-----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, G/5FvBu3dUS5c+8lQWDtx623W1wqZd5MxoaQW4ZwYJblEePARpnIN8mab1zmV8dF T6ecfhqlU7z9Mbx8L9KWHQ== 0000047307-09-000001.txt : 20090121 0000047307-09-000001.hdr.sgml : 20090121 20090121093058 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000047307-09-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10KSB/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090121 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090121 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HICKOK INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000047307 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823] IRS NUMBER: 340288470 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10KSB/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-00147 FILM NUMBER: 09535868 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10514 DUPONT AVE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44108 BUSINESS PHONE: 2165418060 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10514 DUPONT AVE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44108 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 10KSB/A 1 r10ky08a.htm AMENDED FORM 10-KSB HICKOK INC FY2008 Amended Form 10-KSB/A FY08
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-KSB/A

[X] ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008

OR

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from Not Applicable to Not Applicable

Commission file number: 0-147

HICKOK INCORPORATED

(Name of small business issuer in its charter)


Ohio
34-0288470
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


10514 Dupont Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
44108
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Issuer's telephone number (216) 541-8060

Securities registered under

Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
NONE
Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

Class A Common Shares, $1.00 par value
(Title of Class)


Check whether the issuer is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
[ ]

Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No[ ]

Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. [ ]

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

State issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year. $12,070,326

As of December 15, 2008, the Registrant had 793,229 voting shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding and 454,866 voting shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding. As of such date, non-affiliates held 729,663 shares of Class A Common Stock and 233,098 shares of Class B Common Stock. As of December 15, 2008, based on the closing price of $4.10 per Class A Common Share on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board, the aggregate market value of the Class A Common Stock held by such non-affiliates was approximately $2,991,618. There is no trading market in the shares of Class B Common Stock.

Documents Incorporated by Reference:

PART OF FORM 10-KSB
DOCUMENT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Part III (Items 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14)
Portions of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement to be used in connection with its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on February 25, 2009.

Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format. Yes [ ] No [X]

Except as otherwise stated, the information contained in this Form 10-KSB is as of September 30, 2008.

For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006, Hickok Incorporated had revenues of less than $25,000,000 and less than $25,000,000 in outstanding voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates. As a result, Hickok met the definition of a small business issuer under Regulation S-B and has elected to submit its future periodic reports in accordance with the disclosure requirements for small business issuers under Regulation S-B.





Correction Memorandum

This amendment is being filed solely for the purpose of correcting Form 10-KSB, Schedule VIII - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts originally filed December 29, 2008.
Inadvertently when filing Form 10-KSB various rows were missing on Schedule VIII - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts due to HyperText Markup Language tag errors. Please see attached corrected version of HICKOK INCORPORATED, SCHEDULE VIII - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS.









SIGNATURE

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



HICKOK INCORPORATED

By: /s/ Robert L. Bauman
Robert L. Bauman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: January 20, 2009









                                                HICKOK INCORPORATED

                                  SCHEDULE VIII - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS


      Col. A                         Col. B                   Col. C                  Col. D          Col. E
- -----------------------             ----------   -------------------------------    ---------     ------------


                                                           Additions
                                                 -------------------------------


                                    Balance at     Charged to        Charged to                        Balance
                                    Beginning      Costs and           Other                           at End
    Description                     of Period      Expenses          Accounts        Deductions       of Period
- -----------------------------       ----------    ------------     ------------      -----------     ------------
Deducted from Asset Accounts:

                                                  Year Ended September 30, 2006
                                                  ------------------------------

 Reserve for doubtful accounts       $  50,000    $  22,482  (1)    $  4,244 (2)     $   1,726 (3)     $  75,000

 Reserve for inventory obsolescence  $ 425,000    $ 337,791         $      -         $  87,761 (4)     $ 675,000

 Reserve for product warranty        $  52,246    $   6,470         $      -         $  37,861         $  20,855

 Valuation allowance deferred taxes  $       -    $       -         $      -         $       -         $       -


                                                  Year Ended September 30, 2007
                                                  ------------------------------

 Reserve for doubtful accounts       $  75,000    $(69,686)  (1)    $      - (2)     $ (4,686) (3)     $  10,000

 Reserve for inventory obsolescence  $ 675,000    $ 106,259         $      -         $ 309,259 (4)     $ 472,000

 Reserve for product warranty        $  20,855    $  53,208         $      -         $  60,299         $  13,764

 Valuation allowance deferred taxes  $       -    $ 443,000         $      -         $       -         $ 443,000


                                                  Year Ended September 30, 2008
                                                  ------------------------------

 Reserve for doubtful accounts       $  10,000    $     412 (1)     $  3,504 (2)     $   3,916 (3)     $  10,000

 Reserve for inventory obsolescence  $ 472,000    $(112,601)        $      -         $ 171,399 (4)     $ 188,000

 Reserve for product warranty        $  13,764    $  99,307         $      -         $ 107,431         $   5,640

 Valuation allowance deferred taxes  $ 443,000    $ 535,000         $      -         $       -         $ 978,000



(1) Classified as bad debt expense.

(2) Recoveries on accounts charged off in prior years.

(3) Accounts charged off during year as uncollectible.

(4) Inventory charged off during the year as obsolete.





















































EX-31 2 ex311.htm EXHIBIT 31.1 ex31.1certification302rlb
Exhibit 31.1


RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 


Robert L. Bauman, Chief Executive Officer

I, Robert L. Bauman, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

  1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Hickok Incorporated (the "small business issuer");
     

  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 small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
     

  4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer 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 small business issuer 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 small business issuer, 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 controls 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 small business issuer'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 small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

  5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer'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 small business issuer'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 small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

By:

/s/ R. L. Bauman

R. L. Bauman

Chief Executive Officer

January 20, 2009















EX-31 3 ex312.htm EXHIBIT 31.2 ex31.2certification302gmz
Exhibit 31.2


RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


Gregory M. Zoloty, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

I, Gregory M. Zoloty, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, certify that:

  1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Hickok Incorporated (the "small business issuer");
     

  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 small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
     

  4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer 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 small business issuer 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 small business issuer, 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 controls 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 small business issuer'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 small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

  5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer'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 small business issuer'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 small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.


By:

 /s/ G. M. Zoloty

G. M. Zoloty

Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

January 20, 2009













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