Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 333-169799
AEROFLEX INCORPORATED
SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO
MARKET MAKING PROSPECTUS,
DATED NOVEMBER 9, 2010
THE DATE OF THIS SUPPLEMENT IS FEBRUARY 9, 2011
On February 9, 2011, Aeroflex Incorporated filed the attached Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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 December 31, 2010
Commission File | Registrant; State of Incorporation; | IRS Employer | ||
Number | Address and Telephone Number | Identification No. | ||
001-34974 | Aeroflex Holding Corp. | 01-0899019 | ||
Delaware | ||||
35 South Service Road | ||||
P.O. Box 6022 | ||||
Plainview, NY 11803-0622 | ||||
(516) 694-6700 | ||||
033-88878 | Aeroflex Incorporated | 11-1974412 | ||
Delaware | ||||
35 South Service Road | ||||
P.O. Box 6022 | ||||
Plainview, NY 11803-0622 | ||||
(516) 694-6700 |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have 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 registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Aeroflex Holding Corp. | Yes ¨ | No x |
Aeroflex Incorporated | Yes x | No ¨ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically and posted on their corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Aeroflex Holding Corp. | Yes ¨ | No ¨ |
Aeroflex Incorporated | Yes ¨ | No ¨ |
Indicate by check mark whether each registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated | Accelerated | Non-accelerated | Smaller reporting | ||||
filer | filer | filer | company | ||||
Aeroflex Holding Corp. | ¨ | ¨ | x | ¨ | |||
Aeroflex Incorporated | ¨ | ¨ | x | ¨ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Aeroflex Holding Corp. | Yes ¨ | No x |
Aeroflex Incorporated | Yes ¨ | No x |
Number of shares of common stock outstanding as of February 9, 2011:
Aeroflex Holding Corp. - | 84,789,180 shares |
Aeroflex Incorporated - | 1,000 shares |
Aeroflex Incorporated meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this Form with the reduced disclosure format.
OVERVIEW
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2010 is a combined quarterly report being separately filed by two registrants: Aeroflex Holding Corp. (“Aeroflex Holding”) and Aeroflex Incorporated (“Aeroflex”), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding. Unless the context provides otherwise, references to “we,” “our,” “the Company,” or “us” refer collectively to Aeroflex Holding and its subsidiary, Aeroflex, including Aeroflex’s consolidated subsidiaries.
Filing a combined report which contains full financial information of both Aeroflex Holding and its wholly owned subsidiary Aeroflex is both economical and efficient, as Aeroflex Holding is a holding company which does not conduct business operations on its own - all business operations are conducted by Aeroflex and its consolidated subsidiaries. All assets, liabilities, income, expenses and cash flows presented for all periods represent those of Aeroflex and its subsidiaries, except for activity related to Aeroflex Holding’s equity and earnings per share. Aeroflex Holding’s only asset is its investment in Aeroflex. As such, other than any discussions of liquidity and capital resources (including indebtedness and cash flows), equity and earnings per share, controls and procedures, unregistered sales of equity securities, use of proceeds and any material differences between Aeroflex Holding and Aeroflex which would require separate disclosures, all information presented in this quarterly report will be combined and pertain to both Aeroflex Holding and Aeroflex.
In this Form 10-Q, unless the context requires otherwise, references to (i) the term “Sponsors” refers collectively to affiliates of or funds managed by The Veritas Capital Fund III, L.P., Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc., and GS Direct, LLC, which indirectly control Aeroflex Holding, and (ii) “fiscal year” refers to the twelve months ended June 30 of the applicable year. For example, “fiscal 2010” refers to the twelve months ended June 30, 2010.
Aeroflex Holding’s board of directors authorized an increase of Aeroflex Holding’s authorized shares of common stock to 300,000,000 and a 65,000,000 for 1 common stock split, both of which became effective on November 18, 2010. Aeroflex Holding’s stockholders’ equity has been retroactively adjusted to give effect to the stock split for all periods presented by reclassifying the par value of the additional shares issued in connection with the split from additional paid-in capital to common stock. In addition, all share numbers and per share amounts in Aeroflex Holding’s consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to give effect to the stock split.
On November 19, 2010, Aeroflex Holding consummated an initial public offering (“IPO”) of common stock in which it sold 19,789,180 shares of common stock, par value of $.01 per share, at a price of $13.50 per share. Aeroflex Holding received net proceeds of $244.1 million from the IPO, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses, including a $2.5 million transaction fee which was paid to affiliates of the Sponsors under the advisory agreement with them for services directly attributable to the equity offering (“Transaction Fee”). Aeroflex Holding used the net proceeds of the IPO to make a capital contribution to Aeroflex. In connection with the IPO, Aeroflex:
· | Repurchased an aggregate of $186.6 million of its senior unsecured notes and senior subordinated unsecured term loans and paid the related expenses; |
· | Paid a $16.9 million termination fee to affiliates of the Sponsors to terminate the advisory agreement with them, which, including the related write-off of prepaid advisory fees, resulted in an $18.1 million expense (“Termination Fee”); and |
· | Entered into an amendment of the credit agreement with the lenders of its senior secured credit facility, for which a $3.3 million fee was paid to the lenders. |
AEROFLEX HOLDING CORP.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX
PAGE | ||
PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION | ||
Item 1 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF AEROFLEX HOLDING CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES | |
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||
December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 | 2 | |
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations | ||
Three Months Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 | 3 | |
Six Months Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 | 4 | |
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive | ||
Income (Loss) | ||
Six Months Ended December 31, 2010 | 5 | |
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows | ||
Six Months Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 | 6 | |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF AEROFLEX INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||
December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 | 7 | |
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations | ||
Three Months Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 | 8 | |
Six Months Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 | 9 | |
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Stockholder’s Equity and Comprehensive | ||
Income (Loss) | ||
Six Months Ended December 31, 2010 | 10 | |
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows | ||
Six Months Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 | 11 | |
COMBINED NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 12 – 34 | |
Item 2 | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND | |
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS | ||
Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 | 35 – 50 | |
Item 3 | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK | 50 |
Item 4 | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES | 50 |
PART II: OTHER INFORMATION | ||
Item 1 | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | 51 |
Item 1A | RISK FACTORS | 51 |
Item 2 | UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS | 51 |
Item 3 | DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES | 51 |
Item 4 | [REMOVED AND RESERVED] | 51 |
Item 5 | OTHER INFORMATION | 51 |
Item 6 | EXHIBITS | 52 |
SIGNATURE | 53 | |
EXHIBIT INDEX | 54 | |
CERTIFICATIONS |
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Aeroflex Holding Corp. and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share and per share data )
December 31, | June 30, | |||||||
2010 | 2010 | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 70,643 | $ | 100,663 | ||||
Marketable securities | 8,357 | - | ||||||
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful | ||||||||
accounts of $2,101 and $1,821 | 131,222 | 141,595 | ||||||
Inventories | 153,880 | 126,568 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 26,030 | 28,018 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 11,252 | 10,983 | ||||||
Total current assets | 401,384 | 407,827 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 99,889 | 101,662 | ||||||
Non-current marketable securities, net | - | 9,769 | ||||||
Deferred financing costs, net | 17,435 | 20,983 | ||||||
Other assets | 23,204 | 21,818 | ||||||
Intangible assets with definite lives, net | 214,085 | 238,313 | ||||||
Intangible assets with indefinite lives | 113,844 | 109,894 | ||||||
Goodwill | 458,034 | 445,874 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 1,327,875 | $ | 1,356,140 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Current portion of long-term debt | $ | 360 | $ | 21,817 | ||||
Accounts payable | 36,967 | 28,803 | ||||||
Advance payments by customers and deferred revenue | 23,185 | 30,741 | ||||||
Income taxes payable | 1,654 | 4,615 | ||||||
Accrued payroll expenses | 19,098 | 23,082 | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 52,944 | 58,817 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 134,208 | 167,875 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 695,908 | 880,030 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 88,066 | 138,849 | ||||||
Defined benefit plan obligations | 5,605 | 5,763 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 12,983 | 12,639 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 936,770 | 1,205,156 | ||||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
Preferred stock $.01 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized, | ||||||||
no shares issued and outstanding | - | - | ||||||
Common stock, par value $.01 per share; 300,000,000 shares | ||||||||
authorized; 84,789,180 and 65,000,000 shares issued and outstanding | 848 | 650 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 642,961 | 398,291 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (41,102 | ) | (53,575 | ) | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (211,602 | ) | (194,382 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders' equity | 391,105 | 150,984 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 1,327,875 | $ | 1,356,140 |
See combined notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Aeroflex Holding Corp. and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Net sales | $ | 181,579 | $ | 166,739 | ||||
Cost of sales | 86,739 | 80,081 | ||||||
Gross profit | 94,840 | 86,658 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative costs | 38,266 | 31,573 | ||||||
Research and development costs | 21,656 | 17,261 | ||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | 15,843 | 15,514 | ||||||
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement | 18,133 | - | ||||||
Restructuring charges | 6,293 | 64 | ||||||
100,191 | 64,412 | |||||||
Operating income (loss) | (5,351 | ) | 22,246 | |||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||
Interest expense | (20,713 | ) | (21,418 | ) | ||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (25,178 | ) | - | |||||
Gain from a bargain purchase of a business | 173 | - | ||||||
Other income (expense), net | (378 | ) | 422 | |||||
Total other income (expense) | (46,096 | ) | (20,996 | ) | ||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (51,447 | ) | 1,250 | |||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (40,044 | ) | 11,864 | |||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (11,403 | ) | $ | (10,614 | ) | ||
Net income (loss) per common share - Basic | $ | (0.15 | ) | $ | (0.16 | ) | ||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - Basic | 74,034 | 65,000 |
See combined notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Aeroflex Holding Corp. and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
Six Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Net sales | $ | 337,510 | $ | 296,855 | ||||
Cost of sales | 162,844 | 145,124 | ||||||
Gross profit | 174,666 | 151,731 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative costs | 74,969 | 61,703 | ||||||
Research and development costs | 43,814 | 34,442 | ||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | 31,806 | 31,119 | ||||||
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement | 18,133 | - | ||||||
Restructuring charges | 8,092 | 251 | ||||||
Loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary | - | 7,696 | ||||||
176,814 | 135,211 | |||||||
Operating income (loss) | (2,148 | ) | 16,520 | |||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||
Interest expense | (41,951 | ) | (42,457 | ) | ||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (25,178 | ) | - | |||||
Gain from a bargain purchase of a business | 173 | - | ||||||
Other income (expense), net | (407 | ) | 479 | |||||
Total other income (expense) | (67,363 | ) | (41,978 | ) | ||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (69,511 | ) | (25,458 | ) | ||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (52,291 | ) | 5,699 | |||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (17,220 | ) | $ | (31,157 | ) | ||
Net income (loss) per common share - Basic | $ | (0.25 | ) | $ | (0.48 | ) | ||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - Basic | 69,517 | 65,000 |
See combined notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Aeroflex Holding Corp. and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity
and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(In thousands)
Additional | Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock | Paid-in | Comprehensive | Accumulated | Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | Shares | Par Value | Capital | Income(Loss) | Deficit | Income (Loss) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2010 | $ | 150,984 | 65,000 | $ | 650 | $ | 398,291 | $ | (53,575 | ) | $ | (194,382 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 244,097 | 19,789 | 198 | 243,899 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation | 1,026 | - | - | 1,026 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other changes | (255 | ) | - | - | (255 | ) | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | 12,473 | - | - | - | 12,473 | - | $ | 12,473 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | (17,220 | ) | - | - | - | - | (17,220 | ) | (17,220 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2010 | $ | 391,105 | 84,789 | $ | 848 | $ | 642,961 | $ | (41,102 | ) | $ | (211,602 | ) | $ | (4,747 | ) |
See combined notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Aeroflex Holding Corp. and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
Six Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (17,220 | ) | $ | (31,157 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 41,534 | 41,774 | ||||||
Gain from a bargain purchase of a business | (173 | ) | - | |||||
Acquisition related adjustment to cost of sales | 998 | 246 | ||||||
Loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary | - | 7,696 | ||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | 25,178 | - | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | (55,926 | ) | 2,437 | |||||
Share-based compensation | 1,026 | 1,045 | ||||||
Non - cash restructuring charges | 4,860 | - | ||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 2,839 | 2,386 | ||||||
Paid in kind interest | 2,434 | 8,857 | ||||||
Other, net | 1,194 | 400 | ||||||
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from purchases of businesses: | ||||||||
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable | 13,629 | 12,136 | ||||||
Decrease (increase) in inventories | (24,214 | ) | (358 | ) | ||||
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other assets | (1,088 | ) | (4,319 | ) | ||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | (6,128 | ) | (19,030 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | (11,057 | ) | 22,113 | |||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
Payments for purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired | (23,591 | ) | - | |||||
Capital expenditures | (11,213 | ) | (8,401 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities | 2,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment | 741 | 845 | ||||||
Other, net | - | (11 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (32,063 | ) | (6,567 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | 244,097 | - | ||||||
Repurchase of senior unsecured notes and senior subordinated unsecured term loans, including premiums and fees | (207,690 | ) | - | |||||
Debt repayments | (21,458 | ) | (4,012 | ) | ||||
Debt financing costs | (3,332 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 11,617 | (4,012 | ) | |||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 1,483 | (483 | ) | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (30,020 | ) | 11,051 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 100,663 | 57,748 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 70,643 | $ | 68,799 |
See combined notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Aeroflex Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share and per share data )
December 31, | June 30, | |||||||
2010 | 2010 | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 70,643 | $ | 100,663 | ||||
Marketable securities | 8,357 | - | ||||||
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,101 and $1,821 | 131,222 | 141,595 | ||||||
Inventories | 153,880 | 126,568 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 26,030 | 28,018 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 11,252 | 10,983 | ||||||
Total current assets | 401,384 | 407,827 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 99,889 | 101,662 | ||||||
Non-current marketable securities, net | - | 9,769 | ||||||
Deferred financing costs, net | 17,435 | 20,983 | ||||||
Other assets | 23,204 | 21,818 | ||||||
Intangible assets with definite lives, net | 214,085 | 238,313 | ||||||
Intangible assets with indefinite lives | 113,844 | 109,894 | ||||||
Goodwill | 458,034 | 445,874 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 1,327,875 | $ | 1,356,140 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Current portion of long-term debt | $ | 360 | $ | 21,817 | ||||
Accounts payable | 36,967 | 28,803 | ||||||
Advance payments by customers and deferred revenue | 23,185 | 30,741 | ||||||
Income taxes payable | 1,654 | 4,615 | ||||||
Accrued payroll expenses | 19,098 | 23,082 | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 52,944 | 58,817 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 134,208 | 167,875 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 695,908 | 880,030 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 88,066 | 138,849 | ||||||
Defined benefit plan obligations | 5,605 | 5,763 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 12,983 | 12,639 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 936,770 | 1,205,156 | ||||||
Stockholder's equity: | ||||||||
Common stock, par value $.10 per share; 1,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding | - | - | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 643,809 | 398,941 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (41,102 | ) | (53,575 | ) | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (211,602 | ) | (194,382 | ) | ||||
Total stockholder's equity | 391,105 | 150,984 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity | $ | 1,327,875 | $ | 1,356,140 |
See combined notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Aeroflex Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands)
Three Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Net sales | $ | 181,579 | $ | 166,739 | ||||
Cost of sales | 86,739 | 80,081 | ||||||
Gross profit | 94,840 | 86,658 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative costs | 38,266 | 31,573 | ||||||
Research and development costs | 21,656 | 17,261 | ||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | 15,843 | 15,514 | ||||||
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement | 18,133 | - | ||||||
Restructuring charges | 6,293 | 64 | ||||||
100,191 | 64,412 | |||||||
Operating income (loss) | (5,351 | ) | 22,246 | |||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||
Interest expense | (20,713 | ) | (21,418 | ) | ||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (25,178 | ) | - | |||||
Gain from a bargain purchase of a business | 173 | - | ||||||
Other income (expense), net | (378 | ) | 422 | |||||
Total other income (expense) | (46,096 | ) | (20,996 | ) | ||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (51,447 | ) | 1,250 | |||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (40,044 | ) | 11,864 | |||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (11,403 | ) | $ | (10,614 | ) |
See combined notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Aeroflex Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands)
Six Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Net sales | $ | 337,510 | $ | 296,855 | ||||
Cost of sales | 162,844 | 145,124 | ||||||
Gross profit | 174,666 | 151,731 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative costs | 74,969 | 61,703 | ||||||
Research and development costs | 43,814 | 34,442 | ||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | 31,806 | 31,119 | ||||||
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement | 18,133 | - | ||||||
Restructuring charges | 8,092 | 251 | ||||||
Loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary | - | 7,696 | ||||||
176,814 | 135,211 | |||||||
Operating income (loss) | (2,148 | ) | 16,520 | |||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||
Interest expense | (41,951 | ) | (42,457 | ) | ||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (25,178 | ) | - | |||||
Gain from a bargain purchase of a business | 173 | - | ||||||
Other income (expense), net | (407 | ) | 479 | |||||
Total other income (expense) | (67,363 | ) | (41,978 | ) | ||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (69,511 | ) | (25,458 | ) | ||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (52,291 | ) | 5,699 | |||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (17,220 | ) | $ | (31,157 | ) |
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Aeroflex Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholder's Equity
and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(In thousands)
Additional | Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock | Paid-in | Comprehensive | Accumulated | Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | Shares | Par Value | Capital | Income(Loss) | Deficit | Income (Loss) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2010 | $ | 150,984 | 1 | $ | - | $ | 398,941 | $ | (53,575 | ) | $ | (194,382 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from capital contribution from Aeroflex Holding | 244,097 | - | - | 244,097 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation | 1,026 | - | - | 1,026 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other changes | (255 | ) | - | - | (255 | ) | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | 12,473 | - | - | - | 12,473 | - | $ | 12,473 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | (17,220 | ) | - | - | - | - | (17,220 | ) | (17,220 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2010 | $ | 391,105 | 1 | $ | - | $ | 643,809 | $ | (41,102 | ) | $ | (211,602 | ) | $ | (4,747 | ) |
See combined notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
Six Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (17,220 | ) | $ | (31,157 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 41,534 | 41,774 | ||||||
Gain from a bargain purchase of a business | (173 | ) | - | |||||
Acquisition related adjustment to cost of sales | 998 | 246 | ||||||
Loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary | - | 7,696 | ||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | 25,178 | - | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | (55,926 | ) | 2,437 | |||||
Share-based compensation | 1,026 | 1,045 | ||||||
Non - cash restructuring charges | 4,860 | - | ||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 2,839 | 2,386 | ||||||
Paid in kind interest | 2,434 | 8,857 | ||||||
Other, net | 1,194 | 400 | ||||||
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from purchases of businesses: | ||||||||
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable | 13,629 | 12,136 | ||||||
Decrease (increase) in inventories | (24,214 | ) | (358 | ) | ||||
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other assets | (1,088 | ) | (4,319 | ) | ||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | (6,128 | ) | (19,030 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | (11,057 | ) | 22,113 | |||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
Payments for purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired | (23,591 | ) | - | |||||
Capital expenditures | (11,213 | ) | (8,401 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities | 2,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment | 741 | 845 | ||||||
Other, net | - | (11 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (32,063 | ) | (6,567 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
Capital contribution from Aeroflex Holding | 244,097 | - | ||||||
Repurchase of senior unsecured notes and senior subordinated unsecured term loans, including premiums and fees | (207,690 | ) | - | |||||
Debt repayments | (21,458 | ) | (4,012 | ) | ||||
Debt financing costs | (3,332 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 11,617 | (4,012 | ) | |||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 1,483 | (483 | ) | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (30,020 | ) | 11,051 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 100,663 | 57,748 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 70,643 | $ | 68,799 |
See combined notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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COMBINED NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. | Basis of Presentation |
Stock Split, Initial Public Offering and Use of Proceeds
This quarterly report for the period ended December 31, 2010 is a combined quarterly report being separately filed by two registrants: Aeroflex Holding Corp. (“Aeroflex Holding”) and Aeroflex Incorporated (“Aeroflex”), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding. Unless the context provides otherwise, references to “we,” “our,” “the Company,” or “us” refer collectively to Aeroflex Holding and its subsidiary, Aeroflex, including Aeroflex’s consolidated subsidiaries.
Filing a combined report which contains full financial information of both Aeroflex Holding and its wholly owned subsidiary Aeroflex is both economical and efficient, as Aeroflex Holding is a holding company which does not conduct business operations on its own - all business operations are conducted by Aeroflex and its consolidated subsidiaries. All assets, liabilities, income, expenses and cash flows presented for all periods represent those of Aeroflex and its subsidiaries, except for activity related to Aeroflex Holding’s equity and earnings per share. Aeroflex Holding’s only asset is its investment in Aeroflex. As such, other than any discussions of liquidity and capital resources (including indebtedness and cash flows), equity and earnings per share, controls and procedures, unregistered sales of equity securities, use of proceeds and any material differences between Aeroflex Holding and Aeroflex which would require separate disclosures, all information presented in this quarterly report will be combined and pertain to both Aeroflex Holding and Aeroflex.
Unless the context requires otherwise, references to (i) the term “Sponsors” refers collectively to affiliates of or funds managed by The Veritas Capital Fund III, L.P., Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc., and GS Direct, LLC, which indirectly control Aeroflex Holding, and (ii) “fiscal year” refers to the twelve months ended June 30 of the applicable year. For example, “fiscal 2010” refers to the twelve months ended June 30, 2010.
Aeroflex Holding’s board of directors authorized an increase of Aeroflex Holding’s authorized shares of common stock to 300,000,000 and a 65,000,000 for 1 common stock split, both of which became effective on November 18, 2010. Aeroflex Holding’s stockholders’ equity has been retroactively adjusted to give effect to the stock split for all periods presented by reclassifying the par value of the additional shares issued in connection with the split from additional paid-in capital to common stock. In addition, all share numbers and per share amounts in Aeroflex Holding’s consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to give effect to the stock split.
On November 19, 2010, Aeroflex Holding consummated an initial public offering (“IPO”) of common stock in which it sold 19,789,180 shares of common stock, par value of $.01 per share, at a price of $13.50 per share. Aeroflex Holding received net proceeds of $244.1 million from the IPO, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses, including a $2.5 million transaction fee which was paid to affiliates of the Sponsors under the advisory agreement with them for services directly attributable to the equity offering (“Transaction Fee”). Aeroflex Holding used the net proceeds of the IPO to make a capital contribution to Aeroflex. In connection with the IPO, Aeroflex:
· | Repurchased an aggregate of $186.6 million of its senior unsecured notes and senior subordinated unsecured term loans and paid the related expenses; |
· | Paid a $16.9 million termination fee to affiliates of the Sponsors to terminate the advisory agreement with them, which, including the related write-off of prepaid advisory fees, resulted in an $18.1 million expense (“Termination Fee”); and |
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· | Entered into an amendment of the credit agreement with the lenders of its senior secured credit facility, for which a $3.3 million fee was paid to the lenders. |
Basis of Accounting
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial information of Aeroflex Holding and Aeroflex have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and reflects all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which in management’s opinion are necessary to state fairly the Company’s financial position as of December 31, 2010, the results of operations for the three and six month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the cash flows for the six month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. The June 30, 2010 balance sheet information has been derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all information or disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of sales and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates, and such differences may be material to the financial statements.
These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in Aeroflex Holding’s amended registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on November 9, 2010 (“Aeroflex Holding’s Registration Statement”) and in Aeroflex’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 (”Aeroflex’s Fiscal 2010 Form 10-K”).
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of Aeroflex Holding are essentially identical to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of Aeroflex, with the following significant exceptions: Aeroflex Holding has 84,789,180 shares of common stock outstanding at a par value of $.01 per share, of which 65,000,000 shares are held by one shareholder (as a result of the 65,000,000 for 1 stock split on November 18, 2010) and 19,789,180 shares are held by public shareholders by virtue of the IPO on November 19, 2010, which resulted in net proceeds of $244.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses. Aeroflex has 1,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a par value of $.10 per share, all of which are held by Aeroflex Holding, and Aeroflex received a capital contribution of $244.1 million from Aeroflex Holding from the net proceeds of the IPO. The combined notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements are essentially identical for Aeroflex Holding and Aeroflex, except as noted.
Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any future periods.
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Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the fiscal 2010 consolidated financial statements to conform to the fiscal 2011 presentation.
2. | Accounting Pronouncements |
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
On July 1, 2010, we adopted the authoritative guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) on the consolidation of variable interest entities. The new guidance requires revised evaluations of whether entities represent variable interest entities, ongoing assessments of control over such entities, and additional disclosures for variable interests. The adoption of this new guidance did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In January 2010, the FASB issued authoritative guidance to amend the disclosure requirements related to recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The guidance requires a roll forward of activities on purchases, sales, issuance, and settlements on a gross basis of the assets and liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 fair value measurements). We believe the adoption on July 1, 2011 of the gross presentation of the Level 3 roll forward will not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.
3. | Acquisition of Businesses and Intangible Assets |
Test Evolution Corporation
On October 1, 2007, we purchased 40% of the outstanding stock of Test Evolution Corporation, or TEC, for $4.0 million. TEC, located in Massachusetts, develops and manufactures digital, analog and RF semiconductor automated test equipment. We determined that we have control of this company and have consolidated TEC’s assets and liabilities and results of operations, all of which were insignificant, into our financial statements commencing October 1, 2007. On August 5, 2010, we invested another $2.0 million in TEC. At December 31, 2010, as a result of this and other capital transactions, our ownership interest is approximately 51%. The amounts attributable to the non-controlling interest in TEC’s equity and results of operations are not material to our consolidated financial statements and have been included in other long-term liabilities and other income (expense), respectively. TEC is included in our Test Solutions segment.
Radiation Assured Devices
On June 30, 2010, we acquired 100% of the stock of Radiation Assured Devices, Inc., or RAD, for $14.0 million in cash, plus contingent payments equal to 50% of the acquired company’s EBITDA (as defined in the agreement) for the five year period of fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2015, provided certain thresholds are met. The fair value of the contingent consideration as of December 31, 2010 was $7.9 million, of which $1.4 million was reflected in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and $6.5 million was reflected in other long-term liabilities. The fair value of the contingent consideration as of June 30, 2010 was $7.1 million and was reflected in other long-term liabilities and considered in the allocation of the purchase price. The $784,000 increase in the fair value of the contingent consideration was recorded in selling, general and administrative costs for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010. RAD, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, uses commercial and specialty technologies to provide state of the art radiation engineering and qualification services, as well as to produce radiation hardened products for commercial and military spaceborne electronics. RAD is included in our Microelectronic Solutions segment.
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Advanced Control Components
On August 31, 2010, we acquired 100% of the stock of Advanced Control Components, Inc., or ACC, for $19.2 million in cash, which was net of a preliminary working capital adjustment made at closing. The purchase price is subject to a further working capital adjustment, based on the amount by which the final adjusted net working capital at the date of closing is lower than the target set forth in the purchase agreement. We currently estimate an additional $764,000 deficiency in adjusted net working capital, reducing the purchase price to $18.4 million. ACC, located in Eatontown, New Jersey, designs, manufacturers and markets a wide range of radio frequency, or RF, and microwave products for the military, civilian radar, scientific and communications markets. ACC is included in our Microelectronic Solutions segment.
We allocated the purchase price based on the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:
(In thousands) | ||||
Current assets (excluding cash of $15) | $ | 4,844 | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 1,156 | |||
Other assets | 60 | |||
Customer related intangibles | 5,680 | |||
Non-compete arrangements | 30 | |||
Tradenames | 3,010 | |||
Goodwill | 10,072 | |||
Total assets acquired | 24,852 | |||
Current liabilities | (2,855 | ) | ||
Deferred taxes | (3,576 | ) | ||
Total liabilities assumed | (6,431 | ) | ||
Net assets acquired | $ | 18,421 |
The customer related intangibles and non-compete arrangements are being amortized on a straight-line basis over a range of 1 to 9 years. The tradenames have an indefinite life. The goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes.
On a pro forma basis, had the ACC acquisition taken place as of the beginning of the periods presented, our results of operations for those periods would not have been materially affected.
Cash Paid for the Purchase of Businesses
For the six months ended December 31, 2010, we had net cash outlays of $23.6 million for the purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired. This was primarily comprised of $18.4 million for the purchase of ACC and $5.6 million of contingent consideration payments related to fiscal 2010 ($4.6 million for Gaisler Research AB, acquired on June 30, 2008 and $1.0 million for Airflyte Electronics Company, acquired on June 26, 2009), partially offset by refunds for working capital adjustments for prior year acquisitions.
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Intangible Assets with Definite Lives
The components of amortizable intangible assets were as follows:
December 31, 2010 | June 30, 2010 | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Gross | Gross | |||||||||||||||
Carrying | Accumulated | Carrying | Accumulated | |||||||||||||
Amount | Amortization | Amount | Amortization | |||||||||||||
Developed technology | $ | 199,309 | $ | 112,592 | $ | 197,422 | $ | 94,672 | ||||||||
Customer related intangibles | 228,551 | 108,386 | 222,026 | 94,656 | ||||||||||||
Non-compete arrangements | 10,318 | 5,421 | 10,087 | 4,420 | ||||||||||||
Tradenames | 3,315 | 1,009 | 3,184 | 658 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 441,493 | $ | 227,408 | $ | 432,719 | $ | 194,406 |
4. | Restructuring Charges |
The following table sets forth the charges and payments related to the restructuring liability for the period indicated:
Balance | Balance | |||||||||||||||||||
June 30, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Six Months Ended December 31, 2010 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
Effect of | ||||||||||||||||||||
Restructuring | foreign | Restructuring | ||||||||||||||||||
Liability | Net Additions | Cash Payments | currency | Liability | ||||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Work force reduction | $ | 172 | $ | 2,651 | $ | (1,212 | ) | $ | 16 | $ | 1,627 | |||||||||
Closure of facilities | 632 | 581 | (684 | ) | 28 | 557 | ||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 804 | $ | 3,232 | $ | (1,896 | ) | $ | 44 | $ | 2,184 |
For the six months ended December 31, 2010, we recorded an $8.1 million charge in connection with continued restructuring activities of certain manufacturing operations related to consolidation and reorganization efforts in our United Kingdom (“U.K.”) operations and in connection with one of our domestic components facilities located in Whippany, New Jersey. We are consolidating part of our components operations by relocating a portion of our Whippany, New Jersey facility’s production to our Ann Arbor, Michigan facility and a portion to our Eatontown, New Jersey facility. In connection with this consolidation, we recorded a $4.9 million impairment charge based on the fair value of the Whippany, New Jersey facility we intend to sell.
5. | Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share |
The consolidated statements of operations for Aeroflex Holding present only basic net income (loss) per common share, as it does not have any potentially dilutive securities. Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period.
Earning per share information is not presented for Aeroflex because, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding, such information is not relevant.
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6. | Inventories |
Inventories consisted of the following:
December 31, | June 30, | |||||||
2010 | 2010 | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Raw materials | $ | 82,212 | $ | 61,278 | ||||
Work in process | 48,782 | 44,022 | ||||||
Finished goods | 22,886 | 21,268 | ||||||
$ | 153,880 | $ | 126,568 |
7. | Derivative Financial Instruments |
We address certain financial exposures through a controlled program of risk management that includes the use of derivative financial instruments. We enter into interest rate swap derivatives to manage the effects of interest rate movements on portions of our debt. We also enter into foreign currency forward contracts, not designated as hedging instruments, to protect us from fluctuations in exchange rates.
The fair values of our derivative financial instruments included in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 are presented as follows:
Asset (Liability) Derivatives | |||||||||||
December 31, 2010 | June 30, 2010 | ||||||||||
Balance Sheet | Balance Sheet | ||||||||||
(In thousands) | Location | Fair Value(1) | Location | Fair Value(1) | |||||||
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | |||||||||||
Interest rate swap contracts | Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | (1,033 | ) | Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | (6,613 | ) | |||
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | |||||||||||
Foreign currency forward contracts | Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 18 | Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | (293 | ) | ||||||
Total derivatives, net | $ | (1,015 | ) | $ | (6,906 | ) |
(1) See Note 8 for further information about how the fair values of derivative assets and liabilities are determined.
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The gains and losses related to our derivative financial instruments designated as hedging instruments for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:
Amount of Gain or (Loss) | ||||||||||||||||
Recognized on Derivatives in | ||||||||||||||||
Derivatives in Cash Flow | Other Comprehensive Income | |||||||||||||||
Hedging Relationships | (Effective Portion) (1) | |||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swap contracts | $ | (37 | ) | $ | (1,191 | ) | $ | (612 | ) | $ | (4,271 | ) |
Location of Gain or (Loss) | Amount of Gain or (Loss) | |||||||||||||||
Reclassified from Accumulated | Reclassified from | |||||||||||||||
Other Comprehensive Income | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | |||||||||||||||
into Income (Effective Portion) | into Income (Effective Portion) (1) | |||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | $ | (2,751 | ) | $ | (3,781 | ) | $ | (6,192 | ) | $ | (7,182 | ) |
(1) See Note 11 for additional information on changes to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
The amounts of the gains and losses related to our derivative financial instruments not designated as hedging instruments for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:
Derivatives Not | Location of Gain or (Loss) | Amount of Gain or (Loss) | ||||||||||||||||
Designated as | Recognized in Earnings on | Recognized in Earnings on | ||||||||||||||||
Hedging Instruments | Derivative | Derivative | ||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency forward contracts | Other income (expense) | $ | 351 | $ | (87 | ) | $ | 311 | $ | 231 |
Interest Rate Swap Cash-Flow Hedges
We enter into interest rate swap contracts with counterparties that are rated investment grade to manage the effects of interest rate movements on portions of our debt. Such contracts effectively fix the borrowing rates on floating rate debt to limit the exposure against the risk of rising rates. We do not enter into interest rate swap contracts for speculative purposes. Our interest rate swap contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2010, all of which were entered into in fiscal 2008 for an aggregate notional amount of $300.0 million, mature in February 2011.
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Foreign Currency Contract Derivatives
Foreign currency contracts are used to protect us from fluctuations in exchange rates. We enter into foreign currency contracts, which are not designated as hedges. The change in fair value is included in other income (expense) as it occurs. As of December 31, 2010, we had $31.7 million of notional value foreign currency forward contracts maturing through January 31, 2011. Notional amounts do not quantify risk or represent assets or liabilities of the Company, but are used in the calculation of cash settlements under the contracts.
8. | Fair Value Measurements |
We account for certain assets and liabilities at fair value. The hierarchy below lists three levels of fair value based on the extent to which inputs used in measuring the fair value are observable in the market. We categorize each of our fair value measurements in one of these three levels based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. These levels are:
Level 1: | Inputs based on quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets at the measurement date. |
Level 2: | Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data. |
Level 3: | Inputs reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. The inputs are unobservable in the market and significant to the instruments’ valuation. |
The following table presents for each hierarchy level, financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Quoted Prices in | ||||||||||||||||
Active Markets | Significant Other | Significant | ||||||||||||||
for Identical | Observable | Unobservable | ||||||||||||||
Assets | Inputs | Inputs | ||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2010 | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | Total | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Current marketable securities | $ | - | $ | 8,357 | $ | - | $ | 8,357 | ||||||||
Foreign currency forward contracts | - | 18 | - | 18 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | - | $ | 8,375 | $ | - | $ | 8,375 | ||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swap contracts | $ | - | $ | 1,033 | $ | - | $ | 1,033 |
Quoted Prices in | ||||||||||||||||
Active Markets | Significant Other | Significant | ||||||||||||||
for Identical | Observable | Unobservable | ||||||||||||||
Assets | Inputs | Inputs | ||||||||||||||
As of June 30, 2010 | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | Total | ||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Non-current marketable securities | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 9,769 | $ | 9,769 | ||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency forward contracts | $ | - | $ | 293 | $ | - | $ | 293 | ||||||||
Interest rate swap contracts | - | 6,613 | - | 6,613 | ||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | $ | - | $ | 6,906 | $ | - | $ | 6,906 |
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The following table presents the changes in the carrying value of the Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the six months ended December 31, 2010:
Fair Value Measurements | ||||
Using Significant | ||||
Unobservable Inputs | ||||
(Level 3) | ||||
Auction | ||||
Rate | ||||
Securities | ||||
(In thousands) | ||||
Balance at June 30, 2010 | $ | 9,769 | ||
Sold at par | (2,000 | ) | ||
Transfer to Level 2 | (9,045 | ) | ||
Transfer of unrealized loss from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to realized loss recorded in other expense | 688 | |||
Unrealized gain (loss) in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 588 | |||
Balance at December 31, 2010 | $ | - |
Marketable Securities – In December 2010, $2.0 million of our auction rate securities were sold at par. In January 2011, the remaining $9.0 million of our auction rate securities were sold at an average of 92.4% of par. The resulting $688,000 realized loss, which approximated the other than temporary impairment at December 31, 2010, was recorded in the statement of operations for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010. As of December 31, 2010, our auction rate securities are classified as current marketable securities, since, as of the balance sheet date, we had firm offers for their sale and we had the intent to sell them. We have classified auction rate securities as Level 2, as their valuation is based on the actual selling price.
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts – The fair value of our foreign currency forward contracts were determined using a pricing model with all significant inputs based on observable market data such as measurement date spot and forward rates.
Interest Rate Swap Contracts – The fair value of our outstanding interest rate swap contracts were based on valuations received from the counterparties and corroborated by measurement date equivalent swap rates.
9. | Long Term Debt and Credit Agreements |
All indebtedness has been incurred by Aeroflex; such indebtedness is reflected on the balance sheets of Aeroflex Holding by virtue of the principles of consolidation.
All of the net proceeds of Aeroflex Holding’s IPO were used to make a capital contribution to Aeroflex to enable it to, among other things, tender for a portion of its senior unsecured notes and offer to repurchase a portion of its senior subordinated unsecured term loans. In December 2010, Aeroflex repurchased approximately $32.2 million of its senior unsecured notes and $154.4 million of its senior subordinated unsecured term loans. This resulted in a $25.2 million loss on extinguishment of debt, which is comprised of the following:
· | an 11% premium paid on the debt repurchased, which amounted to $20.5 million; |
· | the write-off of the related deferred financing costs of $4.0 million; and |
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· | professional fees of $614,000. |
On November 4, 2010, Aeroflex entered into an amendment of the credit agreement with the lenders of its senior secured credit facility, for which it paid a $3.3 million fee to the lenders which was recorded as deferred financing costs and $579,000 of other costs that were expensed as incurred, which allowed Aeroflex to, among other things:
· | increase the amount of cash it can spend for acquisitions of businesses from $20 million per year and a $100 million aggregate amount, to $200 million in the aggregate (with no annual limit), from the effective date of the amendment to the credit facility maturity date, August 15, 2014; |
· | pay certain fees to affiliates of our Sponsors upon the completion of the Aeroflex Holding IPO. These fees were paid on November 24, 2010, and consisted of the $2.5 million Transaction Fee for services directly attributable to the equity offering, which was recorded as a reduction of additional paid-in capital, and the $16.9 million Termination Fee. The Termination Fee, when combined with the related write-off of prepaid advisory fees, amounted to an $18.1 million expense which was recorded in a separate line on the statement of operations entitled Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement; and |
· | base its interest rate margin above LIBOR on a grid, with reference to its current credit rating. This increased the interest rate margin by 75 basis points for all tranches of debt within the secured credit facility. |
The fair values of Aeroflex’s debt instruments are summarized as follows:
December 31, 2010 | ||||||||
Carrying | Estimated | |||||||
Amount | Fair Value | |||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Senior secured credit facility B-1 term loan | $ | 372,651 | $ | 370,788 | ||||
Senior secured B-2 term loan | 116,454 | 114,707 | ||||||
Senior unsecured notes | 192,845 | 209,237 | ||||||
Senior subordinated unsecured term loan | 13,573 | 15,270 | ||||||
Other | 745 | 745 | ||||||
Total debt | $ | 696,268 | $ | 710,747 |
As of June 30, 2010, Aeroflex’s total debt had a carrying value of $901.8 million and a fair value of $877.7 million.
The estimated fair values of each of Aeroflex’s debt instruments are based on quoted market prices for the same or similar issues. Fair value estimates related to Aeroflex’s debt instruments are made at a specific point in time based on relevant market information. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgments and therefore cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect these estimates.
As of December 31, 2010, Aeroflex is in compliance with all of the covenants contained in the loan agreements.
Interest paid was $36.9 million and $30.6 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Accrued interest of $12.9 million and $13.9 million was included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, respectively.
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10. | Loss on Liquidation of Foreign Subsidiary |
In connection with the 2003 acquisition of one of our wireless businesses in the U.K., we set up a foreign partnership to finance the acquisition. We invested $19.5 million in the partnership and the partnership advanced those funds to our foreign holding company in the form of a loan, the proceeds of which was used for the acquisition.
During the six months ended December 31, 2009, the loan was fully repaid to the partnership, with interest, and we received a return of capital and dividends. The partnership has been substantially liquidated.
As a result of changes in foreign currency rates, there was a cumulative translation adjustment of $7.7 million remaining after substantially all of the assets have been returned to us and substantially all of the liabilities have been satisfied. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, this remaining cumulative translation adjustment has been expensed in the period during which the substantial liquidation of the partnership occurred and presented as a non-cash loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the six months ended December 31, 2009. This loss was not deductible for income tax purposes.
11. | Comprehensive Income |
The components of comprehensive income (loss) were as follows:
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (11,403 | ) | $ | (10,614 | ) | $ | (17,220 | ) | $ | (31,157 | ) | ||||
Increase (decrease) in fair value of interest rate swap contracts, net of tax provision (benefit) of $1,053, $961, $2,166 and $1,086 | 1,661 | 1,629 | 3,414 | 1,825 | ||||||||||||
Valuation allowance against non-current marketable securities | 1,239 | (47 | ) | 1,276 | 222 | |||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax of $(55), $617, $625 and $617 | (2,239 | ) | 129 | 7,783 | 6,013 | |||||||||||
Total comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (10,742 | ) | $ | (8,903 | ) | $ | (4,747 | ) | $ | (23,097 | ) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) was as follows:
Unrealized | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gain (Loss) | Valuation | Minimum | Foreign | |||||||||||||||||
on Interest | Allowance Against | Pension | Currency | |||||||||||||||||
Rate Swap | Non-Current | Liability | Translation | |||||||||||||||||
Contracts | Marketable | Adjustment | Adjustment | Total | ||||||||||||||||
(net of tax) | Securities | (net of tax) | (net of tax) | (net of tax) | ||||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2010 | $ | (4,046 | ) | $ | (1,276 | ) | $ | (773 | ) | $ | (47,480 | ) | $ | (53,575 | ) | |||||
Six months' activity | 3,414 | 1,276 | - | 7,783 | 12,473 | |||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2010 | $ | (632 | ) | $ | - | $ | (773 | ) | $ | (39,697 | ) | $ | (41,102 | ) |
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The valuation allowance for non-current marketable securities is not adjusted for income taxes as it would create a capital loss carryforward upon realization for which we would record a valuation allowance against the related deferred tax asset.
Although as of December 31, 2010 deferred U.S. income taxes have been provided on certain undistributed foreign earnings of a U.K. limited partnership subsidiary, we have not recorded a deferred U.S. income tax on the foreign currency translation adjustment since only an insignificant amount relates to that subsidiary.
12. | Legal Matters |
In March 2005, we sold the net assets of our shock and vibration control device manufacturing business, which we refer to as VMC. Under the terms of the sale agreements, we retained certain liabilities relating to adverse environmental conditions that existed at the premises occupied by VMC as of the date of sale. We recorded a liability for the estimated remediation costs related to adverse environmental conditions that existed at the VMC premises when it was sold. The accrued environmental liability at December 31, 2010 was $1.5 million, of which $322,000 was expected to be paid within one year.
We have identified instances of noncompliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) in certain of our past business activities as well as in the pre-acquisition business activities of certain recently acquired companies. These include the inadvertent misclassification and/or export of products without the required license and the disclosure of controlled technology to certain foreign national employees. These matters were formally disclosed to the U.S. Department of State from time to time during the period from 2007 through 2010.
For example, in fiscal 2007, when we became aware that certain RadHard bidirectional multipurpose transceivers sold by us since 1999 may have been subject to the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State in accordance with ITAR, we filed a Voluntary Disclosure with the Department of State describing the details of the possible inadvertent misclassification and identifying certain unauthorized exports from the United States to end-users in a number of countries, including China and Russia. Once our request for reclassification was denied and a determination was made that the product was subject to the licensing jurisdiction of the Department of State in accordance with ITAR, on September 18, 2008, we filed an addendum to our Voluntary Disclosure identifying other products that may have been subject to the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State in accordance with ITAR but were inadvertently misclassified and exported without a license.
At this time it is not possible to determine whether any fines or other penalties will be asserted against us or the materiality of the outcome of any of these matters.
We are also involved in various other claims and legal actions that arise in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that the ultimate resolution of any of these actions will have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial position, liquidity or capital resources.
13. | Business Segments |
We are a global provider of radio frequency, or RF, and microwave integrated circuits, components and systems used in the design, development and maintenance of technically demanding, high-performance wireless communication systems. Our solutions include highly specialized microelectronic components and test and measurement equipment used by companies in the space, avionics, defense, commercial wireless communications, medical and other markets. Approximately 30% and 32% of our sales for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and 31% and 34% for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 were to agencies of the United States government or to prime defense contractors or subcontractors of the United States government. No customer constituted more than 10% of sales during any of the periods presented. Inter-segment sales were not material and have been eliminated from the tables below.
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The majority of our operations are located in the United States. We also have operations in Europe and Asia, with our most significant operations in the U.K. Net sales from facilities located in the U.K. were approximately $42.8 million and $42.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and $80.5 million and $71.1 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. Total assets of the U.K. operations were $169.1 million as of December 31, 2010 and $159.9 million as of June 30, 2010.
Net sales, based on the customers’ locations, attributed to the United States and other regions were as follows:
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
United States of America | $ | 101,311 | $ | 92,204 | $ | 189,831 | $ | 172,389 | ||||||||
Europe and Middle East | 34,356 | 34,242 | 64,658 | 62,709 | ||||||||||||
Asia and Australia | 40,004 | 36,590 | 73,115 | 56,105 | ||||||||||||
Other regions | 5,908 | 3,703 | 9,906 | 5,652 | ||||||||||||
$ | 181,579 | $ | 166,739 | $ | 337,510 | $ | 296,855 |
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Selected financial data by segment is as follows:
�� | Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net sales | ||||||||||||||||
Microelectronic solutions ("AMS") | $ | 89,225 | $ | 79,160 | $ | 166,530 | $ | 146,521 | ||||||||
Test solutions ("ATS") | 92,354 | 87,579 | 170,980 | 150,334 | ||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 181,579 | $ | 166,739 | $ | 337,510 | $ | 296,855 | ||||||||
Segment adjusted operating income | ||||||||||||||||
- AMS | $ | 22,942 | $ | 21,887 | $ | 41,829 | $ | 36,911 | ||||||||
- ATS | 17,171 | 20,186 | 24,028 | 28,151 | ||||||||||||
- General corporate expense | (2,849 | ) | (2,258 | ) | (5,263 | ) | (5,189 | ) | ||||||||
Adjusted operating income | 37,264 | 39,815 | 60,594 | 59,873 | ||||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | ||||||||||||||||
- AMS | (9,196 | ) | (8,743 | ) | (18,456 | ) | (17,579 | ) | ||||||||
- ATS | (6,647 | ) | (6,771 | ) | (13,350 | ) | (13,540 | ) | ||||||||
Share-based compensation | ||||||||||||||||
- Corporate | (513 | ) | (556 | ) | (1,026 | ) | (1,045 | ) | ||||||||
Restructuring charges | ||||||||||||||||
- AMS | (5,555 | ) | - | (6,131 | ) | - | ||||||||||
- ATS | (738 | ) | (64 | ) | (1,961 | ) | (251 | ) | ||||||||
Business acquisition costs | ||||||||||||||||
- Corporate | (92 | ) | - | (282 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Increase in fair value of acquisition contingent consideration liability | ||||||||||||||||
- Corporate | (784 | ) | - | (784 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Merger related expenses - Corporate | (507 | ) | (771 | ) | (1,222 | ) | (1,464 | ) | ||||||||
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement - Corporate | (18,133 | ) | - | (18,133 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary - ATS | - | - | - | (7,696 | ) | |||||||||||
Current period impact of acquisition related adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Inventory - AMS | (368 | ) | - | (551 | ) | (246 | ) | |||||||||
Inventory - ATS | - | - | (447 | ) | - | |||||||||||
Depreciation - AMS | (25 | ) | (265 | ) | (142 | ) | (540 | ) | ||||||||
Depreciation - ATS | 21 | (311 | ) | (99 | ) | (817 | ) | |||||||||
Depreciation - Corporate | (55 | ) | (55 | ) | (110 | ) | (110 | ) | ||||||||
Deferred revenue - ATS | (23 | ) | (33 | ) | (48 | ) | (65 | ) | ||||||||
Operating income (loss) (GAAP) | (5,351 | ) | 22,246 | (2,148 | ) | 16,520 | ||||||||||
Interest expense | (20,713 | ) | (21,418 | ) | (41,951 | ) | (42,457 | ) | ||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (25,178 | ) | - | (25,178 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Gain from a bargain purchase of a business | 173 | - | 173 | - | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | (378 | ) | 422 | (407 | ) | 479 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | (51,447 | ) | $ | 1,250 | $ | (69,511 | ) | $ | (25,458 | ) |
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Management evaluates the operating results of our two segments based upon adjusted operating income, which is pre-tax operating income before costs related to amortization of acquired intangibles, share-based compensation, restructuring expenses, business acquisition and merger related expenses, Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement, loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary and the impact of any acquisition related adjustments. We have set out above our adjusted operating income by segment and in the aggregate, and have provided a reconciliation of adjusted operating income to operating income (loss) on a GAAP basis and income (loss) before income taxes for the periods presented.
14. | Income Taxes |
The income tax benefit was $52.3 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 on a pre-tax loss of $69.5 million. We had an income tax provision for the six months ended December 31, 2009 of $5.7 million on a pre-tax loss of $25.5 million. The effective income tax rate for both periods differed from the amount computed by applying the U.S. Federal income tax rate to income before income taxes primarily due to foreign, state and local income taxes, including U.S. income tax on certain foreign net income, since we anticipate that we will be repatriating these earnings to the U.S. The provisions are a combination of U.S. tax benefits on domestic losses and foreign tax expense on foreign earnings. The resulting projected net consolidated income tax benefit was then applied to the projected consolidated pre-tax amount for the year to calculate the annual effective tax rate, which contributed to the high income tax benefit as a percentage of pre-tax loss.
During the three months ended September 30, 2010, we identified an overstatement of deferred income tax liabilities established in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 and throughout fiscal 2010 related to U.S. income taxes provided on unremitted foreign earnings. After consideration of both quantitative and qualitative factors, we determined the amounts were not material to any of those prior period financial statements or the fiscal 2011 estimated results and thus corrected the balance in the three months ended September 30, 2010. The adjustment resulted in a reduction of deferred income tax liabilities of $3.7 million, with a corresponding increase in income tax benefit in the statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The adjustment did not impact the statement of cash flows.
The income tax benefit for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010 reflects various discrete items, including a $1.2 million income tax benefit for the retroactive reinstatement of the U.S. R&D credit and a reduction of $5.7 million of deferred tax liabilities related to U.S. income taxes previously provided on unremitted foreign earnings. As a direct result of Aeroflex Holding’s IPO, and related repurchase of a portion of Aeroflex’s debt, interest payments will decrease in the future. Consequently, we have changed our intent as to the amount and method of repatriations of foreign earnings, which resulted in the reduction of deferred tax liabilities.
The tax provision for the six months ended December 31, 2009 was affected by the unfavorable impact of a $7.7 million nondeductible loss on the liquidation of a foreign subsidiary, and the favorable impact of a $10.3 million loss for tax purposes on the write off of our investment in a foreign subsidiary in fiscal 2009. For financial statement purposes, the loss had been recognized in the prior periods, however, for tax purposes the loss was recognized at the time of divestiture, effective September 2009.
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15. | Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Financial Information |
The following supplemental condensed consolidating financial information sets forth, on an unconsolidated basis, the balance sheets at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, the statements of operations for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the statements of cash flows for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 for Aeroflex (”Parent”), the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries. The supplemental condensed consolidating financial information reflects for all periods presented, the investments of Parent in the Guarantor Subsidiaries as well as investments of Parent and the Guarantor Subsidiaries in the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, in all cases using the equity method. For purposes of this note, Guarantor Subsidiaries refer to the subsidiaries of Parent that have guaranteed principal debt obligations of Parent. The purchase price allocation adjustments, including applicable intangible assets, arising from business acquisitions have been pushed down to the applicable subsidiary columns (see Note 3).
Each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries is 100% owned directly or indirectly by the Parent and guarantees the debt on an unconditional and joint and several basis.
Aeroflex Incorporated
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2010
(In thousands)
Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | |||||||||||||||||||
Parent | Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | - | $ | 127,062 | $ | 56,409 | $ | (1,892 | ) | $ | 181,579 | |||||||||
Cost of sales | - | 64,034 | 24,915 | (2,210 | ) | 86,739 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | - | 63,028 | 31,494 | 318 | 94,840 | |||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative costs | 4,800 | 22,814 | 10,652 | - | 38,266 | |||||||||||||||
Research and development costs | - | 13,800 | 7,856 | - | 21,656 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | - | 13,553 | 2,290 | - | 15,843 | |||||||||||||||
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement | 18,133 | - | - | - | 18,133 | |||||||||||||||
Restructuring charges | - | 5,555 | 738 | - | 6,293 | |||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | (22,933 | ) | 7,306 | 9,958 | 318 | (5,351 | ) | |||||||||||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (20,697 | ) | (16 | ) | - | - | (20,713 | ) | ||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (25,178 | ) | - | - | - | (25,178 | ) | |||||||||||||
Gain from a bargain purchase of a business | - | - | 173 | - | 173 | |||||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | (292 | ) | 20 | (106 | ) | - | (378 | ) | ||||||||||||
Intercompany charges | 20,146 | (19,560 | ) | (586 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (48,954 | ) | (12,250 | ) | 9,439 | 318 | (51,447 | ) | ||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (28,837 | ) | (6,551 | ) | 1,699 | (6,355 | ) | (40,044 | ) | |||||||||||
Equity income (loss) of subsidiaries | 8,714 | 7,288 | - | (16,002 | ) | - | ||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (11,403 | ) | $ | 1,589 | $ | 7,740 | $ | (9,329 | ) | $ | (11,403 | ) |
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Aeroflex Incorporated
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2009
(In thousands)
Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | |||||||||||||||||||
Parent | Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | - | $ | 120,120 | $ | 47,969 | $ | (1,350 | ) | $ | 166,739 | |||||||||
Cost of sales | - | 60,394 | 20,910 | (1,223 | ) | 80,081 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | - | 59,726 | 27,059 | (127 | ) | 86,658 | ||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative costs | 3,640 | 18,942 | 8,991 | - | 31,573 | |||||||||||||||
Research and development costs | - | 11,460 | 5,801 | - | 17,261 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | - | 13,276 | 2,238 | - | 15,514 | |||||||||||||||
Restructuring charges | - | - | 64 | - | 64 | |||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | (3,640 | ) | 16,048 | 9,965 | (127 | ) | 22,246 | |||||||||||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (21,399 | ) | (17 | ) | (2 | ) | - | (21,418 | ) | |||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | (40 | ) | 480 | (18 | ) | - | 422 | |||||||||||||
Intercompany charges | 19,797 | (19,318 | ) | (479 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (5,282 | ) | (2,807 | ) | 9,466 | (127 | ) | 1,250 | ||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (364 | ) | 2,199 | 2,046 | 7,983 | 11,864 | ||||||||||||||
Equity income (loss) of subsidiaries | (5,696 | ) | 6,932 | - | (1,236 | ) | - | |||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (10,614 | ) | $ | 1,926 | $ | 7,420 | $ | (9,346 | ) | $ | (10,614 | ) |
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Aeroflex Incorporated
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2010
(In thousands)
Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | |||||||||||||||||||
Parent | Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | - | $ | 236,659 | $ | 104,344 | $ | (3,493 | ) | $ | 337,510 | |||||||||
Cost of sales | - | 119,359 | 47,352 | (3,867 | ) | 162,844 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | - | 117,300 | 56,992 | 374 | 174,666 | |||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative costs | 8,687 | 44,373 | 21,909 | - | 74,969 | |||||||||||||||
Research and development costs | - | 27,447 | 16,367 | - | 43,814 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | - | 27,238 | 4,568 | - | 31,806 | |||||||||||||||
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement | 18,133 | - | - | - | 18,133 | |||||||||||||||
Restructuring charges | - | 6,131 | 1,961 | - | 8,092 | |||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | (26,820 | ) | 12,111 | 12,187 | 374 | (2,148 | ) | |||||||||||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (41,923 | ) | (28 | ) | - | - | (41,951 | ) | ||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (25,178 | ) | - | - | - | (25,178 | ) | |||||||||||||
Gain from a bargain purchase of a business | - | - | 173 | - | 173 | |||||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | (285 | ) | 118 | (240 | ) | - | (407 | ) | ||||||||||||
Intercompany charges | 40,024 | (38,839 | ) | (1,185 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (54,182 | ) | (26,638 | ) | 10,935 | 374 | (69,511 | ) | ||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (29,074 | ) | (9,505 | ) | 2,071 | (15,783 | ) | (52,291 | ) | |||||||||||
Equity income (loss) of subsidiaries | 7,888 | 8,487 | - | (16,375 | ) | - | ||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (17,220 | ) | $ | (8,646 | ) | $ | 8,864 | $ | (218 | ) | $ | (17,220 | ) |
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Aeroflex Incorporated
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2009
(In thousands)
Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | |||||||||||||||||||
Parent | Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | - | $ | 218,015 | $ | 81,359 | $ | (2,519 | ) | $ | 296,855 | |||||||||
Cost of sales | - | 111,714 | 35,824 | (2,414 | ) | 145,124 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | - | 106,301 | 45,535 | (105 | ) | 151,731 | ||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative costs | 7,808 | 37,156 | 16,739 | - | 61,703 | |||||||||||||||
Research and development costs | - | 22,146 | 12,296 | - | 34,442 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | - | 26,659 | 4,460 | - | 31,119 | |||||||||||||||
Restructuring charges | - | - | 251 | - | 251 | |||||||||||||||
Loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary | - | 7,696 | - | - | 7,696 | |||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | (7,808 | ) | 12,644 | 11,789 | (105 | ) | 16,520 | |||||||||||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (42,421 | ) | (34 | ) | (2 | ) | - | (42,457 | ) | |||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | 341 | 374 | (236 | ) | - | 479 | ||||||||||||||
Intercompany charges | 39,591 | (38,636 | ) | (955 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (10,297 | ) | (25,652 | ) | 10,596 | (105 | ) | �� | (25,458 | ) | ||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (4,799 | ) | (492 | ) | 2,265 | 8,725 | 5,699 | |||||||||||||
Equity income (loss) of subsidiaries | (25,659 | ) | 7,634 | - | 18,025 | - | ||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (31,157 | ) | $ | (17,526 | ) | $ | 8,331 | $ | 9,195 | $ | (31,157 | ) |
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Aeroflex Incorporated
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
As of December 31, 2010
(In thousands)
Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | |||||||||||||||||||
Parent | Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 31,727 | $ | 1,449 | $ | 37,467 | $ | - | $ | 70,643 | ||||||||||
Marketable securities | 8,357 | - | - | - | 8,357 | |||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable, net | - | 72,603 | 58,619 | - | 131,222 | |||||||||||||||
Inventories | - | 111,810 | 43,004 | (934 | ) | 153,880 | ||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes | 2,773 | 23,266 | (9 | ) | - | 26,030 | ||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,385 | 5,695 | 4,172 | - | 11,252 | |||||||||||||||
Total current assets | 44,242 | 214,823 | 143,253 | (934 | ) | 401,384 | ||||||||||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 12,493 | 65,839 | 21,557 | - | 99,889 | |||||||||||||||
Deferred financing costs, net | 17,435 | - | - | - | 17,435 | |||||||||||||||
Other assets | 13,850 | 7,048 | 2,306 | - | 23,204 | |||||||||||||||
Intangible assets with definite lives, net | - | 186,320 | 27,765 | - | 214,085 | |||||||||||||||
Intangible assets with indefinite lives | - | 88,414 | 25,430 | - | 113,844 | |||||||||||||||
Goodwill | (10 | ) | 414,257 | 43,787 | - | 458,034 | ||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 88,010 | $ | 976,701 | $ | 264,098 | $ | (934 | ) | $ | 1,327,875 | |||||||||
Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current portion of long-term debt | $ | - | $ | 360 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 360 | ||||||||||
Accounts payable | 4 | 17,326 | 19,637 | - | 36,967 | |||||||||||||||
Advance payments by customers and deferred revenue | - | 12,950 | 10,235 | - | 23,185 | |||||||||||||||
Income taxes payable | (1,254 | ) | 259 | 2,649 | - | 1,654 | ||||||||||||||
Accrued payroll expenses | 1,528 | 15,814 | 1,756 | - | 19,098 | |||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 20,131 | 17,349 | 15,464 | - | 52,944 | |||||||||||||||
Total current liabilities | 20,409 | 64,058 | 49,741 | - | 134,208 | |||||||||||||||
Long-term debt | 695,523 | 385 | - | - | 695,908 | |||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes | (13,239 | ) | 103,683 | 13,403 | (15,781 | ) | 88,066 | |||||||||||||
Defined benefit plan obligations | 5,605 | - | - | - | 5,605 | |||||||||||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 2,210 | 6,909 | 3,864 | - | 12,983 | |||||||||||||||
Intercompany investment | (308,309 | ) | 78,947 | 229,362 | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Intercompany receivable/payable | (848,195 | ) | 883,360 | (34,682 | ) | (483 | ) | - | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities | (445,996 | ) | 1,137,342 | 261,688 | (16,264 | ) | 936,770 | |||||||||||||
Stockholder's equity | 534,006 | (160,641 | ) | 2,410 | 15,330 | 391,105 | ||||||||||||||
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity | $ | 88,010 | $ | 976,701 | $ | 264,098 | $ | (934 | ) | $ | 1,327,875 |
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Aeroflex Incorporated
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
As of June 30, 2010
(In thousands)
Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | |||||||||||||||||||
Parent | Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 75,187 | $ | (3,821 | ) | $ | 29,297 | $ | - | $ | 100,663 | |||||||||
Accounts receivable, net | - | 88,051 | 53,544 | - | 141,595 | |||||||||||||||
Inventories | - | 94,669 | 33,209 | (1,310 | ) | 126,568 | ||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes | 4,939 | 23,224 | (145 | ) | - | 28,018 | ||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 3,046 | 2,840 | 5,097 | - | 10,983 | |||||||||||||||
Total current assets | 83,172 | 204,963 | 121,002 | (1,310 | ) | 407,827 | ||||||||||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 12,491 | 69,150 | 20,021 | - | 101,662 | |||||||||||||||
Non-current marketable securities, net | 9,769 | - | - | - | 9,769 | |||||||||||||||
Deferred financing costs, net | 20,983 | - | - | - | 20,983 | |||||||||||||||
Other assets | 13,634 | 6,385 | 1,799 | - | 21,818 | |||||||||||||||
Intangible assets with definite lives, net | - | 207,849 | 30,464 | - | 238,313 | |||||||||||||||
Intangible assets with indefinite lives | - | 85,404 | 24,490 | - | 109,894 | |||||||||||||||
Goodwill | (10 | ) | 404,632 | 41,252 | - | 445,874 | ||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 140,039 | $ | 978,383 | $ | 239,028 | $ | (1,310 | ) | $ | 1,356,140 | |||||||||
Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current portion of long-term debt | $ | 21,457 | $ | 360 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 21,817 | ||||||||||
Accounts payable | 4 | 14,376 | 14,423 | - | 28,803 | |||||||||||||||
Advanced payments by customers and deferred revenue | - | 19,091 | 11,650 | - | 30,741 | |||||||||||||||
Income taxes payable | 969 | 43 | 3,603 | - | 4,615 | |||||||||||||||
Accrued payroll expenses | 2,198 | 18,834 | 2,050 | - | 23,082 | |||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 33,904 | 12,598 | 12,315 | - | 58,817 | |||||||||||||||
Total current liabilities | 58,532 | 65,302 | 44,041 | - | 167,875 | |||||||||||||||
Long-term debt | 879,645 | 385 | - | - | 880,030 | |||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes | 15,835 | 109,570 | 13,444 | - | 138,849 | |||||||||||||||
Defined benefit plan obligations | 5,763 | - | - | - | 5,763 | |||||||||||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 1,595 | 8,303 | 2,741 | - | 12,639 | |||||||||||||||
Intercompany investment | (287,515 | ) | 60,154 | 227,361 | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Intercompany receivable/payable | (842,950 | ) | 878,174 | (34,740 | ) | (484 | ) | - | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities | (169,095 | ) | 1,121,888 | 252,847 | (484 | ) | 1,205,156 | |||||||||||||
Stockholder's equity: | 309,134 | (143,505 | ) | (13,819 | ) | (826 | ) | 150,984 | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity | $ | 140,039 | $ | 978,383 | $ | 239,028 | $ | (1,310 | ) | $ | 1,356,140 |
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Aeroflex Incorporated
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2010
(In thousands)
Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | |||||||||||||||||||
Parent | Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (17,220 | ) | $ | (8,646 | ) | $ | 8,864 | $ | (218 | ) | $ | (17,220 | ) | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities andnon-cash items included in net income (loss) | (33,876 | ) | 38,809 | 1,012 | 218 | 6,163 | ||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | (51,096 | ) | 30,163 | 9,876 | - | (11,057 | ) | |||||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Payments for purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired | (5,621 | ) | (17,970 | ) | - | - | (23,591 | ) | ||||||||||||
Capital expenditures | (360 | ) | (7,389 | ) | (3,464 | ) | - | (11,213 | ) | |||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities | 2,000 | - | - | - | 2,000 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | - | 466 | 275 | - | 741 | |||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (3,981 | ) | (24,893 | ) | (3,189 | ) | - | (32,063 | ) | |||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital contribution from Aeroflex Holding | 244,097 | - | - | - | 244,097 | |||||||||||||||
Repurchase of senior unsecured notes and senior subordinated unsecured term loans, including premiums and fees | (207,690 | ) | - | - | - | (207,690 | ) | |||||||||||||
Debt repayments | (21,458 | ) | - | - | - | (21,458 | ) | |||||||||||||
Debt financing costs | (3,332 | ) | - | - | - | (3,332 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities of continuing operations | 11,617 | - | - | - | 11,617 | |||||||||||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | - | - | 1,483 | - | 1,483 | |||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (43,460 | ) | 5,270 | 8,170 | - | (30,020 | ) | |||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 75,187 | (3,821 | ) | 29,297 | - | 100,663 | ||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 31,727 | $ | 1,449 | $ | 37,467 | $ | - | $ | 70,643 |
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Aeroflex Incorporated
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2009
(In thousands)
Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | |||||||||||||||||||
Parent | Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (31,157 | ) | $ | (17,526 | ) | $ | 8,331 | $ | 9,195 | $ | (31,157 | ) | |||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities and non-cash items included in net income (loss) | 56,201 | 22,336 | (16,072 | ) | (9,195 | ) | 53,270 | |||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 25,044 | 4,810 | (7,741 | ) | - | 22,113 | ||||||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures | (171 | ) | (6,172 | ) | (2,058 | ) | - | (8,401 | ) | |||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities | 1,000 | - | - | - | 1,000 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment | - | 737 | 108 | - | 845 | |||||||||||||||
Other, net | (11 | ) | - | - | - | (11 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 818 | (5,435 | ) | (1,950 | ) | - | (6,567 | ) | ||||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Debt repayments | (4,012 | ) | - | - | - | (4,012 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | (4,012 | ) | - | - | - | (4,012 | ) | |||||||||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | - | - | (483 | ) | - | (483 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 21,850 | (625 | ) | (10,174 | ) | - | 11,051 | |||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 31,221 | (15 | ) | 26,542 | - | 57,748 | ||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 53,071 | $ | (640 | ) | $ | 16,368 | $ | - | $ | 68,799 |
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2010 is a combined quarterly report being separately filed by two registrants: Aeroflex Holding Corp. (“Aeroflex Holding”) and Aeroflex Incorporated (“Aeroflex”), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding. Unless the context provides otherwise, references to “we,” “our,” “the Company,” or “us” refer collectively to Aeroflex Holding and its subsidiary, Aeroflex, including Aeroflex’s consolidated subsidiaries.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements for purposes of the U.S. federal and state securities laws. These statements may be identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "should" or "will" or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology.
We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While we believe these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. These and other important factors may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. A listing of some of the key factors that could cause actual results to differ from our expectations is included under the caption "Risk Factors" disclosed in Aeroflex Holding’s Registration Statement and Aeroflex’s Fiscal 2010 Form 10-K.
Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-Q are made only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, either to reflect new developments, or for any other reason, except as required by law.
Overview
Company Background
We are a leading global provider of RF and microwave integrated circuits, components and systems used in the design, development and maintenance of technically demanding, high-performance wireless communication systems. Our solutions include highly specialized microelectronic components and test and measurement equipment used by companies in the space, avionics, defense, commercial wireless communications, medical and other markets. We have targeted customers in these end markets because we believe our solutions address their technically demanding requirements. We were founded in 1937 and have proprietary technology that is based on extensive know-how and a long history of research and development focused on specialized technologies, often in collaboration with our customers.
Business Segments
Our business segments and major products included in each segment are as follows:
Microelectronic Solutions (“AMS”)
· | HiRel microelectronics/semiconductors |
· | RF and microwave components |
· | Mixed-signal/digital ASICs |
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· | Motion control products |
Test Solutions (“ATS”)
· | Wireless test equipment |
· | Military radio and Private Mobile Radio, or PMR, test equipment |
· | Avionics test equipment |
· | Synthetic test equipment |
· | General purpose test equipment and other |
Stock Split
Aeroflex Holding’s board of directors authorized an increase in Aeroflex Holding’s authorized shares of common stock to 300,000,000 and a 65,000,000 for 1 common stock split, both of which became effective on November 18, 2010. Aeroflex Holding’s stockholders’ equity has been retroactively adjusted to give effect to the stock split for all periods presented by reclassifying the par value of the additional shares issued in connection with the split from additional paid-in capital to common stock. In addition, all share numbers and per share amounts in Aeroflex Holding’s consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to give effect to the stock split.
Initial Public Offering
On November 19, 2010, Aeroflex Holding consummated an initial public offering (“IPO”) of common stock in which it sold 19,789,180 shares of common stock, par value of $.01 per share, at a price of $13.50 per share. Aeroflex Holding received net proceeds of $244.1 million from the IPO, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses, including a $2.5 million transaction fee which was paid to affiliates of the Sponsors under the advisory agreement with them for services directly attributable to the equity offering (“Transaction Fee”). Aeroflex Holding used the net proceeds of the IPO to make a capital contribution to Aeroflex. In connection with the IPO, Aeroflex:
· | Repurchased $186.6 million of its senior unsecured notes and senior subordinated unsecured term loans and paid related expenses; |
· | Paid a $16.9 million termination fee to affiliates of the Sponsors to terminate the advisory agreement with them, which, including the related write-off of prepaid advisory fees, resulted in an $18.1 million expense (“Termination Fee”); and |
· | Entered into an amendment of the credit agreement with the lenders of its senior secured credit facility, for which a $3.3 million fee was paid to the lenders |
Debt Repurchase
In December 2010, Aeroflex repurchased approximately $32.2 million of its senior unsecured notes and $154.4 million of its senior subordinated unsecured term loans. This resulted in a $25.2 million loss on extinguishment of debt, which is comprised of the following:
· | an 11% premium paid on the debt repurchased, which amounted to $20.5 million; |
· | the write-off of the related deferred financing costs of $4.0 million; and |
· | professional fees of $614,000. |
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Amendment to Senior Secured Debt Agreement
On November 4, 2010, Aeroflex entered into an amendment of the credit agreement with the lenders of its senior secured credit facility, for which it paid a $3.3 million fee to the lenders which was recorded as deferred financing costs and $579,000 of other costs that were expensed as incurred, which allowed Aeroflex to, among other things:
· | increase the amount of cash it can spend for acquisitions of businesses from $20 million per year and a $100 million aggregate amount, to $200 million in the aggregate (with no annual limit), from the effective date of the amendment to the credit facility maturity date, August 15, 2014; |
· | pay certain fees to affiliates of the Sponsors upon the completion of the Aeroflex Holding IPO. These fees were paid on November 24, 2010, and consisted of the $2.5 million Transaction Fee for services directly attributable to the equity offering, which was recorded as a reduction of additional paid-in capital, and the $16.9 million Termination Fee. The Termination Fee, when combined with the related write-off of prepaid advisory fees, amounted to an $18.1 million expense which was recorded in a separate line on the statement of operations entitled Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement; and |
· | base its interest rate margin above LIBOR on a grid, with reference to its current credit rating. This increased the interest rate margin by 75 basis points for all tranches of debt within the secured credit facility. |
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our historical results of operations as a percentage of net sales for the periods indicated below:
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
Net sales | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | ||||||||
Costs of sales | 47.8 | 48.1 | 48.2 | 48.9 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 52.2 | 51.9 | 51.8 | 51.1 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative costs | 21.0 | 18.9 | 22.3 | 20.8 | ||||||||||||
Research and development costs | 11.9 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 11.6 | ||||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 10.5 | ||||||||||||
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement | 10.0 | - | 5.4 | - | ||||||||||||
Restructuring charges | 3.5 | - | 2.4 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||
Loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary | - | - | - | 2.6 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 55.1 | 38.6 | 52.5 | 45.6 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | (2.9 | ) | 13.3 | (0.7 | ) | 5.5 | ||||||||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (11.4 | ) | (12.9 | ) | (12.5 | ) | (14.3 | ) | ||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (13.9 | ) | - | (7.5 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Gain from a bargain purchase of a business | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | - | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | (0.2 | ) | 0.3 | (0.1 | ) | 0.1 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (28.3 | ) | 0.7 | (20.7 | ) | (8.7 | ) | |||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (22.0 | ) | 7.1 | (15.6 | ) | 1.9 | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) | (6.3 | )% | (6.4 | )% | (5.1 | )% | (10.6 | )% |
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Three Months Ended December 31, 2010 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, 2009
Net Sales. Net sales increased $14.8 million, or 9%, to $181.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 from $166.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009. Businesses acquired since December 31, 2009 contributed $12.1 million to sales, or 7%, in the current quarter.
Net Sales | ||||||||||||||||||||
Three Months | % of | % of | ||||||||||||||||||
Ended | Consolidated | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||||
December 31, | AMS | Net Sales | ATS | Net Sales | Total | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | $ | 79,160 | 47.5 | % | $ | 87,579 | 52.5 | % | $ | 166,739 | ||||||||||
2010 | $ | 89,225 | 49.1 | % | $ | 92,354 | 50.9 | % | $ | 181,579 |
Net sales in the AMS segment increased $10.1 million, or 13%, to $89.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 from $79.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009. Specific variances include a volume driven $5.5 million increase in sales of components, including $4.2 million from Advanced Control Components, Inc., or ACC, acquired in August 2010, a volume driven $5.2 million increase in sales of integrated circuits; and additional sales of $1.5 million from Radiation Assured Devices, Inc., or RAD, acquired in June 2010. The increases in sales were partially offset by volume driven reductions of $1.5 million in sales of microelectronics modules and $699,000 in sales of motion control products.
Net sales in the ATS segment increased $4.8 million, or 5%, to $92.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 from $87.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009. Specific variances include a volume driven $2.7 million increase in sales from avionic products; a volume driven $1.7 million increase in sales of wireless test products; and additional wireless test products sales of $6.4 million from Willtek Communications, or Willtek, acquired in May 2010. The increases in net sales were partially offset by a volume driven reduction of $5.5 million in sales of general purpose test products and a volume driven reduction of $549,000 in sales of radio test products.
Gross Profit. Gross profit equals net sales less cost of sales. Cost of sales includes materials, direct labor, amortization of capitalized software development costs and overhead expenses such as engineering labor, fringe benefits, depreciation, allocable occupancy costs and manufacturing supplies.
On a consolidated basis, gross profit was $94.8 million, or 52.2% of net sales, for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and $86.7 million, or 51.9% of net sales, for the three months ended December 31, 2009.
Three Months | Gross Profit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | % of | % of | % of | |||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, | AMS | Net Sales | ATS | Net Sales | Total | Net Sales | ||||||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | $ | 39,202 | 49.5 | % | $ | 47,456 | 54.2 | % | $ | 86,658 | 51.9 | % | ||||||||||||
2010 | $ | 44,696 | 50.1 | % | $ | 50,144 | 54.3 | % | $ | 94,840 | 52.2 | % |
Gross margins in the AMS segment were 50.1% for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 49.5% for the three months ended December 31, 2009. The increase in gross margins is principally attributable to increased sales of integrated circuits, combined with the additional sales of RAD services, acquired in June 2010, (which have margins higher than the segment average). Gross profit increased $5.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2009 due to increased sales and the aforementioned increase in gross margins.
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Gross margins in the ATS segment were 54.3% for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and 54.2% for the three months ended December 31, 2009. Gross profit increased $2.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2009 due to increased sales.
Selling, General and Administrative Costs. Selling, general and administrative costs include office and management salaries, fringe benefits, commissions, insurance and professional fees.
On a consolidated basis SG&A costs increased $6.7 million, or 21%, to $38.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010. This increase was primarily attributable to the additional SG&A costs of the acquired businesses, which were not fully integrated during the quarter, and the expansion of our sales and marketing team in the Asia-Pacific region. As a percentage of sales, SG&A costs increased from 18.9% to 21.0% from the three months ended December 31, 2009 to the three months ended December 31, 2010. SG&A of the acquired businesses increased SG&A by $2.5 million, or 8% of 2009 total SG&A.
Three Months | Selling, General and Administrative Costs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | % of | % of | % of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, | AMS | Net Sales | ATS | Net Sales | Corporate | Total | Net Sales | |||||||||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | $ | 10,595 | 13.4 | % | $ | 17,338 | 19.8 | % | $ | 3,640 | $ | 31,573 | 18.9 | % | ||||||||||||||
2010 | $ | 13,596 | 15.2 | % | $ | 19,870 | 21.5 | % | $ | 4,800 | $ | 38,266 | 21.0 | % |
In the AMS segment, SG&A costs increased $3.0 million, or 28%, to $13.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010. This increase is primarily due to additional SG&A costs of $1.4 million related to RAD, acquired in June 2010, and ACC, acquired in August 2010 and general increases in our existing businesses, primarily due to increased employee related expenses of $644,000; external commissions of $262,000 and professional fees of $252,000. SG&A costs in the AMS segment increased from 13.4% to 15.2%, as a percentage of sales, from the three months ended December 31, 2009 to the three months ended December 31, 2010.
In the ATS segment, SG&A costs increased $2.5 million, or 15%, to $19.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010, primarily due to increased employee related expenses of $1.5 million and additional costs of $1.0 million related to Willtek, acquired in May 2010. As a percentage of sales, SG&A costs in the ATS segment increased from 19.8% to 21.5% from the three months ended December 31, 2009 to the three months ended December 31, 2010.
Corporate general and administrative costs increased $1.2 million, for the three months ended December 31, 2010 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2009, primarily related to business acquisition costs of $876,000.
Research and Development Costs. Research and development costs include materials, engineering labor and allocated overhead.
On a consolidated basis, research and development costs increased by $4.4 million, or 25%, to $21.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010. This increase was primarily attributable to the additional costs of the acquired businesses and the acceleration of research and development projects in our ATS segment to meet customer requirements for new products. As a percentage of sales, research and development costs increased from 10.4% to 11.9% from the three months ended December 31, 2009 to the three months ended December 31, 2010. Research and development costs of acquired businesses increased research and development by $1.4 million, or 8% of 2009 total research and development costs.
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Three Months | Research and Development Costs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | % of | % of | % of | |||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, | AMS | Net Sales | ATS | Net Sales | Total | Net Sales | ||||||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | $ | 6,986 | 8.8 | % | $ | 10,275 | 11.7 | % | $ | 17,261 | 10.4 | % | ||||||||||||
2010 | $ | 8,552 | 9.6 | % | $ | 13,104 | 14.2 | % | $ | 21,656 | 11.9 | % |
AMS segment self-funded research and development costs increased $1.6 million, or 22%, to $8.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 primarily due to the increased efforts in the development of next generation component products and additional spending on projects within integrated circuits. As a percentage of sales, AMS segment research and development costs increased from 8.8% for the three months ended December 31, 2009 to 9.6% for the three months ended December 31, 2010.
ATS segment self-funded research and development costs increased $2.8 million, or 28%, to $13.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 primarily due to increases in our radio test and avionics divisions, for the development of a common platform technology, and additional costs of $1.1 related to Willtek, acquired in May 2010. As a percentage of sales, ATS segment research and development costs increased from 11.7% for the three months ended December 31, 2009 to 14.2% for the three months ended December 31, 2010.
Amortization of Acquired Intangibles. Amortization of acquired intangibles increased $329,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2010 primarily due to additional amortization related to the acquisitions of Willtek, in May 2010; RAD, in June 2010; and ACC, in August 2010. The increases in amortization were partially offset by certain intangibles becoming fully amortized during fiscal 2010. By segment, the amortization increased $453,000 in the AMS segment and decreased $124,000 in the ATS segment.
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement. In connection with the Aeroflex Holding IPO, we paid a $16.9 million Termination Fee to affiliates of the Sponsors on November 24, 2010 to terminate the Sponsor Advisory Agreement with them and eliminate all future payments to the Sponsors under that agreement, which, including the related write-off of prepaid advisory fees, resulted in an $18.1 million expense. There was no similar charge recorded for the three months ended December 31, 2009.
Restructuring Charges. The AMS segment incurred total restructuring costs of $5.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 which primarily relate to consolidation of our components operations by relocating a portion of our Whippany, New Jersey facility’s production to our Ann Arbor, Michigan facility and a portion to our Eatontown, New Jersey facility. In connection with this consolidation, we recorded a $4.9 million impairment charge based on the fair value of the Whippany, New Jersey facility we intend to sell. There were no comparable charges for the three months ended December 31, 2009.
The ATS segment incurred restructuring costs of $738,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2010. In comparison, for the three months ended December 31, 2009, the ATS segment incurred restructuring costs of $64,000. In both periods, the costs related to consolidation and reorganization efforts in our U.K. operations.
Other Income (Expense). Interest expense was $20.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and $21.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009. The interest expense decreased, and will further decrease next quarter, as a result of the repurchase, in December 2010, of $186.6 million of Aeroflex’s senior unsecured notes and senior subordinated unsecured term loans with the proceeds from the IPO. During the three months ended December 31, 2010 we incurred a $25.2 million loss on extinguishment of debt, which was comprised primarily of $20.5 million in premiums paid on the debt repurchased and $4.0 million for the write-off of the related deferred financing costs. In addition, we recognized a $173,000 gain on bargain purchase related to the final working capital adjustment to the purchase price of Willtek, acquired in June 2010. There were no comparable charges for the three months ended December 31, 2009. Other income (expense) of ($378,000) for the three months ended December 31, 2010 consisted primarily of ($688,000) of other than temporary impairments related to the fair value of our auction rate securities, offset by $310,000 of interest and miscellaneous income. Other income (expense) of $422,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2009 consisted primarily of $768,000 of interest and miscellaneous income, offset by ($346,000) of foreign currency transaction losses.
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Provision for Income Taxes. The income tax benefit was $40.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 on a pre-tax loss of $51.4 million. We had an income tax provision for the three months ended December 31, 2009 of $11.9 million on pre-tax income of $1.3 million. The effective income tax rate for both periods differed from the amount computed by applying the U.S. Federal income tax rate to income before income taxes primarily due to foreign, state and local income taxes, including U.S. income tax on certain foreign net income, since we anticipate that we will be repatriating these earnings to the U.S. The provisions are a combination of U.S. tax benefits on domestic losses and foreign tax expense on foreign earnings. The resulting projected net consolidated income tax benefit was then applied to the projected net consolidated pre-tax amount for the year to calculate the annual effective tax rate, which contributed to the high income tax benefit as a percentage of pre-tax loss. The income tax benefit for the three months ended December 31, 2010 reflects various discrete items in the quarter, including a $1.2 million tax benefit for the retroactive reinstatement of the U.S. R&D credit and a reduction of $5.7 million of deferred tax liabilities related to U.S. income taxes previously provided on unremitted foreign earnings. As a direct result of Aeroflex Holding’s IPO, and related repurchase of a portion of Aeroflex’s debt, interest payments will decrease in the future. Consequently, we have changed our intent as to the amount and method of repatriations of foreign earnings, which resulted in the reduction of deferred tax liabilities.
In the three months ended December 31, 2010, we paid income taxes of $6.5 million and received tax refunds of $3.1 million related to federal, state and foreign income taxes. In the three months ended December 31, 2009, we paid income taxes of $1.5 million and received refunds of $29,000.
Net Loss. The net loss was $11.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and $10.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009.
Six Months Ended December 31, 2010 Compared to Six Months Ended December 31, 2009
Net Sales. Net sales increased $40.7 million, or 14%, to $337.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 from $296.9 million for the six months ended December 31, 2009. Businesses acquired since December 31, 2009 contributed $19.0 million to sales, or 6%, in the current fiscal year.
Net Sales | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ended | Consolidated | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||||
December 31, | AMS | Net Sales | ATS | Net Sales | Total | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | $ | 146,521 | 49.4 | % | $ | 150,334 | 50.6 | % | $ | 296,855 | ||||||||||
2010 | $ | 166,530 | 49.3 | % | $ | 170,980 | 50.7 | % | $ | 337,510 |
Net sales in the AMS segment increased $20.0 million, or 14%, to $166.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 from $146.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2009. Specific variances include a volume driven $11.4 million increase in sales of components, including $5.7 million from ACC, acquired in August 2010, a volume driven $9.3 million increase in sales of integrated circuits; and additional sales of $2.8 million from RAD, acquired in June 2010. The increases in sales were partially offset by volume driven reductions of $1.9 million in sales of microelectronics modules and $1.6 million in sales of motion control products.
Net sales in the ATS segment increased $20.6 million, or 14%, to $171.0 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 from $150.3 million for the six months ended December 31, 2009. Specific variances include a volume driven $9.6 million increase in sales of wireless test products; a volume driven $5.9 million increase in sales from avionic products; and a volume driven $2.4 million increase in sales of radio test sets. In addition, there were additional wireless test products sales of $10.4 million from Willtek, acquired in May 2010. The increases in net sales were partially offset by a volume driven reduction of $7.7 million in sales of general purpose test products.
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Gross Profit. On a consolidated basis, gross profit was $174.7 million, or 51.8% of net sales, for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and $151.7 million, or 51.1% of net sales, for the six months ended December 31, 2009.
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Ended | % of | % of | % of | |||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, | AMS | Net Sales | ATS | Net Sales | Total | Net Sales | ||||||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | $ | 70,201 | 47.9 | % | $ | 81,530 | 54.2 | % | $ | 151,731 | 51.1 | % | ||||||||||||
2010 | $ | 83,415 | 50.1 | % | $ | 91,251 | 53.4 | % | $ | 174,666 | 51.8 | % |
Gross margins in the AMS segment were 50.1% for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and 47.9% for the six months ended December 31, 2009. The increase in gross margins is principally attributable to a favorable product mix and increased sales of integrated circuits, combined with the additional sales of RAD services, acquired in June 2010, (which have margins higher than the segment average). Gross profit increased $13.2 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 as compared to the six months ended December 31, 2009 principally due to increased sales and the aforementioned increase in gross margins.
Gross margins in the ATS segment were 53.4% for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and 54.2% for the six months ended December 31, 2009. The decrease in gross margins was principally attributable to wireless product sales, which included more hardware products than software products as compared to the prior year (while wireless hardware products have higher gross margins than the segment average, they are not as high as the gross margins of wireless software products). Despite the reduction in margins, gross profit increased $9.7 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 as compared to the six months ended December 31, 2009 due to increased sales.
Selling, General and Administrative Costs. On a consolidated basis SG&A costs increased $13.3 million, or 21%, to $75.0 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010. This increase was primarily attributable to the additional SG&A costs of the acquired businesses, which were not fully integrated during the period, and the expansion of our sales and marketing team in the Asia-Pacific region. As a percentage of sales, SG&A costs increased from 20.8% to 22.3% from the six months ended December 31, 2009 to the six months ended December 31, 2010. The SG&A of the acquired businesses increased SG&A by $4.4 million, or 7% of total 2009 SG&A.
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Ended | % of | % of | % of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, | AMS | Net Sales | ATS | Net Sales | Corporate | Total | Net Sales | |||||||||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | $ | 20,583 | 14.0 | % | $ | 33,312 | 22.2 | % | $ | 7,808 | $ | 61,703 | 20.8 | % | ||||||||||||||
2010 | $ | 25,980 | 15.6 | % | $ | 40,302 | 23.6 | % | $ | 8,687 | $ | 74,969 | 22.3 | % |
In the AMS segment, SG&A costs increased $5.4 million, or 26%, to $26.0 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010. This increase is primarily due to additional costs of $2.3 million related to RAD, acquired in June 2010, and ACC, acquired in August 2010; general increases in our existing businesses, primarily due to increased employee related expenses of $1.4 million and external commissions of $578,000; and increased professional fees of $504,000. SG&A costs in the AMS segment increased from 14.0% to 15.6%, as a percentage of sales, from the six months ended December 31, 2009 to the six months ended December 31, 2010.
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In the ATS segment, SG&A costs increased $7.0 million, or 21%, to $40.3 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010, primarily due to increased employee related expenses of $2.7 million; increased commissions of $2.4 million, due to the increase in sales volume and a change in product mix; and additional costs of $2.1 million related to Willtek, acquired in May 2010. As a percentage of sales, SG&A costs in the ATS segment increased from 22.2% to 23.6% from the six months ended December 31, 2009 to the six months ended December 31, 2010.
Corporate general and administrative costs increased $879,000, for the six months ended December 31, 2010 compared to the six months ended December 31, 2009 primarily related to business acquisition costs of $1.1 million, offset by reductions in general expense of $187,000.
Research and Development Costs. On a consolidated basis, research and development costs increased by $9.4 million, or 27%, to $43.8 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010. This increase was primarily attributable to the additional costs of the acquired businesses and the acceleration of research and development projects in our ATS segment to meet customer requirements for new products. As a percentage of sales, research and development costs increased from 11.6% to 13.0% from the six months ended December 31, 2009 to the six months ended December 31, 2010. Research and development costs of acquired businesses increased research and development by $2.4 million, or 7% of 2009 total research and development costs.
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Ended | % of | % of | % of | |||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, | AMS | Net Sales | ATS | Net Sales | Total | Net Sales | ||||||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | $ | 13,493 | 9.2 | % | $ | 20,949 | 13.9 | % | $ | 34,442 | 11.6 | % | ||||||||||||
2010 | $ | 16,299 | 9.8 | % | $ | 27,515 | 16.1 | % | $ | 43,814 | 13.0 | % |
AMS segment self-funded research and development costs increased $2.8 million, or 21%, to $16.3 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 primarily due to the increased efforts in the development of next generation component products and additional spending on projects within integrated circuits. As a percentage of sales, AMS segment research and development costs increased from 9.2% for the six months ended December 31, 2009 to 9.8% for the six months ended December 31, 2010.
ATS segment self-funded research and development costs increased $6.6 million, or 31%, to $27.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 primarily due to increases in our radio test and avionics divisions, for the development of a common platform technology, and additional costs of $2.0 million related to Willtek, acquired in May 2010. As a percentage of sales, ATS segment research and development costs increased from 13.9% for the six months ended December 31, 2009 to 16.1% for the six months ended December 31, 2010.
Amortization of Acquired Intangibles. Amortization of acquired intangibles increased $687,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2010 primarily due to additional amortization related to the acquisitions of Willtek, in May 2010; RAD, in June 2010; and ACC, in August 2010. The increases in amortization were partially offset by certain intangibles becoming fully amortized during fiscal 2010. By segment, the amortization increased $877,000 in the AMS segment and decreased $190,000 in the ATS segment.
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement. In connection with the Aeroflex Holding IPO, we paid a $16.9 million Termination Fee to affiliates of the Sponsors on November 24, 2010 to terminate the Sponsor Advisory Agreement with them and eliminate all future payments to the Sponsors under that agreement, which, including the related write-off of prepaid advisory fees, resulted in an $18.1 million expense. There was no similar charge recorded for the six months ended December 31, 2009.
Restructuring Charges. The AMS segment incurred total restructuring costs of $6.1 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 which primarily relate to consolidation of our components operations by relocating a portion of our Whippany, New Jersey facility’s production to our Ann Arbor, Michigan facility and a portion to our Eatontown, New Jersey facility. In connection with this consolidation, we recorded a $4.9 million impairment charge based on the fair value of the Whippany, New Jersey facility we intend to sell. There were no comparable charges for the six months ended December 31, 2009.
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The ATS segment incurred restructuring costs of $2.0 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010. In comparison, for the six months ended December 31, 2009, the ATS segment incurred restructuring costs of $251,000. In both periods, the costs related to consolidation and reorganization efforts in our U.K. operations.
Loss on Liquidation of Foreign Subsidiary. During the six months ended December 31, 2009, we recognized a $7.7 million non-cash loss on liquidation of a foreign subsidiary. There was no similar charge recorded for the six months ended December 31, 2010.
Other Income (Expense). Interest expense was $42.0 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and $42.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2009. The interest expense decreased, and will further decrease next quarter, as a result of the repurchase, in December 2010, of $186.6 million of Aeroflex’s senior unsecured notes and senior subordinated unsecured term loans with the proceeds from the IPO. During the six months ended December 31, 2010 we incurred a $25.2 million loss on extinguishment of debt, which was comprised primarily of $20.5 million in premiums paid on the debt repurchased and $4.0 million for the write-off of the related deferred financing costs. In addition, we recognized a $173,000 gain on bargain purchase related to the final working capital adjustment to the purchase price of Willtek, acquired in June 2010. There were no comparable charges for the six months ended December 31, 2009. Other income (expense) of ($407,000) for the six months ended December 31, 2010 consisted primarily of a ($688,000) other than temporary impairment recorded on our auction rate securities and ($305,000) of foreign currency transaction losses offset by $586,000 of interest and miscellaneous income. Other income (expense) of $479,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2009 consisted primarily of $1.1 million of interest and miscellaneous income, offset by ($584,000) of foreign currency transaction losses.
Provision for Income Taxes. The income tax benefit was $52.3 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 on a pre-tax loss of $69.5 million. We had an income tax provision for the six months ended December 31, 2009 of $5.7 million on a pre-tax loss of $25.5 million. The effective income tax rate for both periods differed from the amount computed by applying the U.S. Federal income tax rate to income before income taxes primarily due to foreign, state and local income taxes, including U.S. income tax on certain foreign net income, since we anticipate that we will be repatriating these earnings to the U.S. The provisions are a combination of U.S. tax benefits on domestic losses and foreign tax expense on foreign earnings. The resulting projected net consolidated income tax benefit was then applied to the projected consolidated pre-tax amount for the year to calculate the annual effective tax rate, which contributed to the high income tax benefit as a percentage of pre-tax loss. During the three months ended September 30, 2010, we identified an overstatement of deferred income tax liabilities established in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 and throughout fiscal 2010 related to U.S. income taxes provided on unremitted foreign earnings. After consideration of both quantitative and qualitative factors, we determined the amounts were not material to any of those prior period financial statements or the fiscal 2011 estimated results and thus corrected the balance in the three months ended September 30, 2010. The adjustment resulted in a reduction of deferred income tax liabilities of $3.7 million, with a corresponding increase in income tax benefit in the statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2010. The adjustment did not impact the statement of cash flows. The income tax benefit for the six months ended December 31, 2010 reflects various discrete items, including a $1.2 million income tax benefit for the retroactive reinstatement of the U.S. R&D credit and a reduction of $5.7 million of deferred tax liabilities related to U.S. income taxes previously provided on unremitted foreign earnings. As a direct result of Aeroflex Holding’s IPO, and related repurchase of a portion of Aeroflex’s debt, interest payments will decrease in the future. Consequently, we have changed our intent as to the amount and method of repatriations of foreign earnings, which resulted in the reduction of deferred tax liabilities. The tax provision for the six months ended December 31, 2009 was affected by the unfavorable impact of a $7.7 million nondeductible loss on the liquidation of a foreign subsidiary, and the favorable impact of a $10.3 million loss for tax purposes on the write off of our investment in a foreign subsidiary in fiscal 2009. For financial statement purposes, the loss had been recognized in the prior periods, however, for tax purposes the loss was recognized at the time of divestiture, effective September 2009.
In the six months ended December 31, 2010, we paid income taxes of $10.2 million and received tax refunds of $3.1 million related to federal, state and foreign income taxes. In the six months ended December 31, 2009, we paid income taxes of $4.5 million and received refunds of $631,000.
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Net income (loss). The net loss was $17.2 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and $31.2 million for the six months ended December 31, 2009.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The liquidity and capital resources of Aeroflex Holding are essentially identical to the liquidity and capital resources of Aeroflex, with the following significant exception: Aeroflex Holding, in connection with its IPO of common stock on November 19, 2010, received net proceeds of $244.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses, whereas Aeroflex received the net proceeds of the IPO of $244.1 million in the form of a capital contribution from Aeroflex Holding. All indebtedness has been incurred by Aeroflex; such indebtedness is reflected on the balance sheets of Aeroflex Holding by virtue of the principles of consolidation. Aeroflex Holding’s principal source of liquidity has been the proceeds of the IPO. Aeroflex’s principal sources of liquidity include cash generated from operations, borrowings and availability under its credit facilities and contributions from Aeroflex Holding.
As of December 31, 2010, Aeroflex had $70.6 million of cash and cash equivalents, $267.2 million in working capital and its current ratio was 2.99 to 1.
Its principal liquidity requirements are to service its debt and interest and meet its working capital and capital expenditure needs. As of December 31, 2010, Aeroflex had $696.3 million of debt outstanding (of which $695.9 million was long-term), including approximately $489.1 million under the senior secured credit facility, $192.8 million of senior unsecured notes and $13.6 million under the senior subordinated unsecured credit facility. Additionally, at December 31, 2010 Aeroflex had a $50.0 million revolving senior secured credit facility available to it, under which $0 was outstanding.
The following is a summary of required principal repayments of Aeroflex’s debt for the next five years and thereafter as of December 31, 2010:
Twelve Months Ended December 31, | (In thousands) | |||
2011 | $ | 360 | ||
2012 | 385 | |||
2013 | - | |||
2014 | 489,105 | |||
2015 | 206,418 | |||
Thereafter | - | |||
Total | $ | 696,268 |
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As of December 31, 2010, Aeroflex and its subsidiaries were in compliance with all of the covenants contained in the loan agreements. Certain loan covenants are based on Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA (net income (loss), before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization), adjusted to add back certain non-cash, non-recurring and other items, as required by various covenants in the debt agreements. Use of the term Adjusted EBITDA may vary from others in our industry. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures of operating income (loss), performance or liquidity under U.S. GAAP and are subject to important limitations. A reconciliation of net income (loss), which is a U.S. GAAP measure of our operating results, to Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in the loan agreements, is as follows:
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (11,403 | ) | $ | (10,614 | ) | $ | (17,220 | ) | $ | (31,157 | ) | ||||
Interest expense | 20,713 | 21,418 | 41,951 | 42,457 | ||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (40,044 | ) | 11,864 | (52,291 | ) | 5,699 | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 20,648 | 20,528 | 41,534 | 41,774 | ||||||||||||
EBITDA | (10,086 | ) | 43,196 | 13,974 | 58,773 | |||||||||||
Non-cash purchase accounting adjustments | 391 | 33 | 1,046 | 311 | ||||||||||||
Merger related expenses | 507 | 771 | 1,222 | 1,464 | ||||||||||||
Restructuring costs (a) | 6,293 | 64 | 8,092 | 251 | ||||||||||||
Share-based compensation (b) | 513 | 556 | 1,026 | 1,045 | ||||||||||||
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement | 18,133 | - | 18,133 | - | ||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | 25,178 | - | 25,178 | - | ||||||||||||
Non-cash loss on liquidation of foreign subsidiary | - | - | - | 7,696 | ||||||||||||
Other defined items (c) | 1,392 | 32 | 2,061 | (342 | ) | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 42,321 | $ | 44,652 | $ | 70,732 | $ | 69,198 |
(a) | Primarily reflects costs associated with the reorganization of our U.K. operations and consolidation of certain of our U.S. components facilities and the pro forma savings related thereto. Pro forma savings reflects the amount of costs that we estimate would have been eliminated during the period in which a restructuring occurred had the restructuring occurred as of the first day of that period. |
(b) | Reflects non-cash share-based compensation expense. |
(c) | Reflects other adjustments required in calculating debt covenant compliance. These other defined items include pro forma EBITDA for periods prior to the acquisition dates for companies acquired during the periods presented. |
Financial covenants in Aeroflex’s senior secured credit facility include (i) a maximum leverage ratio of total debt (less up to $15.0 million of unrestricted cash) to Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in the senior secured credit facility, and (ii) maximum consolidated capital expenditures. The maximum leverage ratio permitted for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010 was 5.90, whereas the actual leverage ratio was 4.12. The maximum leverage ratio remains at 5.90 until September 30, 2011, when it decreases to 5.20.
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Aeroflex’s senior secured credit facility, senior subordinated unsecured credit facility and the indenture governing its senior unsecured notes contain restrictions on its activities, including but not limited to covenants that restrict Aeroflex and its restricted subsidiaries, as defined in the senior subordinated unsecured credit facility, from:
· | incurring additional indebtedness and issuing disqualified stock or preferred stock; |
· | making certain investments or other restricted payments; |
· | paying dividends and making other distributions with respect to capital stock, or repurchasing, redeeming or retiring capital stock or subordinated debt; |
· | selling or otherwise disposing of assets; |
· | under certain circumstances, issuing or selling equity interests; |
· | creating liens on assets; |
· | consolidating or merging with, or acquiring in excess of specified annual limitations, another business, or selling or disposing of all or substantially all of their assets; and |
· | entering into certain transactions with affiliates. |
If for any reason Aeroflex fails to comply with the covenants in the senior secured credit facility, it would be in default under the terms of the agreements governing its outstanding debt. If such a default were to occur, the lenders under our senior secured credit facility could elect to declare all amounts outstanding there under immediately due and payable, and the lenders would not be obligated to continue to advance funds to Aeroflex. In addition, if such a default were to occur, any amounts then outstanding under the senior subordinated unsecured term loan or senior unsecured notes could become immediately due and payable. If the amounts outstanding under these debt agreements are accelerated, Aeroflex’s assets may not be sufficient to repay in full the amounts owed to debt holders.
We expect that cash generated from operating activities and availability under the revolving portion of Aeroflex’s senior secured credit facility will be Aeroflex’s principal sources of liquidity. Aeroflex’s ability to make payments on and to refinance its indebtedness and to fund working capital needs and planned capital expenditures will depend on its ability to generate cash in the future. This, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive and other factors that are beyond our control. In addition, to the extent Aeroflex has consolidated excess cash flows, as defined in the credit agreement governing the senior secured credit facility, Aeroflex must use specified portions of the excess cash flows to prepay senior secured credit facilities. Based on its current level of operations, we believe Aeroflex’s cash flow from operations and available borrowings under its senior secured credit facility will be adequate to meet Aeroflex’s liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months. We cannot assure you, however, that its business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, or those future borrowings will be available under the senior secured credit facility in an amount sufficient to enable Aeroflex to repay its indebtedness or to fund other liquidity needs. Aeroflex may need to refinance all or a portion of its indebtedness on or before the maturity thereof. We cannot assure you that Aeroflex will be able to refinance any of its indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all.
Cash Flows
For the six months ended December 31, 2010, Aeroflex’s cash flow used by operations was $11.1 million primarily due to increased inventory of $24.2 million in anticipation of higher sales. Its investing activities used cash of $32.1 million, primarily for payments for the purchase of businesses of $23.6 million and for capital expenditures of $11.2 million. Aeroflex’s financing activities provided cash of $11.6 million - $244.1 million was received by Aeroflex as a capital contribution from Aeroflex Holding and was partially offset by the repurchase of senior unsecured notes and senior subordinated unsecured term loans, including premiums and fees, of $207.7 million plus debt repayments of $21.5 million.
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For the six months ended December 31, 2009, Aeroflex’s cash flow provided by operations was $22.1 million. Its investing activities used cash of $6.6 million, primarily for capital expenditures of $8.4 million, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of marketable securities of $1.0 million combined with the sale of property, plant and equipment of $845,000. Aeroflex’s financing activities used cash of $4.0 million to repay indebtedness.
Aeroflex Holding’s cash flows are identical to those of Aeroflex with the following exception: Aeroflex Holding’s cash flows from financing activities for the six months ended December 31, 2010 reflect the fact that Aeroflex Holding received the $244.1 million proceeds from its IPO of common stock.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures were $11.2 million and $8.4 million for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Our capital expenditures primarily consist of equipment replacements.
Contractual Obligations
Debt Repurchase
As of June 30, 2010 Aeroflex had $225.0 million due under its senior unsecured notes and $165.5 million due under its senior subordinated unsecured term loans. In connection with Aeroflex Holding’s IPO, the net proceeds were used to make a capital contribution to Aeroflex to enable it to, among other things, tender for a portion of its senior unsecured notes and offer to repurchase a portion of its senior subordinated unsecured term loans. In December 2010 Aeroflex repurchased approximately $32.2 million of senior unsecured notes and $154.4 million of senior subordinated unsecured term loans.
Termination of Sponsor Advisory Agreement
Also in connection with the Aeroflex Holding IPO, we paid a $16.9 million Termination Fee to affiliates of the Sponsors on November 24, 2010 to terminate the Sponsor Advisory Agreement with them and eliminate all future payments to the Sponsors under that agreement, which including the related write-off of prepaid advisory fees, resulted in an $18.1 million expense.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not maintain any off-balance sheet arrangements, transactions, obligations or other relationships with unconsolidated entities that would be expected to have material current or future effect upon our results of operations or financial condition.
Seasonality
Historically our net sales and earnings increase sequentially from quarter to quarter within a fiscal year, but the first quarter is typically less than the previous year’s fourth quarter.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Information regarding the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates appears within the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in Aeroflex Holding’s Registration Statement and in Aeroflex’s Fiscal 2010 Form 10-K. During the six month period ended December 31, 2010, there were no significant changes to any critical accounting policies or to the related estimates and judgments involved in applying those policies.
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Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2 of the combined notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
See Note 2 of the combined notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Interest Rate Risk. We are subject to interest rate risk in connection with borrowings under Aeroflex’s senior secured credit facility. Although we currently have interest rate swap agreements hedging portions of this debt, they expire in February 2011 before the borrowings are fully repaid and we currently do not anticipate renewing them. As of December 31, 2010, there is $489.1 million outstanding under the term-loan portion of the senior secured credit facility, the un-hedged portion of which is subject to variable interest rates. Each change of 1% in interest rates would result in a $4.6 million change in our interest expense over the next year on the un-hedged portion of the term-loan borrowings and a $507,000 change in our annual interest expense on the revolving loan borrowings, assuming the entire $50.0 million was outstanding. Any debt we incur in the future may also bear interest at floating rates.
Foreign Currency Risk. Foreign currency contracts are used to protect us from exchange rate fluctuation from the time customers are invoiced in local currency until such currency is exchanged for U.S. dollars. Aeroflex periodically enters into foreign currency contracts, which are not designated as hedges, and the change in the fair value is included in income currently within other income (expense). As of December 31, 2010, Aeroflex had $31.7 million of notional value foreign currency forward contracts maturing through January 31, 2011. Notional amounts do not quantify risk or represent assets or liabilities of Aeroflex, but are used in the calculation of cash settlements under the contracts. The fair value of these contracts at December 31, 2010 was an asset of $18,000. If foreign currency exchange rates (primarily the British pound and the Euro) change by 10% from the levels at December 31, 2010, the effect on our comprehensive income would be approximately $23.4 million.
Inflation Risk. Inflation has not had a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition during the preceding three years.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES – AEROFLEX HOLDING
Aeroflex Holding’s disclosure controls and procedures under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Aeroflex Holding’s disclosure controls and procedures are also designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to its management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer, with the assistance from other members of management, have reviewed the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2010 and, based on their evaluation, have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date.
There have been no changes in Aeroflex Holding’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.
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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES - AEROFLEX
Aeroflex’s disclosure controls and procedures under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Aeroflex’s disclosure controls and procedures are also designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to its management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer, with the assistance from other members of management, have reviewed the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2010 and, based on their evaluation, have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date.
There have been no changes in Aeroflex’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
There have been no material changes in our legal proceedings disclosed in Aeroflex Holding’s Registration Statement and Aeroflex’s Fiscal 2010 Form 10-K.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes in our risk factors disclosed in Aeroflex Holding’s Registration Statement and Aeroflex’s Fiscal 2010 Form 10-K.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4. [Removed and Reserved]
Item 5. Other Information
None
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description | |
10.1 | Form of Aeroflex Incorporated Indemnification Agreement | |
31.1 | Certification of Aeroflex Holding Corp. pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Executive Officer) | |
31.2 | Certification of Aeroflex Incorporated pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Executive Officer) | |
31.3 | Certification of Aeroflex Holding Corp. pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Financial Officer) | |
31.4 | Certification of Aeroflex Incorporated pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Financial Officer) | |
31.5 | Certification of Aeroflex Holding Corp. pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
31.6 | Certification of Aeroflex Incorporated pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
32.1 | Certification of Aeroflex Holding Corp. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Executive Officer) | |
32.2 | Certification of Aeroflex Incorporated pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Executive Officer) | |
32.3 | Certification of Aeroflex Holding Corp. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Financial Officer) | |
32.4 | Certification of Aeroflex Incorporated pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Financial Officer) |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Aeroflex Holding Corp. and Aeroflex Incorporated have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
AEROFLEX HOLDING CORP. | ||
February 9, 2011 | /s/ John Adamovich, Jr. | |
John Adamovich, Jr. | ||
Senior Vice President and | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
(Principal Financial Officer) |
AEROFLEX INCORPORATED | ||
February 9, 2011 | /s/ John Adamovich, Jr. | |
John Adamovich, Jr. | ||
Senior Vice President and | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
(Principal Financial Officer) |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description | |
10.1 | Form of Aeroflex Incorporated Indemnification Agreement | |
31.1 | Certification of Aeroflex Holding Corp. pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Executive Officer) | |
31.2 | Certification of Aeroflex Incorporated pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Executive Officer) | |
31.3 | Certification of Aeroflex Holding Corp. pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Financial Officer) | |
31.4 | Certification of Aeroflex Incorporated pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Financial Officer) | |
31.5 | Certification of Aeroflex Holding Corp. pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
31.6 | Certification of Aeroflex Incorporated pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14a as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
32.1 | Certification of Aeroflex Holding Corp. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Executive Officer) | |
32.2 | Certification of Aeroflex Incorporated pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Executive Officer) | |
32.3 | Certification of Aeroflex Holding Corp. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Financial Officer) | |
32.4 | Certification of Aeroflex Incorporated pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Chief Financial Officer) |
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Exhibit 10.1
FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement ("Agreement") is made as of February ___, 2011 by and between Aeroflex Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and ________________ ("Indemnitee").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve public companies as directors or officers unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors and officers in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the "Certificate of Incorporation") and the Bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws") require indemnification of the directors and officers of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("DGCL"). The Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and directors and officers with respect to indemnification;
WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining directors and officers;
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining directors and officers is detrimental to the best interests of the Company and its stockholder and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;
WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
Section 1. Services to the Company as a Director or Officer. Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director or officer of the Company; provided, that Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law), in which event the Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in such position; and, provided, further, that, except as may be created by any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law, nothing contained herein shall be interpreted to create a right to serve as director or officer in favor of Indemnitee. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in force after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a director or officer of the Company or to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, as provided in Section 16 hereof.
Section 2. Definitions. As used in this Agreement:
(a) "Change in Control" shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:
i. Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. (A) Any Person (as defined below) other than The Veritas Capital Fund III, L.P., Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc. or GS Direct, L.L.C. or their respective affiliates (collectively, the "Sponsors") is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (“Aeroflex Holding”) representing thirty five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of Aeroflex Holding’s then outstanding securities; or (B) any of the Sponsors and/or its affiliates is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Aeroflex Holding representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of Aeroflex Holding's then outstanding securities;
ii. Change in Board of Directors. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of Aeroflex Holding (the “Aeroflex Holding Board”), and any new director of Aeroflex Holding (other than a director of Aeroflex Holding designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with Aeroflex Holding to effect a transaction described in Sections 2(a)(i), 2(a)(iii) or 2(a)(iv)) whose election by the Aeroflex Holding Board or nomination for election by Aeroflex Holding's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Aeroflex Holding Board;
iii. Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of Aeroflex Holding with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of Aeroflex Holding outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 51% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity;
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iv. Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company, the approval by the stockholders of Aeroflex Holding of a complete liquidation of Aeroflex Holding, or an agreement for the sale or disposition by Aeroflex Holding of all or substantially all of Aeroflex Holding’s assets; and
v. Other Events. There occurs with respect to Aeroflex Holding any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not Aeroflex Holding is then subject to such reporting requirement.
For purposes of this Section 2(a), the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(A) "Person" shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Person shall exclude (i) Aeroflex Holding and the Company, (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Aeroflex Holding or of the Company, and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of Aeroflex Holding in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of Aeroflex Holding.
(B) "Beneficial Owner" shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Beneficial Owner shall exclude any Person otherwise becoming a Beneficial Owner solely by reason of the stockholders of Aeroflex Holding approving a merger of Aeroflex Holding with another entity.
(b) "Corporate Status" describes the status of a person who is or was a director, trustee, partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership or joint venture, trust or other enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.
(c) "Disinterested Director" shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.
(d) "Enterprise" shall mean the Company and any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.
(e) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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(f) "Expenses" shall include all reasonable attorneys' fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts and other professionals, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with, or as a result of, prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a deponent or witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also shall include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, (ii) expenses incurred in connection with recovery under any directors' and officers' liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether the Indemnitee is ultimately determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement or Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be, and (iii) for purposes of Section 14(d) only, Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee's rights under this Agreement, by litigation or otherwise. The parties agree that for the purposes of any advancement of Expenses for which Indemnitee has made written demand to the Company in accordance with this Agreement, all Expenses included in such demand that are certified by affidavit of Indemnitee's counsel as being reasonable shall be presumed conclusively to be reasonable. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
(g) "Independent Counsel" shall mean a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements); or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Independent Counsel" shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee's rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
(h) The term "Proceeding" shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory, legislative or investigative nature, formal or informal, including any appeal therefrom in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting as director or officer of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, by reason of any action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting in such capacity, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of Expenses can be provided under this Agreement. If the Indemnitee believes in good faith that a given situation may lead to or culminate in the institution of a Proceeding, this shall be considered a Proceeding under this paragraph.
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(i) Reference to "other enterprise" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to "serving at the request of the Company" shall include (i) any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries and (ii) any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of any subsidiary of the Company; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Company" as referred to in this Agreement.
Section 3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, liabilities, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The parties hereto intend that this Agreement shall provide to the fullest extent permitted by law for indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, vote of its stockholders or Disinterested Directors or applicable law.
Section 4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. If applicable law so provides, no indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Court") or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.
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Section 5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with or related to each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter to the fullest extent permitted by law. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
Section 6. Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness or otherwise asked to participate in any aspect of a Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, the Company shall indemnify him against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.
Section 7. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.
Section 8. Additional Indemnification.
(a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or a participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, liabilities, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding.
(b) For purposes of Section 8(a), the meaning of the phrase "to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law" shall include, but not be limited to:
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i. to the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL; and
ii. to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its directors and officers.
Section 9. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:
(a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or
(b) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (as defined in Section 2(a) hereof) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act; or
(c) except as provided in Section 14(d) of this Agreement, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless: (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation; (ii) such payment arises in connection with any mandatory counterclaim or cross-claim or affirmative defense brought or raised by Indemnitee in any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding); (iii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law; or (iv) the Company is expressly required by law to make the indemnification.
Section 10. Advances of Expenses. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee's behalf in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding), and such advancement shall be made within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances, from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee's ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee's ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. The Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. No other form of undertaking shall be required other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 10 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 9.
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Section 11. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim.
(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing of any matter with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of written notice thereof. The written notification to the Company shall include a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding, in each case to the extent known to Indemnitee. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of such Proceeding. The failure by Indemnitee to notify the Company hereunder will not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise than under this Agreement, and any delay in so notifying the Company shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights under this Agreement. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.
(b) The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.
(c) The Company shall not settle any Proceeding (in whole or in part) if such settlement would impose any Expense, judgment, liability, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee for which Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder without the Indemnitee's prior written consent.
Section 12. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification.
(a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a), a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee's entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case: (i) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (ii) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (B) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (C) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (D) if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company; and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within thirty (30) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or Expenses (including attorneys' fees and disbursements) incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. The Company promptly will advise Indemnitee in writing with respect to any determination that Indemnitee is or is not entitled to indemnification, including a description of any reason or basis for which indemnification has been denied.
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(b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 12(b). If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of "Independent Counsel" as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or the Delaware Court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after the later of submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof and the final disposition of the Proceeding, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other's selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Delaware Court or by such other person as the Delaware Court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 12(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
(c) If the Company disputes a portion of the amounts for which indemnification is requested, the undisputed portion shall be paid and only the disputed portion withheld pending resolution of any such dispute.
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Section 13. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.
(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(a) of this Agreement, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
(b) Subject to Section 14(e), if the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 12 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee's statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided, further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 13(b) shall not apply (i) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such determination the Board has resolved to submit such determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy-five (75) days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called and such determination is made thereat, or (ii) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement.
(c) The Company acknowledges that a settlement or other disposition short of final judgment may be successful if it permits a party to avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. To the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event that any action, claim or proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than by adverse judgment against Indemnitee (including, without limitation, settlement of such action, claim or proceeding with or without payment of money or other consideration) it shall be presumed that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in such action, suit or proceeding. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.
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(d) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(e) For purposes of any determination of good faith, or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, a determination that the Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that his action was unlawful, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe his action was unlawful, if Indemnitee's action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors or officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 13(e) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this Section 13(e) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company.
(f) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.
Section 14. Remedies of Indemnitee.
(a) Subject to Section 14(e), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5 or 6 or the last sentence of Section 12(a) of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3, 4 or 8 of this Agreement is not made within thirty (30) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vi) the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of his entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 14(a); provided, however, that the foregoing clause shall not apply in respect of a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his rights under Section 5 of this Agreement. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee's right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.
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(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.
(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee's statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
(d) The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent of the Company that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee's rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to the Indemnitee hereunder. The Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors' and officers' liability insurance policies maintained by the Company if Indemnitee is wholly successful on the underlying claims and, if Indemnitee is not wholly successful on the underlying claims, then such indemnification shall be only to the extent Indemnitee is successful on such underlying claims or otherwise as permitted by law, whichever is greater.
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(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement of Indemnitee to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.
(f) The Company and Indemnitee agree that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult to prove, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the Company and Indemnitee agree that Indemnitee may enforce this Agreement by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which he may be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall be entitled to such injunctive relief and specific performance, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting a bond or any other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by the applicable court, and the Company hereby waives any such requirement of a bond or undertaking.
Section 15. Non-exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Primacy of Indemnification; Subrogation.
(a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement (i) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise and (ii) shall be interpreted independently of, and without reference to, any other such rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. If any change in Delaware law narrows the right of a corporation to indemnify a director or officer, that change will have no effect on this Agreement or the parties rights and obligations under this Agreement unless and only to the extent required by law. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
(b) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees or agents of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise which such person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.
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(c) The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee has or may have in the future certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by other entities and/or organizations (collectively, the "Other Indemnitors"). The Company hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Other Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws (or any other agreement between the Company and Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Other Indemnitors and, (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Other Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Other Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Other Indemnitors on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Other Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company. The Company and Indemnitee agree that the Other Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 15(c). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 15(c) limits or is intended to limit the obligations of the Company's directors and officer liability insurance provider, if any, to the Company pursuant to any policy of directors and officers liability insurance paid for by the Company.
(d) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (other than against the Other Indemnitors), who shall execute all papers required and take all action reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights, and who shall be indemnified by the Company for any Expenses incurred in connection therewith.
(e) The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.
(f) The Company's obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of Expenses from such other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
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Section 16. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) 10 years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director or officer of the Company or (b) 1 year after the final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding (including any appeal) commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14 of this Agreement relating thereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his or her spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives.
Section 17. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
Section 18. Enforcement.
(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director or officer of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director or officer of the Company.
(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any directors and officers insurance maintained by the Company and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.
Section 19. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification, termination or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No supplement, modification, termination or amendment of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of an action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee prior to such supplement, modification, termination or amendment. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement (whether or not similar) nor shall any such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
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Section 20. Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section 21. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the fifth business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed or (d) sent by facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received:
(a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Company.
(b) If to the Company to:
Aeroflex Incorporated
35 South Service Road
P.O. Box 6022
Plainview, NY 11803
Attention: President
Fax No.: (516) 694-0658
or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company.
Section 22. Contribution.
(a) To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s). To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have at any time against the Indemnitee.
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Section 23. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court, and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) agree to accept service of process in any manner permitted by the Delaware Court, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
Section 24. Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.
Section 25. Attorney's Fees. If a Proceeding is instituted by or in the name of the Company under this Agreement or to enforce or interpret this Agreement, the Company will pay to Indemnitee all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in defense of that Proceeding (including with respect to Indemnitee's counterclaims and cross-claims made in that Proceeding), unless as a part of the Proceeding the court determines that each of Indemnitee's material defenses to the Proceeding were made in bad faith or were frivolous.
Section 26. Miscellaneous. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.
AEROFLEX INCORPORATED | INDEMNITEE | |||
By: | ||||
Name: Edward S. Wactlar | Name: | |||
Office: Senior Vice President & General Counsel | Address: | |||
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Leonard Borow, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 of Aeroflex Holding Corp.; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: | February 9, 2011 | /s/ Leonard Borow | |
Leonard Borow | |||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Leonard Borow, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 of Aeroflex Incorporated; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: | February 9, 2011 | /s/ Leonard Borow | |
Leonard Borow | |||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 31.3
CERTIFICATION
I, John Adamovich, Jr., certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 of Aeroflex Holding Corp.; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: | February 9, 2011 | /s/ John Adamovich, Jr. | |
John Adamovich, Jr. | |||
Senior Vice President and | |||
Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 31.4
CERTIFICATION
I, John Adamovich, Jr., certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 of Aeroflex Incorporated; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: | February 9, 2011 | /s/ John Adamovich, Jr. | |
John Adamovich, Jr. | |||
Senior Vice President and | |||
Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 31.5
CERTIFICATION
I, Charles Badlato, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 of Aeroflex Holding Corp.; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: | February 9, 2011 | /s/ Charles Badlato | |
Charles Badlato | |||
Principal Accounting Officer |
Exhibit 31.6
CERTIFICATION
I, Charles Badlato, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 of Aeroflex Incorporated; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: | February 9, 2011 | /s/ Charles Badlato | |
Charles Badlato | |||
Principal Accounting Officer |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Leonard Borow, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aeroflex Holding Corp., hereby certify that the Form 10-Q of Aeroflex Holding Corp. for the period ended December 31, 2010 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Aeroflex Holding Corp.
/s/ Leonard Borow | |
Name: Leonard Borow | |
President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: February 9, 2011 |
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Aeroflex Holding Corp. and will be retained by Aeroflex Holding Corp. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Leonard Borow, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aeroflex Incorporated, hereby certify that the Form 10-Q of Aeroflex Incorporated for the period ended December 31, 2010 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Aeroflex Incorporated.
/s/ Leonard Borow | |
Name: Leonard Borow | |
President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: February 9, 2011 |
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Aeroflex Incorporated and will be retained by Aeroflex Incorporated and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
Exhibit 32.3
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, John Adamovich, Jr., Chief Financial Officer of Aeroflex Holding Corp., hereby certify that the Form 10-Q of Aeroflex Holding Corp. for the period ended December 31, 2010 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Aeroflex Holding Corp.
/s/ John Adamovich, Jr. | |
Name: John Adamovich, Jr. | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: February 9, 2011 |
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Aeroflex Holding Corp. and will be retained by Aeroflex Holding Corp. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
Exhibit 32.4
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, John Adamovich, Jr., Chief Financial Officer of Aeroflex Incorporated, hereby certify that the Form 10-Q of Aeroflex Incorporated for the period ended December 31, 2010 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Aeroflex Incorporated.
/s/ John Adamovich, Jr. | |
Name: John Adamovich, Jr. | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: February 9, 2011 |
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Aeroflex Incorporated and will be retained by Aeroflex Incorporated and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.