-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, T32Yub6TGBtW+R/trzw079qybrRX2btA2DK10YjQd9dcmnWn9eSjmzn/P3ykM3T1 vGh6nQNrlo80hdfUw7Sf/A== 0000950153-06-001430.txt : 20060516 0000950153-06-001430.hdr.sgml : 20060516 20060516164142 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950153-06-001430 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060511 ITEM INFORMATION: Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review FILED AS OF DATE: 20060516 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060516 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TASER INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001069183 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ORDNANCE & ACCESSORIES, (NO VEHICLES/GUIDED MISSILES) [3480] IRS NUMBER: 860741227 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16391 FILM NUMBER: 06846468 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7860 EAST MCLAIN DR. STREET 2: SUITE 2 CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85260 BUSINESS PHONE: 4809052000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7860 EAST MCLAIN DR. STREET 2: SUITE 2 CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85260 8-K 1 p72365e8vk.htm 8-K e8vk
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
May 11, 2005
TASER International, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   001-16391   86-0741227
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
17800 N. 85th St.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(480) 991-0791
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

ITEM 4.02(a). Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review
     On May 11, 2006, the Company concluded that its financial statements at March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005 and for the periods then ended, included in its Form 10-Qs for the periods ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005, respectively, should no longer be relied upon due to an error in those financial statements which resulted in the incorrect calculation of manufacturing overhead costs being applied to inventory. The Company will restate the results for the quarter ended March 2005 in its Form 10-Q filing for the period ended March 31, 2006 and will be amending its Form 10-Qs for the periods ended June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005 to reflect the restated results of those periods. The Company has also disclosed below the impact of the restatement on the results for the quarter ended December 31, 2005, which were previously reported in the Company’s Form 10-K. No restatement of the Company’s financial statements for the for the years ended December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 is necessary as a result of the matters discussed below as the Company has determined they are not material to those periods based on the materiality guidelines contained in SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99 — “Materiality”.
     During the first quarter of 2006, the Company determined that its historical methodology for the calculation of indirect manufacturing overhead costs applied to inventory was incorrect and also identified a clerical error in the calculation of the overhead applied to inventory for the three months ended December 31, 2005. The Company originally recorded an adjustment in the first quarter of 2006 to correct the net cumulative impact of the change in methodology and the clerical error. However, as it was subsequently determined that the impact of correcting the methodology related to prior periods was material to the operating results of the first quarter of 2006, a further adjustment was necessary to reflect the cumulative net impact of the change in methodology related to the relevant prior year periods. Additionally, the Company has recorded the impact of previously unrecorded adjustments related to cut-off errors primarily for legal and professional fees and the related income tax effects.
     Since the errors were not previously identified in the prior periods in which they occurred, a material weakness was deemed to exist at March 31, 2006. Management has corrected the methodology for calculating indirect manufacturing expense applied to inventory in the first quarter of 2006 and plans to implement additional procedures and controls surrounding the preparation and review of the overhead calculation, including verification of spreadsheet accuracy. The Company consulted with and advised the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors of its determination. The Company’s Audit Committee also consulted with the Company’s independent accountants regarding the matters described in this Form 8-K.
     The impact of these adjustments in the first quarter of 2006 was to increase indirect manufacturing expenses by $21,000 and reduce sales, general and administrative expenses by $220,000, resulting in a $113,000 increase in net income to $806,000 compared to $693,000 reported in our earnings release on April 26, 2006.
     For the three months ended March 31, 2005, the correction to adjust for the change in methodology for the calculation of manufacturing overhead costs applied to inventory resulted in an increase in indirect manufacturing expense of $111,000 and a decrease in sales, general and administrative expenses of $54,000. At December 31, 2004, the Company had approximately $128,000 of legal services rendered but not invoiced which were attributable to the prior period and were previously determined to be immaterial. These services were subsequently expensed in the first quarter of 2005 and as such, to reflect them in the correct period, the Company has recorded an adjustment to reduce sales, general and administrative expenses in the first quarter of 2005 by $128,000. The net impact of these adjustments in the first quarter of 2005 was to generate net income of $5,000 compared to the net loss of $(39,000) as previously reported in our Form 10Q/A filed on January 13, 2006.

 


 

A summary of the impact to correct the amount of manufacturing overhead costs applied to inventory, record previously unrecorded cut-off errors and the related income tax effects on the income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2005 is as follows:
                                 
    Three Months Ended March 31, 2005  
    As Previously     Overhead     Cut-off        
    Reported     Adjustments     Adjustments     As Restated  
 
                               
Statements of Income
                               
 
                               
Indirect manufacturing expense
  $ 1,417,819     $ 110,996     $     $ 1,528,815  
Total Cost of Products Sold
    4,528,025       110,996             4,639,021  
Gross Margin
    5,676,136       (110,996 )           5,565,140  
Sales, general and administrative expenses
    5,590,100       (54,461 )     (128,262 )     5,407,377  
Income (loss) from operations
    (261,327 )     (56,535 )     128,262       (189,600 )
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
    (62,915 )     (56,535 )     128,262       8,812  
Provision (credit) for income taxes
    (24,000 )     (21,609 )     49,028       3,419  
Net income (loss)
  $ (38,915 )   $ (34,926 )   $ 79,234     $ 5,393  
 
                               
Income per common share
                               
Basic
  $ 0.00     $     $     $ 0.00  
Diluted
  $ 0.00     $     $     $ 0.00  
     The Company’s income statements for the second and third quarters of 2005 will be adjusted for the correction of these items in amended Form 10-Qs to be filed for the periods ended June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005 as reflected in the tables below. The Company has determined that the impact on the balance sheets of the aforementioned periods was immaterial.
                                                                 
    Three Months Ended June 30, 2005     Six Months Ended June 30, 2005    
    As Previously     Overhead     Cut-off             As Previously     Overhead     Cut-off        
    Reported     Adjustments     Adjustments     As Restated     Reported     Adjustments     Adjustments     As Restated  
 
                                                               
Statements of Income
                                                               
 
                                                               
Indirect manufacturing expense
  $ 1,219,342     $ 270,124     $     $ 1,489,466     $ 2,637,161     $ 381,120     $     $ 3,018,281  
Total Cost of Products Sold
    4,745,012       270,124             5,015,136       9,273,037       381,120             9,654,157  
Gross Margin
    8,461,647       (270,124 )           8,191,523       14,137,783       (381,120 )           13,756,663  
Sales, general and administrative expenses
    7,240,994       (137,884 )     7,155       7,110,265       12,831,094       (192,345 )     (121,107 )     12,517,642  
Income from operations
    825,112       (132,240 )     (7,155 )     685,717       563,785       (188,775 )     121,107       496,117  
Income before provision for income taxes
    1,113,574       (132,240 )     (7,155 )     974,179       1,050,659       (188,775 )     121,107       982,991  
Provision for income taxes
    451,000       24,724       1,338       477,062       427,000       3,115       50,366       480,481  
Net income
  $ 662,574     $ (156,964 )   $ (8,493 )   $ 497,117     $ 623,659     $ (191,890 )   $ 70,741     $ 502,510  
 
                                                               
Income per common share
                                                               
Basic
  $ 0.01     $     $     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $     $     $ 0.01  
Diluted
  $ 0.01     $     $     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $     $     $ 0.01  
                                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30, 2005     Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005  
    As Previously     Overhead     Cut-off             As Previously     Overhead     Cut-off        
    Reported     Adjustments     Adjustments     As Restated     Reported     Adjustments     Adjustments     As Restated  
 
                                                               
Statements of Income
                                                               
 
                                                               
Indirect manufacturing expense
  $ 894,450     $ 108,469     $     $ 1,002,919     $ 3,531,611     $ 489,589     $     $ 4,021,200  
Total Cost of Products Sold
    3,827,241       108,469             3,935,710       13,100,278       489,589             13,589,867  
Gross Margin
    7,848,370       (108,469 )           7,739,901       21,986,153       (489,589 )           21,496,564  
Sales, general and administrative expenses
    6,909,018       (149,741 )     (34,378 )     6,724,899       19,740,112       (342,086 )     (155,485 )     19,242,541  
Income from operations
    578,663       41,272       34,378       654,313       1,142,448       (147,503 )     155,485       1,150,430  
Income before provision for income taxes
    885,424       41,272       34,378       961,074       1,936,083       (147,503 )     155,485       1,944,065  
Provision for income taxes
    555,000       17,018       14,176       586,194       982,000       20,133       64,542       1,066,675  
Net income
  $ 330,424     $ 24,254     $ 20,202     $ 374,880     $ 954,083     $ (167,636 )   $ 90,943     $ 877,390  
 
                                                               
Income per common share
                                                               
Basic
  $ 0.01     $     $     $ 0.01     $ 0.02     $     $     $ 0.01  
Diluted
  $ 0.01     $     $     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $     $     $ 0.01  

 


 

     A summary of the impact to correct the cumulative amount of manufacturing overhead costs applied to inventory, record previously unrecorded proposed cut-off errors and the related income tax effects on the income statement and balance sheet for the year ended December 31, 2005 is as follows:
                                 
    Year Ended December 31, 2005  
    As Previously     Overhead     Cut-off        
    Reported     Adjustments     Adjustments     As Restated  
 
                               
Statements of Income
                               
 
                               
Indirect manufacturing expense
  $ 4,667,421     $ 585,049     $     $ 5,252,470  
Total Cost of Products Sold
    17,511,237       585,049             18,096,286  
Gross Margin
    30,182,944       (585,049 )           29,597,895  
Sales, general and administrative expenses
    27,058,242       (484,043 )     (90,714 )     26,483,485  
Income from operations
    1,550,654       (101,006 )     90,714       1,540,362  
Income before provision for income taxes
    2,715,718       (101,006 )     90,714       2,705,426  
Provision for income taxes
    1,652,861       (38,775 )     34,824       1,648,910  
Net income
  $ 1,062,857     $ (62,231 )   $ 55,890     $ 1,056,516  
 
                               
Income per common share
                               
Basic
  $ 0.02     $     $     $ 0.02  
Diluted
  $ 0.02     $     $     $ 0.02  
                                 
    Year Ended December 31, 2005  
    As Previously     Overhead     Cut-off        
    Reported     Adjustments     Adjustments     As Restated  
 
                               
Balance Sheet
                               
 
                               
Inventory
  $ 10,283,390     $ (178,054 )   $     $ 10,105,336  
Total current assets
    42,427,856       (178,054 )           42,249,802  
Deferred income tax asset
    19,959,681       68,777       12,330       20,040,788  
Total assets
    112,338,194       (109,277 )     12,330       112,241,247  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    6,285,274             30,380       6,315,654  
Total current liabilities
    7,556,321             30,380       7,586,701  
Total liabilities
    8,472,492             30,380       8,502,872  
Retained earnings
    25,122,221       (109,277 )     (18,050 )     24,994,894  
Total stockholders’ equity
    103,865,702       (109,277 )     (18,050 )     103,738,375  
Total liabilities and stockholder’ equity
  $ 112,338,194     $ (109,277 )   $ 12,330     $ 112,241,247  
     In addition the impact on the table of selected quarterly data as reported in footnote 13 to the Company’s form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 is as follows:
                                 
    Three Months Ended December 31, 2005  
    As Previously     Overhead     Cut-off        
    Reported     Adjustments     Adjustments     As Restated  
 
                               
Selected Quarterly Financial Data
                               
 
                               
Gross Margin
    8,196,791       (95,460 )           8,101,331  
Net income
  $ 108,774     $ 46,497     $ (64,771 )   $ 90,500  
Income per common share
                               
Basic
  $ 0.00     $     $     $ 0.00  
Diluted
  $ 0.00     $     $     $ 0.00  
     The corrections identified above did not change net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2005. The effect on the Company’s December 31, 2005 and 2004 net income, earnings per share, cashflow from operations and stockholders equity are deemed to be immaterial and therefore no restatement is required.
     This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including, without limitation, the statements and related numbers in the above text and tables with respect to the Company’s restated financial results for the periods ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005 which are preliminary and subject to further review and analysis by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and the Company. Such numbers are subject to change as a result of such further review and analysis. We intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking information is based upon current information and expectations regarding TASER International. These estimates and statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, are not guarantees of future performance, and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied, or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. These statements are qualified by important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the results of the additional review and analysis by the Company and its independent registered public accounting firm regarding our restated financial results.

 


 

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
Dated: May 16, 2006  TASER International, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /s/ DANIEL BEHRENDT    
    Daniel Behrendt   
    Chief Financial Officer   
 

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