EX-99.1 2 ex_336534.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 ex_336534.htm

Exhibit 99.1

 

Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp. Reports Net Sales

of $3.17 Million for Third Quarter 2022

 

East Rutherford, NJ – February 11, 2022 – Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp. (“Tel” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: TIKK), a leading designer and manufacturer of avionics test and measurement solutions, today reported net income of $195K ($0.04 per common share) on revenues of $3.17 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 ended December 31, 2021.

 

Highlights include:

 

 

Revenues for the third quarter increased to $3.17 million, a 19% increase from the year-ago quarter.

 

Quarterly operating expenses decreased 10% to $1.1 million due to tight cost controls and a funded engineering project.

 

Operating income increased to $293K for the current quarter as compared to a loss of $224K in the year-ago quarter.

 

Nine-month operating income increased to $1.4 million versus $327K in the year-ago period.

 

Nine-month net income increased to $1.77 million, or $0.47 per common share.

 

Cash balances improved to $7.3 million, compared to $5.5 million at the start of the fiscal year.

 

Net worth improved to $6.8 million compared to $5.2 million at the start of the fiscal year.

 

Mr. Jeffrey O’Hara, Tel-Instrument’s President and CEO commented, “The Company recorded a profitable third quarter despite ongoing supply chain interruptions. Vendor lead times doubling and tripling in some cases with no sign of improvement in sight. This is causing ongoing issues in manufacturing and will negatively impact fourth quarter revenues. We are ordering additional components from our vendors to take the extended lead times into account. The positive news is that we are in a strong financial position to weather this supply disruption. We are also excited by the positive initial reception we have seen from customers on the SDR/OMNI test set. We are still working through component shortages on this test set, but initial production deliveries are still expected to commence in the second quarter of calendar year 2022. We believe that this will be a strong competitor in both commercial and military avionic and communication test set markets. The Lockheed Martin F-35 MADL development program had a successful Critical Design Review (“CDR”) in December. This contract will generate non-recurring engineering revenues over the next several quarters and should result in ongoing production revenues in what is essentially a new market for TIC. We are also actively working with the U.S. Navy on a “mid-life” update of our CRAFT test sets which could result in significant revenues over the next three to seven years.

 

With respect to the Aeroflex litigation, the Kansas Appeals Court is still working remotely and is not able to access the documents due to security restrictions. Aeroflex recently filed a motion with the Appeals Court to substantially increase the Bond Amount from the $2 million existing amount. We have filed a strong counter to this motion and expect it to be denied.

 

 

 

About Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp.

Tel-Instrument is a leading designer and manufacturer of avionics test and measurement solutions for the global commercial air transport, general aviation, and government/military aerospace and defense markets. Tel-Instrument provides instruments to test, measure, calibrate, and repair a wide range of airborne navigation and communication equipment. For further information please visit our website at www.telinstrument.com.

 

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This press release includes statements that are not historical in nature and may be characterized as forward-looking statements, including those related to future financial and operating results, benefits, and synergies of the combined companies, statements concerning the Companys outlook, pricing trends, and forces within the industry, the completion dates of capital projects, expected sales growth, cost reduction strategies, and their results, long-term goals of the Company and other statements of expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends, and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. All predictions as to future results contain a measure of uncertainty and, accordingly, actual results could differ materially. Among the factors which could cause a difference are:  changes in the general economy; changes in demand for the Companys products or in the cost and availability of its raw materials; the actions of its competitors; the success of our customers; technological change; changes in employee relations; government regulations; litigation, including its inherent uncertainty; difficulties in plant operations and materials; transportation, environmental matters; and other unforeseen circumstances.  A number of these factors are discussed in the Companys previous filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release. The safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the Act) protects companies from liability for their forward-looking statements if they comply with the requirements of the Act.

 

 

 

Contact:

Pauline Romeo

 

Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp.

 

(201) 933-1600

 

 

 

 

TEL-INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   

December 31,

2021

   

March 31,

2021

 
   

(unaudited)

         

ASSETS

               
                 

Current assets:

               

Cash

  $ 5,288,810     $ 3,485,275  

Accounts receivable, net

    1,385,384       1,933,321  

Inventories, net

    2,748,275       3,437,989  

Restricted cash to support appeal bond

    2,011,050       2,011,050  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    286,507       263,067  

Total current assets

    11,720,026       11,130,702  
                 

Equipment and leasehold improvements, net

    127,322       200,769  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

    1,768,343       1,922,805  

Deferred tax asset, net

    2,396,594       2,675,040  

Other long-term assets

    35,108       35,110  

Total assets

  $ 16,047,393     $ 15,964,426  
                 

LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

               
                 

Current liabilities:

               

Operating lease liabilities – current portion

  $ 192,487     $ 201,883  

Accounts payable

    438,569       906,149  

Deferred revenues - current portion

    123,615       150,709  

Accrued expenses ‐vacation pay, payroll and payroll withholdings

    376,073       457,232  

Accrued legal damages

    6,045,924       5,889,023  

Accrued expenses - other

    220,115       365,975  

Total current liabilities

    7,396,783       7,970,971  
                 

Operating lease liabilities – long-term

    1,575,856       1,720,921  

Long term debt - PPP

    -       722,577  

Deferred revenues – long-term

    307,578       332,428  
                 

Total liabilities

    9,280,217       10,746,897  
                 

Commitments and contingencies

               
                 

Stockholders’ equity:

               

Preferred stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, par value $0.10 per share

               

Preferred stock, 500,000 shares 8% Cumulative Series A Convertible Preferred

issued and outstanding, par value $0.10 per share

    3,695,998       3,695,998  

Preferred stock, 166,667 shares 8% Cumulative Series B Convertible Preferred

issued and outstanding, par value $0.10 per share

    1,147,367       1,147,367  

Common stock, 7,000,000 shares authorized, par value $0.10 per share,

3,255,887 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

    325,586       325,586  

Additional paid-in capital

    7,098,468       7,318,620  

Accumulated deficit

    (5,500,243

)

    (7,270,042

)

Total stockholders’ equity

    6,767,176       5,217,529  

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

  $ 16,047,393     $ 15,964,426  

 

 

 

TEL-INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

   

Three Months Ended

   

Nine Months Ended

 
   

December 31,

2021

   

December 31,

2020

   

December 31,

2021

   

December 31,

2020

 
                                 

Net sales

  $ 3,171,532     $ 2,672,742     $ 10,914,787     $ 8,948,575  

Cost of sales

    1,763,739       1,661,653       5,824,341       5,066,052  
                                 

Gross margin

    1,407,793       1,011,089       5,090,446       3,882,523  
                                 

Operating expenses:

                               

Selling, general and administrative

    523,966       740,696       1,674,618       1,866,756  

Litigation expenses

    17,145       1,998       21,545       10,208  

Engineering, research, and development

    574,118       492,432       1,950,545       1,678,940  

Total operating expenses

    1,115,229       1,235,126       3,646,708       3,555,904  
                                 

Income (loss) from operations

    292,564       (224,037

)

    1,443,738       326,619  
                                 

Other (expense) income:

                               

Interest income

    996       1,591       2,977       6,316  

Other income

    -       758       35,854       14,612  

Gain on forgiveness of PPP loan

    -       722,577       722,577       722,577  

Interest expense – judgement

    (52,490

)

    (52,490

)

    (156,901

)

    (180,124

)

Interest expense

    -       (8,030

)

    -       (27,190

)

Total other net (expense) income

    (51,494

)

    664,406       604,507       536,191  
                                 

Income before income taxes

    241,070       440,369       2,048,245       862,810  
                                 

Income tax (benefit) expense

    46,448       (59,264

)

    278,446       29,449  
                                 

Net income

    194,622       499,633       1,769,799       833,361  
                                 

Preferred dividends

    (80,000

)

    (80,000

)

    (240,000

)

    (240,000

)

                                 

Net income attributable to common shareholders

  $ 114,622     $ 419,633     $ 1,529,799     $ 593,361  
                                 

Basic income per common share

  $ 0.04     $ 0.13     $ 0.47     $ 0.18  

Diluted income per common share

  $ 0.04     $ 0.10     $ 0.35     $ 0.16  
                                 

Weighted average shares outstanding:

                               

Basic

    3,255,887       3,255,887       3,255,887       3,255,887  

Diluted

    5,095,665       5,095,665       5,095,665       5,065,665