Item 1: Financial Statements (continued)

 

RF INDUSTRIES, LTD.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

		April 30, 2010				October 31, 2009
						(Note 1)
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable		$	169,272			$	224,974
Accrued expenses			657,782				673,080
Income taxes payable			20,064				75,134
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES			847,118				973,188
Deferred tax liabilities			50,500				50,500
Other long-term liabilities			332,804				321,030
TOTAL LIABILITIES			1,230,422				1,344,718
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common stock - authorized 10,000,000 shares of $0.01 par value; 2,850,928 and 2,848,313 shares issued and outstanding			28,509				28,483
Additional paid-in capital			6,626,338				6,502,447
Retained earnings			9,195,628				8,722,552
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY			15,850,475				15,253,482
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY		$	17,080,897			$	16,598,200

 

Item 1: Financial Statements (continued)

 

RF INDUSTRIES, LTD.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

 (UNAUDITED)

		Three Months Ended April 30								Six Months Ended April 30
		2010				2009				2010				2009
Net sales		$	3,778,159			$	3,524,716			$	7,091,030			$	7,107,299
Cost of sales			1,821,552				1,802,049				3,504,483				3,738,946
Gross profit			1,956,607				1,722,667				3,586,547				3,368,353
Operating expenses:
Engineering			211,889				294,514				405,611				550,239
Selling and general			1,165,957				1,147,488				2,383,690				2,396,279
Totals			1,377,846				1,442,002				2,789,301				2,946,518
Operating income			578,761				280,665				797,246				421,835
Other income - interest			13,721				43,765				39,794				126,113
Income before provision for income taxes			592,482				324,430				837,040				547,948
Provision for income taxes			262,784				109,817				363,973				170,895
Net income		$	329,698			$	214,613			$	473,067			$	377,053
Basic earnings per share		$	0.12			$	0.07			$	0.17			$	0.12
Diluted earnings per share		$	0.10			$	0.07			$	0.15			$	0.11
Basic weighted average shares outstanding			2,850,928				2,962,620				2,849,850				3,042,660
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding			3,210,312				3,225,956				3,194,862				3,336,811
Dividends paid		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	94,780

 

See Notes to Condensed Unaudited Financial Statements

 

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Item 1: Financial Statements (continued)

 

RF INDUSTRIES, LTD.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30

(UNAUDITED)

 

		2010				2009
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income		$	473,067			$	377,053
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Bad debt expense adjustment			(7,003	)			4,956
Depreciation and amortization			103,659				132,747
Loss on disposal of equipment			-				4,827
Stock-based compensation expense			113,917				77,210
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable			521,691				188,711
Inventories			90,998				242,174
Other current assets			(4,829	)			(184,387	)
Other long-term assets			(882	)			(6,394	)
Accounts payable			(55,702	)			(125,938	)
Income taxes payable			(55,070	)			(214,408	)
Accrued expenses			(5,289	)			(51,651	)
Other long-term liabilities			11,774				17,860
Net cash provided by operating activities			1,186,331				462,760
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of certificates of deposit			(3,400,024	)			(2,117,184	)
Sale of short-term investments			1,813,327				3,400,303
Capital expenditures			(89,078	)			(155,807	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			(1,675,775	)			1,127,312
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of treasury stock			-				(1,415,915	)
Dividends paid			-				(94,780	)
Net cash used in financing activities			-				(1,510,695	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents			(489,444	)			79,377
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			1,225,927				1,060,838
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period		$	736,483			$	1,140,215
Supplemental cash flow information – income taxes paid		$	425,000			$	295,000
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Retirement of treasury stock		$	-			$	1,415,915
Stock issuance related to contingent liability		$	10,000			$	30,000

 

See Notes to Condensed Unaudited Financial Statements

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1 - Unaudited interim financial statements

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments have been included in order to make the information not misleading. Information included in the balance sheet as of October 31, 2009 has been derived from, and certain terms used herein are defined in, the audited financial statements of the Company as of October 31, 2009 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”) for the year ended October 31, 2009 that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Operating results for the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2010, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending October 31, 2010. The unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2009. The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date of filing for this Form 10-Q.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Four basic criteria must be met before revenue can be recognized: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred or services rendered; (3) the fee is fixed and determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. The Company recognizes revenue from product sales after purchase orders are received which contain a fixed price and the products are shipped. Most of the Company’s products are sold to continuing customers with established credit histories. 

Company Stock Option Plans

 

Descriptions of the Company’s stock option plans are included in Note 7 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2009. A summary of the status of the options granted under the Company’s stock option plans as of April 30, 2010 and the changes in options outstanding during the six months then ended is presented in the table that follows:

 

		Shares				Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at November 1, 2009			1,243,306			$	3.74
Options granted			16,000			$	4.49
Options exercised			-			$	-
Options canceled or expired			(2,000	)		$	6.76
Options outstanding at April 30, 2010			1,257,306			$	3.74
Options exercisable at April 30, 2010			921,909			$	3.70
Options vested and expected to vest at April 30, 2010			1,249,021				3.72

 

 

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Weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding as of April 30, 2010: 4.67 years

Weighted average remaining contractual life of options exercisable as of April 30, 2010: 4.43 years

Weighted average remaining contractual life of options vested and expected to vest as of April 30, 2010: 4.64 years

Aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding at April 30, 2010: $2,273,079

Aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable at April 30, 2010: $1,862,863

Aggregate intrinsic value of options vested and expected to vest at April 30, 2010: $2,258,100

As of April 30, 2010, $508,306 of expense with respect to non-vested share-based arrangements has yet to be recognized which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 4.79 years.

Stock Option Expense

During the six-month period ended April 30, 2010 and April 30, 2009, stock based compensation expense totaled $113,712 and $77,210 respectively. In the three-month period ended April 30, 2010 and April 30, 2009, stock based compensation expense totaled $41,657 and $27,564 respectively. For the six months ended April, 2010 and 2009, stock-based compensation classified in cost of sales amounted to $17,243 and $6,615 and stock-based compensation classified in selling and general expense amounted to $96,469 and $70,595 respectively.

Note 5 - Concentration of Credit Risk

One customer accounted for approximately 22% and 19% of the Company’s net sales for the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2010, respectively. One customer accounted for approximately 14% of the Company’s net sales for the three month period ended April 30, 2009, while two customers accounted for 13% and 10%  of net sales for the six-month period ended April 30, 2009. Although these customers have been on-going major customers of the Company continuously during the past ten and thirteen years respectively, the written agreements with these customers do not have any minimum purchase obligations and the customers could stop buying the Company’s products at any time and for any reason. A reduction, delay or cancellation of orders from these customers or the loss of these customers could significantly reduce the Company’s revenues and profits.

 

Note 6 - Segment Information

  

The Company aggregates operating divisions into operating segments which have similar economic characteristics and divisions are similar in the majority of the following areas: (1) the nature of the product and services; (2) the nature of the production process; (3) the type or class of customer for their products and services; (4) the methods used to distribute their products or services; and (5) if applicable, the nature of the regulatory environment. The Company has three segments - RF Connector and Cable Assembly, Medical Cabling and Interconnector, and RF Wireless based upon this evaluation.

The RF Connector and Cable Assembly segment is comprised of three divisions, the Medical Cabling and Interconnector is comprised of one division while the RF Wireless segment is comprised of two. The three divisions that meet the quantitative thresholds for segment reporting are Connector / Cable Assembly, Bioconnect and RF Neulink. Each of the other divisions aggregated into these segments have similar products that are marketed to their respective customer base; production and product development processes are similar in nature. The specific customers are different for each division; however, there is some overlapping of product sales to them. The methods used to distribute products are similar within each division aggregated.

Management identifies the Company’s segments based on strategic business units that are, in turn, based along market lines. These strategic business units offer products and services to different markets in accordance with their customer base and product usage. For segment reporting purposes, the Company aggregates the Connector and Cable Assembly, Aviel Electronics, and Oddcables.com (formerly known as Worswick) divisions into the RF Connector and Cable Assembly segment while RF Neulink and RadioMobile are part of the RF Wireless segment. The Bioconnect division makes up the Company’s Medical Cabling and Interconnector segment.

 

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As reviewed by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, the Company evaluates the performance of each segment based on income or loss before income taxes. The Company charges depreciation and amortization directly to each division within the segment. All stock based compensation is attributed to the RF Connector and Cable Assembly segment. Inventory, fixed assets, goodwill and intangible assets are the only assets identified by segment. Except as discussed above, the accounting  policies for segment reporting are the same as for the Company as a whole.

Substantially all of the Company’s operations are conducted in the United States; however, the Company derives a portion of its revenue from export sales. The Company attributes sales to geographic areas based on the location of the customers. The following table presents the sales of the Company by geographic area for the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2010 and 2009:

 

		Three Months Ended April 30								Six Months Ended April 30
		2010				2009				2010				2009
United States		$	3,375,827			$	2,979,452			$	6,182,542			$	5,753,749
Foreign countries:
Israel			157,381				173,570				348,015				685,718
All other			244,951				371,694				560,473				667,832
		$	3,778,159			$	3,524,716			$	7,091,030			$	7,107,299

Net sales, income (loss) before provision for income taxes and other related segment information for the three months ended April 30, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

2010		RF Connectors and Cable Assembly				Medical Cabling and Interconnector				RF Wireless				Corporate				Total
Net sales		$	3,271,053			$	424,618			$	82,488							$	3,778,159
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes			674,605				95,048				(190,892)			$	13,721				592,482
Depreciation and amortization			41,171				5,645				7,174								53,990
207 2009
Net sales		$	2,936,842				303,414			$	284,460			$				$	3,524,716
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes			441,659				(17,961)				(143,033)				43,765				324,430
Depreciation and amortization			54,836				3,875				11,616								70,327

 

 Net sales, income (loss) before provision for income taxes and other related segment information for the six months ended April 30, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

2010		RF Connectors and Cable Assembly				Medical Cabling and Interconnector				RF Wireless				Corporate				Total
Net sales		$	6,172,929			$	782,806			$	135,295							$	7,091,030
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes			1,017,305				143,440				(363,499)			$	39,794				837,040
Depreciation and amortization			79,836				9,685				14,138								103,659
2009
Net sales		$	6,065,099				576,571			$	465,629			$				$	7,107,299
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes			742,008				(33,756)				(286,417)				126,113				547,948
Depreciation and amortization			106,751				7,296				18,700								132,747

 

 

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Note 7 - Income tax provision

 

The income tax provision reflected in the accompanying unaudited condensed statement of income for the three and six months ended April 30, 2010 is different than the expected tax provision computed based on the pre-tax income and the applicable statutory Federal income tax rate of 34% and the state income tax rate, net of Federal tax effects, of 6%. Interim tax provisions are determined using an estimate of the annual effective tax rate. As of April 30, 2010, the Company estimated that its effective annual tax rate for the year ending October 31, 2010 will be approximately 43.5% which is above the expected statutory rate primarily due to state income taxes, net of federal benefit.

The provision for income taxes during the six-month period ended April 30, 2010 was $363,973 (or an effective tax rate of approximately 43.5%), compared to $170,895 in the six-month period ended April 30, 2009 (or an effective tax rate of approximately 31.0%). The increase in the tax rate in the six-month period ended April 30, 2010 is primarily due to the Company’s recognition of a one-time tax benefit of approximately $39,000 in the prior comparable period that related to a domestic production activity adjustment. Without this adjustment, the effective tax rate for the six month period ended April 30, 2009 would have been higher and comparable to the 2010 rate.

 

Note 8 - Amortizable Intangible assets:

Amortizable intangible assets are comprised of the following: 

 

		April 30, 2010				October 31, 2009
Intangible assets
Software			47,522				47,522
Accumulated amortization			(39,601	)			(31,681	)
			7,921				15,841
Customer list			33,945				33,945
Accumulated amortization			(28,288	)			(22,630	)
			5,657				11,315
Totals		$	13,578			$	27,156

Note 9 - Goodwill:

As of April 30, 2010 and October 31, 2009, the $137,328 goodwill balance related solely to the Aviel division. Management believes this goodwill balance is not currently impaired. However, at October 31, 2009 the estimated fair value of the goodwill balance exceeded the carrying value of the Aviel reporting division by 2%. This indicates that the fair value of the goodwill could be less than the associated carrying value at some point in the future. The key assumptions that drive the fair value estimate are sales. For the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2010, and primarily due to the current effects of the global recession, the Aviel reporting unit recorded net income of approximately $3,000 and a net loss of $1,000, respectively. Management believes that the Aviel division will be profitable in future years; however, there is no assurance that this will in fact be the case. Future recurring losses at the Aviel reporting unit could cause an impairment charge to goodwill in the future.

Note 10 - Related party transactions:

The note receivable from stockholder of $66,980 at April 30, 2010 and October 31, 2009 is due from the President of the Company, bears interest at 6%, payable annually, and has no specific due date. The note is collateralized by a lien on certain personal property. Interest income relating to the note receivable was approximately $2,000 for the six month period ended April 30, 2010 and 2009.

 

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Note 11- Accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities

 

Accrued expenses consist of the following:

 

		April 30, 2010				October 31, 2009
Wages payable		$	391,798			$	426,596
Accrued receipts			192,496				183,212
Other current liabilities			73,488				63,272
Totals		$	657,782			$	673,080

Accrued receipts represent purchased inventory for which invoices have not been received.

 

Other long-term liabilities consist of the following:

 

		April 30, 2010				October 31, 2009
Tax related liabilities		$	241,344			$	241,344
Deferred lease liability			91,460				79,686
Totals		$	332,804			$	321,030

 Deferred lease liabilities represent the excess of recognized rent expense over scheduled lease payments.

 

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Item 2:   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This report contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or the Company’s future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “except,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue,” the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially.

Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither the Company, nor any other person, assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. The Company is under no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to conform such statements to actual results or to changes in its expectations.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements and the related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. Readers are also urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by the Company which attempt to advise interested parties of the factors which affect the Company’s business, including without limitation the disclosures made under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis and Plan of Operation,” under the caption “Risk Factors,” and the audited financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2009 and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Critical Accounting Policies

The condensed financial statements of the Company are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). One of the accounting policies that involves significant judgments and estimates concerns our inventory valuation. Inventories are valued at the weighted average cost value. Certain items in the inventory may be considered obsolete or excess and, as such, we establish an allowance to reduce the carrying value of these items to their net realizable value. Based on estimates, assumptions and judgments made from the information available at the time, we determine the amounts of these allowances. Because inventories have, during the past few years, represented approximately one-third of our total assets, any reduction in the value of our inventories would require us to take write-offs that would affect our net worth and future earnings.

Another accounting policy that involves significant judgments and estimates is our accounts receivable allowance valuation. The Company routinely assesses the financial strength of its customers and maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts that management believes will adequately provide for credit losses.

Another critical accounting policy that involves significant judgments and estimates is management’s assessment of goodwill for impairments. We review our goodwill for impairment annually in the fourth quarter at the reporting unit level. We also analyze each quarter whether any indicators of impairment exist.

The Company uses the Black-Scholes model to value the stock option grants which involves significant judgments and estimates.

Executive Overview

The Company markets connectors and cables to numerous industries for use in thousands of products, primarily for the wireless marketplace. In addition, to a limited extent, the Company also markets wireless products that incorporate connectors and cables. Since sales of RF connectors and cable assemblies represented 87% of the Company’s net sales during both the three and six month periods ended April 30, 2010, the Company’s results of operations and liquidity are principally dependent upon the results of its RF connector and cable operations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Management believes that existing current assets and the amount of cash it anticipates it will generate from current operations will be sufficient to fund the anticipated liquidity and capital resource needs of the Company for at least twelve months. The Company does not, however, currently have any commercial banking arrangements providing for loans, credit facilities or similar matters should the Company need to obtain additional capital. Management believes that its existing assets and the cash expected to be generated from operations will be sufficient during the current fiscal year are based on the following:

·

As of April 30, 2010, the amount of cash and cash equivalents was equal to $736,483 in the aggregate and the Company had $8,063,678 of investments in certificates of deposit.

·

As of April 30, 2010, the Company had $15,527,880 in current assets, and $847,118 in current liabilities.

 

 

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As of April 30, 2010, the Company had no outstanding indebtedness (other than accounts payable, accrued expenses and income taxes payable).

In the past, the Company has financed some of its equipment and furnishings requirements through capital leases. No additional capital equipment purchases have been currently identified that would require significant additional leasing or capital expenditures during the next twelve months. Management also believes that based on the Company’s current financial condition, the absence of outstanding bank debt and recent operating results, the Company would be able to obtain bank loans to finance its expansion, if necessary, although there can be no assurance any bank loan would be obtainable or, if obtained, would be on favorable terms or conditions.

The Company recognized net income of $473,067 for the six months ended April 30, 2010. The Company used $55,070 to pay taxes, $4,829 for prepaid expenses and deposits, and $55,702 to reduce accounts payables. These outlays were substantially offset by increased collections of accounts receivable of $521,691 and a decrease in purchases of inventory of $90,998, which resulted in cash provided from operating activities of $1,186,331 during the six months ended April 30, 2010. The Company liquidated $1,813,327 of short term investments, which consisted entirely of certificates of deposit, during the six months ended April 30, 2010 and invested those funds, plus some of its other cash resources, into $3,400,024 of new certificates of deposit. The Company spent $89,078 on capital expenditures during the six months ended April 30, 2010. As a result of these investment activities, the Company used $1,675,775 in investing activities. The Company’s overall cash position decreased by $489,444 during the six months ended April 30, 2010 primarily because it shifted some of its cash position into higher interest bearing certificates of deposit.

Trade accounts receivable (net of allowances for doubtful accounts) at April 30, 2010 decreased approximately 23%, or by $514,688 to $1,748,577 compared to the October 31, 2009 balance of $2,263,265. The decrease in accounts receivable is due to improved receivables management, tighter credit policies, and collection efforts by the Company.

Inventories at April 30, 2010 decreased by 2%, or $90,998 to $4,893,923 compared to $4,984,921 at October 31, 2009.  In order to obtain better pricing on our inventories, we make larger, less frequent inventory purchases.  Accordingly, inventory fluctuations reflect, in part, the timing of our inventory purchases.  In addition, we also adjust our inventory balances and our inventory purchases to reflect changes in actual and anticipated sales.

Other current assets, including prepaid expenses and deposits, increased $4,829 to $345,191 as of April 30, 2010, from $340,362 on October 31, 2009 mainly as a result of the renewal of certain insurance contracts as well as the addition of prepaid inventory purchases.

Accounts payable at April 30, 2010 decreased $55,702 to $169,272 from $224,974 on October 31, 2009. The change in accounts payable is related to a decrease in the purchase of inventories during the current period and to the timing of our payments.

Net cash used in investing activities was $1,675,775 for the six months ended April 30, 2010 and was attributable to the purchase of $3,400,024 of certificates of deposit, the redemption of $1,813,327 of certificates of deposit, and $89,078 of capital expenditures.

As of April 30, 2010, we had a total of $736,483 of cash and cash equivalents compared to a total of $1,225,927 of cash and cash equivalents as of October 31, 2009. However, the amount of investments in certificates of deposit increased by $1,586,697 to $8,063,678 from $6,476,981 on October 31, 2009 due to an increase in investments of certificates of deposit. Collectively, the amount of cash and certificates of deposit that we held on April 30, 2010 increased by $1,097,253 from the amount held on October 31, 2009 due to the cash flows from operations and cash flows from investing activities during the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2010. The Company had working capital of $14,680,762 and a current ratio of approximately 18:1.

Results Of Operations

Three Months Ended April 30, 2010 vs. Three Months Ended April 30, 2009

Net sales in the current fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2010, increased 7%, or $253,443 to $3,778,159 from $3,524,716 in the comparable fiscal quarter of prior year, due to increased sales at both the Connector and Cable and Medical Cabling segments. Sales of connectors and cable assemblies increased from the prior year’s period due to improved economic conditions.  Sales of our Medical Cabling and Interconnect segment also increased significantly by $121,204.  The increases in sales in both the Connector and Cable and Medical Cabling segments were substantially offset by a $201,972 decrease in sales in our RF Wireless segment.  Our RF Neulink division of the RF Wireless segment has been developing a new wireless radio modem that it anticipates will be released later this year, which product is expected to increase sales of the RF Wireless division.  Our RadioMobile division further negatively impacted the results of the RF Wireless segment due to lack of sales of its systems to its target market (mostly municipalities and government agencies) due in part to the effects of the economic downturn on the budgets of governmental entities.

 

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The increase in domestic sales was partially offset by decreased foreign sales.  Foreign sales during the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2010 decreased by $142,932 to $402,332 compared to foreign sales of $545,264 during the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2009. Foreign sales represented approximately 11% and 15% of the Company’s net sales during the fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decrease in foreign sales is primarily due to a decrease in cable assembly sales to one major international customer in Israel.

The Company’s gross profit as a percentage of sales increased 3% to 52% during the current fiscal quarter compared to 49% in the comparable fiscal quarter of prior year.  The Company operates in three segments.  Although the gross profit margins of the RF Connector and Cable Assembly and the Medical Cabling and Interconnector segments increased by 3% and 17% respectively, the gross margin of the RF Wireless segment decreased 47% to an insignificant gross margin from the prior comparable quarter.  This was due to a decrease in sales of wireless radio modems, which caused net sales to decrease by $201,972 to $82,488 from $284,460 in the prior comparable period.  The Company was unable to reduce its fixed cost of goods in the RF Wireless segment to match the decrease in sales in that segment.  The gross profit margin of the Medical Cabling and Interconnector segment increased by 17% to 39% compared with 22% in the prior comparable quarter.  This was due to an increase in sales of $121,204 from the prior comparable quarter and an increase of $21,761 in cost of goods sold from the prior comparable quarter. During the second quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company’s fixed component cost of labor was lower than in the prior comparable quarter of fiscal 2009, which caused an increase in gross margins in its RF Connector and Cable Assembly and the Medical Cabling and Interconnector segments.  Sales at the RF Connector and Cable assembly segment accounted for approximately 87% of the Company’s total sales and 81% of the total cost of goods sold in the current three month period, compared to 83% of the Company’s total sales and 78% of the total cost of goods sold in the comparable quarter of prior year.

Engineering expenses decreased 28%, or $82,625, to $211,889 from $294,514 in the comparable quarter of the prior year due to certain projects nearing completion at the RF Wireless division and related decreases in contract labor expense.

Selling and general expenses remained mostly unchanged, increasing by $18,469 to $1,165,957 from $1,147,488 in the comparable quarter of the prior fiscal year.

Other income for the second quarter of 2010 decreased $30,044 compared to the same period in the prior year due to lower investment interest income reflecting a decrease in interest rates on the Company’s investments in certificates of deposit.

As a result of the increase in revenues and the increase in gross profit as a percentage of sales, income before the provision for income taxes during the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2010 increased by $268,052 to $592,482. Income before provision for income taxes for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2009 was $324,430.

The provision for income taxes during the second fiscal quarter of 2010 was $262,784 (or a combined estimated Federal and state income tax rate of approximately 43.5%), compared to $109,817 in the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2009 (or a combined estimated Federal and state income tax rate of approximately 34%). The 9.5% increase in the combined statutory Federal and state tax rate in the second fiscal quarter of 2010 compared with the rate of 34% of the prior comparable quarter of 2009 is the result of the difference between income before taxes for financial reporting purposes and income for tax reporting purposes. The significant increase in the tax rate in the three month period ended April 30, 2010 is primarily due to the Company’s recognition of a one-time tax benefit of approximately $7,000 in the prior comparable quarter that related to a domestic production activity adjustment. Without this adjustment, the effective tax rate for the three month period ended April 30, 2009 would have been comparable to the 2010 rate.

Net sales increased in the second fiscal 2010 quarter by $253,443 compared to prior year’s fiscal period, and gross profit increased  by $233,940 due to an overall increase in gross margins. The Company’s ability to decrease its engineering expenses by $82,625 and keep its selling and general expenses approximately consistent with the prior comparable quarter resulted in an increase in the Company’s operating income for the second fiscal quarter of 2010 (operating income increased to $578,761 from prior comparable quarter from $280,665). The increase in operating income was offset by lower interest income and higher income taxes. Accordingly, net income for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2010 was $329,698 compared to $214,613 for the same period last year.

Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 vs. Six Months Ended April 30, 2009

Net sales in the six month period ended April 30, 2010, were essentially unchanged from the six month period in 2009.  Sales for the six months ended on April 30, 2010 decreased by $16,269 to $7,091,030 from $7,107,299 in the comparable fiscal period of prior year.  Sales in both the Connector and Cable and Medical Cabling and Interconnector segments increased during the 2010 six-month period compared to the 2009 six-month period as the economy improved and demand of RF products increased.  The increases in those two segments were offset by a significant decrease in sales in 2010 in the third segment, the RF Wireless division.  Sales at the RF Wireless segment decreased from the prior year’s period due to a decrease in the sale of RF Neulink’s radio modems and minimal sales generated by the RadioMobile division of that segment.   In the 2009 period, RF Neulink completed a larger sale of its radio transponders to the U.S. military.  In order to attract increased interest in its radio modems, the RF Wireless division has been developing a new radio modem that it expects to release later this year.

 

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The increase in domestic sales was partially offset by decreased foreign sales.  Foreign sales during the six month period ended April 30, 2010 decreased by $445,062 to $908,488 compared to foreign sales of $1,353,550 during the six month period ended April 30, 2009. Foreign sales represented approximately 13% and 19% of the Company’s net sales during the six month period ended April 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decrease in foreign sales is primarily due to cable assembly sales to one major international customer in Israel.

The Company’s gross profit as a percentage of sales increased 4% to 51% during the six month period ended April 30, 2010 compared to 47% in the comparable six month period of prior year.  The Company operates in three segments.  Although the gross profit margins of the RF Connector and Cable Assembly and the Medical Cabling and Interconnector segments increased by 3% and 20% respectively, the gross margin of the RF Wireless segment decreased 43% to a negative gross margin from the prior comparable six month period ended April 30, 2009.  This was due primarily to a decrease in sales of wireless radio modems, which caused net sales to decrease by $330,334 to $135,295 from $465,629 in the prior comparable six month period ended.  The Company was unable to reduce its fixed cost of goods in the RF Wireless segment to match the decrease in sales in that segment.  The gross profit margin of the Medical Cabling and Interconnector segment increased by 20% to 36% compared with 16% in the prior comparable six month period ended April 30, 2009.  This was due to an increase in sales of $206,235 from the prior comparable quarter coupled with an increase of $17,619 in cost of goods sold from the prior comparable quarter. During the six-month period ended April 30, 2010, the Company’s fixed component cost of labor was lower than in the prior comparable period of fiscal 2009, which caused an increase in gross margins in its segments. Sales of the RF Connector and Cable assembly segment accounted for approximately 87% of the Company’s total sales and 82% of the total cost of goods sold in the current six month period, compared to 85% of the Company’s total sales and 80% of the total cost of goods sold in the comparable six month period of prior year.

Engineering expenses decreased 26% or $144,628 to $405,611 from $550,239 in the comparable six month period of the prior year due to certain projects nearing completion at the RF Wireless division and related decreases in contract labor expense.

Selling and general expenses was unchanged, decreasing insignificantly by 1% or $12,589 to $2,383,690 from $2,396,279 in the comparable six month period of the prior year. We have actively monitored our selling and general expenses, which is reflected in the insignificant change in these expenses.

Other income for the six months ended April 30, 2010 decreased $86,319 compared with the same six month period of the prior year due to lower investment interest income reflecting a decrease in interest rates on the Company’s investments in certificates of deposit.

As a result of the increase in revenues, the increase in gross profit as a percentage of sales, the decrease in engineering expenses, and the decrease in selling and general expenses, income before provision for income taxes during the six months ended April 30, 2010 increased by 53% or $289,092 to $837,040 from $547,948 in the comparable six month period of the prior year.

The provision for income taxes during the six months ended April, 30 2010 was $363,973 (or a combined estimated Federal and state income tax rate of approximately 43.5%), compared to $170,895 in the six months ended April 30, 2009 (or a combined estimated Federal and state income tax rate of approximately 31%). The increase in the tax rate in the six month period ended April 30, 2010 compared to prior comparable period is primarily due to the Company’s recognition of a one-time tax benefit of approximately $39,000 in the prior comparable period that related to a domestic production activity adjustment. Without this adjustment, the effective tax rate for the six month period ended April 30, 2009 would have been comparable to the 2010 rate.

The minor decrease in sales in the six-month period ended April 30, 2010 compared to prior year’s six month period was offset by an overall increase in gross margins, which resulted in a $218,194 increase in gross profits. The increase in gross profits was supplemented by a slight decrease in this year’s selling and general expenses.  As a result, the Company’s operating income for the six months ended April 30, 2010 increased by $375,411 to $797,246 from the prior comparable six month period.  The increase in operating income was partially offset by lower interest income and higher income taxes. However, net income for the six-month period ended April 30, 2010 was $473,067 compared to $377,053 for the same period of the prior year.

 Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Not applicable

 

 

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Item 4.   Controls and Procedures

 

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to this Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

As required by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13a-15(b), the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered by this report. Based on the foregoing, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of April 30, 2010.

There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended April 30, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

 

Nothing to report.

 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

 

The discussion of our business and operations should be read together with the risk factors contained in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009 filed with the SEC, which describe various risks and uncertainties to which we are or may become subject. These risks and uncertainties have the potential to affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or prospects in a material and adverse manner.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. In January 2010, the Company issued 2,615 shares of its common stock to RadioMobile, Inc. as additional consideration under an earn-out provision for the RadioMobile assets that the Company acquired in August 2007. The foregoing securities were issued without the use of a placement agent or underwriter and were exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof.

Item 3.  Defaults upon Senior Securities

 

Nothing to report.

 

Item 4.  RESERVED

 

Item 5.  Other Information

 

Nothing to report.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

  

Exhibit
Number
31.1:		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2:		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1:		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2:		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
99.1:		Press Release dated June 8, 2010 announcing the financial results for the fiscal quarter ending April 30, 2010.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

	RF INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Dated: June 8, 2010	By:	/s/ Howard F. Hill
		Howard F. Hill, President
		Chief Executive Officer
Dated: June 8, 2010	By:	/s/ James Doss
		James Doss
		Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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