Note 3 - Business Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 3 — BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for reporting information regarding operating segments in annual financial statements and requires selected information of those segments to be presented in financial statements. Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise for which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker (the Company’s Chief Executive Officer) in making decisions on how to allocate resources and assess performance. While the Company has twelve operating segments, it has only three reportable operating business segments (Lighting, Graphics, and Electronic Components), an All Other Category, and Corporate and Eliminations.

The Lighting Segment includes outdoor, indoor, and landscape lighting that has been fabricated and assembled for the commercial, industrial and multi-site retail lighting markets, the Company’s primary niche markets (petroleum / convenience store market, automotive dealership market, and quick service restaurant market), and LED solid state digital sports video screens. LED video screens are designed and manufactured by the Company’s Lighting Segment and by LSI Saco in the All Other Category. The Lighting Segment includes the operations of LSI Ohio Operations, LSI Metal Fabrication, LSI MidWest Lighting and LSI Lightron.  These operations have been integrated, have similar economic characteristics and meet the other requirements for aggregation in segment reporting.   

The Graphics Segment designs, manufactures and installs exterior and interior visual image elements related to graphics. These products are used in visual image programs in several markets, including the petroleum / convenience store market and multi-site retail operations. The Graphics Segment includes the operations of Grady McCauley, LSI Retail Graphics and LSI Integrated Graphic Systems, which have been aggregated as such facilities manufacture two-dimensional graphics with the use of screen and digital printing, fabricate three-dimensional structural graphics sold in the multi-site retail and petroleum / convenience store markets, and each exhibit similar economic characteristics and meet the other requirements for aggregation in segment reporting.

The Electronic Components Segment designs, engineers and manufactures custom designed electronic circuit boards, assemblies and sub-assemblies, and various products used in various applications including the control of solid-state LED lighting and metal halide lighting.  The Electronic Components Segment includes the operations of LSI ADL Technology as well as LSI Virticus. LSI ADL Technology sells electronic circuit boards, assemblies and sub-assemblies directly to customers and also has significant inter-segment sales to the Lighting Segment. LSI Virticus sells lighting control systems directly to customers and to the Lighting Segment. Products produced by this segment may have applications in the Company’s other LED product lines such as digital scoreboards, advertising ribbon boards and billboards.  

The All Other Category includes the Company’s operating segments that neither meet the aggregation criteria, nor the criteria to be a separate reportable segment.  The Operations of LSI Images (menu board systems), LSI Adapt (implementation, installation and program management services related to products of the Graphics and Lighting Segments) and LSI Saco Technologies (designs and produces high-performance light engines, large format video screens using solid-state LED technology, and certain specialty LED lighting) are combined in the All Other Category.

The Company’s corporate administration activities are reported in a line item titled Corporate and Eliminations.  This primarily includes intercompany profit in inventory eliminations, expense related to certain corporate officers and support staff, the Company’s internal audit staff, expense related to the Company’s Board of Directors, stock option expense for options granted to corporate administration employees, certain consulting expenses, investor relations activities, and a portion of the Company’s legal, auditing and professional fee expenses. Corporate identifiable assets primarily consist of cash, invested cash (if any), refundable income taxes, and deferred income tax assets.

There was no concentration of consolidated net sales in the three months ended September 30, 2013 or 2012. There was no concentration of accounts receivable at September 30, 2013 and 2012. 

Summarized financial information for the Company’s reportable business segments is provided for the indicated periods and as of September 30, 2013 and June 30, 2013:

(In thousands)	Three Months Ended September 30
	2013			2012
Net Sales:
Lighting Segment	$	59,471		$	55,791
Graphics Segment		14,008			10,745
Electronic Components Segment		5,080			5,754
All Other Category		1,927			2,429
	$	80,486		$	74,719
Operating Income (Loss):
Lighting Segment	$	3,811		$	4,513
Graphics Segment		163			(355	)
Electronic Components Segment		972			786
All Other Category		4			(2	)
Corporate and Eliminations		(2,111	)		(1,915	)
	$	2,839		$	3,027
Capital Expenditures:
Lighting Segment	$	491		$	316
Graphics Segment		57			218
Electronic Components Segment		70			133
All Other Category		29			30
Corporate and Eliminations		583			639
	$	1,230		$	1,336
Depreciation and Amortization:
Lighting Segment	$	706		$	1,165
Graphics Segment		221			222
Electronic Components Segment		366			320
All Other Category		40			47
Corporate and Eliminations		75			96
	$	1,408		$	1,850

	September 30, 2013		June 30, 2013
Identifiable Assets:
Lighting Segment	$	93,672	$	90,536
Graphics Segment		26,483		28,792
Electronic Components Segment		31,740		30,926
All Other Category		6,727		6,361
Corporate and Eliminations		13,482		12,564
	$	172,104	$	169,179

The segment net sales reported above represent sales to external customers.  Segment operating income, which is used in management’s evaluation of segment performance, represents net sales less all operating expenses including impairment of goodwill, but excluding interest expense and interest income. Identifiable assets are those assets used by each segment in its operations. Corporate identifiable assets primarily consist of cash, invested cash (if any), refundable income taxes, and deferred income tax assets. Inter-segment revenues were eliminated in consolidation as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30
(In thousands)	2013		2012
Lighting Segment inter-segment net sales	$	898	$	657
Graphics Segment inter-segment net sales	$	205	$	837
Electronic Components inter-segment net sales	$	8,504	$	6,336
All other Category inter-segment net sales	$	2,155	$	866

The Company considers its geographic areas to be:  1) the United States, and 2) Canada.  The majority of the Company’s operations are in the United States, with one operation in Canada.  The geographic distribution of the Company’s net sales and long-lived assets are as follows:

(In thousands)	Three Months Ended September 30
	2013		2012
Net Sales (a):
United States	$	79,673	$	74,689
Canada		813		30
	$	80,486	$	74,719

	September 30, 2013		June 30, 2013
Long-lived Assets (b):
United States	$	47,032	$	46,843
Canada		340		336
	$	47,372	$	47,179

a. Net sales are attributed to geographic areas based upon the location of the operation making the sale.

b. Long-lived assets include property, plant and equipment, and other long term assets.  Goodwill and intangible assets are not included in long-lived assets.