-----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, PkVrDE6EUe3O70de1uc+JEt7mclNBVmIB+4ZujfpVac2jDah7yFaRioIlxwwcrVj fBzKBOKUuivvczyy6stDWg== 0001144204-08-025451.txt : 20080501 0001144204-08-025451.hdr.sgml : 20080501 20080501133440 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-08-025451 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080501 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080501 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080501 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PHOTONIC PRODUCTS GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000719494 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, NEC [3679] IRS NUMBER: 222003247 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-11668 FILM NUMBER: 08793749 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 181 LEGRAND AVE CITY: NORTHVALE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07647 BUSINESS PHONE: 2017671910 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 181 LEGRAND AVE CITY: NORTHVALE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07647 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INRAD INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INTERACTIVE RADIATION INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880804 8-K 1 v112447_8k.htm
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 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 1, 2008
 
Photonic Products Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
000-11668
 
22-2003247
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification
Number)
 
 
 
 
 
181 Legrand Avenue, Northvale, New Jersey
 
07647
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (201) 767-1910
 
 
(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
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o
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o
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The Company will commence mailing of its 2007 Annual Report together with its Proxy Statement to shareholders, on or about May 1, 2008. A copy of the CEO’s letter included in the Annual Report is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and furnished herewith.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(c) Exhibits.
 
99.1
The CEO’s letter to Shareholders, Customers and Employees from its 2007 Annual Report.

 
 
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.
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:        May 1, 2008
By:  
/s/ Daniel Lehrfeld
 
(Daniel Lehrfeld)
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
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EX-99.1 2 v112447_ex99-1.htm
Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Source: Photonic Products Group, Inc.

PPGI RELEASES ANNUAL CEO'S LETTER

NORTHVALE, NJ, May 1 - Photonic Products Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PHPG) today released the CEO’s Letter from its 2007 Annual Report.

To Our Shareholders, Customers, and Employees

In 2007 we continued to concentrate on our present lines of business, and your Company achieved excellent results. I am pleased to report that PPGI exceeded its financial goals for the year, making it our best to date. We established new records for revenues, new orders, backlog at year-end, net income, cash flow from operations, and earnings per share. We expanded our OEM customer base in the process control and metrology and in the defense/aerospace sectors.

Early in the year we launched an initiative to strengthen our balance sheet, and worked at it steadily. We recalled all of our outstanding convertible preferred shares, and our shareholders elected to accept conversion to common shares. We deployed approximately $1,900,000 of cash into accelerating repayment of debt, while still ending the year with an increase in our cash balance of $1,318,000.

Specific financial highlights are enumerated below.
 
Highlights for 2007 included:

 
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Record revenues of $15,100,000, up 8.5% from last year’s $13,921,000.
 
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New orders of $17,802,000 and ending backlog of $9,672,000.
 
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Income from operations of $2,397,000, up 161% from $917,000 in 2006.
 
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169% increase in pre-tax net income to $2,130,000, up from $793,000 last year.
 
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Basic and fully diluted earnings per share of $0.19 and $0.13, respectively, up from $0.07 and $0.06, respectively, in 2006.
 
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Net cash flow from operations of $3,001,000 vs. $2,672,000 last year.

Outlook and Priorities for 2008:

In 2008, our top line is off to a good start overall with revenues, customer orders, and backlog all setting new records in the first quarter. Economic and policy trends affect demand from our customer’s, but at this point the outlook is positive. We are enlarging our business development team and expanding our sales channels while pursuing business development initiatives across a broader front.

 
 

 
 
In order to meet current and projected customer needs we have been expanding capacity within our operations. We are selectively investing in additions to our middle management and hourly production personnel, our engineering teams, and into additional production equipment.

We expect our gross profit margin percentages in the first quarter and the full year to be lower than last year as we move our business mix to products with higher material content. But we anticipate higher revenues in the year as a result and a strong bottom line.

In addition, we continued the balance sheet strengthening initiative we aggressively pursued in 2007 with the repayment this March of our $1,700,000 senior secured note and accrued interest. With this payment, we have retired over $4,000,000 in debt obligations during the past 15 months, including the redemption for cash of a $1,000,000 convertible note, and the retirement via conversion into common shares of all of our $2,582,000 in convertible preferred shares.

Our mission remains unchanged: to continue building PPGI into a diversified preferred provider of photonic products and services to a wide range of OEM customers within the many-sectored Photonics industry, while increasing shareholder value. Our team looks forward to our again delivering positive financial results and continued growth for the year.
 
Daniel Lehrfeld
President and CEO
April 29, 2008
 
Photonic Products Group, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets products and services for use in diverse Photonics industry sectors via its portfolio of branded businesses. INRAD specializes in crystal-based optical components and devices, laser accessories and instruments. Laser Optics specializes in precision custom optical components, assemblies, and optical coatings. MRC Optics’ business specializes in metal optics, precision diamond turned optics, and opto-mechanical and electro-optical assemblies. Our customers include leading corporations in the Defense and Aerospace, Laser Systems, and Process Control and Metrology sectors of the Photonics Industry, as well as the U.S. Government. Its products are also used by researchers at National Laboratories and Universities and in industry.
 
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. These statements may be identified by their use of forward-looking terminology such as "envisions", "will", "expects", "plan", “targeting” or similar words. Such forward-looking statements, such as growth in level of sales, changes in profit margins, levels of expected net income, and business expansion involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward looking statements are, but are not limited to, uncertainties in market demand for the company's products or the products of its customers, future actions by competitors, inability to deliver product on time or within budget, inability to implement growth strategies or to integrate new operations, inability to add new customers, and other factors discussed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward looking statements are made as of the date hereof and Photonic Products Group, Inc. does not assume any obligation to update publicly any forward looking statement.
 
 
 

 
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