments of term loan  (519)  (916)
Proceeds from stock option exercise  31   72 
Line of credit, net  (2,472)  712 
Proceeds from PPP loan  2,727   - 
Repayment of subordinated promissory notes  (111)  (72)
Net cash used in financing activities  (344)  (204)
Net increase in cash  516   777 
Cash at beginning of the period  2,163   585 
Cash at end of period $2,679  $1,362 
         
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:        
Cash paid during the period for:
        
Interest $420  $542 
Income taxes $7  $132 
Non-cash operating activities:        
Operating lease right of use asset $1,900  $- 
Operating lease liabilities        
Non-cash investing activities:
 $1,917  $- 
Contingent earn-out acquisition $-  $50 
Subordinated Promissory notes of Honor $-  $456 
Non-cash financing activities:
        
Dividends declared to preferred stockholders $500  $420 
Vested restricted stock unissued $30  $235 
  
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
  
2020
  
2019
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:      
Net income (loss) 
$
255
  $(120)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:        
(Recovery of) provision for uncollectible accounts  
(32
)
  
68
 
Depreciation  
86
   
55
 
Deferred income tax  
86
   
(11
)
Amortization of intangible assets  
251
   
243
 
Amortization of acquired inventory valuation  
214
   
220
 
Amortization of loan costs  
2
   
5
 
Stock-based compensation  
24
   
74
 
Changes in fair value of mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interest  
86
   
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:        
Accounts receivable  
(1,857
)
  
2,850
 
Inventory  
(150
)
  
111
 
Prepaid expenses and current assets  
(326
)
  
(25
)
Security deposits and other long-term assets  
(40
)
  
(176
)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  
607
   
(4,054
)
Other liabilities  
(18
)
  
(29
)
Net cash used in operating activities  (812)  (789)
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:        
Acquisition of property and equipment, net of disposals  
(55
)
  
(97
)
Acquisitions  
(2,806
)
  
 
Net cash used in investing activities  (2,861)  (97)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:        
Repayments of term loan  
(206
)
  
(35
)
Proceeds from stock option exercise  
21
   
31
 
Line of credit, proceeds, net  
2,380
   
370
 
Repayment of subordinated promissory notes  
(39
)
  
(36
)
Net cash provided by financing activities  
2,156
   
330
 
Net (decrease) increase in cash  
(1,517
)
  
(556
)
Cash at beginning of the period  
3,349
   
2,163
 
Cash at end of period 
$
1,832
  
$
1,607
 
         
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:        
Cash paid during the period for:
        
Interest 
$
99
  
$
152
 
Income taxes 
$
12
  
$
2
 
Non-cash investing activities:
        
Subordinated promissory notes of ICT 
$
1,850
  
$
 
Non-cash financing activities:
        
Dividends declared to preferred stockholders 
$
174
  
$
151
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
JANEL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in (in thousands, except share and per share data)

1.BASIS OF PRESENTATION SUMMARY OF BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of Article 8 of Regulation S-X and the instructions to Form 10-Q of the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in audited financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. Janel Corporation (the “Company” or “Janel”) believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full fiscal year, or any other period. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Business description

Janel is a holding company with subsidiaries in three business segments: Global Logistics Services, Manufacturing and Life Sciences. A management group at the holding company level (the “corporate group”) focuses on significant capital allocation decisions, corporate governance and supporting Janel’s subsidiaries where appropriate. Janel expects to grow through its subsidiaries’ organic growth and by completing acquisitions. We plan to either acquire businesses within our existing segments or expand our portfolio into new strategic segments. Our acquisition strategy focuses on reasonably pricedreasonably-priced companies with strong and capable management teams, attractive existing business economics and stable and predictable earnings power.

Global Logistics Services

The Company’s Global Logistics Services segment is comprised of several wholly-owned subsidiaries, collectively known as “Janel Group.” Janel Group is a non-asset based, full-service provider of cargo transportation logistics management services, including freight forwarding via air-, ocean- and land-based carriers, customs brokerage services, warehousing and distribution services, and other value-added logistics services.

On November 20, 2018,December 31, 2020, we completed a business combination whereby we acquired the membership interest of Honor Worldwide Logistics, LLC (“Honor”), a global logistics services provider with two U.S. locations. See note 2.

On October 17, 2018, we completed a business combination whereby we acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of a global logistics services provider with onetwo U.S. location.locations. See note 2.
On July 23, 2020, we completed a business combination whereby we acquired substantially all of the outstanding common stock of a global logistics services provider with two U.S. locations. See note 2.

Manufacturing

The Company’s Manufacturing segment is comprised of Indco, Inc. (“Indco”), a majority-owned subsidiary of the Company that manufactures and distributes mixing equipment and apparatus for specific applications within various industries. Indco’s customer base is comprised of small- to mid-sized businesses as well as other larger customers for which Indco fulfills repetitive production orders.

Life Sciences

The Company’s Life Sciences segment, which is comprised of Aves Labs, Inc. (“Aves”), Antibodies Incorporated (“Antibodies”), IgG, LLC (“IgG”) and PhosphoSolutions, LLC, which areseveral wholly-owned subsidiaries, of the Company.

The Company’s Life Sciences segment manufactures and distributes high-quality monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, diagnostic reagents and other immunoreagents for biomedical research and provides antibody manufacturing for academic and industry research scientists. Our Life Sciences business also produces products for other life science companies on an original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) basis.

On December 4, 2020, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Aves Labs, Inc. (“Aves”), acquired all of the membership interests of ImmunoChemistry Technologies, LLC (“ICT”).  See note 2.

On September 6, 2019, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Aves, acquired all of the equity interests of PhosphoSolutions, LLC and all of the stock of PhosphoSolutions, Inc. (collectively “Phospho”). See note 2.

On July 1, 2019, we acquired the membership interests of a small life sciences company on July 1, 2019 and the equity interests of PhosphoSolutions, LLC. (“Phospho”) on September 6, 2019. Both acquisitions were completed primarily to expand our product offerings in Life Sciences.company. See note 2.

Basis of consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, as well as Indco, of which Janel owns 91.65%90.68%, with a non-controlling interest held by existing Indco management. The Indco non-controlling interest is mandatorily redeemable and is recorded as a liability. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Uses of estimates in the preparation of financial statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The most critical estimates made by the Company are those relating to accounts receivables valuation, the useful lives of long-term assets, accrual of cost related to ancillary services the Company provides, and accrual of tax expense on an interim basis.basis and potential impairment of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives and long-lived assets impairment.

Cash

The Company maintains cash balances at various financial institutions. Accounts at each institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250. The Company’s accounts at these institutions may, at times, exceed the federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.

Accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts receivable

Accounts receivable are recorded at the contractual amount. The Company records its allowance for doubtful accounts based upon its assessment of various factors. The Company considers historical collection experience, the age of the accounts receivable balances, credit quality of the Company’s customers, any specific customer collection issues that have been identified, current economic conditions, and other factors that may affect the customers’ ability to pay. The Company writes off accounts receivable balances that have aged significantly once all collection efforts have been exhausted and the receivables are no longer deemed collectible from the customer. The allowance for doubtful accounts as of June 30,December 31, 2020 and September 30, 20192020 was $554$473 and $503,$496, respectively.

Inventory

Inventory is valued at the lower of cost (using the first-in, first-out method) or net realizable value. The Company maintains an inventory valuation reserve to provide for slow moving and obsolete inventory, inventory not meeting quality control standards and inventory subject to expiration for its AntibodiesLife Sciences business. The products of Antibodiesthe Life Sciences business require the initial manufacture of multiple batches to determine if quality standards can consistently be met. In addition, the Company will produce larger batches of established products than current sales requirements due to economies of scale. The manufacturing process for these products, therefore, has and will continue to produce quantities in excess of forecasted usage. The Company values acquired manufactured antibody inventory based on a three-year forecast. Inventory quantities in excess of the forecast are not valued due to uncertainty over salability. Amounts are charged to the reserve when the Company scraps or disposes of inventory.

Property and equipment and depreciation policy

Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Property and equipment acquired in business combinations are initially recorded at fair value. Depreciation is provided for in amounts sufficient to amortize the costs of the related assets over their estimated useful lives on the straight-line and accelerated methods for both financial reporting and income tax purposes.

Maintenance and repairs are recorded as expenses when incurred.

Goodwill

The Company records as goodwill the excess of purchase price over the fair value of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired in a business combination. Under current authoritative guidance, goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment annually (on September 30) as well as when an event or change in circumstance indicates impairment may have occurred. Goodwill is tested for impairment by comparing the fair value of the Company’s individual reporting units to their carrying amount to determine if there is potential goodwill impairment. If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the implied fair value of the goodwill of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value.

If there is a material change in economic conditions, including as a result of continued disruption due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, or other circumstances influencing the estimate of future cash flows or significantly affect the fair value of our reporting units, the Company could be required to recognize impairment charges in the future. There were no indicators of impairment of goodwill as of June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019.

The fair value of our reporting units was in excess of carrying value and goodwill was not deemed to be impaired as of June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019.2020. There were no indicators of impairment of goodwill as of December 31, 2020.
If there is a material change in economic conditions, or other circumstances influencing the estimate of future cash flows or significantly affecting the fair value of our reporting units, the Company could be required to recognize impairment charges in the future.

Intangibles and long-lived assets

Long-lived assets, including fixed assets and intangible assets, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. In reviewing for impairment, the carrying value of such assets is compared to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition.

If such cash flows are not sufficient to support the asset’s recorded value, an impairment charge is recognized to reduce the carrying value of the long-lived asset to its estimated fair value.

The determination of future cash flows, as well as the estimated fair value of long-lived assets, involves significant estimates on the part of management. If there is a material change in economic conditions, including as a result of continued disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or other circumstances influencing the estimate of future cash flows or fair value, the Company could be required to recognize impairment charges in the future.

During the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2020, we considered the COVID-19 pandemic as a triggering event in the assessment of recoverability of the indefinite-lived intangibles, and long-lived assets. We performed an impairment test as of September 30, 2020 and concluded that the fair value of intangibles and long-lived assets was not deemed to be impaired as of September 30, 2020.

There were no indicators of impairment of long-lived assets as of June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019.December 31, 2020.

Business segment information

The Company operates in three reportable segments: Global Logistics Services, Manufacturing and Life Sciences. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer regularly reviews financial information at the reporting segment level in order to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segments and to assess their performance.
Revenues and revenue recognition

Adoption of ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from ContractsThe Company recognizes revenues in accordance with Customers”

On October 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU 2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC Topic 606”), using the modified retrospective method. Results for reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2018 are presented under ASC Topic 606; however, prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with the accounting standards in effect for those periods..

The Company recorded an increaseto the opening balance of retained earnings of $32, net of tax, as of October 1, 2018 due to the cumulative impact of adoption of ASC Topic 606. The impact to revenue and associated cost for the nine months ended June 30, 2019was a decrease of $135 and $109, respectively, as a result of applying ASC Topic 606.

Global Logistics Services

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of promised services to customers. With respect to its Global Logistics Services segment, the Company has determined that in general each shipment transaction or service order constitutes a separate contract with the customer. When the Company provides multiple services to a customer, different contracts may be present for different services.

The Company typically satisfies its performance obligations as services are rendered at a point in time. A typical shipment would include services rendered at origin, such as pick-up and delivery to port, freight services from origin to destination port and destination services, such as customs clearance and final delivery. The Company measures the performance of its obligations as services are completed at a point in time during the life of a shipment, including services at origin, freight and destination. The Company fulfills nearly all of its performance obligations within a one to two-month period.

The Company evaluates whether amounts billed to customers should be reported as gross or net revenue. Generally, revenue is recorded on a gross basis when the Company is acting as principal and is primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide the services, when it has discretion in setting the prices for the services to the customers, and the Company has the ability to direct the use of the services provided by the third party. Revenue is recognized on a net basis when the Company is acting as agent and we do not have latitude in carrier selection or to establishin establishing rates with the carrier.

In the Global Logistics Services segment, the Company disaggregates its revenues by its four primary service categories: ocean import and export, freight, forwarding, customsair freight, custom brokerage and air importtrucking and export.other. A summary of the Company’s revenues disaggregated by major service lines for the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019 was as follows:

 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
  
Three Months
Ended
December 31,
  
Three Months
Ended
December 31,
 
Service Type 2020 2020  
2020
  
2019
 
Ocean import and export $6,376  $18,113 
Freight forwarding 2,873  9,335 
Ocean freight 
$
9,039
  
$
5,857
 
Trucking and other 
4,364
  
3,810
 
Customs brokerage 2,411  7,716  
2,655
  
2,194
 
Air import and export  3,905   11,808 
Air freight  
6,202
   
4,218
 
Total $15,565  $46,972  
$
22,260
  
$
16,079
 

Manufacturing

Revenues from Indco are derived from the engineering, manufacture and delivery of specialty mixing equipment and accessories. Indco receives customer product orders via phone call,telephone, email, internet or fax. The pricing of each standard product sold is listed in Indco’s print and web-based catalog. Customer specific products are priced by quote. A sales order acknowledgement is sent to every customer for every order to confirm pricing and the specifications of the products ordered. The revenue is recognized at a point in time when the product is shipped to the customer.

Life Sciences

Revenues from the Life Sciences segment are derived from the sale of high-quality monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, diagnostic reagents and diagnostic kits and other immunoreagents for biomedical research and antibody manufacturing. Revenues are recognized when products are shipped and risk of loss is transferred to the carrier(s) used.

Income (loss) per common share

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, excluding unvested restricted stock, during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share reflects the additional dilution from potential issuances of common stock, such as stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of stock options or warrants or the vesting of restricted stock units. The treasury stock method is used to calculate the potential dilutive effect of these common stock equivalents. Potentially dilutive shares are excluded from the computation of diluted net income (loss) per share when their effect is anti-dilutive.

Stock-based compensation to employees

Equity classified share-based awards

The Company recognizes compensation expense for stock-based payments granted based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation.” For employee stock-based awards, we calculate the fair value of the award on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes method for stock options and the quoted price of our common stock for restricted shares; the expense is recognized over the service period for awards expected to vest.

Stock-based compensation to non-employees

Liability classified share-based awards

The Company maintains other share unit compensation grants for shares of Indco, which vest over a period of up to three years following their grant. The shares contain certain put features where the Company is either required or expects to settle vested awards on a cash basis.

These awards are classified as liability awards, measured at fair value at the date of grant and re-measured at fair value at each reporting date up to and including the settlement date. The determination of the fair value of the share units under these plans is described in note 11. The fair value of the awards is expensed over the respective vesting period of the individual awards with recognition of a corresponding liability. Changes in fair value after vesting are recognized through compensation expense. Compensation expense reflects estimates of the number of instruments expected to vest.

The impact of forfeitures and fair value revisions, if any, are recognized in earnings such that the cumulative expense reflects the revisions, with a corresponding adjustment to the settlement liability. Liability-classified share unit liabilities due within 12 months of the reporting date are presented in trade and other payables while settlements due beyond 12 months of the reporting date are presented in non-current liabilities.

Non-employee share-based awards

In prior periods up to September 30, 2019, the Company accounted for stock-based compensation to non-employees and consultants in accordance with the provisions of ASC 505-50, “Equity-Based Payments to Non-employees.” Measurement of share-based payment transactions with non-employees are based on the fair value of whichever is more reliably measurable: (a) the goods or services received or (b) the equity instruments issued. The fair value of share-based payment transactions is determined at the earlier of performance commitment date or performance completion date. The Company believes that the fair value of the stock-based award is more reliably measurable than the fair value of the services received. The fair value of the granted stock-based awards is remeasured at each reporting date, and expense is recognized over the vesting period of the award.

In June 2018, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASUAccounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-07, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The guidance was issued to simplify the accounting for share-based transactions by expanding the scope of Topic 718 from only being applicable to share-based payments to employees to also include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees. As a result, nonemployee share-based transactions will be measured by estimating the fair value of the equity instruments at the grant date, taking into consideration the probability of satisfying performance conditions.

The Company adopted ASU 2018-07 on October 1, 2019. The adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on our financial statements for the ninethree months ended June 30, 2020.December 31, 2019.

Mandatorily Redeemable Non-Controlling Interests

The non-controlling interests that are reflected as mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interests in the consolidated financial statements consist of non-controlling interests related to the Indco acquisition whose owners have certain redemption rights that allow them to require the Company to purchase the non-controlling interests of those owners upon certain events outside the control of the Company, includingupon the death of the holder. The Company is required to purchase 20% per year of the 8.35% mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest at the option of the holder beginning on the third anniversary of the date of the Indco acquisition, which was March 21, 2019. As of JuneDecember 31, 2020, and September 30, 2020, the holder didhad not exerciseexercised the redemption rights.

On November 30, 2020, a minority owner of Indco exercised 7,000 options to purchase Indco’s common stock at an exercise price of $6.48 for an aggregate purchase price of $45.  Indco issued a related party promissory note in the amount of $45, which bears interest at 1% per annum; both interest and principal are payable on the maturity date of December 31, 2023.  This note is included in security deposits and other long-term assets. The fair value of the 7,000 shares of Indco’s common stock was recorded as an increase in mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest. As a result of the exercise of 7,000 options to purchase Indco’s stock the mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest percentage was 9.32% as of December 31, 2020.

On the date the Company acquires the controlling interest in a business combination, the fair value of the non-controlling interest is recorded in the long-term liabilities section of the consolidated balance sheet under the caption “Mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest.” The mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest is adjusted each reporting period, if required, to its then current redemption value, based on the predetermined formula defined in the respective agreement. The Company reflects any adjustment in the redemption value and any earnings attributable to the mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest in its consolidated statements of operations by recording the adjustments and earnings to other income and expense in the caption “change in fair value of mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest.”

Note receivable

On March 2, 2018, the Company issued a convertible promissory note in the amount of $125 with a potential non-related party acquisition target. The note bears interest on the outstanding principal amount at a rate of 8% per annum, and both principal and interest was payable on the maturity date of April 24, 2020. The convertible note, at the election of the Company, can be converted into common stock of the acquisition target. On April 9, 2020, the Company agreed to a revised payment schedule, with $75 due upon signing of the revised payment schedule and $72, representing the remaining principal and accrued interest, due on September 24, 2020.  As of June 30, 2020, and September 30, 2019, amounts outstanding including accrued interest were $71 and $139, respectively. As of June 30, 2020, the Company is no longer pursuing this potential acquisition target.

Income taxes

The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year and (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.

The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income and the reversal of deferred tax liabilities during the period in which related temporary differences become deductible. The benefit of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the Company’s income tax returns are recognized in the consolidated financial statements if such positions are more likely than not of being sustained.

Recent accounting pronouncements

Recently adopted accounting pronouncements

On October 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (“(“ASC 842” or “ASU 2016-02”), issued by the FASB in February 2016 which was subsequently supplemented by clarifying guidance intended to improve financial reporting of leasing transactions. The new lease accounting guidance requires lessees to recognize lease liabilities and right-of-use assets on the balance sheet for all leases with initial terms longer than 12 months and provides enhanced disclosures on key information of leasing arrangements. The guidance allows companies to apply the requirements retrospectively, either to all prior periods presented or through a cumulative adjustment in the year of adoption.

The Company adopted the new standards as of the beginning of the period of adoption, or effective October 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective transition method. The Company elected to use the package of practical expedients which allowed the Company to (i) not reassess whether an arrangement contains a lease, (ii) carry forward its lease classification as operating or capital leases and (iii) not reassess its previously-recorded initial direct costs. For all existing operating leases as of October 1, 2019, the Company recorded operating lease right of useright-of-use assets of $1,043 and corresponding lease liabilities of $1,060, with an offset to other liabilities of $17 to eliminate deferred rent on the consolidated balance sheets.

Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. At each balance sheet date, operating lease liabilities represent the present value of the future minimum payments related to non-cancelable periods.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less (short-term leases) are not recognized in the balance sheet, and the related lease payments are recognized as incurred over the lease term.

All significant lease arrangements after October 1, 2019 are recognized as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities at lease commencement. Right-of-use assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent itsthe Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Right-of-use assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of the future lease payments using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate.

The adoption of the new lease accounting standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or cash flows.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation - Stock Compensation, which expands the scope of Topic 718 to include all share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company’s current share-based payment awards to non-employees consist only of grants made to its non-employee directors as compensation solely relates to each individual’s role as a non-employee director. As such, in accordance with ASC 718, the Company accounts for these share-based payment awards to its non-employeenon- employee directors in the same manner as share-based payment awards for its employees. The Company adopted this standard on October 1, 2019, and the amendments in this guidance had no material effect on either the accounting for its share-based payment awards to its non-employee directors, or the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement, which modifies the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement. This new accounting standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the effects that the adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, to simplify the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test.

Thisfiscal year 2023. Early adoption of the new accounting standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoptionpermitted; however, we have not elected to early adopt the standard. The new standard is permitted. The Company isrequired to be applied using a cumulative-effect transition method. We are currently evaluating the effectseffect that the adoption of this guidancenew standard will have on its consolidatedour financial statements.
position, results of operations and related disclosures.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), which replaces the incurred loss methodology previously employed to measure credit losses for most financial assets and requires the use of a forward-looking expected loss model. Current accounting delays the recognition of credit losses until it is probable a loss has been incurred, while the update will require financial assets to be measured at amortized costs less a reserve and equal to the net amount expected to be collected. This standard will be effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal 2023. Early adoption of the new standard is permitted; however, we have not elected to early adopt the standard. The new standard is required to be applied using a cumulative-effect transition method. We are currently evaluating the effect that the new standard will have on our financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, as part of its Simplification Initiative to reduce the cost and complexity in accounting for income taxes. This standard removes certain exceptions related to the approach for intra period tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. It also amends other aspects of the guidance to help simplify and promote consistent application of GAAP. The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years,2020, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the effects that the adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Reclassifications
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Prior year financial statement amounts are reclassified as necessary to conform to the current year presentation. These prior period reclassifications did not affect the Company’s net income, earnings per share, stockholders’ equity or working capital.
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2.ACQUISITIONS

The
Fiscal 2021 Acquisitions
Life Sciences
On December 4, 2020, through Aves, the Company completed foura business acquisitions incombination whereby we acquired all of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, with anmembership interests of ImmunoChemistry Technologies, LLC (“ICT”) for the aggregate purchase price of $6,768,$3,478, net of $105 cash acquired.received.  At closing, $1,628 was paid in cash and a promissory note in the amount of $1,850 was issued to the former owner. The Company recorded an aggregate $2,067of $1,721 in goodwill and $2,165$1,206 in other identifiable intangibles. The Company is still finalizing the valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, and, as such, the fair value amounts are preliminary and subject to change. Primary amounts subject to adjustment include, but are not limited to, intangible assets, fair value of accounts receivable and the goodwill balance. This acquisition was funded with cash provided by normal operations along with a note to the former owner. The results of operations of the acquired businesses are included in Janel’s consolidated results of operations since the date of eachthe acquisition. Supplemental pro forma information has not been provided as the acquisitionsacquisition did not have a significant impact on Janel’s consolidated results of operations individually or in the aggregate. ICT is a developer and manufacturer of cell viability assay kits, ELISA buffers and fluorescent reagents for use in research and diagnostics.  ICT was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota. The acquisition of ICT was completed to expand our product offerings in our Life Sciences segment.
Purchase price allocation

Honor Worldwide Logistics, LLCIn accordance with the acquisition method of accounting, the Company allocated the consideration paid for ICT to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on their estimated fair values. The Company’s preliminary valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, and the fair value amounts noted are in the table below. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the underlying net tangible and identifiable intangible assets (in thousands).

  
Fair Value
 
Accounts receivable 
$
177
 
Inventory  
226
 
Prepaids and other current assets  
3
 
Property & equipment, net  
64
 
Intangibles - customer relationships  
793
 
Intangibles - trademark  
120
 
Intangibles - other  
293
 
Goodwill  
1,721
 
Accounts payable & accrued expenses  
(24
)
Purchase price, net of cash received 
$
3,373
 
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Global Logistics Services
On December 31, 2020, through Janel Group, the Company acquired the membership interests of Honor on November 20, 2018 in a transaction pursuant to which Honor became a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Janel Group and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. At closing, a subordinated promissory note in the aggregate amount of $456 was issued to a former member. The acquisition of Honor was funded with cash provided by normal operations along with a subordinated promissory note. Honor provides global logistics services with two U.S. locations and expands the domestic network of the Company’s Global Logistics Services segment. The results of operations for Honor are reflected in the Global Logistics Services reporting segment.

PhosphoSolutions

Through Aves, the Company completed a business combination whereby we acquired Phospho on September 6, 2019.  The aggregate purchase price for Phospho was $4,043, net of $13 of cash received.  At closing, $4,000 was paid in cash and $56 was recorded in accrued expenses as preliminary tax gross up due to the former owners.  Phospho is a manufacturer and distributor of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, principally used in neuroscience research. Phospho was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Aurora, Colorado. The results of operations for Phospho are reflected in the Life Sciences reporting segment.  As of June 30, 2020, the Company paid $172 in tax gross up consideration to the former owners and recorded an additional $116 of goodwill related to the Phospho acquisition.

Other Acquisitions

On October 17, 2018, we completed a business combination whereby we acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of a global logistics services provider with onetwo U.S. location. On July 1, 2019, welocations. The aggregate purchase price for this acquisition was $1,282. At closing, $1,182 was paid in cash and $100 was placed in escrow for a period of twelve months for the purpose of securing the indemnification obligations of former stockholders. The Company recorded an aggregate of $285 in goodwill and $517 in other identifiable intangibles. The Company is still finalizing the valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, and, as such, the membership interestsfair value amounts are preliminary and subject to change. Primary amounts subject to adjustment include, but are not limited to, intangible assets, fair value of accounts receivable or a life sciences companychange in the goodwill balance. This acquisition was funded with cash provided by normal operations along with a note to the former owner. Supplemental pro forma information has not been provided as the acquisition did not have a significant impact on Janel’s consolidated results of operations individually or in aggregate. This acquisition was completed to expand our product offerings in Life Sciences. These acquisitions wereour Global Logistics Services segment.
Purchase price allocation

In accordance with the acquisition method of accounting, the Company allocated the consideration paid for this acquisition to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on their estimated fair values. The Company’s preliminary valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, and the fair value amounts noted are in the table below. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the underlying net tangible and identifiable intangible assets (in thousands).

  
Fair Value
 
Accounts receivable 
$
573
 
Property & equipment, net  
13
 
Intangibles – customer relationships  
490
 
Intangibles - trademark  
16
 
Intangibles - other  
11
 
Goodwill  
285
 
Accounts payable & accrued expenses  
(106
)
Purchase price 
$
1,282
 

Fiscal 2020 Acquisition
Effective July 23, 2020, through Janel Group, the Company acquired all of the outstanding common stock of a global logistics services provider with two U.S. locations for $132, net of $853 cash received. At closing, the former stockholder was paid $300 in cash and $194, $193 and $193 is due to the stockholder as deferred acquisition payments on the first, second and third anniversary of the closing date, respectively, and the Company assumed $135 in the form of a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. The Company recorded an aggregate of $506 in goodwill and $690 in other identifiable intangibles. This acquisition was funded with cash provided by normal operations.operations along with a deferred acquisition payment due to the former stockholder. The results of operations for these acquisitionsof the acquired businesses are reportedincluded in our Global Logistics Services and Life Sciences segments. The aggregate purchase price for these acquisitions was $430. At closing, $50 was recordedthe Janel’s consolidated results of operations since the date of the acquisition. Supplemental pro forma information has not been provided as the acquisition did not have a significant impact on Janel’s consolidated results of operations individually or in accrued expenses as a preliminary earnout consideration.aggregate.

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3.INVENTORY

Inventories consisted of the following:
  
June 30,
2020
  
September 30,
2019
 
Finished Goods $2,484  $2,988 
Work-in-Process  298   461 
Raw Materials  1,201   946 
Less - Reserve for Inventory Valuation  (27)  (24)
Inventory Net $3,956  $4,371 
  
December 31,
2020
  
September 30,
2020
 
Finished Goods 
$
1,390
  $1,246 
Work-in-Process  
1,285
   
1,406
 
Raw Materials  
1,181
   
1,039
 
Gross Inventory  
3,856
   
3,691
 
Less - Reserve for Inventory Valuation  
(28
)
  
(25
)
Inventory Net 
$
3,828
  
$
3,666
 

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4.PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

A summary of property and equipment and the estimated lives used in the computation of depreciation and amortization is as follows:

 
June 30,
2020
 
September 30,
2019
 Life 
December 31,
2020
  
September 30,
2020
 
Life
Building and Improvements $2,672  $2,577 15-30 Years 
$
3,119
  $3,096 15-30 Years
Land and Improvements 869  835 Indefinite 
1,235
  
1,235
 Indefinite
Furniture & Fixtures 282  218 3-7 Years 
285
  
282
 3-7 Years
Computer Equipment 302  465 3-5 Years 
577
  
385
 3-5 Years
Machinery & Equipment 1,151  973 3-15 Years 
1,143
  
1,288
 3-15 Years
Leasehold Improvements  183   181 Shorter of Lease Term or Asset Life  
115
   
115
 3-5 Years
 5,459  5,249   
6,474
  
6,401
  
Less: Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization  (1,415)  (1,295) 
Property and Equipment Net $4,044  $3,954  
Less: Accumulated Depreciation  
(1,450
)
  
(1,424
)
 
Property and equipment, net 
$
5,024
  
$
4,977
  

Depreciation and amortization expense for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $198$86 and $229,$55, respectively.

5.INTANGIBLE ASSETS

A summary of intangible assets and the estimated useful lives used in the computation of amortization is as follows:
  
December 31,
2020
  
September 30,
2020
 
Life
Customer Relationships 
$
15,675
  $14,392 15-24 Years
Trademarks / Names  
1,836
   
1,820
 1-20 Years
Trademarks / Names  
571
   
451
 Indefinite
Other  
1,322
   
1,018
 2-5 Years
   
19,404
   
17,681
  
Less: Accumulated Amortization  
(4,599
)
  
(4,348
)
 
Intangible assets, net 
$
14,805
  
$
13,333
  

  
June 30,
2020
  
September 30,
2019
 Life
Customer Relationships $13,762  $13,762 15-20 Years
Trademarks / Names  2,251   2,251 20 Years
Other  978   978 2-5 Years
   16,991   16,991  
Less: Accumulated Amortization  (4,122)  (3,393) 
Intangible Assets Net $12,869  $13,598  
  
December 31,
2020
  
September 30,
2020
 
Global Logistics Services 
$
8,160
  $7,643 
Manufacturing  
7,700
   
7,700
 
Life Sciences  
3,544
   
2,338
 
   
19,404
   
17,681
 
Less: Accumulated Amortization  
(4,599
)
  
(4,348
)
Intangible assets, net 
$
14,805
  
$
13,333
 

Amortization expense of intangible assets for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $729$251 and $674,$243, respectively.

6.GOODWILL

The Company’s goodwill carrying amounts relate to the acquisitions in the Global Logistics Services, Manufacturing and Life Sciences businesses.  In the nine month period ended June 30, 2020, with respect to the Phospho acquisition, the Company paid $172 in tax gross up consideration to the former owners and recorded an additional $116 of goodwill.

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The composition of the goodwill balance at June 30,December 31, 2020 and September 30, 20192020 was as follows:

 
June 30,
2020
 
September 30,
2019
  
December 31,
2020
  
September 30,
2020
 
Global Logistics Services $5,655  $5,655  
$
6,446
  $6,161 
Manufacturing 5,046  5,046  
5,046
  
5,046
 
Life Sciences  2,940   2,824   
4,661
   
2,939
 
Total Goodwill $13,641  $13,525 
 
$
16,153
  
$
14,146
 

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7.NOTES PAYABLE - BANKS

(A)Santander Bank Facility

On October 17, 2017, the Janel Group subsidiaries (collectively the “Janel Group Borrowers”), with the Company as a guarantor, entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Santander Loan Agreement”) with Santander Bank, N.A. (“Santander”) with respect to a revolving line of credit facility (the “Santander Facility”). As amended in March 2018, November 2018, March 2020, July 2020 and MarchDecember 2020, the Santander Facility currently provides that the Janel Group Borrowers can borrow up to $17,000 limited to 85% of the Janel Group Borrowers’ aggregate outstanding eligible accounts receivable, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Santander Loan Agreement. Interest accrues on the Santander Facility at an annual rate equal to, at the Janel Group Borrowers’ option, prime plus 0.50%, or LIBOR (30, 60 or 90 day) plus 2.25% subject to a LIBOR floor of 75 basis points. The Janel Group Borrowers’ obligations under the Santander Facility are secured by all of the assets of the Janel Group Borrowers, while the Santander Loan Agreement contains customary terms and covenants. The Santander Facility matures on October 17, 2022, unless earlier terminated or renewed. As a result of its terms, the Santander Facility is classified as a current liability on the consolidated balance sheet.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2020, outstanding borrowings under the Santander Facility were $5,923, representing 34.84% of the available amount thereunder,$8,447, and interest was accruing at an effective interest rate of 2.61%2.40%.

At December 31, 2020, outstanding borrowings under the Santander Facility were $10,827, and interest was accruing at an effective interest rate of 2.40%.
The Janel Group Borrowers were in compliance with the covenants defined in the Santander Loan Agreement at June 30,December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019.2020.

(B)First Merchants Bank Credit Facility

On March 21, 2016, as amended in August 2019 and July 2020, Indco entered intoexecuted a Credit Agreement (the “First Merchants Credit Agreement”) with First Merchants Bank with respect to a $5,500 term loan, anda $1,000 (limited to the borrowing base and reserves) revolving loan and a $680 mortgage loan (together, the “First MerchantsMerchant Facility”).  Interest accrues on the term loan at an annual rate equal to the one-month LIBOR plus either 2.75% (if Indco’s total funded debt to EBITDA ratio is less than 2:1), or 3.5% (if Indco’s total funded debt to EBITDA ratio is greater than or equal to 2:1). Interest accrues on the revolving loan at an annual rate equal to the one-month LIBOR plus 2.75%. Interest accrues on the mortgage loan at an annual rate of 4.19%. Indco’s obligations under the First Merchants Bank Facility are secured by all of Indco’s real property and other assets, and are guaranteed by the Company, and the Company’sJanel. Additionally, Janel’s guarantee of Indco’s obligations is secured by a pledge of the Company’sJanel’s Indco shares. The First Merchants Credit Agreement contains customary termsterm loan and covenants. Therevolving loan portions of the First Merchants Facility will expire on August 30, 2024, and the mortgage loan will mature on July 1, 2025 (subject to earlier termination as provided in the First Merchants Credit Agreement), unless renewed.renewed or extended.

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2020, there were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving loan, and $4,625$4,349 of borrowings net of capitalized loan cost of $38, under the term loan, and $676 of borrowing under the mortgage loan with interest accruing on the term loan and mortgage loan at an effective interest rate of 3.68%.3.66% and 4.19%, respectively.

The CompanyAs of December 31, 2020, there were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving loan, $4,130 of borrowings under the term loan, and $671 of borrowing under the mortgage loan with interest accruing on the term loan and mortgage loan at an effective interest rate of 3.64% and 4.19%, respectively.
Indco was in compliance with the covenants defined in the First Merchants Credit Agreement at June 30,both December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019.2020.
  
December 31,
2020
  
September 30,
2020
 
Long-Term Debt * 
$
4,801
  $5,025 
Less Current Portion  
(808
)
  
(808
)
  
$
3,993
  
$
4,217
 

  
June 30,
2020
  
September 30,
2019
 
Long Term Debt*
 $4,625  $5,455 
Less Current Portion  (786)  (786)
  $3,839  $4,669 
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*Note: Long Term Debt
Under the First Merchant Credit Agreement, the term loan is due in monthly installments of $65 plus monthly interest, at LIBOR plus 3.75%2.75% to 4.75%3.5% per annum.annum, and the mortgage loan is due in monthly installments of $4, including interest at 4.19%. The noteFirst Merchant Facility is collateralized by all of Indco’s assets and guaranteed by Janel.

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(C)First Northern Bank of Dixon

On June 21, 2018, AB Merger Sub, Inc.as amended November 2019 and October 2, 2020, Antibodies Incorporated (“Antibodies”), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company (by succession), entered into a Business Loan Agreement (the “First Northern Loan Agreement”) with First Northern Bank of Dixon (“First Northern”), with respect to a $2,025 First Northern Term Loan$2,235 term loan (the “First Northern Term Loan”). The proceeds of the First Northern Term Loan were used to fund a portion of the merger consideration to acquire Antibodies.  Interest was to accrue on the First Northern Term Loan which bears interest at an annual rate based on the five-year Treasury constant maturity (index) plus 2.50% (margin) for years one through five then adjusted and fixed for years six through ten using the same index and margin. The borrower’s and the Company’s obligations to First Northern under the First Northern Loan Agreement are secured by certain real property owned by Antibodies as of the closing of the Antibodies merger. The First Northern Loan Agreement contains customary terms and covenants4.00% and matures on JuneNovember 14, 2028 (subject to earlier termination).

On November 18, 2019,2029. In addition, Antibodies modified and refinanced its existinghas a $500 revolving credit facilitiesfacility with First Northern Bank. The existing First Northern Term Loan was increased to $2,235,which currently bears interest at the initial interestannual rate decreased to 4.18%of 4.0%, and the maturity date was extended to November 14, 2029, with all other terms, covenants and conditions substantially unchanged. The existing revolving credit facility was expanded to $500, the interest rate decreased to 6.0%, and the maturity date was extended tomatures on October 1, 2020, with all other terms, covenants and conditions substantially unchanged. Additionally,5, 2021 (the “First Northern Revolving Loan”). Antibodies also entered into a newtwo separate business loan agreement (“Solar Loan”) which provided foragreements with First Northern: a $125 term loan in connection with a potential expansion of solar generation capacity on the Antibodies property. The initialproperty (“First Northern Solar Loan”) bearing interest at the annual rate on the facility isof 4.43%, subject (subject to adjustment in five years. On June 19, 2020, First Northern extended the draw periodyears) and maturing on the Solar Loan from MayNovember 14, 2020 to August 14, 2020, with all other terms, covenants2029; and conditions substantially unchanged. Additionally, on June 19, 2020, we entered into a new business loan agreement (“Generator Loan”) which provided for a $60 term loan in connection with a potential expansion of generator capacity on the Antibodies property. The draw period forproperty (“Generator Loan”) bearing interest at the Generator Loan expires in November 5, 2020.  The interestannual rate for the Generator Loan isof 4.25%, and the loan maturesmaturing on November 5, 2025. There were no outstanding borrowings under the Generator Loan.Loan as December 31, 2020.

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2020, the total amount outstanding under the First Northern Term Loan was $2,192, of which $2,139 is included in long-term debt and $53 is included in current portion of long-term debt, with interest accruing at an effective interest rate of 4.18%.
As of December 31, 2020, the total amount outstanding under the First Northern Term Loan was $2,187, of which $2,134 is included in long-term debt and $53 is included in current portion of long-term debt, with interest accruing at an effective interest rate of 4.18%.
As of September 30, 2020, the total amount outstanding under the First Northern Solar Loan was $81, of which $76 is included in long-term debt and $5 is included in current portion of long-term debt, with interest accruing at an effective interest rate of 4.43%.
As of December 31, 2020, the total amount outstanding under the First Northern Solar Loan was $99, of which $94 is included in long-term debt and $5 is included in current portion of long-term debt, with interest accruing at an effective interest rate of 4.43%.
As of December 31, 2020, and September 30, 2020, there were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility, $2,204 of borrowings under the First Northern Term Loan and $81 under the SolarRevolving Loan.
  
December 31,
2020
  
September 30,
2020
 
Long-Term Debt * 
$
2,286
  $2,273 
Less Current Portion  
(57
)
  
(58
)
  
$
2,229
  
$
2,215
 

  
June 30,
2020
  
September 30,
2019
 
Long Term Debt*
 $2,285  $1,975 
Less Current Portion  (133)  (42)
  $2,152  $1,933 


*Note: Long Term DebtLong-term debt is due in monthly principal and interest installments of $12 plus monthly interest, at an effective interest rate of 4.18% as of June 30, 2020 and 5.28% as of September 2019, per annum. The note is collateralized by real property owned by Antibodies and guaranteed by Janel.

The Company was in compliance with the covenants defined in the First Northern Loan Agreement at June 30,December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019.2020.

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8.SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY NOTES - RELATED PARTY

On June 22, 2018, in connection with
Antibodies is the Antibodies acquisition, AB HoldCo, Inc. (“AB HoldCo”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered intoobligor on two 4% subordinated promissory notes (“AB(together, the “AB HoldCo Subordinated Promissory Notes”) withpayable to certain former shareholders of Antibodies. As the result of the merger of AB HoldCo into Antibodies, Antibodies became the obligor under the AB HoldCo Subordinated Promissory Notes.  Both of the AB HoldCo Subordinated Promissory Notes are guaranteed by the Company, are unsecured and are subordinate to the terms of any credit agreement, loan agreement, indenture, promissory note, guaranty or otherthe Company’s debt instrument pursuant to which the obligor  or any affiliate of the obligor  incurs, borrows, extends, guarantees, renews or refinances any indebtedness for borrowed money or other extensions of credit with any federal or state bank or other institutional lender and are unsecured.lender.

Each ofInterest on the AB HoldCo Subordinated Promissory Notes has a 4% annual interest rateis payable in arrears on the last business day of each calendar quarter, commencing on September 30, 2018, and the full outstanding principal balance and accrued, unpaid interest isare due on June 22, 2021. Both notes are subject to prepayment2021 and may be prepaid, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, of the outstanding principal amount of the notes, together with all accrued interest on such principal amount up to the date of prepayment.  Any prepayment shall be applied first to accrued but unpaid interest, and then to outstanding principal.penalty. As of each of June 30,December 31, 2020, and September 30, 2019, the amount outstanding underon the two AB HoldCo Subordinated Promissory Notes was $344, which is included in the long-termcurrent portion of subordinated promissory notes.

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On November 20, 2018, in connection with the Honor acquisition, Janel Group is the obligor on a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a6.75% subordinated promissory note (“Janel Group(the “Honor Subordinated Promissory Note”) with a former owner of Honor.Honor Worldwide Logistics LLC (“Honor”). The Janel GroupHonor Subordinated Promissory Note is guaranteed by the Company. The Janel GroupHonor Subordinated Promissory Note is subordinate to and junior in right of payment for principal interest premiums and other amounts payable to the Santander Bank Facility and the First Merchants Bank Credit Facility. The Janel GroupHonor Subordinated Promissory Note has a 6.75% annual interest rate,is payable in twelve equal consecutive quarterly installments of principal and interest of $42 each, on the last day of January, April, July and October beginning in January 2019, and shall be due and payable each in the amount of $42.2019. The outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest are payable in a single payment on the three-year anniversary date of November 20, 2021. The note is subject to prepayment2021 and  may be repaid, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, of the outstanding principal amount of the notes, together with all accrued but unpaid interest on such principal amount up to the date of prepayment.penalty.  As of June 30,December 31, 2020, and September 30, 2019, the amountsamount outstanding under the Janel GroupHonor Subordinated Promissory Note were $237was $161.
Aves is the obligor on a 0.5% subordinated promissory note in the amount of $1,850 issued to the former owner of ICT (the “ICT Subordinated Promissory Note”).  The ICT Subordinated Promissory Note is payable in sixteen scheduled quarterly installments of principal and $349, respectively.interest beginning March 4, 2021, matures on March 21, 2025, and may be prepaid, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.  The ICT Subordinated Promissory Note is guaranteed by the Company and is secured by the membership interests in ICT. The ICT Subordinated Promissory Note is subordinate to and junior in right of payment for principal interest premiums and other amounts payable to the Santander Bank Facility, First Merchants Bank Credit Facility and the First Norther Bank of Dixon. As of December 31, 2020, the amount outstanding under the ICT Subordinated Promissory Note was $1,850, of which $700 is included in the current portion of subordinated promissory notes and $1,150 is included in the long-term portion of subordinated promissory notes.
(In thousands) 
December 31,
2020
  
September 30,
2020
 
Total Subordinated Promissory Notes 
$
2,355
  $543 
Less Current Portion of Subordinated Promissory Notes  
(1,204
)
  
(504
)
Long Term Portion of Subordinated Promissory Notes $
1,151
  $
39
 

  
June 30,
2020
  
September 30,
2019
 
Long term subordinated promissory notes $581  $693 
Less current portion of subordinated promissory note  (157)  (152)
  $424  $541 

9.SBA PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOANLOANS

On April 19, 2020, the Company received a loan (the “PPP“Company PPP Loan”) in the aggregate amount of $2,726 from Santander, pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) offered by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act, which was enacted March 27, 2020. The PPP Loan, which was in the form of a note dated April 19, 2020, issuedas amended by the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (“Flexibility Act”). The Company PPP Loan matures on April 19, 2022 and bears interest at a rate of 1.00% per annum. AllUnder the original terms, all principal and interest payments are deferred for six months from the date of the note.  The Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act of 2020 P.L. 116-142, extended the deferral period for loan payments to either (1) the date that SBA remits the borrower’s loan forgiveness amount to the lender or (2) if the borrower does not apply for loan forgiveness, ten months after the end of the borrower’s loan forgiveness covered period. To the extent the Company PPP Loan is not forgiven, principal and interest payments in the amount of $153 are due monthly commencing on November 1, 2020. The Company may prepay the note at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties.without penalty. The Company may only use funds from the Company PPP Loan for purposes specified in the CARES Act and related PPP rules, which include payroll costs, costs used to continue group health care benefits, rent, utilities and certain mortgage payments (“qualifying expenses”). The loan and accrued interest are forgivable after eight weeks (or an extended 24-week covered period) as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. While the Company currently believes that its use of the loan proceeds will meet the conditions for forgiveness of the loan and intends to file for loan forgiveness before the end of the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2021, the full amount of the loan may not be forgiven. Accordingly, we have recorded the full amount of the Company PPP Loan as debt.
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On July 23, 2020, as part of the Atlantic Customs Brokers, Inc., (“ACB”) acquisition, the Company assumed a PPP Loan to ACB in the amount of $135 (the “ACB PPP Loan”).  The terms of the ACB PPP Loan are the same as the terms of the Company PPP Loan. While the Company currently believes that its use of the ACB PPP Loan proceeds will meet the conditions for forgiveness of the loan and intends to file for loan forgiveness before the end of the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2021, the full amount of the loan may not be forgiven. Accordingly, we have recorded the full amount of the ACB PPP Loan as debt.
As of JuneDecember 31, 2020, and September 30, 2020, the total amount outstanding, including accrued interest, under the Company PPP Loan and ACB PPP Loan was $2,731.$2,880 and $2,873, respectively of which $1,554 and $960, respectively, is included in long-term debt and $1,326 and $1,913, respectively, is included in current portion of long-term debt.

The Company intends to use the entire PPP Loan amount for qualifying expenses. Under the terms of the PPP, certain amounts granted as part of the PPP Loan may be forgiven if they are used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act, which was recently extended for a 24-week period commencing on the date of disbursement of the PPP Loan.  The Company expects that this loan will be forgiven.

10.STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Janel is authorized to issue 4,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001. In addition, the Company is authorized to issue 100,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001.

The preferred stock is issuable in series with such voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences and other rights and such qualifications, limitations and restrictions as may be determined by the Company’s board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, without stockholder approval. The board of directors may fix the number of shares constituting each series and increase or decrease the number of shares of any series.

(A)Preferred Stock

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

Shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Stock”) are convertible into shares of the Company’s $0.001 par value common stock at any time on a one-share (of Series B Stock) for ten-shares (of common stock) basis. On September 6, 2019, a holder of the Series B Stock converted 640 shares of Series B Stock into 6,400 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. On April 23, 2020, a holder of the Series B Stock converted 300 shares of Series B Stock into 3,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. On September 25, 2020, a holder of Series B Stock converted 300 shares of Series B Stock into 3,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The Company had 31 shares of Series B Stock outstanding as of December 31, 2020.

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Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock

Shares of the Company’s Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Series C Stock”) arewere initially entitled to receive annual dividends at a rate of 5%7% per annum of the original issuance price of $10, when and if declared by the Company’s board of directors, with such rate to increase by 2% annually beginning on the third anniversary of issuance of such Series C Stock to a maximum rate of 13%. By the filing of the Certificate of Amendment on October 17, 2017, the annual dividend rate decreased to 5% per annum of the original issuance price, when and if declared by the Company’s board of directors, and increased by 1% annually beginning on January 1, 2019. Such rate is to increase on each January 1 thereafter for four years to a maximum rate of 9%. The dividend rate of the Series C Stock as of JuneSeptember 30, 2020 and 2019 was 7%. and 6%, respectively. In the event of liquidation, holders of the Series C Stock shall be paid an amount equal to the original issuance price, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon. Shares of the Series C Stock may be redeemed by the Company at any time upon notice and payment of the original issuance price, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon. The liquidation value of Series C Stock was $11,716 and $11,541 as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, respectively.

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On September 13, 2020, the Company purchased 890 shares of the Series C Stock was $13,041 asfrom an accredited investor at a purchase price of June 30, 2020.$500 per share, or an aggregate of $445. On September 29, 2020, the Company sold 650 shares of the Series C Stock to an accredited investor at a purchase price of $500 per share, or an aggregate of $325. Such shares issued on September 29, 2020 were sold in a private placement in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

For the nine monthsfiscal year ended JuneSeptember 30, 2020 the Company accruedpaid cash dividends of $55 to a holder of Series C Stock.  For the three months ended December 31, 2020 and for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, the Company declared dividends on the Series C Stock of $500. As of June$174 and $675, respectively. At December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, the Company had accrued dividends of $1,541.$1,835and $1,661, respectively.

(B)Equity Incentive Plan

On May 12, 2017, the Company adopted the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”), which was amended on May 8, 2018 (as amended, the “2017 Plan”).as discussed in more detail in note 11. Under the 2017 Plan, as amended, (i) non-statutory stock options, (ii) restricted stock awards and (iii) stock appreciation rights with respect to shares of the Company’s common stock may be granted to directors, officers, employees of and consultants to the Company. Participants and all terms of any awards under the 2017 Plan are at the discretion of the Company’s Compensation Committee of the board of directors.

11.STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

On October 30, 2013, the board of directors of the Company adopted the Company’s 2013 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (the “2013 Option Plan”) providing for options to purchase up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance to directors, officers, employees of and consultants to the Company and its subsidiaries.

On May 12, 2017, the board of directors adopted the Company’s 2017 Plan pursuant to which (i) incentive stock options, (ii) non-statutory stock options, (iii) restricted stock awards and (iv) stock appreciation rights with respect to up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock may be granted to directors, officers, employees of and consultants to the Company.
On May 8, 2018, the board of directors of Janel adopted the Amended 2017 Plan. The provisions and terms of the Amended 2017 Plan are the same as those in the 2017 Plan, except that the Amended 2017 Plan removes the ability of Janel to award incentive stock options and removes the requirement for stockholder approval of the 2017 Plan.
Total stock-based compensation for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019 amounted to $217$24 and $251,$74, respectively, and was included in selling, general and administrative expense in the Company’s statements of operations.

(A)Stock Options

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of our share-based awards. In applying this model, we use the following assumptions:

Risk-free interest rate - We determine the risk-free interest rate by using a weighted average assumption equivalent to the expected term based on the U.S. Treasury constant maturity rate.

Expected term - We estimate the expected term of our options on the average of the vesting date and term of the option.

Expected volatility - We estimate expected volatility using daily historical trading data of a peer group.

Dividend yield - We have never paid dividends on our common stock and currently have no plans to do so;

 •
Dividend yield - We have never paid dividends on our common stock and currently have no plans to do so; therefore, no dividend yield is applied.
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The fair values of our employee option awards were estimated using the assumptions below, which yielded the following weighted average grant date fair values for the periods presented:

  
Nine
Three Months Ended
June 30,December 31,
2020
 
Risk-free Interest Rate 1.59%0.46%
Expected Option Term in Years 5.5-6.5 
Expected Volatility 101.2%103.0% - 101.7%105.4%
Dividend Yield 0%
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value $6.976.90 - $7.33$7.19 

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Options for Employees

  
Number of
Options
  
Weighted
Average Exercise
Price
  
Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual
Term (in years)
  
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
 
Outstanding Balance at September 30, 2019  110,837  $5.05   5.98  $438.06 
Granted  7,500  $9.00   9.25  $ 
Exercised  (3,841) $8.17     $ 
Outstanding Balance at June 30, 2020  114,496  $5.21   5.42  $310.00 
Exercisable on June 30, 2020  101,164  $4.77   4.98  $310.00 
  
Number of
Options
  
Weighted
Average Exercise
Price
  
Weighted
Average
Remaining
  Contractual
Term (in years)
  
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
 
Outstanding Balance at September 30, 2020  
93,996
  $5.76   
5.24
  $304.99 
Granted  
7,500
   
9.00
   
9.75
   
 
Exercised  
(2,502
)
  
8.58
   
   
 
Outstanding Balance at December 31, 2020  
98,994
   
5.93
   
5.29
   
29.35
 
Exercisable on December 31, 2020  
83,998
   
5.42
   
4.61
   
29.35
 

The aggregate intrinsic value in the above table was calculated as the difference between the closing price of the Company’s common stock at June 30,December 31, 2020 of $7.50$4.60 per share and the exercise price of the stock options that had strike prices below such closing price.

As of June 30,December 31, 2020, there was approximately $38$66 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested employee stock options which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of less than one year.

Options for Non-Employees

There were no non-employee options awarded, exercised or forfeited during the nine-monththree-month period ended June 30,December 31, 2020. During the nine-month period ended June 30, 2020, 15,000 non-employee options were forfeited.

  
Number of
Options
  
Weighted
Average Exercise
Price
  
Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual
Term (in years)
  
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
 
Outstanding Balance at September 30, 2019  51,053  $7.58   7.80  $72.68 
Forfeited  (15,000) $8.04     $ 
Outstanding Balance at June 30, 2020  36,053  $7.38   7.01  $21.91 
Exercisable on June 30, 2020  6,053  $4.13   6.25  $21.91 
  
Number of Options
  
Weighted
Average Exercise
Price
  
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (in years)
  
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
 
Outstanding Balance at September 30, 2020  
6,053
  $4.13   
6.0
  $29.48 
Outstanding Balance at December 31, 2020  
6,053
   
4.13
   
5.75
   
2.84
 
Exercisable on December 31, 2020  
6,053
   
4.13
   
5.75
   
2.84
 

The aggregate intrinsic value in the above table was calculated as the difference between the closing price of our common stock at June 30,December 31, 2020, of $7.50$4.60 per share and the exercise price of the stock options that had strike prices below such closing price.

As of June 30,December 31, 2020, there was approximately $13 of totalno unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvestedvested stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of less than one year.options.
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Liability classified share-based awards

Additionally, duringDuring the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020, 6,8806,948 options were granted and 7,000 options were exercised with respect to Indco’s common stock. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of Indco’s share-based awards. In applying this model, the Company used the following assumptions:

  
Nine
Three Months Ended
June 30,December 31,
2020
 
Risk-free Interest Rate 1.59%0.46%
Expected Option Term in Years 5.5 - 6.5 
Expected Volatility 101.2%103.0% - 101.7%105.4%
Dividend Yield 0%
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value $8.599.66 - $9.03$10.00 

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Number of
Options
  
Weighted
Average Exercise
Price
  
Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual
Term (in years)
  
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
 
Outstanding Balance at September 30, 2019  32,133  $8.85   7.34  $85.45 
Granted  6,880  $11.08   9.25  $ 
Outstanding Balance at June 30, 2020  39,013  $9.24   7.06  $85.45 
Exercisable on June 30, 2020  25,343  $7.98   6.24  $85.45 
  
Number of
Options
  
Weighted
Average Exercise
Price
  
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (in years)
  
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
 
Outstanding Balance at September 30, 2020  
39,013
  $9.24   
6.81
  $85.45 
Granted  
6,948
   
12.29
   
9.75
   
 
Exercised  
(7,000
)
  
6.48
   
   
 
Outstanding Balance at December 31, 2020  
38,961
   
10.28
   
7.37
   
78.16
 
Exercisable on December 31, 2020  
22,905
   
9.16
   
6.39
   
71.75
 

The aggregate intrinsic value in the above table was calculated as the difference between the valuation price of Indco’s common stock at June 30,December 31, 2020 of $11.08$12.29 per share and the exercise price of the stock options that had strike prices below such closing price.

The liability classified awards were measured at fair value at each reporting date until the final measurement date, which was the date of completion of services required to earn the option. The accrued compensation cost related to these options was approximately $319$309 and $172$284 as of June 30,December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019,2020, respectively, and is included in other liabilities in the consolidated financial statement.  The compensation cost related to these options was approximately $15 and $19 for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The cost associated with the options issued on each grant date is being recognized ratably over the period of service required to earn each tranche of options.

Upon vesting, the options continue to be accounted for as a liability in accordance with ASC 480-10-25-8 and are measured in accordance with ASC 480-10-35 at every reporting period until the options are settled.
Changes in the fair value of the vested options are recognized in earnings in the consolidated financial statements.

The options are classified as liabilities, and the underlying shares of Indco’s common stock also contain put options which result in their classification as a mandatorily redeemable securities.security. While their redemption does not occur on a fixed date, there is an unconditional obligation for the Company to repurchase the shares upon death, which is certain to occur at some point in time.

As of June 30,December 31, 2020, there was approximately $51$79 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested Indco stock options. This expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of less than one year.

(B)Restricted Stock

During the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020, there were no shares of restricted stock granted. Under the 2017 Plan, each grant of restricted stock vests over a three-year period, and the cost to the recipient is zero. Restricted stock compensation expense, which is a non-cash item, is being recognized in the Company’s financial statements over the vesting period of each restricted stock grant.

The following table summarizes the status of our employee unvested restricted stock under the 2017 Plan for the nine months ended June 30, 2020:

  Restricted Stock  
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
  
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(in years)
 
Unvested at September 30, 2019  5,000  $8.01   0.61 
Vested  (5,000) $8.01    
Unvested at June 30, 2020    $    

As of June 30,December 31, 2020, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to non-employee unvested employee restricted stock.

The following table summarizes the status of our non-employee unvested restricted stock under the 2017 Plan for the nine months ended June 30, 2020:

  
Restricted Stock
(in thousands)
  
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
  
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(in years)
 
Unvested at September 30, 2019  26,667  $8.04   0.88 
Vested  (3,333) $    
Unvested at June 30, 2020  23,334  $8.04   0.16 

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As of June 30,December 31, 2020, there was approximately $12 of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-employee unvested restricted stock. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 0.16 years.

As of Juneand September 30, 2020, included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities was $189$306 which represents 21,66635,000 shares of restricted stock that vested but were not issued.
 
12.INCOME PER COMMON SHARE
 

The following table provides a reconciliation of the basic and diluted income (loss) per share (“EPS”) computations for the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except share and per share data):

 
For the Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
For the Nine Months Ended
June 30,
  
For the Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
 2020 2019 2020 2019  
2020
  
2019
 
Income:               
Net income (loss) $(1,297) $(30) $(2,354) $689  $255  $(120)
Preferred stock dividends  (174)  (150)  (500)  (420)  
(174
)
  
(151
)
Net Income (loss) available to common stockholders $(1,471) $(180) $(2,854) $269  
$
81
  
$
(271
)
                  
Common Shares:                  
Basic - weighted average common shares 872,838  852,071  868,033  849,104  
935,936
  
865,275
 
Effect of dilutive securities:                  
Stock options 
  
  
  56,697  
30,626
  
 
Restricted stock 
  
  
  20,319  
  
 
Convertible preferred stock  
   
   
   12,710   
310
   
 
Diluted - weighted average common stock $872,838  $852,071  $868,033  $938,830   
966,872
   
865,275
 
                  
Income per Common Share:                  
Basic -            
Basic      
Net income (loss) $(1.49) $(0.04) $(2.71) $0.81  $0.27  $(0.14)
Preferred stock dividends  (0.20)  (0.18)  (0.58)  (0.49)  
(0.18
)
  
(0.17
)
Net Income (loss) available to common stockholders $(1.69) $(0.22) $(3.29) $0.32  
$
0.09
  
$
(0.31
)
                  
Diluted -            
Diluted      
Net income (loss) $(1.49) $(0.04) $(2.71) $0.73  $0.26  $(0.14)
Preferred stock dividends  (0.20)  (0.18)  (0.58)  (0.45)  
(0.18
)
  
(0.17
)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders $(1.69) $(0.22) $(3.29) $0.28  
$
0.08
  
$
(0.31
)

The computation for the diluted number of shares excludes unvested restricted stock and unexercised stock options and unexercised warrants that are anti-dilutive. There were 6,363 dilutive shares and no anti-dilutive shares for the three- and nine-monththree-month periods ended June 30, 2020.December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Potentially dilutive securities as of June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

 June 30,  
December 31,
 
 2020 2019  
2020
 
2019
 
Employee Stock Options 114,496  110,837  
98,994
 
114,496
 
Non-employee Stock Options 36,053  51,053  
6,053
 
36,053
 
Employee Restricted Stock 5,000  5,000  
 
5,000
 
Non-employee Restricted Stock 26,667  26,667  
 
26,667
 
Convertible Preferred Stock  3,310   12,710   
310
  
6,310
 
  185,526   206,267   
105,357
  
188,526
 

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13.INCOME TAXES

The Company’s estimated fiscal 20202021 and 20192020 blended U.S. federal statutory corporate income tax rate of 22.9% 31% and 34.1%, respectively, were41% was applied in the computation of the Company’s income tax provision for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.2019.

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The reconciliation of income tax computed at the Federal statutory rate to the benefit (provision)(benefit) provision for income taxes for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 wasis as follows:

 Nine Months Ended 
 
June 30,
2020
 
June 30,
2019
  
December 31,
2020
  
December 31,
2019
 
Federal taxes at statutory rates $402  (219) 
$
78
  $(43)
Permanent differences (332) (35) 
3
  
(15
)
Other (451) - 
State and local taxes  (57)  (102)  
34
   
(26
)
Income tax expense $(438)  (356)
 
$
115
  
$
(84
)

14.BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

As discussed above in note 1, the Company operates in three reportable segments: 1) Global Logistics Services, 2) Manufacturing and 3) Life Sciences, supported by a corporate group which conducts activities that are non-segment specific. Sciences. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer regularly reviews financial information at the reporting segment level in order to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segments and to assess their performance.
The following tables presenttable presents selected financial information about the Company’s reportable segments and Corporate for the purpose of reconciling to the consolidated totals for the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2020:

For the three months ended
June 30, 2020
 Consolidated 
Global Logistics
Services
 Manufacturing Life Sciences Corporate 
For the three months ended
December 31, 2020
 
Consolidated
  
Global Logistics
Services
  
Manufacturing
  
Life Sciences
  
Corporate
 
Revenue $18,498  $15,565  $1,605  $1,328  $-  $26,478  
$
22,260
  
$
1,869
  
$
2,349
  
$
 
Forwarding expenses and cost of revenues 13,405  12,194  752  459  -  
20,029
  
18,395
  
878
  
756
  
 
Gross profit 5,093  3,371  853  869  -  
6,449
  
3,865
  
991
  
1,593
  
 
Selling, general and administrative 5,482  3,429  482  951  620  
5,709
  
3,374
  
642
  
976
  
717
 
Amortization of intangible assets 243  -  -  -  243  
251
  
  
  
  
251
 
Operating (loss) income (632) (58) 371  (82) (863)
Interest expense (income) net 108  30  49  25  4 
Identifiable assets as of June 30, 2020 51,794  13,173  2,472  9,776  26,373 
Operating income (loss) 
489
  
491
  
349
  
617
  
(968
)
Interest expense 
119
  
37
  
47
  
28
  
7
 
Identifiable assets 
68,224
  
22,418
  
3,501
  
10,252
  
32,053
 
Capital expenditures $157  $28  $11  $118  $-  
$
55
  
$
19
  
$
12
  
$
24
  
$
 

For the nine months ended
June 30, 2020
 Consolidated  
Global Logistics
Services
  Manufacturing  Life Sciences  Corporate 
Revenue $57,440  $46,972  $5,531  $4,937  $- 
Forwarding expenses and cost of revenues  40,064   35,896   2,505   1,663   - 
Gross profit  17,376   11,076   3,026   3,274   - 
Selling, general and administrative  18,151   11,019   1,865   3,002   2,265 
Amortization of intangible assets  729   -   -   -   729 
Operating (loss) income  (1,504)  57   1,161   272   (2,994)
Interest expense (income) net  412   150   187   76   (1)
Identifiable assets as of June 30, 2020  51,794   13,173   2,472   9,776   26,373 
Capital expenditures $288  $92  $34  $162  $- 

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The following tables presenttable presents selected financial information about the Company’s reportable segments and Corporate for the purpose of reconciling to the consolidated totals for the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2019:

For the three months ended
June 30, 2019
 Consolidated 
Global Logistics
Services
 Manufacturing Life Sciences Corporate 
For the three months ended
December 31, 2019
 
Consolidated
  
Global Logistics
Services
  
Manufacturing
  
Life Sciences
  
Corporate
 
Revenue $20,311  $16,708  $2,419  $1,184  $  $19,821  
$
16,079
  
$
1,870
  
$
1,872
  
$
 
Forwarding expenses and cost of revenues 14,225  12,872  1,066  287    
13,534
  
12,087
  
845
  
602
  
 
Gross profit 6,086  3,836  1,353  897    
6,287
  
3,992
  
1,025
  
1,270
  
 
Selling, general and administrative 5,600  3,600  492  795  713  
6,085
  
3,638
  
682
  
980
  
785
 
Amortization of intangible assets 230        230  
243
  
  
  
  
243
 
Operating income (loss) 256  236  861  102  (943)
Interest expense (income) net 183  127  31  27  (2)
Identifiable assets as of June 30, 2019 55,266  20,672  2,753  6,566  25,275 
Operating (loss) income 
(41
)
 
354
  
343
  
290
  
(1,028
)
Interest expense (income) 
163
  
66
  
72
  
27
  
(2
)
Identifiable assets 
56,777
  
17,926
  
2,148
  
9,766
  
26,937
 
Capital expenditures $50  $ $26  $24  $  
$
97
  
$
47
  
$
23
  
$
27
  
$
 

For the nine months ended
June 30, 2019
 Consolidated  
Global Logistics
Services
  Manufacturing  Life Sciences  Corporate 
Revenue $63,607  $52,378  $6,952  $4,277  $ 
Forwarding expenses and cost of revenues  44,664   40,247   3,076   1,341    
Gross profit  18,943   12,131   3,876   2,936    
Selling, general and administrative  16,681   10,220   2,167   2,226   2,068 
Amortization of intangible assets  674            674 
Operating income (loss)  1,588   1,911   1,709   710   (2,742)
Interest expense (income) net  543   352   107   91   (7)
Identifiable assets as of June 30, 2019  55,266   20,672   2,753   6,566   25,275 
Capital expenditures $303  $16  $67  $220  $ 

15.RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

(A)Currency Risks

The nature of Janel’s operations requires it to deal with currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. As a result, the Company is exposed to the inherent risks of international currency markets and governmental interference. A number of countries where Janel maintains offices or agent relationships have currency control regulations. The Company attempts to compensate for these exposures by accelerating international currency settlements among those agents.

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(B)Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company’s assets that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and receivables from customers. The Company places its cash with financial institutions that have high credit ratings. The receivables from clients are spread over many customers. The Company maintains an allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable based on expected collectability and performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition. We have continued to experience heightened customer credit risk as a result of the negative impact to customers’ financial condition, employment levels and consumer confidence arising from economic disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and expect that our risk in this area will remain high as long as the disruptions persist.

(C)Legal Proceedings

Janel is occasionally subject to claims and lawsuits which typically arise in the normal course of business. While the outcome of these claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not believe that the outcome of any of these legal matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

In December 2017, Janel Group received a Notice of Copyright Infringement letter from counsel for Warren Communications News, Inc. (“Warren”), the publisher of the International Trade Today (“ITT”) newsletter. The letter alleges that Janel Group infringed upon Warren’s registered copyrights in its ITT newsletter (the “Warren Matter”). On May 11, 2020, the parties reached a settlement agreement and release to resolve any and all concerns between the parties, voluntarily and without admission of copyright infringement.

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(D)Concentration of Customers
No customer accounted for 10% or more of consolidated sales for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. No customer accounted for 10% or more of consolidated accounts receivable at December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020.
(E)COVID-19

The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, (coronavirus), which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, has impacted and may continue to impact our business operations, including employees, customers, financial condition, liquidity and cash flow for an extended period of time. In particular, we have experienced significant changes in demand among our various customers depending on their industry. Federal and state governments have implemented measures in an effort to contain the virus, including social distancing, travel restrictions, border closures, limitations on public gatherings, work from home, supply chain logistical changes, and closure of nonessential businesses, which measures have adversely impacted our business operations in the first three quarters offiscal year 2020. Specifically, in the nine months ended June 30, 2020, we experienced a decrease of 10.3% in our Global Logistics Services revenues and a decrease of 20.4% in our Manufacturing segment revenues as a result of the global trade slowdown arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. We also experienced a significant slowdown in organic growth in our Life Sciences segment due to a slowdown in orders and in academic research as a result of the pandemic. Although some of the states and foreign markets in which we operate have begun to reopen on a phased basis, the United States and other countries continue to struggle with rolling outbreaks of the virus.

The full impact of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve as of the date of this filing. As such, it is uncertain as to the full magnitude that the pandemic will have on the Company’s financial condition, liquidity, and future results of operations. Management is actively monitoring the impact of the global situation on its financial condition, liquidity, operations, industry, and workforce.

16.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIESLEASES

On February 4, 2020, Indco entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with 4040 Earnings Way, LLC (“Seller”) to acquire from the Seller the land and building that serves as the Indco office and manufacturing facility in New Albany, Indiana, for a purchase price of $845, financed with cash from operations and a loan of up to $700 from First Merchants Bank secured by the subject property. Closing on this property occurred July 1, 2020, see note 18.

17.LEASES

The Company has operating leases for office and warehouse space in all districts where it conducts business. As of June 30,December 31, 2020, the remaining terms of the Company’s operating leases were between one and 5760 months and certain lease agreements contain provisions for future rent increases. Payments due under the lease contracts include the minimum lease payments that the Company is obligated to make under the non-cancelable initial terms of the leases as the renewal terms are at the Company’s option and the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise those renewal options at lease commencement.
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The components of lease cost for the nine-monththree-month period ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
2020
  
Three Months
Ended
December 31,
2020
  
Three Months
Ended
December 31,
2019
 
Operating lease cost $559  
$
231
  
$
200
 
Short-term lease cost  103   
14
   
14
 
Total lease cost $662  
$
245
  
$
214
 

Rent expense for the nine-month period June 30, 2019 was $567.

Operating lease right of useright-of-use assets, the current portion of operating lease liabilities and long-term operating lease liabilities reported in the consolidated balance sheets for operating leases as of JuneDecember 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020 were $1,498, $438$2,630, $806 and $1,082,$1,848 and $2,621, $720 and $1,924, respectively.

During the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020, the Company entered into a new operating leaseleases and recorded an additional $857$164 in operating lease right of useright-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities.

As of JuneDecember 31, 2020, and September 30, 2020, the weighted-average remaining lease term and the weighted-average discount rate related to the Company’s operating leases were 3.84.1 years and 6.58%4.5% and 4.2 years and 4.6%, respectively.

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease obligations were $657$872 for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020.

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Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases as of June 30,December 31, 2020 are as follows:

2020 $485 
2021 467  
$
805 
2022 372  
786
 
2023 223  
537
 
2024  166  
496
 
2025  
247
 
Total undiscounted lease payments  1,713   
2,871
 
Less: Imputed interest  (193)  
(217
)
Total lease obligations $1,520  
$
2,654
 

18.17.SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

As previously reported, on February 4, 2020, Indco entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement to acquire
In January 2021, the land and building which serves asCompany applied for forgiveness of the Indco office and manufacturing facilityACB PPP Loan in New Albany, Indiana.  This transaction closed on July 1, 2020.

On July 1, 2020, Indco and First Merchants Bank entered into Amendment No. 2 to the First Merchants Credit Agreement, modifyingaccordance with the terms of Indco’s credit facilities.  Under the revised terms,CARES Act.  The forgiveness application was approved by the credit facilities consist of a $5,500 term loan, a $1,000 (limited toSBA in February 2021.

In February 2021, the borrowing base and reserves) revolving loan and a $680 mortgage loan.  Interest will accrue on the Term Loan at an annual rate equal to the one-month LIBOR plus either 2.75% (if Indco’s total funded debt to EBITDA ratio is less than 2:1), or 3.5% (if Indco’s total funded debt to EBITDA ratio is greater than or equal to 2:1).  Interest will accrue on the Revolving Loan at an annual rate equal to the one-month LIBOR plus 2.75%.  Interest will accrue on the Mortgage Loan at an annual rate of 4.19%.  Indco’s obligations under the First Merchants Bank credit facilities are secured by all of Indco’s real property and other assets, and are guaranteed by Janel. Additionally, Janel’s guarantee of Indco’s obligations is secured by a pledge of Janel’s Indco shares.  The term loan and revolving loan portionsCompany applied for forgiveness of the First Merchants credit facilitiesCompany PPP Loan in accordance with the terms of the CARES Act.  The forgiveness application is subject to approval by the SBA, and no assurance can be given that any portion of the Company PPP Loan will expire on August 30, 2024, and the mortgage loan will mature on July 1, 2025 (subject to earlier termination as providedbe forgiven partially or in the First Merchants Credit Agreement), unless renewed or extended.full.

On July 22, 2020, Janel Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janel Corporation, and, Atlantic Customs Brokers, Inc. (“Atlantic”) as borrowers, and the Company as loan party obligor, entered into the Consent, Joinder and Fourth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 17, 2017 (as heretofore amended, the “Loan Agreement”), with Santander Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Lender. Pursuant to, and among other changes effected by, the Amendment, (i) Atlantic was added as a new borrower under the Loan Agreement, (ii) acquisition seller financing of up to $1,500 outstanding at any time was added as permitted indebtedness, and (iii) the Company was permitted to guaranty certain indebtedness of its Antibodies Incorporated subsidiary up to $2,920 outstanding at any time.

On July 23, 2020, Janel Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janel Corporation, acquired all of the outstanding common stock of a global logistics services provider with two U.S. locations effective July 23, 2020 for $880. At closing the former stockholder was paid $300 in cash and $194, $193 and $193 is due to the stockholder on the first, second and third anniversary of the closing date. The fair value of the purchase price and the allocation thereof has not yet been determined. The results of operations for this acquisition will be reported in our Global Logistics Services segment.

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

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto as of and for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). Amounts presented in this section are in thousands, except share and per share data.

As used throughout this Report, “we,” “us”, “our,” “Janel,” “the Company,” “Registrant” and similar words refer to Janel Corporation and its Subsidiaries.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Report”) contains certain statements that are, or may deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that reflect management’s current expectations with respect to our operations, performance, financial condition, and other developments. These forward-lookingforward – looking statements may generally be identified by the use of the words “may,” “will,” “intends,” “plans,” projects,” “believes,” “should,” “expects,” “predicts,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” and similar expressions or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are necessarily estimates reflecting management’s best judgment based upon current information and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions.

We caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made, and readers are advised that various factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth elsewhere in this Report, could affect our financial performance and could cause our actual results for future periods to differ materially from those anticipated or projected. While it is impossible to identify all such factors, such factors include, but are not limited to, the impact of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemicon the worldwide economic conditions and related economic effects;on our businesses, our strategy of expanding our business through acquisitions of other businesses;businesses; the risk that we may fail to realize the expected benefits or strategic objectives of any acquisition, or that we spend resources exploring acquisitions that are not consummated; litigation;consummated; litigation, indemnification claims and other unforeseen claims and liabilities that may arise from an acquisition;acquisition; economic and other conditions in the markets in which we operate;operate; the risk that we may not have sufficient working capital to continue operations;operations; instability in the financial markets;markets; the material weaknesses identified in our internal control over financial reporting;reporting; our dependence on key employees;employees; competition from parties who sell their businesses to us and from professionals who cease working for us;

us; terrorist attacks and other acts of violence or war;war; security breaches or cybersecurity attacks;attacks; risks related to our receipt of Paycheck Protection Program funding; competition faced by our global logistics services freight carriers with greater financial resources and from companies that operate in areas in which we plan to expand;expand; our dependence on the availability of cargo space from third parties;parties; recessions and other economic developments that reduce freight volumes;volumes; other events affecting the volume of international trade and international operations;operations; risks arising from our global logistics services business’ ability to manage staffing needs;needs; competition faced in the freight forwarding, freight brokerage, logistics and supply chain management industry;industry; industry consolidation and our ability to gain sufficient market presence with respect to our global logistics services business;business; risks arising from our ability to comply with governmental permit and licensing requirements or statutory and regulatory requirements;requirements; seasonal trends;trends; competition faced by our manufacturing (Indco) business from competitors with greater financial resources;resources; Indco’s dependence on individual purchase orders to generate revenue;revenue; any decrease in the availability, or increase in the cost, of raw materials used by Indco;Indco; Indco’s ability to obtain and retain skilled technical personnel;personnel; risks associated with product liability claims due to alleged defects in Indco’s products;products; risks arising from the environmental, health and safety regulations applicable to Indco;Indco; the reliance of our Indco and life sciences businesses on a single location to manufacture their products;products; the ability of our life sciences business to compete effectively;effectively; the ability of our life sciences business to introduce new products in a timely manner;manner; product or other liabilities associated with the manufacture and sale of new products and services;services; changes in governmental regulations applicable to our life sciences business;business; the ability of our life sciences business to continually produce products that meet high quality standards such as purity, reproducibility and/or absence of cross-reactivity;cross-reactivity; the controlling influence exerted by our officers and directors and one of our stockholders;stockholders; our inability to issue dividends in the foreseeable future;future; and risks related to ownership of our common stock, including volatility and the lack of a guaranteed continued public trading market for our common stock.

Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those projected. You should not place undue reliance on any of our forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

COVID-19

The outbreak of COVID-19 has had a significant impact on global trade and on our business during the first three quarters of 2020. In late January 2020, China implemented extensive business shutdowns and work restrictions to control the outbreak, which resulted in a steep drop in exports from China. Those shutdowns and restrictions in China started to ease, and export volumes from China began to increase, in March 2020. The spread of COVID-19 to other parts of the world, and the strong actions taken by many countries to reduce exposure to the virus, however, have led to a sharp decrease in global economic activity that has persisted during the third quarter of fiscal 2020 and a second steep drop in global import and export trade volumes, which has materially impacted our Global Logistics Services business. Specifically, in the nine months ended June 30, 2020, we experienced a decrease of 10.3% in our Global Logistics Services revenues and a decrease of 20.4% in our Manufacturing segment revenues as a result of the global trade slowdown arising from the COVID- 19 pandemic.

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We also experienced a significant slowdown in organic growth in our Life Sciences segment due to a slowdown in orders and in academic research as a result of the pandemic. Please see our results of operations discussion below for additional information. We expect demand for our products and services across all of our reporting segments, and in particular our Global Logistics Services and Manufacturing segments, to be adversely impacted for as long as global economic activity and trade volumes remain weak. A prolonged slowdown in trade volumes due to the pandemic could also significantly increase the longer term financial challenges facing our customers. We are closely monitoring our customers’ payment performance and expect our customer credit risk will remain heightened as long as economic and trade disruptions persist.

In our Global Logistics Services and Manufacturing segments, customer demand for our services and products in many parts of our business has been materially and negatively impacted by the mandated closure of our customers’ operations or points of sale, while customer demand for our services in other parts of our business has increased significantly as consumers stockpile goods or switch to e-commerce platforms to make purchases.

We are unable to accurately predict the impact that COVID-19 will have on our operations going forward due to uncertainties regarding the severity and duration of the outbreak and additional actions that may be taken by governmental authorities in response to a potential resurgence of the virus. That said, we currently expect that our results of operations and financial condition will continue to be adversely impacted in the fourth quarter of 2020 and subsequent periods, as levels of activity in the Company’s business have historically been positively correlated to broad measures of economic activity, such as gross domestic product, and to measures of industrial economic activity, which have been negatively impacted by the pandemic.

The full magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the extent of any impact on our business, financial position, results of operations or liquidity, which could be material, cannot be reasonably determined at this time due to the rapid development and fluidity of the situation. The long term effects of the pandemic on our business will depend on its duration and severity, whether business disruptions will continue, the pace of recovery once the pandemic subsides and the overall long-term impact on the global economy.

OVERVIEW

Janel Corporation (“Janel,” the “Company” or the “Registrant”) is a holding company with subsidiaries in three business segments: Global Logistics Services, Manufacturing and Life Sciences. The Company strives to create shareholder value primarily through three strategic priorities: supporting its businesses’ efforts to make investments and to build long-term profits;profits; allocating Janel’sJanel capital at high risk-adjusted rates of return;return; and attracting and retaining exceptional talent.

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A management group at the holding company level (the “corporate group”) focuses on significant capital allocation decisions, corporate governance and supporting Janel’s subsidiaries where appropriate. Janel expects to grow through its subsidiaries’ organic growth and by completing acquisitions.

We plan to either acquire businesses within our existing segments or expand our portfolio into new strategic segments. Our acquisition strategy focuses on reasonably-priced companies with strong and capable management teams, attractive existing business economics and stable and predictable earnings power.

Global Logistics Services

The Company’s Global Logistics Services segment is comprised of several wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, “Janel Group”). Janel Group is a non-asset based, full-service provider of cargo transportation logistics management services, including freight forwarding via air-, ocean- and land-based carriers, customs brokerage services, warehousing and distribution services, and other value-added logistics services.

On November 20, 2018, we completed a business combination whereby we acquired the membership interest of Honor Worldwide Logistics, LLC (“Honor”), a global logistics services provider with two U.S. locations.

On October 17, 2018,December 31, 2020, we completed a business combination whereby we acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of a global logistics services provider with onetwo U.S. location.locations on December 31, 2020.

On July 23, 2020, the Company acquired Atlantic Customs Brokers, Inc. (“ACB”), a global logistics services provider with two U.S. locations.

Manufacturing

The Company’s Manufacturing segment is comprised of Indco, Inc. (“Indco”). Indco is a majority-owned subsidiary of the Company that manufactures and distributes mixing equipment and apparatus for specific applications within various industries. Indco’s customer base is comprised of small- to mid-sized businesses as well as other larger customers for which Indco fulfills repetitive production orders.

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Life Sciences

The Company’s Life Sciences segment, which is comprised of Aves Labs, Inc. (“Aves”), Antibodies Incorporated (“Antibodies”), IgG, LLC (“IgG”) and PhosphoSolutions, LLC, which areseveral wholly-owned subsidiaries, of the Company.

The Company’s Life Sciences segment manufactures and distributes high-quality monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, diagnostic reagents and other immunoreagents for biomedical research and provides antibody manufacturing for academic and industry research scientists. Our Life Sciences business also produces products for other life science companies on an original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) basis.

Through Aves,On December 4, 2020, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Aves, acquired all of the membership interests of ImmunoChemistry Technologies, LLC (“ICT”).
On September 6, 2019, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Aves, acquired all of the equity interests of PhosphoSolutions, LLC and all of the stock of PhosphoSolutions, Inc (collectively, “Phospho”).
On July 1, 2019, we acquired the membership interests of a small life sciences company on July 1, 2019 and the equity interests of PhosphoSolutions, LLC. (“Phospho”) on September 6, 2019. Both acquisitions were completed primarily to expand our product offerings in Life Sciences.company.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

Critical accounting estimates are those that we believe are both significant and require us to make difficult, subjective, or complex judgments, often because we need to estimate the effect of inherently uncertain matters. These estimates are based on historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be appropriate under the circumstance. Actual amounts and results could differ from these estimates made by management. Certain accounting policies that require significant management estimates and are deemed critical to our results of operations or financial position are discussed in the Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019.2020.
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The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Since future events and their effects cannot be determined with absolute certainty, the determination of estimates requires the exercise of judgment.

Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences may be material to the financial statements. The most significant accounting estimates inherent in the preparation of our financial statements include estimates as to revenue recognition, the appropriate carrying value of certain assets and liabilities which are not readily apparent from other sources, primarily allowance for doubtful accounts, accruals for transportation and other direct costs, accruals for cargo insurance, and deferred income taxes.taxes, potential impairment of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives and long-lived assets impairment. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various assumptions which are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. We reevaluate these significant factors as facts and circumstances change. Historically, actual results have not differed significantly from our estimates. Note 1 of the notes to consolidated financial statements included herein includes a summary of the significant accounting policies and methods used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. The following is a brief discussion of certain accounting policies and estimates.

Management believes that the nature of the Company’s business is such that there are a few complex challenges in accounting for operations. Revenue recognition is considered the critical accounting policy due to the complexity of arranging and managing global logistics and supply-chain management transactions.

Income taxes

The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year and (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date.

Estimates

While judgments and estimates are a necessary component of any system of accounting, the Company’s use of estimates is limited primarily to the following areas that in the aggregate are not a major component of the Company’s consolidated statements of operations:

accounts receivable valuation;

the useful lives of long-term assets;

the accrual of costs related to ancillary services the Company provides;

accrual of tax expense on an interim basis;
inventory valuation; and

inventory valuation.potential impairment of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives, long-lived assets impairment.

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Management believes that the methods utilized in these areas are consistent in application. Management further believes that there are limited, if any, alternative accounting principles or methods which could be applied to the Company’s transactions.

While the use of estimates means that actual future results may be different from those contemplated by the estimates, the Company believes that alternative principles and methods used for making such estimates would not produce materially different results than those reported.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates Applicable to the Global Logistics Services Segment

Revenue Recognition

Revenues are derived from customs brokerage services and from freight forwarding services.

Customs brokerage services include activities required for the clearance of shipments through government customs regimes, such as preparing required documentation, calculating and providing for payment of duties and other charges on behalf of customers, arranging required inspections and arranging final delivery.

Freight forwarding may require multiple services, including long-distance shipment via air, ocean or ground assets, destination handling (“break bulk”), warehousing, distribution and other logistics management activities. As an asset-light business, Janel Group owns none of the assets by which it fulfills its customers’ logistics needs. Rather, it purchases the services its customers need from asset owners, such as airlines and steamship lines, and resells them. By consolidating shipments from multiple customers, Janel Group can negotiate terms of service with asset owners that are more favorable than those the customers could negotiate themselves.

Revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of promised services to customers. With respect to its Global Logistics Services segment, the Company has determined that in general each shipment transaction or service order constitutes a separate contract with the customer. When the Company provides multiple services to a customer, different contracts may be present for different services.

The Company typically satisfies its performance obligations as services are rendered at a point in time. A typical shipment would include services rendered at origin, such as pick-up and delivery to port, freight services from origin to destination port and destination services, such as customs clearance and final delivery. The Company measures the performance of its obligations as services are completed at a point in time during the life of a shipment, including services at origin, freight and destination. The Company fulfills nearly all of its performance obligations within a one-to two-month period.

The Company evaluates whether amounts billed to customers should be reported as gross or net revenue. Generally, revenue is recorded on a gross basis when the Company is primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide the services, when it has discretion in setting the prices for the services to the customers, and the Company has the ability to direct the use of the services provided by the third party. Revenue is recognized on a net basis when we do not have latitude in carrier selection or establish rates with the carrier.

In the Global Logistics Services segment, the Company disaggregates its revenues by its four primary service categories: ocean import and export, freight, forwarding, customsair freight, custom brokerage and air importtrucking and export.other.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates Applicable to the Manufacturing and Life Sciences Segments

Revenue Recognition-Manufacturing

Revenues from Indco are derived from the engineering, manufacture and delivery of specialty mixing equipment and accessories. Indco receives customer product orders via telephone, email, internet or fax. The pricing of each standard product sold is listed in Indco’s print and web-based catalog. Customer specific products are priced by quote. A sales order acknowledgement is sent to every customer for every order to confirm pricing and the specifications of the products ordered. The revenue is recognized at a point in time when the product is shipped to the customer.

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Revenue Recognition-Life Sciences

Revenues from the Life Sciences segment are derived from the sale of high-quality monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, diagnostic reagents and diagnostic kits and other immunoreagents for biomedical research and antibody manufacturing. Revenues are recognized when products are shipped and risk of loss is transferred to the carrier(s) used.
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NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

While we prepare our financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we also utilize and present certain financial measures, in particular adjusted operating income, which is not based on or included in U.S. GAAP (we refer to these as “non-GAAP financial measures”).

Net Revenue

Net revenue is a non-GAAP measure calculated as total revenue less forwarding expenses attributable to the Company’s Global Logistics Services segment.

Our total revenue represents the total dollar value of services and goods we sell to our customers. Forwarding expenses attributable to the Company’s Global Logistics Services segment refer to purchased transportation and related services including contracted air, ocean, rail, motor carrier and other costs. Total revenue can be influenced greatly by changes in transportation rates or other items, such as fuel prices, which we do not control. Management believes that providing net revenue and its related margin is useful to investors as net revenue is the primary indicator of our ability to source, add value and sell services and products that are provided by third parties, and we consider net revenue to be our primary performance measurement. The difference between the rate billed to our customers (the sell rate) and the rate we pay to the carrier (the buy rate) is termed “net revenue”, “yield” or “margin.” As presented, net revenue matches gross margin.

Organic Growth
Our non-GAAP financial measure of organic growth represents revenue growth excluding revenue from acquisitions within the preceding 12 months. The organic growth presentation provides useful period-to-period comparison of revenue results as it excludes revenue from acquisitions that would not be included in the comparable prior period.
Adjusted Operating Income

As a result of our acquisition strategy, our net income includes material non-cash charges relating to the amortization of customer-related intangible assets in the ordinary course of business as well as other intangible assets acquired in our acquisitions. Although these charges may increase as we complete more acquisitions, we believe we will be growing the value of our intangible assets such as customer relationships. Because these charges are not indicative of our operations, we believe that adjusted operating income is a useful financial measure for investors because it eliminates the effect of these non-cash costs and provides an important metric for our business that is more representative of the actual results of our operations.

Adjusted operating income (which excludes the non-cash impact of amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation and amortizationcost recognized on the sale of acquired inventory valuation) is used by management as a supplemental performance measure to assess our business’s ability to generate cash and economic returns.

Adjusted operating income is a non-GAAP measure of income and does not include the effects of preferred stock dividends, interest and taxes.

We believe that net revenue, organic growth and adjusted operating income provide useful information in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as management. However, net revenue, organic growth and adjusted operating income are not financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as a substitute for total revenue, operating income or any other operating performance measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Using these non-GAAP financial measures to analyze our business has material limitations because the calculations are based on the subjective determination of management regarding the nature and classification of events and circumstances that users of the financial statements may find significant.

In addition, although other companies in our industry may report measures titled net revenue, organic growth, adjusted operating income or similar measures, such non-GAAP financial measures may be calculated differently from how we calculate our non-GAAP financial measures, which reduces their overall usefulness as comparative measures. Because of these limitations, you should consider net revenue, organic growth and adjusted operating income alongside other financial performance measures, including total revenue, operating income and our other financial results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

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Results of ContentsOperations – Janel Corporation
Our results of operations and period-over-period changes are discussed in the following section. The tables and discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto.
Our condensed consolidated results of operations are as follows:
  
Three Months
Ended
December 31,
2020
  
Three Months
Ended
December 31,
2019
 
Revenues 
$
26,478
  
$
19,821
 
Forwarding expenses and cost of revenues  
20,029
   
13,534
 
Gross profit  
6,449
   
6,287
 
Operating expenses  
5,960
   
6,328
 
Operating income (loss)  
489
   
(41
)
Net income (loss)  
255
   
(120
)
Adjusted operating income  
978
   
496
 

Consolidated revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2020 were $26,478, or 33.6% higher than 2019. Revenues for our Global Logistics Services and Life Sciences segments increased, and revenues for our Manufacturing segment remained flat.
The Company’s net income for the three months ended December 31, 2020 totaled approximately $255 or $0.26 per diluted share, compared to net loss of approximately ($120) or ($0.14) per diluted share for the three months ended December 31, 2019.
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of operating income to adjusted operating income:
  
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
(in thousands) 
2020
  
2019
 
Operating income (loss) $489  $(41)
Amortization of intangible assets(1)
  
251
   
243
 
Stock-based compensation(2)
  
24
   
74
 
Cost recognized on sale of acquired inventory (3)
  
214
   
220
 
Adjusted operating income 
$
978
  
$
496
 

  
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
  (in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Operating (loss) income $(632) $256  $(1,504) $1,588 
Amortization of intangible assets(1)
  243   230   729   674 
Stock-based compensation(2)
  68   93   217   329 
Amortization of acquired inventory valuation(3)
  150   66   597   195 
Adjusted operating (loss) income $(171) $645  $39  $2,786 


(1)
Amortization of intangible assets represents non-cash amortization expense or impairment expense, if any, attributable to acquisition-related intangible assets, including any portion that is allocated to noncontrolling interests. Management believes that making this adjustment aids in comparing the Company’s operating results with other companies in our industry that have not engaged in acquisitions.

(2)
The Company eliminates the impact of stock-based compensation because it does not consider such non-cash expenses to be indicative of the Company’s core operating performance. The exclusion of stock-based compensation expenses also facilitates comparisons of the Company’s underlying operating performance on a period-to-period basis.
(3)
The Company has excluded the impact of amortizationcost on the sale of acquired inventory valuation in connection with acquisitions as such adjustments represent non-cash items, are not consistent in amount and frequency and are significantly impacted by the timing and size of the Company’s acquisitions.
Results of Operations - Global Logistics Services – Three Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Our Global Logistics Services business helps its clients move and manage freight efficiently to reduce inventories and to increase supply chain speed and reliability. Key services include customs entry filing, arrangement of freight forwarding by air, ocean and ground, warehousing, cargo insurance procurement, logistics planning, product repackaging and online shipment tracking.
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Global Logistics Services – Selected Financial Information:
  
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
(in thousands) 
2020
  
2019
 
Revenue $22,260  $16,079 
Forwarding expenses  
18,395
   
12,087
 
Net revenue  
3,865
   
3,992
 
Net revenue margin  
17.4
%
  
24.8
%
Selling, general and administrative expenses  
3,374
   
3,638
 
Income from operations 
$
491
  
$
354
 

Revenue
Total revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2020 was $22,260, as compared to $16,079 for the three months ended December 31, 2019, an increase of $6,181 or 38.4%. The increase in revenue was largely due to the rise in transportation rates due to capacity issues globally.
Forwarding Expenses
Forwarding expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2020 increased by $6,308, or 52.2%, to $18,395 as compared to $12,087 for the three months ended December 31, 2019. Forwarding expenses as a percentage of revenue were 82.6% and 75.2% for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Similar to the revenue increase, the increase in forwarding expenses and forwarding expense as a percentage of revenue reflected higher transportation rates and increased expenses related to an acquisition.
Net Revenue and Net Revenue Margin
Net revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2020 was $3,865, a decrease of $127, or 3.2%, as compared to $3,992 for the three months ended December 31, 2019. This decrease was mainly the result of an approximately 10% organic decline for the quarter in our base business due to a global trade shift due to COVID partially offset by increased revenue as a result of an acquisition. Net revenue as a percentage of gross revenue decreased to 17.4% compared to 24.8% for the prior year period due to the increase in transportation rates versus the prior year period.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2020 were $3,374, as compared to $3,638 for the three months ended December 31, 2019. This decrease of $264, or 7.3%, was largely attributed to cost reductions partially offset by the additional expenses from businesses acquired versus the prior year period. As a percentage of revenue, selling, general and administrative expenses were 15.2% and 22.6% of revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Income from Operations
Income from operations before income taxes increased to $491 for the three months ended December 31, 2020, as compared to $354 for the three months ended December 31, 2019, an increase of $137, or 39.0%. Income from operations increased as a result of cost reductions and an acquisition during the three months ended December 31, 2019. Our operating margin as a percentage of net revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2020 was 12.7%, versus 8.9%, in the prior year period.
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Results of Operations - Manufacturing – Three Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
The Company’s Manufacturing segment includes its majority-owned Indco subsidiary, which manufactures and distributes industrial mixing equipment.
Manufacturing – Selected Financial Information:
  
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
(in thousands) 
2020
  
2019
 
Revenue $1,869  $1,870 
Cost of sales  
878
   
845
 
Gross profit  
991
   
1,025
 
Gross profit margin  
53.0
%
  
54.8
%
Selling, general and administrative expenses  
642
   
682
 
Income from Operations 
$
349
  
$
343
 

Revenue
Total revenue was $1,869 and $1,870 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, as the business remained relatively flat compared to prior year period.
Cost of Sales
Cost of sales was $878 and $845 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, an increase of $33, or 4%, due to product mix.
Gross Profit and Gross Profit Margin
Gross profit was $991 and $1,025 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Gross profit margin for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was 53.0% and 54.8%, respectively, as the mix of business shifted slightly.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses were $642 and $682 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, a decrease of $40 or 5.8%, due to expense control.
Income from Operations
Income from operations was $349 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 compared to $343 for the three months ended December 31, 2019, representing a 1.8% increase from the prior year period. Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2021 remained generally consistent with the prior year period.
Results of Operations – Segment Financial ResultsLife Sciences – Three and Nine Months Ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019

The following table sets forth ourCompany’s Life Sciences segment financial results:manufactures and distributes high-quality monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, diagnostic reagents and other immunoreagents for biomedical research and provides antibody manufacturing for academic and industry research scientists. Our Life Sciences business also produces products for other life science companies on an OEM basis.

  
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
  (in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Revenue:            
Global Logistics Services $15,565  $16,708  $46,972  $52,378 
Manufacturing  1,605   2,419   5,531   6,952 
Life Sciences  1,328   1,184   4,937   4,277 
Total Revenues  18,498   20,311   57,440   63,607 
                 
Gross Profit:                
Global Logistics Services  3,371   3,836   11,076   12,131 
Manufacturing  853   1,353   3,026   3,876 
Life Sciences  869   897   3,274   2,936 
Total Gross Profit  5,093   6,086   17,376   18,943 
                 
Income (loss) from Operations:                
Global Logistics Services  (58)  236   57   1,911 
Manufacturing  371   861   1,161   1,709 
Life Sciences  (82)  102   272   710 
Total Income from Operations by Segment  231   1,199   1,490   4,330 
                 
Corporate administrative expense  (620)  (713)  (2,265)  (2,068)
Amortization expense  (243)  (230)  (729)  (674)
Interest expense, net  (108)  (183)  (412)  (543)
Net (loss) income before taxes  (740)  73   (1,916)  1,045 
Income tax expense  (557)  (103)  (438)  (356)
Net (loss) income $(1,297) $(30) $(2,354) $689 
Preferred stock dividends  (174)  (150)  (500)  (420)
Net (Loss) Income available to Common Stockholders $(1,471) $(180) $(2,854) $269 

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Life Sciences – Selected Financial Information:
  
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
(in thousands) 
2020
  
2019
 
Revenue $2,349  $1,872 
Cost of sales  
542
   
382
 
Cost recognized upon sale of acquired inventory  
214
   
220
 
Gross profit  
1,593
   
1,270
 
Gross profit margin  
67.8
%
  
67.8
%
Selling, general and administrative expenses  
976
   
980
 
Income from Operations 
$
617
  
$
290
 

Revenue
Total revenue was $2,349 and $1,872 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, an increase of Contents$477 or 25.5%. The increase was driven primarily by organic growth as the Life Sciences business experienced a recovery from the COVID-led slow down, as well as the introduction of new products and services.
Cost of Sales and Cost Recognized Upon Sale of Acquired Inventory
Cost of sales was $542 and $382 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively an increase of $160 or 41.9%, primarily as a result of business growth.  Cost recognized upon sale of acquired inventory was $214 and $220 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, a decrease of $6 or 2.7%, due to some acquired inventory being fully amortized.
Gross Profit and Gross Profit Margin
Gross profit was $1,593 and $1,270 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, an increase of $323 or 25.4%. In each of the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Life Sciences segment had a gross profit margin of 67.8% as business improved and product mix was consistent period to period.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses were $976 and $980 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, a decrease of $4 or generally consistent with the prior year period.
Income from Operations
Income from operations for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $617 and $290, an increase of $327 or 112.8%, largely due to organic business growth and favorable operating leverage.
Results of Operations – Janel CorporationCorporate and other – Three Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
Below is a reconciliation of income from operations segments to net (loss) available to common stockholders
  December 31, 
(in thousands) 2020  2019 
Total income from operating segments 
$
1,457
  
$
987
 
Administrative expenses  
(707
)
  
(730
)
Amortization expense  
(251
)
  
(243
)
Stock-based compensation  
(10
)
  
(55
)
Total Corporate expenses  
(968
)
  
(1,028
)
Interest expense  
(119
)
  
(163
)
Net income (loss) before taxes  
370
   
(204
)
Income tax (expense) benefit  
(115
)
  
84
 
Net income (loss)  
255
   
(120
)
Preferred stock dividends  
(174
)
  
(151
)
Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders 
$
81
  
$
(271
)

The following table sets forth our corporate group expenses:
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Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
  (in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Corporate expenses $458  $557  $1,928  $1,602 
Amortization of intangible assets  243   230   729   674 
Stock-based compensation  106   93   217   329 
Merger and acquisition expenses  56   63   120   137 
Total corporate expenses $863  $943  $2,994  $2,742 


Total Corporate Expenses

CorporateTotal corporate expenses, which include amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation and merger and acquisition expenses, decreased by $80$60, or by 5.8%, to $863, or 8.5%$968 in the three months ended December 31, 2020 as compared to $1,028 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to $943 for the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2019. The decrease was primarily due primarily to lower accounting-related professional expenses.  Corporate expenses increased to $2,994 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to $2,742 for the nine months ended June 30, 2019, a $252 or 9.2% increase. The increase was due primarily to higher accounting-related professional expenses and stock-based compensation, partially offset by lower stock-based compensation expense and merger and acquisition related expenses for the quarter.higher amortization of intangible asset expense.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

For the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, corporate amortization expenses were $243 and $230, respectively, an increase of $13, or 5.7%. For the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, corporate amortization expenses were $729 and $674, respectively, an increase of $55, or 8.2%. The increases in both periods were related to acquisitions.

Interest Expense

For the three months ended June 30, 2020, interestInterest expense for the consolidated company decreased $75,$44, or 41%27.0%, to $108 from $183$119 for the three months ended June 30, 2019. ForDecember 31, 2020 from $163 for the ninethree months ended June 30, 2020 andDecember 31, 2019 interest expense was $412 and $543, respectively,as a decreaseresult of $131, or 24.1%. The decrease in both periods was primarily due to lower prevailing interest rates and lower rates on the amended revolving line of credit facility, partially offset by average higher debt levels on the senior secured term loan facility.rates.

Income Taxes

On a consolidated basis, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $557$115 for the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2020, as compared to an income tax expensebenefit of $103$84 for the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2019. For the nine months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $438 compared to an expense of $356 in the prior year period. The increase in income tax expense in the current period was primarily due to the estimated non-deductible expense related to the expected loan forgiveness amount under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan receivedincrease in the third quarter.pretax income. In 2016, a deferred tax asset was established to reflect a net operating loss carryforward, which the Company has begun using, and is expected to continue to use, through ongoing profitability.

Preferred Stock Dividends

Preferred stock dividends include any dividends accrued but not paid on the Company’s Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Series C Stock”). For the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019, preferred stock dividends were $174 and $150, respectively. For the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the$151, respectively, representing an increase of $23, or 15%.  The increase in preferred stock dividends were $500 compared to $420, respectively. The increases of $24 for the three-month period and $80 for the nine-month period werewas the result of anthe increase in the dividend rate as of January 1, 2020 to 7% andfrom 6%, partially offset by a higher outstanding amountlower number of accrued and unpaid dividends.shares of Series C Stock outstanding. See note 10 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information.

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Net Income (Loss) Income

Net lossincome was ($1,297)$255, or ($1.49)$0.26 per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 compared to net loss of ($30)120), or ($0.04)0.14) per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2019. For the nine months ended June 30, 2020, net loss totaled ($2,354) or ($2.71) per diluted share compared to net income of $689 or $0.73 per diluted share for the nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2019. The period-over-period losses wereincrease was primarily due to lowerhigher revenues and gross profit and higherlower selling, general and administrative expenses across our businesses in both periods.operating segments.

NetIncome (Loss) Income Available to Common StockholdersShareholders

Net lossIncome available to holders of common shares was ($1,471),$81, or ($1.69)$0.08 per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 compared to loss available to holders of common shares of ($180)271), or ($0.22)0.31) per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2019. In the nine months ended June 30, 2020, net loss available to holders of common shares totaled ($2,854) or ($3.29) per diluted share compared to $269 or $0.28 per diluted share for the nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2019. The decreaseincrease primarily was due to lower revenues andhigher gross profit and higherlower selling, general and administrative expenses across our businesses in both periods and an increase in the dividend rate with respect to the Series C Stock as of January 1, 2020 to 7%.operating segments.

Results of Operations - Global Logistics Services

Our Global Logistics Services business helps its clients move and manage freight efficiently to reduce inventories and to increase supply chain speed and reliability. Key services include customs entry filing, arrangement of freight forwarding by air, ocean and ground, warehousing, cargo insurance procurement, logistics planning, product repackaging and online shipment tracking.

Global Logistics Services – Selected Financial Information:

  
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
  (in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Revenue $15,565  $16,708  $46,972  $52,378 
Forwarding expenses  12,194   12,872   35,896   40,247 
Net revenue  3,371   3,836   11,076   12,131 
Gross profit margin  22%  23%  24%  23%
Selling, general & administrative  3,429   3,600   11,019   10,220 
(Loss) income from operations $(58) $236  $57  $1,911 

Revenue

Total revenue decreased 6.8% to $15,565 for the three months June 30, 2020, compared to $16,708 in the three months ended June 30, 2019. The decrease in revenue was driven by the continued global trade slowdown, in particular the steep reduction in global import and export trade volumes, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Total revenue for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $46,972 and $52,378, respectively, a decrease of $5,406 or 10.32%. The decrease in revenue was largely due to the impact of the continued global trade slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and customers in the prior year period moving freight ahead of certain governmental trade policies. Acquired revenue from two acquisitions completed during fiscal 2019 slightly offset a portion of the revenue decline in the nine-month period.

Net Revenue

Net revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $3,371 and $3,836, respectively, a decrease of $465, or 12.1%. The decrease reflected an organic decline for the quarter in our base business due to volume pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic.  Net revenue as a percentage of gross revenue decreased to 21.7% versus 23% for the prior year period due to COVID-19 related impact on transportation prices.

Net revenue for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $11,076 and $12,131, respectively, a decrease of $1,055, or 8.7%, as a result of organic declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic and customers in the prior year period moving freight in advance of certain governmental trade policies.

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This decline was partially offset by contributions from two acquisitions and improved freight purchase rates in the current year period. Net revenue as a percentage of gross revenue in the nine-month period approximated 23.6% versus 23.2% in the prior year.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2020 were $3,429, as compared to $3,600 for the three months ended June 30, 2019. This decrease of $171, or 4.7%, was largely attributable to lower travel related expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a percentage of revenue, selling, general and administrative expenses were 22% and 21.5% of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were $11,019 and $10,220, respectively. The increase of $799, or 7.8%, reflected the reserve for the settlement of threatened litigation and higher expenses from prior year acquisitions. As a percentage of revenue, selling, general and administrative expenses were 23.5% and 19.5% of revenue for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

(Loss) Income from Operations

For the three months ended June 30, 2020, loss from operations before income taxes was $(58) as compared to income from operations of $236 for the three months ended June 30, 2019, a decrease of $294 or 124.6%. Operating income in the three-month period declined due to the impact of the global trade slowdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

For the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, income from operations before income taxes was $57 and $1,911 respectively, a decrease of $1,854 or 97%.

Income from operations declined as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a shift in volume experienced during the first quarter of fiscal 2019 that did not recur and the reserve for the settlement of threatened litigation, partially offset by contributions from acquisitions experienced during the first quarter. Our operating margin as a percentage of net revenue for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 was 0.5%, versus 15.8% in the prior year period.

Results of Operations - Manufacturing

The Company’s Manufacturing segment includes its majority-owned Indco subsidiary, which manufactures and distributes industrial mixing equipment.

Manufacturing – Selected Financial Information:

  
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
  (in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Revenue $1,605  $2,419  $5,531  $6,952 
Cost of sales  752   1,066   2,505   3,076 
Gross profit  853   1,353   3,026   3,876 
Gross profit margin  53%  56%  55%  56%
Selling, general & administrative  482   492   1,865   2,167 
Income from Operations $371  $861  $1,161  $1,709 

Revenue

Total revenue decreased 33.6% to $1,605 in the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared to $2,419 for the three months ended June 30, 2019. Total revenue decreased 20.4% to $5,531 in the nine months ended June 30, 2020, compared to $6,952 in the nine months ended June 30, 2019. The revenue decline in both periods reflected a decline in volumes across the business relative to the prior year periods, due to the slowdown related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gross Profit

Gross profit decreased 36.9% to $853 in the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared to $1,353 for the three months ended June 30, 2019. Gross profit margin for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was 53.1% and 56%, respectively.

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Gross profit decreased 21.9% to $3,026 in the nine months ended June 30, 2020, compared to $3,876 for the nine months ended June 30, 2019. Gross profit margin for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 decreased to 54.7%, compared to 56% for the nine months ended June 30, 2019. In both the three- and nine-month periods, gross profit margin decreased due to the mix of business.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 2% to $482 for the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared to $492 for the three months ended June 30, 2019. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 13.9% to $1,865 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020, compared to $2,167 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in both periods was related to the decline in revenue, partially offset by management’s decision to maintain staffing and operational capabilities.

Income from Operations

Income from operations was $371 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 compared to $861 for the three months ended June 30, 2019, representing a 56.9% decrease from the prior year period. Income from operations of $1,161 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 decreased 32.1% compared to $1,709 for the nine months ended June 30, 2019. Operating profit decreased in both periods due to lower revenue growth without corresponding expense reductions.

Results of Operations – Life Sciences

The Company’s Life Sciences segment manufactures and distributes high-quality monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, diagnostic reagents and other immunoreagents for biomedical research and provides antibody manufacturing for academic and industry research scientists. Our Life Sciences business also produces products for other life science companies on an OEM basis.

Life Sciences – Selected Financial Information:

  
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
  2020  2019  2020  2019 
  (in thousands)  (in thousands) 
Revenue $1,328  $1,184  $4,937  $4,277 
Cost of sales  459   287   1,663   1,341 
Gross profit  869   897   3,274   2,936 
Gross profit margin  65%  76%  66%  69%
Selling, general & administrative  951   795   3,002   2,226 
Income (loss) from Operations $(82) $102  $272  $710 

Revenue

Total revenue was $1,328 and $1,184 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, an increase of $144 or 12.2%. Total revenue was $4,937 and $4,277 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, an increase of $660 or 15.4%. Acquisitions accounted for all of the increase in both periods, as organic growth declined at a double-digit rate for the quarter and at a mid-single digit rate in the nine-month period, each as compared to the prior year period, due to the slowdown in academic research related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gross Profit and Gross Profit Margin

Gross profit was $869 and $897 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, a decrease of $28 or 3.1%. Amortization of acquired inventory in the quarter totaled $150 compared to $66 in the prior year period due to our two prior year acquisitions. For the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Life Sciences segment had gross profit margins of 65.4% and 76%, respectively. Gross profit margin decreased in the quarter compared to the prior year period due to an acquisition-related inventory charge.

Gross profit was $3,274 and $2,936 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. In the nine months ended June 30, 2020, amortization of acquired inventory totaled $597 compared to $195 in the prior year period. For the nine months ended June 30, 2020, the Life Sciences segment had a gross profit margin of 66.3% compared to 69% for the prior year period.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $951 and $795 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, an increase of $156 or 19.6%. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $3,002 and $2,226 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, an increase of $776 or 34.9%. The increase in both periods was largely due to acquired businesses.

Income (loss) from Operations

Loss from operations for the three months ended June 30, 2020 ($82) compared to income from operations of $102 in the prior year period. The decline in operating income reflected higher amortization of acquired inventory due to acquisitions and a slowdown in academic research in the quarter related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Income from operations for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $272 and $710, respectively.

The decline reflected higher amortization of acquired inventory due to acquisitions. As a percentage of revenue, income from operations in the nine months ended June 30, 2020 declined to 5.5% versus 16.6% due to lower amortization of acquired inventory. Absent these non-cash expenses, adjusted operating income for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 was $869 compared to $905 in the prior year.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

General

Our ability to satisfy liquidity requirements, including satisfying debt obligations and fund working capital, day-to-day operating expenses and capital expenditures, depends upon future performance, which is subject to general economic conditions, competition and other factors, some of which are beyond Janel’s control. Our Global Logistics Services segment depends on commercial credit facilities to fund day-to-day operations as there is a difference between the timing of collection cycles and the timing of payments to vendors. Generally, Janel does not make significant capital expenditures.
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As a customs broker, our Global Logistics Services segment makes significant cash advances for a select group of our credit-worthy customers. These cash advances are for customer obligations such as the payment of duties and taxes to customs authorities primarily in the U.S.United States. Increases in duty rates could result in increases in the amounts we advance on behalf of our customers. Cash advances are a “pass through” and are not recorded as a component of revenue and expense. The billings of such advances to customers are accounted for as a direct increase in accounts receivable from the customer and a corresponding increase in accounts payable to governmental customs authorities. These “pass through” billings can influence our traditional credit collection metrics. For customers that meet certain criteria, we have agreed to extend payment terms beyond our customary terms. Management believes that it has established effective credit control procedures and has historically experienced relatively insignificant collection problems.

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted our liquidity and cash flows. As discussed in greater detail in note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, on April 19, 2020, we entered into a loan agreement with Santander and executed a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) note pursuant to which we borrowed $2,726 from Santander pursuant to the PPP under The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Securitythe Cares Act, (the “CARES Act”), Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act in order to be able to continue to cover our payroll costs, group health care benefits, mortgage payments, rent and utilities. The duration and magnitude of the pandemic is not reasonably estimable at this point, and if the pandemic persists, our liquidity and capital resources could be further negatively impacted.

Our subsidiaries depend on commercial credit facilities to fund day-to-day operations as there is a difference between the timing of collection cycles and the timing of payments to vendors. Generally, we do not make significant capital expenditures. Janel’s cash flow performance for the 2021 fiscal year is not necessarily indicative of future cash flow performance. As of JuneDecember 31, 2020, the Company’s cash and working capital deficiency (current assets minus current liabilities) were $1,832 and $12,262, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, the Company’s cash and working capital deficiency (current assets minus current liabilities) were $2,679$3,349 and $7,894, respectively, as compared to $2,163$10,372, respectively. Compared with the prior year period, the Company’s cash and $6,190 as of September 30, 2019.cash equivalents decreased $1,517, or 45%, and its working capital deficiency (current assets minus current liabilities) increased $1,890, or 18%. The decrease in cash and increase in working capital deficiency is considered nominal, representing relatively stable collections from customerswas primarily the result of acquisitions and payments of vendors.slower accounts receivables collections.

Janel’s cash flow performance for the three and nine-months ended June 30, 2020 is not necessarily indicative of future cash flow performance.

Cash flows from operating activities

Net cash provided byused in operating activities for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $1,263($812) and $3,219,($789), respectively. The decreaseincrease in cash provided byused in operations for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 compared to the prior year period was driven principally by the higher net loss, partially offset by timing of cash collections for accounts receivables and cash payments on accounts payables for the nine-month period ended June 30, 2020.payables.

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Cash flows from investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities totaled $403$2,861 for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020, versus $2,238$97 for the prior year period. During the nine months ended June 30, 2020, theThe Company used $116 for final purchase price adjustments related to an acquisition in the prior year compared to $1,935$2,806 for the nine months ended June 30, 2019. The Company also used $288acquisition of two businesses and $55 for the acquisition of property and equipment for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 compared to $303$97 for the nineacquisition of property and equipment for the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2019.

Cash flows from financing activities

Net cash used inprovided by financing activities was $344$2,156 for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020, compared to $204 for the nine months ended June 30, 2019. Net cash used inversus $330 provided by financing activities for the ninethree months ended June 30, 2020 was primarily a result of reduced outstanding balances on our line of credit.December 31, 2019. Net cash used inprovided by financing activities for the ninethree months ended June 30, 2019 wasDecember 31, 2020 primarily a resultincluded funds from our line of repaymentcredit partially off-set by repayments of the First Merchants Bank term loan.loans.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30,December 31, 2020, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements or obligations.

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Table of ContentsITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

We are exposed to certain market risks arising from transactions that are entered into in the normal course of business. For a discussion of quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, from which our exposure to market risk has not materially changed.

ITEM 4.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the specified time periods, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of June 30,December 31, 2020, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q because in part,a material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting existed at September 30, 2018 and had not been remediated by the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  TheThese material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and the Company’s remediation efforts are described below.

Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Company’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have identified material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Life Sciences
 
In connection with the preparation of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2020, management identified certain material weaknesses as of September 30, 20192020 related to our Life Sciences segment. In particular, the Company had inadequate controls over the following:

37The Life Science Segment had a lack of documentation and/or controls over the following:

(1) recording of sales orders•          order entry, invoicing, collections and timeliness of revenue recognition in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – Principal Agent Consideration (“ASC Topic 606”),

(2) recording of journal entries•          financial close process,
•          inventory management and approvals,

(3) payroll recording and processing of payroll changes,

(4) vendor setup and creation,

(5) documentationvaluation of inventory, cycle countand
•          information technology controls.
•          accounting manager’s administrative access to financial accounting software and banking portal, roles and responsibilities around significant processes including financial close without independent review or back-up results in segregation of duties issue,
•          lack of formal evidence pertaining to month-end closing activities (i.e., journal entry review, account reconciliations, closing checklists, budget to actual analysis, review of financial package, inventory account analysis, etc.), and

(6) recording
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•          lack of review of sales orders including pricing, lack of revenue cut off procedures and lack of inventory valuation controls, inventory counts and updating of standard costing worksheets used in the valuation of inventory.reconciliation to general ledger.

In addition, a number of deficiencies were identified related to the design, implementation and effectiveness of certain information technology general controls, including segregation of duties, user access, change management, data back-ups and review of SOC 1 and 2 reports from critical vendors, some of which could have a direct impact on the Company’s financial reporting.

Global Logistics Services

AsIn connection with the preparation of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2020, management identified certain material weaknesses as of September 30, 2019, management determined that, with respect2020 related to the Company’sour Global Logistics Services segment,segment. In particular, the Company had inadequate controls over the following:
•          no formal management review controls in place to ensure correct revenue file types and charge codes are used for all jobs and are designed specifically to address ASC Topic 606,
          management did not have an effective process or control in place to perform an assessment of gross versus net revenue recognition criteria in accordance with ASC Topic 606.  In addition,606, and
          during the three months ended June 30, 2020, management identified aan additional material weakness related to the prevention and timely detection of funds transfers to an unauthorized account, for which remediation actions have been undertaken as more fully described below.  The new controls have not operated for a sufficient time to conclude
Corporate
In connection with the material weakness has been remediated by the endpreparation of the period covered by this QuarterlyCompany’s Annual Report on Form 10-Q.

Based on its assessment and the10-K for fiscal year 2020, management identified certain material weaknesses described above, management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of September 30, 20192020 related to our Corporate office.  In particular, the Company had inadequate controls over a lack of segregation of duties between chief financial officer and that the material weaknesses identified as of that datecorporate accountant regarding:
•          administrative access to financial accounting software and thereafter had not been remediated by the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Our management performed analyses, substantive procedures and other post-closing activities with the assistance of consultants and other professional advisors in order to ensure the validity, completeness and accuracy of our income tax provision and accounting for complex and/or non-routine transactionsbanking portal and the related disclosures. Accordingly, our management believes that
          the financial statements included in this Form 10-Q as of June 30, 2020 are fairly presented, in all material respects, and in conformity with U.S. GAAP.close process.

Remediation Plan

We have engaged an external consultant to assist in the development and execution of a plan to remediate the material weaknesses noted related to our Life Sciences segment noted above. This process includes review of our controls and implementation of a new enterprise resource planning system which commenced during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 and is expected to be fully implemented by the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and is ongoing.2021.

WeIn addition, we have developed and are executing on our plan to remediate our material weaknesses in connection with the information technology controls and have expanded our in-house expertise on information technology general controls, as well as continuing to consult with external third parties. We have implemented improved information technology general controls, including segregation of duties, user access, change management, data back-ups and review of SOC 1 and 2 reports from critical vendors on a consistent basis. This process commenced during the fourth quarter of fiscal 20182020 and is ongoing.

With respect to material weaknesses in our Global Logistics Services segment, we have implemented a new system triggered revenue recognition process based on target dates (e.g., delivery date, file transfer date, etc.) for specific file types. Through this technology and reporting improvement, we have enhanced our ability to timely monitor revenue recognition in accordance with GAAP. Moreover, in response to the material weakness related to the prevention and timely detection of funds transfers to unauthorized accounts, we have updated company policies and controls to provide for multifactor authentication, implemented a new payment processing validation procedure, updated internal firewall protocols related to e-mails and conducted updated training on finance-related internal controls policies. In addition, we have engaged an external consultant to assist in the development and execution of a plan to remediate the material weaknesses noted in fiscal year ended 2020, related to our Global Logistics Services segment and our Corporate office as noted above.
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Our management believes that the foregoing efforts will effectively remediate the material weaknesses. That said, the new and enhanced controls have not operated for a sufficient amount of time to conclude that the material weaknesses have been remediated. As we continue to evaluate and work to improve our internal control over financial reporting, our management may decide to take additional measures to address the material weaknesses or modify the remediation plan described above.

Internal control over financial reporting, no matter how well designed, has inherent limitations. Therefore, even those controls determined to be effective may not prevent or detect misstatements and can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

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Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our executive management team, together with our board of directors, is committed to achieving and maintaining a strong control environment, high ethical standards, and financial reporting integrity.

Based on the nature and interrelationship of the noted deficiencies, management concluded that these additional deficiencies, in the aggregate, resulted in a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement in our interim or annual financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis, and as such, constituted a material weakness.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

As disclosedOther than the ongoing remediation efforts described above, under “Remediation Plan,” there were changeswas no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qquarter ended December 31, 2020 that havehas materially affected, or areis reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Janel is occasionally subject to claims and lawsuits which typically arise in the normal course of business. While the outcome of these claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not believe that the outcome of any of these legal matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

In December 2017, Janel Group received a Notice of Copyright Infringement letter from counsel for Warren Communications News, Inc. (“Warren”), the publisher of the International Trade Today (“ITT”) newsletter. On May 11, 2020, the parties reached a settlement agreement and release to resolve any and all concerns between the parties, voluntarily and without admission of copyright infringement.

ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS

For a discussion of the Company’s potential risks or uncertainties, please see “Part I—Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. Other than as discussed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020, there2020. There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Part I—Item 1A of the Company’s 20192020 Annual Report.

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

There were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020. In addition, there were no shares of common stock purchased by us during the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020.

ITEM 3.DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable

ITEM 5.OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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ITEM 6.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.Consent, Joinder and Fifth Amendment to the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 4, 2020 by and among Janel Group, Inc., Atlantic Customs Brokers, Inc., Janel Corporation and Santander Bank, N.A.
  
Subscription Agreement for sale of Series C Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2020).
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer (filed herewith)
  
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer (filed herewith)
  
Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer (filed herewith)
  
Section 1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer (filed herewith)
  
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Interactive data files providing financial information from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,December 31, 2020 for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019 in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30,December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019,2020, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019, (iii) Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the ninethree months ended June 30,December 31, 2020 and 2019, and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SIGNATURESSIGNATURES

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

Dated: August 7, 2020
February 11, 2021
JANEL CORPORATION
 Registrant
  
 /s/ Dominique Schulte
 Dominique Schulte
 Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
(Principal Executive Officer)

Dated: August 7, 2020February 11, 2021
JANEL CORPORATION
 Registrant
  
 /s/ Vincent A. Verde
 Vincent A. Verde
 Principal Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary


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