TAT Technologies Reports Year 2012 Third Quarter Results
GEDERA, Israel, November 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –
TAT Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: TATT – News), a leading provider of services and
products to the commercial and military aerospace and ground defense industries, reported
today its results for the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012.
Financial Highlights:
TAT announced revenues of $22.1 million with a net income of $1.8 million for the
three months ended September 30, 2012, compared to revenues of $20.7 million with a net
loss of $3.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 – an increase of 6.6%
in revenues. The net loss reported for the 2011 third quarter was the result of a $5.76
million (before taxes) write down of inventories and impairment charges of long lived
assets ($3.61 million, net of taxes). Excluding these charges net profit for the 2011
third quarter was $0.3 million which reflects an increase of 440% in net income for the
three months ended September 30, 2012 comparing to the corresponding period.
During the Third quarter of 2012, revenues were impacted by (i) the increase in
revenues in the OEM of Heat Management Solutions segment; (ii) the increase in revenues in
the OEM of Electric Motion Systems segment; (iii) the increase in revenues in the MRO
Services for Aviation Components segment; (iv) partially offset by the decrease in
revenues in the Heat Transfer Services and Products segment.
Revenue breakdown by operating segments for the three month and nine month periods
ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, was as follows:
Three Months Ended September 30,
2012 2011 % of
Revenues % of Revenues % of Change
in Total in Total Between
Thousands Revenues Thousands Revenues Periods
Unaudited Unaudited
Revenues
OEM of Heat
Management
Solutions $ 8,001 36.3% $ 7,619 36.8% 5.0%
Heat
Transfer
Services and
Products 6,655 30.1% 6,892 33.3% (3.4)%
MRO services
for Aviation
Components 6,027 27.3% 5,019 24.2% 20.1%
OEM of
Electric
Motion
Systems 2,436 11.0% 2,027 9.8% 20.2%
Eliminations (1,040) (4.7)% (847) (4.1)% 22.8%
Total
revenues $ 22,079 100.0% $ 20,710 100.0% 6.6%
Nine Months Ended September 30,
% of
Change
Between
2012 2011 Periods
Revenues % of Revenues % of
in Total in Total
Thousands Revenues Thousands Revenues
Unaudited Unaudited
Revenues
OEM of Heat
Management
Solutions $ 22,721 35.0% $ 21,596 34.8% 5.2%
Heat
Transfer
Services and
Products 20,542 31.7% 19,965 32.2% 2.9%
MRO services
for Aviation
Components 16,666 25.7% 14,803 23.9% 12.6%
OEM of
Electric
Motion
Systems 6,915 10.6% 8,555 13.8% (19.2)%
Eliminations (1,961) (3.0)% (2,912) (4.7)% (32.7)%
Total
revenues $ 64,883 100.0% $ 62,007 100.0% 4.6%
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, TAT announced revenues of $64.9 million
with a net loss of $1.8 million compared to revenues of $62.0 million with net loss of
$1.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 – an increase of 4.6% in
revenues. The net loss reported for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012 is the
result of a $1.0 million impairment charge of goodwill, recorded in the second quarter of
2012, in TAT’s OEM for Electric Motion Systems operating segment and the $3.3 million
impairment charge, also recorded in the second quarter of 2012, with respect to TAT’s
investment in FAvS (see further below). The net loss reported for the nine month period
ended September 30, 2011 was the result of a $5.76 million (before taxes) write down of
inventories and impairment charges of long lived assets ($3.61 million, net of taxes).
Excluding these impairment charges net profit for the nine months ended September 30,
2012, was $2.5 million similar to the net profit for nine months ended September 30, 2011.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, revenues were impacted by the
increase in revenues in all our significant operating segments – the OEM of Heat
Management Solutions segment, the Heat Transfer Services and Products segment and the MRO
Services for Aviation Components segment; while revenues in the OEM of Electric Motion
Systems significantly decreased due to growing weakness in the relevant defense markets.
This decrease is a continuation of the decrease in revenues this segment had experienced
during 2011.
Mr. Itsik Maaravi, TAT’s CEO commented:
“The results of the 2012 third quarter reflect the trend of continuous improvement
Year over Year as we continued to increase revenues and gross margins compared to the
corresponding periods in 2011. These improvements are attributed to the increase in our
marketing and sales efforts during 2011 through 2012 as well as to our rigorous and
continuing activity in improving our production flow and yields.
The increasing fuel costs continue to impact the Commercial Airlines business
environment by reducing airlines’ profitability and offsetting the positive impact of
growing air traffic. As a result, airlines defer MRO activities and utilizing existing
stock (destocking) rather than maintaining inventory levels. On the other hand, we
continue to witness positive indications from commercial OEMs in the aerospace industry
that increase backlog of new airplanes and/or airborne platforms/systems. The defense
market however shows growing weakness and is impacted by budget constraints.
We are encouraged by our ability to maintain a steady growth in our key businesses
while all of the above impacts our businesses. The weakness in the defense market which is
mostly relevant to the OEM of Electric Motion Systems operating segment, resulted in a
decrease of our revenues in this segment compared to 2011.
We continue to focus on our core capabilities and believe that our efforts will
sustain the trend of improved performance for the remainder of 2012 and in 2013.
We are continuing to preserve a strong balance sheet with limited liabilities, strong
working capital and sufficient financial assets to support the growth of our operations”.
TAT TECHNOLOGIES AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited, in thousands, except share data)
September
30, September 30,
2012 2011
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 15,250 $ 28,452
Short-term bank deposits 10,100 -
Marketable securities at fair value 1,800 2,469
Short-term restricted deposits 2,907 4,485
Trade accounts receivable (net of
allowance for doubtful accounts of $346
and $ 2,447 as of September 30, 2012 and
2011, respectively) 19,076 17,180
Other accounts receivable and prepaid
expenses 4,719 7,814
Inventories, net 33,835 33,436
Total current assets 87,687 93,836
Long-term assets:
Investment in affiliated company 1,804 5,139
Funds in respect of employee right upon
retirement 3,092 2,879
Long-term deferred tax 3,076 2,094
Property, plant and equipment, net 12,637 12,745
Goodwill, net - 1,073
Total Long-term assets 20,609 23,930
Total assets $ 108,296 $ 117,766
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term loans 4,168 6,371
Trade accounts payables 7,210 6,465
Other accounts payable and accrued
expenses 6,139 5,656
Total current liabilities 17,517 18,492
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term loans, net of current
maturities 1,176 5,240
Other accounts payable 85 115
Liability in respect of employee rights
upon retirement 3,599 3,481
Long-term deferred tax liability 1,428 1,011
Total long-term liabilities 6,288 9,847
EQUITY:
Share capital
Ordinary shares of NIS 0.9 par value -
Authorized: 10,000,000 shares at
September 30, 2012 and 2011; Issued:
9,073,043 shares at September 30, 2012
and 2011; Outstanding: 8,805,270 and
8,815,003 shares at September 30, 2012
and 2011, respectively 2,790 2,790
Additional paid-in capital 64,402 64,460
Treasury stock, at cost, 267,773 and
258,040 shares at September 30 2012 and
2011, respectively (2,059) (2,018)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,196) (768)
Retained earnings 17,888 22,110
Total TAT Technologies shareholders'
equity 81,825 86,574
Non controlling interest 2,666 2,853
Total equity: 84,491 89,427
Total liabilities and equity $ 108,296 $ 117,766
TAT TECHNOLOGIES AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME [
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(Unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share data)
Three months ended Nine months ended
September 30, September 30,
2012 2011 2012 2011
Revenues:
OEM of Heat Management
Solutions $ 8,001 $ 7,619 $ 22,721 $ 21,596
Heat Transfer Services
and Product 6,655 6,892 20,542 19,965
MRO services for Aviation
Components 6,027 5,019 16,666 14,803
OEM of Electric Motion
Systems 2,436 2,027 6,915 8,555
Eliminations (1,040) (847) (1,961) (2,912)
22,079 20,710 64,883 62,007
Cost and operating
expenses:
OEM of Heat Management
Solutions 5,859 5,724 16,849 16,390
Heat Transfer Services
and Products 4,697 4,871 14,746 14,372
MRO services for Aviation
Components 5,161 4,769 13,698 12,909
OEM of Electric Motion
Systems 1,580 1,735 5,579 6,864
Write down of inventory
and impairment charges of
long lived assets - 5,763 - 5,763
Eliminations (1,018) (815) (2,069) (2,757)
16,279 22,047 48,803 53,541
Gross profit (loss) 5,800 (1,337) 16,080 8,466
Research and development,
net 164 180 839 643
Selling and marketing
expenses 783 715 2,596 2,481
General and
administrative expenses 2,504 2,985 8,254 8,010
Other expenses (income) - (125) 10 (125)
Impairment of goodwill - - 1,015 -
3,451 3,755 12,714 11,009
Operating income (loss) 2,349 (5,092) 3,366 (2,543)
Financial expense (439) (929) (1,652) (1,573)
Financial income 399 552 1,488 1,527
Gain from dilution of
interests in affiliated
company - - - 240
Income (loss) before
income taxes 2,309 (5,469) 3,202 (2,349)
Taxes on income 565 (1,948) 1,896 (679)
Net income (loss) after
income taxes 1,744 (3,521) 1,306 (1,670)
Share in results of
affiliated company and
impairment of share in
affiliated company 136 167 (3,216) 450
Net income (loss) 1,880 (3,354) (1,910) (1,220)
Net loss (income)
attributable to Non
controlling interest (108) 70 66 73
Net income (loss)
attributable to TAT
Technologies shareholders $ 1,772 $ (3,284) $ (1,844) $ (1,147)
Earning per share
Basic and diluted net
income (loss) per share
attributable to
controlling interest $ 0.20 $ (0.37) $ (0.21) $ (0.13)
Weighted average number
of shares - basic and
diluted 8,805,270 8,815,003 8,808,591 8,815,003
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2012, TAT had cash and cash equivalents and short-term bank
deposits of $25.3 million, marketable securities of $1.8 million and restricted cash of
$3.0 million, which equals $30.1 million of financial assets, compared with cash and cash
equivalents and short-term deposits of $28.4 million, short term investments and
marketable securities of $2.5 million and restricted cash of $4.5 million, which equals
$35.4 million of financial assets as of September 30, 2011. Financial assets, net of debt
were $24.7 million in September 30, 2012 compared to $23.8 million in September 30, 2011
On May 21, 2012, TAT’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan under Rule
10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The plan was for a period of 6 months
(subject to extension) and provided for the purchase of shares in an aggregate amount of
up to $0.5 million U.S. dollars. Such plan replaced and superseded a prior repurchase plan
approved by TAT’s Board of Directors’ on February 21, 2012. As of September 30, 2012, the
Company had purchased 9,733 shares for approximately $41 thousands (average of $4.19 per
share) constituting less than 0.1% of TAT’s issued shares. On November 21, the term of
such stock repurchase plan ended. As of such date, the Company had purchased 16,433 shares
for approximately $71 thousands (average of $4.32 per share).
On November 6, 2012, the Company made a prepayment of $775 thousands, on account of
loans in the total amount of $6.25 million received by the Company from an Israeli bank,
following which its remaining balance was $2.5 million.
Grant of options
Following the approval of TAT’s Audit committee and Board of Directors, on June 28,
2012, the Company’s shareholders approved a plan (the “Plan”) to grant up to 380,000
options (“Options”) to purchase Ordinary shares, 0.9 NIS par value, of the Company to
senior executives and certain members of the Board of Directors, at an exercise price of
$6.5 per share. The Options vest over a three-year period (one-third each year), but the
vesting of 50% of the Options is subject, in addition, to certain minimum shareholders’
equity during a period of 4 years from the grant date. On August 21, 2012, pursuant to the
Plan, TAT’s Board of Directors approved the grant of 330,000 Options, which were granted
on October 4, 2012 (out of which 45,000 options were forfeited on October 30, 2012).
Seasonality
In the OEM industry in general and in TAT’s OEM businesses in particular, the majority
of customers operate based on annual budgets and tend to utilize during the fiscal fourth
quarter the remaining balance of any un-used budgets. This trend is more typical with
customers from the defense industry. Accordingly, TAT is more likely to generate increased
revenues in the OEM businesses (such as TAT’s OEM of Heat Management Solutions and OEM of
Electric Motion Systems) during the fiscal fourth quarter. The aviation industry is known
for its highest traffic in the third quarter, primarily attributable to summer vacations.
As a result, during the fiscal third quarter, airlines tend to postpone, to the extent
possible, maintenance and repair of their aircraft to minimize aircraft grounding.
Accordingly, TAT is more likely to notice decreased revenues in the MRO businesses (such
as TAT’s MRO for Aviation Components and Heat Transfer Services and Products) during the
fiscal third quarter with recovery during subsequent quarters.
TAT’s executive offices are located in the Re’em Industrial Park, Neta Boulevard, Bnei
Ayish, Gedera 70750, Israel, and TAT’s telephone number is 972-8-862-8500.
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements which include, without
limitation, statements regarding possible or assumed future operation results. These
statements are hereby identified as “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the safe
harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to
differ materially from management’s current expectations. Actual results and performance
can also be influenced by other risks that we face in running our operations including,
but are not limited to, general business conditions in the airline industry, changes in
demand for our services and products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders, the
price and continuity of supply of component parts used in our operations, and other risks
detailed from time to time in the company’s filings with the Securities Exchange
Commission, including, its annual report on form 20-F and its periodic reports on form
6-K. These documents contain and identify other important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking
statements. Stockholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made.
We undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statement.
For more information of TAT Technologies, please visit our web-site:
http://www.tat-technologies.com
Yaron Shalem - CFO
TAT Technologies Ltd.
Tel: +972-8-862-8500
yarons@tat-technologies.com
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