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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended: March 31, 2010
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
For the transition period from                     to                     
Commission File Number: 0-439
American Locker Group Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  16-0338330
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
815 South Main Street, Grapevine, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices)
  76051
(Zip code)
(817) 329-1600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 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 þ No o
     Indicated by a check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for a shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller Reporting Company þ
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
     Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date: 1,600,338 shares of common stock, par value $1.00, issued and outstanding as of May 14, 2010.
 
 


 

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains various “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including, among others, those contained in “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the words “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “intends,” “expects,” “projects,” “will” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such words. Such statements, including, but not limited to, the Company’s statements regarding business strategy, implementation of its restructuring plan, competition, new product development, liquidity and capital resources are based on management’s beliefs, as well as on assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management, and involve various risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond the Company’s control. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by or on the Company’s behalf. In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking information will in fact prove to be accurate. The Company has undertaken no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
The interim financial statements included herein are unaudited but reflect, in management’s opinion, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the results of our operations for the interim periods presented.
The interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of American Locker Group Incorporated (the “Company”) and the notes thereto contained in the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 31, 2010.
Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for the full fiscal year.

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American Locker Group Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2010 (Unaudited)     2009  
Assets
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 1,476,487     $ 526,752  
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of approximately $201,000 in 2010 and $216,000 in 2009
    1,530,842       2,319,440  
Inventories, net
    2,492,939       2,378,017  
Prepaid expenses
    100,209       95,489  
Income taxes receivable
          1,409,696  
Deferred income taxes
    405,947       416,713  
 
           
Total current assets
    6,006,424       7,146,107  
 
               
Property, plant and equipment:
               
Land
    500       500  
Buildings
    396,185       394,739  
Machinery and equipment
    8,079,193       7,907,732  
 
           
 
    8,475,878       8,302,971  
Less allowance for depreciation and amortization
    (7,170,713 )     (7,066,629 )
 
           
 
    1,305,165       1,236,342  
Deferred income taxes
    487,857       512,277  
 
           
 
               
Total assets
  $ 7,799,446     $ 8,894,726  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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American Locker Group Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets (continued)
                 
    March 31,     December 31,  
    2010 (Unaudited)     2009  
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
               
Current liabilities:
               
Secured borrowings from factoring agreement
  $     $ 428,588  
Accounts payable
    1,590,180       2,068,289  
Commissions, salaries, wages, and taxes thereon
    141,335       127,444  
Income taxes payable
    73,486       76,176  
Deferred revenue
    341,000       341,000  
Other accrued expenses
    221,046       346,941  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    2,367,047       3,388,438  
 
               
Long-term liabilities:
               
Pension and other benefits
    1,267,005       1,240,506  
 
           
 
    1,267,005       1,240,506  
 
               
Total liabilities
    3,634,052       4,628,944  
 
               
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
               
 
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common stock, $1.00 par value:
               
Authorized shares — 4,000,000 Issued shares — 1,792,338 in 2010 and 1,781,015 in 2009; Outstanding shares — 1,600,338 in 2010 and 1,589,015 in 2009
    1,792,338       1,781,015  
Other capital
    252,853       242,846  
Retained earnings
    4,770,133       4,895,637  
Treasury stock at cost, 192,000 shares
    (2,112,000 )     (2,112,000 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (537,930 )     (541,716 )
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    4,165,394       4,265,782  
 
           
 
               
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 7,799,446     $ 8,894,726  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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American Locker Group Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2010     2009  
Net Sales
  $ 2,739,238     $ 2,718,123  
 
               
Cost of products sold
    1,799,952       1,937,086  
 
           
Gross profit
    939,286       781,037  
 
               
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    1,033,529       973,572  
Restructuring costs
          260,000  
Pension settlement charge
          209,807  
 
           
Total selling, general and administrative
    1,033,529       1,443,379  
 
               
Total operating loss
    (94,243 )     (662,342 )
 
               
Other income (expense):
               
Interest income
    17,300       33  
Other expense — net
    (9,641 )     (30,109 )
Interest expense
    (7,249 )     (39,151 )
 
           
Total other income (expense)
    410       (69,227 )
 
           
Loss before income taxes
    (93,833 )     (731,569 )
Income tax benefit (expense)
    (31,668 )     164,466  
 
           
Net loss
  $ (125,501 )   $ (567,103 )
 
           
 
               
Weighted average common shares:
               
Basic
    1,589,015       1,571,849  
 
           
 
               
Diluted
    1,589,015       1,571,849  
 
           
 
               
Loss per share of common stock:
               
Basic
  $ (0.08 )   $ (0.36 )
 
           
 
               
Diluted
  $ (0.08 )   $ (0.36 )
 
           
 
               
Dividends per share of common stock
  $     $  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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American Locker Group Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2010     2009  
Operating activities
               
Net loss
  $ (125,501 )   $ (567,103 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    87,133       93,378  
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
          957  
Provision for uncollectible accounts
    15,222       10,500  
Equity based compensation
    21,330       1,797  
Deferred income taxes
    33,473       (164,466 )
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Restricted cash
          (181,374 )
Accounts receivable
    654,974       110,294  
Inventories
    (244,798 )     263,670  
Prepaid expenses
    (4,416 )     13,311  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    (476,019 )     497,877  
Pension and other benefits
    29,029       62,916  
Income taxes
    1,407,006        
 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities
    1,397,433       141,757  
 
               
Investing activities
               
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
    (22,727 )     (28,294 )
 
           
Net cash used in investing activities
    (22,727 )     (28,294 )
 
               
Financing activities
               
Long-term debt payments
          (2,004,315 )
Repayment of factoring agreement
    (428,588 )      
Borrowings under line of credit
          3,750  
Long-term debt borrowings
          2,000,000  
 
           
Net cash used in financing activities
    (428,588 )     (565 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    3,617       (10,104 )
 
           
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    949,735       102,794  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    526,752       279,984  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 1,476,487     $ 382,778  
 
           
 
               
Supplemental cash flow information:
               
Cash paid for:
               
Interest
  $ 7,128     $ 30,572  
 
           
Income taxes
  $ 7,587     $  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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American Locker Group Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1.   Basis of Presentation
    The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of American Locker Group Incorporated (the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, the financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation of such condensed financial statements, have been included. Operating results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2010.
    The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2009 has been derived from the Company’s audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the financial information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
    Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known or that the Company currently deems immaterial may also impair its business operations. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
2.   Sale of Property
    On September 18, 2009, the Company closed on the sale of its headquarters and primary manufacturing facility to the City of Grapevine (the “City”). The Company estimates the total value of the Agreement at $3,500,000. Under the Agreement, the City paid a purchase price of $2,747,000.
    The Company is entitled to continue to occupy the facility, through December 31, 2010, at no cost. The City has further agreed to pay the Company’s relocation costs within the Dallas-Fort Worth area and to pay the Company’s real property taxes for the facility through December 31, 2010. The Company received a $341,000 payment towards the moving costs at close which is recorded as “deferred revenue” in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Proceeds of the sale were used to pay off the $2 million mortgage and for general working capital purposes.
3.   Inventories
    Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined using the first-in first-out method (FIFO).
    Inventories consist of the following:
                 
    March 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
Finished products
  $ 58,835     $ 76,303  
Work-in-process
    922,746       1,020,838  
Raw materials
    1,511,358       1,280,876  
 
           
Net inventories
  $ 2,492,939     $ 2,378,017  
 
           
4.   Income Taxes
    The provision for income taxes is based upon the estimated annual effective tax rate. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was 33.8% and 22.5%, respectively. The difference in the statutory rate and the effective rate is primarily due to a change in the valuation allowance of approximately $45,000 and $91,000 in 2010 and 2009 respectively.
5.   Stockholders’ Equity
    Changes in stockholders equity were due to a comprehensive loss of $121,714. On March 31, 2010, the Company issued 11,323 shares of common stock to non-employee directors and increased other capital by $10,007 representing compensation expense of $21,330.

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6.   Comprehensive Loss
    The following table summarizes net loss plus changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss, a component of stockholders’ equity in the consolidated statement of financial position.
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2010     2009  
Net loss
  $ (125,501 )   $ (567,103 )
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    7,579       (18,302 )
Minimum pension liability adjustments, net of tax effect of $(2,530) in 2010 and $1,405 in 2009
    (3,793 )     2,108  
     
Total comprehensive loss
  $ (121,715 )   $ (583,297 )
     
7.   Pension Benefits
    The following sets forth the components of net periodic employee benefit cost of the Company’s defined benefit pension plans for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
                                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    Pension Benefits  
    U.S. Plan     Canadian Plan  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Service cost
  $ 5,250     $ 5,250     $     $  
Interest cost
    43,750       42,250       17,226       12,665  
Expected return on plan assets
    (33,000 )     (33,750 )     (18,403 )     (15,323 )
Amortizations
    10,500                    
Net actuarial loss
          13,750       1,682       1,208  
Pension Settlement Charge
                      209,807  
     
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 26,500     $ 27,500     $ 505     $ 208,357  
     
    The Company has frozen the accrual of any additional benefits under the U.S. defined benefit pension plan effective July 15, 2005.
    Effective January 1, 2009, the Company converted its pension plan for its Canadian employees (the “Canadian Plan”) from a noncontributory defined benefit plan to a defined contribution plan. Until the conversion, benefits for the salaried employees were based on specified percentages of the employees’ monthly compensation. The conversion of the Canadian plan has the effect of freezing the accrual of future defined benefits under the plan. Under the defined contribution plan, the Company will contribute 3% of employee compensation plus 50% of employee elective contributions up to a maximum contribution of 5% of employee compensation.
    As a consequence of the Company’s staff reductions at its Canadian subsidiary, the Company recorded a non-cash pension settlement charge of $209,807 in the first quarter of 2009.
    The Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Topic of the ASC require the categorization of financial assets and liabilities, based on the inputs to the valuation technique, into a three-level fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to the quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities and lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The various values of the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Topic of the ASC fair value hierarchy are described as follows:
    Level 1 — Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted market prices for identical assets and liabilities in an active market that the Company has the ability to access.

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    Level 2 — Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or model inputs that are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
    Level 3 — Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.
    The fair value hierarchy of the plan assets are as follows:
                     
        March 31, 2010  
        US Plan     Canadian Plan  
Cash and cash equivalents
  Level 1   $     $ 11,554  
Mutual funds
  Level 1           1,168,697  
Pooled separate accounts
  Level 2     1,815,374        
 
           
Total
      $ 1,815,374     $ 1,180,251  
 
           
    For additional information on the defined benefit pension plans, please refer to Note 8 of the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
8.   Earnings Per Share
    The Company reports earnings per share in accordance with GAAP. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share:
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2010     2009  
Numerator:
               
Net loss
  $ (125,501 )   $ (567,103 )
 
       
 
               
Denominator:
               
Denominator for basic earnings per share — weighted average shares
    1,589,015       1,571,849  
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
               
Stock options
           
 
       
 
               
Denominator for diluted earnings per share — adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversion
    1,589,015       1,571,849  
 
       
 
               
Basic loss per common share:
               
Net loss
  $ (0.08 )   $ (0.36 )
 
       
 
               
Diluted loss per common share:
               
Net loss
  $ (0.08 )   $ (0.36 )
 
       
    The Company had 12,000 and 15,000 stock options outstanding at March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which were not included in the common share computation for loss per share, as the common stock equivalents were anti-dilutive.
9.   Debt
    On July 29, 2009, the Company entered into a receivables purchase agreement with Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company (“GCBT”), pursuant to which the Company will sell certain of its accounts receivable to GCBT. GCBT will not purchase receivables from the Company if the total of all outstanding receivables held by it, at any time, exceeds $2,500,000. In addition, if a receivable is determined to be uncollectible or otherwise ineligible, GCBT would require the Company to repurchase the receivable.

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    The receivables purchase agreement calls for the Company to pay a daily variable discount rate, which is the greater of prime plus 1.5% or 6.5% per annum, computed on the amount of outstanding receivables held by GCBT, for the period during which such receivables are outstanding. The Company will also pay a fixed discount percentage of 0.2% for each ten-day period during which receivables held by GCBT are outstanding. Fees related to the receivables purchase agreement of $7,495 are recorded in interest expense in the 2010 Consolidated Statement of Operations.
    Secured borrowings at December 31, 2009 of $428,588 represent the Company’s liability on the sale of accounts receivables with recourse. When the Company sells accounts receivable with recourse, the receivables remain recorded in accounts receivable, and an equivalent liability is recorded in short-term secured borrowings on the Company’s balance sheet until the customers pay the receivables outstanding. There were no secured borrowings at March 31, 2010.
10.   Restructuring
    As a result of the economic crisis, the Company implemented a restructuring in January 2009 to rationalize its cost structure in an uncertain economic environment. The restructuring included the elimination of approximately 50 permanent and temporary positions (a reduction of approximately 40% of the Company’s workforce) as well as an across the board 10% reduction in wages and a 15% reduction in the base fee paid to members of the Company’s Board of Directors. These changes resulted in severance and payroll tax charges during the three months ended March 31, 2009 of approximately $260,000. As of March 31, 2010, these payments are expected to be made over the next nine months. Additionally, the Company expects to incur $100,000 in relocation expenses, which have not been accrued for when it relocates its Ellicottville, New York operations to Texas in the first half of 2011. The restructuring and relocation is expected to result in approximately $1,400,000 in annual savings. To implement the restructuring plan, management anticipates incurring aggregate restructuring charges and costs of $396,000. Accrued restructuring expenses are included in “Other accrued liabilities” in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.
    The following table analyzes the changes in the Company’s reserve with respect to the restructuring plan from December 31, 2009 to March 31, 2010:
                                 
    December                     March 31,  
    31, 2009     Expense     Payment/Charges     2010  
Severance
  $ 157,000           $ (10,000 )   $ 147,000  
Professional fees
                       
Other
    12,000                   12,000  
 
                       
 
                               
Total
  $ 169,000           $ (10,000 )   $ 159,000  
 
                       
11.   Commitments and Contingencies
    In July 2001, the Company received a letter from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (the “NYSDEC”) advising the Company that it is a potentially responsible party (PRP) with respect to environmental contamination at and alleged migration from property located in Gowanda, New York which was sold by the Company to Gowanda Electronics Corporation prior to 1980. In March 2001, the NYSDEC issued a Record of Decision with respect to the Gowanda site in which it set forth a remedy, including continued operation of an existing extraction well and air stripper, installation of groundwater pumping wells and a collection trench, construction of a treatment system in a separate building on the site, installation of a reactive iron wall covering 250 linear feet, which is intended to intercept any contaminates, and implementation of an on-going monitoring system. The NYSDEC has estimated that its selected remediation plan will cost approximately $688,000 for initial construction and a total of $1,997,000 with respect to expected operation and maintenance expenses over a 30-year period after completion of initial construction. The Company has not conceded to the NYSDEC that the Company is liable with respect to this matter and has not agreed with the NYSDEC that the remediation plan selected by NYSDEC is the most appropriate plan. This matter has not been litigated, and at the present time the Company has only been identified as a PRP. The Company also believes that other parties may have been identified by the NYSDEC as PRPs, and the allocation of financial responsibility of such parties has not been litigated. Based upon currently available information, the Company is unable to estimate timing with respect to the resolution of this matter. The NYSDEC has not commenced implementation of the remedial plan and has not indicated when construction will start, if ever. The Company’s primary insurance carrier has assumed the cost of the Company’s defense in this matter, subject to a reservation of rights.
    Beginning in September 1998 the Company has been named as an additional defendant in approximately 200 cases pending in state court in Massachusetts and 1 in the state of Washington. The plaintiffs in each case assert that a division of the Company manufactured and furnished components containing asbestos to a shipyard during the period from 1948 to 1972 and that injury

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    resulted from exposure to such products. The assets of this division were sold by the Company in 1973. During the process of discovery in certain of these actions, documents from sources outside the Company have been produced which indicate that the Company appears to have been included in the chain of title for certain wall panels which contained asbestos and which were delivered to the Massachusetts shipyards. Defense of these cases has been assumed by the Company’s insurance carrier, subject to a reservation of rights. Settlement agreements have been entered in approximately 30 cases with funds authorized and provided by the Company’s insurance carrier. Further, over 125 cases have been terminated as to the Company without liability to the Company under Massachusetts procedural rules. Therefore, the balance of unresolved cases against the Company as of March 17, 2010, the most recent date data is available, is approximately 43 cases.
    While the Company cannot estimate potential damages or predict the ultimate resolution of these asbestos cases as the discovery proceedings on the cases are not complete, based upon the Company’s experience to date with similar cases, as well as the assumption that insurance coverage will continue to be provided with respect to these cases, at the present time, the Company does not believe that the outcome of these cases will have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s operations or financial condition.
    The Company is involved in other claims and litigation from time to time in the normal course of business. The Company does not believe these matters will have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s operations or financial condition.
Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
    Effect of New Accounting Guidance
    In January 2010 the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. This ASU requires some new disclosures and clarifies some existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurement as set forth in Codification Subtopic 820-10. ASU 2010-06 amends Codification Subtopic 820-10 to now require a reporting entity to disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the transfers; and in the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs, a reporting entity should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements. In addition, ASU 2010-06 clarifies the disclosures for reporting fair value measurement for each class of assets and liabilities and the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements.
    In February 2010 the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-09, Subsequent Events (Topic 855): Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. ASU 2010-09 reiterates that an SEC filer is required to evaluate subsequent events through the date that the financial statements are issued and eliminates the required disclosure of the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated. The updated guidance was effective upon issuance and its adoption had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Results of Operations — the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009
Overall Results and Outlook
The financial market and economic turmoil and the related disruption of the credit markets caused a significant slowdown in new construction of multifamily and commercial buildings during the second half of 2008 and continuing through 2010. The economic crisis also negatively impacted our customers in the travel and recreation industries. New construction in these markets is a key driver of revenue for the Company. Consolidated net sales for the first three months of 2010 reflect an increase of $21,115 to $2,739,238 primarily to increases in non-postal locker and contract manufacturing sales offsetting declines in postal locker sales. Pre-tax operating results improved to a pre-tax loss of $93,833 for the first three months of 2010 from a pre-tax loss of $731,569 for the first three months of 2009. After-tax operating results improved to a net loss of $125,501 for the first three months of 2010 compared to a net loss of $567,103 for the first three months of 2009. Net loss was $.08 per share (basic and diluted) for the first three months of 2010, an improvement from a net loss of $.36 per share (basic and diluted) for the same period in 2009.
Net Sales
Consolidated net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were $2,739,238, an increase of $21,115, or 0.8%, compared to net sales of $2,718,123 for the same period of 2009. Sales of non-postal lockers for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were $1,824,338, an increase of $131,030, or 7.7%, compared to sales of $1,693,308 for the same period of 2009. The non-postal locker

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increase is primarily attributable to increased revenue from the Company’s Canada Locker Company, Ltd. (“Canadian Locker”) subsidiary as well as increased demand for the Company’s products in the United States. Sales of postal lockers were $542,011 for the three months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $482,804, or 47.1%, compared to sales of $1,024,815 for the same period of 2009. Lower postal locker sales were due primarily to the lack of new multifamily and commercial construction activity in the United States. The majority of the Company’s historical postal locker sales have come from new construction and the lack of new construction activity has greatly reduced the overall market for postal lockers.
                         
    Three Months Ended March 31,     Percentage  
    2010     2009     Increase/(Decrease)  
Postal Lockers
  $ 542,011     $ 1,024,815       (47.1 )%
Contract Manufacturing
    372,889              
Non-Postal Lockers
    1,824,338       1,693,308       7.7 %
 
                 
Total
  $ 2,739,238     $ 2,718,123       0.8 %
Gross Margin
Consolidated gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $939,286, or 34.3% of net sales, compared to $781,037, or 28.7% of net sales, for the same period of 2009, a increase of $158,249, or 20.3%. The increase in gross margin as a percentage of sales was primarily due to reduced raw material costs, decreased costs from the redesigned horizontal 4c mailbox and favorable sales mix.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were $1,033,529 or 37.7% of net sales, compared to $973,572, or 35.8%, of net sales for the same period of 2009, an increase of $59,750, or 6.1%. This increase was primarily due to increased freight expenses. Freight expenses increased approximately $75,000 for the three month period ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the same period in 2009, as a result of the change in sales mix.
Restructuring Costs
As a result of the economic crisis, the Company implemented a restructuring in January 2009 to rationalize its cost structure in an uncertain economic environment. The restructuring included the elimination of approximately 50 permanent and temporary positions as well as an across the board 10% reduction in wages. These (a reduction of approximately 40%) resulted in severance and payroll tax charges during the three months ended March 31, 2009 of approximately $260,000. These payments are expected to be made over the next nine months. Additionally, the Company will relocate its Ellicottville, New York operations to Texas in the first half of 2011. The restructuring and relocation is expected to result in approximately $1,400,000 in annual savings. To implement the restructuring plan, management anticipates incurring aggregate impairment charges and costs of $396,000. Refer to note 10 in Item 1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more detail related to restructuring costs incurred during the first three months of 2010.
Pension Settlement Charge
As a consequence of the Company’s staff reductions at its Canadian subsidiary, the Company recorded a non-cash pension settlement charge of $209,807 during the first three months of 2009. Refer to note 7 in Item 1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for detail related to Pension Benefits during the first three months of 2010.
Interest Expense
Interest expense for the three month period ended March 31, 2010 was $7,249, a decrease of $31,902, or 81.5%, compared to interest expense of $39,151 for the same period of 2009. This decrease is due to the Company paying off all of its debt.
Income Taxes
For the three month period ended March 31, 2010, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $31,668 compared to a benefit of $164,466 for the same period of 2009. The Company’s effective tax rate on earnings was approximately 33.8% for the first three months of 2010 and (22.5)% for the first three months of 2009. The effective tax rate was lower than the U.S Federal statutory tax rate primarily due to a change in the valuation allowance of approximately $45,000 and $91,000 for the first quarter of 2010 and 2009, respectively, due to the Company’s inability to record a tax benefit for losses from its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measure — Adjusted EBITDA
The Company presents the non-GAAP financial performance measure of Adjusted EBITDA because management uses this measure to monitor and evaluate the performance of the business and believes the presentation of this measure will enhance investors’ ability to analyze trends in the Company’s business, evaluate the Company’s performance relative to other companies, and evaluate the Company’s ability to service debt.
Adjusted EBITDA is not a presentation made in accordance with GAAP and our computation of Adjusted EBITDA may vary from other companies. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to operating earnings or net income as a measure of operating performance. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA is not presented as and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA has important limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example, Adjusted EBITDA (as computed by the Company):
    Does not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements, for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
 
    Does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
 
    Does not reflect our interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt;
 
    Excludes tax payments that represent a reduction in available cash;
 
    Excludes non-cash equity based compensation;
 
    Excludes one-time restructuring costs and pension settlement costs; and
 
    Does not reflect any cash requirements for assets being depreciated and amortized that may have to be replaced in the future.
The following table reconciles earnings as reflected in our condensed consolidated statements of operations prepared in accordance with GAAP to Adjusted EBITDA:
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2010     2009  
Net loss
  $ (125,501 )   $ (567,103 )
Income tax (benefit) expense
    31,668       (164,466 )
Interest expense
    7,249       39,151  
Depreciation and amortization expense
    87,133       93,378  
Loss on sale of equipment
          957  
Equity based compensation
    21,330       1,797  
Restructuring costs
          260,000  
Pension settlement costs
          209,807  
 
           
Adjusted EBITDA
  $ 21,879     $ (126,479 )
Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenues
    0.8 %     (4.7 )%
Liquidity and Sources of Capital
The Company’s liquidity is reflected by its current ratio, which is the ratio of current assets to current liabilities, and its working capital, which is the excess of current assets over current liabilities. These measures of liquidity are as follows:
                 
    As of March 31,   As of December 31,
    2010   2009
Current Ratio
    2.5 to 1       2.1 to 1  
Working Capital
  $ 3,639,377     $ 3,757,669  
The decrease in working capital of $118,292 results primarily from the Company’s net loss of $125,501.
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Expected uses of cash in fiscal 2010 include funds required to support the Company’s operating activities, capital expenditures, relocation of the Company’s primary manufacturing facility and contributions to the Company’s defined benefit pension plans. The Company expects capital expenditures in 2010 to be higher than in 2009.
The Company has taken steps to enhance its liquidity position with the new Receivables Agreement, which expands its ability to leverage accounts receivable. The Company’s plans to manage the Company’s liquidity position in 2010 include maintaining an intense focus on controlling expenses, reducing capital expenditures, continuing the Company’s implementation of lean manufacturing processes and reducing inventory levels by increasing sales and using excess capacity by manufacturing products for outside parties.
The Company has considered the impact of the financial outlook on its liquidity and has performed an analysis of the key assumptions in its forecast. Based upon these analyses and evaluations, the Company expects that its anticipated sources of liquidity will be sufficient to meet its obligations without disposition of assets outside of the ordinary course of business or significant revisions of the Company’s planned operations through 2010.
On November 6, 2009, President Obama signed the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (HR 3548) into law. The law includes a provision that allowed the Company to carry back its net operating loss for federal income tax purposes from 2008 for up to five years and obtain a refund to the extent that taxes were paid in the previous five years. As a result of this law, the Company received a refund in the amount of approximately $1,400,000 during the first quarter of 2010.
Credit markets have recently experienced significant dislocations and liquidity disruptions. These factors have materially impacted debt markets, making financing terms for borrowers less attractive, and in certain cases have resulted in the unavailability of certain types of debt financing. Continued uncertainty in the credit markets may negatively impact the Company’s ability to access additional debt financing on favorable terms, or at all. The credit market disruptions could impair the Company’s ability to fund operations, limit the Company’s ability to expand the business or increase interest expense, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial results.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the Company.
Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Raw Materials
The Company does not have any long-term commitments for the purchase of raw materials. With respect to its products that use steel and aluminum, the Company expects that any raw material price changes would be reflected in adjusted sales prices. The Company believes that the risk of supply interruptions due to such matters as strikes at the source of supply or to logistics systems is limited. Present sources of supplies and raw materials incorporated into the Company’s products are generally considered to be adequate and are currently available in the marketplace.
Foreign Currency
The Company’s Canadian operation subjects the Company to foreign currency risk, though it is not considered a significant risk since the Canadian operation’s net assets represented only 17.1% of the Company’s aggregate net assets as of March 31, 2010. Presently, management does not hedge its foreign currency risk.
Item 4.   Controls and Procedures
The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including its principal executive officer and principal accounting officer, of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act, as of March 31, 2010. These disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and board of directors that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to its management, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on that evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal accounting officer of the Company have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2010 were effective, at the reasonable assurance level, to ensure that (a) material information relating to the Company is accumulated and made known to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal accounting officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 6.   Exhibits.
Except as otherwise indicated, the following documents are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
31.1
  Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
   
32.1
  Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
         
  AMERICAN LOCKER GROUP INCORPORATED
 
 
May 17, 2010  By:   /s/ Allen D. Tilley    
    Allen D. Tilley   
    Chief Executive Officer   
 
     
May 17, 2010  By:   /s/ Paul M. Zaidins    
    Paul M. Zaidins   
    President, Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer 
 

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EX-31.1 2 d73097exv31w1.htm EX-31.1 exv31w1
         
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Allen D. Tilley, certify that:
  1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of American Locker Group Incorporated;
 
  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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
  4.   The registrant’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)) for the registrant 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 registrant, 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 control 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 registrant’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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
  5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably like to adversely affect the registrant’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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Date: May 17, 2010  By:   /s/ Allen D. Tilley    
    Allen D. Tilley   
    Chief Executive Officer   

 

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Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Paul M. Zaidins, certify that:
  1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of American Locker Group Incorporated;
 
  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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
  4.   The registrant’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)) for the registrant and have:
  (d)   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 registrant, 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;
 
  (e)   Designed such internal control 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;
 
  (f)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
  5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
  a.   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably like to adversely affect the registrant’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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Date: May 17, 2010  By:   /s/ Paul M. Zaidins    
    Paul M. Zaidins   
    President, Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer 
 

 

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Exhibit 32.1
Certifications Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of American Locker Group Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned, in the respective capacities and on the date indicated below, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to his knowledge:
  1)   the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  2)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated: May 17, 2010
         
     
  /s/ Allen D. Tilley    
  Allen D. Tilley   
  Chief Executive Officer   
 
     
  /s/ Paul M. Zaidins    
  Paul M. Zaidins   
  President, Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer 
 

 

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