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Exhibit 99.1

 

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Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp. Reports Financial Results

For Fiscal Year 2024

 

East Rutherford, NJ – June 28, 2024 – Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp. (“Tel-Instrument,” “TIC,” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: TIKK), a leading designer and manufacturer of avionics test and measurement solutions, today reported a net income of $342K on revenues of $8.8 million for the 2024 fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.

 

Highlights include:

 

Revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, increased $178K, or 2%, versus the prior fiscal year.

 

Gross margin for the 2024 fiscal year was 45.6%, or 10.3 percentage points increase over the prior fiscal year.

 

Operating expenses decreased by $666K, or 17% year-over-year, due primarily to client funded engineering projects.

 

Operating income was $737K as compared to an operating loss of $898K in the prior fiscal year.

 

Net income was $342K, compared to a net loss of $388K in the prior fiscal year.

 

Working capital increased $1.2 million or 39% to $4.3 million as compared to the prior fiscal year.

 

Backlog increased $640K from the prior year end to $7.2 million as of March 31, 2024.

 

Recent receipt of Airbus order for SDR/OMNI.

 

Mr. Jeffrey O’Hara, Tel-Instrument’s President and CEO commented, “The 2024 fiscal year was very difficult due to parts shortages that significantly impacted production. This parts procurement issues are gradually easing, and we expect strong growth in fiscal year 2025. We are extremely excited by the prospects of the SDR-OMNI and the SDR-OMNI/MIL. We were pleased that Airbus selected our SDR-OMNI test set for use in its world-wide manufacturing operations after an extensive technical evaluation. We are even more excited about the prospects for the SDR-OMNI/MIL which has the potential to replace thousands of obsolete test sets currently in use by the U.S. military. The SDR-OMNI and SDR-OMNI/MIL are the only multi-purpose avionic test set in the market that meets Class 1 military environmental specification. We are confident that these two multi-purpose test sets provide market leading capabilities. We are also introducing a GPS simulator software application this summer.

The CRAFT ECP contract will be critical for the Company as this is expected to generate five million dollars of annual production revenues, starting when the engineering work is completed. TIC successfully completed the Test Readiness Review (“TRR”) in April 2024. The next major milestone is the Production Readiness Review that is scheduled for later this year. We expect to start shipping upgraded Navy production units in the fourth quarter of FY 2025.

The Lockheed Martin F-35 MADL Test Set development program has been completed. We are currently in negotiations to supply up to 119 MADL test sets this year.

 

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.

 

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 (Ext 309)

 

 

 

TEL-INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS CORP.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

Audited

 

ASSETS

 

March 31, 2024

   

March 31, 2023

 

Current assets:

               

Cash

  $ 132,013     $ 3,839,398  

Accounts receivable, net

    1,110,548       900,881  

Inventories, net

    5,411,644       3,586,065  

Restricted cash to support appeal bond

    -       2,011,083  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    214,161       817,625  

Total current assets

    6,868,366       11,155,052  
                 

Equipment and leasehold improvements, net

    73,195       85,167  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

    1,324,463       1,526,551  

Deferred tax asset, net

    2,450,657       2,627,935  

Other assets

    35,109       35,109  
                 

Total assets

  $ 10,751,790     $ 15,429,814  
                 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERSEQUITY

               
                 

Current liabilities:

               

Line of credit

  $ 690,000     $ 690,000  

Operating lease liabilities - current portion

    210,111       202,087  

Accounts payable

    1,276,935       322,582  

Deferred revenues - current portion

    72,803       123,117  

Accrued expenses - vacation pay, payroll and payroll withholdings

    248,713       240,034  

Accrued legal damages

    -       6,360,698  

Accrued expenses - other

    120,027       157,896  

Total current liabilities

    2,618,589       8,096,414  
                 

Operating lease liabilities – long-term

    1,114,352       1,324,464  

Other long term liabilities

    45,501       53,416  

Deferred revenues – long-term

    119,721       173,883  
                 

Total liabilities

    3,898,163       9,648,177  
                 

Commitments and contingencies

               
                 

Stockholdersequity

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

               

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

authorized, issued and outstanding, respectively par value $0.10 per share

    4,115,998       3,875,998  

Preferred stock, 320,000 shares 8% Cumulative Series B Convertible Preferred

authorized; 233,334 and 166,667 issued and outstanding, par value $0.10 per share

    1,704,701       1,207,367  

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

authorized; 53,500 and 0 issued, and outstanding, par value $0.10 per share

    335,215       -  

Common stock, 7,000,000 shares authorized, par value $.10 per share,

3,255,887 and 3,255,887 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

    325,586       325,586  

Additional paid-in capital

    6,379,085       6,721,535  

Accumulated deficit

    (6,006,958 )     (6,348,849  
                 

Total stockholdersequity

    6,853,627       5,781,637  
                 

Total liabilities and stockholdersequity

  $ 10,751,790     $ 15,429,814  

 

 

 

TEL-INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS CORP.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

Audited

 

   

For the years ended March 31,

 
   

2024

   

2023

 
                 

Net sales

  $ 8,809,087     $ 8,631,157  
                 

Cost of sales

    4,791,734       5,582,407  
                 

Gross margin

    4,017,353       3,048,750  
                 

Operating expenses:

               

Selling, general and administrative

    2,114,945       2,098,684  

Litigation expenses

    9,870       33,988  

Engineering, research, and development

    1,155,750       1,814,198  
                 

Total operating expenses

    3,280,565       3,946,870  
                 

Income (loss) from operations

    736,788       (898,120 )
                 

Other income (expense):

               

Interest income

    24,642       17,188  

Interest expense

    (70,086 )     (157 )

Interest expense – judgment

    (198,535 )     (263,425 )

Other income, net

    27,025       627,832  
                 

Total other (expense) income

    (216,954 )     381,438  
                 

Income (loss) before income taxes

    519,834       (516,682 )
                 

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

    177,943       (128,137 )
                 

Net income (loss)

    341,891       (388,545 )
                 

Preferred dividends

    (351,549 )     (320,000 )
                 

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

  $ (9,658 )   $ (708,545 )
                 

Basic loss per common share

  $ (0.00 )   $ (0.22 )

Diluted loss per common share

  $ (0.00 )   $ (0.22 )
                 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding

               

Basic and diluted

    3,255,887       3,255,887