UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended August
31, 2012
OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____ to
___
Commission File Number 1-13436
TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant in its charter)
Delaware
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75-2556090
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(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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5718 Airport Freeway, Fort Worth, Texas76117
(800) 232-3888
(Address and telephone number of principal
executive offices)
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
x
No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, 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 such shorter period that the registrant
was required to submit and post such files).
Yes
x
No
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions
of “large accelerated filer,”“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated
filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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Smaller
reporting company
x
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes
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No
x
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant’s
classes of Common Stock, as of the latest practicable date: Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 48,742,335 shares at October12, 2012.
TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page No.
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Part I. Financial Information
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Item 1.
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Financial Statements - Teletouch Communications, Inc.
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4
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Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2012(unaudited) and May 31, 2012 (unaudited)
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4
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Consolidated Statements of Operations – Three Months Ended August 31, 2012 (unaudited) and August 31, 2011 (unaudited)
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6
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Three Months Ended August 31, 2012 (unaudited) and August 31, 2011 (unaudited)
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7
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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8
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Item 2.
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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37
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Item 3.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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56
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Item 4.
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Controls and Procedures
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56
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Part II. Other Information
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Item 1.
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Legal Proceedings
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59
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Item 1A.
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Risk Factors
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60
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Item 2.
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Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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66
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Item 3.
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Defaults Upon Senior Securities
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66
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Item 4.
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Mine Safety Disclosures
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66
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Item 5.
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Other Information
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66
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Item 6.
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Exhibits
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66
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Signatures
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67
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Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking
statements and information relating to Teletouch Communications, Inc. and its subsidiaries that are based on management’s
beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Statements that are predictive in nature,
that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,”
“estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to Teletouch Communications,
Inc. or its management, are forward-looking statements. Although these statements are based upon assumptions management considers
reasonable, they are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to, those factors set
forth below under the captions “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
and “Risk Factors.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions
prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated,
expected or intended. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of their respective dates. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. All subsequent written
or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety
by the discussion included in this report.
PART 1 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except share data)
ASSETS
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August 31,
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May 31,
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2012
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2012
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CURRENT ASSETS:
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Cash
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$
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1,666
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$
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1,973
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Restricted cash-sale of discontinued two-way operations
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241
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$
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-
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Certificates of deposit-restricted
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25
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25
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $176 at August 31, 2012 and $150 at May 31, 2012
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2,289
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2,296
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Unbilled accounts receivable
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1,663
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1,785
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Inventories, net of reserve of $168 at August 31, 2012 and $155 at May 31, 2012
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686
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836
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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588
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738
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Current assets held for sale
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116
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1,161
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Total Current Assets
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7,274
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8,814
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ASSETS HELD FOR SALE
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-
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736
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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net of accumulated depreciation of $4,892 at August 31, 2012 and $5,038 at May 31, 2012
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2,115
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2,124
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INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net of accumulated amortization of $10,776 at August 31, 2012 and $10,602 at May 31, 2012
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2,493
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2,615
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TOTAL ASSETS
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$
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11,882
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$
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14,289
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See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except share data)
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’
DEFICIT
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August 31,
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May 31,
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2012
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2012
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CURRENT LIABILITIES:
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Accounts payable
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$
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3,341
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$
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4,402
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
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3,121
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2,928
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Accrued Texas sales and use tax obligation
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1,818
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1,880
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Current debt obligation
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9,740
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10,932
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Current portion of trademark purchase obligation
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100
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100
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Deferred revenue
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95
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117
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Current liabilities held for sale
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117
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Total Current Liabilities
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18,215
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20,476
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LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
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Long-term trademark purchase obligation, net of current portion
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100
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Total Long Term Liabilities
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100
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TOTAL LIABILITIES
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18,215
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20,576
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 14)
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-
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SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT:
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Common stock, $.001 par value, 70,000,000 shares authorized, 49,919,522 shares issued and 48,742,335 shares outstanding at August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012
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50
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50
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Additional paid-in capital
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52,035
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51,873
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Treasury stock, 1,177,187 shares held at August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012
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(216
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(216
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Accumulated deficit
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(58,202
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(57,994
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Total Shareholders' Deficit
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(6,333
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(6,287
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT
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$
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11,882
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$
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14,289
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See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except shares and per
share amounts)
(unaudited)
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Three Months Ended
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August 31,
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August 31,
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2012
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2011
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Operating revenues:
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Service revenue
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$
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3,723
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$
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4,125
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Product sales revenue
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1,497
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3,360
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Total operating revenues
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5,220
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7,485
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Operating expenses:
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Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization included below)
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669
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1,004
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Cost of products sold
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1,479
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3,373
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Selling and general and administrative
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2,631
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2,982
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Depreciation and amortization
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224
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280
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Gain on settlement with AT&T (Note 4)
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(158
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Total operating expenses
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4,845
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7,639
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Income (loss) from continuing operations
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375
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(154
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Interest expense, net
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(404
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(527
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Loss from continuing operations before income tax expense
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(29
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(681
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Income tax expense
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82
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34
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Loss from continuing operations
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(111
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(715
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Loss on sale of assets related to discontinued two-way operations
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(110
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-
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Income (loss) from discontinued two-way operations
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28
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(50
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Income tax expense from discontinued two-way operations
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15
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7
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Loss from discontinued two-way operations
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(97
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(57
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Net loss
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$
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(208
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$
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(772
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Basic loss per share applicable to common shareholders:
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Continuing operations
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$
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-
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$
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(0.02
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Discontinued operations
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$
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-
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$
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-
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Weighted average shares outstanding:
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Basic
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48,742,335
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48,739,002
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See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
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Three Months Ended
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August 31,
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August 31,
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2012
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2011
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Operating Activities:
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Net loss
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$
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(208
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$
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(772
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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243
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305
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Non-cash compensation expense
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162
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251
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Non-cash interest expense
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3
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17
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Provision for losses on accounts receivable
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53
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113
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Provision for inventory obsolescence
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14
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15
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Loss on sale of assests related to discontinued two-way business
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110
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-
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts receivable
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405
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(1,292
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Inventories
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261
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(238
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Prepaid expenses and other assets
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166
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58
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Accounts payable
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(1,249
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1,696
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
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262
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711
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Accrued Texas sales and use tax obligation
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(62
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)
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-
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Deferred revenue
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(25
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(12
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Net cash provided by operating activities
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135
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852
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Investing Activities:
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Purchases of property and equipment
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(26
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(31
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Purchase of intangible asset
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(52
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(4
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Restricted proceeds from sale of discontinued two-way operations
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(241
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)
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-
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Proceeds from sale of two-way operations
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1,169
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-
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Payments on Trademark License
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(100
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)
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(150
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
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750
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(185
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)
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Financing Activities:
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Payments on current debt
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(1,192
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)
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(205
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)
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Net cash used in financing activities
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(1,192
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(205
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Net (decrease) increase in cash
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(307
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)
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462
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Cash at beginning of period
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1,973
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2,239
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Cash at end of period
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$
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1,666
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$
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2,701
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Supplemental Cash Flow Data:
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Cash payments for interest
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$
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402
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$
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511
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Cash payments for income taxes
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$
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169
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$
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1
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See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS
Nature of Business:
Teletouch Communications, Inc. was
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on July 19, 1994, and its corporate headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas.
References to Teletouch or the Company as used throughout this document mean Teletouch Communications, Inc. or Teletouch Communications,
Inc. and its subsidiaries, as the context requires.
For over 48 years, Teletouch together with its predecessors
has offered a comprehensive suite of telecommunications products and services including cellular, two-way radio, GPS-telemetry,
wireless messaging and public safety equipment. As of August 31, 2012, the Company operated 11 retail and agent locations in Texas,
3 through its sub-agents and 8 “Hawk Electronics” branded in-line and free-standing stores and service centers. Teletouch’s
wholly-owned subsidiary, Progressive Concepts, Inc. (“PCI”) is an Authorized Service Provider, billing agent and Executive
Dealer of cellular voice, data and entertainment services though AT&T Mobility (“AT&T”) to consumers, businesses
and government agencies and markets these services under the Hawk Electronics brand name. For over 28 years, PCI has offered various
communication services on a direct bill basis and services 35,338 cellular subscribers as of August 31, 2012. PCI sells consumer
electronics products and cellular services through its stores, its network of Hawk-branded sub-agents stores, its own direct sales
force and on the Internet at various sites, including its primary consumer-facing sites:
www.hawkelectronics.com
,
www.hawkwireless.com
and
www.hawkexpress.com
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The Company handles all aspects of the wireless customer relationship, including:
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Initiating and maintaining all subscribers’ cellular, two-way radio and other service agreements;
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Determining credit scoring standards and underwriting new account acquisitions;
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Handling all billing, collections, and related credit risk through its own proprietary billing
systems;
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Providing all facets of real-time customer support, using a proprietary, fully integrated Customer
Relationship Management (CRM) system through its own 24x7x365 capable call centers and the Internet.
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In addition, PCI operates a national wholesale
distribution business, “PCI Wholesale,” which serves major carrier agents, rural cellular carriers, smaller
consumer and automotive electronics retailers and auto dealers throughout the country and internationally, with ongoing
product and sales support through its direct sales representatives, call center, and the Internet through
www.pciwholesale.com
and
www.pcidropship.com
, among other sites.
Discontinued Two-Way Operations:
On August 11, 2012,
the Company sold its legacy two-way business, which offered two-way radio products and services as well as public safety equipment
to state, city and local entities as well as commercial businesses. The Company sold the public safety equipment and services under
the brand “Teletouch PSE” (Public Safety Equipment), through direct sales and distribution including the United States
General Services Administration (“GSA”), BuyBoard (a State of Texas website operated by the Local Government Purchasing
Cooperative), and a Texas multiple awards contract (“TXMAS”) facility also run by the State of Texas, which allowed
products to be sold to all State agencies and authorized local public entities. The Company operated its two-way business in four
Teletouch branded service center locations.
The Company has applied retrospective adjustments for the three
months ended August 31, 2011 to reflect the effects of the discontinued two-way operations that occurred during the three months
ended August 31, 2012; therefore, revenue, costs and expenses of the discontinued two-way operations have been excluded from those
respective captions and reported separately as discontinued operations in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.
Additionally, the assets and liabilities of the discontinued two-way operations have been classified as assets and liabilities
held for sale and removed from specific line items on the consolidated balance sheets as of August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012 (see
Note 3 – “Discontinued Two-Way Operations” for more information on the sale of the Company’s two-way business).
Basis of Presentation:
The consolidated financial statements
include the consolidated accounts of Teletouch Communications, Inc. and our wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”
or “Teletouch”). Teletouch Communications, Inc. owns all of the shares of Progressive Concepts, Inc., a Texas corporation
(“PCI”), Teletouch Licenses, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TLI”), Visao Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Visao”) and TLL Georgia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TLLG”). PCI is the primary operating business
of Teletouch. TLI is a company formed for the express purpose of owning all of the FCC licenses utilized by Teletouch to operate
its two-way radio network. Following the sale of the two-way radio business on August 11, 2012 and the related transfer of all
of the Company’s remaining FCC licenses to the buyer, TLI remains a shell company with no other operations. Visao is a company
formed to develop and distribute the Company’s telemetry products, which as of the date of this Report are no longer being
sold. Currently Visao is maintained as a shell company with no operations. TLLG was formed for the express purpose of entering
into an asset purchase agreement with Preferred Networks, Inc. in May 2004 and ceased operations following the sale of the Company’s
paging business in August 2006. TLLG is currently a shell company. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have
been eliminated in consolidation.
Financial Condition and Going Concern Discussion:
As
of August 31, 2012, the Company has approximately $1,666,000 cash on hand, a working capital deficit of approximately $10,941,000
(primarily due to all of the Company’s debt being current at the close of the period, as further described herein below)
and a related shareholders’ deficit of approximately $6,333,000. Included in the working capital deficit are debt obligations
of approximately $9,740,000, including senior revolving credit debt of approximately $7,075,000 with Thermo Credit, LLC (“Thermo”)
and real estate loans totaling approximately $2,665,000. Also included in this working capital deficit is approximately $1,818,000
of accrued sales and use tax obligations related to the results of a State of Texas (the “State”) tax audit of the
Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, PCI, for the period January 2006 through October 2009, as well as an additional $323,000
of estimated tax liability related to similar tax issues that are believed to have continued beyond the current tax audit period
(see Note 8 – “Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities” and Note 9 – “Texas Sales and Use
Tax Obligation” for further discussion of this sales tax liability). As discussed further below, the Company is dependent
on raising additional debt and / or equity financing to resolve its current debt obligations and on receiving certain payment relief
from the State related to the sales tax liability to maintain sufficient cash to continue operations over the next twelve months.
The Company’s debt with Thermo
was originally set to mature in January 2013. However, o
n February 21, 2012, the Company received a Notice of Borrowing
Base Redetermination (the “Notice”) from Thermo, stating that it planned to revise the elements that comprised the
Company’s Borrowing Base, and that the Company would then be significantly over-advanced on its loan facility. On March 8,
2012, Thermo withdrew and rescinded the Notice and the parties negotiated a compromise solution by entering into
Waiver and Amendment No. 5 to the Loan and Security Agreement (“Amendment No. 5”) effective February 29, 2012.
Thermo
agreed to enter into Amendment No. 5, provided that the Company made a payment on the outstanding balance of the loan in the amount
of $2,000,000 by March 14, 2012. Under the terms of Amendment No. 5, Thermo agreed to waive
certain
financial covenants and not accelerate collection of the Note through August 31, 2012, provided that certain financial performance
targets were met by the Company for its fourth fiscal quarter ending May 31, 2012, and that the Company refinanced or was substantially
through the process of refinancing its existing real estate loans, thereby providing Thermo with an additional $1,400,000 payment
on the loan on or before July 15, 2012. Amendment No. 5 also terminated Thermo’s obligation to lend or advance any additional
funds under the Loan Agreement.
Although the Company made the required
$2,000,000 cash payment on March 14, 2012, the Company did not meet all of the requirements under Amendment No. 5 during its fourth
fiscal quarter ending May 31, 2012 and was not able to refinance its existing real estate loans and pay Thermo an additional $1,400,000
by July 15, 2012. However, on July 23, 2012, Thermo notified the Company that the August 31, 2012 maturity date was being accepted,
but that no further extensions would be provided beyond this date. As a result of the recent sale of the Company’s two-way
business (see Note 3 – “Discontinued Two-Way Operations” for more information on the sale of the two-way business),
the Company was able to pay Thermo approximately $1,001,000 on August 14, 2012 in exchange for Thermo releasing its liens on the
assets related to the two-way business.
On September 10, 2012, the Company received a Formal Notice of Maturity (the “Letter”)
from Thermo which notified the Company the revolving credit facility had matured by its terms on August 31, 2012, and therefore
under the terms of the facility, Thermo had the right to demand payment for all obligations due and payable under the credit revolving
facility by September 17, 2012. Thermo further reserved all rights and remedies available to it under the documents and agreements
in connection with the revolving credit facility. Even though Thermo was reserving its rights under the agreement and revolving
credit facility, the Letter did not constitute a notification to the Company that Thermo was commencing the exercise of any of
its rights and remedies.
As of the date of this Report, Thermo has not commenced any actions
against the Company and is
negotiating terms of settling this obligation with the Company and its prospective
new senior lender. The Company executed a term sheet with a prospective new lender on August 1, 2012 and is currently working with
the lender through the due diligence process and the ongoing negotiations with Thermo. As of the date of this Report, the Company’s
outstanding balance on the Thermo loan is approximately $7,022,000.
Additionally, the Company’s real estate loans with East
West Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of East West Bancorp, and Jardine Capital Corporation initially matured on May 3, 2012. As
of the date of this Report, East West Bank and Jardine Capital Corporation granted extensions through November 3, 2012 and October
15, 2012, respectively. The Company can provide no assurance that further extensions will be granted by either lender, but through
the date of this Report neither lender has exercised any of its rights and remedies upon prior maturity dates. As of the date of
this Report, the outstanding balance of the East West Bank and Jardine Capital Corporation debt totaled approximately, $2,101,000
and $542,000, respectively.
The total debt outstanding combined with the Company’s
previously reported fiscal year 2012 operating results and the issues identified in the sales tax audit of PCI have created challenges
in securing new financing. The Company has been told by its prospective new senior lender that the new loan can be closed by late
October 2012, if no additional matters are identified during diligence. The Company is not aware of any matters that would prevent
it from closing on this new loan and anticipates this loan will provide sufficient proceeds to settle its debt with Thermo. The
terms of this new loan, as outlined in the term sheet, contemplate a slightly higher cost of financing under the new loan as compared
to the Company’s current loan with Thermo, but these terms will continue to be negotiated through the final loan documents.
The Company can provide no assurance that it will be able to close this new loan or that it would be able to find an alternate
lender to provide a similar amount of financing against the Company’s assets or that such financing will be sufficient to
settle its obligation to Thermo. No assurance can be provided that Thermo will not take action against the Company and the underlying
collateral until the Company can execute a new debt facility to pay off the Thermo debt. Further, it is unlikely the Company will
be able to refinance its current real estate debt until such time as its senior debt obligation with Thermo is settled and a new
senior loan facility is in place, and no assurance can be provided that these lenders will not take action against the Company
and the underlying real estate collateral. Further acceleration or collection actions taken by Thermo, either real estate lender
or the State of Texas prior to the Company being able to secure the new financing would likely result in the Company being forced
to seek protection from its creditors or turn over its collateral, which in the case of Thermo, collectively comprises all of the
assets of the Company.
During fiscal year 2012 and through
the date of this Report, the Company has recorded total sales tax, interest and penalty charges of approximately $2,216,000 as
a result of the State of Texas (the “State”) sales and use tax audit of PCI, as discussed above. In June 2012, the
audit was completed and the Company was noticed that its sales and use tax obligation to the State, which was due and payable on
July 23, 2012. Since the Company did not have the means to pay the entire tax obligation by that date, the Company petitioned the
State for a redetermination hearing related to the PCI sales and use tax audit on July 9, 2012. The redetermination letter submitted
to the State included a request for a re-payment agreement and a waiver of penalty and interest among other items. In addition,
on September 20, 2012, the Company submitted a formal compromise and payment agreement request to the State in an effort to forego
the lengthy redetermination process and settle the sales tax obligation expeditiously. In this most recent request, the Company
proposed the State to agree to reduce the total tax assessment including interest and penalty to $1,250,000 and grant thirty-six
month repayment terms. As of the date of this Report, a final hearing date has not been set by the State, and the Company is awaiting
a response from the State related to its payment agreement request.
The Company can provide no assurance the sales and use
tax obligation will be reduced, a re-payment agreement will be executed or a waiver of penalty and interest will be granted by
the State. Specifically, if a payment plan is not granted by the State as a result of the redetermination hearing or the payment
agreement request, the Company would be unable to pay the tax obligation without securing additional debt financing which cannot
be assured
(see Note 8 – “Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities” and Note
9 – “Texas Sales and Use Tax Obligation” for further discussion on the Texas sales and use tax audit accruals)
.
The Company has been advised by counsel that it can seek recovery
of taxes that were not billed or collected from its customers and suppliers beginning in January 2006 and intends to make every
reasonable effort to pursue the collection of such taxes. The underlying unbilled and uncollected sales tax due and legally recoverable
from all of PCI’s customers and suppliers is approximately $1,270,000. Based on a detailed review of all currently available
cellular billings from August 2006 through October 2009, and a review of certain equipment sales invoices from January 2006 through
October 2009, the Company has determined that its top 50 customers comprise approximately $450,000 of the unbilled sales taxes
that the Company will pursue for recovery. There can be no assurance that the Company’s recovery efforts will be successful,
nor can the Company estimate an amount of recovery expected from such efforts at this time.
The Company has been focused on improving its operating results
to attract new lenders to the Company since it became aware of Thermo’s intent to accelerate the Company’s senior debt
earlier in calendar year 2012. The Company improved its operating results from continuing operations in the three months ended
August 31, 2012 compared to the same period from the prior fiscal year. This is primarily the result of price increases implemented
on certain services and fees billed to the Company’s cellular subscriber base in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012,
intentional cost reduction measures taken in all areas of the Company and limits imposed on the number of subsidized handsets sold
to new and existing cellular subscribers. Along with the closing of four Hawk branded stores in June 2012 and the sale of the two-way
business in August 2012, these actions are part of the Company’s overall strategic plan to transition the business away from
its declining cellular services business to a focus on large scale wholesale distribution of cellular phones and accessories. This
transition to a new business model has been slowed by the Company’s lack of available working capital to invest in the additional
inventory and other resources required to improve sales and margins in the wholesale business. The current focus has been on improving
short term profitability to provide comfort to the various lenders that have been approached about providing the needed new financing.
The Company is continuing to see erosion in cellular services revenues and profits due to continued losses of subscribers while,
although limited, it is incurring the added costs of activating new cellular subscribers and upgrading existing subscribers to
new phones to keep them as customers to maintain as many cellular subscribers as it can during the remaining term of its distribution
agreement with AT&T (agreement expires November 2014). Due to the greatly increased subsidies required by offering the iPhone,
subscribers choosing to activate an iPhone have a higher cost of acquisition, requiring a longer time to become profitable to the
Company.
The Company’s plan is to enhance and expand its wholesale
distribution business to improve profitability of the Company and believes that securing a variety of key supplier relationships
over the past several months, including the agreement with TCT Mobile Multinational, Limited to sell and distribute their Alcatel
One Touch branded cellular phones and Unimax Communications, Inc. to sell and distribute their UMX® branded cellular handsets.
In addition, the hiring of key personnel with experience in large scale cellular equipment distribution in the first quarter of
fiscal 2013 is providing a solid foundation upon which to expand the Company’s wholesale business. However, to be successful,
the Company must solve its current liquidity issues and secure a new lender that is capable of providing the necessary continuing
financing to fund this growth. No assurance can be provided the Company will be able to increase sales or margins in its wholesale
business as a result of any of the distribution agreements it has secured even if the appropriate working capital is made available
to the Company. Nor can there be any assurance provided that the wholesale business units can be grown quickly enough to provide
sufficient earnings to offset the expected loss of earnings from the cellular business. Therefore, with new financing in place,
the Company will be prepared to continue to reduce costs to the levels necessary to meet its financial obligations as they come
due. Without new financing, the Company cannot meet its current financial obligations.
As a result of the above conditions and in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States, there exists substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue
as a going concern.
NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Use of Estimates:
The consolidated financial statements
have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. Preparing financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
requires management to make estimates and assumptions. Those assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities,
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Cash:
We deposit our cash with high credit quality institutions.
Periodically, such balances may exceed applicable FDIC insurance limits. Management has assessed the financial condition of these
institutions and believes the possibility of credit loss is minimal.
Certificates of Deposit-Restricted:
From time to time,
the Company is required to issue a standby letter of credit to a supplier to secure a credit line extended to the Company. In these
instances, funds are deposited into a certificate of deposit and the bank to issues a standby letter of credit to the supplier’s
benefit. All such funds are reported as restricted funds until such time as the supplier releases its rights under the letter of
credit. As of August 31, 2012, the Company had $25,000 of cash certificates of deposit securing standby letters of credit with
its suppliers.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:
The Company performs
credit evaluations of its customers prior to extending open credit terms. The Company does not perfect a security in any of the
goods it sells causing all credit lines extended to be unsecured.
In determining the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts,
management considers a number of factors, including historical collections experience, aging of the receivable portfolio, financial
condition of the customer and industry conditions. The Company considers accounts receivable past due when the customer’s
payment in full is not received within payment terms. The Company writes-off accounts receivable when it has exhausted all collection
efforts, which is generally within 90 days following the last payment received on the account.
Accounts receivable are presented net of an allowance for doubtful
accounts of $176,000 and $150,000 at August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012, respectively. Based on the information available, management
believes the allowance for doubtful accounts as of those periods are adequate; however, actual write-offs may exceed the recorded
allowance.
The Company evaluates its write-offs on
a monthly basis. The Company determines which accounts are uncollectible, and those balances are written-off against the Company’s
allowance for doubtful accounts.
For the quarter ended August 31, 2012,
the Company was unable to process its accounts receivable write-offs for July and August 2012 totaling approximately $37,000; therefore,
the reported allowance at August 31, 2012, includes $37,000 for these previously identified accounts to be written off and approximately
$139,000 as an allowance against the balance of the accounts receivable.
As of May 31, 2012, the Company had written
off all known uncollectible accounts and the approximately $150,000 allowance was an estimate based on the accounts receivable
outstanding at that date.
Reserve for Inventory Obsolescence:
Inventories are stated
at the lower of cost (primarily on a moving average basis), which approximates actual cost determined on a first-in, first-out
(“FIFO”) basis, or fair market value and are comprised of finished goods. In determining the adequacy of the reserve
for inventory obsolescence, management considers a number of factors including recent sales trends, industry market conditions
and economic conditions. In assessing the reserve, management also considers price protection credits the Company expects to recover
from its vendors when the vendor cost on certain inventory items is reduced shortly after the purchase of the inventory by the
Company. In addition, management establishes specific valuation allowances for discontinued inventory based on its prior experience
liquidating this type of inventory. Through the Company’s wholesale and internet distribution channel, it is successful in
liquidating the majority of any inventory that becomes obsolete. The Company has many different cellular handset, radio and other
electronics suppliers, all of which provide reasonable notification of model changes, which allows the Company to minimize its
level of discontinued or obsolete inventory. Inventories are presented net of a reserve for obsolescence of $168,000 and $155,000
at August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012, respectively. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Property and Equipment:
Property and equipment is recorded
at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method. Expenditures for major renewals and betterments that extend the
useful lives of property and equipment are capitalized. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred.
Upon the sale or abandonment of an asset, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the Company’s balance
sheet, and any gains or losses on those assets are reflected in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations of the respective
period. The straight-line method with estimated useful lives is as follows:
Buildings and improvements
|
5-30 years
|
Office and computer equipment
|
3- 5 years
|
Signs and displays
|
5-10 years
|
Other equipment
|
3-5 years
|
Leasehold improvements
|
Shorter of estimated useful
|
|
life or term of lease
|
Intangible Assets:
The Company’s intangible assets
include both definite and indefinite lived assets. Indefinite lived intangible assets are not amortized but evaluated annually
(or more frequently) for impairment under ASC 350,
Intangibles-Goodwill and Other
, (“ASC 350”). Definite lived
intangible assets are amortized over the estimated useful life of the asset and reviewed for impairment upon any event that raises
a question as to the asset’s ultimate recoverability as prescribed under ASC 360,
Property, Plant and Equipment
, (“ASC
360”).
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets:
The Company’s
indefinite lived intangible asset is a purchased perpetual trademark license. In May 2010, Progressive Concepts, Inc., purchased
a perpetual trademark license to use the trademark “Hawk Electronics” (see Note – 11 “Trademark Purchase
Obligation” for additional discussion). Since it has been determined the trademark license has an indefinite useful life,
the carrying value of the trademark license is not amortized over a specific period of time but instead is tested for impairment
at least annually in accordance with the provisions of ASC 350.
The Company evaluated PCI’s perpetual trademark license
asset at May 31, 2012, in accordance with ASC 350 and determined the fair value of the license exceeded its carrying value; therefore,
no impairment was recorded. The fair value of the perpetual trademark license was based upon the discounted estimated future cash
flows of the Company’s cellular business which is the primary beneficiary of the Hawk brand. No changes have occurred in
the business during the three months ended August 31, 2012 that indicated any impairment of the perpetual trademark license. The
Company will continually evaluate whether events and circumstances occur that would no longer support an indefinite life for its
perpetual trademark license.
Definite Lived Intangible Assets:
Definite lived
intangible assets consist of the capitalized cost associated with acquiring the AT&T distribution agreements, purchased subscriber
bases, GSA contract, TXMAS contract and loan origination costs. The Company does not capitalize customer acquisition costs in the
normal course of business but would capitalize the purchase costs of acquiring customers from a third party. Intangible assets
are carried at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization on the AT&T distribution agreements is computed using the straight-line
method over the contract’s remaining term through November 2014. The estimated useful lives for the intangible assets are
as follows:
AT&T distribution agreements and subscriber bases
|
1-13 years
|
GSA and TXMAS contracts
|
5 years
|
The Company defers certain direct costs in obtaining loans and
amortizes such amounts using the straight-line method over the expected life of the loan, which approximates the effective interest
method.
As of August 31, 2012, the most significant intangible asset
remaining is the AT&T distribution agreement and subscriber base. The AT&T cellular distribution agreement subscriber base
asset will be amortized through November 30, 2014, which is the expiration of the distribution agreement under the terms of the
Third Amendment to the Distribution Agreement (see Note 4 – “Relationship With Cellular Carrier” for further
discussion on the settlement of the litigation with AT&T and the resulting amended distribution agreement). Amortization expense
over the 27 months remaining under the current term of the AT&T distribution agreement will be approximately $57,000 per month.
The AT&T distribution agreement assets represent contracts
the Company has with AT&T, under which the Company is allowed to provide cellular services to its customers. The Company regularly
forecasts the expected cash flows to be derived from the cellular subscriber base and the Company anticipates the future cash flows
generated from its cellular subscriber base to exceed the carrying value of this asset.
Amortization of the AT&T distribution agreements, subscriber
bases, GSA and TXMAS contracts is recorded as an operating expense under the caption “Depreciation and Amortization”
in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The Company periodically reviews the estimated useful lives of its intangible
assets, taking into consideration any events or circumstances that might result in a lack of recoverability or revised useful life.
Impairment of Long-lived Assets:
In accordance with ASC
360, the Company evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its long-lived assets based on estimated undiscounted cash
flows to be generated from such assets. If the undiscounted cash flows indicate impairment, then the carrying value of the assets
evaluated is written-down to the estimated fair value of those assets. In assessing the recoverability of these assets, the Company
must project estimated cash flows, which are based on various operating assumptions, such as average revenue per unit in service,
disconnect rates, sales productivity ratios and expenses. Management develops these cash flow projections on a periodic basis and
reviews the projections based on actual operating trends. The projections assume that general economic conditions will continue
unchanged throughout the projection period and that their potential impact on capital spending and revenues will not fluctuate.
Projected revenues are based on the Company’s estimate of units in service and average revenue per unit as well as revenue
from various new product initiatives.
The most significant tangible long-lived asset owned by the
Company is the Fort Worth, Texas corporate office building and the associated land. The Company has received periodic appraisals
of the fair value of this property, with the most recent appraisal completed in February 2012, and in each instance the appraised
value exceeds the carrying value of the property.
The Company’s review of the carrying value of its tangible
long-lived assets at August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012 indicates the carrying value of these assets will be recoverable through
estimated future cash flows. If the cash flow estimates, or the significant operating assumptions upon which they are based change
in the future, the Company may be required to record impairment charges related to its long-lived assets.
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
The Company
records certain expenses that are paid for in advance of their use or consumption as a current asset on the Company’s consolidated
balance sheets.
The components of prepaid expenses and other current assets
at August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012 are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
May 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid Dallas Cowboy's suite lease expense
|
|
$
|
135
|
|
|
$
|
185
|
|
Prepaid legal fees
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
42
|
|
Prepaid insurance premiums
|
|
|
162
|
|
|
|
201
|
|
Investor relations expense
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
|
86
|
|
Security deposits
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
79
|
|
Other
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
|
145
|
|
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
$
|
588
|
|
|
$
|
738
|
|
Contingencies:
The Company accounts for contingencies
in accordance with ASC 450,
Contingencies
(“ASC 450”). ASC 450 requires that an estimated loss from a loss contingency
shall be accrued when information available prior to issuance of the financial statements indicates that it is probable that an
asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred at the date of the financial statements and when the amount of the loss
can be reasonably estimated. Accounting for contingencies such as legal and contract dispute matters requires us to use our judgment.
We believe that our accruals or disclosures related to these matters are adequate. Nevertheless, the actual loss from a loss contingency
might differ from our estimates.
Provision for Income Taxes:
The
Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740,
Income Taxes
, (“ASC 740”) using the asset and
liability approach, which requires recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences
of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax basis of such assets and liabilities. This method utilizes enacted
statutory tax rates in effect for the year in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse and gives immediate effect
to changes in income tax rates upon enactment. Deferred tax assets are recognized, net of any valuation allowance, for temporary
differences, net operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred income tax expense represents the change in net deferred
assets and liability balances. Deferred income taxes result from temporary differences between the basis of assets and liabilities
recognized for differences between the financial statement and tax basis thereon and for the expected future tax benefits to be
derived from net operating losses and tax credit carry forwards. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is more likely than
not that deferred tax assets will be unrealizable in future periods.
As of August 31, 2012 and May 31,
2012, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance against the full amount of its net deferred tax assets. The Company will continue
to evaluate its financial forecast to determine if a portion of its deferred tax assets can be realized in future periods. When
the Company is charged interest or penalties related to income tax matters, the Company records such interest and penalties as
interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations.
The Company’s most significant deferred tax asset is its
accumulated net operating losses. These net operating losses are subject to limitations as a result of a change in control that
took place during August 2011, as defined by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Revenue Recognition:
Teletouch recognizes revenue over
the period the service is performed in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition in Financial
Statements” and ASC 605,
Revenue Recognition
, (“ASC 605”). In general, ASC 605 requires that four basic
criteria must be met before revenue can be recognized: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (2) delivery has occurred
or services rendered, (3) the fee is fixed and determinable and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. Teletouch believes, relative
to sales of products, that all of these conditions are met; therefore, product revenue is recognized at the time of shipment.
The Company primarily generates revenues by providing recurring
cellular services and through product sales. Cellular services include cellular airtime and other recurring services provided through
a master distributor agreement with AT&T. Product sales include sales of cellular telephones, accessories, car and home audio
products and other services through the Company’s retail and wholesale operations.
Cellular and other service revenues and related costs are recognized
during the period in which the service is rendered. Associated subscriber acquisition costs are expensed as incurred. Product sales
revenue is recognized at the time of shipment, when the customer takes title and assumes risk of loss, when terms are fixed and
determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company does not generally grant rights of return. However, to be competitive
with AT&T’s programs, PCI offers customers a 15 day return / exchange program for new cellular subscribers. During the
15 days, a customer may return all cellular equipment and cancel service with no penalty. Reserves for returns, price discounts
and rebates are estimated using historical averages, open return requests, recent product sell-through activity and market conditions.
No reserves have been recorded for the 15 day cellular return program since only a very small number of customers utilize this
return program and many fail to meet all of the requirements of the program, which include returning the phone equipment in new
condition with no visible damage.
Since 1984, Teletouch’s subsidiary, PCI, has held agreements
with AT&T or one of its predecessor companies, which allowed PCI to offer cellular service and provide the billing and customer
services to its subscribers. PCI is compensated for the services it provides based upon sharing a portion of the monthly billings
of AT&T cellular services with AT&T. PCI is responsible for the billing and collection of cellular charges from these customers
and remits a percentage of the cellular billings generated to AT&T. Based on its relationship with AT&T, the Company has
evaluated its reporting of revenues under ASC 605-45,
Revenue Recognition, Principal Agent Considerations
(“ASC 605-45”)
associated with its services attached to the AT&T agreements. Included in ASC 605-45 are eight indicators that must be evaluated
to support reporting gross revenue. These indicators are (i) the entity is the primary obligor in the arrangement, (ii) the entity
has general inventory risk before customer order is placed or upon customer return, (iii) the entity has latitude in establishing
price, (iv) the entity changes the product or performs part of the service, (v) the entity has discretion in supplier selection,
(vi) the entity is involved in the determination of product or service specifications, (vii) the entity has physical loss inventory
risk after customer order or during shipment and (viii) the entity has credit risk. In addition, ASC 605-45 includes three additional
indicators that support reporting net revenue. These indicators are (i) the entity’s supplier is the primary obligor in the
arrangement, (ii) the amount the entity earns is fixed and (iii) the supplier has credit risk. Based on its assessment of the indicators
listed in ASC 605-45, the Company has concluded that the AT&T services provided by PCI should be reported on a net basis. Also
in accordance with ASC 605-45, sales tax amounts invoiced to our customers have been recorded on a net basis and are not included
in our operating revenues.
Deferred revenue primarily represents monthly cellular service
access charges that are billed in advance by the Company.
Concentration of Credit Risk:
Teletouch provides cellular
services to a diversified customer base of small to mid-size businesses and individual consumers, primarily in the DFW and San
Antonio markets in Texas. In addition, the Company sells cellular equipment and consumer electronics products to a large base of
small to mid-size cellular carriers, agents and resellers as well as a large group of smaller electronics and car audio dealers
throughout the United States. As a result, no significant concentration of credit risk exists. The Company performs periodic credit
evaluations of its customers to determine individual customer credit risks and promptly terminates services or ceases shipping
products for nonpayment.
Financial Instruments:
The Company’s financial
instruments consists of certificates of deposit-restricted, accounts receivable, accounts payable and debt. Management believes
the carrying value of the certificates of deposit-restricted, accounts receivable and accounts payable are considered to be representative
of their respective fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. Since the borrowing rates associated with the
Company’s current debt do not differ from market rates used for similar bank borrowings, managements also believes its current
debt approximates its fair value. At August 31, 2012, the Company’s current debt was $9,740,000. Current debt is classified
as a Level 2 item within the fair value hierarchy found under the guidance of ASC 820
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.
Advertising and Pre-opening Costs:
Labor costs, costs
of hiring and training personnel and certain other costs relating to the opening of any new retail or service center locations
are expensed as incurred. Additionally, advertising costs are expensed as incurred and are occasionally partially reimbursed based
on various vendor agreements. Advertising and promotion costs were $45,000 and $78,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2012
and August 31, 2011, respectively. Advertising reimbursements are accrued when earned and committed to by the Company’s vendor
and are recorded as a reduction to advertising cost in that period.
Stock-based Compensation:
At August 31, 2012, the Company
had two stock-based compensation plans (both of which were expired) for employees and non-employee directors, which authorize the
granting of various equity-based incentives including stock options and stock appreciation rights.
The Company accounts for stock-based awards to employees in
accordance with ASC 718,
Compensation-Stock Compensation
, (“ASC 718”) and for stock based awards to non-employees
in accordance with ASC 505-50,
Equity, Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees
(“ASC 505-50”). Under both ASC
718 and ASC 505-50, we use a fair value based method to determine compensation for all arrangements where shares of stock or equity
instruments are issued for compensation. For share option instruments issued, compensation cost is recognized ratably using the
straight-line method over the expected vesting period.
Cash flows resulting from excess tax benefits are classified
as a financing activity. Excess tax benefits are realized from tax deductions for exercised options in excess of the deferred tax
asset attributable to stock compensation costs for such options. The Company did not record any excess tax benefits as a result
of any exercises of stock options in the three months ended August 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011.
To estimate the fair value of its stock options, the Company
uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which incorporates various assumptions including volatility, expected life and interest
rates. The Company is required to make various assumptions in the application of the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Company
has determined that the best measure of expected volatility is based on an average of the previous two fiscal year’s historical
daily volatility of the Company’s common stock adjusted to exclude the top 10% high and low closing trading prices during
each period measured. Historical volatility factors utilized in the Company’s Black-Scholes computations for options issued
in the three months ended August 31, 2012 was 63.45% and was 72.58% for the options issued in the three months ended August 31,
2011. The Company has elected to estimate the expected life of an award based upon the SEC approved “simplified method”
noted under the provisions of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 with the continued use of this method extended under the provisions
of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110. Under this formula, the expected term is equal to: ((weighted-average vesting term + original
contractual term)/2). The expected term used by the Company as computed by this method for options issued in the three months ended
August 31, 2012 and 2011 was 5.0 years. The interest rate used is the risk free interest rate and is based upon U.S. Treasury rates
appropriate for the expected term. Interest rates used in the Company’s Black-Scholes calculations for options issued in
the three months ended August 31, 2012 was 0.62% and was 1.60% for the options issued in the three months ended August 31, 2011.
Dividend yield is zero for these options as the Company does not expect to declare any dividends on its common shares in the foreseeable
future.
In addition to the key assumptions used in the Black-Scholes
model, the estimated forfeiture rate at the time of valuation is a critical assumption. The Company has estimated an annualized
forfeiture rate of 0.0% for the stock options granted to senior management and the Company’s directors in the three months
ended August 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011. The Company reviews the expected forfeiture rate annually to determine if that percent
is still reasonable based on historical experience.
Options exercisable at August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012 totaled
7,091,486 and 6,234,986, respectively. The weighted-average exercise price per share of options exercisable at August 31, 2012
and May 31, 2012 was $0.31 and $0.29, respectively with remaining weighted-average contractual terms of approximately 6.4 years
and 6.3 years as of August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012, respectively.
The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted
during the three months ended August 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011 was $0.20 and $0.30, respectively.
At August 31, 2012, the total remaining unrecognized compensation
cost related to unvested stock options amounted to approximately $17,000, which will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining
requisite service period of 2.3 years.
Income (loss) Per Share:
In accordance with ASC 260,
Earnings Per Share
, basic income (loss) per share (“EPS”) is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the
weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing net income available to common shareholders
by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding including any dilutive securities outstanding. At August 31, 2012 and
2011, the Company’s outstanding common stock options totaled 7,174,820 and 6,348,984, respectively and were not included
in the computation of diluted earnings per share due to their antidilutive effect as a result of the net loss incurred for the
three months ended August 31, 2012 and 2011.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards:
The
Company has reviewed all recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements and does not believe the future adoption
of any such pronouncements may be expected to cause a material impact on its consolidated financial condition or the consolidated
results of its operations.
In July 2012, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2012-02,
Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Indefinite-Lived
Intangible Assets for Impairment
. To be consistent with the guidance found under ASU 2011-08,
Intangibles-Goodwill and Other
(Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment,
ASU 2012-02 is intended to simplify impairment testing for indefinite-lived intangible
assets other than goodwill by adding a qualitative review step to assess whether the required quantitative impairment analysis
that exists today is necessary. Under the amended rule, a company will not be required to calculate the fair value of a business
that contains recorded indefinite-lived intangible assets other than goodwill unless it concludes, based on the qualitative assessment,
that it is more likely than not that the fair value of that business is less than its book value. If such a decline in fair value
is deemed more likely than not to have occurred, then the quantitative impairment test that exists under current GAAP must be completed;
otherwise, the indefinite-lived assets other than goodwill are deemed to be not impaired and no further testing is required until
the next annual test date (or sooner if conditions or events before that date raise concerns of potential impairment in the business).
The amended impairment guidance does not affect the manner in which a company estimates fair value. This new standard is effective
for the Company beginning June 1, 2013.
NOTE 3 – DISCONTINUED TWO-WAY OPERATIONS
On August 11, 2012, Teletouch and DFW Communications,
Inc. (“DFW”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “APA”), where the Company agreed to sell, assign,
transfer and convey to DFW substantially all of the assets of the Company associated with the two-way radio and public safety equipment
business, such assets including, among other things, certain related accounts receivable; inventory; fixed assets (e.g. fixtures,
equipment, machinery, appliances, etc.); supplies used in connection with the business; the Company’s leases, permits and
titles, including certain FCC licenses held by the Company; and DFW also assumed certain obligations, permits and contracts related
to the Company’s business. Subject to certain working capital adjustments, DFW agreed to pay, at closing, as consideration
for the assets of the Company an amount in cash equal to approximately $1,469,000, $168,000 of which was allocated to certain designated
suppliers’ payments and $300,000 of which was allocated to real estate and goodwill. The parties to the APA further designated
approximately $767,000 for working capital purposes, such amount consisting of, among other things, aged accounts receivable and
inventory as of the effective date of the APA. This includes a working capital adjustment provision that provides for no more than
$200,000 of post-close working capital adjustments to be charged to the Company in the event of any material accounts receivable
or inventory deficits. The foregoing disposition of the Company’s assets, excluding the sale of the real estate, closed on
August 14, 2012, having been reviewed and approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on August 10, 2012. On the August
14, 2012 closing, the Company received approximately $1,169,000 in cash consideration from DFW for all of the assets of the two-way
radio and public safety equipment business, excluding the building and land located in Tyler, Texas.
Summary results for the two-way operations
are reflected as discontinued operations in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended
August 31, 2012 and 2011 and are as follows:
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
$
|
679
|
|
|
$
|
2,934
|
|
Loss on sale of assets related to discontinued two-way operations
|
|
$
|
(110
|
)
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Income (loss) from discontinued two-way operations
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
(50
|
)
|
Income tax expense form discontinued two-way operations
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss from discontinued two-way operations
|
|
$
|
(97
|
)
|
|
$
|
(57
|
)
|
As of August 31, 2012, the Company’s real estate located
in Tyler, Texas related to the discontinued two-way operations is classified as a current asset held for sale on the Company’s
consolidated balance sheet. The Company anticipates the sale of the real estate to be finalized by November 30, 2012. The carrying
value of the real estate held for sale at August 31, 2012 is approximately $116,000.
A summary of the assets and liabilities sold in conjunction
with the sale of the two-way business as determined at May 31, 2012 is as follows:
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
May 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $26
|
|
$
|
746
|
|
Inventory, net of reserve of $176
|
|
|
395
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assests
|
|
|
20
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
1,161
|
|
Long-term assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $1,459
|
|
|
386
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
343
|
|
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $217
|
|
|
7
|
|
Total long-term assets
|
|
|
736
|
|
Total Assets
|
|
$
|
1,897
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilites
|
|
$
|
48
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
69
|
|
Total Liabilities
|
|
$
|
117
|
|
The assets and liabilities associated with the two-way business,
as of May 31, 2012, are recorded under the captions “Current assets held for sale,” “Assets Held for Sale”
and “Current liabilities held for sale” in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.
Restricted Cash:
The restricted cash related to the sale
of the discontinued two-way operations is a result of cash received subsequent to sale the two-way business on August 11, 2012
for the payment of certain accounts receivables DFW purchased under the APA. The cash the Company received against DFW’s
accounts receivables was partially offset by operating expenses the Company paid on behalf of DFW subsequent to the sale transaction.
Under the APA, the Company is obligated to reimburse DFW for such amounts and as of August 31, 2012, the restricted cash associated
with the sale of the discontinued two-way business is approximately $241,000.
NOTE 4 – SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH AT&T
From September 2009 to November 2011, Teletouch, through its
wholly-owned subsidiary, PCI, was involved in an arbitration proceeding with and against New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC and AT&T
Mobility Texas LLC (collectively, “AT&T”) relating to, among other things, certain distribution and related agreements
by and between the parties. On November 23, 2011, PCI and AT&T entered into a settlement and release agreement (the “Agreement”)
pursuant to which the parties agreed to settle all of their disputes subject to the foregoing arbitration.
Material terms and provisions under of the Agreement included
that:
|
(i)
|
The parties entered into the Third Amendment to the Distribution Agreement which amended and renewed three year distribution
agreements for all of PCI’s current and prior market areas, including the DFW, San Antonio, Houston/South Texas, Austin/Central
Texas, Tyler/East Texas and Arkansas service areas; and
|
|
(ii)
|
The parties agreed to enter into a six year Exclusive Dealer Agreement, the first half of which runs co-terminously with the
amended and renewed Distribution Agreement, then continuing for three years thereafter; and
|
|
(iii)
|
PCI was allowed the right and authorization to sell, activate and provide services to Apple iPhone and iPad models as a distributor
and to sell and activate such models as a Dealer, subject to the terms set forth in supplements to each agreement respectively,
and from the locations described therein; and
|
|
(iv)
|
PCI received cash and other consideration including $5,000,000 in cash and $5,000,000 credit against PCI’s outstanding
accounts payable to AT&T at closing, and agreement for the transfer of all remaining subscribers to AT&T by the end of
the three year Distribution Agreement term for a maximum cash payment of $8,500,000, subject to certain terms and conditions, at
which point, such Distribution Agreement ends, and PCI then acts solely as a Dealer for the remaining three year term of the Dealer
Agreement; and
|
|
(v)
|
Parties agreed to mutual releases from and against any and all claims, demands, obligations, liabilities and causes of action,
of any nature whatsoever, at law or in equity, known or unknown, whether or not arising out of or related to Claims, Counterclaims,
DFW Distribution Agreements, Other Marketing Agreements or Arbitration, as of the Effective Date.
|
The $5,000,000 cash payment was received from AT&T
on December 1, 2011. The entire $10,000,000 of initial consideration comprised of the $5,000,000 cash payment and $5,000,000 forgiveness
of PCI’s oldest unpaid obligations to AT&T related to AT&T’s percentage of PCI’s monthly cellular billings
was recorded in operating income on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the fiscal year ended May 31,
2012 under the caption “Gain on settlement with AT&T.” In addition, for the cellular subscribers that transferred
from PCI to AT&T since the agreement was executed in November 2011, the Company recorded the fees it earned for those lost
subscribers under the caption “Gain on the settlement with AT&T” for the three months ended August 31, 2012 (see
Part II, Item. 1 Legal Proceedings – “AT&T Binding Arbitration” for details of the settlement and release
agreement with AT&T).
NOTE 5 – RELATIONSHIP WITH CELLULAR CARRIER
The Company has historically had six distribution agreements
with AT&T which provide for the Company to distribute AT&T wireless services, on an exclusive basis, in major markets in
Texas and Arkansas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area (“MSA”), San Antonio, Texas
MSA, Austin, Texas MSA, Houston, Texas MSA, East Texas Regional MSA and Arkansas, including primarily the Little Rock, Arkansas
MSA.
As a result of the settlement and release agreement and the
execution of the Third Amendment to the Distribution Agreement on November 23, 2011, the Company’s current and prior distribution
agreements with AT&T were consolidated and renewed or extended for three (3) years allowing PCI to again activate new subscribers
and provide many of the previously withheld wireless services and products, including the iPhone. The distribution agreement permits
the Company to offer AT&T cellular phone service with identical pricing characteristics to AT&T and provide billing customer
services to its customers on behalf of AT&T in exchange for certain predetermined compensation and fees, which are primarily
in the form of a revenue sharing of the core wireless services the Company bills on behalf of AT&T. In addition, the Company
bills the same subscribers several additional features and products that it offers and retains all revenues and gross margins related
to those certain services and products. Under the distribution agreement, the Company is responsible for all of the billing and
collection of cellular charges from its customers and remains liable to AT&T for pre-set percentages of all AT&T related
cellular service customer billings. The current distribution agreement expires on November 30, 2014.
Because of the volume of business transacted with AT&T,
as well as the revenue generated from AT&T services, there is a significant concentration of credit and business risk involved
with having AT&T as a primary vendor.
The Company reports its revenues related to the AT&T services
on a net basis in accordance with ASC 605-45 as follows (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross billings
|
|
$
|
7,388
|
|
|
$
|
8,612
|
|
Net revenue adjustment (revenue share due to AT&T)
|
|
|
(3,665
|
)
|
|
|
(4,487
|
)
|
Service revenue, as reported
|
|
$
|
3,723
|
|
|
$
|
4,125
|
|
Gross billings include gross cellular subscription billings,
which are measured as the total recurring monthly cellular service charges invoiced to PCI’s cellular subscribers from which
a fixed percentage of the dollars invoiced are retained by PCI as compensation for the billing and support services it provides
to these subscribers. PCI remits a fixed percentage of the gross cellular subscription billings to AT&T and absorbs 100% of
any bad debt associated with the gross cellular subscription billings under the terms of its distribution agreement with AT&T.
NOTE 6 – INVENTORY
The following table lists the cost basis of inventory by major
product category and the related reserves for inventory obsolescence at August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012 (in thousands):
|
|
August 31, 2012
|
|
|
May 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Reserve
|
|
|
Net Value
|
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Reserve
|
|
|
Net Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phones and related accessories
|
|
$
|
566
|
|
|
$
|
(117
|
)
|
|
$
|
449
|
|
|
$
|
700
|
|
|
$
|
(94
|
)
|
|
$
|
606
|
|
Automotive products
|
|
|
274
|
|
|
|
(46
|
)
|
|
|
228
|
|
|
|
273
|
|
|
|
(55
|
)
|
|
|
218
|
|
Other
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
12
|
|
Total inventory and reserves
|
|
$
|
854
|
|
|
$
|
(168
|
)
|
|
$
|
686
|
|
|
$
|
991
|
|
|
$
|
(155
|
)
|
|
$
|
836
|
|
NOTE 7 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment at August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012 consisted
of the following (in thousands):
|
|
August 31, 2012
|
|
|
May 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land
|
|
$
|
774
|
|
|
$
|
774
|
|
Buildings and leasehold improvements
|
|
|
2,721
|
|
|
|
2,848
|
|
Office and computer equipment
|
|
|
2,770
|
|
|
|
2,766
|
|
Signs and displays
|
|
|
707
|
|
|
|
712
|
|
Other
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
62
|
|
|
|
$
|
7,007
|
|
|
$
|
7,162
|
|
Less:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(4,892
|
)
|
|
|
(5,038
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total property and equipment
|
|
$
|
2,115
|
|
|
$
|
2,124
|
|
Depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $52,000
and $52,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011, respectively.
Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is
computed using the straight-line method. The following table contains the property and equipment by estimated useful life, net
of accumulated depreciation as of August 31, 2012 (in thousands):
|
|
Less than
|
|
|
3 to 4
|
|
|
5 to 9
|
|
|
10 to 14
|
|
|
15 to 19
|
|
|
20 years
|
|
|
Total Net
|
|
|
|
3 years
|
|
|
years
|
|
|
years
|
|
|
years
|
|
|
years
|
|
|
and greater
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Buildings and leasehold improvements
|
|
$
|
34
|
|
|
$
|
35
|
|
|
$
|
54
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
986
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
1,110
|
|
Office and computer equipment
|
|
|
154
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
199
|
|
Signs and displays
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
Other
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
Land (no depreciation)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
774
|
|
|
|
774
|
|
|
|
$
|
199
|
|
|
$
|
80
|
|
|
$
|
75
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
986
|
|
|
$
|
774
|
|
|
$
|
2,115
|
|
NOTE 8 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The following is a summary of the Company’s intangible
assets as of August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012, excluding goodwill (in thousands):
|
|
August 31, 2012
|
|
|
May 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Definite lived intangible assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wireless contracts and subscriber bases
|
|
$
|
10,277
|
|
|
$
|
(8,748
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,529
|
|
|
$
|
10,277
|
|
|
$
|
(8,575
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,702
|
|
PCI marketing list
|
|
|
1,235
|
|
|
|
(1,235
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,235
|
|
|
|
(1,235
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Loan origination fees
|
|
|
668
|
|
|
|
(616
|
)
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
616
|
|
|
|
(616
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Government Services Administration contract
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
10
|
|
Texas Multiple Award Schedule contract
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
3
|
|
Internally developed software
|
|
|
170
|
|
|
|
(170
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
170
|
|
|
|
(170
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total amortizable intangible assets
|
|
|
12,369
|
|
|
|
(10,776
|
)
|
|
|
1,593
|
|
|
|
12,317
|
|
|
|
(10,602
|
)
|
|
|
1,715
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indefinite lived intangible assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Perpetual trademark license agreement
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total intangible assets
|
|
$
|
13,269
|
|
|
$
|
(10,776
|
)
|
|
$
|
2,493
|
|
|
$
|
13,217
|
|
|
$
|
(10,602
|
)
|
|
$
|
2,615
|
|
Total amortization expense for the three months ended August
31, 2012, and August 31, 2011 was approximately $172,000 and $228,000.
NOTE 9 – ACCRUED EXPENSES AND
OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
consist of (in thousands):
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
May 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued payroll and other personnel expense
|
|
$
|
342
|
|
|
$
|
449
|
|
Accrued state and local taxes
|
|
|
507
|
|
|
|
551
|
|
Texas sales and use tax audit accrual
|
|
|
323
|
|
|
|
311
|
|
Unvouchered accounts payable
|
|
|
1,316
|
|
|
|
1,003
|
|
Customer deposits payable
|
|
|
202
|
|
|
|
218
|
|
Other
|
|
|
431
|
|
|
|
396
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
3,121
|
|
|
$
|
2,928
|
|
Texas Sales and Use Tax Audit Accrual
Based on the results of the current Texas sales tax audit of
PCI (see Note 9 – “Texas Sales and Use Tax Obligation” for further discussion), the Company believes it has additional
financial exposure for certain periods following October 2009, the last month covered under the current sales tax audit, in the
likely event that PCI is audited in the future by the State. Similar tax computations were applied to the Company’s cellular
billings through November 2010, the point at which PCI made substantial system and process changes to correct these tax computations.
Other sales and use tax issues which were identified during the course of the current sales tax audit and have either been fully
corrected or are in the process of being corrected by the Company.
In accordance with ASC 450, the Company has determined that
the potential outcome of a subsequent sales tax audit represents a loss contingency, as the Company believes it is probable that
it will be audited by the State for the periods after the recently completed sales tax audit and will likely be assessed additional
taxes for that audit period. It is common practice for the State to audit a subsequent period after the discovery of a material
liability in a prior audit period.
Under the guidance of ASC 450, an estimated loss from a loss
contingency shall be accrued by a charge to income if both the following conditions are met: (i) information is available before
the next most current financial statements are issued or are available to be issued indicates that it is probable that an asset
had been impaired or a liability had been incurred as of the date of the financial statements, and (ii) the amount of such loss
can be reasonably estimated. In addition, from the guidance of ASC 450, a potential loss range should be estimated and the lower
end of the range should be accrued when no other amount within the range appears to be a better estimate.
The Company has estimated its potential sales and use tax exposure
for the periods that have not been audited by the State to be between $322,000 and $448,000, including estimated penalties and
interest of approximately $48,000 and $63,000, respectively, through August 31, 2012. This estimate covers all periods following
the completed sales tax audit period through the date that each identified tax issue was substantially corrected by the Company.
Since the Company cannot predict the outcome of a future sales tax audit, it has recorded the low end of the estimated loss in
its consolidated financials as of August 31, 2012. The Company’s estimate of the low end of the range of potential liability
considered only the errors identified in the current sales tax audit whereas the high end of the range was estimated using a conservative
application of sales tax rates on the majority of the cellular services billed from November 2009, the end of the current audit
period, through October 2010, the month that the identified tax issues were remediated by the Company. The actual liability, as
a result of a future tax audit, could fall outside of our estimated range due to items that could be identified during an audit
but not considered by us.
NOTE 10 – TEXAS SALES AND USE TAX OBLIGATION
From October 2010 through June 2012, the State of Texas (the
“State”) conducted a sales and use tax audit of the Company’s subsidiary, PCI, covering the period from January
2006 to October 2009. During the second fiscal quarter of 2011, while undergoing standard preparations for the tax audit, the Company
identified that there could be certain issues in connection with the prior application and interpretation of sales tax rates assessed
on various services and products billed and received by PCI. However, multiple prior sales tax audits of PCI conducted by the State
did not identify or determine that there were any such issues, even though PCI’s methodology for computing sales taxes was
virtually identical during the prior periods. As a result, prior to receiving a final determination from the State on these sales
tax matters, the Company could not accurately predict the probable outcome of this audit or any related material liability to the
State. In accordance with Accounting Standard Codification 450,
Contingencies
(“ASC 450”), the Company reported
an estimated range for this potential liability of between $22,000 and $2,400,000. The lower end of the range was based on the
actual results of PCI’s prior State tax audits, with the higher end of the range based on the Company’s internal review
and most conservative analysis, which indicated a potential estimated liability of up to $1,900,000, plus an additional estimated
potential liability of up to $500,000 for related penalties and interest on the Company’s highest possible estimated amount.
On March 27, 2012, the Company received a summary of the errors
identified by the State auditor on selected billing statements and invoices, which further included computations of these errors
extrapolated over the respective total billings and purchases for the audit period. Based on the information provided by the State,
the Company initially recorded a sales and use tax liability related to the tax audit of approximately $1,850,000 during the quarter
ended February 29, 2012, including approximately $443,000 in penalties and interest that was expected to be assessed by the State.
On June 11, 2012, the Company received notice from the State
the sales and use tax audit was complete. As a result of the final audit assessments provided by the State, the Company adjusted
its sales and use tax liability related to the tax audit to reflect a total obligation at May 31, 2012, of approximately $1,880,000,
including approximately $466,000 in assessed penalties and interest. The sales and use tax assessed by the State, before penalties
and interest, totaled approximately $1,414,000 for the tax audit period, and was comprised of approximately $6,000 of use tax related
to fixed asset purchases, $126,000 of use tax due on various services purchased by the Company, $637,000 of under billed sales
taxes related to cellular services billings and $645,000 of under billed sales taxes related to other billings. In addition, the
State noticed the Company the final audit assessment was due and payable on July 23, 2012.
Since the Company could not pay the entire tax obligation by
July 23, 2012, the Company petitioned the State on July 9, 2012 for a redetermination hearing related to PCI’s sale sales
and use tax audit. In the redetermination letter submitted to the State, the Company has requested the State to review questionable
audit transactions where the Company believes it is due a possible tax refund or credit adjustment. In addition, the Company has
requested the State to provide repayment assistance due to the Company’s current financial condition and limited working
capital. Furthermore, the Company has requested a waiver of penalty and interest that has been imposed by the State.
On
September 20, 2012, the Company submitted a formal compromise and payment agreement request to the State in an effort to forego
the lengthy redetermination process and settle the sales tax obligation expeditiously. The Company requested that the State reduce
the total tax assessment including interest and penalty to $1,250,000 and grant thirty-six month repayment terms for this obligation.
As of the date of this Report, the State has not set a redetermination hearing for PCI or responded to the Company formal payment
agreement request. Until the hearing is completed, a payment plan can be negotiated or this liability can be settled in another
manner. Beginning in June 2012, the Company has been voluntarily paying $25,000 a month against its sales and use tax obligation.
There can be no assurance that that any of the relief requested will be granted by the State as a result of this determination
hearing.
As of August 31, 2012, the Company’s sales and use tax
liability related to PCI’s sales tax audit is approximately $1,818,000, including assessed interest and penalties of approximately
$479,000.
NOTE 11 – CURRENT DEBT
Current debt at August 31, 2012 and May
31, 2012 consists of the following (in thousands):
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
May 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2012
|
|
Thermo revolving credit facility
|
|
$
|
7,075
|
|
|
$
|
8,233
|
|
East West Bank (formerly United Commerical Bank)
|
|
|
2,119
|
|
|
|
2,147
|
|
Jardine Capital Corporation bank debt
|
|
|
546
|
|
|
|
552
|
|
Total current debt
|
|
$
|
9,740
|
|
|
$
|
10,932
|
|
Thermo Revolving Credit Facility:
On August 28, 2009,
the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Loan and Security Agreement with Thermo Credit, LLC (“Thermo”), effective
August 1, 2009, which amended the terms of its initial $5,250,000 Loan and Security Agreement dated April 30, 2008, and resulted
in, among other changes, the availability under the revolving credit facility being increased to $18,000,000 and the maturity
of the revolver being extended from April 30, 2010 to January 31, 2012 (“Amendment No. 2”).
Under the terms of Amendment No. 2, the revolver provided for
the Company to obtain loans from Thermo from time to time up to approximately $18,000,000, but following Amendment No. 4 discussed
below, the commitment was reduced to $12,000,000 meaning outstanding borrowings could not to exceed this amount. Borrowings under
the revolver are limited to specific advance rates against the aggregate fair value of the Company’s assets, as defined
in the Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, including real estate, equipment, infrastructure assets, inventory, accounts receivable,
intangible assets and notes receivable (collectively, the “Borrowing Base”). The annual interest rate on the revolver
under the terms of Amendment No. 2 remained at the lesser of: (a) the maximum non-usurious rate of interest per annum permitted
by applicable Louisiana law or (b) the greater of (i) the prime rate plus 8% or (ii) fourteen percent (14%).
In February 2010, the Company began making principal payments
on the revolver due to the Company’s having borrowings outstanding against the non-accounts receivable assets in excess
of the limit on such borrowings as measured against the total borrowings outstanding. In March 2010, Thermo agreed to let the
Company begin making monthly principal payments of approximately $53,000 through the remainder of the term of the loan to reduce
the outstanding loan balance against the non-accounts receivable assets. The monthly principal payments reduce the commitment
amount under the revolver.
On March 9, 2011, the Company entered into Amendment No. 3
to the Loan and Security Agreement, effective December 31, 2010, which resulted in (i) extending the maturity date of the revolver
from January 31, 2012 to January 31, 2013, (ii) an additional commitment fee of $135,000 due and payable on or before January
31, 2012, (iii) the deferral of monthly principal payments for the period December 2010 to June 2011 to be due and payable on
or before August 31, 2011 and (iv) the deferral of an over advance of $433,747 as of December 31, 2010 to be due and payable on
or before August 31, 2011 after consideration of the Company’s borrowing base as of that date. All other terms of the revolver
remained unchanged.
On October 11, 2011, the Company entered into Amendment No.
4 to the Loan and Security Agreement whereby the loan commitment amount was reduced from $18,000,000 to $12,000,000 as of October
11, 2011. As a result of the reduced loan commitment amount, the loan commitment fee of $68,000 payable on August 1, 2011, as
required under Amendment No. 2, was reduced to $45,000. The Company paid the amended commitment fee amount in August 2011. All
other terms of the Thermo Revolver remained unchanged.
On March 14, 2012, effective February 29, 2012, Teletouch and
Thermo entered into Waiver and Amendment No. 5 (“Amendment No. 5”) to the Loan and Security Agreement, as amended
to date (the “Loan Agreement”). Under the terms of the Amendment No. 5, the Company made a payment on the outstanding
balance of the loan in the amount of $2,000,000. In consideration for such payment, Thermo agreed, among other things, to (i)
waive any and all Events of Default (as the term is defined under the Loan Agreement), and all financial covenants for the third
fiscal quarter ended February 29, 2012, (ii) waive any and all Financial Covenant Defaults (as defined under the Loan Agreement)
for the fourth fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2012, and not to accelerate collection of the Note for any reason under the Loan Agreement
through May 31, 2012, and (iii) not to take any action to exclude, reevaluate or make any redetermination of any property currently
included in the Borrowing Base through at least May 31, 2012. In addition, Thermo agreed to grant a conditional future waiver
of any and all Financial Covenant Defaults (as defined under the Loan Agreement) and not to accelerate the collection of the Note
through August 31, 2012, provided that certain financial performance targets are met by the Company during its fourth fiscal quarter
ending May 31, 2012, and that the Company, among other things, refinances certain of its existing loans encumbering the Eligible
Real Estate (as defined under the Loan Agreement), thereby providing Thermo with additional proceeds of $1,400,000 on or before
July 15, 2012. Additional provisions of Amendment No. 5 included accelerating the Revolving Credit Maturity Date from January
31, 2013, to August 31, 2012, with the parties’ agreement that Thermo will have no further obligation to lend or advance
any additional funds that may be or become available under the Loan Agreement, and, a modification of the commitment fee due under
the Loan Agreement from the $90,000 earned commitment fee for the final twelve month term of the loan that was to end on January
31, 2013, to a monthly commitment fee of $7,500 (based on 0.0625% of the original $12,000,000 loan commitment), earned by and
payable to Thermo on the first day of each month beginning February 1, 2012 and through each month thereafter until the loan is
paid in full, or the August 31, 2012, maturity date, whichever was sooner.
Although the Company made the required $2,000,000 cash payment
on March 14, 2012, the Company did not meet all of the requirements under Amendment No. 5 during its fourth fiscal quarter ending
May 31, 2012 and was not able to refinance its existing real estate loans and pay Thermo an additional $1,400,000 by July 15,
2012. However, as a result of the recent sale of the Company’s two-way business (see Note 3 – “Discontinued
Two-Way Operations” for more information on the sale of the two-way business), the Company was able to pay Thermo approximately
$1,001,000 on August 14, 2012.
On August 1, 2012, the Company executed a term sheet with a
potential new debt lender and is currently working with the lender through the due diligence process. The Company is targeting
to close on this new senior debt facility by the end of October 2012.
On September 10, 2012 the Company received a Formal Notice
of Maturity (the “Letter”) from Thermo which notified the Company the revolving credit facility had matured by its
terms on August 31, 2012, and therefore under the terms of the facility, Thermo had the right to demand payment for all obligations
due and payable under the credit revolving facility by September 17, 2012. Thermo further reserved all rights and remedies available
to it under the documents and agreements in connection with the revolving credit facility. Even though Thermo was reserving its
rights under the agreement and revolving credit facility, the Letter did not constitute a notification to the Company that Thermo
was commencing the exercise of any of its rights and remedies. As of the date of this Report, Thermo has not commenced any actions
against the Company and is willing
to work with the Company as it seeks new financing to settle the
amount due under the revolving credit facility. The Company can provide no assurance it will be successful in obtaining new debt
funding or Thermo will not take any action against the Company and the underlying collateral against the revolving credit facility.
As of August 31, 2012, the Company’s outstanding balance
on the Thermo loan was approximately $7,075,000.
East West Bank Debt (formerly
United Commercial Bank):
Effective May 3, 2007, the Company entered into a loan agreement with United Commercial Bank, which
was subsequently acquired by East West Bank, (the “East West Debt”) to refinance previous debt in the amount of $2,850,000
at May 31, 2007.
As of August 31, 2012, $2,650,000 continued to be funded under the agreement with East West Bank, and
approximately $2,119,000 was outstanding.
The East West Debt requires monthly payments of $15,131 and
bears interest at the prime rate as published in the Wall Street Journal and adjusted from time to time (3.25% at August 31, 2012).
The East West Debt is collateralized by a first lien on the Company’s corporate office building, the excess land adjacent
to that building and a billboard in Fort Worth, Texas owned by the Company. The East West Debt matured on May 3, 2012 and the
Company was noticed in the second quarter of fiscal year 2012 the East West Debt would not be renewed. Subsequently, East West
Bank granted an initial extension of the debt maturity through August 3, 2012 and granted a second extension through November
3, 2012. The Company has not been able to secure new financing against its real estate and believes that this will not be possible
until it secures new senior debt financing and settles its debt with Thermo. The Company cannot assure such financing can be secured
or that any new financing will be on terms favorable to the Company. In addition, the Company can provide no assurance that East
West Bank will extend the current maturity date or that any such extensions will allow a sufficient amount of time for the Company
to secure the new real estate financing.
Jardine Bank Debt:
Effective May 3, 2007, the Company
entered into a loan agreement with Jardine Capital Corp. (the “Jardine Bank Debt”) to refinance previous debt in the
amount of $650,000. The Jardine Bank Debt is collateralized by a second lien on the Company’s corporate office building,
the excess land adjacent to that building and a billboard in Fort Worth, Texas owned by the Company. The Jardine Bank Debt requires
monthly payments of $7,705, bears interest at 13% and matured on May 3, 2012. The Company was noticed in the second quarter of
fiscal year 2012 the Jardine Bank Debt would not be renewed. Subsequently, Jardine Capital granted an initial extension of the
debt maturity through August 3, 2012 and granted a second extension through October 15, 2012. As of August 31, 2012, a total of
approximately $546,000 was outstanding under this agreement. The Company has not been able to secure new financing against its
real estate and believes that this will not be possible until it secures new senior debt financing and settles its debt with Thermo.
The Company cannot assure such financing can be secured or that any new financing will be on terms favorable to the Company. In
addition, the Company can provide no assurance that Jardine Bank will extend the current maturity date or that any such extensions
will allow a sufficient amount of time for the Company to secure the new real estate financing.
NOTE 12 – TRADEMARK PURCHASE
OBLIGATION
On May 4, 2010, Progressive Concepts, Inc., entered in a certain
Mutual Release and Settlement Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Hawk Electronics, Inc. (“Hawk”). The settlement
followed a litigation matter styled
Progressive Concepts, Inc. d/b/a Hawk Electronics v. Hawk Electronics, Inc
. Case No.
4-08CV-438-Y, by the Company against Hawk in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas which alleged, among other
things, infringement on the trade name
Hawk Electronics
, as well as counterclaims by Hawk against the Company of, among
other things, trademark infringement and dilution.
Under terms of the Agreement, the parties executed mutual releases
of claims against each other and agreed to file a stipulation of dismissal in connection with the pending litigation matter. The
Company agreed to, among other things, the purchase a perpetual license from Hawk to use the trademark “Hawk Electronics”
for $900,000. Under the terms of the license agreement, the Company made a payment of $550,000 on June 1, 2010 and a payment of
$150,000 on July 1, 2011, and a payment of $100,000 on June 29, 2012 and is obligated to pay $100,000 by July 1, 2013.
As of August 31, 2012, the Company has recorded $100,000 as
a current liability under current portion of trademark purchase obligation (July 1, 2013 payment).
In addition, under the terms of the agreement, the
Company can continue to use the domain name
www.hawkelectronics.com
but will be required to pay Hawk a monthly royalty
fee to use the domain name beginning August 1, 2013. A monthly royalty payment of $2,000 will be due during the first year of
use with a 10% increase to the monthly fee each subsequent year the domain name is used by the Company.
NOTE 13 - INCOME TAXES
Significant components of the Company’s deferred taxes
as of August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012 are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
May 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred Tax Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
$
|
796
|
|
|
$
|
841
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
62
|
|
|
|
118
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
60
|
|
|
|
60
|
|
|
|
|
918
|
|
|
|
1,047
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(918
|
)
|
|
|
(1,047
|
)
|
Current deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss
|
|
|
8,480
|
|
|
|
8,547
|
|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
|
566
|
|
|
|
511
|
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
289
|
|
|
|
316
|
|
Fixed assets
|
|
|
230
|
|
|
|
207
|
|
Licenses
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
Other
|
|
|
180
|
|
|
|
178
|
|
|
|
|
9,745
|
|
|
|
9,768
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(9,745
|
)
|
|
|
(9,768
|
)
|
Non-current deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The Company has approximately $24,943,000 of Net Operating
Losses (“NOL’s”) at August 31, 2012, which are subject to expiration in various amounts from 2022 through 2031.
In fiscal year 2013, these net operating losses are subject to limitations as a result of a change in ownership that took place
during August 2011, as defined by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. For fiscal year 2013, the Company has approximately
$2,274,000 in NOL’s available to offset taxable income for the year. Realization of deferred tax assets associated with
the net operating losses is dependent upon generating sufficient taxable income prior to their expiration and to the limitations
imposed by Section 382. Management has determined that it is unlikely that the deferred tax assets will be realized; therefore,
a full valuation allowance has been established as of August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012.
The current Company policy classifies
any interest recognized on an underpayment of income taxes and any statutory penalties recognized on a tax position taken as interest
and penalty expense in its consolidated statements of operations. There was an insignificant amount of interest and penalties
recognized and accrued as of August 31, 2012. The Company has not taken a tax position that, if challenged, would have a material
effect on the financial statements or the effective tax rate for fiscal year ended August 31, 2012 and has not recognized any
additional liabilities for uncertain tax positions under the guidance of ASC 740. The Company’s tax years 2005 through 2011
for federal returns and 2009 through 2012 for state returns remain open to major taxing jurisdictions in which we operate, although
no material changes to unrecognized tax positions are expected within the next year.
NOTE 14 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Teletouch leases building and equipment
under non-cancelable operating leases with initial lease terms ranging from one to twenty years. These leases contain various
renewal terms and restrictions as to use of the property. Some of the leases contain provisions for future rent increases. The
total amount of rental payments due over the lease terms is charged to rent expense on the straight-line method over the term
of the leases. The difference between rent expense recorded and the amount paid is recorded as deferred rental expense, which
is included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s most
significant lease obligation is for a suite at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which is used for customer, supplier,
investor relations and other corporate events. Due to the significance of this lease compared to the Company’s other operating
leases, it is separately identified in the table below. Total rent expense recorded against all operating leases, including the
Dallas Cowboy’s suite lease was
$207,000
, and $261,000 in the three months ended August
31, 2012 and August 31, 2011, respectively. Future minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable leases are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
Twelve Months Ending August 31,
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2016
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Operating Leases
|
|
$
|
659
|
|
|
$
|
328
|
|
|
$
|
207
|
|
|
$
|
59
|
|
|
$
|
46
|
|
|
$
|
19
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Dallas Cowboys Suite Lease
|
|
|
3,694
|
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
2,669
|
|
Total Operating Leases
|
|
$
|
4,353
|
|
|
$
|
533
|
|
|
$
|
412
|
|
|
$
|
264
|
|
|
$
|
251
|
|
|
$
|
224
|
|
|
$
|
2,669
|
|
Additionally, as of August 31, 2012, the Company has a commitment
to purchase 4,080 Alcatel branded cellular handsets from TCT Mobile Multinational, Limited (“TCT”) for approximately
$402,000 under its recently executed distribution agreement with TCT. To date, approximately 1,000 cellular handsets have been
received and the Company expects to receive the remaining product in late October 2012.
Sales and Use Tax Audit Contingency
Due to the results of PCI’s recent sales and use tax
audit, the Company has identified a sales and use tax contingency for the period subsequent to the recent audit period which is
November 1, 2009 through May 31, 2012 (see Note 8 – “Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities” for more
information on the sales and use tax accrual for this period).
Legal Proceeding Contingencies
Teletouch is party to various legal proceedings arising in
the ordinary course of business. The Company believes there is no proceeding, either threatened or pending, against it that will
result in a material adverse effect on its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows that requires an accrual or
disclosure in its financial statements under ASC 450.
NOTE 15 – SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Capital Structure:
Teletouch’s authorized capital
structure allows for the issuance of 70,000,000 shares of common stock with a $0.001 par value and 5,000,000 shares of preferred
stock with a $0.001 par value.
Change of Ownership and Voting Control
of Teletouch
From November 2005 through August 2011, the majority of Teletouch’s
outstanding common stock was owned and controlled by TLL Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TLLP”),
controlled by Robert McMurrey, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In August 2006, immediately prior to
Teletouch’s acquisition of Progressive Concepts, Inc. (“PCI”), TLLP assumed the senior debt obligations of PCI
and settled the subordinated debt obligations of PCI by issuing 4,350,000 shares of its holdings of Teletouch’s common stock
and converted the balance of the subordinated debt into redeemable Series A preferred units of TLLP. To secure the senior debt
obligation, TLLP pledged all of its then held assets, which consisted primarily of approximately 80% of the outstanding common
stock of Teletouch as of August 2006. TLLP is a holding company with no operations and was dependent upon selling a sufficient
number of shares it owned in Teletouch common stock or upon the cash flows of Teletouch through the receipt of future cash dividends
to service its outstanding debt obligations. When the senior debt originally matured in August 11, 2007, TLLP did not
have sufficient cash or other means to repay this debt and was successful in negotiating an initial extension of the maturity
date through October 11, 2007. Subsequent extensions were granted by the senior debt holder to TLLP extending the maturity
date through January 31, 2011. In February 2011, TLLP negotiated a settlement of its senior debt obligations which provided for
a discount against the balance due if TLLP would make a required series of discounted payments beginning February 2011 and continuing
through August 19, 2011, the amended maturity date. In addition to the cash payments and as part of the settlement agreement,
TLLP was obligated to transfer 2,000,000 shares of its holdings of Teletouch’s common stock to the senior lender at the
maturity date.
Beginning in February 2011 and continuing through June 2011,
TLLP completed sixteen (16) privately negotiated transactions and sold a total of 8,499,001 shares of its holdings of Teletouch’s
common stock, which was approximately 17.4% of the Company’s outstanding common stock at June 13, 2011, the date of the
last sale transaction. Following these sales transactions, TLLP continued to own 30,650,999 shares of our common stock, or 62.9%
of the Company’s outstanding common stock. The Company entered into registration rights agreements with each of the purchasers
and TLLP whereby it agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the 8,499,001 shares sold and 12,000,000 shares
owned by TLLP. This registration statement on Form S-1 was filed with the SEC on June 17, 2011 and was subsequently declared effective
on July 11, 2011.
On August 11, 2011, TLLP entered into a binding agreement titled
“Heads of Terms” (the “Binding Agreement”) and certain related agreements with its Series A Preferred
unit holders, Stratford Capital Partners, LP (“Stratford”) and Retail & Restaurant Growth Capital, LP (“RRGC”)
(together, Stratford and RRGC are hereafter referred to as the “Transferees”), whereby, on August 17, 2011 TLLP exchanged
25,000,000 shares of its holdings of the Company’s common stock (the “New Shares”) to settle in full TLLP’s
approximately $18,200,000 redemption obligation on its outstanding Series A Preferred Units (the “Preferred Units”)
and for additional cash consideration totaling $3,750,000 from the Transferees (the “Exchange”). The redemption rights
under the Preferred Units allowed the holders to redeem the accumulated redemption value for shares of Teletouch common stock
owned by TLLP and such redemption could only take place following the fiscal settlement of TLLP’s senior debt obligation.
The cash received by TLLP from this transaction allowed it to make the final payment on the senior debt obligation which allowed
the Preferred Units to be redeemed simultaneously. Based on the approximately $21,950,000 consideration exchanged by Transferees,
TLLP realized approximately $0.88 per share in value for the shares of the Company’s common stock transferred in the Exchange.
As a result of the Exchange, Stratford and RRGC received 15,000,000 shares and 10,000,000 shares, respectively, of the Company’s
common stock in exchange for their respective share of the cash consideration and their respective holdings of the outstanding
Preferred Units. The Exchange closed on August 17, 2011 and resulted in the cancellation of the Series A Preferred units. As contemplated
by the Binding Agreement, at closing the parties entered into various agreements related to the Exchanged Shares including (1)
a registration rights agreement providing for the registration of the Exchanged Shares, (2) a put and call option and transfer
restriction agreement whereby TLLP would have the right to call from Stratford and RRGC the Exchanged Shares for a fifteen month
period (through approximately November 17, 2012) for a call price of $1.00 per share, Stratford and RRGC would have the rights
to put their Exchanged Shares to TLLP for 30 day period at the end of the call option period for a put price of $1.00 per share,
and Stratford and RRCG would agree not to transfer the Exchanged Shares for a period of seven months after the date of the Exchange
(through approximately March 17, 2012), (3) a voting agreement whereby Stratford and RRGC agreed to vote their Exchanged Shares
in proportion to the votes of the other shareholders of Teletouch during the call option period, (4) a pledge and security agreement
whereby TLLP pledged all of its remaining shares of Teletouch’s common stock to Stratford and RRGC as security for their
put rights, (5) a mutual release of claims between various parties to the Exchange and (6) certain other ancillary documents.
Following the Exchange and as of the date of this Report, Stratford owns 17,610,000 shares of Teletouch’s common stock (36.1%
of outstanding shares), RRGC owns 11,740,000 shares (24.1%) and TLLP owns 3,050,999 shares (6.3%). The result of the Exchange
was a change in control of the voting of common stock at Teletouch on August 17, 2011, whereby TLLP no longer controls the outcome
of matters voted on by the shareholders.
Registration Rights Agreement:
In connection
with the terms of the Binding Agreement as discussed above, on August 17, 2011, Teletouch entered into a Registration Rights Agreement
(the “RRA”) with the Transferees. Prior to the closing of the Exchange, the Transferees owned all of the issued and
outstanding Series A Preferred Units of TLLP. Pursuant to the RRA, the Company agreed to file with the SEC, subject to certain
restrictions, by October 17, 2011, a registration statement relating to the registration of (i) 4,350,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock (the “Existing Shares”) held, in the aggregate, by the Transferees as of the date of the RRA, (ii) 25,000,000
shares of the Company’s common stock (the “New Shares”) transferred to the Transferees by TLLP pursuant to the
Exchange Transaction described below and (iii) 2,650,999 shares of the Company’s common stock being pledged by TLLP as security
against the put option held by the Transferees as further described below (the “Pledged Shares”). (The “Existing
Shares” together with the “New Shares” and the “Pledged Shares” are hereafter referred to as the
“Registrable Securities.”) The RRA requires that the Company use its best efforts to cause the registration statement
to be declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933 and to keep such registration continuously effective thereunder. The
RRA also contains indemnification and other provisions that are customary to agreements of this nature.
On October 12, 2011, the Company filed a resale registration
statement on Form S-1 with the SEC in accordance with the terms of the RRA which was subsequently declared effective by the SEC
on November 1, 2011.
NOTE 16 - STOCK OPTIONS
Teletouch’s 1994 Stock Option and Stock Appreciation
Rights Plan (the “1994 Plan”) was adopted in July 1994 and provided for the granting of incentive and non-incentive
stock options and stock appreciation rights to officers, directors, employees and consultants to purchase not more than an aggregate
of 1,000,000 shares of common stock. Under the terms of the 1994 Plan, no additional options can be granted under this Plan after
July 2004 which is the tenth anniversary following the adoption of the Plan. The Compensation Committee or the Board of Directors
administers the options remaining outstanding under the 1994 Plan. Exercise prices in the following table have been adjusted to
give effect to the repricing that took effect in December 1999 and November 2001 (discussed below).
On August 7, 2002, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted
the Teletouch 2002 Stock Option and Appreciation Rights Plan and on November 7, 2002, the common shareholders voted and ratified
the plan (the “2002 Plan”). Under the 2002 Plan, Teletouch had the ability to issue options up to an aggregate of
10,000,000 shares of Teletouch’s common stock through August 7, 2012, at which time the 2002 Plan terminated. The 2002 Plan
provided for options, which qualified as incentive stock options (Incentive Options) under Section 422 of the Code, as well as
the issuance of non-qualified options (Non-Qualified Options). The shares issued by Teletouch under the 2002 Plan were either
treasury shares or authorized but unissued shares as Teletouch’s Board of Directors determined from time to time. Pursuant
to the terms of the 2002 Plan, Teletouch granted Non-Qualified Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) only to officers,
directors, employees and consultants of Teletouch or any of Teletouch’s subsidiaries as selected by the Board of Directors
or the Compensation Committee. The 2002 Plan also provided that the Incentive Options shall be available only to officers or employees
of Teletouch or any of Teletouch’s subsidiaries as selected by the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee. The price
at which shares of common stock covered by the option could have been purchased was computed as the average of the closing price
of the Company’s stock for the five days preceding the grant date. To the extent that an Incentive Option or Non-Qualified
Option is not exercised within the period in which it may be exercised in accordance with the terms and provisions of the 2002
Plan described above, the Incentive Option or Non-Qualified Option will expire as to the then unexercised portion. In addition,
employees that cease their services with the Company and hold vested options will have the ability to exercise their vested options
for a period three months after their termination date with the Company.
As of August 31, 2012, 1,998 Non-Qualified
Options are outstanding under the 1994 Plan, and 906,998 Non-Qualified Options and 6,265,824 Incentive Options are outstanding
under the 2002 Plan.
A summary of option activity for the three months ended August
31, 2012 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
Contractual
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Term
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Outstanding at June 1, 2012
|
|
|
6,401,653
|
|
|
$
|
0.29
|
|
|
|
6.30
|
|
|
$
|
1,364,449
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
773,167
|
|
|
|
0.44
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Outstanding at August 31, 2012
|
|
|
7,174,820
|
|
|
|
0.31
|
|
|
|
6.45
|
|
|
$
|
1,686,029
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options exercisable at August 31, 2012
|
|
|
7,091,486
|
|
|
$
|
0.31
|
|
|
|
6.43
|
|
|
$
|
1,686,195
|
|
The following table summarizes the status of the Company’s
non-vested stock options since June 1, 2012:
|
|
Non-vested Options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Average Fair
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Non-vested at June 1, 2012
|
|
|
166,667
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
773,167
|
|
|
|
0.20
|
|
Vested
|
|
|
(856,500
|
)
|
|
|
0.21
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Non-vested at August 31, 2012
|
|
|
83,334
|
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
The Company recorded approximately $162,000 and $251,000 in
stock based compensation expense in the consolidated financial statements for the three months ended August 31, 2012 and August
31, 2011, respectively.
NOTE 17 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The commonly controlled companies owning or affiliated with
Teletouch are as follows:
Progressive Concepts Communications, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“PCCI”)
– PCCI has no operations and is a holding company formed to acquire the stock of
PCI (Teletouch’s subsidiary as of August 2006) in 2001. Robert McMurrey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Teletouch,
controls approximately 94% of the stock of PCCI. In 2004, PCCI acquired 100% of the outstanding common units of TLL Partners,
LLC (see below).
Rainbow Resources, Inc.(“RRI”)
–
RRI is an oil and gas exploration and development company that owns 1,200,000 shares of Teletouch common stock. Robert McMurrey,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Teletouch, has voting and dispositive power over all Teletouch securities owned by RRI.
The Company paid certain health insurance expenses on behalf of RRI in the periods presented in this Report. As of August 31,
2012, no balance was due from RRI related to these expenses.
TLL Partners, LLC, a Delaware LLC (“TLLP”)
– TLLP has no operations and is a holding company formed in 2001 to acquire certain outstanding Series A Preferred
stock and subordinated debt obligations of Teletouch. The purchased subordinated debt obligations were forgiven, and in November
2002, all of the outstanding Series A Preferred stock was redeemed by Teletouch by the issuance of 1,000,000 shares of Teletouch’s
convertible Series C Preferred stock. In November 2005, TLLP converted all of its shares of Series C Preferred stock into 44,000,000
shares of Teletouch’s common stock gaining a majority ownership of Teletouch’s outstanding common stock. As of May
31, 2011, TLLP owned 30,900,999 shares of Teletouch common stock, representing approximately 63% of Teletouch’s outstanding
common stock. During our third fiscal quarter of 2011, TLLP informed the Company of its intent to sell some of its holdings of
Teletouch common stock in order to raise funds to settle certain debt obligations at TLLP. During the quarter ended May 31, 2011
and February 28, 2011, TLLP sold 7,082,234 and 1,166,667 shares, respectively, of Teletouch stock to certain non-affiliated parties.
In June 2011, TLLP sold an additional 250,000 shares of Teletouch’s common stock leaving its holdings at 30,650,999 shares
of common stock. The Company has entered into various Registration Rights Agreements with the purchasers of its common stock from
TLLP and filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC on June 17, 2011 to register all of the shares sold plus 12,000,000
shares of Teletouch’s common stock then held by TLLP. The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on July
11, 2011.
On August 17, 2011, TLLP closed on a transaction
to settle certain of its debt obligations and retire its outstanding redeemable Series A Preferred Units. The result of this transaction
was that TLLP transferred a total of 27,000,000 shares of Teletouch’s common stock to settle these obligations leaving it
with 3,650,999 shares of Teletouch’s common stock or approximately 7.5% ownership of Teletouch (see “Change of Ownership
and Voting Control of Teletouch” in Note 14 – “Stockholders Equity” for further discussion on this transaction).
On November 29, 2011, TLLP sold an additional
600,000 shares of Teletouch common stock leaving TLLP with a 6.3% ownership of Teletouch.
As of August 31, 2012, no balance was due to or from TLLP.
NVRDUL, LLC (“NVRDUL”)
– NVRDUL
is an entity controlled by Carri P. Hyde, spouse of Thomas A. Hyde, Jr., Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of the
Company. Mr. Hyde has no direct involvement with the operations of NVRDUL, but is related only through marriage. The Company provides
certain available office space to NVRDUL in exchange for certain public relations services. As of August 31, 2012, no balance
was due to or from NVRDUL.
NOTE 18 – SEGMENT INFORMATION
ASC 280,
Segment Reporting
, establishes
standards for reporting information about operating segments. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about
which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker, or decision
making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.
Using these criteria, the Company's two
reportable segments are cellular services and wholesale distribution. The Company’s former two-way radio services business
was sold on August 11, 2012 and is reported as discontinued operations for the three months ended August 31, 2012 and 2011 (see
Note 3 – “Two-Way Discontinued Operations” for more information on the sale of the two-way business).
The Company’s cellular business segment represents its
core business, which has been acquiring, billing, and supporting cellular subscribers under a revenue sharing relationship with
AT&T and its predecessor companies for over 28 years. The consumer services and retail business within the cellular segment
is operated primarily under the Hawk Electronics brand name, with additional business and government sales provided by a direct
sales group operating throughout all of the Company’s markets. As an Authorized Service Provider and billing agent, the
Company controls the entire customer experience, including initiating and maintaining the cellular service agreements, rating
the cellular plans, providing complete customer care, underwriting new account acquisitions and providing multi-service billing,
collections, and account maintenance.
The Company’s wholesale business
segment represents its distribution of cellular telephones, accessories, car audio and car security products to major carrier
agents, rural cellular carriers, smaller consumer electronics and automotive retailers and auto dealers throughout the United
States.
Corporate overhead is reported separate
from the Company’s identified segments. The Corporate overhead costs include expenses for the Company’s accounting,
information technology, human resources, marketing and executive management functions, as well as all direct costs associated
with public company compliance matters including legal, audit and other professional services costs.
Beginning in the quarter ended November
30, 2011, the Company began combining the insignificant amounts previously reported as corporate product sales, with the product
sales reported for its cellular segment. These product sales previously reported as corporate sales related to an insignificant
amount of product sales that were generated through various corporate departments, primarily related to cellular products. The
segment information for the three months ended August 31, 2011 in this Report has been conformed to be comparable to the current
year’s segment presentation.
The following tables summarize the Company’s
operating financial information by each segment for the three months ended August 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011 (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
Segments
|
|
|
|
Cellular
|
|
|
Wholesale
|
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Operating revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service revenue
|
|
$
|
3,723
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
3,723
|
|
Product sales revenue
|
|
|
487
|
|
|
|
1,010
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,497
|
|
Total operating revenues
|
|
|
4,210
|
|
|
|
1,010
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
5,220
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization included below)
|
|
|
667
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
669
|
|
Cost of products sold
|
|
|
585
|
|
|
|
894
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,479
|
|
Selling and general and administrative
|
|
|
548
|
|
|
|
324
|
|
|
|
1,759
|
|
|
|
2,631
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
224
|
|
|
|
224
|
|
Gain on settlement with AT&T
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(158
|
)
|
|
|
(158
|
)
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
1,800
|
|
|
|
1,220
|
|
|
|
1,825
|
|
|
|
4,845
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
|
2,410
|
|
|
|
(210
|
)
|
|
|
(1,825
|
)
|
|
|
375
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(404
|
)
|
|
|
(404
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense
|
|
|
2,410
|
|
|
|
(210
|
)
|
|
|
(2,229
|
)
|
|
|
(29
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
82
|
|
|
|
82
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
2,410
|
|
|
$
|
(210
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,311
|
)
|
|
$
|
(111
|
)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended August 31, 2011
|
|
|
|
Segments
|
|
|
|
Cellular
|
|
|
Wholesale
|
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Operating revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service revenue
|
|
$
|
4,123
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
4,125
|
|
Product sales revenue
|
|
|
501
|
|
|
|
2,859
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,360
|
|
Total operating revenues
|
|
|
4,624
|
|
|
|
2,861
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
7,485
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization included below)
|
|
|
979
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,004
|
|
Cost of products sold
|
|
|
804
|
|
|
|
2,569
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,373
|
|
Selling and general and administrative
|
|
|
545
|
|
|
|
256
|
|
|
|
2,181
|
|
|
|
2,982
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
280
|
|
|
|
280
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
2,328
|
|
|
|
2,850
|
|
|
|
2,461
|
|
|
|
7,639
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
|
2,296
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
(2,461
|
)
|
|
|
(154
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(527
|
)
|
|
|
(527
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense
|
|
|
2,296
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
(2,988
|
)
|
|
|
(681
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
2,296
|
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
(3,022
|
)
|
|
$
|
(715
|
)
|
The Company identifies its assets by segment. Significant assets
of the Company’s corporate offices include all of the Company’s cash, property and equipment, loan origination costs
and the patent held for sale. The Company’s assets by segment as of August 31, 2012 and May 31, 2012 are as follows:
|
|
August 31, 2012
|
|
|
May 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
Total Assets
|
|
|
Property and
Equipment,
net
|
|
|
Goodwill and
Intangible
Assets,
net
|
|
|
Total Assets
|
|
|
Property and
Equipment,
net
|
|
|
Goodwill and
Intangible
Assets,
net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cellular
|
|
$
|
6,540
|
|
|
$
|
45
|
|
|
$
|
2,429
|
|
|
$
|
7,065
|
|
|
$
|
64
|
|
|
$
|
2,615
|
|
Wholesale
|
|
|
622
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
640
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
4,604
|
|
|
|
2,050
|
|
|
|
64
|
|
|
|
4,674
|
|
|
|
2,036
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Other (1)
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,910
|
|
|
|
386
|
|
|
|
350
|
|
Totals
|
|
$
|
11,882
|
|
|
$
|
2,231
|
|
|
$
|
2,493
|
|
|
$
|
14,289
|
|
|
$
|
2,510
|
|
|
$
|
2,965
|
|
(1) “Other” includes
assets, property and equipment, net and goodwill and intangible assets, net associated with the Company’s discontinued two-way
operations.
During the three months ended August 31,
2012 and August 31, 2011, the Company did not have a single customer that represented more than 10% of total segment revenues.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations
Management’s discussion and analysis of results of operations
and financial condition is intended to assist the reader in the understanding and assessment of significant changes and trends
related to the results of operations and financial position of the Company. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction
with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes and the discussions under “Critical Accounting Estimates,”
which describes key estimates and assumptions we make in the preparation of our financial statements. The Company’s first
fiscal quarter begins on Junefirst and ends on August 3first.
Recent Developments - Sale of Two-Way
Radio and Public Safety Equipment Business
In June 2012, the Company concluded that its long standing
two-way business was no longer aligned with the Company’s strategic growth plans and therefore made a decision to sell this
business. The Company also needed to make certain payments against its debt obligations with Thermo Credit which were negotiated
in Waiver and Amendment No. 5 to the Loan and Security Agreement in February 2012. Although the Company had been successful growing
the revenues of this business primarily through the sales of public safety equipment through its federal and state contracts,
the profit margins on these additional sales were not sufficient to offset the direct costs of operating this business unit. In
addition, the recent expansion of activities in this business unit had also put additional demands on corporate resources, both
working capital and personnel resources, which were detracting from the Company’s focus on transitioning to become a large
scale wholesale distributor of cellular and car audio equipment. During fiscal 2012, the two-way business represented approximately
29% of the Company’s operating revenues and had grown its revenues by approximately 109% from the prior fiscal year. However,
the two-way business generated operating losses in both fiscal years 2011 and 2012. With the Company’s strategic focus on
growing its wholesale business and the limited remaining resources available to allocate to managing the two-way business to profitability,
it was concluded that it was in the Company’s best interest to sell this business.
On August 11, 2012, the Company and DFW Communications, Inc.
(“DFW”), a local competitor to Teletouch in the Dallas / Fort Worth, TX MSA, entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement
(“APA”), whereby DFW took and acquired possession of substantially all of the assets associated with the two-way radio
and public safety equipment business, such assets including, among other things, certain related accounts receivable; inventory;
fixed assets (e.g. fixtures, equipment, machinery, appliances, etc.); supplies used in connection with the business; the Company’s
leases, permits and titles and certain FCC licenses held by the Company (see Note 3 – “Discontinued Two-Way Operations”
for additional information on the sale of the two-way business). DFW also assumed certain obligations, permits and contracts related
to the Company’s business. Subject to certain working capital adjustments, DFW agreed to pay, at closing, as consideration
for the assets of the Company an amount in cash equal to approximately $1,469,000, $168,000 of which is allocated to certain designated
suppliers’ payments and $300,000 of which is allocated to real estate and goodwill. The parties to the APA further designated
approximately $767,000 for working capital to be allocated to the purchase of such amount consisting of, among other things, accounts
receivable and inventory as of the effective date of the APA. The APA includes a working capital adjustment provision that provides
for no more than $200,000 of post-close working capital adjustments to be charged to the Company in the event of any material
accounts receivable or inventory deficits. The foregoing disposition of the Company’s assets, excluding the sale of the
real estate, closed on August 14, 2012, having been reviewed and approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on August
10, 2012. On the August 14, 2012 closing, the Company received approximately $1,169,000 in cash consideration from DFW for all
of the assets of the two-way radio and public safety equipment business, excluding the building and land located in Tyler, Texas,
which required and environmental study prior to its sale. The proceeds were used by the Company to pay down its debt with Thermo
and settle certain accounts payable related to the business.
In September 2012, the Company received a satisfactory environmental
report related to the real estate associated with this transaction and expects the sale of the real estate to be completed by
November 30, 2012 . Once the sale is completed, the Company will receive the approximately $300,000 remaining due of the purchase
price. In the interim, the Company is leasing the building and land in Tyler, Texas to DFW.
Executive Summary
We are a leading regional provider of
wireless telecommunications products and services. For over 48 years, Teletouch has offered a comprehensive suite of wireless
telecommunications solutions, including cellular, GPS-telemetry and wireless messaging.
Today, Teletouch is a primary Authorized
Services Provider and billing agent of AT&T products and services to consumers, businesses and government agencies, operating
11 retail and authorized agent locations in North, East and Central Texas, 3 locations through its sub-agents and 8 locations
under its “Hawk Electronics” brand, in conjunction with its direct sales force, call center operations and various
retail eCommerce websites including:
www.hawkelectronics.com
,
www.hawkwireless.com
and
www.hawkexpress.com
.
Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Progressive
Concepts, Inc., Teletouch operates a national distribution business, PCI Wholesale, primarily serving Tier-1 (AT&T, T-Mobile,
Verizon, Sprint) cellular carrier agents, Tier-2, Tier-3 and rural carriers, as well as auto dealers and smaller consumer electronics
retailers, with product sales and support available through
www.pciwholesale.com
and
www.pcidropship.com
, among
other B2B oriented websites.
Although the Company improved its operating results from continuing
operations in the three months ended August 31, 2012 compared to the same period from the prior fiscal year, the Company has experienced
significant liquidity and going concern issues, primarily as a result of the acceleration of its debt obligations by its senior
lender, Thermo Credit, LLC (“Thermo”), the maturity of its mortgage debt with East West Bank (“East West”)
and Jardine Capital Corporation (“Jardine”) and the State of Texas (the “State”) sales and use tax audit
assessment related to PCI’s recently completed sales tax audit. As of the date of this Report, the Company’s current
senior and mortgage debt obligations total approximately $9,665,000, and the sales tax liability remains estimated at $2,141,000.
The Company has been working to secure a new lender since learning early in calendar year 2012 of Thermo’s intent to accelerate
the senior revolving debt. The acceleration of this debt came shortly after the November 2011 settlement of the Company’s
litigation against AT&T and during a period when the Company planned focus and invest in growing its cellular subscriber base
and maximize the value of the extended distribution agreement with AT&T negotiated under the terms of the settlement. During
the over 2 year period of litigation, the Company experienced a significant loss of cellular subscriber and related revenues.
With the acceleration of the debt and the required pre-payments on the Thermo debt, the Company no longer had the cash available
to make these investments in acquiring new subscribers through expanded distribution locations and additional investment in subsidized
cellular phones for each new subscriber. Even with a limited number of activations of the then heavily subsidized iPhone, among
other operational challenges, the operating results of the Company continued to suffer following the settlement with AT&T
and through the third quarter of fiscal year 2012. The weak operating results for the third quarter resulted in the Company becoming
unable to attract a new lender willing to extend sufficient credit to the Company to retire the Thermo debt. During the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2012, a new program was introduced by AT&T under which the Company was reimbursed for almost half of the
subsidy required on the iPhone. This AT&T reimbursement program, combined with implementation of more stringent policies by
the Company for a customer to qualify for an iPhone, certain price increases implemented on certain charges billed to the cellular
subscriber base and tighter cost controls resulted in significant improvement in the operating results for the fourth quarter
of fiscal year 2012 and which continued on through the first quarter of fiscal year 2013. These improved operating results along
with the Company’s engagement of Bryant Park Capital Securities, Inc. to assist in locating new lender resulted in several
opportunities to present to prospective lenders and several expressions of interest from these lenders.
Effective August 1, 2012, the Company executed a term sheet
with a potential new senior lender and is currently working with the lender through the due diligence process. The proceeds from
this new revolving credit facility are expected to settle the majority of the Company’s debt obligation with Thermo which
is approximately $7,022,000 as of the date of this Report. The Company anticipates issuing Thermo a subordinated note for any
balance remaining on this obligation after negotiations are completed. However, the Company can provide no assurance that it will
be able to consummate the financing or if it does will be completed under the terms and provisions favorable to it. Additionally,
no assurance can be provided that Thermo will be agreeable to the terms of subordination that are expected to be required from
the Company’s potential new lender.
Because the Company is working through the due diligence
process with its potential new senior lender and since the State of Texas is in the lengthy process of reviewing the Company’s
request for relief on a portion of the sales tax obligation, both matters remain unresolved as of the date of this Report. Additionally,
the Company has not identified or secured a commitment from a new lender for financing its real estate. As of the date of this
Report, the outstanding balance of the East West Bank and Jardine Capital Corporation debt totaled approximately, $2,101,000 and
$542,000, respectively.
While working through these liquidity and debt issues, the
Company has also been focusing on the current and future profitability of its cellular and wholesale distribution business units
while deciding to divest its legacy two-way radio and public safety equipment business during the first quarter of fiscal 2013
due to ongoing losses and the opportunity to raise additional cash from this sale to pay down the Thermo debt. The sale of the
two- way business was completed on August 11, 2012 and provided approximately $1,001,000 to pay down the Thermo debt.
Earnings from the
Company’s
core cellular business improved in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 compared to the same period from the prior fiscal year due
to price increases implemented in March 2012 on certain of the Company’s services and fees billed to its cellular subscriber
base and from cost savings realized following the closure of four Hawk stores in June 2012. Until the implementation of the price
increases in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012, earnings in the cellular business eroded throughout fiscal year 2012 due
to the inability to add a sufficient number of new cellular subscribers to offset the continued attrition of cellular subscribers
following its completion of the litigation with AT&T in November 2011. Under the provisions of this settlement with AT&T,
the Company can no longer transfer cellular subscribers from AT&T, which has negatively impacted new subscriber additions.
The increasing cost of cellular handsets and the related subsidies required to be competitive with AT&T, particularly related
to the iPhone, has forced the Company to limit the number of subscriber activations due to the current liquidity challenges at
the Company and the immediate impact on earnings caused by this increasing phone subsidy. Although these matters were partially
anticipated by the Company when the settlement was reached with AT&T, the Company expected growth in its other business units
to cover some or all of this additional investment in its cellular business until such time as the recurring cellular revenues
increased to a level to cover the additional monthly cost of adding incremental new subscribers.
With the limitations that the Company
is currently facing to grow its cellular business, the Company has decided to concentrate its efforts on expanding its wholesale
distribution business in an attempt to improve profitability during fiscal year 2013. In June 2012, the Company was successful
negotiating a multi-year national distribution agreement with TCT Mobile Multinational, Limited and Unimax Communications, Inc,
both of which are international cellular electronic companies. In addition, the Company has secured several
exclusive geographic
distribution agreements to sell cellular accessory and car audio product lines. Furthermore, throughout the first quarter of fiscal
year 2013, the Company was successful in hiring several key personnel with strong backgrounds in the cellular handset distribution
business.
Because of delays encountered in hiring new personnel and ordering additional inventory,
the Company did not experience the sales growth it expected from its wholesale operations in the three months ended August 31,
2012. With inventory available as of the date of this Report and sufficient sales staff in place, the Company anticipates an increase
in revenues and earnings to improve significantly throughout fiscal year 2013.
Over the past fiscal year, the Company had identified a number
of potential acquisition targets, but with the Company’s current debt obligations, the Company doesn’t believe it
will be able to complete a possible acquisition until the refinancing of the Company’s debt is complete. With the AT&T
distribution agreements expiring in November 2014 and the subscriber base transferring to AT&T along with the related recurring
revenues, the Company will be focused on developing its wholesale distribution business throughout fiscal year 2013 leveraging
the recently executed distribution agreements. In addition, the Company will continue to concentrate on controlling its corporate
overhead expenses and managing costs within its operating businesses units to maximize its profit margins and satisfy its debt
obligations.
Discussion of Business Strategy by Operating Segment
Cellular
Operations
Since the expiration of the Company’s largest distribution
agreement with AT&T, which included the Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas MSA in August 2009 and the subsequent arbitration proceeding
against AT&T, the Company has concentrated on servicing its existing subscriber base and has been focused on minimizing subscriber
attrition as much as possible.
Following the execution of the settlement and release agreement
with AT&T (the “Agreement”) on November 23, 2011, the Company planned to expand its business with AT&T as
an Authorized Service Provider and Exclusive Dealer. Under the Agreement, AT&T amended and renewed a 3 year distribution agreement
for the Company’s current and prior market areas, executed a new 6 year Exclusive Dealer agreement which runs co-terminously
with the distribution agreement for the first 3 years and gave PCI the right and authorization to sell, activate and provide services
to Apple iPhone and iPad models, both as an exclusive AT&T Distributor and Dealer. As a result of the Agreement, the Company
began to focus its efforts on increasing its cellular subscriber base, in order to generate greater profits from its recurring
revenue cellular billings. As a component of these efforts, the Company had planned to open new retail-styled service outlets
in Austin and Houston, Texas, as well as augment its current store base in San Antonio and Tyler, Texas. To date, the Company’s
efforts have not been successful, primarily due to the limited resources that are now available to market its products and services
in this fashion. In addition, many of the planned marketing efforts, including advertising in regional newspapers, radio, cable
and on the internet have been put on hold. Given the increasing cost of cellular handsets, particularly the iPhone, the Company,
has limited the total number of upgrades and new activations since the Company subsidizes a significant portion of the customer’s
cost of the phone. Through the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, the Company absorbed 100% of the required subsidy on the iPhone
and a significant portion of the subsidy on other phone models, but beginning in April 2012, AT&T supplemented the distribution
agreement and agreed to reimburse the Company for almost half of the required subsidy on the iPhone. Although this program is
subject to change, the subsidy reimbursement on the number of iPhones sold by the Company through August 31, 2012 was approximately
$156,000. As long as this program is in place, the Company can financially justify activating a higher number of iPhones. Additionally,
subscriber attrition has remained at a higher level than forecast as subscribers continue to transfer service to AT&T for
various reasons, including more access to AT&T-owned and agent locations in the markets where we operate today, and the greater
product selection such outlets provide. Ultimately, without the ability to advertise the Company’s brand message adequately,
many customers and prospective customers remain unaware of the products we do have, the services we provide, or the relatively
limited number of destination outlets in our markets. The combination of lower than expected activations and higher than expected
customer attrition has caused the Company’s cellular subscriber base and related revenues to continue to decline.
In fiscal year 2013 and through the expiration of the distribution
agreement in November 2014, the Company will closely monitor the number of subscribers remaining in its cellular subscriber base
and will continue to focus on increasing the number of subscribers to maximize the transfer fees negotiated as part of the settlement
with AT&T that will be paid to the Company through the expiration of distribution agreement. As of August 31, 2012, the Company
has earned approximately $425,000 in transfer fees from AT&T related to approximately 2,800 subscribers that transferred their
service from PCI to AT&T following the November 2011 settlement with AT&T. In addition, the Company will continue to monitor
the overhead expenses related to its cellular operations. After analyzing the profit margins and customer statistics related to
each Hawk retail store, the Company closed four under-performing stores in June 2012 and reduced the hours of operations for the
remaining retail stores. Additionally, and as result of this review, several of the remaining retail stores were identified as
having excess space or too high of operating cost and will be relocated to smaller retail locations as soon as new locations can
be leased. These store relocations are expected to be completed by November 30, 2013 and are expected to result in over $100,000
in savings annually.
Wholesale Business
Beginning in fiscal 2010 and continuing into fiscal 2011, the
Company increased its cellular handset brokerage business by selling to volume buyers both domestically and internationally. Initially
the Company primarily brokered phones manufactured by Research In Motion, better known as the manufacturer of Blackberry®
cellular handsets. This brokerage business significantly contributed to the product sales for the Company’s wholesale business
beginning in fiscal year 2010 and continuing through November 30, 2011. After the Company entered into the settlement agreement
with AT&T in November 2011, the Company was no longer allowed to sell AT&T-branded cellular phones to customers that are
not subscribers of AT&T cellular services, with the exception that the Company is allowed to sell a relatively small amount
of overstocked or obsolete handsets to other customers.
In June 2012, t
he Company secured a
multi-year national distribution agreement with TCT Mobile Multinational, Limited, a major international handset manufacturer,
to sell Alcatel One Touch branded handsets. Additionally, in September 2012, the Company entered into a comprehensive distribution
agreement with
Unimax Communications, Inc.
, a subsidiary of
Hong Kong-based telecom electronics manufacturer, Unimax Communications Corporation, to sell and distribute their UMX® branded
mobile handsets. The Company has been anticipating the completion of these types of distribution agreements and expects substantial
growth in the wholesale operations due to the sale of the Alcatel and Unimax handsets to Tier 2 and Tier 3 wireless carriers or
operators in the United States. The initial purchase order for Alcatel handsets was placed in August 2012, and a portion of the
inventory has been received as of the date of the Report with the remaining product to be received in late October 2012. The Company
has been marketing these handsets and providing samples to prospective customers since the agreement was signed and has received
strong interest in the products, but no firm orders to date.
Although, the Company anticipates the majority of the planned
growth in its wholesale business to be driven by sales of cellular handsets, it will also continue to offer a variety of cellular
accessories and car audio equipment. Effective March 23, 2011
, the Company obtained a Master Distributor
Agreement with AFC Trident, Inc. (“Trident”), which allows the Company to sell high quality cellular phone accessories
exclusively in certain states. In January 2012, the Company expanded its relationship with Trident and extended the term of the
Master Distributor Agreement through May 31, 2016. In addition, in April 2012, the Company finalized a comprehensive distribution
agreement with Monster Digital, an innovator and developer of advanced memory storage solutions under which Teletouch has become
the exclusive U.S. Authorized Distributor of its full line of SD and MicroSD cards in the Tier 1 and Tier 2 wireless carrier indirect
distribution channels, all Tier 4 and Tier 4 rural carrier, company owned and indirect retail distribution channels, as well as
for certain exclusive accounts.
Furthermore, the Company has recently obtained a variety of exclusive geographic distribution
agreements to sell car audio product lines, such as
Cerwin Vega and Cadence and cellular accessory
product lines that include Boston Amplifier, Pure Gear, Aerovoice, Wilson Electronics and Parrot.
By obtaining a variety of different exclusive distribution
agreements, the Company plans to evaluate each product line and focus its attention on the product lines that can be quickly introduced
to the market, can be distributed in volume and provide acceptable profit margins in fiscal year 2013 and beyond. Manufacturer
support in launching these products and in enforcing market pricing and territory restrictions will be very important in the success
of any of these product lines. In addition, the Company will continue to evaluate new product lines for future integration with
the Company’s existing wholesale product lines and eliminate any lines that are not successful. The wholesale cellular and
car audio industry is a highly competitive business, and it is critical the Company maximize its profits on the product lines
that sell the best.
Results of Operations for the three months ended August
31, 2012 and August 31, 2011
Overview of Operating Results for Three Months ended
August 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011
The consolidated operating results for the three months ended
August 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, are as follows:
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
2012 vs 2011
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating results
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service revenue
|
|
$
|
3,723
|
|
|
$
|
4,125
|
|
|
$
|
(402
|
)
|
|
|
-10
|
%
|
Product sales revenue
|
|
|
1,497
|
|
|
|
3,360
|
|
|
|
(1,863
|
)
|
|
|
-55
|
%
|
Total operating revenues
|
|
|
5,220
|
|
|
|
7,485
|
|
|
|
(2,265
|
)
|
|
|
-30
|
%
|
Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)
|
|
|
669
|
|
|
|
1,004
|
|
|
|
(335
|
)
|
|
|
-33
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of products sold
|
|
|
1,479
|
|
|
|
3,373
|
|
|
|
(1,894
|
)
|
|
|
-56
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other operating expenses
|
|
|
2,855
|
|
|
|
3,262
|
|
|
|
(407
|
)
|
|
|
-12
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on settlement with AT&T
|
|
|
(158
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(158
|
)
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
375
|
|
|
$
|
(154
|
)
|
|
$
|
529
|
|
|
|
-344
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
(111
|
)
|
|
$
|
(715
|
)
|
|
$
|
604
|
|
|
|
-84
|
%
|
The Company reduced its operating losses from continuing operations
for the three months ended August 31, 2012 compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year by improving earnings in its cellular
business, fees earned from the transfer of cellular subscribers to AT&T and intentional reductions in corporate expenses,
including legal fees and billboard advertising expense. Additionally, the Company’s stock compensation expense decreased
period over period. The decrease in operating losses from continuing operations was offset by a decrease in net income from the
Company’s wholesale business period over period.
The Company’s cellular operations experienced an increase
in net income of approximately $114,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2012, compared to the same period in the prior fiscal
year. Although the Company’s cellular subscriber base decreased by 9,419 subscribers from August 31, 2011 to August 31,
2012, the implementation of price increases in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012, the reimbursement of cellular handset costs
from AT&T and cost savings from the closing of four Hawk stores in June 2012 helped offset the lost revenues from the Company’s
declining subscriber base. As of August 31, 2012, the Company had 35,338 cellular subscribers compared to 44,757 subscribers as
of August 31, 2011. As a result of the Company’s settlement with AT&T in November 2011, AT&T is obligated to pay
the Company a fee for every cellular subscriber that transfers their cellular services from PCI to AT&T. In the three months
ended August 31, 2012, the Company recorded an additional settlement gain of approximately $158,000 due to the fees it earned
for the lost subscribers. The same period from the prior fiscal year did not have similar occurring transactions.
Furthermore, the Company experienced a decrease in legal fees
of approximately $238,000 period over period primarily due to completing its litigation against AT&T in November 2011 and
recorded a decrease in stock compensation expense of approximately $89,000 due to the lower value of stock options granted to
the Company’s executive management and Board of Directors in the three months ended August 31, 2012 compared to the same
period in the prior fiscal year. Additionally, the Company’s decision to decrease its billboard advertising campaigns in
the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012 decreased billboard expenses of approximately $58,000 quarter over quarter.
The Company’s wholesale business experienced a decrease
in net income of approximately $221,000 period over period. The decrease in net income is directly related to the decrease in
sales quarter over quarter, which is primarily attributable to the fact the Company can no longer broker AT&T branded cellular
handsets due to the execution of the settlement agreement with AT&T in November 2011. The three months ended August 31, 2011,
had approximately $1,555,000 in wholesale brokerage sales with no similar occurring transactions in the three months ended August
31, 2012. In addition, the wholesale business increased its personnel and corresponding personnel costs period over period which
is attributable to hiring a wholesale director and four additional salespersons. Due to the recent cellular handset distribution
agreements the Company executed with
TCT Mobile Multinational, Limited and Unimax Communications, Inc.
and the hiring of additional key personnel, the Company anticipates sales growth and increased earnings from its wholesale business
throughout the remainder of fiscal year 2013.
Significant Components of Operating Revenues and Expenses
Operating revenues are primarily generated from the Company’s
cellular and wholesale operations and are comprised of a mix of service and installation revenues as well as product revenues.
Service and installation revenues are generated primarily from the Company’s cellular operations. Within the cellular operations,
the primary service revenues are generated by PCI from the sale of recurring cellular subscription services under several distributor
agreements with AT&T. Since 1984, the Company’s subsidiary, PCI, has held agreements with AT&T and its predecessor
companies, which allowed PCI to offer cellular service and customer service to AT&T customers in exchange for certain compensation
and fees. PCI is responsible for the billing and collection of cellular charges from these customers and remits a percentage of
the cellular billings generated to AT&T.
The majority of the Company’s product sales is generated
by PCI’s wholesale operations and is comprised of cellular telephones, cellular accessories and car audio and related electronics,
which are sold to smaller dealers and carriers throughout the United States. Within the cellular operations of the Company, product
sales are comprised primarily of cellular telephones and accessories sold through PCI’s retail stores, outside salespeople
and agents to generate recurring cellular subscription revenues.
Cost of providing service and installation
consists primarily of costs related to supporting PCI’s cellular subscriber base under the master distributor agreement
with AT&T including:
|
§
|
Costs
of recurring revenue
features that are
added to the cellular
subscribers’
accounts by PCI
which are not subject
to the revenue
sharing arrangement
with AT&T;
such features include
roadside and emergency
assistance program,
handset and accessory
warranty programs
and certain custom
billing services.
|
|
§
|
Prior
to the November
2011 settlement
with AT&T,
the cost of third-party
roaming charges
were passed through
to PCI by AT&T
and included in
the cost of service
and installation.
Roaming charges
are incurred when
a cellular subscriber
leaves the designated
calling area and
utilizes a carrier,
other than AT&T,
to complete the
cellular call.
PCI was charged
by AT&T for
100% of these “off-network”
roaming charges
incurred by its
customer base.
Under the Third
Amendment to Distribution
Agreement with
AT&T, which
resulted from the
November 2011 litigation
settlement, roaming
costs will be billed
by PCI and subject
to the revenue
shared with AT&T
effective with
December 2011 billing
cycle.
|
|
§
|
Costs
to operate and
maintain PCI’s
customer service
department and
call center to
provide billing
support and facilitate
account changes
for cellular service
subscribers. These
costs primarily
include the related
personnel costs
as well as telecommunication
charges for inbound
toll-free numbers
and outbound long
distance.
|
|
§
|
Costs
of the Company’s
retail stores including
personnel, rents
and utilities.
|
|
§
|
Costs
of bad debt related
to the cellular
service billings.
|
Cost of products sold consists of the
net book value of items sold including cellular telephones, accessories, and 12-volt mobile electronics and their related accessories
as well as any necessary write-downs of inventory for shrinkage and obsolescence. We recognize cost of products sold, other than
costs related to write-downs of inventory, when title passes to the customer. In PCI’s wholesale operations, products and
accessories are sold to customers at pricing above PCI’s cost. However, PCI will generally sell cellular telephones below
cost to new and existing cellular service customers as an inducement to enter into two-year subscription contracts, to upgrade
service and extend existing subscription contracts or in connection with other promotions. The resulting equipment subsidy to
the majority of PCI’s cellular customers is consistent with the cellular industry and is treated as an acquisition cost
of the related recurring cellular subscription revenues. This acquisition cost is expensed by the Company when the cellular equipment
is sold with the expectation that the subsidy will be recovered through margins on the cellular subscription revenues over the
contract term with the customer.
Selling and general and administrative
costs include customer acquisition or selling costs, including the costs of our retail stores, sales commissions paid to internal
salespeople and agents, payroll costs associated with our retail and direct sales force and marketing expenses. Also included
in this category are the general and administrative corporate overhead costs including, billing and collections costs, information
technology operations, customer retention, legal, executive management, finance, marketing, human resources, strategic planning,
technology and product development, along with the related payroll and facilities costs. Other general and administrative costs
included in this category are the ongoing costs of maintaining Teletouch as a public company, which include audit, legal and other
professional and regulatory fees.
Service Revenue for the Three Months ended August 31,
2012 and August 31, 2011
The service revenues shown below have been grouped and are
discussed by the Company’s reportable operating segments as defined under GAAP.
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
2012 vs 2011
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cellular operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross cellular subscription billings
|
|
$
|
7,388
|
|
|
$
|
8,610
|
|
|
$
|
(1,222
|
)
|
|
|
-14
|
%
|
Net revenue adjustment (revenue share due AT&T)
|
|
|
(3,665
|
)
|
|
|
(4,487
|
)
|
|
|
822
|
|
|
|
-18
|
%
|
Cellular operations total service revenues:
|
|
|
3,723
|
|
|
|
4,123
|
|
|
|
(400
|
)
|
|
|
-10
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wholesale operations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
-100
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service revenue
|
|
$
|
3,723
|
|
|
$
|
4,125
|
|
|
$
|
(402
|
)
|
|
|
-10
|
%
|
Gross cellular subscription billings
are measured as
the total recurring monthly cellular service charges invoiced to PCI’s cellular subscribers from which a fixed percentage
of the dollars invoiced are retained by PCI as compensation for the billing and support services it provides to these subscribers.
PCI remits a fixed percentage of the gross cellular subscription billings to AT&T and absorbs 100% of any bad debt associated
with the gross cellular subscription billings under the terms of its distribution agreement with AT&T. The Company uses the
calculation of gross cellular subscription billings to measure the overall growth of its cellular business and to project its
future cash receipts from the subscriber base.
The decrease in the gross cellular subscription billings for
the three months ended August 31, 2012 compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year is due to a continued decline in cellular
subscribers. The Company had 44,757 subscribers as of August 31, 2011 compared to 35,338 subscribers as of August 31, 2012. Since
August 31, 2011, the Company has lost 9,419 cellular subscribers, which has resulted in a decrease in gross billings for the three
ended August 31, 2012 as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. The Company experienced a decrease in gross monthly
access charges of approximately $791,000, a combined decrease in gross charges related to AT&T cellular features and PCI custom
features of approximately $252,000, a decrease in roamer and toll charges of approximately $76,000, and a decrease in gross data
charges of $61,000. The Company has been unable to attract new customers at the level it was hoping for following the settlement
with AT&T, in part due to its inability to transfer subscribers from AT&T, which was a condition of the settlement with
AT&T and due to a loss of cellular sales personnel following the settlement who have not been replaced as of the date of this
Report. Furthermore, the Company has tightened its policies for new or existing customers to receive a subsidized cellular phone
from the Company due to the increasing costs of these handsets, particularly the iPhone, which has resulted in a fewer number
of customers being approved for these subsidized handsets which has resulted in fewer new customer activations and increases in
subscriber attrition due to existing customers that are not approved for a contract renewal with a subsidized handset.
Cost of Service for the Three Months ended August 31,
2012 and August 31, 2011
Cost of service expense consists of the following significant
expense items:
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
2012 vs 2011
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of service
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cellular operations
|
|
$
|
667
|
|
|
$
|
979
|
|
|
$
|
(312
|
)
|
|
|
-32
|
%
|
Wholesale operations
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
(23
|
)
|
|
|
-92
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cost of service and installation
|
|
$
|
669
|
|
|
$
|
1,004
|
|
|
$
|
(335
|
)
|
|
|
-33
|
%
|
The decrease in cost of service related to the Company’s
cellular operations for the three months ended August 31, 2012, compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year is partially
related to the decrease in cellular service revenues, which is a direct result of the Company’s declining cellular subscriber
base. In addition, the cellular operation’s personnel expense, bad debt expense and costs related to the Company’s
extended phone warranty program decreased by approximately $148,000, $46,000 and $35,000, respectively period over period.
Product Sales and Cost of Products Sold for the Three
Months ended August 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011
Product sales and related cost of products sold shown below
have been grouped and are discussed by the Company’s reportable operating segments as defined under GAAP.
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
2012 vs 2011
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product Sales Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cellular
|
|
$
|
487
|
|
|
$
|
501
|
|
|
$
|
(14
|
)
|
|
|
-3
|
%
|
Wholesale
|
|
|
1,010
|
|
|
|
2,859
|
|
|
|
(1,849
|
)
|
|
|
-65
|
%
|
Total product sales revenue
|
|
$
|
1,497
|
|
|
$
|
3,360
|
|
|
$
|
(1,863
|
)
|
|
|
-55
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of products sold
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cellular
|
|
|
585
|
|
|
|
804
|
|
|
|
(219
|
)
|
|
|
-27
|
%
|
Wholesale
|
|
|
894
|
|
|
|
2,569
|
|
|
|
(1,675
|
)
|
|
|
-65
|
%
|
Cost of products sold
|
|
$
|
1,479
|
|
|
$
|
3,373
|
|
|
$
|
(1,894
|
)
|
|
|
-56
|
%
|
Product sales revenue:
The decrease in product sales from the Company’s wholesale
operations for the three months ended August 31, 2012, compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year is primarily due to
a decrease in cellular handset brokerage sales. The Company recorded approximately $1,600,000 in wholesale brokerage sales for
the three months ended August 31, 2011, with no similar occurring transactions in the three months ended August 31, 2012, which
is a direct result of the settlement agreement with AT&T. Under the terms of the settlement with AT&T in November 2011,
the Company is no longer allowed to broker AT&T branded cellular handsets. In addition, sales related to the Company’s
car audio business decreased by approximately $139,000 quarter over quarter due to competition among other car audio wholesalers.
Cost of products sold:
The decrease in cost of product
sold related to the Company’s cellular business for the three months ended August 31, 2012 compared to the same period in
the prior fiscal year is a direct result of fewer cellular product sales due to the Company’s declining cellular subscriber
base. Cost of products sold in the cellular business decreased at a higher rate than product revenues due to AT&T reimbursing
the Company for a portion of the handset subsidy beginning in April 2012, including almost half of the subsidy on the iPhone.
Under this program, the Company was reimbursed approximately $267,000 from AT&T during the quarter ended August 31, 2012.
The Company is required to subsidize a substantial portion of the cost of cellular handsets sold in conjunction with a new service
activation or renewal of a service contract in order to remain competitive with other cellular providers, including AT&T.
The Company has been forced to tighten its policies for approving the issuance of a subsidized handset to new and existing customers.
The full cost of the cellular handset, including the portion that is subsidized by the Company, is expensed by the Company when
the phone is activated and sold net of any reimbursement received from AT&T. Because the Company retains less than half of
the gross cellular services it bills under the terms of its revenue sharing arrangement with AT&T, the payback period, or
period that it takes the Company to recover the subsidy on the handset and achieve profitability on a particular subscriber, is
much longer than AT&T or other carriers. Because cellular handset costs have continued to increase and the related subsidies
offered by the carriers continue to increase, particularly related to the iPhone, in some instances the Company is finding that
is cannot recover the handset subsidy over the standard 2 year subscriber contract term.
The decrease in cost of products sold attributable to the Company’s
wholesale operations for the three months ended August 31, 2012 compared to the same period from the prior fiscal year is a direct
result of the decrease in brokerage sales from the Company’s wholesale business.
Selling and General and Administrative Expenses for the
Three Months ended August 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011
Selling and general and administrative expenses consist of
the following significant expense items:
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
2012 vs 2011
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling and general and administrative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries and other personnel expense
|
|
$
|
1,399
|
|
|
$
|
1,374
|
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
|
2
|
%
|
Bonus expense
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
(25
|
)
|
|
|
-89
|
%
|
Office expense
|
|
|
368
|
|
|
|
392
|
|
|
|
(24
|
)
|
|
|
-6
|
%
|
Advertising expense
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
|
(31
|
)
|
|
|
-41
|
%
|
Professional fees
|
|
|
369
|
|
|
|
587
|
|
|
|
(218
|
)
|
|
|
-37
|
%
|
Taxes and licenses fees
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
150
|
%
|
Stock-based compensation expense
|
|
|
162
|
|
|
|
251
|
|
|
|
(89
|
)
|
|
|
-35
|
%
|
Other expenses
|
|
|
231
|
|
|
|
253
|
|
|
|
(22
|
)
|
|
|
-9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total selling and general and administrative
|
|
$
|
2,631
|
|
|
$
|
2,982
|
|
|
$
|
(351
|
)
|
|
|
-12
|
%
|
The 41% decrease in advertising expense for the three months
ended August 31, 2012 compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year is primarily related to a reduction in billboard advertising.
The Company reduced the number of billboards it uses to advertise in the Dallas / Fort Worth area to approximately 3 billboards
during the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 compared to using approximately 15 billboards during the first quarter of fiscal
year 2012. This reduction in billboards reduced advertising expense by approximately $57,000 quarter over quarter.
The 37% decrease in professional fees for the three months
ended August 31, 2012 compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year is attributable to a decrease in legal expenses resulting
from the settlement with AT&T in November 2011. Legal expenses related to the AT&T litigation decreased by approximately
$187,000 period over period. In addition, the Company had approximately $60,000 in legal costs related to the change in ownership
of Teletouch that occurred in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, with no similar expenses in the first quarter of fiscal year
2013. The decrease in legal fees was partially offset by an increase in costs related to the Company’s Board of Directors
of approximately $58,000 quarter over quarter. The Board of Director’s costs increased due to the addition of two directors
during the second quarter of fiscal year 2012.
The 35% decrease in stock-based compensation expense during
the three months ended August 31, 2012 compared to the same period from the prior fiscal year is due to a decrease in the value
of the options that were granted
to the Company’s executive management team and Board of Directors.
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, the Company granted a total of 773,167 stock options with an approximate $0.20 fair
value per option. The options granted were fully vested upon issuance. The Company granted 693,167 stock options with an approximate
$0.30 fair value per option to its executive management team and Board of Directors during the first quarter of fiscal year 2012.
All of these options were also fully vested upon issuance.
Other Operating Expenses for the Three Months Ended August
31, 2012 and August 31, 2011
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
2012 vs 2011
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
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% Change
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|
|
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Three Months Ended
|
|
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|
|
|
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Other Operating Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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Depreciation and amortization:
|
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Depreciation
|
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
0
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%
|
Amortization
|
|
|
172
|
|
|
|
228
|
|
|
|
(56
|
)
|
|
|
-25
|
%
|
Total depreciation and amortization
|
|
$
|
224
|
|
|
$
|
280
|
|
|
$
|
(56
|
)
|
|
|
-20
|
%
|
The decrease in amortization expense for the three months ended
August 31, 2012 compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year is attributable to loan origination fees related to the Company’s
revolving credit facility with Thermo and mortgage debt which were fully amortized by the end of fiscal year 2012.
Gain on Settlement with AT&T for the Three Months
ended August 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011
Due to the settlement and release agreement with AT&T that
was executed on November 23, 2011, AT&T pays the Company for the cellular subscribers that transfer there service from PCI
to AT&T. For the three months ended August 31, 2012, the Company recorded the fees it earned for those lost subscribers under
the caption “Gain on the settlement with AT&T” (see Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings – “AT&T
Binding Arbitration” for further information on the agreement).
Interest Expense for the Three Months ended August 31,
2012 and August 31, 2011
Interest expense, net of interest income recorded against each
of the Company’s debt obligations is as follows:
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
2012 vs 2011
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thermo revolving credit facility
|
|
$
|
359
|
|
|
$
|
474
|
|
|
$
|
(115
|
)
|
|
|
-24
|
%
|
Mortgage debt
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
11
|
%
|
Warrant redemption notes payable
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
|
-100
|
%
|
Other, net
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
300
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total interest expense, net
|
|
$
|
404
|
|
|
$
|
527
|
|
|
$
|
(123
|
)
|
|
|
-23
|
%
|
The decrease in interest expense for the three months ended
August 31, 2012, compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year is due to a reduction in the amount of outstanding debt.
Since August 2011, the Company has paid approximately $4,652,000 in principal payments including forgiveness of certain commitment
fees related to the modification of the Thermo loan. Interest expense related to the Thermo loan decreased by $115,000 quarter
over quarter due to approximately $4,134,000 in principal payments made since August 31, 2011, including forgiveness of approximately
$158,000 in commitment fees related to this loan.
Income Tax Provision for the Three Months ended August
31, 2012 and August 31, 2011
The majority of the income tax expense recorded for the three
months ended August 31, 2012, and August 31, 2011, is related to the Texas margin tax, which was initially implemented by the State
of Texas effective January 1, 2008. In the three months ended August 31, 2012 and August 31, 2011, the Company recorded approximately
$61,000 and $41,000 in state tax expenses, respectively. The margin tax is calculated by using the Company’s gross receipts
from business conducted in Texas each fiscal year less a cost of goods sold deduction. The margin tax is due and payable to the
State of Texas each year in May.
Financial Condition as of August 31,
2012
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
2012 vs 2011
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided by operating activities
|
|
$
|
135
|
|
|
$
|
852
|
|
|
$
|
(717
|
)
|
|
|
-84
|
%
|
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
|
|
750
|
|
|
|
(185
|
)
|
|
|
935
|
|
|
|
-505
|
%
|
Cash used in financing activities
|
|
|
(1,192
|
)
|
|
|
(205
|
)
|
|
|
(987
|
)
|
|
|
481
|
%
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash
|
|
$
|
(307
|
)
|
|
$
|
462
|
|
|
$
|
(769
|
)
|
|
|
-166
|
%
|
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of August 31, 2012, the Company had approximately $1,666,000
cash on hand and working capital deficit of approximately $10,941,000 compared to a working capital deficit of approximately $11,662,000
as of May 31, 2012. During the three months ended August 31, 2012, the Company had sufficient funds to pay its trade payable obligations,
make payments against its debt and continue its investment in inventory to support its business operations. Furthermore, in the
three months ended August 31, 2012, the Company paid approximately $77,000 related to its 2012 Texas margin tax obligation and
$75,000 against PCI’s Texas sales and use tax audit obligation.
Throughout fiscal
year 2012 and through the date of this Report, the Company has been in negotiations with its senior lender, Thermo Credit, LLC
(“Thermo”) related to the ability to borrow additional funds against the revolving credit facility as well as the repayment
of the outstanding over-advances under the debt facility. On March 14, 2012, effective February 29, 2012, the Company and Thermo
entered into Waiver and Amendment No. 5 to the Loan and Security Agreement. Under the agreement, the Company was immediately required
to pay Thermo $2,000,000 applied against the principal of the loan. The amendment also waived all financial covenant defaults for
the third and fourth fiscal quarters ending February 29, 2012, and May 31, 2012, respectively and would not accelerate the collection
of the loan through August 31, 2012, provided certain financial performance targets are met during the fourth fiscal quarter ending
May 31, 2012. Furthermore, Thermo was no longer obligated to advance any additional funds that may come available under the revolving
credit facility (see Note 11 – “Current Debt” for more information on the Waiver and Amendment No. 5 to the Loan
and Security Agreement). Although the Company made the required $2,000,000 cash payment on March 14, 2012, the Company did not
meet all of the requirements under Amendment No. 5 during its fourth fiscal quarter ending May 31, 2012 and was not able to refinance
its existing real estate loans and pay Thermo an additional $1,400,000 by July 15, 2012. However, as a result of the recent sale
of the Company’s two-way business (see Note 3 – “Discontinued Two-Way Operations” for more information
on the sale of the two-way business), the Company was able to pay Thermo approximately $1,001,000 on August 14, 2012.
On
September 10, 2012 the Company received a Formal Notice of Maturity (the “Letter”) from Thermo which notified the Company
the revolving credit facility had matured by its terms on August 31, 2012, and therefore under the terms of the facility, Thermo
had the right to demand payment for all obligations due and payable under the credit revolving facility by September 17, 2012.
Thermo further reserved all rights and remedies available to it under the documents and agreements in connection with the revolving
credit facility. Even though Thermo was reserving its rights under the agreement and revolving credit facility, the Letter did
not constitute a notification to the Company that Thermo was commencing the exercise of any of its rights and remedies. As of the
date of this Report, Thermo has not commenced any actions against the Company and is
negotiating terms
of settling this obligation with the Company and its prospective new senior lender.
In addition, the Company’s real estate loans with East
West Bank and Jardine Capital Corporation initially matured on May 3, 2012. Both lenders granted extensions through early August
2012. As of the date of this Report, East West Bank and Jardine Capital Corporation granted another extension through November
3, 2012 and October 15, 2012, respectively to allow additional time for the Company to locate a new real estate lender. The Company
had previously identified a bank to finance the real estate, but upon initial diligence that bank expressed concerns about the
current status of the Company’s loan with Thermo and the fact that the Texas sales tax liability remained unresolved, but
this lender was willing to consider this loan pending that these matters were fully resolved to their satisfaction. Because the
Company is in the due diligence process with its potential new senior lender and since the State of Texas is in the lengthy process
of reviewing the Company’s request for relief on a portion of the sales tax obligation, both matters remain unresolved as
of the date of this Report and the Company has not secured a commitment from a new lender for financing its real estate. As of
the date of this Report, the outstanding balance of the East West Bank and Jardine Capital Corporation debt totaled approximately,
$2,101,000 and $542,000, respectively.
Furthermore, the Company has recorded total sales tax , interest
and penalty charges of approximately $2,216,000 as a result of the State of Texas (the “State”) sales and use tax audit
of PCI. In June 2012, the audit was completed and the Company was noticed of its sales and use tax obligation to the State, which
was due in payable on or by July 23, 2012. Since the Company did not have the means to pay the entire debt obligation by that date,
the Company petitioned the State for a redetermination hearing related to the PCI sales and use tax audit on July 9, 2012. The
redetermination letter submitted to the State included a request for a re-payment agreement and a waiver of penalty and interest
among other items. In addition, on September 20, 2012, the Company submitted a formal compromise and payment agreement request
to the State in an effort to forego the lengthy redetermination process and settle the sales tax obligation expeditiously. The
Company requested the State to reduce the total tax assessment including interest and penalty to $1,250,000 and to grant a thirty-six
month payment agreement. As of the date of this Report, a final hearing date has not been set by the State and the Company is awaiting
a response from the State related to its payment agreement request. The Company can provide no assurance the sales and use tax
obligation will be reduced, a repayment agreement will be executed or a waiver of penalty and interest will be granted by the State.
Specifically, if a payment plan is not granted by the State as a result of the redetermination hearing or the payment agreement
request, the Company would be unable to pay the tax obligation without securing additional debt financing, which cannot be assured.
Due to all of these events, the Company
is diligently working to secure new debt or equity financing to continue to support the Company’s businesses and meet all
of its financial obligations. The Company executed a term sheet with a prospective new lender on August 1, 2012 and is currently
working with the lender through the due diligence process. The Company recognizes that its cellular operations continue to financially
support the operations of the entire Company, but does not foresee any materially increases in its income from cellular operations
in the near future, due to the lack of customer demand and the increasing and substantial costs to acquire new customers and keep
existing subscribers due the Company subsidizing a large portion of the cost of the customer’s phone. Though it can provide
no assurance as to the successful conclusion of the financing, the Company is optimistic its wholesale business will be successful
in increasing its revenues and profits since it has executed a new cellular handset distributor agreement with TCT Mobile Multinational,
Limited and Unimax Communications, Inc. In addition, it has secured several
exclusive geographic distribution agreements
to sell cellular accessory and car audio product lines.
Furthermore, the Company is aggressively looking
to reduce costs in all of its business units, as well as eliminating certain corporate overhead expenses to maximize income. The
Company can provide no assurance that it will be able to consummate the senior debt financing that it is currently negotiating
or that such loan will provide sufficient proceeds to settle the Thermo debt; nor can it provide any assurance that upon resolving
the debt with Thermo, the Company can obtain new financing against its real estate to settle the obligations due to the Company’s
current real estate lenders. Although Thermo has formally noticed the Company the revolving credit facility balance has matured
and due and payable, the Company is optimistic Thermo will allow the Company the time to finalize new credit facility rather than
act upon its rights under the debt agreement. Furthermore, it is unlikely the Company will refinance its current real estate debt
until it has closed on a new senior debt facility and settled its obligations with Thermo, and no assurance can be provided that
the Company’s current real estate lenders will not take action against the Company and the underlying real estate collateral.
Further acceleration or collection actions taken by Thermo or either real estate lender prior to the Company being able to secure
the new debt financing would likely result in the Company being forced to seek protection from its creditors or turn over its collateral,
which in the case of Thermo, collectively comprises all of the assets of the Company.
Operating Activities
The decrease in cash provided by the operating activities for
the three months ended August 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended August 31, 2011, is primarily due to payments made against
the Company’s trade payables. This was offset by a decrease in accounts receivables which is attributable to significant
sales of public safety equipment in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 and a decrease of accounts receivable of approximately
$416,000 included in the sale of the Company’s two-way business in August 2012.
Investing Activities
The increase in cash provided by investing activities for the
three months ended August 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended August 31, 2011, is attributable to proceeds of approximately
$1,170,000 the Company received from the sale of its two-way business in August 2012.
Financing Activities
The increase in cash used in financing
activities for the three months ended August 31, 2012, compared to the three months ended August 31, 2011, is due to an additional
$1,001,000 payment made against the Thermo revolving credit facility. As a result of the sale of the Company’s two-way business,
the Company was required to use the proceeds it received from the sale to pay down the Thermo debt obligation.
Off-Balance
Sheet Transactions
The
Company does not engage in off-balance sheet transactions.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preceding discussion and analysis of
financial condition and results of operations are based upon Teletouch's consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements
requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses
and related disclosures. On an on-going basis, Teletouch evaluates its estimates and assumptions, including but not limited to
those related to the impairment of long-lived assets, reserves for doubtful accounts, provision for income taxes, revenue recognition
and certain accrued liabilities. Teletouch bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are
believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying
values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates
under different assumptions or conditions.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:
The Company performs
credit evaluations of its customers prior to extending open credit terms. The Company does not perfect a security in any of the
goods it sells causing all credit lines extended to be unsecured.
In determining the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts,
management considers a number of factors, including historical collections experience, aging of the receivable portfolio, financial
condition of the customer and industry conditions. The Company considers accounts receivable past due when the customer’s
payment in full is not received within payment terms. The Company writes-off accounts receivable when it has exhausted all collection
efforts, which is generally within 90 days following the last payment received on the account.
Accounts receivable are presented net of an allowance for doubtful
accounts of $176,000 and $150,000 at August 31, 2012, and May 31, 2012, respectively. Based on the information available, management
believes the allowance for doubtful accounts as of those periods are adequate; however, actual write-offs may exceed the recorded
allowance.
Reserve for Inventory Obsolescence:
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost (on a moving average basis, which approximates actual cost determined on a first-in, first-out
(“FIFO”) basis), or fair market value and are comprised of finished goods. In determining the adequacy of the reserve
for inventory obsolescence, management considers a number of factors including recent sales trends, industry market conditions
and economic conditions. In assessing the reserve, management also considers price protection amounts it expects to recover from
certain vendors when the vendor reduces cost on certain items shortly after they are purchased by the Company. Additionally, management
records specific valuation allowances for discontinued inventory based on its prior experience liquidating this type of inventory.
Through the Company’s wholesale and internet distribution channels, it has been successful liquidating the majority of any
inventory that becomes obsolete at or near its cost basis if marketed soon after such obsolescence is determined. The Company has
many different cellular handset, radio and other electronics suppliers, all of which provide reasonable notification of model changes,
which allows the Company to minimize its level of discontinued or obsolete inventory. Inventories are presented net of a reserve
for obsolescence of approximately $168,000 and $155,000 at August 31, 2012, and May 31, 2012, respectively. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets:
In accordance
with ASC 360,
Property, Plant and Equipment
, (“ASC 360”), the Company evaluates the recoverability of the carrying
value of its long-lived assets based on estimated undiscounted cash flows to be generated from such assets. If the undiscounted
cash flows indicate an impairment, then the carrying value of the assets being evaluated is written-down to the estimated fair
value of those assets. In assessing the recoverability of these assets, the Company must project estimated cash flows, which are
based on various operating assumptions, such as average revenue per unit in service, disconnect rates, sales productivity ratios
and expenses. Management develops these cash flow projections on a periodic basis and reviews the projections based on actual operating
trends. The projections assume that general economic conditions will continue unchanged throughout the projection period and that
their potential impact on capital spending and revenues will not fluctuate. Projected revenues are based on the Company's estimate
of units in service and average revenue per unit as well as revenue from various new product initiatives. Projected revenues assume
a continued decline in cellular service revenue while projected operating expenses are based upon historic experience and expected
market conditions adjusted to reflect an expected decrease in expenses resulting from ongoing cost saving initiatives.
The Company’s review of the carrying
value of its tangible long-lived assets at May 31, 2012 indicated the carrying value of these assets were recoverable through estimated
future cash flows. Because of historical losses the Company has incurred, the Company also reviewed the market values of these
assets. The review indicated the market value exceeded the carrying value at May 31, 2012. However, if the cash flow estimates
or the significant operating assumptions upon which they are based change in the future, Teletouch may be required to record impairment
charges related to its long-lived assets.
The most significant long-lived tangible
asset owned by the Company is the Fort Worth, Texas corporate office building and the associated land. The Company has received
periodic appraisals of the fair value of this property. In each instance, the appraised value exceeded the carrying value of the
property.
In accordance with ASC 360, Teletouch evaluates
the recoverability of the carrying value of its long-lived assets and certain intangible assets based on estimated undiscounted
cash flows to be generated from such assets.
The evaluation of the Company’s long-lived
intangible assets is discussed in Note 2 under “Intangible Assets.” Under the same premise as the long-lived tangible
assets, their market values were also evaluated at May 31, 2012, and the Company determined that based primarily on the market
value and supported by the Company’s cash flow projections, there was no impairment of these assets. If the cash flow estimates
or the significant operating assumptions upon which they are based change in the future, Teletouch may be required to record impairment
charges related to its long-lived assets.
Contingencies:
The
Company accounts for contingencies in accordance with ASC 450,
Contingencies
(“ASC 450”). ASC 450 requires that
an estimated loss from a loss contingency shall be accrued when information available prior to issuance of the financial statements
indicates that it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred at the date of the financial statements
and when the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Accounting for contingencies such as legal and contract dispute matters
requires us to use our judgment. We believe that our accruals or disclosures related to these matters are adequate. Nevertheless,
the actual loss from a loss contingency might differ from our estimates.
Provision for Income Taxes:
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740,
Income Taxes
, (“ASC 740”) using the asset
and liability approach, which requires recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences
of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax basis of such assets and liabilities. This method utilizes enacted
statutory tax rates in effect for the year in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse and gives immediate effect
to changes in income tax rates upon enactment. Deferred tax assets are recognized, net of any valuation allowance, for temporary
differences and net operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred income tax expense represents the change in net deferred
assets and liability balances. Deferred income taxes result from temporary differences between the basis of assets and liabilities
recognized for differences between the financial statement and tax basis thereon and for the expected future tax benefits to be
derived from net operating losses and tax credit carry forwards. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is more likely than
not that deferred tax assets will be unrealizable in future periods. On November 1, 2005, the Company became a member of the consolidated
tax group of Progressive Concepts Communications, Inc. (“PCCI”) as a result of PCCI’s gaining control of over
80% of the outstanding common stock of Teletouch on that date. PCCI gained control of Teletouch’s common stock through the
conversion by TLL Partners, LLC (“TLLP”), PCCI’s wholly-owned subsidiary, of all of its shares of the Company’s
outstanding Series C Preferred Stock into 44,000,000 shares of common stock on November 1, 2005. As of November 1, 2005, TLLP was
a disregarded entity for federal tax purposes since it was at that time a single member limited liability company (“LLC”).
Therefore, the parent company of Teletouch for federal tax purposes was deemed to be PCCI. The Company continued to account for
its taxes under ASC 740 and record its deferred taxes on a stand-alone basis while part of PCCI’s consolidated tax group.
In August 2006 as a result certain debt restructuring activities involving TLLP, Teletouch’s direct parent and PCCI’s
wholly-owned subsidiary, the Company broke from the PCCI tax group due to new TLLP shares that were issued as part of this restructuring,
which resulted in TLLP no longer being disregarded for tax purposes. Beginning in August 2006, TLLP is taxed as a partnership,
and the Company is again separately liable for its federal income taxes.
Revenue Recognition:
Teletouch
recognizes revenue over the period the service is performed in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, "Revenue
Recognition in Financial Statements" and ASC 605,
Revenue Recognition
, (“ASC 605”). In general, ASC 605
requires that four basic criteria must be met before revenue can be recognized: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists,
(2) delivery has occurred or services rendered, (3) the fee is fixed and determinable, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured.
Teletouch believes, relative to sales of products, that all of these conditions are met; therefore, product revenue is recognized
at the time of shipment.
The Company primarily generates revenues
by providing and billing recurring cellular services and product sales. Cellular services include cellular airtime and other recurring
services provided through a master distributor agreement with AT&T. Product sales include sales of cellular telephones, accessories,
car and home audio products and services through the Company’s cellular and wholesale operations.
Cellular and other service revenues and
related costs are recognized during the period in which the service is rendered. Associated subscriber acquisition costs are expensed
as incurred. Product sales revenue is recognized when delivery occurs, the customer takes title and assumes risk of loss, terms
are fixed and determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company does not generally grant rights of return. However,
PCI offers customers a 30 day return/exchange program for new cellular subscribers in order to match programs in place by most
of the other cellular carriers. During the 30 days, a customer may return all cellular equipment and cancel service with no penalty.
Reserves for returns, price discounts and rebates are estimated using historical averages, open return requests, recent product
sell-through activity and market conditions. No reserves have been recorded for the 30 day cellular return program since only a
very small number of customers utilize this return program and many fail to meet all of the requirements of the program, which
include returning the phone equipment in new condition with no visible damage. In addition, it is typical to incur losses on the
sale of the cellular phone equipment related to signing up customers under a cellular airtime contract; therefore, any reserves
recorded for customer returns would be an accrual of gains via reversing the losses incurred on the original cellular phone sale
transaction. The Company does not believe accruing for the potential gains would be in accordance with GAAP but rather records
this gain in the period that it is actually realized.
Since 1984, Teletouch’s subsidiary,
PCI, has held agreements with AT&T or one of its predecessor companies, which allowed PCI to offer cellular service and customer
service to its subscribers. PCI is responsible for the billing and collection of cellular charges from these customers and remits
a percentage of the cellular billings generated to AT&T. Based on PCI’s relationship with AT&T, the Company has evaluated
its reporting of revenues, under ASC 605-45,
Revenue Recognition, Principal Agent Considerations,
(“ASC 605-45”)
associated with its services attached to the AT&T agreements.
Based on its assessment of the indicators
listed in ASC 605-45, the Company has concluded that the AT&T services provided by PCI should be reported on a net basis. Also
in accordance with ASC 605-45, sales tax amounts invoiced to our customers have been recorded on a net basis and have no impact
on our consolidated financial statements.
Deferred revenue represents prepaid monthly
service fees billed to customers, primarily monthly access charges for cellular services that are billed in advance by the Company.
Stock-Based Compensation:
We account for stock-based
awards to employees in accordance with ASC 718,
Compensation-Stock Compensation
, (“ASC 718”) and for stock based
awards to non-employees in accordance with ASC 505-50,
Equity, Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees
(“ASC 505-50”).
Under both ASC 718 and ASC 505-50, we use a fair value based method to determine compensation for all arrangements where shares
of stock or equity instruments are issued for compensation. For share option instruments issued, compensation cost is recognized
ratably using the straight-line method over the expected vesting period. The Company estimates the fair value of employee stock
options on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model. The determination of fair value of stock-based payment awards on the
date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by our stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of highly
complex and subjective variables. These variables include, but are not limited to the expected stock price volatility over the
term of the awards and the actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors. The Company has elected to estimate the
expected life of an award based on the SEC approved “simplified method”. We calculated our expected volatility assumption
required in the Black-Scholes model based on an average of the two previous fiscal year’s daily historical volatility of
our stock adjusted to exclude the top 10% daily high and low closing trading prices during the period measured. We will update
these assumptions on at least an annual basis and on an interim basis if significant changes to the assumptions are warranted.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
We did not have any foreign currency hedges or other derivative
financial instruments as of August 31, 2012. We did not enter into financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes and
do not currently utilize derivative financial instruments. Our operations are conducted in the United States and any sales to overseas
clients are denominated in US dollars (“USD”); therefore, the Company is not subject to material foreign currency exchange
rate risk.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and
Procedures
As
of the end of the period covered
by this Report, the Company conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including
the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer (the “Certifying Officers”)
of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on this evaluation,
the Certifying Officers concluded that, as of August 31, 2012, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to ensure
that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to
us, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies,
in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of interim
or annual financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by the company’s internal controls. Management
concluded the following control deficiency constituted a material weakness as of November 30, 2010. Subsequent to that date, the
Company was able to remediate certain control deficiencies, but determined this identified area is still considered a material
weakness as of August 31, 2012, due to certain control deficiencies that have not been alleviated, as of the date of this Report.
Controls over Sales and Use Taxes
: Initially, during
the quarter ended November 30, 2010, the Certifying Officers determined that control procedures were not effective in providing
adequate review and oversight of the calculation of the sales tax payables. The Company’s billing system does not incorporate
an automated sales tax rate verification process or external sales tax rate table database, and currently relies on manual entry
of sales tax rates when new customer and billing services are setup. In part, due to the manual nature of this process, errors
were made in the tax rates rate setup and the computation of sales taxes on certain services that were billed. These errors were
not detected in a timely manner due to lack of experience of the personnel assigned to manage the Company’s sales tax processes.
The Company also believes there was not sufficient oversight of the changes to the billing system as they pertained to sales tax
computations. The control deficiency was discovered during the preparation for a sales and use tax audit by the State of Texas.
This control deficiency may result in additional payments to the State of Texas for incorrectly calculated taxes and taxes not
collected on services provided.
Remediation Steps to Address Material Weakness
The Company’s remediation efforts, as outlined below,
were implemented in a timely fashion and were designed to address the material weaknesses identified and to strengthen the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.
During the quarter ending November 30, 2010, the Company’s
management, with the assistance of third party consultants, initiated the certain activities to address the root causes of the
sales and use tax material weakness. In addition, the Company has identified the following remediation steps to address and resolve
the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting.
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The Company’s billing system was modified to default to the maximum sales tax rate allowed by the State of Texas, unless
a more correct rate was able to be determined through a specific review of customer information and the products and services being
billed.
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The Company’s billing system was set to default to apply sales tax to all sales transactions and access to make changes
to the tax status in the billing system was limited to group of trained and experienced personnel responsible for verification
of customer exemption status.
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Responsibility for sales tax processing was transferred from the Company’s information technology department to the finance
department under the direction of personnel with expertise in sales and use tax compliance. In addition, a sales tax consulting
firm was engaged to provide support for specific applications of sales and use taxes related to the Company’s sales transactions.
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Established a monthly process to manually re-compute the taxes on a random sampling of invoices to ensure that the billing
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A sales tax consulting firm has been engaged to integrate a sales tax processing system into the Company’s billing system
that will maintain current tax rates and automatically determine taxability of products or services when they are invoiced.
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In fiscal year 2011, the Company completed
all of the initial remediation steps listed above with the exception of implementing a third party sales tax processing system.
The Company has been in discussions with several tax software companies and has reviewed different tax software packages to determine
which application will work best with the Company’s business transactions, as well as determine which packages are financially
feasible for the Company to implement. After further internal testing of the remediation steps completed to date, the Company determined
certain steps have not been executed completely and continued to have control deficiencies. Additionally, as a result of the recent
tax audit of PCI, certain issues were identified in the Company’s ability to compute and remit use taxes related to certain
services that it purchases as well as other issues that were identified in the Company’s review and authentication of certain
customer exemption forms. The Company is currently working on processes and procedures to fully revise and implement the remediation
steps that had been previously identified and will focus on identifying additional remediation steps in an effort to resolve the
material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as related to sales and use tax compliance matters. Due to the
Company’s current financial condition, the Company has been unable to implement a sales tax calculation database but intends
to do so as soon as practicable.
Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
Other than the changes noted above related to the Company’s
remediation efforts with respect to the material weaknesses it identified above, there was no change in our internal control over
financial reporting during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Part II. Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Teletouch is a party to various legal proceedings
arising in the ordinary course of business. Except as set forth below, the Company believes there is no proceeding, either threatened
or pending, against it that will result in a material adverse effect on its results of operations or financial condition.
On November 3, 2011, a patent infringement action was filed
in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, by GeoTag, Inc. v. Eye Care Centers of America, Inc., et al., which
named the Company and numerous others, alleging that features of certain of the defendant’s e-commerce websites infringe
U.S. Patent No. 5,930,474, entitled “Internet Organizer for Accessing Geographically and Topically Based Information.”
Specifically, the infringement claim states that the Company’s store locator tool on its website violates this GeoTag patent.
As the plaintiff, GeoTag is seeking relief including damages for the alleged infringement, costs, expenses and pre- and post-judgment
interest and injunctive relief. As of the date of this Report, the Company has learned that this patent litigation is one of at
least 20 such actions brought thus far by GeoTag and has resulted in over 400 companies across the United States being named in
various similar suits, including many corporations and retail chains much larger than Teletouch, such as, Best Buy, Nordstrom,
Starbucks, Target, 7-Eleven, Inc., Bally Total Fitness Corp., Hallmark Cards, Inc., Rolex, American Greetings Corporation, Guitar
Center, Inc., Crabtree & Evelyn, Merle Norman Cosmetics, Sephora USA, Inc., Great Clips, Inc., The Body Shop, Yellow Book and
numerous others. Microsoft Corp. and Google, Inc. have brought a joint action against GeoTag to invalidate the so-called “474
patent.” As of the date of this Report, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has entered a scheduling
order setting this case for trial on October 7, 2013. The Company denies that it is violating GeoTag’s patent, and intends
to vigorously defend the matter.
In addition to the matters specifically described above, the
Company is a party to other legal and regulatory proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of its business. While management
does not believe that the Company’s liability with respect to any of these other matters is likely to have a material effect
on its financial position or results of operations, legal proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties and unfavorable rulings
could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s business and results of operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There is substantial doubt as to our
ability to continue as a going concern.
As of August 31, 2012, the Company
has approximately $1,666,000 cash on hand, a working capital deficit of approximately $10,941,000 (primarily due to all of the
Company’s debt being current at the close of the period, as further described herein below) and a related shareholders’
deficit of approximately $6,333,000. Included in the working capital deficit are debt obligations of approximately $9,740,000,
including senior revolving credit debt of approximately $7,075,000 with Thermo Credit, LLC (“Thermo”) and real estate
loans totaling approximately $2,665,000. Also included in this working capital deficit is approximately $1,818,000 of accrued sales
and use tax obligations related to the results of a State of Texas (the “State”) tax audit of the Company’s wholly
owned subsidiary, PCI, for the period January 2006 through October 2009, as well as an additional $323,000 of estimated tax liability
related to similar tax issues that are believed to have continued beyond the current tax audit period (see Note 8 – “Accrued
Expenses and Other Current Liabilities” and Note 9 – “Texas Sales and Use Tax Obligation” for further discussion
of this sales tax liability). As discussed further below, the Company is dependent on raising additional debt and / or equity financing
to resolve its current debt obligations and on receiving certain payment relief from the State related to the sales tax liability
to maintain sufficient cash to continue operations over the next twelve months. The Company’s debt with Thermo was originally
set to mature in January 2013. However, o
n February 21, 2012, the Company received a Notice of Borrowing Base Redetermination
(the “Notice”) from Thermo, stating that it planned to revise the elements that comprised the Company’s Borrowing
Base, and that the Company would then be significantly over-advanced on its loan facility. On March 8, 2012, Thermo withdrew and
rescinded the Notice and the parties negotiated a compromise solution by entering into
Waiver and Amendment
No. 5 to the Loan and Security Agreement (“Amendment No. 5”) effective February 29, 2012.
Thermo agreed to enter
into Amendment No. 5, provided that the Company made a payment on the outstanding balance of the loan in the amount of $2,000,000
by March 14, 2012. Under the terms of Amendment No. 5, Thermo agreed to waive
certain financial covenants
and not accelerate collection of the Note through August 31, 2012, provided that certain financial performance targets were met
by the Company for its fourth fiscal quarter ending May 31, 2012, and that the Company refinanced or was substantially through
the process of refinancing its existing real estate loans, thereby providing Thermo with an additional $1,400,000 payment on the
loan on or before July 15, 2012. Amendment No. 5 also terminated Thermo’s obligation to lend or advance any additional funds
under the Loan Agreement. Although the Company made the required $2,000,000 cash payment on March 14, 2012, the Company did not
meet all of the requirements under Amendment No. 5 during its fourth fiscal quarter ending May 31, 2012 and was not able to refinance
its existing real estate loans and pay Thermo an additional $1,400,000 by July 15, 2012. However, on July 23, 2012, Thermo notified
the Company that the August 31, 2012 maturity date was being accepted, but that no further extensions would be provided beyond
this date. As a result of the recent sale of the Company’s two-way business (see Note 3 – “Discontinued Two-Way
Operations” for more information on the sale of the two-way business), the Company was able to pay Thermo approximately $1,001,000
on August 14, 2012 in exchange for Thermo releasing its liens on the assets related to the two-way business.
On September
10, 2012 the Company received a Formal Notice of Maturity (the “Letter”) from Thermo which notified the Company the
revolving credit facility had matured by its terms on August 31, 2012, and therefore under the terms of the facility, Thermo had
the right to demand payment for all obligations due and payable under the credit revolving facility by September 17, 2012. Thermo
further reserved all rights and remedies available to it under the documents and agreements in connection with the revolving credit
facility. Even though Thermo was reserving its rights under the agreement and revolving credit facility, the Letter did not constitute
a notification to the Company that Thermo was commencing the exercise of any of its rights and remedies.
As of the date of this Report, Thermo has not commenced any actions against the Company and is
negotiating terms of settling this obligation with the Company and its prospective new senior lender.
The Company executed a term sheet with a prospective new lender
on August 1, 2012 and is currently working with the lender through the due diligence process and the ongoing negotiations with
Thermo. As of the date of this Report, the Company’s outstanding balance on the Thermo loan is approximately $7,022,000.
Additionally, the Company’s real estate loans with East West Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of East West Bancorp, and Jardine
Capital Corporation initially matured on May 3, 2012. As of the date of this Report, East West Bank and Jardine Capital Corporation
granted extensions through November 3, 2012 and October 15, 2012, respectively. The Company can provide no assurance that further
extensions will be granted by either lender, but through the date of this Report neither lender has exercised any of its rights
and remedies upon prior maturity dates. As of the date of this Report, the outstanding balance of the East West Bank and Jardine
Capital Corporation debt totaled approximately, $2,101,000 and $542,000, respectively. The total debt outstanding combined with
the Company’s previously reported fiscal year 2012 operating results and the issues identified in the sales tax audit of
PCI have created challenges in securing new financing. The Company has been told by its prospective new senior lender that the
new loan can be closed by late October 2012, if no additional matters are identified during diligence. The Company is not aware
of any matters that would prevent it from closing on this new loan and anticipates this loan will provide sufficient proceeds to
settle its debt with Thermo. The terms of this new loan, as outlined in the term sheet, contemplate a slightly higher cost of financing
under the new loan as compared to the Company’s current loan with Thermo, but these terms will continue to be negotiated
through the final loan documents. The Company can provide no assurance that it will be able to close this new loan or that it would
be able to find an alternate lender to provide a similar amount of financing against the Company’s assets or that such financing
will be sufficient to settle its obligation to Thermo. No assurance can be provided that Thermo will not take action against the
Company and the underlying collateral until the Company can execute a new debt facility to pay off the Thermo debt. Furthermore,
it is unlikely the Company will be able to refinance its current real estate debt until such time as its senior debt obligation
with Thermo is settled and a new senior loan facility is in place, and no assurance can be provided that these lenders will not
take action against the Company and the underlying real estate collateral. Further acceleration or collection actions taken by
Thermo, either real estate lender or the State of Texas prior to the Company being able to secure the new financing would likely
result in the Company being forced to seek protection from its creditors or turn over its collateral, which in the case of Thermo,
collectively comprises all of the assets of the Company.
The Company has recorded total sales
tax, interest and penalty charges of approximately $2,216,000 as a result of the State of Texas (the “State”) sales
and use tax audit of PCI, as discussed above. In June 2012, the audit was completed and the Company was noticed that its sales
and use tax obligation to the State, which was due and payable on July 23, 2012. Since the Company did not have the means to pay
the entire tax obligation by that date, the Company petitioned the State for a redetermination hearing related to the PCI sales
and use tax audit on July 9, 2012. The redetermination letter submitted to the State included a request for a repayment agreement
and a waiver of penalty and interest among other items. In addition, on September 20, 2012, the Company submitted a formal compromise
and payment agreement request to the State in an effort to forego the lengthy redetermination process and settle the sales tax
obligation expeditiously. In this most recent request, the Company proposed the State to agree to reduce the total tax assessment
including interest and penalty to $1,250,000 and grant thirty-six month repayment terms. As of the date of this Report, a final
hearing date has not been set by the State and the Company is awaiting a response from the State related to its payment agreement
request.
The Company can provide no assurance the sales and use tax obligation will be reduced, a re-payment agreement will
be executed or a waiver of penalty and interest will be granted by the State. Specifically, if a payment plan is not granted by
the State as a result of the redetermination hearing or the payment agreement request, the Company would be unable to pay the tax
obligation without securing additional debt financing which cannot be assured
(see Note 8 – “Accrued
Expenses and Other Current Liabilities” and Note 9 – “Texas Sales and Use Tax Obligation” for further discussion
on the Texas sales and use tax audit accruals)
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Without new financing, the Company cannot meet
its current financial obligations.
As a result of the above conditions and in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States, there exists substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Due to uncertainty in the application and interpretation
of applicable state sales tax laws, we may be exposed to additional sales tax liability.
Since October 2010, the State of Texas (the “State”)
has been conducting a sales and use tax audit of the Company’s subsidiary, PCI, covering the period from January 2006 to
October 2009. On March 27, 2012, the Company received a summary of the errors identified by the State auditor on selected billing
statements and invoices, which further included computations of these errors extrapolated over the respective total billings and
purchases for the audit period. Based on the information provided by the State, the Company recorded a sales and use tax liability
of approximately $1,850,000, including approximately $443,000 in penalties and interest that were expected to be assessed by the
State in its third quarter ending February 29, 2012 consolidated financial statements. On June 11, 2012, the Company received notice
from the State the sales and use tax audit was complete. As a result of the final audit assessments provided by the State, the
Company adjusted its sales and use tax liability related to the tax audit to reflect a total obligation of approximately $1,880,000,
including approximately $466,000 in assessed penalties and interest. The sales and use tax assessed by the State, before penalties
and interest, totaled approximately $1,414,000 for the tax audit period, and was comprised of approximately $6,000 of use tax related
to fixed asset purchases, $126,000 of use tax due on various services purchased by the Company, $637,000 of under billed sales
taxes related to cellular services billings and $645,000 of under billed sales taxes related to other billings. Based on the results
of the recently completed Texas sales tax audit, the Company believes it may have additional financial exposure for certain periods
following October 2009, the last month covered under the current sales tax audit, in the event that PCI is audited in the future
by the State. Similar tax computations were applied to the Company’s cellular billings through November 2010, the point at
which PCI made substantial system and process changes to correct these tax computations. Other sales and use tax issues have been
identified during the course of the sales tax audit and were corrected at various dates thereafter.
The Company has estimated its potential sales and use tax
exposure to be between $322,000 and $448,000, including estimated penalties and interest of approximately $48,000 and
$63,000, respectively, through August 31, 2012. This estimate covers all periods following the completed sales tax audit
period through the date that each identified tax issue was corrected by the Company. Since the Company cannot predict the
outcome of a future sales tax audit, it has recorded the low end of the estimated loss in its consolidated financials as of
August 31, 2012. The Company’s estimate of the low end of the range of potential liability considered only the errors
identified in the completed sales tax audit whereas the high end of the range was estimated using a conservative application
of sales tax rates on the majority of the cellular services billed from November 2010, the end of the recently completed
audit period, through October 2011, the month that the identified tax issues were remediated by the Company. The actual
liability, as a result of a future tax audit, could fall outside of our estimated range due to items that could be identified
during an audit but not considered by us. The Company currently does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay the assessed tax
obligation and has currently requested the State for a redetermination hearing. If the Company is successful in securing
financing on the tax obligation, the assets of the Company will likely become subject to a tax lien, which could have the
effect of limiting our ability to secure new financing. If the Company is not successful in obtaining a payment plan with the
State and cannot secure new debt financing,
the Company would likely be unable to meet its tax
obligation and might be forced to seek protection from its creditors. Furthermore, the State of Texas has noticed the Company
that the entity, Teletouch Communications, Inc., will be subject to a sales and use tax audit scheduled to begin on October
15, 2012 and will cover the period June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2012. This will include a sales and use tax audit of the
Company’s two-way business and corporate purchases. The Company does not anticipate the audit to be as complex as the
PCI audit since the two-way business had significantly fewer transactions than the PCI business units. The previous sales and
use tax audit assessment for Teletouch Communications, Inc. was approximately $47,000, including $11,000 in penalties
and interest and covered the period June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2008. As of the date of this Report, the Company cannot
predict the outcome of the future Teletouch audit and the amount of a potential obligation cannot be reasonable estimated. In
addition, Teletouch can provide no assurance the results of the upcoming audit will be similar to its previous sales tax
audit.
We are exposed to credit risk, collection
risk and payment delinquencies on accounts receivable.
None of our outstanding accounts receivables are secured. Our
standard terms and conditions permit payment within a specified number of days following the receipt of services or products. While
we have procedures to monitor and limit exposure to credit risk on our receivables, there can be no assurance such procedures will
continue to effectively limit collection risk and avoid losses. To date, our losses on uncollectible receivables have been within
historical trends and expectations but due to continuing poor economic conditions, certain of our customers have faced and may
face liquidity concerns and have delayed, and may delay or may be unable to satisfy their payment obligations. Additionally, a
sizable number of our cellular subscribers have transferred their services to AT&T to purchase the iPhone or other services
that we have not been allowed to offer until this fiscal year. Balances due to us by customers that transfer to AT&T have proven
difficult to collect once their service has been established with AT&T directly. Both of these factors, among others, may have
a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results in future periods.
Adverse conditions in the global economy
and disruption of financial markets may significantly restrict our ability to generate revenues or obtain debt or equity financing.
The global economy continues to experience volatility and uncertainty.
Such conditions could reduce demand for our products and services which would significantly jeopardize our ability to achieve our
sales targets. These conditions could also affect our potential strategic partners, which, in turn, could make it much more difficult
to execute a strategic collaboration. Moreover, volatility and disruption of financial markets could limit our customers’
ability to obtain adequate financing or credit to purchase and pay for our products and services in a timely manner, or to maintain
operations, and result in a decrease in sales volume. General concerns about the fundamental soundness of domestic and international
economies may also cause customers to reduce purchases. Changes in governmental banking, monetary and fiscal policies to restore
liquidity and increase credit availability may not be effective. Economic conditions and market turbulence may also impact our
suppliers’ ability to supply sufficient quantities of product components in a timely manner, which could impair our ability
to fulfill sales orders. It is difficult to determine the extent of the economic and financial market problems and the many ways
in which they may affect our suppliers, customers, investors, and business in general. Continuation or further deterioration of
these financial and macroeconomic conditions could significantly harm sales, profitability and results of operations. Economic
downturns or other adverse economic changes (local, regional, or national) can also hurt our financial performance in the form
of lower interest earned on investments and / or could result in losses of portions of principal in our investment portfolio.
We may be unable to attract and retain
key personnel.
Our future success depends on the ability to attract, retain
and motivate highly skilled management, including sales representatives. To date, we have retained highly qualified senior and
mid-level management team but cannot provide assurance that we will be able to successfully retain all of them, or be successful
in recruiting additional personnel as needed. Our inability to do so will materially and adversely affect the business prospects,
operating results and financial condition. Our ability to maintain and provide additional services to our customers depends upon
our ability to hire and retain business development and technical personnel with the skills necessary to keep pace with continuing
changes in telecommunications industry. Competition for such personnel is intense.
We are experiencing increasing competition
in the marketplace for our cellular subscribers, and our primary competitor, AT&T, has significantly greater financial and
marketing resources than us.
In the market for telecommunications products and services,
we face competition from several major carrier competitors, but most notably from our primary supplier, AT&T. AT&T continues
to develop and is expected to continue developing products and services that may entice our cellular subscribers to move their
services to AT&T directly. If we are not able to participate in these products and services or even if these products and services
are made available to the Company and we are unable to convince customers to remain with PCI over AT&T, we could continue to
lose subscribers to AT&T and possibly at an accelerated rate in the future. Under the terms of our recent settlement with AT&T,
the Company will receive compensation for subscribers that it loses to AT&T, but accelerated losses of subscribers would negatively
affect our expected earnings. We cannot assure that we will be able to slow the rate of attrition of our cellular subscribers to
AT&T or that AT&T will make any of its new products or services available to us in the future. AT&T has substantially
greater capital resources, larger marketing staffs and more experience in commercializing products and services. The losses of
our cellular subscribers to AT&T to date has had a material impact on our financial condition and if we are unable to slow
the subscriber losses or develop new revenues and margins to offset these losses, we could be forced to make further significant
cost reductions in the business to sustain our operations, which in turn may only accelerate our losses of revenues.
An accelerated reduction in our cellular
subscriber base could have a material adverse effect on our business.
The launch of the iPhone in June 2007 and AT&T’s refusal
to allow us sell the iPhone has resulted in a steady decline in our cellular subscriber base. This decline in our cellular subscriber
base was accelerated as a result of the expiration of our primary DFW distribution agreement with AT&T in August 2009. If AT&T
releases new products or services that are not made available to us, losses of cellular subscribers could continue or increase.
If any of these products or services become of extraordinary demand or are required by consumers or businesses, the result could
be an acceleration of cellular subscriber losses to AT&T. Although we maintain contracts varying from one to two years with
our current cellular customers, the customer may voluntarily elect to transfer to another carrier, including AT&T, at any time
and incur a penalty fee. Due to the recent settlement with AT&T, the Company will receive compensation for the subscribers
it loses to AT&T until the expiration of the distribution agreement in November 2014. Although the Company will be paid for
each lost subscriber, the transfer fee it will receive from AT&T will be less than the amount of compensation the Company would
otherwise expect to receive if it retained the customer through the November 2014 expiration of the current distribution agreement
with AT&T. Expenses related to our cellular operations will be required to be adjusted accordingly due to the expected declining
subscriber base, but cellular revenues are predicted to decline to such a level that we will have to rely upon our wholesale distribution
business to replace the revenue and income loss and to cover overhead costs. We can provide no assurance that our wholesale distribution
business can ramp up quickly enough to generate sufficient revenue and profits to cover the predicted losses in the cellular business
nor can we provide any assurance that that business unit could cover the losses sustained from a rapidly declining cellular subscriber
base. We also can provide no assurance that our customers will continue to purchase products or services from us or that their
purchases will be at the same or greater levels than in prior periods.
Our common stock is not traded on a
national securities exchange.
Our common stock is currently quoted on
the OTC Bulletin Board and is not heavily traded, which may increase price quotation volatility and could limit the liquidity of
the common stock, all of which may adversely affect the market price of the common stock and our ability to raise additional capital.
The market price of our common stock
may be volatile and could adversely affect current and future shareholders.
The market price of our common stock has
been and will likely continue to be volatile, as in the stock market in general, and the market for OTC Bulletin Board quoted stocks
in particular. Some of the factors that may materially affect the market price of our common stock are beyond our control, such
as changes in financial estimates by industry and securities analysts, conditions and terms in the industry in which we operate
or sales of our common stock, investor perceptions of our company, the success of competitive products, services or technologies
or regulatory developments. These factors may materially adversely affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of our
performance. In addition, the public stock markets have experienced extreme price and trading volume volatility. This volatility
has significantly affected the market prices of securities of many companies for reasons frequently unrelated to the operating
performance of the specific companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Additionally, because our stock is thinly trading, there is a disparity between the bid and the asked price that may not be indicative
of the stock’s true value.
Our common stock is considered a “penny
stock” and may be difficult to sell.
The SEC has adopted regulations which generally
define a “penny stock” to be an equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or an exercise
price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to specific exemptions. The market price of our common stock is and has historically
been significantly less than $5.00 per share and, therefore, it is designated as a “penny stock” according to SEC rules.
This designation requires any broker or dealer selling these securities to disclose certain information concerning the transaction,
obtain a written agreement from the purchaser and determine that the purchaser is reasonably suitable to purchase the securities.
These rules may restrict the ability of brokers or dealers to sell our common stock and may affect the ability of investors to
sell their shares.
The sale of our common stock as a result
of transactions by our former parent company, TLLP may cause substantial dilution to our existing shareholders and the sale of
these shares of common stock could cause the price of our common stock to decline.
In July 2011, the Company registered up
to 20,499,001 shares of our common stock that may be sold into the market by certain shareholders that had purchased shares of
our common stock from our former parent company TLLP. Included in this registration were 12,000,000 shares that were registered
for TLLP. As a result of the transfer of the majority of TLLP’s holdings of Teletouch’s common stock on August 11,
2011 to allow TLLP to settle certain of its debt obligations, in October 2011, the Company registered up to 32,000,999 shares of
our common stock that may be sold into the market by certain shareholders. Included in this registration were 25,000,000 shares
transferred by TLLP to its lenders and 4,350,000 shares already held by these same lenders. The shares already registered may be
sold immediately or over an extended period. Depending upon market liquidity at the time, sales of shares of our common stock by
these shareholders may cause the trading price of our common stock to decline. These shareholders may sell all, some or none of
those shares. The sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock by these shareholders, or anticipation of such sales,
could make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and at a price that we
might otherwise wish to effect sales.
We may issue additional equity or debt
securities, which may materially and adversely affect the price of our common stock.
Sales of substantial amounts of shares
of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that those sales may occur, could cause the market price of our common
stock to decline. We have used, and may likely use or continue to use, our common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable
for common stock to fund working capital needs or to acquire technology, product rights or businesses, or for other purposes. If
additional equity securities are issued, particularly during times when our common stock is trading at relatively low price levels,
the price of our common stock may be materially and adversely affected.
Our publicly filed reports are subject
to review by the SEC, and any significant changes or amendments required as a result of any such review may result in material
liability to us and may have a material adverse impact on the trading price of our common stock.
The reports of publicly traded companies
are subject to review by the SEC from time to time for the purpose of assisting companies in complying with applicable disclosure
requirements, and the SEC is required to undertake a comprehensive review of a company’s reports at least once every three
years under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. SEC reviews may be initiated at any time. We could be required to modify, amend or
reformulate information contained in prior filings as a result of an SEC review. Any modification, amendment or reformulation of
information contained in such reports could be significant and result in material liability to us and have a material adverse impact
on the trading price of our common stock.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
There are no unresolved written comments
that were received from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s staff 180 days or more before the end of our fiscal year
relating to our periodic or current reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales
of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior
Securities
None
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not Applicable
Item 5. Other Information
None
Item
6. Exhibits
Exhibit
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Number
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Title of Exhibit
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2.1
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Asset Purchase Agreement dated August 11, 2012 (incorporated by reference from the 8-K filed with the SEC on August 16, 2012)
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31.1
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Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)
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31.2
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Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)
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32.1
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Certification pursuant to 1350, Chapter 63, Title 18 of United States Code
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32.2
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Certification pursuant to 1350, Chapter 63, Title 18 of United States Code
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101.INS
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XBRL Instance Document*
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101.SCH
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*
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101.CAL
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*
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101.LAB
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*
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101.PRE
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*
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101.DEF
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*
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* Pursuant to
Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus
for purposes of Section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and otherwise
are not subject to liability.
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.
Date: October 15, 2012
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TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Robert M. McMurrey
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Robert M. McMurrey
Chief Executive Officer
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(Principal Executive Officer)
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By:
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/s/ Douglas E. Sloan
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Douglas E. Sloan
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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