As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 19, 2017

 

Registration No. 333-217582

 

United States 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER

 

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

80-0948413

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

3728

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)

 

360 Motor Parkway, Suite

100 Hauppauge, New York

11788 (631) 881-4920

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Peter D. Rettaliata

Acting President and Chief Executive Officer

Air Industries Group

 

360 Motor Parkway, Suite 100

Hauppauge, New York 11788

(631) 881-4920 

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

 

Vincent J. McGill, Esq.

Eaton & Van Winkle LLP

3 Park Avenue, 16th Floor

New York, New York 10016

(212) 561-3604

 

Jonathan J. Russo, Esq.

Matthew J. Kane, Esq.

Alexandra F. Calcado, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

1540 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

(212) 858-1528 

  

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933. x

 

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

 

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):

 

Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o

 

Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company x

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. o

 

 

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of securities to be registered

 

Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(1)

Amount of

registration fee

 
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share(2) $ 14,950,000 $ 1,732.71  
Representative’s common stock purchase warrants(3) $ - $ -  
Common stock underlying Representative’s Warrants(4) (5) $ 780,000 $ 90.40  
TOTAL $ 15,730,000 $ 1,823.11 (6)
(1)Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(2)Includes shares of common stock which may be issued upon exercise of a 30-day option granted to the underwriters to cover overallotments, if any.

 

(3)In accordance with Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, because the shares of the Registrant’s common stock underlying the warrants are registered hereby, no separate registration fee is required with respect to the warrants registered hereby.

 

(4)Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the common stock registered hereunder also includes an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock as may from time to time become issuable by reason of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or other similar transactions.

 

(5) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act. The Representative’s Warrants are exercisable at a per share exercise price equal to 120.0% of the public offering price per share. As estimated solely for the purpose of recalculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of the Representative’s Warrants is 120% of $650,000.

 

(6) No filing fee is payable in connection with the filing of this Amendment No. 2 to this registration statement. A filing fee of $883.16 was paid for the securities registered in the initial filing of this registration statement on May 2, 2017. Pursuant to Rule 457(p), the registrant offset $1,563.41 of the filing fee payable for the securities registered under this registration statement against the registration fee of $1,563.41 paid in connection with the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-198375) filed on August 26, 2014 and declared effective on October 2, 2014, which registration statement was withdrawn by the registrant on May 1, 2017 due to its failure to continue to satisfy the registrant eligibility requirements of Form S-3. None of the securities registered on the Form S-3 registration statement were sold. The securities registered in this registration statement on Form S-1 are of the type registered on the withdrawn registration statement on Form S-3.

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, may determine.

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement related to these securities filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is declared effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

Subject to completion, dated June 19, 2017

 

5,200,000 Shares

 

 

Common Stock

 

We are offering 5,200,000 shares of our common stock. Our common stock is traded on the NYSE MKT under the symbol “AIRI.” On June 16, 2017, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $2.50 per share.

 

The offering is being underwritten on a firm commitment basis. We have granted the underwriters an option to buy up to an additional 780,000 shares of common stock to cover overallotments. The underwriters may exercise this option at any time during the 30-day period from the date of this prospectus.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and we have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.

 

      No Exercise of Over-
Allotment
      Full Exercise of Over-
Allotment
 
      Per Share       Total       Per Share       Total  
Assumed public offering price   $ 2.50     $ 13,000,000     $ 2.50     $ 14,950,000  
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)   $ 0.175     $ 910,000     $ 0.175     $ 1,046,500  
Proceeds to us, before expenses   $ 2.325     $ 12,090,000     $ 2.325     $ 13,903,500  

 

(1) See “Underwriting” on page 60 of this prospectus for a description of the compensation payable to the underwriters.

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” appearing on page 3 of this prospectus and elsewhere in this prospectus for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The underwriters expect to deliver the shares of common stock to the purchasers on or about                  , 2017.

 

The date of this prospectus is         , 2017

 

Roth Capital Partners

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

 

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements                                                                                                     ii
We are an Emerging Growth Company ii
Prospectus Summary 1
Risk Factors 3
Use of Proceeds 11
Price Range of Our Common Stock 11
Dividend Policy 11
Capitalization 12
Dilution 14
Business 16
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 21
Directors and Executive Officers 39
Executive Compensation 44
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 46
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transaction 49
Description of Capital Stock 53
Shares Available For Future Sales 59
Underwriting 60
Legal Matters 64
Experts 64
Where You Can Find More Information About Us 65
Index to Financial Statements 66

 

This prospectus and any Freewriting prospectus that we file with the Securities and Commission (“SEC”) contain information you should consider when making your investment decision. We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it.

  

The securities are not being offered in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

 

You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus.

 

In this prospectus, we refer to information regarding potential markets for our products and other industry data. We believe that all such information has been obtained from reliable sources that are customarily relied upon by companies in our industry; however, we have not independently verified any such information.

 

 

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. These statements, which in some cases, you can identify by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “potential” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements, relate to future events or to our future operating or financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements include statements regarding our operations, cash flows, financial position and economic performance including, in particular, future sales, product demand, competition and the effect of economic conditions. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties.

 

Although we believe that these statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, including projections of orders, sales, operating margins, earnings, cash flow, research and development costs, working capital, capital expenditures, distribution channels, profitability, new products, adequacy of funds from operations, and general economic conditions, these statements and other projections contained in this prospectus expressing opinions about future outcomes and non-historical information, are subject a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, and reflect future business decisions that are subject to change and, therefore, there is no assurance that the outcomes expressed in these statements will be achieved. Some of the assumptions, future results and levels of performance expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements we have made or may make in the future inevitably will not materialize, and unanticipated events may occur which will affect our results. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed in forward-looking statements contained herein. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks and uncertainties in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors” on page 3 of this prospectus, as well as in our consolidated financial statements, related notes, and the other financial information appearing in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of the forward-looking statements in this prospectus by these cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under the securities laws of the United States. You are advised, however, to consult any additional disclosures we make in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

WE ARE AN EMERGING GROWTH COMPANY

 

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of reduced reporting and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include (i) a requirement to have only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations disclosure and (ii) an exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

We may take advantage of these provisions until the end of the fiscal year ending after the fifth anniversary of our initial public offering, December 31, 2018, or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company and if we do, the information that we provide stockholders may be different than you might get from other public companies in which you hold equity. We would cease to be an emerging growth company if we have more than $1.0 billion in annual revenue, have more than $700 million in market value of our shares of common stock held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $1.0 billion of nonconvertible debt over a three year period.

 

The JOBS Act permits an “emerging growth company” like us to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies, and we have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.

 

 

     
 

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

The following is a summary of what we believe to be important aspects of our business and the offering of our securities under this prospectus. We urge you to read this entire prospectus. Investing in our securities involves risks. Therefore, carefully consider the risk factors set forth under the section titled “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and in our most recent annual and quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), if any, as well as other information in this prospectus, before purchasing our securities. Each of the risk factors could adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition, as well as adversely affect the value of an investment in our securities.

 

As used in this prospectus, unless otherwise stated or the context requires otherwise, the “Company” and terms such as “we,” “us” “our,” and “AIRI” refer to Air Industries Group, a Nevada corporation, and prior to August 30, 2013, Air Industries Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and our directly and indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries: Air Industries Machining, Corp., a New York corporation (“AIM”), Welding Metallurgy, Inc., a New York corporation  (“Welding Metallurgy,” or “WMI”),  Nassau Tool Works, Inc., a New York corporation (“NTW”), Miller Stuart, Inc., a New York corporation (“Miller Stuart” or “MS”), until it merged into WMI effective May 16, 2017, Decimal Industries Inc., a New York corporation (“Decimal”), Woodbine Products, Inc., a New York corporation (“Woodbine” or “WP”), Eur-Pac Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (“Eur-Pac” or “EPC”), Electronic Connection Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (“ECC”), The Sterling Engineering Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (“Sterling”), Compac Development Corporation, a New York corporation (“Compac”), and Air Realty Group, LLC. a Connecticut limited liability company (“Air Realty”).

 

Company Overview

 

We are an aerospace and defense company. We manufacture and design structural parts and assemblies that focus on flight safety, including landing gear, arresting gear, engine mounts, flight controls, throttle quadrants, jet engines and other components. We also provide sheet metal fabrication of aerostructures, tube bending and welding services. Our products are currently deployed on a wide range of high profile military and commercial aircraft, including Sikorsky’s UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Northrop Grumman’s E2 Hawkeye, Boeing’s 777, Airbus’ 380 commercial airliners and the US Navy F-18 and USAF F-16 fighter aircraft. Our Turbine Engine sector makes components for jet engines that are used on the USAF F-15, the Airbus A-330 and A-380, and the Boeing 777, in addition to a number of ground turbine applications.

 

We became a public company in 2005 when our net sales were approximately $30 million. At that time we had been manufacturing components and subassemblies for the defense and commercial aerospace industry for over 45 years and had established long term relationships with leading defense and aerospace manufacturers. Since becoming a public company, we have completed a series of acquisitions of defense related businesses. These acquisitions have enabled us to broaden the range of products and services we offer. At the time we became a public company, we were primarily a machining shop. As a result of acquisitions, we now have capabilities and expertise in metal fabrication, welding and tube bending; the production of electromechanical systems, harness and cable assemblies; the fabrication of electronic equipment and printed circuit boards; the machining of turbine engine components; and the assembly of packages or “kits” containing supplies for all branches of the United States Defense Department, including ordnance parts, hose assemblies, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical assemblies.

  

Related Preferred Stock Transactions

 

We have outstanding 1,294,441 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), of which 155,668 shares have been issued in lieu of cash dividends (“PIK Shares”). The shares of Series A Preferred Stock are currently convertible into shares of our common stock at $4.92 per share. In connection with an amendment to the Certificate of Designation authorizing our Series A Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”), upon consummation of this offering, approximately 110,522 PIK Shares will be redeemed at $10.00 per share, their stated value, and the balance of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be automatically converted into common stock at the public offering price of the shares offered by this prospectus. We have obtained the consent of the holders of a majority of our outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock to amend the Certificate of Designation and will file the amendment with the Secretary of the State of Nevada prior to the pricing of this offering.

 
     

 

Corporate Information

 

We were incorporated in Nevada on July 9, 2013 and are successor by merger on August 30, 2013 to our former corporate parent, Air Industries Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation incorporated in November 2005 in connection with the acquisition of AIM.

 

Our principal offices are located at 360 Motor Parkway, Suite 100, Hauppauge New York 11788 and our telephone number is (631) 881-4920. Our principal website is http://www.airindustriesgroup.com. The information contained on our website does not form any part of this prospectus. We have included our website address as a factual reference and do not intend it to be an active link to our website.

 

 

 

 

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  The Offering    
       
  Securities offered 5,200,000 shares of common stock (or 5,980,000 shares of common stock if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full).  
       
  Assumed offering price $2.50  
       
  Common stock outstanding:    
       
  Before this offering 7,650,165 shares (1)  
       
  After this offering 17,585,841 shares, after giving effect to the automatic conversion of approximately 1,183,919 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock into 4,735,676 shares of common stock at an assumed conversion price of $2.50 per share. (2)  
       
  Over-allotment option The underwriters have an option for a period of 30 days after the date of this prospectus to purchase up to an additional 780,000 shares of common stock, on the same terms and conditions as set forth above, to cover any over-allotments.  
       
  Use of proceeds

Assuming a public offering price of $2.50 per share, we estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $11,690,000, or approximately $13,503,500 if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

 

We plan to use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem approximately 110,522 PIK Shares at a stated price of $10.00 per share, and $4,158,624 in principal amount of our Subordinated Convertible Notes due May 12, 2018 (the “May 2018 Notes”); to pay approximately $4,000,000 of outstanding trade payables and approximately $510,000 in principal, plus accrued interest, on promissory notes issued in March 2017 to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, directors and principal stockholders of our company; and use the balance for general corporate purposes, including working capital. For a more complete description of our intended use of the net proceeds from this offering, see “Use of Proceeds.”

 
       
  Risk factors Investing in our securities involves a significant degree of risk. You should read the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 3 and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before investing in our securities.  
       
  NYSE MKT symbol Our common stock is listed under the symbol “AIRI.”  
  ____________________    
  (1) Excludes as of May 31, 2017 (i) 2,535,885 shares issuable upon conversion of our Series A Preferred Stock at a conversion price of $4.92 per share, (ii) 1,950,148 shares issuable upon conversion of our 8% subordinated convertible notes (the “8% Notes”), (iii) 1,670,122 shares issuable upon conversion of the May 2018 Notes at a conversion price of $2.49 per share, (iv) 1,588,115 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants at a weighted average price of $4.05 (including 501,039 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants having an exercise price of $2.49 per share) and (v) 516,342 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options granted pursuant to our existing equity incentive plans at a weighted average price of $6.29.  Upon consummation of the offering, no shares of Series A Preferred Stock and none of the May 2018 Notes will be outstanding.

 
         
  (2) Excludes (i) 1,950,148 shares issuable upon conversion of the 8% Notes, (ii) 1,588,116 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants at a weighted average price of $4.05 and (iii) 516,342 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options granted pursuant to our existing equity incentive plans at a weighted average price of $6.29.

 
         
 

Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus assumes no exercise of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters to purchase up to an additional 780,000 shares of common stock or the Representative’s Warrant to purchase up to 260,000 shares of common stock at an assumed exercise price of $3.00 per share.

 
         

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully review and consider the risks and uncertainties described below, in addition to the other information presented in this prospectus, in light of your particular investment objectives and financial circumstances. The risks so described are not the only risks we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. Our business, financial condition, results of operations, or prospects could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. The trading price of our securities could decline due to any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

The risks below can be characterized into three groups:

 

  1) Risks related to our business, including risks specific to the defense and aerospace industry:
     
  2) Risks arising from our indebtedness; and
     
  3) Risks related to our common stock and this offering.

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

We incurred a substantial net loss in 2016 and may not be able to continue to operate as a going concern.

 

We suffered net losses from operations of $10,789,000 and $519,000 and net losses of $15,623,000 and $1,154,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016 and the three months ended March 31, 2017, respectively. We also had negative cash flows from operations for the year ended December 31, 2016. In 2015 we ceased paying dividends on our common stock and in 2016 we disposed of the real estate on which one of our operating subsidiaries is located through a sale leaseback transaction. In January 2017, we sold one of our operating subsidiaries. During the year ended December 31, 2016 and subsequent thereto, we sold approximately $18,654,000 in debt and equity securities to secure funds to operate our business. Since September 2016 we have been issuing additional shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in lieu of cash payment of accrued dividends on our outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and since February 2017 we have issued additional convertible notes in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest on our outstanding convertible notes. Furthermore, as of December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017, we were not in compliance with two financial covenants under our Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement with PNC Bank (the “Loan Facility”). We are dependent upon further issuances of debt, equity or other financings to fund ongoing operations. The report of our independent registered public accountants on our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 states that these factors raise uncertainty about our ability to continue as a going concern. We may continue to incur additional operating losses and we cannot assure you that we will continue as a going concern.

 

We have identified deficiencies and material weaknesses in our internal controls and we may not be successful in remediating these deficiencies and weakness in the near future.

 

In connection with our review of our disclosure controls and internal controls over financial reporting for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and the quarter ended March 31, 2017, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and internal controls over financial reporting were not effective as of such dates. In particular, certain portions of our inventory control system have not been integrated into the system used by the balance of our company which could result in a failure to properly account for the costs associated with work in process, slow moving inventory and the value of inventory on hand, and the enterprise reporting system used to track employee hours. Accordingly, costs to be included in work in process, may not be sufficiently automated to ensure compliance at all times. In addition, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our quarterly closing process was deficient at our subsidiaries and that our consolidating process and period end reporting and disclosure procedures were materially weak. They also concluded that our system for administering and disclosing stock compensation was deficient and that we lacked the accounting personnel necessary to account for complex accounting matters and unusual and nonstandard transactions. We intend to remediate these conditions. In the event we do not remediate these deficiencies and material weaknesses in our internal controls, our operations may be adversely affected and the market price of our common stock could decline. In addition, if we are unable to meet the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we may not be able to maintain our listing on the NYSE MKT.

 

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A reduction in government spending on defense could materially adversely impact our revenues, results of operations and financial condition.

 

A large percentage of our revenue is derived from products for US military aviation. There are risks associated with programs that are subject to appropriation by Congress, which could be potential targets for reductions in funding. Reductions in United States Government spending on defense or future changes in the mix of defense products required by United States Government agencies could limit demand for our products, and may have a materially adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. Our operations for the year ended December 31, 2016 were negatively impacted by reductions in government procurement orders and such reductions may continue. Since March 1, 2013, as a result of the continuing budget impasse, automatic government spending cuts termed the Sequester were implemented, and consequently, our revenues, particularly those of our Complex Machining segment, were and continue to be impacted by a slowing of orders in anticipation of a reduction or shift in the mix of defense spending. There can be no assurance that our financial condition and results of operations will not be materially adversely impacted by future reductions in defense spending or a change in the mix of products purchased by defense departments in the United States or other countries, or the perception on the part of our customers that such changes are about to occur.

 

We depend on revenues from a few significant relationships. Any loss, cancellation, reduction, or interruption in these relationships could harm our business.

 

We expect that our customer concentration will not change significantly in the near future. We derive most of our revenues from a small number of customers. Four customers represented approximately 56.4% and 59.3% of total sales for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. These four customers represented approximately 60.5% and 58.4% of total sales for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The markets in which we sell our products are dominated by a relatively small number of customers which have contracts with United States governmental agencies, thereby limiting the number of potential customers. Our success depends on our ability to develop and manage relationships with significant customers.  We cannot be sure that we will be able to retain our largest customers or that we will be able to attract additional customers, or that our customers will continue to buy our products in the same amounts as in prior years. The loss of one or more of our largest customers, any reduction or interruption in sales to these customers, our inability to successfully develop relationships with additional customers or future price concessions that we may have to make, could significantly harm our business.

 

We depend on revenues from components for a few aircraft platforms and the cancellation or reduction of either production or use of these aircraft platforms could harm our business.

 

Our Complex Machining segment derives most of its revenues from components for a few aircraft platforms, specifically the Sikorsky BlackHawk helicopter, the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye naval aircraft, the McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) C-17 Globemaster, the F-16 Falcon and the F-18 Hornet. Boeing closed its C-17 production line in 2015. A reduction in demand for our products as a result of either a reduction in the production of new aircraft or a reduction in the use of existing aircraft in the fleet (reducing after-market demand) would have a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition.

 

Intense competition in our markets may lead to a reduction in our revenues and market share.

 

The defense and aerospace component manufacturing market is highly competitive and we expect that competition will increase and perhaps intensify as the overall market remains static or declines. Many competitors have significantly greater technical, manufacturing, financial and marketing resources than we do. We expect that more companies will enter the defense and aerospace component manufacturing market. We may not be able to compete successfully against either current or future competitors. Increased competition could result in reduced revenue, lower margins or loss of market share, any of which could significantly harm our business, our operating results and financial condition.

 

We may lose sales if our suppliers fail to meet our needs or shipments of raw materials are not timely made.

 

Although we procure most of our parts and components from multiple sources or believe that these components are readily available from numerous sources, certain components are available only from a sole or limited number or sources. While we believe that substitute components or assemblies could be obtained, use of substitutes would require development of new suppliers or would require us to re-engineer our products, or both, which could delay shipment of our products and could have a materially adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. Recently, we have had difficulties in securing timely shipments of raw materials from certain vendors due to our liquidity problems. Our results of operations for 2016 were negatively impacted by disruptions in receipt of materials and such disruptions may continue. Any delays in the shipment of raw materials could significantly harm our business, our operating results and our financial condition.

 

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There are risks associated with the bidding processes in which we compete.

 

We obtain many contracts through a competitive bidding process. We must devote substantial time and resources to prepare bids and proposals and may not have contracts awarded to us. Even if we win contracts, there can be no assurance that the prices that we have bid will be sufficient to allow us to generate a profit from any particular contract. There are significant costs involved with producing a small number of initial units of any new product and it may not be possible to recoup such costs on later production runs.

 

Due to fixed contract pricing, increasing contract costs expose us to reduced profitability and the potential loss of future business.

 

The cost estimation process requires significant judgment and expertise. Reasons for cost growth may include unavailability and productivity of labor, the nature and complexity of the work to be performed, the effect of change orders, the availability of materials, the effect of any delays in performance, availability and timing of funding from the customer, natural disasters, and the inability to recover any claims included in the estimates to complete. A significant change in cost estimates on one or more programs could have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

The prices of raw materials we use are volatile.

 

The prices of raw materials used in our manufacturing processes are volatile. If the prices of raw materials rise we may not be able to pass along such increases to our customers and this could have an adverse impact on our consolidated financial position and results of operations. Significant increases in the prices of raw materials could adversely impact our customers’ demand for certain products which could lead to a reduction in our revenues and have a material adverse impact on our revenues and on our consolidated financial position and results of operations.

 

Some of the products we produce have long lead times.

 

Some of the products we produce, particularly those of our Complex Machining segment, require months to produce and we sometimes produce products in excess of the number ordered intending to sell the excess as spares when orders arise.  As a result, portions of our inventory turn slowly and tie up our working capital, and our inventory often represents approximately 40% of our assets.   Any requirement to write down the value of our inventory due to obsolescence or a drop in the price of materials could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

We do not own the intellectual property rights to products we produce.

 

Nearly all the parts and subassemblies we produce are built to customer specifications and the customer owns the intellectual property, if any, related to the product. Consequently, if a customer desires to use another manufacturer to fabricate its part or subassembly, it would be free to do so, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, our operating results and financial condition.

 

There are risks associated with new programs.

 

New programs typically carry risks associated with design changes, acquisition of new production tools, funding commitments, imprecise or changing specifications, timing delays and the accuracy of cost estimates associated with such programs. In addition, any new program may experience delays for a variety of reasons after significant expenditures are made. If we were unable to perform under new programs to the customers’ satisfaction or if a new program in which we had made a significant investment was terminated or experienced weak demand, delays or other problems, then our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. This could result in low margin or forward loss contracts, and the risk of having to write-off costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts if it were deemed to be unrecoverable over the life of the program.

 

To perform on new programs we may be required to incur up-front costs which may not have been separately negotiated. Additionally, we may have made assumptions related to the costs of any program which may be material and which may be incorrect, resulting in costs that are not recoverable. Such charges and the loss of up-front costs could have a material impact on our liquidity.

 

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Our future success also depends on our ability to address potential market opportunities and to manage expenses to match our ability to finance operations.

 

The need to control our expenses will place a significant strain on our management and operational resources. If we are unable to control our expenses effectively, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

 

Attracting and retaining a new executive officer and other key personnel is an essential element of our future success.

 

Our future success depends to a significant extent upon our ability to attract a new chief executive officer and other executive talent, as well as the continued service of our existing executive officers and other key management and technical personnel. Experienced management and technical, marketing and support personnel in the defense and aerospace industries are in demand and competition for their talents is intense. Our failure to attract a new chief executive officer and other executive talent, or retain our existing executive officers and key personnel, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We are subject to strict governmental regulations relating to the environment, which could result in fines and remediation expense in the event of non-compliance.

 

We are required to comply with extensive and frequently changing environmental regulations at the federal, state and local levels. Among other things, these regulatory bodies impose restrictions to control air, soil and water pollution, to protect against occupational exposure to chemicals, including health and safety risks, and to require notification or reporting of the storage, use and release of certain hazardous substances into the environment. This extensive regulatory framework imposes significant compliance burdens and risks on us. In addition, these regulations may impose liability for the cost of removal or remediation of certain hazardous substances released on or in our facilities without regard to whether we knew of, or caused, the release of such substances. Furthermore, we are required to provide a place of employment that is free from recognized and preventable hazards that are likely to cause serious physical harm to employees, provide notice to employees regarding the presence of hazardous chemicals and to train employees in the use of such substances. Our operations require the use of chemicals and other materials for painting and cleaning that are classified under applicable laws as hazardous chemicals and substances. If we are found not to be in compliance with any of these rules, regulations or permits, we may be subject to fines, remediation expenses and the obligation to change our business practice, any of which could result in substantial costs that would adversely impact our business operations and financial condition.

 

We may be subject to fines and disqualification for non-compliance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.

 

We are subject to regulation by the Federal Aviation Administration under the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended. The FAA prescribes standards and licensing requirements for aircraft and aircraft components. We are subject to inspections by the FAA and may be subjected to fines and other penalties (including orders to cease production) for noncompliance with FAA regulations. Our failure to comply with applicable regulations could result in the termination of or our disqualification from some of our contracts, which could have a material adverse effect on our operations. We have never been subject to such fines or disqualification.

 

Terrorist acts and acts of war may seriously harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

United States and global responses to the Middle East conflict, terrorism, perceived nuclear, biological and chemical threats and other global crises increase uncertainties with respect to U.S. and other business and financial markets. Several factors associated, directly or indirectly, with the Middle East conflict, terrorism, perceived nuclear, biological and chemical threats, and other global crises and responses thereto, may adversely affect the mix of products purchased by defense departments in the United States or other countries to platforms not serviced by us. A shift in defense budgets to product lines we do not produce could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Risks Related to Our Indebtedness

 

Our indebtedness may have a material adverse effect our operations.

 

We have substantial indebtedness under our Loan Facility. As of May 31, 2017, we had $23,427,000 of indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Facility, including $2,219,071 of excess advances. All of our indebtedness under the Loan Facility is secured by substantially all of our assets.

 

We also have substantial amounts outstanding in the form of our 8% Notes and May 2018 Notes. As of May 31, 2017, we had outstanding $5,359,420 principal amount of 8% Notes and $4,158,624 principal amount of May 2018 Notes. To the extent we are not able to pay accrued interest on the 8% Notes in cash due to restrictions set forth in the Loan Facility or otherwise, we may issue additional 8% Notes in payment of such accrued interest in lieu of cash (“PIK Notes”). We issued PIK Notes in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest on the 8% Notes on February 28, 2017 and May 31, 2017. We intend to redeem in full all of our May 2018 Notes.

 

Following the consummation of this offering, in addition to our indebtedness under the Loan Facility, we will have outstanding the indebtedness evidenced by the 8% Notes, the aggregate principal amount of which as of May 31, 2017 was $5,359,420, of which $2,911,135 in principal amount is due in November 2018 and $2,448,285 in principal amount is due in January 2019. If we are unable to pay the outstanding principal and accrued interest on the 8% Notes when due, our operations may be materially and adversely affected.

 

Our leverage may adversely affect our ability to finance future operations and capital needs, may limit our ability to pursue business opportunities and may make our results of operations more susceptible to adverse economic conditions.

 

Our indebtedness may limit our ability to pay dividends.

 

The terms of our Loan Facility require that we maintain certain financial covenants. We have issued PIK Shares in lieu of cash payment of accrued dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock on all dividend payment dates since their initial issuance in May 2016 due to covenant defaults under our Loan Facility which defaults have now been waived. Unless we are in compliance with our Loan Facility in the future, we would need to seek covenant changes under our Loan Facility to pay accrued dividends in cash. There can be no assurance our lenders would agree to covenant changes acceptable to us or at all. In addition, we may in the future incur indebtedness or otherwise become subject to agreements whose terms restrict our ability to pay dividends.

 

Risks Related to our common stock and this Offering

 

The ownership of our common stock is highly concentrated, and your interests may conflict with the interests of our existing stockholders.

 

Two of our directors, Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, and their affiliates beneficially owned approximately 36.68% of our outstanding common stock as of June 15, 2017, including shares they may acquire upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock (at the stated conversion price of $4.92 per share), 8% Notes and May 2018 Notes, and the exercise of warrants and of options, and they will beneficially own approximately 21.15% of our outstanding common stock upon completion of this offering, assuming the issuance of 5,200,000 shares in this offering as well as the redemption of PIK Shares (other than PIK Shares held by them, which are being converted) and the May 2018 Notes and the automatic conversion of the remaining shares of Series A Preferred Stock upon completion of this offering (at the conversion rate equal to the public offering price). Accordingly, these directors have significant influence over the outcome of corporate actions requiring stockholder approval. The interests of these directors may be different from the interests of other stockholders on these matters. This concentration of ownership could also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in our control or otherwise discouraging a potential acquirer from attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could reduce the price of our common stock.

 

Investors in this offering will experience immediate substantial dilution in net tangible book value per share.

 

If you purchase shares of common stock in this offering, you will suffer immediate and substantial dilution of $1.32 per share in the net tangible book value of the common stock based on the assumed public offering price of $2.50 per share, which is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our common stock. See “Dilution” for a more complete description of how the value of your investment will be diluted upon completion of this offering.

 

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A large number of shares may be sold in the market following this offering, which may depress the market price of our common stock.

 

All of the shares of our common stock sold in the offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act. As a result, a substantial number of shares of our common stock may be sold in the public market following this offering, which may cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

 

We can provide no assurance that our common stock will continue to meet NYSE MKT listing requirements. If we fail to comply with the continuing listing standards of the NYSE MKT, our common stock could be delisted.

 

As a result of the delayed filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 (“2016 Form 10-K”) and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2017 (“Q1 2017 Form 10-Q”), we received official notices of noncompliance with NYSE MKT continued listing standards. We resolved the continued listing deficiencies and regained compliance with NYSE MKT continued listing standards upon filing our 2016 Form 10-K and Q1 2017 Form 10-Q. However, we may fail to timely file a periodic report or other required SEC filing in the future and as a result may fail to be in compliance in the future. If we fail to satisfy the continued listing requirements of the NYSE MKT, the NYSE MKT may take steps to delist our common stock. Such a delisting would likely have a negative effect on the price of our common stock and would impair your ability to sell or purchase common stock when you wish to do so. In the event of a delisting, we can provide no assurance that any action taken by us to restore compliance with listing requirements would allow our common stock to become listed again, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our common stock, prevent our common stock from dropping below the NYSE MKT minimum bid price requirement or prevent future non-compliance with NYSE MKT’s listing requirements.

 

There is only a limited public market for our common stock.

 

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE MKT.  However, trading volume has been limited and a more active public market for our common stock may not develop or be sustained over time. The lack of a robust market may impair a stockholder’s ability to sell shares of our common stock. In the absence of a more active trading market, any attempt to sell a substantial number of our shares could result in a decrease in the price of our stock. Specifically, you may not be able to resell your shares of common stock at or above the price you paid for such shares or at all.

 

Moreover, sales of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could negatively impact the price of our common stock. As a result, you may not be able to sell your shares of our common stock in short time periods, or possibly at all, and the price per share of our common stock may fluctuate significantly.

 

Our future revenues are inherently unpredictable; our operating results are likely to fluctuate from period to period and if we fail to meet the expectations of securities analysts or investors, our stock price could decline significantly.

 

Our quarterly and annual operating results are likely to fluctuate significantly due to a variety of factors, some of which are outside our control. Accordingly, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations are not meaningful and should not be relied upon as indications of performance. Some of the factors that could cause quarterly or annual operating results to fluctuate include conditions inherent in government contracting and our business such as the timing of cost and expense recognition for contracts, the United States Government contracting and budget cycles, introduction of new government regulations and standards, contract closeouts, variations in manufacturing efficiencies, our ability to obtain components and subassemblies from contract manufacturers and suppliers, general economic conditions and economic conditions specific to the defense market. Because we base our operating expenses on anticipated revenue trends and a high percentage of our expenses are fixed in the short term, any delay in generating or recognizing forecasted revenues could significantly harm our business.

 

Fluctuations in quarterly results, competition or announcements of extraordinary events such as acquisitions or litigation may cause earnings to fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors. In this event, the trading price of our common stock could significantly decline. These fluctuations, as well as general economic and market conditions, may adversely affect the future market price of our common stock, as well as our overall operating results. Consequently, our share price may experience significant volatility and may not necessarily reflect the value of our expected performance.

 

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We are currently unable to pay cash dividends on our common stock

 

Our ability to pay cash dividends on our common stock is limited by the terms of our Loan Facility (and the terms of any future indebtedness or other agreements), the Certificate of Designation authorizing the issuance of our Series A Preferred Stock, under applicable law, and our status as a holding company.

 

We may need to raise additional capital in the future. Additional capital may not be available to us on reasonable terms, if at all, when or as we require. If we issue additional shares of our common stock or other securities that may be convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, our common stock, our existing stockholders would experience further dilution and could trigger anti-dilution provisions in outstanding warrants.

 

Assuming we meet our current operating budget, we do not expect to need capital in the foreseeable future. However, we may need to raise additional capital in the future. Future financings may involve the issuance of debt, equity and/or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our equity securities. These financings may not be available to us on reasonable terms or at all when and as we require funding. If we are able to consummate such financings, the trading price of our common stock could be adversely affected and/or the terms of such financings may adversely affect the interests of our existing stockholders. Any failure to obtain additional working capital when required would have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition and may result in a decline in our stock price. Any issuances of our common stock, preferred stock, or securities such as warrants or notes that are convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, our capital stock, would have a dilutive effect on the voting and economic interest of our existing stockholders.

 

Future financings or acquisitions may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

Future sales or issuances of our common stock following this offering and the automatic conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, including the issuance of shares of our common stock upon the conversion of the 8% Notes, upon exercise of our outstanding warrants or as part of future financings or acquisitions, would be substantially dilutive to the outstanding shares of common stock. Any dilution or potential dilution may cause our stockholders to sell their shares, which would contribute to a downward movement in the price of common stock.

 

Future issuances of additional 8% Notes in lieu of cash interest payments on our 8% Notes will dilute existing holders of our common stock and may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

We are obligated to pay accrued interest quarterly to holders of our 8% Notes. To date, we have issued additional 8% Notes in lieu of cash payments of accrued interest (“PIK Notes”). If for any future interest periods we are unable to pay accrued interest on the 8% Notes in cash due to restrictions in our Loan Facility or liquidity constraints, we may issue additional PIK Notes to holders of our 8% Notes. The conversion of PIK Notes into common stock will dilute the interests of our common stockholders and may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common stock less attractive to investors.

 

The JOBS Act permits “emerging growth companies” like us to rely on some of the reduced disclosure requirements that are already available to companies having a public float of less than $75 million, for as long as we qualify as an emerging growth company. During that period, we are permitted to omit the auditor’s attestation on internal control over financial reporting that would otherwise be required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Companies with a public float of $75 million or more must otherwise procure such an attestation beginning with their second annual report after their initial public offering. For as long as we qualify as an emerging growth company, we are also excluded from the requirement to submit “say-on-pay”, “say-on-pay frequency” and “say-on-parachute” votes to our stockholders and may avail ourselves of reduced executive compensation disclosure compared to larger companies. In addition, as described in the following risk factor, as an emerging growth company we can take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies.

 

Until such time as we cease to qualify as an emerging growth company, investors may find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

 

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As an “emerging growth company” we may take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies.

 

Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that, as an emerging growth company, we can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. We can therefore delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards. Please refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” for further discussion of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards.

 

At such time as we cease to qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act, the costs and demands placed upon management will increase.

 

We will continue to be deemed an emerging growth company until the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year during which we had total annual gross revenues of $1,000,000,000 (as indexed for inflation), (ii) December 31, 2018 (the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of common stock under a registration statement under the Securities Act,) (iii) the date on which we have, during the previous 3-year period, issued more than $1,000,000,000 in non-convertible debt; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a ‘large accelerated filer’ as defined by the SEC, which would generally occur upon our attaining a public float of at least $700 million. Once we lose emerging growth company status, we expect the costs and demands placed upon management to increase, as we would have to comply with additional disclosure and accounting requirements, particularly if our public float should exceed $75 million.

 

We incur significant costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management is required to devote substantial time to compliance requirements, including establishing and maintaining internal controls over financial reporting, and we may be exposed to potential risks if we are unable to comply with these requirements.

 

As a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, together with rules implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable market regulators. These rules impose various requirements on public companies, including requiring certain corporate governance practices. Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these requirements. Moreover, these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly.

 

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective internal controls for financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. In particular, we must perform system and process evaluations and testing of our internal controls over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Compliance with Section 404 may require that we incur substantial accounting expenses and expend significant management efforts. Our testing may reveal deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses. In the event we identify significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls that we cannot remediate in a timely manner, the market price of our stock could decline if investors and others lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other applicable regulatory authorities.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of 5,200,000 shares of our common stock we are offering will be $11,690,000, based on an assumed offering price of $2.50 per share, after deducting underwriting discounts and $400,000 of estimated offering expenses payable by us. If the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of common stock is exercised in full, we estimate that our net proceeds will be approximately $13,503,500.

 

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem approximately $1,105,220 in PIK Shares and approximately $4,158,624 in principal amount of May 2018 Notes (including $1,754,214 aggregate principal amount of the May 2018 Notes owned by Michael N. Taglich, Robert F. Taglich and a partnership in which they are general partners); to pay approximately $4,000,000 in outstanding trade payables; to pay approximately $510,000 in principal, plus accrued interest, to redeem promissory notes issued in March 2017 to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, principal stockholders and directors of our company; and the remainder of the net proceeds (approximately $1,916,156) will be available for general corporate purposes, including working capital. Pending the application of the net proceeds, we may invest the net proceeds in high-quality, short-term, interest-bearing securities.

 

Based upon the foregoing application of the net proceeds of this offering, assuming the sale of 5,200,000 shares of common stock at an assumed offering price of $2.50 per share, approximately 19.37% of the net cash proceeds of this offering will be used to repay indebtedness to Michael N. Taglich, Robert F. Taglich and a related party.

 

PRICE RANGE OF OUR COMMON STOCK

 

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE MKT under the symbol “AIRI.” The prices set forth below reflect the quarterly high and low closing prices of a share of our common stock for the periods indicated as reported by Yahoo Finance.

 

 2015:   High   Low
Quarter Ended March 31, 2015   $ 10.52     $ 9.70  
Quarter Ended June 30, 2015   $ 10.74     $ 9.91  
Quarter Ended September 30, 2015   $ 10.13     $ 8.06  
Quarter Ended December 31, 2015   $ 9.17     $ 6.98  
                 
2016:                
Quarter Ended March 31, 2016   $ 8.23     $ 5.90  
Quarter Ended June 30, 2016   $ 6.08     $ 4.20  
Quarter Ended September 30, 2016   $ 4.89     $ 3.95  
Quarter Ended December 31, 2016   $ 4.39     $ 2.25  
                 
2017:                
Quarter Ended March 31, 2017   $ 4.60     $ 2.75  
Quarter Ended June 30, 2017 (through June 16, 2017)   $ 3.60     $ 2.13  

 

On June 16, 2017, the closing price of our common stock was $2.50.

 

DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We paid quarterly dividends on our common stock each quarter commencing with the first quarter of 2013 through the third quarter of 2015. All determinations relating to our dividend policy are made at the discretion of our Board of Directors and depend on a number of factors, including future earnings, capital requirements, restrictions under our Loan Facility, financial conditions and future prospects and other factors the Board of Directors may deem relevant.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

 

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents, total current liabilities and capitalization as of March 31, 2017 on:

 

  an actual basis;

 

on a pro forma basis to give effect to the issuance of $4,158,624 principal amount of May 2018 Notes and warrants to purchase 501,039 shares of common stock issued in the financing we completed in May 2017, assuming no value is assigned to the warrants; and

 

on an as adjusted basis to give effect to the automatic conversion of 1,183,919 shares of Series A Preferred Stock into 4,735,676 shares of common stock at an assumed conversion price of $2.50 per share and our receipt of the estimated net proceeds from our sale of 5,200,000 shares of our common stock in the offering at an assumed offering price of $2.50 per share, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by us, and the application of the net proceeds as follows: (i) to redeem (A) a total of 110,522 PIK Shares, at a redemption price of $10.00 per share, for a total of $1,105,220 and (B) $4,158,624 in principal amount of May 2018 Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, (ii) to pay approximately $4,000,000 in outstanding trade payables and (iii) to pay approximately $510,000 in principal, plus accrued interest, on notes issued in March 2017 to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, principal stockholders and directors of our company.

  

For purposes of the table below, all amounts due under the Term Loan (as defined herein) are classified as current instead of as long-term liabilities since we were in default under the terms of our Loan Facility as of March 31, 2017. In addition, because the revolving loans under the Loan Facility contain a subjective acceleration clause which could permit PNC to require repayment prior to maturity, all of the loans outstanding with PNC are classified with the current portion of notes and capital lease obligations.

 

   As of March 31, 2017
   Actual  Pro Forma  As Adjusted
Cash and cash equivalents  $1,043,000   $ 4,889,000    $ 6,806,000  
Total current liabilities   44,455,000   44,455,000    39,945,000
Long term liabilities:               
Notes Payable and Capitalized  Lease Obligation - Net of Current Portion   2,644,000    6,803,000    2,644,000 
Deferred Gain on Sale - Net of Current Portion   323,000    323,000    323,000 
Deferred Rent   1,294,000    1,294,000    1,294,000 
 Total long term liabilities   4,261,000    8,420,000    4,261,000 
                
Stockholders’ equity :               
                
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 3,000,000 shares authorized, of which 2,000,000 shares are designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; 1,247,654 shares issued and outstanding, actual and pro forma; and none issued as adjusted   $1,000   $1,000    - 
                
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized; 7,650,165 shares issued and outstanding, actual and pro forma; 17,585,841 shares issued and outstanding, as adjusted;    7,000    7,000     18,000  
                
Additional paid-in capital   57,038,000    57,038,000     67,614,000  
                
Accumulated deficit   (32,135,000)    (32,447,000 )    (32,447,000)
                
Total stockholders’ equity  $24,911,000   $ 24,599,000    $ 35,185,000  
Total capitalization  $29,172,000   $ 33,018,000    $ 39,446,000  

 

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The actual and pro forma number of shares outstanding as shown above is based on 7,650,165 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2017, and excludes as of May 31, 2017 (i) 2,535,856 shares issuable upon conversion of our Series A Preferred Stock at a conversion price of $4.92, (ii) 1,950,148 shares issuable upon conversion of our 8% Notes, (iii) 1,087,076 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants at a weighted average price of $4.77, (iv) 516,342 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options granted pursuant to our existing equity incentive plans at a weighted average price of $6.29, (v) 1,670,122 shares issuable upon conversion of the May 2018 Notes at a conversion price of $2.49 per share and (vi) 501,039 shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued in connection with the May 2018 Notes having an exercise price of $2.49 per share.

  

The as adjusted number of shares consists of 7,650,165 shares outstanding, plus an additional 4,735,676 shares issued upon conversion of 1,183,919 shares of Series A Preferred at an assumed conversion price of $2.50 and 5,200,000 shares of common stock issued in this offering at an assumed public offering price of $2.50.

 

The as adjusted numbers in the foregoing table are illustrative only and our capitalization upon completion of the offering will be adjusted based upon the actual public offering price and other terms of the offering determined at pricing. You should read the forgoing table together with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

A $0.50 increase or decrease in the assumed public offering price would increase or decrease our as adjusted cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital, total stockholders’ equity and total capitalization by approximately $2,418,000, assuming the number of shares of common stock offered by us as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus remains the same, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

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DILUTION

 

 If you purchase shares of our common stock in this offering, your interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the offering price per share of our common stock and the adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock after this offering. “Net tangible book value” is total tangible assets minus total liabilities. “Net tangible book value per share” is net tangible book value less the stated value of any preferred stock outstanding, divided by the total number of shares of common stock outstanding. Our net tangible book value as of March 31, 2017, after deducting the liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock of $12,476,540, was $(2,373,843), or $(0.31) per share of common stock.

 

For purposes of the table below, we have adjusted the net tangible book value per share at March 31, 2017 to give effect to the issuance and sale of the May 2018 Notes and related warrants in May 2017, the redemption of 110,522 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a redemption price equal to their stated value of $10.00 per share and the conversion of the remaining 1,183,919 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at an assumed price of $2.50 per share into 4,735,676 shares of common stock. After giving effect to the foregoing, our pro forma net tangible book value as of March 31, 2017 would have been $10,106,440 and our pro forma net tangible book value per share would have been $0.82.

 

After giving effect to the sale by us of 5,200,000 shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed offering price of $2.50 per share, and after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses that we will pay, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of March 31, 2017 would have been $21,801,640 or $1.18 per share of common stock. This amount represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $0.36 per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $1.32 per share to purchasers in this offering.

 

The following table illustrates this dilution on a per share basis to new investors:

 

Initial public offering price per share           $ 2.50   
Historical net tangible book value per share as of March 31, 2017   $ (0.31 )        
Increase per share attributable to the issuance of the May 2018 Notes and related warrants and conversion of 1,183,919 shares of Series A Preferred Stock   $ 1.13          
Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of March 31, 2017     0.82          
Increase in pro forma net tangible book value per share attributed to new investors purchasing shares in this offering     0.36          
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering           $ 1.18  
Dilution in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share to new investors in this offering           $ 1.32  

 

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The above table is based on 7,650,165 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2017 and excludes as of May 31, 2017 (i) 1,950,148 shares issuable upon conversion of the 8% Notes, (ii) 1,670,122 shares issuable upon conversion of the May 2018 Notes, (iii) 1,588,115 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants at a weighted average price of $4.05 (including 501,039 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants having an exercise price of $2.49 per share) and (iv) 516,342 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options granted pursuant to our existing equity incentive plans at a weighted average price of $6.29. Moreover, to the extent that any outstanding options or warrants are exercised, new options are issued under our existing equity incentive plans, or we otherwise issue additional shares of common stock in the future, at a price less than the public offering price, there will be further dilution to new investors.

 

If the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, the dilution to new investors in the offering will be $1.23 per share. 

 

A $0.50 increase or decrease in the assumed public offering price per share would increase or decrease our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering by approximately $0.14, and our dilution per share to new investors by approximately $0.13, assuming the number of shares of common stock offered by us as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus remains the same, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

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BUSINESS

 

We are an aerospace and defense company. We manufacture and design structural parts and assemblies that focus on flight safety, including landing gear, arresting gear, engine mounts, flight controls, throttle quadrants, jet engines and other components. We also provide sheet metal fabrication of aerostructures, tube bending and welding services. Our products are currently deployed on a wide range of high profile military and commercial aircraft including Sikorsky’s UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Northrop Grumman’s E2 Hawkeye, Boeing’s 777, Airbus’ 380 commercial airliners and the US Navy F-18 and USAF F-16 fighter aircraft. Our Turbine Engine sector makes components for jet engines that are used on the USAF F-15, the Airbus A-330 and A-380, and the Boeing 777, in addition to a number of ground turbine applications.

 

We became a public company in 2005 when our net sales were approximately $30 million. At that time we had been manufacturing components and subassemblies for the defense and commercial aerospace industry for over 45 years and had established long term relationships with leading defense and aerospace manufacturers. Since becoming public we have completed a series of acquisitions of defense related businesses. These acquisitions have enabled us to broaden the range of products and services we offer. At the time we became a public company, we were primarily a machining shop. As a result of acquisitions, we now have capabilities and expertise in metal fabrication, welding and tube bending; the production of electromechanical systems, harness and cable assemblies; the fabrication of electronic equipment and printed circuit boards; the machining of turbine engine components; and the assembly of packages or “kits” containing supplies for all branches of the United States Defense Department, including ordnance parts, hose assemblies, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical assemblies.

  

We currently divide our operations into three operating segments: Complex Machining; Aerostructures & Electronics; and Turbine Engine Components. As our businesses continue to develop and evolve, we may deem it appropriate to reallocate our companies into different operating segments and, once we achieve sufficient integration among our businesses, report as a unified company.

 

Complex Machining is comprised of Air Industries Machining (“AIM”) and Nassau Tool Works (“NTW”). Since the lease for the premises occupied by NTW expires in October 2018, we are relocating and consolidating the operations of NTW into the facilities of AIM in Bay Shore, New York, approximately six miles from the premises presently occupied by NTW on Long Island.

 

Aerostructures & Electronics is comprised of Welding Metallurgy (“WMI”), Woodbine Products (“WPI”), Eur-Pac, Electronic Connections (“ECC”) and Compac Development (“Compac”). We previously relocated the operations of Miller Stuart, and Compac Development from their locations on Long Island to Welding Metallurgy’s facility in Hauppauge, Long Island NY, and merged Miller Stuart into WMI. We are continuing to fully integrate these operations, and the operations of Woodbine Products, and Decimal Industries into the operations of Welding Metallurgy. Turbine Engine Components is comprised of The Sterling Engineering Corporation and, until its sale in January 2017, included AMK Welding.

 

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Our Market

 

We operate primarily in the military and, to a lesser degree, commercial aviation industries. Defense revenues represent a preponderance of our sales. Our principal customers include Sikorsky Aircraft, Goodrich Landing Gear Systems, Northrop Grumman, the United States Department of Defense, GKN Aerospace, Lockheed, Boeing, Raytheon, Piper Aircraft, M7 Aerospace, Vought Aerospace, Ametek/Hughes-Treitler and Airbus.

 

Our products are incorporated into many aircraft platforms, the majority of which remain in production, and of which there are a substantial number of operating aircraft in the fleets maintained by the military and commercial airlines. We believe that we are the largest supplier of flight critical parts to Sikorsky’s Black Hawk helicopter. We have made, or currently make, or have been awarded, products for the CH-47 Chinook helicopter, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Northrop Grumman’s E2 Hawkeye, Boeing’s 777, Airbus’ 380 commercial airliners, and the US Navy F-18 and USAF F-16 fighter aircraft. Our Turbine Engine Components segment makes components for jet engines that are used on the USAF F-15, the Airbus A-330 and A-380, and the Boeing 777, in addition to a number of non-military ground turbine applications.

 

 Many of our products are “flight critical,” essential to aircraft performance and safety on takeoff, during flight and when landing. These products require advanced certifications as a condition to being a supplier. For many of our products we are the sole or one of a limited number of sources of supply. Many of the parts we supply are subject to wear and tear or fatigue and are routinely replaced on aircraft on a time of service or flight cycle basis. Replacement demand for these products will continue, albeit at perhaps a lower rate, so long as an aircraft remains in service, which is usually many years after production has stopped.

 

The National Defense Authorization Act, which was approved in December 2016, provides for an increase in defense spending. President Donald Trump’s preliminary budget proposal provides for a further increase in military spending of approximately 10%. Despite these positive developments, there can be no assurance that any such increase in military spending will increase demand for the products we supply or otherwise benefit us.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

Our approach to sales and marketing can be best understood through the concept of customer alignment. The aerospace industry is dominated by a small number of large prime contractors and equipment manufacturers. These customers rely heavily upon subcontractors to supply quality parts meeting specifications on a timely and cost effective basis.  These customers and other customers we supply routinely rate their suppliers based on a variety of performance factors.  One of our principal goals is to be highly rated and thus relied upon by all of our customers.

 

The large prime contractors are increasingly seeking subcontractors who can supply and are qualified to integrate the fabrication of larger, more complex and more complete subassemblies. We seek to position ourselves within the supply chain of these contractors and manufacturers to be selected for subcontracted projects.  Successful positioning requires that we qualify to be a preferred supplier by achieving and maintaining independent third party quality approval certifications, specific customer quality system approvals and top supplier ratings through strong performance on existing contracts.  We believe that the various capabilities we have acquired through our acquisition program increase the likelihood we will qualify for and be awarded larger, more complex projects. As an example of our successful efforts to move up the supplier chain, our Aerostructures & Electronics segment has grown from being a supplier of welding services to being a supplier of welding subassemblies and is now a product integrator, providing customers with complete structural assemblies.

 

As part of our effort to become a product integrator and increase our value to our customers, we have recruited personnel to design products and to fabricate complete, fully-assembled products.  In our marketing efforts we let customers know that we now have employees with the talent and experience to manage the manufacture of sections of aircraft structures to be delivered to the final assembly phase of the aircraft manufacturing cycle, and customers have now engaged us for these services.

 

As we acquired new businesses, we often gained new or enhanced technical capabilities. When we sought to exploit these new capabilities by introducing to our existing customers newly acquired products and capabilities we previously lacked.  Businesses we acquired often introduced us to customers we had not previously supplied and we marketed to these customers the products and services they need which we historically provided.  This marketing effort has enabled us to grow some of the businesses we acquired and increased our value to our customers.  For example, the acquisition of the business of Nassau Tool Works in 2012 expanded our capabilities in the “turning” of metal components. This enhanced capability was important in our Complex Machining segment winning a large multi-year commercial aerospace contract to supply Thrust Struts to a unit of UTAS for use in the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan jet engine.

 

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Initial contracts are usually obtained through competitive bidding against other qualified subcontractors, while follow-on contracts are usually retained by successfully performing initial contracts. The long term business of each of our current operating segments generally benefits from barriers to entry resulting from investments, certifications, familiarization with the needs and systems of customers, and manufacturing techniques developed during the initial manufacturing phase. We endeavor to develop each of our relationships to one of a “partnership” where we participate in the resolution of pre-production design and build issues, and initial contracts are obtained as single source awards and follow-on pricing is determined through negotiations.  Despite these efforts a minority of our sales are based on negotiated prices.

 

Our Backlog

 

Our backlog is best understood by looking at our operating segments independently.

 

Within our Complex Machining and Turbine Engine Components segments, the production cycle of products can extend from several months to a year or longer. This gives rise to significant backlogs as customers must order product with sufficient lead time to ensure timely delivery. In contrast, the production cycle for a significant majority of the products produced in our Aerostructures & Electronics segment is much shorter, a matter of several weeks or a few months. This shorter cycle allows customers to delay orders resulting in a much smaller backlog.

 

We have a number of long-term multi-year General Purchase Agreements or GPA’s with several of our customers. These agreements specify part numbers, specifications and prices of the covered products for a specified period, but do not authorize immediate production and shipment. Shipments are authorized periodically by the customer to fit their production schedule. We recently received a renewal of our multi-year contract with Sikorsky, MY9, for the years 2018 to 2023. This contract is for $47 million worth of product during this period. This is the third multi-year contract award we have received from Sikorsky.

 

Our “firm backlog” includes only fully authorized orders received for products to be delivered within the forward 18-month period. As of May 31, 2017, our 18-month “firm funded backlog” was approximately $98 million.

 

Competition

 

Winning a new contract is highly competitive. For the most part we manufacture to customer designs and specifications, and compete against companies that have similar manufacturing capabilities in a global marketplace. Consequently, the ability to obtain contracts requires providing quality products at competitive prices. To accomplish this requires that we strive for continuous improvement in our capabilities to assure our competitiveness and provide value to our customers. Our marketing strategy involves developing long-term ongoing working relationships with customers. These relationships enable us to develop entry barriers to would-be competitors by establishing and maintaining advanced quality approvals, certifications and tooling investments that are difficult and expensive to duplicate. Despite these barriers to entry, many of our competitors are well-established subcontractors engaged in the supply of aircraft parts and components to prime military contractors and commercial aviation manufacturers. Among our competitors are: Monitor Aerospace, a division of Stellex Aerospace; Hydromil, a division of Triumph Aerospace Group; Heroux Aerospace and Ellanef Manufacturing, a division of Magellan Corporation.

 

Many of our competitors are larger enterprises or divisions of significantly larger companies having greater financial, physical and technical resources, and the capabilities to timelier respond under much larger contracts.

 

Raw Materials and Replacement Parts

 

The manufacturing process for certain products, particularly those for which we serve as product integrator, requires significant purchases of raw materials, hardware and subcontracted details. As a result, much of our success in profitably meeting customer demand for these products requires efficient and effective subcontract management. Price and availability of many raw materials utilized in the aerospace industry are subject to volatile global markets. Most suppliers of raw materials are unwilling to commit to long-term contracts at fixed prices. This is a substantial risk as our strategy often involves long term fixed price commitments to our customers. Recently, we have had difficulties in securing timely shipments of raw materials from certain vendors due to our liquidity problems.

 

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Employees

 

As of May 31, 2017, we employed approximately 366 people. Of these, approximately 42 were in administration, 29 were in sales and procurement, and 295 were in manufacturing. 

 

Air Industries Machining, one of the components of our Complex Machining segment, is a party to a collective bargaining agreement (the “Agreement”) with the United Service Workers, IUJAT, Local 355 (the “Union”) with which we believe we maintain good relations. The Agreement, dated January 1, 2016, expires December 31, 2018 and covers all of AIM’s production personnel, of which there are approximately 104 people. AIM is required to make a monthly contribution to each of the Union’s United Welfare Fund and the United Services Worker’s Security Fund. This is the only pension benefit required by the Agreement and the Company is not obligated for any future defined benefit to retirees. The Agreement contains a “no-strike” clause, whereby, during the term of the Agreement, the Union will not strike and AIM will not lockout its employees.

 

All of our employees are covered under a co-employment agreement with ADP.

 

Regulations

 

Environmental Regulation; Employee Safety

 

We are subject to regulations administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, various state agencies and county and local authorities acting in cooperation with federal and state authorities. Among other things, these regulatory bodies impose restrictions that require us to control air, soil and water pollution, to protect against occupational exposure to chemicals, including health and safety risks, and to require notification or reporting of the storage, use and release of certain hazardous chemicals and substances. The extensive regulatory framework imposes compliance burdens and financial and operating risks on us. Governmental authorities have the power to enforce compliance with these regulations and to obtain injunctions or impose civil and criminal fines in the case of violations.

 

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) imposes strict, joint and several liability on the present and former owners and operators of facilities that release hazardous substances into the environment. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”) regulates the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste. New York and Connecticut, the states where all of our production facilities are located, also have stringent laws and regulations governing the handling, storage and disposal of hazardous substances, counterparts of CERCLA and RCRA. In addition, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which requires employers to provide a place of employment that is free from recognized and preventable hazards that are likely to cause serious physical harm to employees, obligates employers to provide notice to employees regarding the presence of hazardous chemicals and to train employees in the use of such substances.

 

Federal Aviation Administration

 

We are subject to regulation by the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) under the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended. The FAA prescribes standards and licensing requirements for aircraft and aircraft components. We are subject to inspections by the FAA and may be subjected to fines and other penalties (including orders to cease production) for noncompliance with FAA regulations. Our failure to comply with applicable regulations could result in the termination of or our disqualification from some of our contracts, which could have a material adverse effect on our operations. We have never been subject to such fines or disqualifications.

 

Government Contract Compliance

 

Our government contracts and those of many of our customers are subject to the procurement rules and regulations of the United States government, including the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Many of the contract terms are dictated by these rules and regulations. During and after the fulfillment of a government contract, we may be audited in respect of the direct and allocated indirect costs attributed to the project. These audits may result in adjustments to our contract costs. Additionally, we may be subject to U.S. government inquiries and investigations because of our participation in government procurement. Any inquiry or investigation can result in fines or limitations on our ability to continue to bid for government contracts and fulfill existing contracts.

 

We believe that we are in compliance with all federal, state and local laws and regulations governing our operations and have obtained all material licenses and permits required for the operation of our business.

 

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Properties

 

Our executive offices are located at 360 Motor Parkway, Suite 100, Hauppauge, New York 11788. We occupy our executive offices under a lease with approximately five years remaining in the term which ends January 2022.  The annual rent was $103,000 for the lease year which began in January 2016, and increases by approximately 3% per annum each year thereafter until the seventh year of the lease.

 

The operations of a portion of our Complex Machining segment are conducted on a 5.4-acre corporate campus in Bay Shore, New York. We occupy three buildings on the campus, consisting of 76,000 square feet. On October 24, 2006, we entered into a “sale/leaseback” transaction whereby we sold the buildings and real property located at the corporate campus and entered into a 20-year triple-net lease for the property. Base annual rent for 2016 was approximately $723,000 and increases by 3% each subsequent year. The lease grants us an option to renew the lease for an additional five years. Under the terms of the lease, we are required to pay all of the costs associated with the operation of the facilities, including, without limitation, insurance, taxes and maintenance.

 

The remaining portion of the operations of our Complex Machining segment are conducted in a 60,000 square foot facility in West Babylon, New York. The space is occupied under a lease which provides for an annual base rent of approximately $360,000 through October 30, 2018. We are in the process of relocating the operations of NTW conducted at this location to AIM’s facilities in Bay Shore, New York.

 

The operations of our Aerostructures & Electronics segment are principally conducted in an 81,035 square foot facility located in Hauppauge, New York. This space is occupied under a sublease which had an annual base rent of approximately $527,000 for 2016 and increases by an agreed upon amount each anniversary of the commencement of the lease through December 31, 2026.

 

The balance of our Aerostructures & Electronics segment are located in a 16,000 square foot facility in Waterbury, Connecticut. The space is occupied under a lease which has an annual base rent of approximately $115,000 and expires May 31, 2019; and a 9,200 square foot space in Bay Shore, New York, which is occupied under a lease which has an annual base rent of approximately $75,000 and expires April 30, 2018.

 

The operations of our Turbine Engine Components segment are conducted in a 74,923 square foot facility on a 24 acre parcel in Barkhamsted, Connecticut.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time we may be engaged in various lawsuits and legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our business. We are currently not aware of any legal proceedings the ultimate outcome of which, in our judgment based on information currently available, would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results. We, however, have had claims brought against us by a small number of vendors due to our liquidity constraints.  There are no proceedings in which any of our directors, officers or affiliates, or any registered or beneficial stockholder of our common stock, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to our interest.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION

 

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarters ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should specifically consider the various risk factors identified in this prospectus that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

 

Business Overview

 

We are an aerospace company operating primarily in the defense industry, though the proportion of our business represented by the commercial and industrial sector is increasing. We manufacture and design structural parts and assemblies that focus on flight safety, including landing gear, arresting gear, engine mounts, flight controls, throttle quadrants, and other components. We also provide sheet metal fabrication of aerostructures, tube bending, welding and kitting services. Our Turbine Engine Components segment makes components and provides services for jet engines and ground-power turbines. Our products are currently deployed on a wide range of high profile military and commercial aircraft.

 

We became a public company in 2005 when our net sales were approximately $30 million. We have manufactured components and subassemblies for the defense and commercial aerospace industry for over 50 years and have established long-term relationships with leading defense and aerospace manufacturers. Since becoming public, we have completed a series of acquisitions of defense related businesses. These acquisitions have enabled us to broaden the range of products and services we offer. At the time we became a public company, we were primarily a machining shop. As a result of acquisitions, we now have capabilities and expertise in metal fabrication, welding and tube bending; the production of electromechanical systems, harness and cable assemblies; the fabrication of electronic equipment and printed circuit boards; the machining of turbine engine components; and the assembly of packages or “kits” containing supplies for all branches of the United States Defense Department, including ordnance parts, hose assemblies, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical assemblies.

  

Since January 1, 2015, we have made the following acquisitions and dispositions:

 

  · In March 2015, we acquired Sterling Engineering Corporation (“Sterling”) for approximately $9.6 million. Founded in 1941, Sterling provides complex machining services and its business is concentrated with aircraft jet engine and ground turbine manufacturers;

 

  · In September 2015, we acquired Compac Development Corporation (“Compac”) for approximately $1.5 million. Founded in 1976, Compac specializes in the manufacture of RFI/EMI (Radio Frequency Interference – Electromagnetic Interference) shielded enclosures for electronic components;

 

  · In January 2017 we sold AMK Welding, Inc., for $4.5 million, net of a working capital adjustment of ($240,000) plus additional payments based on net revenue not to exceed $1.5 million. We acquired AMK Welding in October, 2014.

 

The aerospace market is highly competitive in both the defense and commercial sectors and we face intense competition in all areas of our business. Nearly all of our revenues are derived by producing products to customer specifications after being awarded a contract through a competitive bidding process. As the commercial aerospace and defense industries continue to consolidate and major contractors seek to streamline supply chains by buying more complete sub-assemblies from fewer suppliers, we have sought to remain competitive not only by providing cost-effective world class service but also by increasing our ability to produce more complex and complete assemblies for our customers.

 

Our ability to operate profitably is determined by our ability to win new contracts and renewals of existing contracts, and then fulfill these contracts on a timely basis at costs that enable us to generate a profit based upon the agreed upon contract price. Winning a contract generally requires that we submit a bid containing a fixed price for the product or products covered by the contract for an agreed upon period of time. Thus, when submitting bids, we are required to estimate our future costs of production and, since we often rely upon subcontractors, the prices we can obtain from our subcontractors.

 

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While our revenues are largely determined by the number of contracts we are awarded, the volume of product delivered and the price of product under each contract, our costs are determined by a number of factors. The principal factors impacting our costs are the cost of materials and supplies, labor, financing and the efficiency at which we can produce our products. The cost of materials used in the aerospace industry is highly volatile. In addition, the market for the skilled labor we require to operate our plants is highly competitive. The profit margin of the various products we sell varies based upon a number of factors, including the complexity of the product, the intensity of the competition for such product and, in some cases, the ability to deliver replacement parts on short notice. Thus, in assessing our performance from one period to another, a reader must understand that changes in profit margin can be the result of shifts in the mix of products sold.

 

A very large percentage of the products we produce are used on military as opposed to civilian aircraft. These products can be replacements parts for aircraft already in the fleet of the armed services or for the production of new aircraft. Reductions to the Defense Department budget and decreased usage of aircraft have reduced the demand for both new production and replacement spares. This reduced our sales, particularly in our Complex Machining segment.

 

The Defense budget proposed for Fiscal Year 2017, beginning on October 1, 2016, approved in December 2016, increases military spending and presumably procurement. Recently President Trump has proposed an additional increase of approximately $50 billion for fiscal year 2018, beginning on October 1, 2017. There is no assurance that defense spending will, in fact, increase in the near future or that the increase will increase demand for the product lines we produce.

 

Segment Data

 

We follow Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 280, “Segment Reporting” (“ASC 280”), which establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments in annual and interim financial statements, and requires that companies report financial and descriptive information about their reportable segments based on a management approach. ASC 280 also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers.

 

We currently divide our operations into three operating segments: Complex Machining; Aerostructures & Electronics; and Turbine Engine Components. Effective January 1, 2015, all operating costs are allocated to our three operating segments. As our businesses continue to develop and evolve we may deem it appropriate to reallocate our companies into different operating segments. Along with our operating subsidiaries, we report the results of our corporate division as an independent segment.

 

The accounting policies of each of the segments are the same as those described in the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. We evaluate performance of each segment based on revenue, gross profit contribution and assets employed.

 

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Three Months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

 

Selected Financial Information:

 

   Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016:
   2017  2016
   (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)
Net sales  $16,153,000   $15,184,000 
Cost of sales   13,451,000    12,363,000 
Gross profit   2,702,000    2,821,000 
Operating expenses and interest costs   (4,114,000)   (4,917,000)
Other income, net   (193,000)   10,000 
Gain on Sale of Subsidiary   451,000    - 
Benefit from income taxes   -    656,000 
Net Loss  $(1,154,000)  $(1,430,000)

 

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Balance Sheet Data:   March 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
    December 31, 2016 
Cash and cash equivalents  $1,043,000   $1,304,000 
Working capital   3,096,000    2,903,000 
Total assets   73,627,000    82,800,000 
Total stockholders’ equity  $24,911,000   $24,890,000 

 

The following sets forth the results of operations for each of our segments individually and on a consolidated basis for the periods indicated:

 

   Three Months Ended March 31,
   2017  2016
   (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)
       
COMPLEX MACHINING          
Net Sales  $9,891,000   $7,467,000 
Gross Profit   2,901,000    1,858,000 
Pre Tax (Loss) Income   1,085,000    (400,000)
Assets   41,940,000    51,076,000 
           
AEROSTRUCTURES & ELECTRONICS          
Net Sales   4,320,000    5,160,000 
Gross Profit   26,000    948,000 
Pre Tax (Loss) Income   (1,279,000)   (772,000)
Assets   19,669,000    19,263,000 
           
TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS          
Net Sales   1,942,000    2,557,000 
Gross Profit    (225,000 )   15,000 
Pre Tax (Loss) Income   (827,000)   (914,000)
Assets   11,233,000    17,247,000 
           
CORPORATE          
Net Sales   -    - 
Gross Profit   -    - 
Pre Tax (Loss) Income   (133,000)   - 
Assets   785,000    534,000 
           
CONSOLIDATED          
Net Sales   16,153,000    15,184,000 
Gross Profit    2,702,000     2,821,000 
Pre Tax (Loss) Income   (1,154,000)   (2,086,000)
Benefit from Income Taxes   -    656,000 
Net (Loss) Income   (1,154,000)   (1,430,000)
Assets  $73,627,000   $88,120,000 

  

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Net Sales:

 

Consolidated net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2017 were approximately $16,153,000, an increase of $969,000, or 6.4%, compared with $15,184,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in sales resulted from an increase in our Complex Machining segment of approximately $2,424,000 or 32.5%. This increase in sales was partially offset by decreases in our Turbine Engine Components and Aerostructure & Electronics segments of approximately $615,000 and $840,000, respectively. The decrease in our Turbine Engine Segment in 2017 largely resulted from the inclusion of AMK for three months in 2016 and only one month in 2017. AMK was sold on January 27, 2017. Without AMK revenues of this segment were essentially flat, declining just $38,000 for the quarter.

 

As indicated in the table below, four customers represented 60.5% and 58.4% of total sales for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Customer Percentage of Sales
  2017 2016
  (unaudited) (unaudited)
Sikorsky Aircraft                                   16.6 23.2
United States Department of Defense                    17.1 12.7
Goodrich Landing Gear Systems 14.1 11.9
Northrop Grumman Corporation                       12.7 10.6

 

Gross Profit:

 

Consolidated gross profit from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $2,702,000, a decrease of approximately $119,000, or 4.2%, as compared to gross profit of $2,821,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Consolidated gross profit as a percentage of sales was 16.7% and 18.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Gross profit from operations increased by approximately $1,043,000 in our Complex Machining segment. This increase was offset by declines in gross profit in our Turbine & Engine and Aerostructures & Engineering segments of approximately $239,000 and $922,000, respectively.

 

Operating Expenses:

 

Consolidated operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2017 were $3,221,000 and decreased by $1,191,000, or 27.0%, compared to $4,412,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The decrease resulted primarily from a reduction in corporate expense and to a lesser degree the elimination of operating costs for AMK for two months of 2017.

 

Interest and financing costs for the three months ended March 31, 2017 were approximately $893,000, an increase of approximately $388,000, or 76.8%, compared to $505,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase resulted from increases in debt in the form of subordinated notes bearing interest at higher rates than debt under the PNC Loan Facility and to a lesser degree higher interest rates on the PNC loan facility, offset in part by less principal outstanding on the PNC loans.

 

Loss before income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $(1,154,000), a decrease in the loss of $932,000, or a 44.7% improvement, compared to the loss before income taxes of $(2,086,000) for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Our Complex Machining segment had a pre-tax profit of approximately $1,085,000. Our Aerostructures & Electronics segment experienced a pre-tax loss of approximately $(1,279,000). Our Turbine & Engine segment experienced a pre tax loss of approximately $(827,000).

 

Net Loss:

 

Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $(1,154,000), a decrease of $276,000, or 19.3%, compared to net loss of$(1,430,000) for the three months ended March 31, 2016 for the reasons discussed above.

 

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Years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

The results of operations of the businesses we have acquired are included in our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2015 from their respective dates of acquisition; March 1, 2015, in the case of Sterling and September 1, 2015, in the case of Compac.

 

Selected Financial Information:

 

    2016   2015
Net sales   $ 66,915,000     $ 80,442,000  
Cost of sales     60,195,000       63,161,000  
Gross profit     6,720,000       17,281,000  
Operating expenses, acquisition costs and interest and financing costs     20,105,000       18,513,000  
Other income (expense) net     (126,000 )     114,000  
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes     2,112,000       (286,000 )
Net (loss)   ($ 15,623,000 )   $ (832,000 )

 

Balance Sheet Data:

 

    December 31, 2016   December 31, 2015
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 1,304,000     $ 529,000  
Working capital     2,903,000       2,171,000  
Total assets     82,800,000       88,250,000  
Total stockholders’ equity   $ 24,890,000     $ 28,805,000  

 

 

The following sets forth the results of operations for each of our segments individually and on a consolidated basis for the periods indicated:

 

   Year Ended December 31,
   2016  2015
       
COMPLEX MACHINING          
Net Sales  $37,124,000   $42,356,000 
Gross Profit   4,382,000    10,412,000 
Pre Tax Income (Loss)   (5,432,000)   1,825,000 
Assets   45,073,000    48,353,000 
           
AEROSTRUCTURES & ELECTRONICS          
Net Sales   18,818,000    27,134,000 
Gross Profit   2,489,000    6,553,000 
Pre Tax Income (Loss)   (3,985,000)   386,000 
Assets   19,843,000    20,229,000 
           
TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS          
Net Sales   10,973,000    10,952,000 
Gross Profit   (151,000)   316,000 
Pre Tax Income (Loss)   (4,084,000)   (3,329,000)
Assets   17,235,000    19,076,000 
           
CORPORATE          
Net Sales   -    - 
Gross Profit   -    - 
Pre Tax Income (Loss)   (10,000)   - 
Assets   649,000    592,000 
           
CONSOLIDATED          
Net Sales   66,915,000    80,442,000 
Gross Profit   6,720,000    17,281,000 
Pre Tax Income (Loss)   (13,511,000)   (1,118,000)
Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes   2,112,000    (286,000)
Net (Loss) Income   (15,623,000)   (832,000)
Assets  $82,800,000   $88,250,000 

 

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Net Sales:

 

Consolidated net sales for the year ended December 31, 2016 were approximately $66,915,000, a decrease of $13,527,000, or 16.8%, compared with $80,442,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015. Net sales of our Complex Machining segment were approximately $37,124,000, a decrease of $5,232,000, or 12.4%, from $42,356,000 in the prior year. The decline in sales at our Complex Machining segment was due to delays in producing products exacerbated by disruptions in receipt of materials, and reductions in government procurement orders due to Sequestration. Net sales of our Aerostructures & Electronics segment were approximately $18,818,000 and decreased by $8,316,000, or 30.6%, from $27,134,000 in the prior year. This decline can be attributed to decreased volume at each of the divisions within our Aerostructures & Electronics segment other than Compac which experienced an increase in annual sales largely due to the fact that it was owned for all of 2016 as compared to four months in 2015. Approximately $4.2 million of the decrease is attributed to the expected loss of a biennial contract with Raytheon which was awarded in 2015, but not in 2016. An additional $2.2 million of the decline resulted from a delay in the shipment of a single $3 million order received in 2016. The balance of the decline is attributable to delays in producing products. Net sales in our Turbine Engine Components segment were approximately $10,973,000, an increase from net sales of $10,952,000 in the prior year. The stability of sales in our Turbine Engine Components reflects the fact that during 2016 they included the results of both Sterling and AMK, and an increase in sales of $453,000 at AMK was substantially offset by a decrease in sales at Sterling, despite the fact that the results of Sterling were included for only ten months in 2015. AMK was sold in January 2017.

  

As indicated in the table below, four customers represented 56.4% and four customers represented 59.3% of total sales for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

Customer   Percentage of Sales
    2016   2015
         
Sikorsky Aircraft     19.1 %     20.5 %
Goodrich Landing Gear Systems     12.3 %     15.4 %
United States Department of Defense     14.3 %     12.0 %
Northrup Grumman Corporation     10.7 %     11.4 %

 

As indicated in the table below, one customer represented 19.9% and four customers represented 61.1% of gross accounts receivable at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

Customer   Percentage of Receivables
    2016   2015
         
Goodrich Landing Gear Systems     19.9 %     26.6 %
Northrop Grumman Corporation     *       13.6 %
Sikorsky Aircraft     *       10.5 %
GKN Aerospace     *       10.4 %
                 
* Customer was less than 10% of Gross Accounts Receivable at December 31, 2016.

 

Gross Profit:

 

Consolidated gross profit from operations for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $6,720,000, a decrease of approximately $10,561,000, or 61.1%, as compared to gross profit of $17,281,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015. Consolidated gross profit as a percentage of sales was 10.0% and 21.5% for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The decrease in gross profit is due to the effects of lower total sales and related absorption of non-variable manufacturing costs into cost of sales, increased slow moving reserves, and less profitable contracts. The decline in gross profit percentage resulted from under absorption of factory overhead expenses. The decrease in consolidated gross profit reflects decreases in each of our operating segments, caused, in the case of our Complex Machining and Aerostructures & Electronics segments, by a substantial reduction in sales.

 

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Selling, General & Administrative (“SG&A”):

 

Consolidated SG&A costs for the year ended December 31, 2016 totaled approximately $17,509,000 and increased by $952,000 or 5.7% compared to $16,557,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase in SG&A costs reflects the addition of a number of management level personnel at the Company’s headquarters. Due to the failure of sales to increase as anticipated, we have begun to take steps to reduce the increase in SG&A costs.

 

 

Interest and financing costs of approximately $2,596,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016 increased $738,000 or 39.7% as compared to $1,858,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015. This increase can be attributed to additional amounts of debt incurred from term loans due to the AMK and Sterling acquisitions, the purchase of inventory from Circor Aerospace which was not sold in 2016 and cash used for operations to fund our losses. In addition to increasing our debt in absolute terms, the convertible debt issued during 2016 bears a higher per annum rate of interest than our bank debt. Due to our inability to generate significant cash from operations, however, during 2016 we paid the interest accrued on our convertible debt “in–kind” through the issuance of additional debt, which further increased the amount of our debt outstanding.

 

We had an income tax expense of $2,112,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to an income tax benefit of $286,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015. The tax provision for 2016 was primarily the result of providing a full valuation allowance on our deferred tax asset.

 

Net Loss

 

Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $15,623,000, an increase of $14,791,000, compared to a net loss of $832,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015, for the reasons discussed above.

 

Impact of Inflation

 

Inflation has not had a material effect on our results of operations.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

We are highly leveraged and rely upon our ability to continue to borrow under our Loan Facility with PNC or to raise debt and equity from third parties to support operations and acquisitions. Substantially all of our assets are pledged as collateral under our Loan Facility. We are required to maintain a lockbox account with PNC, into which substantially all of our cash receipts are paid. If PNC were to cease providing revolving loans to us under the Loan Facility, we would lack funds to continue our operations. Over the past twelve months we have also relied upon our ability to borrow money from certain stockholders and raise debt and equity capital to support our operations.  Should we continue to need to borrow funds from our principal stockholders or raise debt or equity, there is no assurance that we will be able to do so or that the terms on which we borrow funds or raise equity will be favorable to us or our existing shareholders.

 

The Loan Facility has been amended many times during its term. The Loan Facility was amended in June 2016 (the “Twelfth Amendment”), September 2016 (the “Thirteenth Amendment”), January 2017 (the “Fourteenth Amendment”) and June 2017 (the “Fifteenth Amendment”).

 

The Twelfth Amendment provides for a $33,000,000 revolving loan.  In addition, in the Twelfth Amendment the four term loans (Term Loan A, Term Loan B, Term Loan C and Term Loan D) then outstanding were consolidated into a single term loan with the initial principal amount of $7,387,854. Further, in the Twelfth Amendment we acknowledged that there were then outstanding excess advances under the revolver in the amount of $12,500,000. At the closing of the Twelfth Amendment we paid $1,500,000 to reduce the outstanding excess under the revolving loan. We also agreed to reduce the excess advances by $100,000 each week commencing the second week after the closing of the Twelfth Amendment. In connection with the Twelfth Amendment, we paid PNC a fee of $100,000 and reimbursed PNC for the fees and expenses of its counsel.

 

Under the terms of the Loan Facility, as amended, the revolving loan now bears interest at (a) the sum of the Alternate Base Rate plus one and three-quarters of one percent (1.75%) with respect to Domestic Rate Loans; and (b) the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus four and one-half of one percent (4.50%) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans.  The amount outstanding under the revolving loan (including excess advances) was $24,393,000 and $29,604,000, as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

 

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The Loan Facility was further amended pursuant to the Thirteenth Amendment, to modify the advance rate with respect to our inventory to be the lesser of (i) 75% of the eligible inventory, an increase from 50%, and (ii) 90% of the liquidation value of the eligible inventory, an increase from 85%, subject to the inventory sublimit of $12,500,000 and such reserves as PNC may deem proper.    In addition, in the Thirteenth Amendment the lender waived any default resulting from our failure to comply with the minimum EBITDA covenant for the period ended June 30, 2016, consented to the issuance of our 12% Subordinated Convertible Notes and the amendment to our Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock and Series A Preferred Stock.

 

The repayment terms of the Term Loan provided for in the Twelfth Amendment consist of sixty (60) consecutive monthly principal installments, the first fifty-nine (59) of which are in the amount of $123,133 commencing on the first business day of July, 2016, and continuing on the first business day of each month thereafter, with a sixtieth (60th) and final payment of any unpaid balance of principal and interest payable on the last business day of June, 2021.

 

The terms of the Loan Facility require that, among other things, we maintain a specified Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and maintain a minimum EBITDA for specified periods. In addition, we are limited in the amount of Capital Expenditures we can make. We are also limited to the amount of dividends we can pay our shareholders as defined in the Loan Facility. As of December 31, 2016, we were not in compliance with the minimum EBITDA covenant, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Capital Expenditures covenant. At March 31, 2017, we were not in compliance with the minimum EBITDA covenant.

 

In connection with the sale of AMK to Meyer Tool, Inc., on January 27, 2017 we, together with our wholly-owned subsidiaries, entered into the Fourteenth Amendment to the Loan Facility which amended certain terms and conditions of the Loan Facility and released AMK from its obligations under the Loan Facility.

 

The proceeds of the sale of AMK, net of a working adjustment in the amount of ($240,000), were applied as follows: $1,700,000 to the payment of the Term Loan, $1,800,000 to the payment of outstanding revolving loans, and $500,000 to the payment of existing accounts payable. The remaining $260,000 will be applied to outstanding accounts payable on a future date to be determined by PNC or used to reduce the revolving loans. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Loan Facility also waived the noncompliance at September 30, 2016 with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the minimum EBITDA covenants for the period then ended, and required that we maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.25 to 1.00, tested quarterly on a consolidated rolling twelve (12) month basis; however, for the quarter ending June 30, 2017, which was to be tested based upon the prior six (6) months, we were required to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.00 to 1.00 and for the quarter ending September 30, 2017, which was to be tested based upon the prior nine (9) months, we were required to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.10 to 1.00. The amendment also reduced the amount to be paid weekly in repayment of excess advances under the revolving credit facility from $100,000 to $50,000 for each Monday during the months of January, February and March of 2017. Thereafter, the weekly payments were to return to $100,000 until such excess advances were repaid in full.

 

On June 19, 2017, we entered into the Fifteenth Amendment to the Loan Facility, which waived the failure to comply with the minimum EBITDA covenant for the periods ended December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017 and the Capital Expenditures covenant for the period ended December 31, 2016. The amendment also requires that we maintain at all times a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, tested quarterly on a consolidated basis beginning September 30, 2017, as follows: (i) 1.00 to 1.00 for the quarter ending September 30, 2017, tested based upon the prior three (3) months, (ii) 1.05 to 1.00 for the quarter ending December 31, 2017, tested based upon the prior six (6) months and (iii) 1.05 to 1.00 for the quarter ending March 31, 2018, tested based upon the prior nine (9) months and that we maintain EBITDA of not less than $345,000 for the period ending June 30, 2017. The amendment also provided that we were not required to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and that no testing was required to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the periods ending December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017 and that we are not required to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and that no testing will be required of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the period ending June 30, 2017. In addition, the amendment reduces the weekly payments we are required to make to reduce our $2,244,071 over-advance under the revolving credit facility as of June 19, 2017 from $100,000 to $25,000 per week during the period commencing May 22, 2017 through and including July 10, 2017. We paid $50,000 to PNC in connection with the amendment and reimbursed PNC’s counsel fees.

 

As of March 31, 2017, our outstanding indebtedness to PNC was $23,427,000 and consisted of revolving loans in the amount of $18,847,000 (including excess advances of $3,044,071) and the term loan of $4,580,000, as compared to December 31, 2016, when our debt to PNC was $31,042,000 and consisted of revolving loans of $24,393,000 (including excess advances of $5,694,071) and the term loan of $6,649,000. In addition, as of March 31, 2017 we had capitalized lease obligations to third parties of $3,902,000, as compared to capitalized lease obligations of $4,215,000 as of December 31, 2016.

 

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As of May 31, 2017, our debt to PNC was $23,306,168, and consisted of revolving loans in the amount of $18,972,780 (including excess advances of $2,219,071) and the term loan in the amount of $4,333,388.

 

Significant Transactions Since January 1, 2016 Which Have Impacted Our Liquidity

 

Dispositions

 

On April 11, 2016 we sold our South Windsor, Connecticut property for a purchase price of $1,700,000, less closing adjustments of approximately $200,000, pursuant to a Real Estate Purchase and Sale Contract dated as of December 7, 2015, as amended, and entered into a lease with the purchaser of the property for an initial term of 15 years, with an option to renew the lease for an additional five years.  In addition to rent, initially $155,000 per annum, subject to annual escalation increase of 3%, we also will be responsible for real estate taxes and the maintenance of the buildings and the property. The net proceeds from the sale of the property were applied to the amounts owed to PNC. 

 

On January 27, 2017, we sold all of the outstanding shares of AMK to Meyer Tool, Inc., pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 27, 2017, for a purchase price of $4,500,000, net of a working capital adjustment of $(240,000), plus additional quarterly payments, not to exceed $1,500,000, equal to five percent (5%) of Net Revenues of AMK commencing April 1, 2017.  The proceeds of the sale were applied in accordance with the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Loan Facility, as discussed above.

 

AMK, based in South Windsor, Connecticut, is a provider of sophisticated welding and machining services for diversified aerospace and industrial customers which we acquired in October 2014.

 

Series A Preferred Stock Financing

 

On May 25, 2016, and June 1, 2016, we completed a private placement of 700,000 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock for $10.00 per share and received gross cash proceeds of $5,250,000, net of $1,750,000 principal amount of our promissory notes exchanged by Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, two of our principal stockholders, for shares of Series A Preferred Stock. We had issued the promissory notes to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich for amounts borrowed from September 2015 through May 2016. The September 2015 loan bore interest at the rate of 4% per annum and was to be paid on September 7, 2016. The other loans bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum and were to be repaid on June 30, 2016, or, if earlier, upon the sale of the Company’s equity from which it derived proceeds of $1,800,000 or $2,000,000 depending upon the promissory notes issued. 

 

The shares of Series A Preferred Stock have a stated value of $10.00 per share and are initially convertible into shares of common stock at a price of $4.92 per share (subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events).  The dividend rate on the Series A Preferred Stock is 12% per annum, payable quarterly. The dividend rate increases to 15% per annum if we issue PIK Shares in lieu of payment of cash dividends payable until June 15, 2018. Under the terms of our Loan Facility, we are currently prohibited from paying cash dividends on our shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The number of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock as of June 15, 2018 would increase from 700,000 shares to approximately 1,500,000 shares if we elected to pay all dividends due on the Series A Preferred Stock by issuing PIK Shares.  The dividend rate on the Series A Preferred Stock increases to 16% per annum after June 2018, 19% per annum to the extent dividends are paid in PIK Shares.

 

Dividends payable in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock will reduce the amount of net income, if any, or increase the amount of net loss attributable to holders of common stock. While the issuance of PIK Shares in payment of all or a portion of the dividends payable in respect of any dividend period preserves our cash, the increase in the rate of dividend which must be paid when we choose to issue PIK Shares in lieu of cash dividends further reduces the amount of net income, if any, or increases the amount of net loss attributable to holders of common stock. In addition, the issuance of PIK Shares will dilute the interests of our common stockholders.  Although holders of Series A Preferred Stock may convert their shares into common stock they are unlikely to convert if we are unable to pay cash dividends and the price of the common stock does not increase significantly above $4.92 per share, the conversion price, for a sustained period. We have the right to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock after May 26, 2018 for a redemption price of $10.00, plus accrued and unpaid dividends; however, we may not have sufficient cash available to effect such redemption.

 

As of March 31, 2017, we had outstanding 1,247,654 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, inclusive of the shares issued upon automatic conversion of the 12% Notes and 108,880 PIK Shares. On June 15, 2017 we issued an additional 46,787 PIK Shares in lieu of cash dividends, and as of that date had outstanding 1,294,441 shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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In May 2017, we obtained the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock to amend the Certificate of Designation to provide for the redemption of the outstanding PIK Shares (other than PIK Shares beneficially owned by Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich) and the automatic conversion of the remaining shares of Series A Preferred Stock upon consummation of this offering. We will file the amendment with the Secretary of State of Nevada prior to the pricing of this offering.

 

In connection with the private placement of the Series A Preferred Stock, we incurred approximately $606,000 of direct offering costs and $57,000 in legal expenses and granted to the placement agents warrants to purchase 8% of the number of shares of our common stock (113,820 shares) issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock sold in the offering. The warrants are exercisable in whole or in part, at an initial exercise price per share of $6.15, and are exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis commencing on November 26, 2016 and expiring on May 26, 2021.  The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable under the warrants are subject to adjustments for stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar events.

 

Of the proceeds generated by the sale of our shares of Series A Preferred Stock, $1,500,000 was paid to PNC to reduce the amount outstanding under our Loan Facility.

 

12% Subordinated Convertible Note Financing

 

In August 2016, we completed the private placement of $2,720,000 principal amount of our 12% Subordinated Convertible Notes due December 31, 2017 (the “12% Notes”), together with warrants to purchase an aggregate of 110,658 shares of common stock, for a total purchase price of $2,720,000, from which we derived net proceeds of approximately $2,319,800, which was used to pay down our indebtedness under the Loan Facility and for working capital. We also issued to Michael N. Taglich a 12% Note in the principal amount of $1,520,713, together with warrants to purchase 61,817 shares of common stock, upon surrender for cancellation of promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000, together with accrued interest thereon and on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock of $20,713.   We had issued the promissory notes to Michael N. Taglich for amounts borrowed in August 2016. The promissory notes bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum and were to be repaid on December 31, 2016, or, if earlier, upon the sale of our equity securities from which we derived proceeds of $2,000,000. In addition, we issued to Robert F. Taglich a 12% Note in the principal amount of $4,373, together with warrants to purchase 177 shares of common stock, in consideration of the forgiveness of interest of $4,373 accrued on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock.

 

The 12% Notes provided for the automatic conversion of the principal and accrued interest of the 12% Notes into shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a price of $10.00 per share, the stated value of the Series A Preferred Stock, upon the filing of an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation increasing the number of shares of preferred stock we are authorized to issue from 1,000,000 shares to 3,000,000 shares, including 2,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Charter Amendment”). We issued 438,770 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the holders of the 12% Notes on November 30, 2016, the date we filed the certificate of amendment effecting the Charter Amendment. As a result of the automatic conversion of the 12% Notes into shares of Series A Preferred Stock, no 12% Notes are outstanding.

 

As compensation for its services as placement agent for the offering of the 12% Notes, we paid Taglich Brothers, Inc. (“Taglich Brothers”) a fee of $295,400 and issued to Taglich Brothers five-year warrants to purchase 68,617 shares of common stock at an initial exercise price of $6.15, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations.

 

Private Placements of 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes

 

From November 23, 2016 through March 21, 2017, we received gross proceeds of $4,775,000 from the sale of our 8% Notes, together with warrants to purchase a total of 383,032 shares of our common stock, in private placement transactions with accredited investors (the “8% Note Offerings”). In connection with the 8% Notes offerings, we issued 8% Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $382,000 to Taglich Brothers, placement agent for the 8% Note Offerings, in lieu of payment of cash compensation for sales commissions, together with warrants to purchase a total of 180,977 shares of our common stock. Of the $5,147,000 principal amount of 8% Notes issued in connection with the Note Offerings, $2,781,000 principal amount is due November 30, 2018 (the “2018 Notes”) and $2,366,000 principal amount is due January 31, 2019 (the “2019 Notes”). Payment of the principal and accrued interest on the 8% Notes are junior and subordinate in right of payment to our indebtedness under the Loan Facility.

 

Interest on the outstanding principal of the 2018 Notes is payable quarterly commencing February 28, 2017 at the annual rate of 8%, in cash, or if we are prohibited by applicable law or PNC, our principal lender under our Loan Facility, from paying interest in cash, or we otherwise elect to do so, we may pay accrued interest, in additional 2018 Notes (“PIK Notes”), provided that if accrued interest with respect to the 2018 Notes issued in December 2018 (which represented approximately $1,269,000 in principal amount when issued in December 2016, and as of May 31, 2017, represented approximately $1,336,770 in principal amount after giving effect to the issuance of PIK Notes ) is paid in additional 2018 Notes, interest for that quarterly interest payment will be calculated at the rate of 12% per annum. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, interest shall accrue at the rate of 12% per annum.

 

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Interest on the 2019 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing May 31, 2017, in cash, or if we are prohibited by applicable law or PNC, our principal lender under our Loan Facility, from paying interest in cash, or we otherwise elect to do so, we may pay accrued interest, in additional 2019 Notes. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, interest shall accrue at the rate of 12% per annum.

 

Since covenant defaults under our Loan Facility have prohibited us from paying accrued interest in cash on our 8% Notes, we have paid accrued interest on the 8% Notes through the issuance of additional Notes.

 

On February 28, 2017, we issued an additional $61,596 principal amount of 2018 Notes in payment of accrued interest. As of March 1, 2017, we had $5,262,596 principal amount of 8% Notes outstanding, consisting of $2,842,596 principal amount of 2018 Notes and $2,420,000 principal amount of 2019 Notes.

 

On May 31, 2017, we issued 2018 Notes and 2019 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $68,539 and $28,285, respectively, in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest for the period then ended.

 

The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 8% Notes is convertible at the option of the holder into shares of common stock at conversion prices ranging from $2.25 to $3.78 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations.

 

An event of default under the 8% Notes will occur (i) if we fail to make any payment under the 8% Notes within ten (10) days after the date first due, or (ii) if we file a petition in bankruptcy or under any similar insolvency law, make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or if any voluntary petition in bankruptcy or under any similar insolvency law is filed against us and such petition is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after the filing thereof. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the 8% Notes then outstanding, upon notice to us and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the 8% Notes), may demand immediate payment of the unpaid principal amount of the 8% Notes, together with accrued interest thereon and all other amounts payable under the 8% Notes, subject to the subordination provisions of the 8% Notes.

 

For a more detailed description of the 8% Notes, see “Description of Capital Stock – 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes.”

 

The exercise price of the warrants issued in connection with the 8% Note Offerings ranges from $3.00 to $4.53 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, distributions in respect of the common stock and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise. Of these warrants, 320,702 warrants may be exercised until November 30, 2021 and 243,307 warrants may be exercised until January 31, 2022.

 

Recent Loans from Principal Stockholders

 

On March 17, 2017, we borrowed $200,000 and $300,000 from each of Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, respectively, directors and principal stockholders of our company, and issued our promissory notes in the principal amounts of $200,000 and $300,000, respectively, to evidence our obligation to repay that indebtedness. The notes bear interest at the rate of 7% per annum and are payable on September 17, 2017. Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich have the option to convert the unpaid principal amount and accrued interest on the promissory notes into shares of common stock or other securities of our company which we may offer and sell in any public or private financing (each a “Financing”), on the same terms and conditions as are offered to purchasers in such Financing, or, if more favorable to us, on such other terms as may be required under the rules of the NYSE MKT, which option they must exercise by notice to us within three business days following the completion of such Financing. Upon completion of any Financing, upon notice to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, we have the right to convert the unpaid principal amount of those promissory notes and accrued interest thereon into shares of common stock or other of our securities sold in the Financing on the same terms and conditions as are offered to purchasers in the Financing, or if more favorable to us, on such other terms as may be required under the rules of the NYSE MKT, which right we must exercise within three business days following the completion of such Financing. A portion of the net proceeds of this offering will be used to pay the principal and accrued interest on these promissory notes.

 

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On May 2 and 10, 2017, we borrowed an aggregate of $1,500,000 from Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, each of whom loaned us $750,000. The demand loans were exchanged for May 2018 Notes in the same principal amount of indebtedness.

 

May 2018 Note Financing

 

On May 12 and May 19, 2017, we issued and sold to a total of 17 accredited investors (including Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich individually and a partnership of which they are partners), our May 2018 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $4,158,624, together with warrants to purchase an aggregate of 501,039 shares of common stock, for gross proceeds (net of the exchange of indebtedness totaling $1,503,288 due to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich for working capital advances made on May 2 and 10, 2017) of $2,534,196. Roth Capital LLC and Taglich Brothers acted as placement agents in connection with the sale of the May 2018 Notes and warrants for which they are to be paid commissions in the aggregate amount of $191,155.

 

The May 2018 Notes and warrants were issued for a purchase price equal to 97% of the principal amount of the May 2018 Notes purchased. The principal amount of each May 2018 Note will be increased by 2% for each 30 days it remains outstanding commencing August 1, 2017. Upon the occurrence of, and during the continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the May 2018 Notes), the May 2018 Notes will accrue late interest at the rate of 10% per annum. Payment of the principal and accrued interest, if any, on the May 2018 Notes is junior and subordinate in right of payment to our indebtedness under the Loan Facility.

 

The principal amount, together with accrued interest, if any (together, the “Conversion Amount”), of the May 2018 Notes are convertible into shares of common stock until November 12, 2017 at an initial conversion price of $2.49 per share, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments for stock splits and certain fundamental transactions, including recapitalizations, mergers and other business combination transactions (the “Fixed Conversion Price”), and thereafter at the lower of the Fixed Conversion Price and 75% of the five (5) Weighted Average Prices (as defined in the May 2018 Notes) of the common stock during the five consecutive trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the day of a request by the holder for conversion of the May 2018 Note. We have the right to redeem all, or a portion of (on a pro rata basis), the May 2018 Notes upon written notice to the holders not less than three trading days prior to the applicable redemption date. Subject to the subordination provisions of the May 2018 Notes, holders of the May 2018 Notes have the right to request the redemption of their Notes at any time, and following an Event of Default or in advance of a Change of Control (as defined in the May 2018 Notes).

  

The warrants to purchase 501,039 shares of common stock are exercisable at an initial exercise price of $2.49 per share until May 12, 2022, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares based upon prevailing market prices when exercised. The exercise price of the warrants is subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as recapitalizations, mergers and other business combination transactions. The exercise price of the warrants will be reset (x) to the public offering price of the shares of common stock sold in this offering, if lower than the exercise price then in effect, or (y) the Weighted Average Price (as defined in the May 2018 Notes) of the common stock on the first date on which none of the May 2018 Notes are outstanding, if lower than the exercise price then in effect, whichever event first occurs.

 

Effect of Offering on Our Capitalization

 

A portion of the net proceeds of this offering will be used to redeem 110,522 PIK Shares at a redemption price of $10.00 per share, for a total redemption price of $1,105,220, to redeem $4,158,624 in principal amount of May 2018 Notes, and to pay approximately $510,000 in principal, plus accrued interest, on promissory notes issued in March 2017 to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich. In addition, upon completion of this offering, the remaining 1,183,919 shares of Series A Preferred Stock will automatically be converted into shares of our common stock at a conversion price equal to the public offering price of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus.

 

Upon completion of this offering at an assumed offering price of $2.50 per share, after giving effect to the redemption of the 110,522 PIK Shares and the automatic conversion of the remaining Series A Preferred Stock at an assumed conversion price of $2.50 per share, we will have outstanding no shares of preferred stock of any series and 17,585,841 shares of our common stock, assuming 5,200,000 shares of common stock are issued in this offering and assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, or 18,365,841 shares of our common stock, assuming 5,980,000 shares of common stock are issued in this offering and the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full. In addition, other than the indebtedness under our Loan Facility, which as of May 31, 2017, was $23,266,168, our only other indebtedness for money borrowed would be the indebtedness for our 8% Notes, which as of May 31, 2017, was $5,359,420.

 

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Cash Flow

 

The following table summarizes our net cash flow from operating, investing and financing activities for the periods indicated below (in thousands):

 

   Three Months Ended  March 31, 2017 

Year Ended

December 31,

   (Unaudited)  2016  2015
Cash provided by (used in)               
Operating activities  $900   $(692)    (894) 
Investing activities   3,926    (924)    (8,560) 
Financing activities   (5,087)   2,391    8,565 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents  $(261)  $   775     (889)  

 

Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities

 

Cash provided by operating activities primarily consists of our net income (loss) adjusted for certain non-cash items and changes to working capital items.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, our net cash provided by operating activities of $900,000 was comprised of a net loss of $1,154,000 offset by a positive adjustment of $1,258,000 provided by changes in operating assets and liabilities, plus a net positive adjustment for non-cash items of $796,000. Adjustments for non-cash items consisted primarily of depreciation of property and equipment of $728,000, amortization of capitalized engineering costs, intangibles and other items of $616,000. These non-cash items were offset by $10,000 of deferred gain on the sale of real estate, forfeiture of non-cash compensation of $73,000, bad debt recovery of $14,000 and $451,000 from the gain on sale of our AMK subsidiary. The net decrease in operating assets and liabilities consisted of a net decrease in operating assets of $2,097,000 and a net decrease in operating liabilities of $839,000. The net decrease in operating assets was comprised of a decrease in accounts receivable of $578,000 due to the timing of shipments to and cash receipts from customers, an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of $102,000, an increase in deposits and other assets of $276,000, a decrease in prepaid taxes of 178,000 and decrease in inventory of $1,719,000. The net decrease in operating liabilities was comprised of decreases in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $621,000 due to the timing of the receipt and payment of invoices, and increases in deferred rent of $6,000 and a decrease of deferred revenue of $224,000.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016, our net cash used in operating activities of $692,000 was comprised of a net loss of $15,623,000 offset by a $6,712,000 positive adjustment provided by changes in operating assets and liabilities plus a net positive adjustment for non-cash items of $8,219,000. Adjustments for non-cash items consisted primarily of depreciation of property and equipment of $3,347,000, amortization of capitalized engineering costs, intangibles and other items of $2,229,000, bad debt expense of $274,000, representing amounts reserved for as potentially uncollectible, and non-cash compensation of $167,000, deferred income taxes of $2,063,000, loss on sale of fixed assets held for sale of $5,000, loss on extinguishment of debt of $172,000, and prepaid taxes of $126,000. These non-cash items were offset by $38,000 of deferred gain on the sale of real estate. The increase in operating assets and liabilities consisted of a net decrease in operating assets of $2,045,000 and a net increase in operating liabilities of $4,667,000. The increase in operating assets was comprised of an increase in inventory of $2,902,000, and a net decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets, and deposits and other assets of $394,000, partially offset by a decrease in accounts receivable of $4,616,000. The net increase in operating liabilities was comprised of increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $4,495,000 due to the timing of the receipt and payment of invoices, an increase in deferred rent of $82,000, and an increase in deferred revenue of $84,000, partially offset by, an increase in income taxes payable of $6,000.

 

Cash Used in Investing Activities

 

Cash used in investing activities consists of capital expenditures for property and equipment, capitalized engineering costs and the cash received from the businesses we sold. A description of capitalized engineering costs can be found below and in Note 3 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

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For the three months ended March 31, 2017, cash provided by investing activities was $3,926,000. This was comprised of the proceeds from the sale of the AMK subsidiary of $4,260,000 offset by $245,000 for capitalized engineering costs and $89,000 for the purchase of property and equipment.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016 net cash used in investing activities was $924,000. This was comprised of $963,000 for capitalized engineering costs, $1,632,000 for the purchase of property and equipment, partially offset by $1,671,000 in proceeds from the sale of fixed assets.

 

Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities

 

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities consists of the borrowings and repayments under our credit facilities with our senior lender, increases in and repayments of capital lease obligations and other notes payable..

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2017, cash used by financing activities was $5,087,000. This was comprised of repayments of $2,069,000 on our term loan, $5,545,000 on our revolving loans, $173,000 on our capital lease obligations, offset by proceeds from notes payable issuances of $850,000 and $1,850,000.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016, net cash provided by financing activities was $2,391,000. This was comprised of proceeds of $4,500,000 and $3,695,000 from the issuance of notes, proceeds from the issuance of Series A Preferred of $5,250,000 reduced by repayments of $5,211,000 under our revolving credit facility, repayments on our term loans of $3,184,000, repayments under our capital leases of $1,226,000, expense for issuance of preferred stock of $663,000, expense for issuance of debt of $547,000 and deferred financing costs of $223,000.

 

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

 

The following table sets forth our future contractual obligations as of December 31, 2016:

 

    Payment due by period (in thousands)
              Less than       1-3       3-5       More than  
      Total       1 year*       years       years       5 years  
Debt and capital leases   $ 37,363       34,197       2,637       529       -  
Operating leases     15,459       1,947       3,402       3,082       7,028  
Total   $ 52,822       36,144       6,039       3,611       7,028  
                                         
* The revolving loans and term loans with our senior lender are classified as due in less than 1 year, see Note 11 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

 

We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

Going Concern

 

We suffered net losses from operations of $10,789,000 and $519,000 and net losses of $15,623,000 and $1,154,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016 and the three months ended March 31, 2017, respectively. We also had negative cash flows from operations for the year ended December 31, 2016. In addition, in 2015 we ceased paying dividends on our common stock and in 2016 disposed of the real estate on which one of our operating subsidiaries was located through a sale leaseback transaction, and in January 2017 sold this operating subsidiary. During the year ended December 31, 2016 and subsequent thereto, we sold debt and equity securities to secure funds to operate. Since September 2016, we have been issuing additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock in lieu of cash payment of accrued dividends on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and since February 2017 have issued additional convertible notes in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest on outstanding convertible notes. Furthermore, as of December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017 we were not in compliance with two financial covenants under our Loan Facility.

 

On June 19, 2017, we entered into the Fifteenth Amendment to the Loan Facility, which waived the failure to comply with the minimum EBITDA covenant for the periods ended December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017 and the Capital Expenditures covenant for the period ended December 31, 2016. The amendment also requires that we maintain at all times a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, tested quarterly on a consolidated basis beginning September 30, 2017, as follows: (i) 1.00 to 1.00 for the quarter ending September 30, 2017, tested based upon the prior three (3) months, (ii) 1.05 to 1.00 for the quarter ending December 31, 2017, tested based upon the prior six (6) months and (iii) 1.05 to 1.00 for the quarter ending March 31, 2018, tested based upon the prior nine (9) months and that we maintain EBITDA of not less than $345,000 for the period ending June 30, 2017. The amendment also provided that we were not required to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and that no testing was required to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the periods ending December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017 and that we are not required to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and that no testing will be required of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the period ending June 30, 2017.

 

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The continuation of our business is dependent upon future issuances of equity or other financing to fund ongoing operations. Management plans to obtain additional funding from this offering. Although no assurances can be given, management believes that the net proceeds from this offering, together with borrowings under the Loan Facility and anticipated cash flow, should provide the necessary funding for us to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

We have identified the policies below as critical to our business operations and the understanding of our financial results.

 

Inventory Valuation

 

For annual reporting, the Company values inventory at the lower of cost on a first-in-first-out basis or market.

 

The Company presents inventory net of progress billings in accordance with the specified contractual arrangements with the United States Government, which results in the transfer of title of the related inventory from the Company to the United States Government, when such progress payments are received.

 

The Company does not take physical inventories at interim quarterly reporting periods. Approximately 85% of the inventory value at March 31, 2017 has been estimated using a gross profit percentage based on sales of previous periods to the net sales of the current period. The remainder of the inventory value at March 31, 2017 is estimated based on the Company’s standard cost perpetual inventory system. Adjustments to reconcile the annual physical inventory to the Company’s books are treated as changes in accounting estimates and are recorded in the fourth quarter. The Company valued inventory at December 31, 2016 at the lower of cost on a first-in-first-out basis or market.

 

We generally purchase raw materials and supplies uniquely suited to the production of larger more complex parts, such as landing gear, only when non-cancellable contracts for orders have been received for finished goods. We occasionally produce larger more complex products, such as landing gear, in excess of purchase order quantities in anticipation of future purchase order demand. Historically this excess has been used in fulfilling future purchase orders. We purchase supplies and materials useful in a variety of products as deemed necessary even though orders have not been received. The Company periodically evaluates inventory items that are not secured by purchase orders and establishes reserves for obsolescence accordingly. The Company also reserves for excess quantities, slow-moving goods, and for other impairments of value.

 

The Company presents inventory net of progress billings in accordance with the specified contractual arrangements with the United States Government, which results in the transfer of title of the related inventory from the Company to the United States Government, when such progress payments are received.

 

Capitalized Engineering Costs

 

The Company has contractual agreements with customers to produce parts, which the customers design. Though the Company has not designed and thus has no proprietary ownership of the parts, the manufacturing of these parts requires pre-production engineering and programming of our machines. The pre-production costs associated with a particular contract are capitalized and then amortized beginning with the first shipment of product pursuant to such contract. These costs are amortized on a straight line basis over the shorter of the estimated length of the contract, or three years.

 

If the Company is reimbursed for all or a portion of the pre-production expenses associated with a particular contract, only the unreimbursed portion would be capitalized. The Company may also progress bill customers for certain engineering costs being incurred. Such billings are recorded as progress billings (a reduction of the associated inventory) until the appropriate revenue recognition criteria have been met. The Terms and Conditions contained in customer purchase orders may provide for liquidated damages in the event that a stop-work order is issued prior to the final delivery of the product.

 

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Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition.” The Company recognizes revenue when products are shipped and/or the customer takes ownership and assumes risk of loss, collection of the relevant receivable is probable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, and the sales price is fixed or determinable. Payments received in advance from customers for products delivered are recorded as customer deposits until earned, at which time revenue is recognized. The Terms and Conditions contained in our customer purchase orders often provide for liquidated damages in the event that a stop work order is issued prior to the final delivery. The Company utilizes a Returned Merchandise Authorization or RMA process for determining whether to accept returned products. Customer requests to return products are reviewed by the contracts department and if the request is approved, a credit is issued upon receipt of the product. Net sales represent gross sales less returns and allowances. Freight out is included in operating expenses.

 

The Company recognizes certain revenues under a bill and hold arrangement with two of its large customers. For any requested bill and hold arrangement, the Company makes an evaluation as to whether the bill and hold arrangement qualifies for revenue recognition. The customer must initiate the request for the bill and hold arrangement. The customer must have made this request in writing in addition to their fixed commitment to purchase the item. The risk of ownership has passed to the customer, payment terms are not modified and payment will be made as if the goods had shipped.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with accounting guidance now codified as FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires that the Company recognize deferred tax liabilities and assets based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities, using enacted tax rates in effect in the years the differences are expected to reverse. Deferred income tax benefit (expense) results from the change in net deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is more likely than not that some or all deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

The Company accounts for uncertainties in income taxes under the provisions of FASB ASC 740-10-05, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” The ASC clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements. The ASC prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The ASC provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation expense in accordance with FASB ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation.” Under the fair value recognition provision of the ASC, stock-based compensation cost is estimated at the grant date based on the fair value of the award. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options and warrants granted using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model.

  

Goodwill

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the acquisition cost of businesses over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized, but is tested at least annually for impairment, or if circumstances change that will more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount.

 

The Company accounts for the impairment of goodwill under the provisions of ASU 2011-08 (“ASU 2011-08”), “Intangibles Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment.” ASU 2011-08 updated the guidance on the periodic testing of goodwill for impairment. The updated guidance gives companies the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.

 

The Company performs impairment testing for goodwill annually, or more frequently when indicators of impairment exist, using a three-step approach. Step “zero” is a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. Step one compares the fair value of the net assets of the relevant reporting unit (calculated using a discounted cash flow method) to its carrying value, a second step is performed to compute the amount of the impairment. In this process, a fair value for goodwill is estimated, based in part on the fair value of the operations, and is compared to its carrying value. The shortfall of the fair value below carrying value represents the amount of goodwill impairment.

 

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Long-Lived and Intangible Assets

 

Identifiable intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the period of expected benefit. Long-lived assets and intangible assets subject to amortization to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amount may be impaired. The Company records an impairment loss if the undiscounted future cash flows are found to be less than the carrying amount of the asset. If an impairment loss has occurred, a charge is recorded to reduce the carrying amount of the asset to fair value. There has been no impairment as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, “Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (Subtopic 825-10)” (“ASU 2016-01”).The main objective of ASU 2016-01 is enhancing the reporting model for financial instruments to provide users of financial statements with more decision-useful information. The amendments address certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of financial instruments. ASU 2016-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect the adoption of this amended to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”). The main objective of ASU 2016-02 is to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. To meet that objective, the FASB is amending the FASB Accounting Standards Codification and creating Topic 842, Leases. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect the adoption of this amended to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718) Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment” (“ASU 2016-09”). ASU 2016-09 is part of the FASB Simplification Initiative. The objective of the Simplification Initiative is to identify, evaluate, and improve areas of generally accepted accounting principles for which cost and complexity can be reduced while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. ASU 2016-09 will affect all entities that issue share-based payment awards to their employees. The areas for simplification involve several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company adopted this ASU during the first quarter of 2017, and the adoption did not materially impact its consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-10 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2016-10”). The core principle of the guidance in Topic 606 is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The amendments in ASU 2016-10 affect the guidance in ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, which is not yet effective. The effective date and transition requirements of ASU 2016-10 are the same as the effective date and transition requirements of ASU 2014-09. They are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of these amendments on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients. The amendments do not change the core revenue recognition principle in Topic 606. The amendments provide clarifying guidance in certain arrow areas and add some practical expedients. These amendments are effective at the same date that Topic 606 is effective. Topic 606 is effective for public entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods therein (i.e., January 1, 2018, for a calendar year entity). Topic 606 is effective for nonpublic entities one year later. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of the amendments to Topic 606 and these amendments on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash, which clarifies the presentation requirements of restricted cash within the statement of cash flows. The changes in restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents during the period should be included in the beginning and ending cash and cash equivalents balance reconciliation on the statement of cash flows. When cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents are presented in more than one-line item within the statement of financial position, an entity shall calculate a total cash amount in a narrative or tabular format that agrees to the amount shown on the statement of cash flows. Details on the nature and amounts of restricted cash should also be disclosed. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on our financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01 (“ASU 2017-01”), Business Combinations, which clarifies the definition of a business, particularly when evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or dispositions of assets or businesses. The first part of the guidance provides a screen to determine when a set is not a business; the second part of the guidance provides a framework to evaluate whether both an input and a substantive process are present. The guidance will be effective after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for transactions that have not been reported in issued financial statements. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this update on the presentation of these financial statements.

 

In January 2017, FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Accounting for Goodwill Impairment, Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires determining the implied fair value of goodwill and comparing it with its carrying amount has been eliminated. Thus, the goodwill impairment test is performed by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount (i.e., what was previously referred to as Step 1). In addition, ASU No. 2017-04 requires entities having one or more reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts to disclose (1) the identity of such reporting units, (2) the amount of goodwill allocated to each, and (3) in which reportable segment the reporting unit is included. ASU No. 2017-04 is effective as follows: (1) for a public business entity that is an SEC filer for annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on our financial statements.

 

The Company does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.

  

JOBS Act

 

On April 5, 2012, the JOBS Act was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, reduce certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. As an “emerging growth company,” we may, under Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, delay adoption of new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies until such standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We may take advantage of this extended transition period until the first to occur of the date that we (i) are no longer an “emerging growth company” or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of this extended transition period. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our consolidated financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards. Until the date that we are no longer an “emerging growth company” or affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the exemption provided by Securities Act Section 7(a)(2)(B), upon issuance of a new or revised accounting standard that applies to our consolidated financial statements and that has a different effective date for public and private companies, we will disclose the date on which adoption is required for non-emerging growth companies and the date on which we will adopt the recently issued accounting standard.

 

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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

Our directors and executive officers are:

 

Name:   Age   Position
Peter D. Rettaliata   66   Acting President and CEO  and Director
Michael E. Recca   66   Chief Financial Officer
Michael N. Taglich   52   Chairman of the Board
Seymour G. Siegel   74   Director
Robert F. Taglich   50   Director
David J. Buonnano   61   Director
Robert C. Schroeder   50   Director
Michael Brand   59   Director

 

Peter D. Rettaliata has been our Acting President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2, 2017, and has been a director of our company since 2005. He served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from November 30, 2005 to December 31, 2014. He also served as the President of our wholly-owned subsidiary, AIM, from 1994 to 2008. Prior to his involvement at AIM, Mr. Rettaliata was employed by Grumman Aerospace Corporation for twenty-two years. Professionally, Mr. Rettaliata has served as the Chairman of “ADDAPT”, an organization of regional aerospace companies, as a member of the Board of Governors of the Aerospace Industries Association, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the AIA Supplier Council. He is a graduate of Niagara University where he received a B.A. in History and Harvard Business School where he completed the PMD Program. Mr. Rettaliata’s extensive experience in the aerospace industry and his knowledge of our operations qualify him to serve as a Director.

 

Michael E. Recca has been our Chief Financial Officer since October 1, 2016. Mr. Recca has been engaged by us since September 2008 in a variety of positions related to our capital finance and acquisition programs.  Most recently he served as Chief of Corporate Development & Capital Markets, a position in which he directed our acquisition program and coordinated with our lenders.  Mr. Recca received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the SUNY Stony Brook and an MBA from Columbia University.

 

Michael N. Taglich has been Chairman of our Board of Directors since September 22, 2008. He is Chairman and President of Taglich Brothers, a New York City based securities firm which he co-founded in 1992 and which is focused on public and private micro-cap companies. From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Taglich served as a Vice President at Weatherly Securities. He brings a broad depth and breadth of capital and business background to the Board, with extensive experience in exit strategies. Mr. Taglich is currently Chairman of the Board of SCOLR Pharma Inc., a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, and BioVentrix, Inc., a privately held medical device company whose products are directed at heart failure. He also serves as a Director of Bridgeline Digital, Inc. and DecisionPoint Systems, Inc., each of which is a publicly traded company. Mr. Taglich holds a B.S. degree in General and International Business from New York University and holds Series 27 and Series 7 securities licenses. Mr. Taglich’s extensive experience in the capital markets and his knowledge of the aerospace industry qualify him to serve as a Director.

 

Seymour G. Siegel has been a director of our company since 2005. A Certified Public Accountant no longer in practice, he was a principal emeritus at Rothstein Kass (now KPMG), an international firm of accountants and consultants until July 2014. Mr. Siegel was a founder of Siegel Rich & Co., CPAs, which eventually merged with what is now known as WeiserMazars LLP, where he was a senior partner until January 1995, when he sold his interest in the firm and co-founded a business advisory firm which later became a part of Rothstein Kass. In addition to serving as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committees of our Board, Mr. Siegel also serves as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Root 9B Technologies Inc.  Mr. Siegel received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the Bernard M. Baruch School of the City College of New York. Mr. Siegel’s extensive knowledge and experience in accounting matters and familiarity with the issues of manufacturing businesses qualify him to serve as a Director.

 

Robert F. Taglich has been a director of our company since 2008. He is a Managing Director of Taglich Brothers, which he co-founded in 1992. Prior to founding Taglich Brothers, Mr. Taglich was a Vice President at Weatherly Securities. Mr. Taglich has served in various positions in the brokerage securities industry for the past 25 years. Mr. Taglich is a Director of Bridgeline Digital, Inc., a publicly traded company He also serves on the board of privately held BioVentrix, Inc., a medical device company whose products are directed at heart failure. Mr. Taglich holds a Bachelor’s degree from New York University. Mr. Taglich’s extensive experience in the capital markets and his knowledge of the aerospace industry qualify him to serve as a Director.

 

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David J. Buonanno has been a director of our company since 2008. He is the Founder and President of Buonanno Enterprises Consulting, providing strategic management, supply chain/operations and recruitment services to aerospace and defense industry clients. He is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of Bridgeways, Inc. and the Advisory Board of Alken Industries, Inc. Mr. Buonanno has extensive experience in manufacturing, supply management and operations. He was employed by Sikorsky Aircraft, Inc., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, as Vice President, Supply Management and International Offset (from January 1997 to July 2006) and as Director, Systems Subcontracts (from November 1992 to January 1997). From May 1987 to November 1992, he was employed by General Electric Company serving as Operations Manager and Manager, Program Materials Management of GE’s Astro-Space Division. From June 1977 to May 1987, he was employed by RCA and affiliated companies. Mr. Buonanno attended Lehigh University College of Electrical Engineering and holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Rutgers University. He completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School in 1996.  Mr. Buonanno’s extensive experience in the aerospace and defense industries and familiarity with the operations of companies in the industry qualify him to serve as a Director.

 

Robert C. Schroeder has been a director of our company since 2008. He is Vice President - Investment Banking of Taglich Brothers and specializes in advisory services and capital raising for small public and private companies. Mr. Schroeder joined Taglich Brothers in April 1993 as an Equity Analyst publishing sell-side research. Prior to joining Taglich Brothers, he served in various positions in the brokerage and public accounting industry. Mr. Schroeder also serves as a director of the following publicly traded companies: DecisionPoint Systems, Inc., a leading provider and integrator of Enterprise Mobility, Wireless Applications and RFID solutions, and Intellinetics, Inc., a provider of cloud-based enterprise content management solutions. Mr. Schroeder received a B.S. degree in accounting and economics from New York University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts. Mr. Schroeder’s extensive experience in the capital markets qualify him to serve as a Director.

 

Michael Brand has been a director of our company since 2012, and since March 2017 has served as a consultant to our company focused on day to day production issues, scheduling of the products to be manufactured and related operational issues such as the maintenance of appropriate inventory levels. He was the President of Goodrich Landing Gear, a unit of Goodrich Corporation, from July 2005 to June 2012. Prior to joining Goodrich for over 25 years he held senior management positions in the Aerospace industry. He began his career at General Electric Corporation and rose to senior management in its jet engine manufacturing operations. Mr. Brand is a graduate of Clarkson University, with advanced degrees and certificates from Xavier University and the Wharton School. Mr. Brand’s extensive experience in the aerospace and defense industries and familiarity with the operations of companies in the industry qualify him to serve as a Director.

 

Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich are brothers.

 

All directors hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Officers are elected by and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Employee directors do not receive any compensation for their services as directors. Non-employee directors are entitled to receive compensation per year for serving as directors and may receive option grants from our company.

 

Information Concerning the Board of Directors

 

Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight

 

The Board does not have a policy requiring separation of the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Nevertheless, Michael N. Taglich is Chairman of the Board and Peter D. Rettaliata is Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

 

The Board has determined that a non-employee director serving as Chairman is in the best interests of our stockholders at this time. This structure ensures a greater role of non-employee Directors in the active oversight of our business, including risk management oversight, and in setting agendas and establishing Board priorities and procedures. This structure also allows the Chief Executive Officer to focus to a greater extent on the management of our day-to-day operations.

 

The Board of Directors as a whole is responsible for consideration and oversight of risks facing the Company, and is responsible for ensuring that material risks are identified and managed appropriately. Certain risks are overseen by committees of the Board of Directors and these committees make reports to the full Board of Directors, including reports on noteworthy risk-management issues. Members of the Company’s senior management team regularly report to the full Board about their areas of responsibility and a component of these reports is risk within the area of responsibility and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures. Additional review or reporting on risks is conducted as needed or as requested by the Board or one of its committees.

 

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Board Independence

 

Our Board of Directors has determined that Robert Schroeder, Seymour G. Siegel, David Buonanno and Michael Brand are “independent directors” within the meaning of NYSE MKT Rule 803A(2).

 

Director Compensation

 

Non-employee Directors are entitled to receive compensation for serving as directors and may receive option grants from our company. Each Director also is entitled to be repaid or prepaid all traveling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred in attending meetings of our Board of Directors or committees of our Board of Directors or shareholder meetings or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a Director. The compensation committee will assist the directors in reviewing and approving the compensation structure for our directors.

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation paid to, earned by or accrued for, our directors during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

 

 

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
    Fees Earned Stock    

Non-Equity

Incentive Plan

 

Non-Qualified

Deferred

  All Other  
    or Paid in Awards Option   Compensation   Compensation   Compensation  
Name   Cash ($) ($) Awards ($)   ($)   Earnings ($)   ($) Total ($)
                       
Michael N. Taglich   $ 57,500   - $ 1,276   -   -   - $ 58,776
Robert F. Taglich   $ 57,500   - $ 1,276   -   -   - $ 58,776
Robert Schroeder   $ 30,999   - $ 1,276   -   -   - $ 32,275
David Buonanno   $ 31,607   - $ 1,276   -   -   - $ 32,883
Seymour G. Siegel   $ 44,968   - $ 1,276   -   -   - $ 46,244
Michael Brand   $ 30,999   - $ 1,276   -   -   $ 32,275
Peter D. Rettaliata   $ 50,003     $ -   -   -   - $ 50,003

 

Board Meetings; Committees and Membership

 

The Board of Directors held four meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 (“fiscal 2016”). During fiscal 2016, each of the directors then in office attended more than 75% of the aggregate of (i) the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors and (ii) the total number of meetings of all committees of the Board on which such director served.

 

We maintain the following committees of the Board of Directors: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee. Each committee is comprised entirely of directors who are “independent” within the meaning of NYSE MKT Rule 803A(2). Each committee acts pursuant to a separate written charter, and each such charter has been adopted and approved by the Board of Directors. Copies of the committee charters are available on our website at airindustriesgroup.com under the heading “Investor Relations.”

 

Audit Committee. Messrs. Siegel, Schroeder and Buonanno are members of the Audit Committee. Mr. Siegel serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and also qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as that term is defined in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K. The Board has determined that each member of our Audit Committee meets the financial literacy requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC rules and the independence requirements under NYSE MKT Rule 803A(2).

 

Our Audit Committee is responsible for preparing reports, statements and charters of audit committees required by the federal securities laws, as well as:

 

· overseeing and monitoring the integrity of our consolidated financial statements, our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements as they relate to financial statements or accounting matters, and our internal accounting and financial controls;

 

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preparing the report that SEC rules require be included in our annual proxy statement;

   
·

overseeing and monitoring our independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications, independence and performance;

   
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providing the Board with the results of its monitoring and its recommendations; and 

   
· providing to the Board additional information and materials as it deems necessary to make the Board aware of significant financial matters that require the attention of the Board.

 

Compensation Committee. Our Compensation Committee is composed of Messrs. Siegel, Buonanno and Brand. The Compensation Committee is responsible for:

 

 

·

establishing the Company’s general compensation policy, in consultation with the Company’s senior management, and overseeing  the development and implementation of compensation programs;

   
·

reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of the CEO, and evaluating the performance of the CEO at least annually in light of those goals and objectives and communicating the results of such evaluation to the CEO and the Board, and determining the CEO’s compensation level based on this evaluation, subject to ratification by the independent directors on the Board. In determining the incentive component of CEO compensation, the Committee will consider, among other factors, the Company’s performance and relative stockholder return, the value of similar incentive awards to CEOs at comparable companies, the awards given to the CEO in past years, and such other factors as the Committee may determine to be appropriate;

   
·

reviewing and approving the compensation of all other executive officers of the Company, such other managers as may be directed by the Board, and the directors of the Company;

   
·

overseeing the Board’s benefit and equity compensation plans, overseeing the activities of the individuals and committees responsible for administering these plans, and discharging any responsibilities imposed on the Committee by any of these plans;

   
·

approving issuances under, or any material amendments to, any stock option or other similar plan pursuant to which a person not previously an employee or director of the Company, as an inducement material to the individual’s entering into employment with the Company, will acquire stock or options;

   
·

in consultation with management, overseeing regulatory compliance with respect to compensation matters, including overseeing the Company’s policies on structuring compensation programs to preserve related tax objectives;

   
·

reviewing and approving any severance or similar termination payments proposed to be made to any current or former officer of the Company; and

   
· preparing an annual report on executive compensation for inclusion in our proxy statement for the election of directors, if required under the applicable SEC rules.

 

Nominating Committee. Our Nominating Committee is composed of Messrs. Schroeder, Siegel and Brand. The purpose of the Nominating Committee is to seek and nominate qualified candidates for election or appointment to our Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee will seek candidates for election and appointment that possess the integrity, leadership skills and competency required to direct and oversee the Company’s management in the best interests of its stockholders, customers, employees, communities it serves and other affected parties.

 

A candidate must be willing to regularly attend Committee and Board of Directors meetings, to develop a strong understanding of the Company, its businesses and its requirements, to contribute his or her time and knowledge to the Company and to be prepared to exercise his or her duties with skill and care. In addition, each candidate should have an understanding of all corporate governance concepts and the legal duties of a director of a public company.

 

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Stockholders may contact the Nominating Committee Chairman, the Chairman of the Board or the Corporate Secretary in writing when proposing a nominee. This correspondence should include a detailed description of the proposed nominee’s qualifications and a method to contact that nominee if the Nominating Committee so chooses.

 

Stockholder Communications

 

Any stockholder who desires to contact any of our Directors can write to Air Industries Group, 360 Motor Parkway, Suite 100, Hauppauge, NY 11788 Attention: Stockholder Relations. Your letter should indicate that you are an Air Industries Group stockholder. Depending on the subject matter, our stockholder relations personnel will:

 

·

forward the communication to the Director(s) to whom it is addressed;

   
·

forward the communication to the appropriate management personnel;

   
·

attempt to handle the inquiry directly, for example where it is a request for information about the Company, or it is a stock-related matter; or

   
· not forward the communication if it is primarily commercial in nature or if it relates to an improper or irrelevant topic.

 

Code of Ethics

 

We have adopted a written code of ethics that applies to our principal executive officers, senior financial officers and persons performing similar functions. Upon written request to our corporate secretary, we will provide you with a copy of our code of ethics, without cost.

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

The following summary compensation table shows, for the periods indicated, information regarding the compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our principal executive officer and our chief accounting officer (our only other executive officer whose compensation exceeded $100,000), for all services rendered in all capacities to our company and its subsidiaries. The individuals listed in the following table are referred to herein collectively as our “named executive officers.”

 

Executive Compensation Table

 

            Non-equity Nonqualified        
            Incentive deferred        
        Stock Option Plan compensation All other      
Name and principal Position Year Salary Bonus awards awards Information earnings compensation     Total
    ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)     ($)
Daniel R. Godin (1) 2016  250,000 - - - - - $ 9,600 (3) $  259,600
President and CEO 2015 254,807 125,000 - - - -   9,600 (3)   389,407
Marianne Giglio (2) 2016   126,396 -  -  - - - $ 4,500 (3) $ 130,896
Chief Accounting Officer                      

 

(1) Mr. Godin resigned as our President and CEO effective as of March 24, 2017.

 

(2) Ms. Giglio joined our company on March 7, 2016, became our Chief Accounting Officer on April 22, 2016 and served in that capacity until October 1, 2016.

 

(3) Represents car allowance.

 

None of our executive officers or key employees named in the above table has an employment agreement providing for a fixed term of employment. All are employees at will terminable at any time without any severance, other than that payable to employees generally.

 

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Peter D. Rettaliata receives $50,000 per annum for serving as a director of, and consultant to, our company. We have not yet reached agreement on the compensation he is to receive for serving as our Acting President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

Michael E. Recca receives a salary of $200,000 per annum for serving as our Chief Financial Officer.

 

Executive Compensation Policies as They Relate to Risk Management

 

The Compensation Committee and management have considered whether our compensation policies might encourage inappropriate risk taking by the Company’s executive officers and other employees. The Compensation Committee has determined that the current compensation structure aligns the interests of the executive officers with those of the Company without providing rewards for excessive risk taking by awarding a mix of fixed and performance based or discretionary bonuses with the performance based compensation focused on profits as opposed to revenue growth.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, less than 1% of the total compensation paid to employees was paid in performance-based compensation, including commissions and bonuses.

 

Equity Awards – 2016

 

We did not grant any equity awards in the form of shares to any of the named Executive Officers during 2016 and consequently have omitted the table which would have described such awards.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards at 2016 Year-End

 

The following table shows certain information regarding outstanding equity awards held by our named Executive Officers as of December 31, 2016.

 

 Option Awards   Stock Awards
                  Equity Incentive    
  Number of   Number of           Plan Awards:   Equity Incentive Plan
  Securities   Securities           Number of   Awards: Market or
  Underlying   Underlying           Unearned Shares,   Payout Value of
  Unexercised   Unexercised   Option   Option   Units or Other   Unearned Shares,
  Options (#)   Options (#)   Exercise   Expiration   Rights That Have   Units or Other Rights
Name Exercisable   Unexercisable   Price ($)   Date   Not Vested (#)   That Have Not Vested
                       
Daniel R. Godin 120,000   -    $10.12          11/30/2021     -     -
Marianne Giglio -   -   -   -     -     -

 

Equity Incentive Plans

 

We have three equity incentive plans, the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (“the “2016 Plan”), which our Board of Directors adopted in June 2016 and our stockholders approved on November 30, 2016, the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”), which our Board of Directors adopted in March 2015 and our stockholders approved in June 2015, and the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”), which our Board of Directors adopted in May 2013 and our stockholders approved in July 2013. The Plans are virtually identical, except that the 2016 Plan and the 2015 Plan authorized the issuance of 350,000 shares of common stock and the 2013 Plan authorized the issuance of 600,000 shares. As of December 31, 2016, options to purchase 138,000 shares have been granted and remain outstanding under the 2015 Plan, and 212,000 shares remained available for grant, and options to purchase 564,342 shares remain outstanding and no shares remained available for issuance under the 2013 Plan. No stock awards have been made or options granted under the 2016 Plan. The Plans permit the Company to grant stock awards and non-qualified and incentive stock options to employees, directors and consultants. The Plans are administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board and each has a term of ten years from the date it was adopted by the Board. 

 

We adopted the Plans to provide a means by which employees, directors, and consultants of our Company and those of our subsidiaries and other designated affiliates, which we refer to together as our affiliates, may be given an opportunity to purchase our common stock, to assist in retaining the services of such persons, to secure and retain the services of persons capable of filling such positions, and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for our success and the success of our affiliates.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth information known to us regarding beneficial ownership of our Series A Preferred Stock and our common stock as of June 15, 2017, by (i) each person known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our outstanding Series A Preferred Stock or common stock, (ii) each of our directors, (iii) our chief executive officer, and (iii) all of our directors and executive officers as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, we believe, based on information provided by each of the individuals named in the table below, that such individuals have sole investment and voting power with respect to such shares, subject to community property laws, where applicable. As of June 15, 2017 we had outstanding 1,294,441 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock and of 7,650,165 shares of our common stock. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into 2.0325 shares of common stock (at the current conversion price of $4.92) and holders of Series A Preferred Stock vote together with holders of common stock as a single class, except on certain matters specified in the Certificate of Designation authorizing the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock and as required under applicable law. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to the number of votes equal to the number of shares of common stock into which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned of record by such shareholder could have been converted on June 15, 2017 (2.0325 times the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned of record) and each share of common stock entitled to one vote. Except as stated in the table, the address of the holder is c/o our company, 360 Motor Parkway, Suite 100, Hauppauge, New York 11788.

 

    Number of Shares   Percent of  Class
Name   Series A Preferred   Common   Series A Preferred   Common
Directors and Executive Officers:                                
                                 
Michael N. Taglich     298,968       2,561,472 (1)     23.10 %     26.08 %
Robert F. Taglich     105,696 (2)     1,706,573 (3)     8.17 %     19.07 %
Peter D. Rettaliata     0       67,035 (4)     -              *  
Seymour G. Siegel     0       19,039 (5)     -              *  
David Buonanno     2,797       26,550 (6)     *              *  
Robert Schroeder     0       142,212 (7)     -       1.84 %
Michael Brand     0       15,250 (8)     -              *  
Daniel Godin     0       0 (9)     -       -  
                                 
All Directors and Executive Officers as a group (8 persons)     407,461       4,225,680 (10)     31.48 %     38.43 %

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* Less than 1%

 

(1) Includes 30,736 shares owned by Taglich Brothers and other entities controlled by Mr. Taglich, 607,652 shares he may acquire upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, 727,340 shares he may acquire upon conversion of 8% Notes (including 144,281 shares that may be acquired by Taglich Brothers upon conversion of 8% Notes), 393,572 shares he may acquire upon conversion of May 2018 Notes (including 82,642 shares which may be acquired by a partnership of which he is a partner), 426,435 shares he may acquire upon exercise of warrants (including 17,385 shares which may be acquired by Taglich Brothers and 24,792 shares which may be acquired by a partnership of which he is a partner) and 15,250 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options, in each case exercisable within 60 days.

 

(2) Includes 6,478 shares owned as custodian for his children.

 

(3) Includes 30,736 shares owned by Taglich Brothers and other entities controlled by Mr. Taglich, 214,827 shares he may acquire upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock (13,646 of which are owned as custodian for his children), 371,698 shares he may acquire upon conversion of 8% Notes (including 144,281 shares that may be acquired by Taglich Brothers upon conversion of 8% Notes), 393,572 shares he may acquire upon conversion of May 2018 Notes (including 82,642 shares which may be acquired by a partnership of which he is a partner), 302,587 shares he may acquire upon exercise of warrants (including 17,385 shares which may be acquired by Taglich Brothers, 24,792 shares which may be acquired by a partnership of which he is a partner and 2,436 shares which may be acquired as custodian for his children) and 15,250 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options, in each case exercisable within 60 days.

 

(4) Includes 64,216 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days. 

 

(5) Includes 15,250 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days. 

 

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(6) Includes 5,684 shares he may acquire upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, 1,016 shares he may acquire upon exercise of warrants and 15,250 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options, in each case exercisable within 60 days.

 

(7) Includes 75,283 shares he may acquire upon exercise of warrants and 15,250 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options, in each case exercisable within 60 days.

 

(8) Represents shares he may acquire upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days.

 

(9) Mr. Godin resigned as President and CEO effective March 24, 2017. Options to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock expired unexercised as of that date.

 

(10) Includes 828,163 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, 954,757 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of 8% Notes, 393,572 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of May 2018   Notes, 763,144 shares that may be acquired upon exercise of warrants and 272,492 shares that may be acquired upon exercise of options, in each case exercisable within 60 days.

 

Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock After the Offering and Related Transactions

 

Upon completion of the offering of 5,200,000 shares of common stock at an assumed offering price of $2.50 per share, the redemption of 110,522 PIK Shares (which does not include 31,777 PIK Shares beneficially owned by Michael N. Taglich and 13,369 PIK Shares beneficially owned by Robert F. Taglich) and the May 2018 Notes and the automatic conversion of the remaining 1,183,919 shares of Series A Preferred Stock into 4,735,676 shares of common stock at an assumed conversion price of $2.50 per share, we will have outstanding 17,585,541 shares of common stock. Assuming none of our directors, executive officers or holders of more than 5% of our common stock purchase shares in the offering, upon completion of the offering and the related transactions, described above, the number and percent of the outstanding shares of common stock beneficially owned by them will be as follows:

  

    Number of Shares   Percent of  Class
Directors and Executive Officers:     Before   (1)     After        Before        After   
                                 
Michael N. Taglich     2,561,472       2,756,130 (2)     26.08 %     14.69 %
Robert F. Taglich     1,706,573       1,520,958 (3)     19.07 %     8.32 %
Peter D. Rettaliata        67,035(4)       67,035 (4)     *              *  
Seymour G. Siegel     19,039(5)       19,039 (5)     *              *  
David Buonanno     26,550       36,886 (6)     *              *  
Robert Schroeder     142,212(7)       142,212 (7)     1.84%       *  
Michael Brand     15,250(8)       15,250 (8)     *              *  
Daniel Godin     0(9)       0 (9)     -       -  
                                 
All Directors and Executive Officers as a group (8 persons)     4,255,680        4,357,701 (10)     38.43 %     22.37 %

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* Less than 1%

 

(1)  See Notes to Securities Ownership table.

 

(2)  Includes 30,736 shares owned by Taglich Brothers and other entities controlled by Mr. Taglich, 727,340 shares he may acquire upon conversion of 8% Notes (including 144,281 shares that may be acquired by Taglich Brothers upon conversion of 8% Notes), 426,435 shares he may acquire upon exercise of warrants (including 17,385 shares which may be acquired by Taglich Brothers and 24,792 shares which may be acquired by a partnership of which he is a partner) and 15,250 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options, in each case exercisable within 60 days.

 

(3)  Includes 30,736 shares owned by Taglich Brothers and other entities controlled by Mr. Taglich, 25,912 shares owned by custodial accounts for the benefit of his children under the NY UGMA, 371,698 shares he may acquire upon conversion of 8% Notes (including 144,281 shares that may be acquired by Taglich Brothers upon conversion of 8% Notes), 302,587 shares he may acquire upon exercise of warrants (including 17,385 shares which may be acquired by Taglich Brothers, 24,792 shares which may be acquired by a partnership of which he is a partner and 2,436 shares which may be acquired as custodian for his children) and 15,250 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options, in each case exercisable within 60 days.

 

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(4)  Includes 64,216 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days.

 

(5)  Includes 15,250 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days.

 

(6)  Includes 1,016 shares he may acquire upon exercise of warrants and 15,250 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options, in each case exercisable within 60 days.

 

(7)  Includes 75,283 shares he may acquire upon exercise of warrants and 15,250 shares he may acquire upon exercise of options, in each case exercisable within 60 days.

 

(8)  Represents shares he may acquire upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days.

 

(9)  Mr. Godin resigned as President and CEO effective March 24, 2017. Options to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock expired unexercised as of that date.

 

(10)  Includes 954,757 shares that may be acquired upon conversion of 8% Notes, 763,144 shares that may be acquired upon exercise of warrants and 272,492 shares that may be acquired upon exercise of options, in each case exercisable within 60 days.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

Our Policy Concerning Transactions with Related Persons

 

Under Item 404 of SEC Regulation S-K, a related person transaction is any actual or proposed transaction, arrangement or relationship or series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships, including those involving indebtedness not in the ordinary course of business, to which we or our subsidiaries were or are a party, or in which we or our subsidiaries were or are a participant, in which the amount involved exceeded or exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years and in which any of our directors, nominees for director, executive officers, beneficial owners of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities (a “significant shareholder”), or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

We recognize that transactions between us and any of our Directors or Executives or with a third party in which one of our officers, directors or significant shareholders has an interest can present potential or actual conflicts of interest and create the appearance that our decisions are based on considerations other than the best interests of our Company and stockholders.

 

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is charged with responsibility for reviewing, approving and overseeing any transaction between the Company and any related person (as defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K), including the propriety and ethical implications of any such transactions, as reported or disclosed to the Committee by the independent auditors, employees, officers, members of the Board of Directors or otherwise, and to determine whether the terms of the transaction are not less favorable to us than could be obtained from an unaffiliated party.

 

Transactions with Related Persons

 

The following includes a summary of transactions since January 1, 2014, or any currently proposed transaction, in which we were or are to be a participant and the amount involved exceeded or exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

From time to time when needed, we have borrowed funds from Michael Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, directors and principal stockholders of our company, as discussed below. In addition, as discussed below, Taglich Brothers, of which Michael Taglich and Robert F. Taglich are the principals, has acted as placement agent for offerings of our securities and provided us with other investment banking and advisory services.

 

Approximately 19.37% of the net cash proceeds of this offering will be used to repay indebtedness to Michael N. Taglich, Robert F. Taglich and a related party. See “Use of Proceeds.”

 

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On January 1, 2014, we entered into a Capital Market Advisory Agreement with Taglich Brothers pursuant to which Taglich Brothers provided us, on a non-exclusive basis, business advisory services for a monthly fee of $7,000 and a warrant to purchase 10,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $8.72 per share. This agreement renewed annually until terminated in October 2016. We paid Taglich Brothers $1,500 per month for posting its research reports on our company on its website pursuant to a research distribution agreement, or a total of $18,000 for each of 2014 and 2015 and $9,000 for 2016.

 

In connection with our public offering of 1,170,000 shares of common stock completed on June 3, 2014, we paid Taglich Brothers, which acted as placement agent for the offering, $842,400, representing 8% of the gross proceeds of the offering as a sales commission, plus an additional $75,000 in reimbursement of counsel fees. In addition, we granted Taglich Brothers placement agent warrants to purchase 46,800 shares of common stock, representing 4% of the shares sold in the offering as additional compensation. The warrants are exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis at a per share exercise price equal to $11.25, commencing May 29, 2015 and expiring May 28, 2019.

 

On September 8, 2015, we borrowed $350,000 from Michael N. Taglich and issued our promissory note in the principal amount of $350,000 to evidence our obligation to repay that indebtedness. The note bore interest at the rate of 4% per annum and was payable on September 7, 2016.

 

On April 8, 2016, we borrowed $350,000 from each of Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich and issued our promissory notes in the principal amount of $350,000 to evidence our obligation to repay that indebtedness. The notes bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum and were payable on June 30, 2016, or earlier upon our receipt of proceeds from the sale of our equity securities in the aggregate amount of $1,000,000.

 

On May 6, 2016, we borrowed $400,000 from Michael N. Taglich and $300,000 from Robert F. Taglich and issued our promissory notes in the principal amount of $400,000 to Michael N. Taglich and $300,000 to Robert F. Taglich to evidence our obligation to repay that indebtedness. The notes bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum and were payable on June 30, 2016, or earlier upon our receipt of proceeds from the sale of our equity securities in the aggregate amount of $2,000,000. 

 

On May 26, 2016, we issued 110,000 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock to Michael N. Taglich and 65,000 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock to Robert F. Taglich, with a stated value of $10.00 per share, upon exchange of the aforementioned promissory notes in connection with the private placement of 700,000 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock, for which Taglich Brothers acted as co-placement agent.

 

As compensation for its services as co-placement agent for the private placement of our Series A Preferred Stock completed in June 2016, we paid Taglich Brothers a fee of $326,000 and issued to Taglich Brothers five-year warrants to purchase 56,910 shares of common stock at an initial exercise price of $6.15, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations.

 

In August 2016, we borrowed a total of $1,500,000 from Michael N. Taglich and issued two promissory notes to Michael N. Taglich in principal amounts of $500,000 and $1,000,000 to evidence our obligation to repay that indebtedness.  The notes bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum.  The principal and interest were payable on December 31, 2016, or earlier upon our receipt of proceeds from the sale of our equity securities in the aggregate amount of $2,000,000.

 

On August 19, 2016, we issued to Michael N. Taglich our 12% Subordinated Convertible Note due December 31, 2017 in the principal amount of $1,520,713, together with warrants to purchase 61,817 shares of common stock, upon surrender for cancellation of promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000, together with accrued interest thereon and on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock of $20,713. In addition, we issued to Robert F. Taglich our 12% Subordinated Convertible Note due December 31, 2017 in the principal amount of $4,373, together with warrants to purchase 177 shares of common stock, in consideration of the forgiveness of interest of $4,373 accrued on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock. On November 30, 2017, upon the automatic conversion of the 12% Notes, we issued 157,191 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to Michael N. Taglich and 21,125 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to Robert F. Taglich.

 

As compensation for its services as placement agent for the private placement in August 2016 of our 12% Notes, we paid Taglich Brothers a fee of $295,400 and issued to Taglich Brothers five-year warrants to purchase 68,617 shares of common stock at an initial exercise price of $6.15, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations. The warrants may be exercised until July 31, 2021 and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

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On November 23, 2016, we issued and sold to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich our 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes due November 30, 2018 (the “2018 Notes’) in the principal amounts of $1,000,000 and $100,000, respectively, together with five-year warrants to purchase 88,889 and 8,889 shares of common stock, respectively, for a purchase price of $1,000,000 and $100,000, respectively. The 2018 Notes have a conversion price of $2.25 per share and the warrants have an exercise price of $3.00 per share. The conversion price of the 2018 Notes and the exercise price of the warrants, as well as the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the 2018 Notes and the exercise of the warrants, are subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations. The warrants may be exercised until November 30, 2021 and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

As compensation for its services as placement agent for the private placement in November 2016 of the 2018 Notes, we issued to Taglich Brothers, in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions, 2018 Notes in the principal amount of $112,000. We also issued to Taglich Brothers a five-year warrant to purchase 62,222 shares of common stock. The warrants may be exercised until November 30, 2021, have an exercise price of $3.00, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

On December 22, 2016, we issued and sold to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich 2018 Notes in the principal amounts of $300,000 and $200,000, respectively, together with warrants to purchase 22,815 shares and 15,209 shares, respectively, of common stock for a purchase price of $300,000 and $200,000, respectively. The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 2018 Notes are convertible at the option of the holder into shares of common stock at an initial conversion price of $2.63, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations. The warrants may be exercised until November 30, 2021 and have an exercise price of $3.00 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

As compensation for its services as placement agent for the private placement in December 2016 of the 2018 Notes, we issued to Taglich Brothers, in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions, 2018 Notes in the principal amount of $94,000. We also issued to Taglich Brothers five-year placement agent warrants to purchase 44,677 shares of common stock at an exercise price pf $3.00 per share and having the same terms as the warrants issued to purchasers of the 2018 Notes in the December 2016 private placement.

 

On February 7, 2017, we issued and sold to Robert F. Taglich our 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes due January 31, 2019 in the principal amount of $250,000 (one of a series of our 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes due January 31, 2019, hereinafter referred to as the “2019 Notes”), together with a five year warrant to purchase 19,230 shares of common stock for a purchase price of $250,000. The 2019 Note issued to Robert F. Taglich has a conversion price of $3.71 per share, and the warrant issued to Robert F. Taglich has an exercise price of $3.71 per share. The conversion price of the 2019 Notes and the exercise price of the warrants, as well as the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the 2019 Notes and the exercise of the warrants, are subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations. The warrants may be exercised until January 31, 2022 and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

As compensation for its services as placement agent for the private placement in February 2017 of the 2019 Notes, we issued to Taglich Brothers, in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions, 2019 Notes in the principal amount of $80,000 (of which a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $20,000 has a conversion price of $3.71 per share and a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $60,000 has a conversion price of $4.45 per share). We also issued to Taglich Brothers five-year placement agent warrants to purchase 29,816 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.45 per share having the same terms as the warrants issued to purchasers of the 2019 Notes in the February 2019 private placement.

 

On March 8, 2017, we issued and sold to Robert F. Taglich a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $100,000, together with a five year warrant to purchase 7,692 shares of common stock for a purchase price $100,000. The 2019 Note issued to Robert F. Taglich has a conversion price of $3.30 per share, and the warrant issued to Robert F. Taglich has an exercise price of $3.30 per share. The conversion price of the 2019 Notes and the exercise price of the warrants, as well as the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the 2019 Notes and the exercise of the warrants, are subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations. The warrants may be exercised until January 31, 2022 and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

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As compensation for its services as placement agent for the private placement in March 2017 of the 2019 Notes, we issued to Taglich Brothers, in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions, 2019 Notes in the principal amount of $96,000 (of which a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $44,400 has a conversion price of $3.30 per share, a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $43,600 has a conversion price of $3.78 per share and a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $8,000 has a conversion price of $3.25 per share) and five-year warrants to purchase a total of 7,386 shares of common stock (of which warrants to purchase 3,416 shares have an exercise price of $3.30 per share, warrants to purchase 3,354 shares have an exercise price of $3.78 and warrants to purchase 616 shares have an exercise price of $4.00). We also issued to Taglich Brothers placement agent warrants to purchase a total of 36,877 shares of common stock, of which warrants to purchase 17,030 shares have an exercise price of $3.30 per share, warrants to purchase 16,770 shares have an exercise price of $3.78 and warrants to purchase 3,077 shares have an exercise price of $4.00, and having the same terms as the warrants issued to purchasers of the 2019 Notes in the March 2019 private placement.

  

On March 17, 2017, we borrowed $200,000 and $300,000 from each of Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, respectively, directors and principal stockholders of our company, and issued our promissory notes in the principal amounts of $200,000 and $300,000 to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, respectively, to evidence our obligation to repay that indebtedness. The notes bear interest at the rate of 7% per annum and are payable on September 17, 2017. Michael N. and Robert F. Taglich have the option to convert the unpaid principal amount and accrued interest on the promissory notes into shares of common stock or other securities of our company which we may offer and sell in this offering, or any other public or private financing (each a “Financing”), on the same terms and conditions as are offered to purchasers in such Financing, or, if more favorable to us, on such other terms as may be required under the rules of the NYSE MKT, which option they must exercise by notice to us within three business days following the completion of such Financing. Upon completion of this offering or any other Financing, upon notice to Michael N. and Robert F. Taglich, we have the right to convert the unpaid principal amount of those promissory notes and accrued interest thereon into shares of common stock or other of our securities sold in the Financing on the same terms and conditions as are offered to purchasers in the Financing, or if more favorable to us, on such other terms as may be required under the rules of the NYSE MKT, which right we must exercise within three business days following the completion of such Financing.

 

On May 2, 2017, we borrowed $500,000 from each of Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, and on May 10, 2017 we borrowed an additional $250,000 from each of Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich (collectively, the “Taglich Loans”). The Taglich Loans were exchanged for May 2018 Notes in the same principal amount of indebtedness.

 

On May 12, 2017 each of Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich acquired $774,217 principal amount of our May 2018 Notes, together with warrants to purchase 93,279 shares of our common stock, in consideration for the cancellation of the indebtedness related to the Taglich Loans. For a discussion of the terms of the May 2018 Notes, see the section of this prospectus captioned “Description of Capital Stock – May 2018 Notes”. On May 19, 2017, a partnership of which Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich are partners, acquired $205,780 principal amount of May 2018 Notes and warrants to purchase 24,792 shares of our common stock for a purchase price of $199,786. The warrants are exercisable at an initial exercise price of $2.49 per share until May 12, 2022, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares based upon prevailing market prices when exercised. The exercise price of the warrants is subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as recapitalizations, mergers and other business combination transactions. In addition, the exercise price of the warrants will be reset (x) to the public offering price of the shares of common stock sold in this offering, if lower than the exercise price then in effect, or (y) the Weighted Average Price (as defined in the May 2018 Notes) of the common stock on the first date on which none of the May 2018 Notes are outstanding, if lower than the exercise price then in effect, whichever event first occurs. We have agreed to pay Taglich Brothers $176,155 in sales commissions in connection with the May 2018 Note financing.

 

Upon completion of this offering, 31,777 PIK Shares beneficially owned by Michael N. Taglich and 13,369 shares beneficially owned by Robert F. Taglich, principal partners of Taglich Brothers and principal stockholders and directors of our company, will not be redeemed with the other PIK Shares, but will be automatically converted into shares of common stock at a conversion price equal to the public offering price of the shares sold in this offering.

 

Taglich Brothers or its affiliates may in the future provide investment banking, commercial banking and/or other services to us from time to time, for which they may in the future receive customary fees and expenses.

 

The foregoing transactions were reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee or our Board of Directors. We believe that the terms of each transaction were not less favorable to us than those terms that could be obtained from an unaffiliated third party.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

General

 

Our authorized capital stock consists of 25,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which, as of June 15, 2017, 7,650,165 shares are issued and outstanding, and 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock, including 2,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), of which 1,294,441 shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. Upon completion of this offering at an assumed offering price of $2.50 per share, after giving effect to the redemption of 110,522 PIK Shares and the automatic conversion of the remaining 1,183,919 Series A Preferred Stock into 4,735,676 shares of common stock at an assumed conversion price of $2.50 per share, we will have outstanding no shares of preferred stock of any series and 17,585,841 shares of our common stock, assuming 5,200,000 shares of common stock are issued in this offering and assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, or 18,365,841 shares of our common stock, assuming 5,980,000 shares of common stock are issued in this offering and the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full.

 

The authorized and unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock are available for issuance without further action by our stockholders, unless such action is required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange on which our securities may be listed. Unless approval of our stockholders is so required, our board of directors will not seek stockholder approval for the issuance and sale of our common stock or our preferred stock.

 

Common Stock

 

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a stockholder vote, including the election of directors. Holders our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights. Therefore, holders of a majority of the shares of our common stock voting for the election of directors will be able to elect all of the directors. A vote by the holders of a majority of our outstanding shares of common stock will be required to effectuate certain fundamental corporate changes such as liquidation, merger or an amendment to our articles of incorporation. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company, either voluntarily or involuntarily, each outstanding share of our common stock will be entitled to share equally in our assets. 

 

Holders of our common stock do not have pre-emptive rights or conversion rights and there are no redemption provisions applicable to our common stock. Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when and as declared by our board of directors, out of funds legally available therefor.

 

All shares of our common stock offered hereby will, when issued, be fully paid and non-assessable, including shares of common stock issued on the conversion of preferred stock, the exercise of common stock warrants or subscription rights, if any.  

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our Articles of Incorporation gives our Board of Directors authority to issue shares of “blank check” preferred stock from time to time in one or more series, pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board in accordance with Section 78.196 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, each having the voting powers, if any, designations, powers, preferences, and the relative, participating, optional, or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, of any unissued series of preferred stock, to fix the number of shares constituting such series, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series, but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding, without the delay attendant to obtaining stockholder approval for such issuance.  

 

Prior to the issuance of shares of each series of preferred stock, the board of directors is required to adopt resolutions and file a certificate of designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada for that series. The purpose of authorizing the board of directors to issue preferred stock and determine its rights and preferences is to eliminate delays associated with a stockholder vote on specific issuances. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing desirable flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or could discourage a third party from acquiring, a majority of a corporation’s outstanding voting stock.

 

We may issue preferred stock to effect a business combination, to raise capital or for other reasons. In addition, preferred stock could be utilized as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of our company.

 

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Upon completion of this offering and the redemption of PIK Shares and the automatic conversion of the remaining shares of Series A Preferred Stock, we will have 3,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, none of which will be outstanding. Our board of directors has no intention at the present time to create any additional series of preferred stock and upon completion of this offering we will file a Statement of Withdrawal of Certificate of Designation with the Office of the Secretary of State of Nevada withdrawing the designation of the Series A Preferred Stock, which will upon such filing cease to exist. The issuance of any new series of preferred stock could, depending on the terms of such series, impede the completion of a merger, tender offer or other takeover attempt.

 

Any future issuance of preferred stock may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us without further action by the shareholders and may adversely affect the voting and/or other rights of the holders of common stock or any other securities we may issue in the future. The issuance of shares of preferred stock, or the issuance of rights to purchase such shares, could be used to discourage an unsolicited acquisition proposal. For instance, the issuance of a series of preferred stock might impede a business combination by including class voting rights that would enable the holders to block such a transaction, or facilitate a business combination by including voting rights that would provide a required percentage vote of the stockholders. In addition, under certain circumstances, the issuance of preferred stock could adversely affect the voting power of the holders of the common stock. Although our board of directors is required to make any determination to issue such stock based on its judgment as to the best interests of our stockholders, the board of directors could act in a manner that would discourage an acquisition attempt or other transaction that some, or a majority, of the stockholders might believe to be in their best interests or in which stockholders might receive a premium for their stock over the then market price of such stock. Our board of directors does not at present intend to seek stockholder approval prior to any issuance of currently authorized preferred stock, unless otherwise required by law.

 

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The following summary of the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications and limitations of the Series A Preferred Stock is qualified in its entirety by the certificate of designation authorizing the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock as filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of Nevada incorporated as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

As of June 15, 2017, we had outstanding 1,294,441 shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) are payable on a cumulative basis at an annual rate of 12% of the Stated Value of $10.00 per share for quarterly dividend periods ending on or before May 26, 2017, and thereafter at the annual rate of 16% of the Stated Value per share. Dividends are payable on the fifteenth day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on September 15, 2016. We may pay dividends in cash, if permitted at the time under our Loan Facility, or in additional Preferred Shares (“PIK Shares”). If we fail to pay a quarterly dividend in respect of any dividend period ending on or before May 26, 2018 at an annual rate of at least 8% of the Stated Value per share in cash, in addition to issuing a sufficient number of PIK Shares so that the sum of the cash dividends and PIK Shares paid equals 12% per annum we will issue PIK Shares in an amount equal to the product of the proportion of the cash dividend not paid times 3% per annum. Thus, if no cash is paid in respect of a dividend due on or before May 26, 2018, in respect of that dividend period we will issue PIK Shares at the rate of 15% per annum of the Stated Value per share. Due to restrictions in the Loan Facility and liquidity concerns, since the original issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock commencing in May 2016, we have issued PIK Shares in lieu of payment of cash dividends on each dividend payment date at the rate of 15% per annum of the stated value per share. Commencing with the dividend payment due on June 15, 2018, if we fail to pay in respect of any dividend period a dividend at an annual rate of at least 10% of the Stated Value per share in cash, in addition to paying a sufficient number of PIK Shares so that the sum of the cash dividends and PIK Shares paid equals 16% per annum, we will issue PIK Shares in in an amount equal to the product of the proportion of the cash dividend not paid times 3% per annum. Thus, if no cash is paid in respect of a dividend due commencing with the dividend payable on June 15, 2018, we will issue PIK Shares at the annual rate of 19% per annum of the Stated Value per share. If we pay any portion of the dividends payable during any dividend period in PIK Shares, we will not be permitted to declare or pay any cash dividends on our common stock during that dividend period.

 

Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs, holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to be paid out of our assets legally available for distribution to stockholders, after payment of or provision for our debts and other liabilities, a liquidation preference of $10.00 per Preferred Share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not authorized or declared) up to but excluding the date of payment, before any payment is made to holders of common stock and any other class or series of capital stock ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights.

 

Holders of Series A Preferred Stock may elect at any time to convert their Preferred Shares into shares of common stock at the conversion rate of 2.0325 shares of common stock for each Preferred Share (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $4.92 per share of common stock.  The conversion rate and the corresponding conversion price are subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, distributions in respect of the common stock and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations.

 

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We may at our option, at any time and from time to time after the market price of a share of common stock is in excess of $9.84 for 30 consecutive trading days, cause all of the Preferred Shares to be converted into shares of common stock at the then-prevailing conversion rate, subject to the certain conditions set forth in the certificate of designation.

 

Commencing May 26, 2018, we may redeem all of the Preferred Shares for a redemption price of $10.00, plus accrued and unpaid dividends.

 

Holders of Preferred Shares vote on an as-converted basis, together with holders of common stock, as a single class, on the election of directors and all other matters presented to stockholders, except for matters as to which under applicable law and the certificate of designation a class vote of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock is required. The Certificate of Designation provides that the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock is required to (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series A Preferred Stock or alter or amend the Certificate of Designation, (b) amend our articles of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, (c) increase the number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock, unless such increase is necessary to issue PIK Shares, (d) authorize a new series of preferred stock with dividend, liquidation or redemption rights senior or pari passu to the Series A Preferred Stock or (e) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

In May 2017, we obtained the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock to amend the Certificate of Designation to provide for the redemption of the outstanding PIK Shares (other than PIK Shares beneficially owned by Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich) and the automatic conversion of the remaining shares of Series A Preferred Stock upon consummation of this offering. We will file the amendment with the Secretary of State of Nevada prior to the pricing of this offering.

 

Upon completion of this offering and the redemption of PIK Shares and the automatic conversion of the remaining shares of Series A Preferred Stock, we will have 3,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, none of which will be outstanding.

 

8% Subordinated Convertible Notes

 

In November 2016 we issued our 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes due November 30, 2018 (the “2018 Notes”) in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,512,000 (the “First Tranche of 2018 Notes”), including First Tranche of 2018 Notes in the principal amount of $112,000 issued to Taglich Brothers in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions for the private placement of the First Tranche of 2018 Notes, and in December 2016 we issued our 8% Notes in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,269,000 (the “Second Tranche of 2018 Notes”), including Second Tranche of 2018 Notes in the principal amount of $94,000 issued to Taglich Brothers in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions for the private placement of the Second Tranche of 2018 Notes. Except as set forth below, the terms of the First Tranche of 2018 Notes and the Second Tranche of 2018 Notes are the same. Payment of the principal and accrued interest on the 8% Notes is junior and subordinate in right of payment to our indebtedness under the Loan Facility. All of our 8% Notes will remain outstanding following this offering.

 

Interest on the 2018 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing February 28, 2017, in cash, or if we are prohibited by applicable law or PNC, our principal lender under our Loan Facility, from paying interest in cash, or we otherwise elect to do so, we may pay accrued interest on the First Tranche of 2018 Notes by the issuance of additional 2018 Notes having the same terms as the First Tranche of 2018 Notes, and in the case of the Second Tranche of 2018 Notes, by issuing additional 2018 Notes having the same terms as the Second Tranche of 2018 Notes (2018 Notes issued in lieu of the cash payment of accrued interest is hereinafter referred to as “2018 PIK Notes”), except that if accrued interest for any quarterly interest period on the Second Tranche of 2018 Notes (including the 2018 PIK Notes issued in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest thereon) is paid in additional Second Tranche of 2018 PIK Notes interest for that quarterly interest payment is calculated at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, interest on the 2018 Notes will accrue at the rate of 12% per annum.

 

In February and March of 2017, we issued our 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes due January 31, 2019 (the “2019 Notes”) in the original aggregate principal amount of $2,376,000, including 2019 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $176,000 issued to Taglich Brothers in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions for the private placements of the 2019 Notes in February and March of 2017.

 

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Interest on the 2019 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing May 31, 2017, in cash, or if we are prohibited by applicable law or PNC, our principal lender under our Loan Facility, from paying interest in cash, or we otherwise elect to do so, we may pay accrued interest, in additional 2019 Notes, provided that if accrued interest is paid in additional 2019 Notes, interest for that quarterly interest payment is calculated at the rate of 12% per annum. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, interest will accrue at the rate of 12% per annum.

 

Since covenant defaults under our Loan Facility have prohibited us from paying accrued interest in cash on our 8% Notes, we have paid accrued interest on the 8% Notes through the issuance of additional 8% Notes. If and when the Loan Facility is no longer in default, we will no longer be restricted from paying cash interest on the 8% Notes.

 

On February 28, 2017, we issued 2018 PIK Notes in the principal amount of $32,477 in respect of the First Tranche of 2018 Notes and in the principal amount of $23,908 in respect of the Second Tranche of 2018 Notes in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest for the interest period then ended.

 

On May 31, 2017, we issued 2018 PIK Notes in the principal amount of $30,489 in respect of the First Tranche of 2018 Notes and in the principal amount of $38,383 in respect of the Second Tranche of 2018 Notes in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest for the interest period then ended, and we issued 2019 PIK Notes in the principal amount of $72,285 in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest on the 2019 Notes for the interest period then ended.

 

As of May 31, 2017, we had outstanding $5,359,420 principal amount of our 8% Notes, including $1,574,965 principal amount of First Tranche of 2018 Notes, $1,336,170 principal amount of Second Tranche of 2018 Notes and $2,448,285 principal amount of 2019 Notes.

 

The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 8% Notes is convertible at the option of the holder into shares of common stock at conversion prices ranging from $2.25 to $4.45, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations.

 

May 2018 Notes

 

As of May 31, 2017, we had outstanding $4,158,624 principal amount of May 2018 Notes. The principal amount of each May 2018 Note will be increased by 2% for each 30 days it remains outstanding commencing August 1, 2017. Upon the occurrence of, and during the continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the May 2018 Notes), the May 2018 Notes will accrue late interest at the rate of 10% per annum. Payment of the principal and accrued interest, if any, on the May 2018 Notes is junior and subordinate in right of payment to our indebtedness under the Loan Facility.

 

The principal amount, together with accrued interest, if any (together, the “Conversion Amount”), of the May 2018 Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock until November 12, 2017 at an initial conversion price of $2.49 per share, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments for stock splits and certain fundamental transactions, including recapitalizations, mergers and other business combination transactions (the “Fixed Conversion Price”), and thereafter at the lower of the Fixed Conversion Price and 75% of the five (5) Weighted Average Prices (as defined in the May 2018 Notes) of the common stock during the five consecutive trading day period ending on the trading immediately preceding the day of a request by the holder for conversion of the May 2018 Note. We have the right to redeem all, or a portion of (on a pro rata basis), the May 2018 Notes upon written notice to the holders not less than three trading days prior to the applicable redemption date. Subject to the subordination provisions of the May 2018 Notes, holders of the May 2018 Notes have the right to request the redemption of their May 2018 Notes at any time, and following an Event of Default or in advance of a Change of Control (as defined in the May 2018 Notes).

  

A portion of the net proceeds of this offering will be used to redeem the May 2018 Notes.

 

Warrants

 

As of May 31, 2017, we had outstanding warrants to purchase a total of 1,588,115 shares of common stock. The exercise price of the warrants ranges from $2.49 to $11.25 per share (including 501,039 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants having an exercise price of $2.49 per share), subject to adjustment for stock splits and certain fundamental transactions, including recapitalizations, mergers and other business combination transactions. The warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise. The warrants have a weighted average exercise price of $4.05 per share and expiration dates ranging from July 2017 to May 12, 2022.

 

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Stock Options

 

At May 31, 2017, we had outstanding options to purchase a total of 516,342 shares of common stock, exercisable at prices ranging from $4.50 to $11.73 per share, with a weighted average exercise price of $6.29 per share and expiration dates ranging from July 2018 to April 2021.

 

Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

 

Our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws include a number of provisions that may have the effect of deterring hostile takeovers or delaying or preventing changes in our control or our management, including, but not limited to the following:

 

  Our Bylaws provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, President, or a majority of the Board.

 

  Our Bylaws provide that stockholders seeking to present proposals before a meeting of stockholders or to nominate candidates for election as directors at a meeting of stockholders must provide timely notice in writing and also specify requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. These provisions may delay or preclude stockholders from bringing matters before a meeting of our stockholders or from making nominations for directors at a meeting of stockholders, which could delay or deter takeover attempts or changes in our management.

  

  Our Articles of Incorporation do not include a provision for cumulative voting for directors. Under cumulative voting, a minority stockholder holding a sufficient percentage of a class of shares could be able to ensure the election of one or more directors.

 

These and other provisions contained in our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws are expected to discourage coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids. These provisions are also designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our Board. However, these provisions could delay or discourage transactions involving an actual or potential change in control of us, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over then current prices. Such provisions could also limit the ability of stockholders to remove current management or approve transactions that stockholders may deem to be in their best interests and, therefore, could adversely affect the price of our common stock.

 

See “Where You Can Find Additional Information About Us” elsewhere in this prospectus for information on where you can obtain copies of our Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws, which have been filed with and are publicly available from the SEC.

 

Limitations on Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Section 78.138 of the NRS provides that a director or officer will not be individually liable unless it is proven that (i) the director’s or officer’s acts or omissions constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties, and (ii) such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law.

 

Article 9 of our Articles of Incorporation (“Limitation on Liability”) provides as follows:

 

“Unless otherwise provided by law, a director or officer is not individually liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his individual capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that his act or failure to act constituted a breach of his fiduciary duties as a director or officer and his breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud, or a knowing violation of law. If the NRS is amended to further eliminate or limit or authorize corporate action to further eliminate or limit the liability of directors or officers, the liability of directors and officers of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS as so amended from time to time. Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of these Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or adoption of such an inconsistent provision.” 

 

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Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) permits a company to indemnify its directors and officers against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding if the officer or director (i) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner the officer or director reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, if a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of the officer or director was unlawful.

 

Section 78.751 of NRS permits a Nevada company to indemnify its officers and directors against expenses incurred by them in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding as they are incurred and in advance of final disposition thereof, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the officer or director to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such officer or director is not entitled to be indemnified by the company. Section 78.751 of NRS further permits the company to grant its directors and officers additional rights of indemnification under its articles of incorporation or bylaws or otherwise.

 

Section 78.752 of NRS provides that a Nevada company may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, for any liability asserted against him and liability and expenses incurred by him in his capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the company has the authority to indemnify him against such liability and expenses.

 

Article 10 of our Articles of Incorporation (“Indemnification”) provides as follows:

 

“Every person who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person with whom he or she is a legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or who is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, or is a representative in a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent legally permissible under the laws of the State of Nevada from time to time against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid or to be paid in a settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by him or her in connection therewith. The right of indemnification shall be a contract right which may be enforced in any manner desired by such person. The expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil suit or proceeding must be paid by the Corporation as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, under receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Such right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other right such directors, officers or representatives may have or hereafter acquire, and, without limiting the generality of such statement, they shall be entitled to their respective rights of indemnification under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders, provision of law, or otherwise, as well as their rights under this article.

 

Without limiting the application of the foregoing, the Board of Directors may adopt bylaws from time to time with respect to indemnification, to provide at all times the fullest indemnification permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada, and may cause the Corporation to purchase or maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation or who is serving at the request of the Corporation as an officer, director or representative of any other entity or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred in any such capacity or arising out of such status, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person.

 

Any repeal or modification of the above provisions of this Article 10, approved by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation existing as of the time of such repeal or modification. In the event of any conflict between the above indemnification provisions, and any other Article of the Articles, the terms and provisions of this Article shall control.”

 

We maintain a director and officer insurance policy on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of our company. Under such insurance policy, the directors and officers of our company are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policy, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of certain claims, actions, suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims, actions, suits or proceedings, which may be brought against them by reason of being or having been such directors or officers.

 

Insofar as indemnification by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or controlling person of us (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being offered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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Market Information

 

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE MKT under the ticker symbol “AIRI.”

 

Holders

 

As of May 31, 2017 there were 221 stockholders of record of our common stock. The number of record holders does not include persons who held our common stock in nominee or “street name” accounts through brokers.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions Inc. Its address is 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New York 11717, and its telephone number is (631) 254-7400.  

 

SHARES AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE SALES

 

Future sales of our common stock in the public market, or the availability of such shares for sale in the public market, could adversely affect market prices prevailing from time to time. As described below, the sale of a portion of our shares will be limited after this offering due to contractual and legal restrictions on resale. Nevertheless, sales of our common stock in the public market after such restrictions lapse, or the perception that those sales may occur, could adversely affect the prevailing market price at such time and our ability to raise equity capital in the future.

 

Based on the number of shares of common stock as of May 31, 2017, upon the completion of this offering at an assumed offering price of $2.50 per share and the automatic conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock remaining after the redemption of the PIK Shares at an assumed conversion price of $2.50 per share, 17,585,841 shares of our common stock will be outstanding, assuming 5,200,000 shares of common stock are issued in this offering, and assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ remaining over-allotment option, or 18,365,841 shares of our common stock will be outstanding, assuming 5,980,000 shares of common stock are issued in this offering and the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full.

 

Except for shares of our common stock subject to lock-up agreements and shares of common stock issuable upon the automatic conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock upon consummation of this offering, substantially all of our outstanding shares will be freely tradable, except that any shares held by our affiliates (as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act), may only be sold in compliance with Rule 144, including the volume limitations described below. The shares issuable upon the automatic conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock may be sold under Rule 144, and all of those shares will have satisfied the one-year holding period requirement of Rule 144 by the end of August 2017. For information concerning the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by our directors, officers and principal stockholders following completion of this offering, see the section of this prospectus entitled “Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners.”

 

Rule 144

 

In general, under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as in effect on the date of this prospectus, any person who is not our affiliate at any time during the preceding three months, and who has beneficially owned their shares for at least six months (including the holding period of any prior owner other than one of our affiliates), would be entitled to sell shares of our common stock, subject to the provisions of Rule 144, including the volume limitations set forth below, provided current public information about us is available, and after owning such shares for at least one year (including the holding period of any prior owner other than one of our affiliates), would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of shares of our common stock without restriction, provided current public information about us is available.

 

A person who is our affiliate or who was our affiliate at any time during the preceding three months, and who has beneficially owned restricted securities for at least six months, including the affiliates, is entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:

 

    1% of the number of shares of our common stock then outstanding, which will equal approximately 175,858 shares, or 183,658 shares if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, immediately following this offering, based on the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of May 31, 2017; or

 

  the average weekly trading volume of our common stock on the NYSE MKT during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a Form 144 notice with respect to the sale.

 

Sales under Rule 144 by our affiliates are also subject to manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and all sales of our securities pursuant to Rule 144 are subject to the availability of current public information about us.

 

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UNDERWRITING

 

We have entered into an underwriting agreement with the several underwriters listed in the table below. Roth Capital Partners, LLC is the representative of the underwriters. We refer to the several underwriters listed in the table below as the “underwriters.” Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters, and the underwriters have agreed to purchase from us, shares of our common stock. Our common stock trades on the NYSE MKT under the symbol “AIRI.”

 

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters named below, and each underwriter severally has agreed to purchase from us, the respective number of shares of common stock set forth opposite its name below:

 

Underwriter   Number of Shares
Roth Capital Partners, LLC    
     
     
Total    

 

The underwriting agreement provides that the obligation of the underwriters to purchase the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus is subject to certain conditions. The underwriters are obligated to purchase all of the shares of common stock offered hereby if any of the shares are purchased.

 

We have granted the underwriters an option to buy up to an additional 780,000 shares of common stock from us at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, to cover over-allotments, if any. The underwriters may exercise this option at any time, in whole or in part, during the 30-day period after the date of this prospectus; however, the underwriters may only exercise the option once.

 

Discounts, Commissions and Expenses

 

The underwriters propose to offer the shares of common stock purchased pursuant to the underwriting agreement to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and to certain dealers at that price less a concession not in excess of $• per share. After this offering, the public offering price and concession may be changed by the underwriters. No such change shall change the amount of proceeds to be received by us as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.

 

In connection with the sale of the common stock to be purchased by the underwriters, the underwriters will receive commissions and discounts of 7.0% of the gross proceeds of this offering, or $0.175 per share of common stock, based on the assumed public offering price per share set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. We have also agreed to issue to the representative warrants to purchase five percent (5%) of the shares of common stock sold in the offering (excluding the underwriters’ over-allotment option) and reimburse the representatives at closing for all of their out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with the offering, including legal fees and expenses, in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate $180,000.

  

We estimate that our total offering expenses for this offering, net of the underwriting discount, will be approximately $400,000.

 

The following table shows the underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the underwriters by us in connection with this offering (assuming both the exercise and non-exercise of the full over-allotment option to purchase additional shares of common stock we have granted to the underwriters):

 

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      Per Share       Total  
                                 
     

 Without Over-

allotment

     

With Over-

allotment

     

Without

Over- 

allotment

     

With

Over-

allotment

 
Assumed Public offering price   $ 2.50     $ $2.50     $ 12,090,000     $ 14,950,000  
Underwriting discounts and commissions paid by us   $ 0.175     $ $0.175     $ 910,000     $ 1,046,500  

 

Indemnification

 

Pursuant to the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments that the underwriters or such other indemnified parties may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

 

Representative’s Warrants 

 

We have agreed to issue to Roth Capital Partners, LLC (and/or its designees) on the closing of the offering warrants (the “Representative’s Warrants”) for the purchase of an aggregate number of shares of common stock, representing five percent (5%) of the shares of common stock issued in the offering (excluding any shares issuable pursuant to the over-allotment option). The Representative’s Warrants will be exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing on a date which is one year after the commencement of sales pursuant to the offering (the “Effective Date”) and expire on the fifth-year anniversary of the Effective Date, and will have an assumed initial exercise price per share of $3.00, which is equal to 120% of the price per share in this offering. Roth Capital Partners, LLC (and/or its designees) will agree not to sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate the Representative’s Warrants, or any portion thereof, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Date to anyone other than transfers or assignments to (i) an underwriter or a selected dealer in connection with this offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of the underwriters or selected dealer; and only if any such transferee agrees to the foregoing lockup restrictions.

 

Lock-Up Agreements

 

Without the prior written consent of the representative, for a period of 90 days after the date of the underwriting agreement, we have agreed not to (i) offer, pledge, issue, sell, contract to sell, purchase, contract to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of common stock, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of shares of common stock or (iii) file any registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the offering of any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of common stock, except (w) for the issuance of the shares of our common stock and the Representative’s Warrants in this offering, (x) the issuance of shares pursuant to our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, 2015 Equity Incentive Plan or 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, (y) the issuance of shares of our common stock upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants and the vesting of restricted stock awards or units and (z) the issuance of shares of common stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, common stock, in connection with any merger or acquisition of securities, businesses, property or other assets or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership, equipment leasing arrangement or debt financing) as long as the aggregate number of shares of common stock issued or issuable does not exceed 5% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of the shares of common stock pursuant to this offering and each recipient of any such shares executes and delivers to the representatives on the closing date of such acquisition or strategic investment a lock-up agreement and agrees to be bound by the restrictions contained therein during the lock-up period described therein.

 

In addition, each of our directors, executive officers and greater than 5% stockholders has entered into a lock-up agreement with the underwriters. Under the lock-up agreements, the foregoing persons may not, for a period of 90 days from the Effective Date, directly or indirectly, (i) sell, assign, transfer, pledge, offer to sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option for sale (including any short sale), right or warrant to purchase, lend, establish an open “put equivalent position” (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is designed to or could be expected to result in the disposition of, any shares of common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any of our equity securities (including, without limitation, shares of common stock or any such securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such persons in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time (such shares or securities, the “Beneficially Owned Shares”)), or publicly announce any intention to do any of the foregoing, other than exercise of options or warrants so long as there is no sale or disposition of the common stock underlying such options or warrants during the lock-up period, (ii) enter into any swap, hedge or other agreement or arrangement that transfers in whole or in part, the economic risk of ownership of any Beneficially Owned Shares, common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any of our equity securities, or (iii) engage in any short selling of any Beneficially Owned Shares, common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any of our equity securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of common stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the representatives. This consent may be given at any time without public notice. These restrictions on future dispositions by our directors, executive officers and greater than 5% stockholders are subject to certain exceptions for transfers of Beneficially Owned Shares, including transfers (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, (ii) by operation of law, including pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement, (iii) to the immediate family of the transferor, (iv) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of such person or the immediate family of the transferor, (v) to any beneficiary of the transferor pursuant to a will or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent and (vi) to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership interests of which are held by the transferor or the immediate family of the transferor.

 

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Electronic Distribution

 

This prospectus may be made available in electronic format on websites or through other online services maintained by the underwriters or by their affiliates. In those cases, prospective investors may view offering terms online and prospective investors may be allowed to place orders online. Other than this prospectus in electronic format, the information on the underwriters’ websites or our website and any information contained in any other websites maintained by the underwriters or by us is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the underwriters in their capacity as underwriters, and should not be relied upon by investors.

 

Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids

 

In connection with the offering the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act:

 

  · Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.

 

  · Over-allotment involves sales by the underwriters of shares in excess of the number of shares the underwriters are obligated to purchase, which creates a syndicate short position. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater than the number of shares that they may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares involved is greater than the number of shares in the over-allotment option. The underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their over-allotment option and/or purchasing shares in the open market.

 

  · Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the common stock in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of shares to close out the short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through the over-allotment option. A naked short position occurs if the underwriters sell more shares than could be covered by the over-allotment option. This position can only be closed out by buying shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there could be downward pressure on the price of the shares in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.

 

  · Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the common stock originally sold by the syndicate member is purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions.

 

These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These transactions may be discontinued at any time.

 

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Neither we nor the underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our shares of common stock. In addition, neither we nor the underwriters make any representation that the underwriters will engage in these transactions or that any transaction, if commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

 

Selling Restrictions

 

European Economic Area

 

This prospectus does not constitute an approved prospectus under Directive 2003/71/EC and no such prospectus is intended to be prepared and approved in connection with this offering. Accordingly, in relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC (each, a “Relevant Member State”) an offer to the public of any shares of common stock which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this prospectus may not be made in that Relevant Member State except that an offer to the public in that Relevant Member State of any shares of common stock may be made at any time under the following exemptions under the Prospectus Directive, if and to the extent that they have been implemented in that Relevant Member State:

 

(a)  to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;

 

(b)  to fewer than 100 or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provision of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150, natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representatives of the underwriters for any such offer; or

 

(c)  in any other circumstances which do not require any person to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

 

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to any shares of common stock in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any shares of common stock to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase any shares of common stock, as the expression may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and any amendments thereto including the 2010 PD Amending Directive to the extent implemented in each Relevant Member State) and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.

 

United Kingdom

 

This prospectus is not an approved prospectus for purposes of the UK Prospectus Rules, as implemented under the EU Prospectus Directive (2003/71/EC), and have not been approved under section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) (the “FSMA”) by a person authorized under FSMA. The financial promotions contained in this prospectus are directed at, and this prospectus is only being distributed to, (1) persons who receive this prospectus outside of the United Kingdom, and (2) persons in the United Kingdom who fall within the exemptions under articles 19 (investment professionals) and 49(2)(a) to (d) (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (all such persons together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”). This prospectus must not be acted upon or relied upon by any person who is not a Relevant Person. Any investment or investment activity to which this prospectus relate is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. This prospectus and its contents are confidential and should not be distributed, published or reproduced (in whole or in part) or disclosed by recipients to any other person that is not a Relevant Person.

 

The representatives have agreed that:

 

(a)  they have only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA in connection with the issue or sale of any of the shares of common stock in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the issuer; and

 

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(b)  they have complied with and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the shares of common stock in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

 

Other Relationships

 

Certain of the underwriters (including the representatives) and their respective affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates for which they have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions, including the arrangements discussed in this prospectus. Except as disclosed in this prospectus, we have no present arrangements with the underwriters for any further services.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the shares of common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Eaton & Van Winkle LLP, New York, New York.  Eaton & Van Winkle LLP and its partners own in the aggregate 14,028.506 shares of Preferred Stock and 38,040 shares of common stock. The Underwriters have been represented in connection with this offering by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, New York.

 

EXPERTS

 

Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla, P.C, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited, as set forth in its report thereon appearing elsewhere herein, our consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2016 and 2015 and for the years then ended that appear in the prospectus. The financial statements referred to above are included in this prospectus in reliance upon the independent registered public accounting firm’s report given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT US

 

We have filed a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus, and reference is made to such registration statement. This prospectus constitutes the prospectus of Air Industries Group filed as part of the registration statement, and it does not contain all information in the registration statement, as certain portions have been omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which requires us to file reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such reports, proxy statements and other information may be inspected at public reference facilities of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549 on official business days during the hours of 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. Copies of such material can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. Because we file documents electronically with the SEC, you may also obtain this information by visiting the SEC’s Internet website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP

 

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Consolidated Financial Statements for the Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 Page 
   
Report of Independent Registered Accounting Firm   F-1
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015   F-2
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015   F-3
   
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 F-4
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015   F-5
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 F-7

 

Consolidated Financial Statements for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (Unaudited) Page 
   
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2017 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2016 F-40
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (Unaudited)    F-41
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (Unaudited) F-42
   
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (Unaudited)    F-44

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Air Industries Group

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Air Industries Group and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended. The consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the results of their operations and cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, among other going concern matters discussed, the Company has suffered a net loss in 2016 and has had negative cash flows from operating activities, and is dependent upon future issuances of equity or other financing to fund ongoing operations, all of which raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

/s/ ROTENBERG MERIL SOLOMON BERTIGER & GUTTILLA, P. C.

 

ROTENBERG MERIL SOLOMON BERTIGER & GUTTILLA, P. C.

Saddle Brook, New Jersey

April 19, 2017

 

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AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

   December 31,  December 31,
   2016  2015
       
ASSETS          
Current Assets          
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $1,304,000   $529,000 
Accounts Receivable, Net of Allowance for Doubtful          
Accounts of $756,000 and $985,000, respectively   8,050,000    13,662,000 
Inventory   39,851,000    36,923,000 
Deferred Tax Asset, Net   -    1,725,000 
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets   557,000    1,048,000 
Prepaid Taxes   409,000    535,000 
Assets Held for Sale   6,050,000    1,700,000 
Total Current Assets   56,221,000    56,122,000 
           
Property and Equipment, Net   12,219,000    15,299,000 
Capitalized Engineering Costs - Net of Accumulated          
Amortization of $4,957,000 and $4,595,000, respectively   1,627,000    1,027,000 
Deferred Financing Costs, Net, Deposits and Other Assets   1,096,000    1,094,000 
Intangible Assets, Net   1,754,000    3,852,000 
Deferred Tax Asset, Net   -    338,000 
Goodwill   9,883,000    10,518,000 
           
TOTAL ASSETS  $82,800,000   $88,250,000 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY          
Current Liabilities          
Notes Payable and Capitalized Lease Obligations - Current Portion  $33,999,000   $40,895,000 
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses   16,160,000    12,046,000 
Deferred Gain on Sale - Current Portion   38,000    38,000 
Deferred Revenue   946,000    958,000 
Liabilities Directly Associated with Assets Held for Sale   2,155,000    - 
Income Taxes Payable   20,000    14,000 
Total Current Liabilities   53,318,000    53,951,000 
           
Long Term Liabilities          
Notes Payable and Capitalized Lease Obligations -          
Net of Current Portion   2,971,000    3,917,000 
Deferred Gain on Sale - Net of Current Portion   333,000    371,000 
Deferred Rent   1,288,000    1,206,000 
TOTAL LIABILITIES  $57,910,000   $59,445,000 
           
Commitments and Contingencies          
           
Stockholders' Equity          
Preferred Stock, par value $. 001-Authorized 2,000,000 shares          
Designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock - par value          
$. 001, Authorized 1,000,000 shares, 1,202,548 shares and -0-          
shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and          
2015, respectively, Aggregate liquidation preference $12,025,480          
and $0 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.   1,000    - 
           
Common Stock - Par Value $. 001 - Authorized          
25,000,000 Shares, 7,626,945 and          
7,560,040 Shares Issued and Outstanding as of          
December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively   7,000    7,000 
Additional Paid-In Capital   55,862,000    44,155,000 
Accumulated Deficit   (30,980,000)   (15,357,000)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY   24,890,000    28,805,000 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY  $82,800,000   $88,250,000 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP

Consolidated Statements of Operations For the Years Ended December 31,

 

   2016  2015
       
Net Sales  $66,915,000   $80,442,000 
           
Cost of Sales   60,195,000    63,161,000 
           
Gross Profit   6,720,000    17,281,000 
           
Operating Expenses   17,509,000    16,557,000 
           
Acquisition Costs   -    98,000 
           
(Loss) Income from Operations   (10,789,000)   626,000 
           
Interest and Financing Costs   (2,596,000)   (1,858,000)
           
Other (Expense) Income, Net   (126,000)   114,000 
           
Loss before Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes   (13,511,000)   (1,118,000)
           
Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes   2,112,000    (286,000)
           
Net Loss  $(15,623,000)  $(832,000)
           
Loss per share - basic  $(2.06)  $(0.11)
           
Loss per share - diluted  $(2.06)  $(0.11)
           
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic   7,579,419    7,478,223 
           
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted   7,579,419    7,478,223 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

For the Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

               Additional     Total
   Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Paid-in  Accumulated  Stockholders'
   Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Equity
Balance, January 1, 2015   -    -    7,108,677    7,000    42,790,000    (14,525,000)   28,272,000 
Issuance of Shares For Acquisitions and Restricted Stock Grants   -    -    425,005    -    4,666,000    -    4,666,000 
Issuance of Shares For Records Correction   -    -    539    -    -    -    - 
Exercise of Options/Warrants   -    -    25,819    -    -    -    - 
Dividends Paid   -    -    -    -    (3,401,000)   -    (3,401,000)
Stock Compensation Expense   -    -    -    -    100,000    -    100,000 
Net Loss   -    -    -    -    -    (832,000)   (832,000)
Balance, December 31, 2015   -   $-    7,560,040   $7,000   $44,155,000   $(15,357,000)  $28,805,000 
                                    
Issuance of Preferred Stock    1,202,548    1,000    -    -    10,304,000    -    10,305,000 
Fair Value Allocation of Warrants   -    -    -    -    1,236,000    -    1,236,000 
Issuance of Restricted Stock   -    -    42,000    -    -    -    - 
Exercise of Options and warrants   -    -    24,905    -    -    -    - 
Stock Compensation Expense   -    -    -    -    167,000    -    167,000 
Net Loss   -    -    -    -    -    (15,623,000)   (15,623,000)
Balance, December 31, 2016   1,202,548   $1,000    7,626,945   $7,000   $55,862,000   $(30,980,000)  $24,890,000 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Years Ended December 31,

 

   2016  2015
       
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES          
Net Loss  $(15,623,000)  $(832,000)
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net          
    cash used in operating activities          
Depreciation of property and equipment   3,347,000    3,090,000 
Amortization of intangible assets   1,279,000    1,262,000 
Amortization of capitalized engineering costs   362,000    341,000 
Bad debt expense   274,000    176,000 
Non-cash compensation expense   167,000    100,000 
Amortization of deferred financing costs   371,000    204,000 
Deferred gain on sale of real estate   (38,000)   (38,000)
Loss on sale of fixed assets held for sale   5,000    - 
Deferred income taxes   2,063,000    (215,000)
Loss on extinguishment of debt   172,000    - 
Amortization of convertible notes payable   217,000    - 
Changes in Assets and Liabilities          
    (Increase) Decrease in Operating Assets:          
Assets Held for Sale - AMK Cash   (39,000)   - 
Accounts receivable   4,616,000    91,000 
Inventory   (2,902,000)   (8,412,000)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   394,000    (748,000)
Prepaid taxes   126,000    - 
Deposits and other assets   (150,000)   (18,000)
    Increase (Decrease) in Operating Liabilities:          
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   4,495,000    3,593,000 
Deferred rent   82,000    29,000 
Deferred revenue   84,000    540,000 
Income taxes payable   6,000    (57,000)
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES   (692,000)   (894,000)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES          
Capitalized engineering costs   (963,000)   (656,000)
Purchase of property and equipment   (1,632,000)   (1,564,000)
Proceeds from the sale of fixed assets   1,671,000    - 
Cash paid for acquisitions   -    (6,945,000)
Cash acquired in acquisitions   -    605,000 
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES   (924,000)   (8,560,000)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES          
Note payable - revolver, net   (5,211,000)   11,933,000 
Proceeds from note payable - term loans   -    3,500,000 
Payments of note payable - term loans   (3,184,000)   (2,030,000)
Capital lease obligations   (1,226,000)   (717,000)
Proceeds from capital lease financing   -    500,000 
Proceeds from notes payable - related party   4,500,000    350,000 
Proceeds from notes payable   3,695,000    - 
Deferred financing costs   (223,000)   (402,000)
Notes payable - sellers   -    (41,000)
Payments related to lease impairment   -    (60,000)
Expense for issuance of preferred stock   (663,000)   - 
Expenses for issuance of debt offering   (547,000)   - 
Proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock   5,250,000    - 
Dividends paid   -    (4,468,000)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES   2,391,000    8,565,000 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   775,000    (889,000)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR   529,000    1,418,000 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR  $1,304,000   $529,000 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Years Ended December 31, (Continued)

 

   2016  2015
 
Supplemental cash flow information          
Cash paid during the period for interest  $1,494,000   $1,649,000 
Cash paid during the period for income taxes  $13,000   $445,000 
           
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities          
Preferred shares issued for notes payable - related party  $3,250,000   $- 
           
 Preferred shares issued for notes payable - other  $2,745,000   $- 
           
Preferred shares issued for PIK dividends  $502,000   $- 
           
Acquisition of property and equipment financed by capital lease  $2,096,000   $1,811,000 
           
Classification of assets held for sale  $6,050,000   $1,700,000 
Liabilities directly associated with assets held for sale  $(2,155,000)  $- 
           
Purchase of assets of Compac and assumption          
 of liabilities in the acquisition as follows:          
Fair Value of tangible assets acquired  $-   $406,000 
Intangible assets   -    600,000 
Goodwill   -    560,000 
Liabilities assumed   -    (95,000)
Cash paid for acquisition  $-   $1,471,000 
           
           
Purchase of stock of The Sterling Engineering Corporation and assumption          
 of liabilities in the acquisition as follows:          
Fair Value of tangible assets acquired  $-   $8,181,000 
Goodwill   -    4,540,000 
Cash acquired   -    588,000 
Liabilities assumed   -    (3,169,000)
Common stock issued   -    (4,666,000)
Cash paid for acquisition  $-   $5,474,000 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1. FORMATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Organization

 

On August 30, 2013, Air Industries Group, Inc. (“Air Industries Delaware”) changed its state of incorporation from Delaware to Nevada as a result of a merger with and into its newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary, Air Industries Group, a Nevada corporation (“Air Industries Nevada” or “AIRI”) and the surviving entity, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger. The reincorporation was approved by the stockholders of Air Industries Delaware at its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Air Industries Nevada is deemed to be the successor.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements presented are those of AIRI, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries; Air Industries Machining Corp. (“AIM”), Welding Metallurgy, Inc. (“WMI” or “Welding”), Miller Stuart, Inc. (“Miller Stuart”), Nassau Tool Works, Inc. (“NTW”), Woodbine Products, Inc. (“Woodbine” or “WPI”), Decimal Industries, Inc. (“Decimal”), Eur- Pac Corporation (“Eur - Pac” or “EPC”), Electronic Connection Corporation (“ECC”), AMK Welding, Inc. (“AMK”), Air Realty Group, LLC (“Air Realty”), the Sterling Engineering Corporation (“Sterling”) effective March 1, 2015, and Compac Development Corporation (“Compac”) effective September 1, 2015, (together, the Company ).

 

Going Concern

 

The Company suffered a net loss from operations of $10,789,000 and a net loss of $15,623,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016. The Company also had negative cash flows from operations for the year ended December 31, 2016. In addition, in 2015 the Company ceased paying dividends on its common stock and in 2016 it disposed of the real estate on which one of its operating subsidiaries is located through a sale leaseback transaction, and in January 2017 sold of one of its operating subsidiaries. During the year ended December 31, 2016 and subsequent thereto, the Company has had to sell its debt and equity securities to secure funds to operate its business. Since September 2016 the Company has been issuing additional shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in lieu of cash payment of accrued dividends on its outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and since February 2017 it has issued additional convertible notes in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest on its outstanding convertible notes. Furthermore, as of December 31, 2016 the Company was not in compliance with its debt covenants under the Company’s loan facility with PNC Bank.

 

The continuation of the Company’s business is dependent upon future issuances of equity or other financing to fund ongoing operations. Management of the Company plans to obtain additional financing during the second quarter and the remainder of 2017 through the issuance of common or preferred stock, securities convertible into common stock, or secured or unsecured debt. These possibilities, to the extent available, may be on terms that result in dilution to the Company’s existing shareholders. Although no assurances can be given, management of the Company believes that potential additional issuances of equity or other potential financing transactions as discussed above should provide the necessary funding for the Company to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Subsequent Events

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date of this filing.

 

Sale of AMK

 

On January 27, 2017, the Company sold all of the outstanding shares of AMK to Meyer Tool, Inc., pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 27, 2017 for a purchase price of $4,500,000, subject to a working capital adjustment, plus additional quarterly payments, not to exceed $ 1,500,000, equal to five percent (5%) of Net Revenues of AMK commencing April 1, 2017.

 

At December 31, 2016, AMK’s assets and liabilities have been reclassified as Assets Held for Sale and Liabilities Directly Associated with Assets Held for Sale, respectively. The carrying value of the assets, net of liabilities, held for sale was less than the contract sales price and accordingly no loss or impairment was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

F-7

 

In connection with the sale of AMK to Meyer Tool, Inc., on January 27, 2017, the Company, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, entered into the Fourteenth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan And Security Agreement with PNC Bank, N. A. (the “PNC Loan Agreement”) which amends certain terms and conditions of the PNC Loan Agreement and releases AMK from its obligations under the PNC Loan Agreement.

 

The proceeds of the sale of AMK were applied as follows: $1,700,000 to the payment of the Term Loan (as defined in the PNC Loan Agreement), $1,800,000 to the payment of outstanding Revolving Advances (as defined in the PNC Loan Agreement), and $500,000 to the payment of existing accounts payable. The remaining $500,000 will be applied to outstanding accounts payable on a future date to be determined by PNC or used to reduce the amount of the Revolving Advance. The amendment also waives the noncompliance at September 30, 2016 with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Minimum EBITDA covenants for the period then ended, and requires that the Company maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.25 to 1.00, tested quarterly on a consolidated rolling twelve (12) month basis; however, for the quarter ending June 30, 2017, which shall be tested based upon the prior six (6) months, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall not be less than 1.00 to 1.00 and for the quarter ending September 30, 2017, which shall be tested based upon the prior nine (9) months, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall not be less than 1.10 to 1.00. The amendment also reduces the amount to be paid weekly in repayment of excess advances in the amount of $5,294,071 under the revolving credit facility from $100,000 to $50,000 for each Monday during the months of January, February and March of 2017. Thereafter, the weekly payments will return to $100,000 until such excess advances have been repaid in full.

 

F-8

 

Related Party Transactions

 

On February 7, 2017, the Company entered into a Placement Agency Agreement with Taglich Brothers, Inc., as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to offer on behalf of the Company, on a best efforts basis, up to $1,200,000 of the Company’s 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes due January 31, 2019 (the “2019 Notes”) to accredited investors, together with five-year warrants to purchase 7,692 shares of Common Stock for each $100,000 principal amount of 2019 Notes purchased (the “Warrants”), in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The conversion price of the 2019 Notes, exercise price of the Warrants, as well as the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the 2019 Notes and the exercise of the Warrants, are subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations. The Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

Under the terms of the Placement Agency Agreement, the Placement Agent is entitled to a placement agent fee equal to 8% of the gross proceeds of the offering, payable at the Company’s option, in cash or additional convertible notes having the same terms and conditions as the 2019 Notes, and five year warrants to purchase 10% of the number of shares of the Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) issuable upon immediate conversion of the 2019 Notes sold in the offering. The Placement Agent Warrants are exercisable at a per share price equal to the closing price of the Common Stock as of the closing immediately prior to the issuance of each 2019 Note.

 

On February 7, 2017, the Company issued and sold to Robert Taglich a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $250,000, together with a Warrant to purchase 19,230 shares of Common Stock for a purchase price of $250,000. The 2019 Note issued to Robert Taglich has a conversion price of $3.71 per share, and the Warrant issued to Robert Taglich has an exercise price of $3.71 per share.

 

On March 8, 2017, the Company entered into a Placement Agency Agreement with Taglich Brothers, Inc., as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to offer on behalf of the Company, on a best efforts basis, up to $1,250,000 of the 2019 Notes to accredited investors, together with Warrants to purchase 7,692 shares of Common Stock for each $100,000 principal amount of 2019 Notes purchased, in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Under the terms of the Placement Agency Agreement, the Placement Agent is entitled to a placement agent fee equal to 8% of the gross proceeds of the offering, payable at the Company’s option, in cash or additional convertible notes and warrants having the same terms and conditions as the 2019 Notes and Warrants, and five year warrants to purchase 10% of the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) issuable upon immediate conversion of the 2019 Notes. The Placement Agent Warrants are exercisable at a per share price equal to the closing price of the Common Stock as of the closing immediately prior to the issuance of each 2019 Note.

 

On March 8, 2017, the Company issued and sold to Robert Taglich a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $100,000, together with a Warrant to purchase 7,692 shares of Common Stock for a purchase price of $100,000. The 2019 Note issued to Robert Taglich has a conversion price of $3.30 per share, and the Warrant issued to Robert Taglich has an exercise price of $3.30 per share.

 

On March 17, 2017, Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich, principal stockholders of the Company, loaned the Company $500,000 on terms to be determined.

 

F-9

 

Sale of Unregistered Equity Securities

 

On February 7, 2017 and February 17, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate principal amount of $ 1,000,000 of its 2019 Notes, together with Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 76,929 shares of Common Stock for a total purchase price of $1,000,000 to 9 accredited investors, including Robert Taglich, a director and principal stockholder of the Company. Interest on the 2019 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing May 31, 2017, in cash, or if the Company is prohibited by applicable law or PNC Bank, National Association, its principal lender under the PNC Loan Agreement from paying interest in cash, or otherwise elects to do so, the Company may pay interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum in the form of additional notes having the same terms and conditions as the 2019 Notes. The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 2019 Notes is convertible at the option of the holder into shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion price of $3.25, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, distributions in respect of the Common Stock and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, except that the initial conversion price of the Notes issued to Robert Taglich is $3.71. The Warrants are exercisable on or prior to January 31, 2022. Taglich Brothers, Inc. acted as the placement agent.

 

On March 8, 2017, March 15, 2017 and March 21, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate principal amount of $1,200,000 of its 2019 Notes, together with Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 92,309 shares of Common Stock for a total purchase price of $1,200,000 to 23 accredited investors, including Robert Taglich, a director and principal stockholder of the Company.

 

Interest on the 2019 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing May 31, 2017, in cash, or if the Company is prohibited by applicable law or PNC Bank, National Association, its principal lender under the PNC Loan Agreement, from paying interest in cash, or otherwise elects to do so, the Company may pay interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum in the form of additional notes having the same terms and conditions as the 2019 Notes. The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 2019 Notes is convertible at the option of the holder into shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion price of $3.25, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, except that the initial conversion price of the Notes issued to Robert Taglich is $3.30. The Warrants are exercisable on or prior to January 31, 2022. The Warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2019 Notes have an exercise price of $3.30 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise. The Warrants may be exercised until January 31, 2022. Taglich Brothers, Inc. acted as placement agent.

 

F-10

 

Note 2. ACQUISITIONS

 

The Company accounts for all business combinations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”), using the acquisition method of accounting. Under this method, assets and liabilities, including any remaining non - controlling interests, are recognized at fair value at the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of assets acquired, net of liabilities assumed, and non-controlling interests is recognized as goodwill. Certain adjustments to the assessed fair values of the assets, liabilities, or non-controlling interests made subsequent to the acquisition date, but within the measurement period, which is up to one year, are recorded as adjustments to goodwill. Any adjustments subsequent to the measurement period are recorded in income. Results of operations of the acquired entity are included in the Company’s results from the date of the acquisition onward and include-amortization expense arising from acquired tangible and intangible assets. The Company expenses all costs as incurred related to an acquisition in the condensed consolidated statements of income.

 

Sterling

 

On March 1, 2015, the Company acquired all of the common stock of Sterling for $5.4 million in cash and 425,005 shares of its common stock. The common stock was valued at $9.89 per share, which was the closing share price on February 27, 2015. The cash consideration is subject to adjustment for working capital changes. The Company has also entered into employment and non-compete agreements for two and three year periods with two of the principals of Sterling. In connection with these agreements, the Company granted 52,000 shares of restricted common stock to these individuals, which was accounted for as additional purchase price. The Company financed the acquisition of Sterling with the proceeds from the issuance of Term Loan D (see Note 11).

 

At the time of acquisition, Sterling had capital lease obligations for equipment with a remaining balance of approximately $1.3 million. On April 21, 2015, the Company refinanced the $1.3 million capital lease obligations with the same financing company. This refinancing generated approximately $588,000 of cash for the Company. This capital lease obligation has been accounted for and summarized with the remainder of the Company's capital leases as disclosed in Note 11.

 

Sterling, founded in 1941, manufactures components for aircraft and ground turbine engines.

 

The acquisition of Sterling was accounted for under ASC 805. The provisional purchase price allocation is set forth below.

 

Fair value of tangible assets acquired  $8,181,000 
Goodwill   4,540,000 
Cash acquired   588,000 
Liabilities assumed   (3,169,000)
Total  $10,140,000 

 

Compac

 

On September 1, 2015, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary WMI, acquired certain assets, including production equipment, inventory and intangible assets, of Compac in an asset acquisition for $1.2 million in cash plus a working capital adjustment of $271,000.

 

Compac located in Bay Shore, New York specializes in the manufacture of RFI/EMI (Radio Frequency Interference Electro - Magnetic Interference) shielded enclosures for electronic components.

 

In connection with the asset purchase, the Company has assumed Compac’s lease for its Bay Shore facility which extends through April 30, 2018 and has annual rent of approximately $ 80,000, which is offset by rent received from the sub-tenant of approximately $20,000 per year.

 

The acquisition of Compac was accounted for under ASC 805. The provisional purchase price allocation is set forth below.

 

Fair value of tangible assets acquired  $406,000 
Intangible assets   600,000 
Goodwill   560,000 
Liabilities assumed   (95,000)
Total  $1,471,000 

 

F-11

 

The below table sets forth selected financial information for the 2015 acquisitions, which are included in our reported results of operations, for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2015

 

   Sterling  Compac
       
Net Sales  $6,894,000   $467,000 
           
Loss from          
operations  $(1,196,000)  $(14,000)

 

The below table sets forth selected proforma financial information as if Sterling were owned for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2015

 

Net Sales  $82,281,000 
Income from operations  $773,000 

 

Note 3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Principal Business Activity

 

The Company through its AIM subsidiary is primarily engaged in manufacturing aircraft structural parts, and assemblies for prime defense contractors in the aerospace industry in the United States. NTW is a manufacturer of aerospace components, principally landing gear for F-16 and F-18 fighter aircraft. Welding is a specialty welding and products provider whose significant customers include the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, subcontractors, and original equipment manufacturers. Miller Stuart is a manufacturer of aerospace components whose customers include major aircraft manufacturers and the US Military. Miller Stuart specializes in electromechanical systems, harness and cable assemblies, electronic equipment and printed circuit boards. Woodbine is a manufacturer of aerospace components whose customers include major aircraft component suppliers. Woodbine specializes in welded and brazed chassis structures housing electronics in aircraft. Eur-Pac specializes in military packaging and supplies. Eur-Pac s primary business is “kitting” of supplies for all branches of the United States Defense Department including ordnance parts, hose assemblies, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical assemblies. AMK is a provider of sophisticated welding and machining services for diversified aerospace and industrial customers. Sterling manufactures components for aircraft and ground turbine engines. Compac specializes in the manufacture of RFI/EMI (Radio Frequency Interference Electro-Magnetic Interference) shielded enclosures for electronic components. The Company’s customers consist mainly of publicly traded companies in the aerospace industry.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include all highly liquid instruments with an original maturity of three months or less.

 

F-12

 

Accounts Receivable

 

Accounts receivable are reported at their outstanding unpaid principal balances net of allowances for uncollectible accounts. The Company provides for allowances for uncollectible receivables based on management's estimate of uncollectible amounts considering age, collection history, and any other factors considered appropriate. The Company writes off accounts receivable against the allowance for doubtful accounts when a balance is determined to be uncollectible.

 

Inventory Valuation

 

The Company values inventory at the lower of cost on a first - in -first-out basis or market.

 

The Company generally purchases raw materials and supplies uniquely suited to the production of larger more complex parts, such as landing gear, only when non-cancellable contracts for orders have been received for finished goods. It occasionally produces larger more complex products, such as landing gear, in excess of purchase order quantities in anticipation of future purchase order demand. Historically this excess has been used in fulfilling future purchase orders. The Company purchases supplies and materials useful in a variety of products as deemed necessary even though orders have not been received. The Company periodically evaluates inventory items that are not secured by purchase orders and establishes reserves for obsolescence accordingly. The Company also reserves for excess quantities, slow-moving goods, and for other impairments of value.

 

Assets Held for Sale and Liabilities Directly Associated

 

Assets held for sale are reported at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell and included in current assets. Liabilities associated to business units held for sale are classified as a current liability.

 

Capitalized Engineering Costs

 

The Company has contractual agreements with customers to produce parts, which the customers design. Even though the Company has not designed and thus has no proprietary ownership of the parts, the manufacturing of these parts requires pre-production engineering and programming of the Company’s machines. The pre-production costs associated with a particular contract are capitalized and then amortized beginning with the first shipment of product pursuant to such contract. These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated length of the contract, or if shorter, three years.

 

If the Company is reimbursed for all or a portion of the pre-production expenses associated with a particular contract, only the unreimbursed portion would be capitalized. The Company may also progress bill customers for certain engineering costs being incurred. Such billings are recorded as deferred revenues until the appropriate revenue recognition criteria have been met. The Terms and Conditions contained in customer purchase orders may provide for liquidated damages in the event that a stop-work order is issued prior to the final delivery of the product.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are carried at cost net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Repair and maintenance charges are expensed as incurred. Property, equipment, and improvements are depreciated using the straight- line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets or the particular improvements. Expenditures for repairs and improvements in excess of $1,000 that add to the productive capacity or extend the useful life of an asset are capitalized. Upon disposition, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any related gain or loss is reflected in earnings.

 

Long-Lived and Intangible Assets

 

Identifiable intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the period of expected benefit.

 

Long-lived assets and intangible assets subject to amortization to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amount may be impaired. The Company records an impairment loss if the undiscounted future cash flows are found to be less than the carrying amount of the asset. If an impairment loss has occurred, a charge is recorded to reduce the carrying amount of the asset to fair value. There has been no impairment as of December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

F-13

 

Deferred Financing Costs

 

Costs incurred with obtaining and executing revolving debt arrangements are capitalized and amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the related debt. The amortization of such costs are included in interest and financing costs. Costs incurred with obtaining and executing other debt arrangements are presented as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the associated debt.

 

Derivative Liabilities

 

In connection with the issuances of equity instruments or debt, the Company may issue options or warrants to purchase common stock. In certain circumstances, these options or warrants may be classified as liabilities, rather than as equity. In addition, the equity instrument or debt may contain embedded derivative instruments, such as conversion options or listing requirements, which in certain circumstances may be required to be bifurcated from the associated host instrument and accounted for separately as a derivative liability instrument. The Company accounts for derivative liability instruments under the provisions of FASB ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition.” The Company recognizes revenue when products are shipped and/or the customer takes ownership and assumes risk of loss, collection of the relevant receivable is probable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, and the sales price is fixed or determinable.

 

The Company recognizes certain revenues under a bill and hold arrangement with two of its large customers. For any requested bill and hold arrangement, the Company makes an evaluation as to whether the bill and hold arrangement qualifies for revenue recognition as follows:

 

·The customer requests that the transaction be on a bill and hold basis. A customer must initiate the request for any bill and hold arrangement. Upon request for a bill and hold, the Company requires a signed letter from the customer upon which the customer specifically requests the bill and hold arrangement. Upon receipt of the letter, the Company begins its evaluation process to determine whether a bill and hold arrangement can be granted.

 

·The customer has made fixed commitment to purchase in written documentation. All customers’ orders are through firm written purchase orders.

 

·The goods are segregated from other inventory and are not available to fill any other customers’ orders. The Company’s goods are made to customers’ or their customer’s specifications and could not be sold to others.

 

·The risk of ownership has passed to the customer. The product is complete and ready for shipment. The earnings process is complete. An internal evaluation is made as to whether the product is complete and ready for shipment. This involves a review of the purchase order and a completed inspection process by the Company’s quality control department.

 

·The date is determined by which the Company expects payment and the Company has not modified its normal billing and credit terms for this buyer. Payment is expected as if the goods had been shipped.

 

·The customer has the expected risk of loss in the event of a decline in the market value of goods. All goods are made to firm purchase orders with fixed prices. Any decline in value would not affect the pricing of the goods. The Company has not at any point, agreed to a price reduction on a bill and hold arrangement.

 

The Company had approximately $2,914,000 and $150,000 of net sales that were billed but not shipped under such bill and hold arrangements as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

Payments received in advance from customers for products delivered are recorded as deferred revenue until earned, at which time revenue is recognized. The Terms and Conditions contained in our customer purchase orders often provide for liquidated damages in the event that a stop work order is issued prior to the final delivery.

 

The Company utilizes a Returned Merchandise Authorization or RMA process for determining whether to accept returned products. Customer requests to return products are reviewed by the contracts department and if the request is approved, a credit is issued upon receipt of the product. Net sales represent gross sales less returns and allowances.

 

Use of Estimates

 

In preparing the financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The more significant management estimates are the allowance for doubtful accounts, useful lives of property and equipment, provisions for inventory obsolescence, accrued expenses and whether to accrue for various contingencies. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Changes in facts and circumstances may result in revised estimates, which are recorded in the period in which they become known.

 

F-14

 

Credit and Concentration Risks

 

There were four customers that represented 56.4% of total sales, and four customers that represented 59.3% of total sales, of total sales for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. This is set forth in the table below.

 

Customer  Percentage of Sales
   2016  2015
       
 1    19.1    20.5 
 2    14.3    12.0 
 3    12.3    15.4 
 4    10.7    11.4 

 

There was one customers that represented 19.9% of gross accounts receivable and four customers that represented 61.1% of gross accounts receivable at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. This is set forth in the table below.

 

Customer  Percentage of Receivables
   2016  2015
    
 1    19.9    26.6 
 2    *   10.4 
 3    *   13.6 
 4    *   10.5 

 

* Customer was less than 10% of gross accounts receivable at December 31, 2016

 

During the year, the Company had occasionally maintained balances in its bank accounts that were in excess of the FDIC limit. The Company has not experienced any losses on these accounts.

 

The Company has several key sole-source suppliers of various parts that are important for one or more of its products. These suppliers are its only source for such parts and, therefore, in the event any of them were to go out of business or be unable to provide parts for any reason, its business could be severely harmed.

 

F-15

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with accounting guidance now codified as FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires that the Company recognize deferred tax liabilities and assets based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities, using enacted tax rates in effect in the years the differences are expected to reverse.

 

The provision for, or benefit from, income taxes includes deferred taxes resulting from the temporary differences in income for financial and tax purposes using the liability method. Such temporary differences result primarily from the differences in the carrying value of assets and liabilities. Future realization of deferred income tax assets requires sufficient taxable income within the carryback, carryforward period available under tax law. We evaluate, on a quarterly basis whether, based on all available evidence, it is probable that the deferred income tax assets are realizable. Valuation allowances are established when it is more likely than not that the tax benefit of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. The evaluation, as prescribed by ASC 740-10, “Income Taxes,” includes the consideration of all available evidence, both positive and negative, regarding historical operating results including recent years with reported losses, the estimated timing of future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, estimated future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards, and potential tax planning strategies which may be employed to prevent an operating loss or tax credit carryforward from expiring unused.

 

The Company accounts for uncertainties in income taxes under the provisions of FASB ASC 740- 10 -05, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” The ASC clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise's financial statements. The ASC prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The ASC provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.

 

Effective July 1, 2016, the Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update 2015 - 17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. The ASU is part of the Board's simplification initiative aimed at reducing complexity in accounting standards. To simplify presentation, the new guidance requires that all deferred tax assets and liabilities, along with any related valuation allowance, be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheet. As a result, each jurisdiction will now only have one net noncurrent deferred tax asset or liability. Importantly, the guidance does not change the existing requirement that only permits offsetting within a jurisdiction - that is, companies are still prohibited from offsetting deferred tax liabilities from one jurisdiction against deferred tax assets of another jurisdiction. The amendments in this Update may be applied either prospectively to all deferred tax liabilities and assets or retrospectively to all periods presented. If an entity applies the guidance prospectively, the entity should disclose in the first interim and first annual period of change, the nature of and reason for the change in accounting principle and a statement that prior periods were not retrospectively adjusted. If an entity applies the guidance retrospectively, the entity should disclose in the first interim and first annual period of change the nature of and reason for the change in accounting principle and quantitative information about the effects of the accounting change on prior periods. The Company has applied this guidance prospectively and has not restated prior period balances.

 

Earnings per share

 

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing the net income applicable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Potentially dilutive shares, using the treasury stock method, are included in the diluted per-share calculations for all periods when the effect of their inclusion is dilutive.

 

The following is a reconciliation of the denominators of basic and diluted earnings per share computations:

 

   December 31,  December 31,
   2016  2015
 
Weighted average shares outstanding used to compute basic earnings per share   7,579,419    7,478,223 
Effect of dilutive stock options and warrants   -    - 
Weighted average shares outstanding and dilutive securities used to compute dilutive earnings per share   7,579,419    7,478,223 

 

 

The following securities have been excluded from the calculation as the exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares:

 

   December 31,  December 31,
   2016  2015
Stock Options   633,000    234,000 
Warrants   520,000    46,800 
    1,153,000    280,800 

 

The following securities have been excluded from the calculation even though the exercise price was less than the average market price of the common shares because the effect of including these potential shares was anti-dilutive due to the net loss incurred during the years:

 

   December 31,  December 31,
   2016  2015
Stock Options   3,000    330,000 
Warrants   321,000    118,000 
    324,000    448,000 

 

F-16

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC 718, “Compensation Stock Compensation.” Under the fair value recognition provision of the ASC, stock -based compensation cost is estimated at the grant date based on the fair value of the award. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options and warrants granted using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model.

 

Goodwill

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the acquisition cost of businesses over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. The goodwill amounts of $9,883,000 and $10,518,000 at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, relates to the acquisitions of Welding $291,000, NTW $162,000, Woodbine $2,565,000, Eur-Pac $1,656,000, ECC $109,000, AMK $635,000, Sterling $4,540,000 and Compac $560,000. During 2016 AMK goodwill amount of $635,000 was reclassified to assets held for sale. Goodwill is not amortized, but is assessed and/or tested at least annually for impairment, or if circumstances occur that more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount.

 

The Company accounts for the impairment of goodwill under the provisions of ASU 2011-08 (“ASU 2011-08”), “Intangibles Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment.” ASU 2011-08 updated the guidance on the periodic testing of goodwill for impairment. The updated guidance gives companies the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.

 

The Company performs impairment testing for goodwill annually, or more frequently when indicators of impairment exist. As discussed above, the Company adopted ASU 2011- 08 and performs an annual qualitative assessment in the fourth quarter each year to determine whether it was more likely than not that the fair value of each of Welding, including Woodbine, NTW, Eur-Pac, ECC, AMK, Sterling and Compac was less than its carrying amount.

 

The Company has determined that there has been no impairment of goodwill at December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

Freight Out

 

Freight out is included in operating expenses and amounted to $180,000 and $197,000 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

JOBS Act

 

On April 5, 2012, the JOBS Act was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, reduce certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. As an “emerging growth company,” the Company may, under Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, delay adoption of new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies until such standards would otherwise apply to private companies. An emerging growth company is one with less than $1.0 billion in annual sales, has less than $700 million in market value of its shares of common stock held by non-affiliates and issues less than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt over a three year period. The Company may take advantage of this extended transition period until the first to occur of the date that it (i) is no longer an “emerging growth company” or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opts out of this extended transition period. The Company has elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Until the date that it is no longer an “emerging growth company” or affirmatively and irrevocably opts out of the exemption provided by Securities Act Section 7(a)(2)(B), upon issuance of a new or revised accounting standard that applies to its consolidated financial statements and that has a different effective date for public and private companies, the Company will disclose the date on which adoption is required for non-emerging growth companies and the date on which the Company will adopt the recently issued accounting standard.

 

F-17

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) ASU 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (Subtopic 825-10) (“ASU 2016-01”). The main objective of ASU 2016-01 is enhancing the reporting model for financial instruments to provide users of financial statements with more decision-useful information. The amendments address certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of financial instruments. ASU 2016-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect the adoption of this amendment to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”). The main objective of ASU 2016-02 is to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. To meet that objective, the FASB is amending the FASB Accounting Standards Codification and creating Topic 842, Leases. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect the adoption of this amendment to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718) Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment (“ASU 2016-09”). ASU 2016-09 is part of the FASB Simplification Initiative. The objective of the Simplification Initiative is to identify, evaluate, and improve areas of generally accepted accounting principles for which cost and complexity can be reduced while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. ASU 2016-09 will affect all entities that issue share-based payment awards to their employees. The areas for simplification involve several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company does not expect the adoption of these amendments to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-10 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2016-10”). The core principle of the guidance in Topic 606 is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The amendments in ASU 2016-10 affect the guidance in ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which is not yet effective. The effective date and transition requirements of ASU 2016-10 are the same as the effective date and transition requirements of ASU 2014-09. They are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of these amendments on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow -Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients. The amendments do not change the core revenue recognition principle in Topic 606. The amendments provide clarifying guidance in certain narrow areas and add some practical expedients. These amendments are effective at the same date that Topic 606 is effective. Topic 606 is effective for public entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods therein (i.e., January 1, 2018, for a calendar year entity). Topic 606 is effective for nonpublic entities one year later. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of the amendments to Topic 606 and these amendments on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. The standard provides guidance on how certain cash receipts and payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows, including beneficial interests in securitization, which would impact the presentation of the deferred purchase price from sales of receivables. The standard is intended to reduce current diversity in practice. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The Company does not expect the adoption of these amendments to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash, which clarifies the presentation requirements of restricted cash within the statement of cash flows. The changes in restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents during the period should be included in the beginning and ending cash and cash equivalents balance reconciliation on the statement of cash flows. When cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents are presented in more than one-line item within the statement of financial position, an entity shall calculate a total cash amount in a narrative or tabular format that agrees to the amount shown on the statement of cash flows. Details on the nature and amounts of restricted cash should also be disclosed. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on our financial statements.

 

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In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01 (“ASU 2017-01”), Business Combinations, which clarifies the definition of a business, particularly when evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or dispositions of assets or businesses. The first part of the guidance provides a screen to determine when a set is not a business; the second part of the guidance provides a framework to evaluate whether both an input and a substantive process are present. The guidance will be effective after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for transactions that have not been reported in issued financial statements. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this update on the presentation of these financial statements.

 

In January 2017, FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Accounting for Goodwill Impairment, Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires determining the implied fair value of goodwill and comparing it with its carrying amount has been eliminated. Thus, the goodwill impairment test is performed by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount (i.e., what was previously referred to as Step 1). In addition, ASU No. 2017-04 requires entities having one or more reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts to disclose (1) the identity of such reporting units, (2) the amount of goodwill allocated to each, and (3) in which reportable segment the reporting unit is included. ASU No. 2017-04 is effective as follows: (1) for a public business entity that is an SEC filer for annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on our financial statements.

 

The Company does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain account balances in 2015 have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

 

Note 4. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

 

The components of accounts receivable at December 31, are detailed as follows:

 

   2016  2015
 
Accounts Receivable Gross  $8,806,000   $14,647,000 
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts   (756,000)   (985,000)
Accounts Receivable Net  $8,050,000   $13,662,000 

 

The allowance for doubtful accounts for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

 

   Balance at  Charged to      
   Beginning of  Costs and  Deductions from  Balance at End
   Year  Expenses  Reserves  of Year
Year ended December 31, 2016                    
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts  $985,000   $274,000   $503,000   $756,000 
Year ended December 31, 2015                    
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts  $1,566,000   $177,000   $758,000   $985,000 

 

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Note 5. INVENTORY

 

The components of inventory at December 31, consisted of the following:

 

   2016  2015
 
Raw Materials  $7,031,000   $9,188,000 
Work In Progress   25,635,000    19,743,000 
Finished Goods   11,751,000    11,838,000 
Inventory Reserve   (4,566,000)   (3,846,000)
Total Inventory  $39,851,000   $36,923,000 

 

The Company periodically evaluates inventory and establishes reserves for obsolescence, excess quantities, slow-moving goods, and for other impairment of value.

 

   Balance at         
   Beginning of  Additions to  Deductions from  Balance at End
   Year  Reserve  Reserves  of Year
Year ended December 31, 2016            
Reserve for Inventory  $(3,846,000)  $(806,000)  $86,000   $(4,566,000)
Year ended December 31, 2015                    
Reserve for Inventory  $(3,475,000)  $(785,000)  $414,000   $(3,846,000)

 

Note 6. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

The components of property and equipment at December 31, consisted of the following:

 

   2016  2015   
Land  $300,000   $300,000      
Buildings and Improvements   1,650,000    1,658,000    31.5 years 
Machinery and Equipment   14,032,000    15,109,000    5 - 8 years 
Capital Lease Machinery and Equipment   5,573,000    5,869,000    5 - 8 years 
Tools and Instruments   7,520,000    6,993,000    1.5 - 7 years 
Automotive Equipment   195,000    191,000    5 years 
Furniture and Fixtures   438,000    425,000    5 - 8 years 
Leasehold Improvements   966,000    910,000    Term of Lease 
Computers and Software   519,000    482,000    4 - 6 years 
Total Property and Equipment   31,193,000    31,937,000      
Less: Accumulated Depreciation   (18,974,000)   (16,638,000)     
Property and Equipment, net  $12,219,000   $15,299,000      

 

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was approximately $3,347,000 and $3,090,000, respectively. Assets held under capitalized lease obligations are depreciated over the shorter of their related lease terms or their estimated productive lives. Depreciation of assets under capital leases is included in depreciation expense for 2016 and 2015. Accumulated depreciation on these assets was approximately $2,320,000 and $1,065,000 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

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Note 7. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

The components of the intangibles assets at December 31, consisted of the following:

 

   2016  2015   
Customer Relationships  $6,115,000   $6,555,000   5 to 14 years
Trade Names   970,000    1,480,000   15-20 years
Technical Know-how   660,000    660,000   10 years
Non-Compete   150,000    150,000   5 years
Professional Certifications   15,000    15,000   . 25 to 2 years
Total Intangible Assets   7,910,000    8,860,000    
Less: Accumulated Amortization   (6,156,000)   (5,008,000)   
Intangible Assets, net  $1,754,000   $3,852,000    

 

The expense for amortization of the intangibles for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was approximately $1,279,000 and $1,262,000, respectively.

 

As of December 31, 2016 the future amortization of intangibles are as follows:

 

For the year ending  Amount
December 31, 2017  $689,000 
December 31, 2018   219,000 
December 30, 2019   219,000 
December 31, 2020   219,000 
December 31, 2021   130,000 
Thereafter   278,000 
Total  $1,754,000 

 

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Note 8. ASSETS HELD FOR SALE AND LIABILITIES DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED

 

As discussed in Note 1, on January 27, 2017, the Company sold all of the outstanding shares of AMK Welding, Inc. (“AMK”) to Meyer Tool, Inc., pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 27, 2017 (“the Stock Purchase Agreement”) for a purchase price of $4,500,000, subject to a working capital adjustment, plus additional quarterly payments, not to exceed $1,500,000, equal to five percent (5%) of Net Revenues of AMK commencing April 1, 2017. At December 31, 2016, the Company reclassified its assets held for sale and the liabilities directly associated to these assets. The components of these assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

Components of Assets Held for Sale and Liabilities Directly Associated
 
Assets Held for Sale     
Cash  $40,000 
Accounts Receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts   722,000 
Inventory, net of reserves   260,000 
Prepaid and other assets   96,000 
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation   3,478,000 
Intangible Assets, net of accumulated amortization   819,000 
Goodwill   635,000 
      
Assets Held for Sale  $6,050,000 
      
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   379,000 
Capital lease obligations   1,680,000 
Deferred revenues   96,000 
      
Liabilities directly associated to Assets Held for Sale  $2,155,000 

 

Additionally, AMK’s operations are reported in the Company’s Turbine Engine Components segment. AMK makes up the following amounts of this segment for the year ended December 31, 2016:    

 

Segment Data      
Turbine Engine Components  AMK  Total
Net Sales  $4,511,000   $10,973,000 
Gross Profit   169,000    (151,000)
Pre Tax (Loss)  Income   (1,595,000)   (4,084,000)
Assets   6,050,000    17,235,000 

 

Note 9. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

The components of accounts payable at December 31, are detailed as follows:

 

   2016  2015
Accounts Payable  $13,843,000   $9,837,000 
Accrued Expenses   2,317,000    2,160,000 
Other Payables   -    49,000 
   $16,160,000   $12,046,000 

 

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Note 10. SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTION

 

On April 11, 2016, the Company executed a Sale - Leaseback Arrangement, whereby the Company sold the building and real property located in South Windsor, Connecticut (the “South Windsor Property”) for a purchase price of $1,700,000. The net proceeds from the sale of the property were applied to the amounts owed to PNC Bank.

 

Simultaneous with the closing of the sale of the South Windsor Property, the Company entered into a 15-year lease (the “Lease”) with the purchaser for the property. Base annual rent is approximately $155,000 for the first year and increases approximately 3% per year, each year thereafter. The Lease grants the Company an option to renew the Lease for an additional period of five years. Pursuant to the terms of the Lease, the Company is required to pay all of the costs associated with the operation of the facilities, including, without limitation, insurance, taxes and maintenance. The Lease also contains representations, warranties, obligations, conditions and indemnification provisions in favor of the purchaser and grants the purchaser remedies upon a breach of the Lease by the Company, including the right to terminate the Lease and hold the Company liable for any deficiency in future rent.

 

On October 24, 2006, the Company consummated a Sale - Leaseback Arrangement, whereby the Company sold the buildings and real property located in Bay Shore, New York (the “Bay Shore Property”) for a purchase price of $6,200,000. The Company realized a gain on the sale of $1,051,000 of which $300,000 was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2006. The remaining $751,000 is being recognized ratably over the remaining term of the twenty - year lease at approximately $38,000 per year. The gain is included in Other Income in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. The unrecognized portion of the gain in the amount of $371,000 and $409,000 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, is classified as Deferred Gain on Sale in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

Simultaneous with the closing of the sale of the Bay Shore Property, the Company entered into a 20-year triple- net lease (the “Lease”) with the purchaser for the property. Base annual rent is approximately $540,000 for the first five years, $560,000 for the sixth year, and thereafter increases 3% per year. The Lease grants the Company an option to renew the Lease for an additional period of five years. The Company has on deposit with the purchaser $89,000 as security for the performance of its obligations under the Lease. In addition, the Company has on deposit $150,000 with the landlord as security for the completion of certain repairs and upgrades to the Bay Shore Property. This amount is included in the caption Deferred Finance costs, Net, Deposit and Other Assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Pursuant to the terms of the Lease, the Company is required to pay all of the costs associated with the operation of the facilities, including, without limitation, insurance, taxes and maintenance. The lease also contains customary representations, warranties, obligations, conditions and indemnification provisions and grants the purchaser customary remedies upon a breach of the lease by the Company, including the right to terminate the Lease and hold the Company liable for any deficiency in future rent. See Note 13 Commitments and Contingencies.

 

The Company accounted for these transactions under the provisions of FASB ASC 840-40, “Leases-Sale-Leaseback Transactions”.

 

On January 27, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the stock of AMK. Included in this agreement was the transfer of the capital lease obligation on the South Windsor Property transferred to the purchaser of AMK. At December 31, 2016, the Company reclassified the capital asset of $1,700,000 and lease obligation of $1,680,000 to Assets Held for Sale and Liabilities Held for Sale, respectively. See Note 1 for additional discussion regarding the sale of AMK.

 

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Note 11. NOTES PAYABLE AND CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS

 

Notes payable and capital lease obligations consist of the following:

 

   December 31,   December 31,
   2016   2015
 
Revolving credit note payable to PNC Bank N. A. ("PNC")  $24,393,000    $29,604,000 
Term loans, PNC   6,649,000     9,833,000 
Capital lease obligations   4,215,000     5,025,000 
Related party notes payable, net of debt discount   1,086,000     350,000 
Note payable (private placement), net of debt discount   627,000     - 
Subtotal   36,970,000     44,812,000 
Less: Current portion of notes and capital obligations   (33,999,000)    (40,895,000)
Notes payable and capital lease obligations, net of current portion  $2,971,000    $3,917,000 

 

PNC Bank N. A. (“PNC”)

 

The Company has a credit facility with PNC (the “Loan Facility”) secured by substantially all of its assets. The Loan Facility has been amended many times during its term. The Loan Facility was amended in June 2016 (the “Twelfth Amendment”) and September 2016 (the “Thirteenth Amendment”). In connection with the Twelfth Amendment, the Company paid PNC a fee of $100,000 and reimbursed it for the fees and expenses of its counsel. The Twelfth Amendment provides for a $33,000,000 revolving loan. In addition, in the Twelfth Amendment the four term loans (Term Loan A, Term Loan B, Term Loan C and Term Loan D) then outstanding were consolidated into a single term loan with the initial principal amount of $7,387,854. Further, in the Twelfth Amendment the Company acknowledged that there were then outstanding excess advances under the revolving loan in the amount of $12,500,000.

 

Under the terms of the Loan Facility, as amended, the revolving loan now bears interest at (a) the sum of the Alternate Base Rate plus one and three-quarters of one percent (1.75%) with respect to Domestic Rate Loans; and (b) the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus four and one-half of one percent (4.50%) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans. The amount outstanding under the revolving loan, exclusive of the excess advance, was $24,393,000 and $29,604,000, as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

The Loan Facility was further amended pursuant to the Thirteenth Amendment, to modify the advance rate with respect to our inventory to be the lesser of (i) 75% of the eligible inventory, an increase from 50%, and (ii) 90% of the liquidation value of the eligible inventory, an increase from 85%, subject to the inventory sublimit of $12,500,000 and such reserves as PNC may deem proper. In addition, in the Thirteenth Amendment the lender waived any default resulting from the Company’s obligation to comply with the minimum EBITDA covenant for the period ended June 30, 2016, consented to the issuance of the Company’s 12% Subordinated Convertible Notes and the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock and Series A Preferred Stock.

 

The repayment terms of Term Loan A had been amended in April 2014, when the Company borrowed $2,676,000, representing an additional $1,328,000 to partially fund the acquisition of Woodbine. Term Loan A, as amended in 2014, was to be repaid in monthly installments of $31,859 continuing until November 2016. On October 1, 2014, the Company borrowed $3,500,000 under Term Loan B for the acquisition of AMK. Term Loan B was to be repaid in sixty consecutive monthly principal installments of $58,333 continuing until November 2019.

 

Prior to the Twelfth Amendment, Term Loans A and B bore interest at (a) the sum of the Alternate Base Rate plus one and three quarters of one percent (1.75%) with respect to Domestic Rate Loans and (b) the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus three percent (3.00%) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans.

 

On December 31, 2014, the Company borrowed $2,500,000 under Term Loan C to refinance the Seller Note and Mortgage of $2,500,000 issued as part of the acquisition of AMK. The maturity date of Term Loan C was the first business day of January 2021, and it was to be paid in seventy two consecutive monthly principal installments, which commenced on the first business day of February 2015, and continued on the first business day of each month thereafter. The first seventy-one of the installments were to be in the amount of $34,722 with a seventy second and final payment of any unpaid principal and interest on the first business day of January 2021. Term Loan C bore interest at (a) the sum of the Alternate Base Rate plus two percent (2.00%) with respect to Domestic Rate Loans and (b) the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus three and one-quarter percent (3.25%) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans.

 

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On March 9, 2015, the Company borrowed $3,500,000 under Term Loan D for the acquisition of Sterling. The repayment of Term Loan D consisted of twenty consecutive monthly principal installments, the first nineteen in the amount of $62,847 which commenced on the first business day of April 2015, and continued on the first business day of each month thereafter, with a twentieth and final payment of any unpaid balance of principal and interest on the last business day of November 2016. Term Loan D bore interest at (a) the sum of the Alternate Base Rate plus two and one quarter percent (2.25%) with respect to Domestic Rate Loans and (b) the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus three and one-half percent (3.50%) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans.

 

The repayment terms of the Term Loan provided for in the Twelfth Amendment consist of sixty (60) consecutive monthly principal installments, the first fifty-nine (59) of which shall be in the amount of $123,133 commencing on the first business day of July, 2016, and continuing on the first business day of each month thereafter, with a sixtieth (60th) and final payment of any unpaid balance of principal and interest payable on the last business day of June, 2021. Under the terms of the Loan Facility, as amended, the revolving loan now bears interest at (a) the sum of the Alternate Base Rate plus one and three-quarters of one percent (1.75%) with respect to Domestic Rate Loans; and (b) the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus four and one-half of one percent (4.50%) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loan.

 

At the closing of the Twelfth Amendment the Company paid $1,500,000 to reduce the outstanding excess under the revolving loan from $12,500,000 to $11,000,000. It also agreed that the excess advances will be paid down by $100,000 each week commencing the second week after the closing of the Twelfth Amendment.

 

To the extent that the Company disposes of collateral used to secure the Loan Facility, other than inventory, the Company must promptly repay the draws on the credit facility in the amount equal to the net proceeds of such sale.

 

The terms of the Loan Facility require that among other things, the Company maintain a specified Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and maintain a minimum EBITDA. In addition, the Company is limited in the amount of Capital Expenditures it can make. The Company is also limited to the amount of dividends it can pay its shareholders as defined in the Loan Facility. As of December 31, 2016, the Company was not in compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio covenant. The failure to maintain the requisite Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio constitutes a default under the Loan Facility and PNC at its option may give notice to the Company that all amounts under the Loan Facility are immediately due and payable. Consequently, all amounts due under the Term Loans are also classified as current. As of December 31, 2016, the Company was not in compliance with the minimum EBITDA requirement. The Company has requested a waiver from PNC for the failure to meet the minimum EBITDA covenant. Because the revolving loans contain a subjective acceleration clause which could permit PNC to require repayment prior to maturity, all of the loans outstanding with PNC are classified with the current portion of notes and capital lease obligations.

 

As of December 31, 2016, our debt to PNC in the amount of $31,042,000 consisted of the revolving credit note due to PNC in the amount of $24,393,000 and the term loans due to PNC in the amount of $ 6,649,000.

 

Each day, the Company’s cash collections are swept directly by the bank to reduce the revolving loans and the Company then borrows according to a borrowing base formula. The Company's receivables are payable directly into a lockbox controlled by PNC (subject to the terms of the Loan Facility). PNC may use some elements of subjective business judgment in determining whether a material adverse change has occurred in the Company's condition, results of operations, assets, business, properties or prospects allowing it to demand repayment of the Loan Facility.

 

As of December 31, 2016 the future minimum principal payments for the term loans are as follows:

 

For the year ending  Amount
December 31, 2017  $1,478,000 
December 31, 2018   1,478,000 
December 31, 2019   1,478,000 
December 31, 2020   1,478,000 
December 31, 2021   737,000 
Thereafter   - 
PNC Term Loans payable   6,649,000 
Less: Current portion   (6,649,000)
Long-term portion  $- 

 

Interest expense related to these credit facilities amounted to approximately $1,908,000 and $1,414,000 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

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Capital Leases Payable Equipment

 

The Company is committed under several capital leases for manufacturing and computer equipment. All leases have bargain purchase options exercisable at the termination of each lease. Capital lease obligations totaled $4,215,000 and $5,025,000 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, with various interest rates ranging from approximately 4% to 14 %.

 

As of December 31, 2016, the aggregate future minimum lease payments, including imputed interest, with remaining terms of greater than one year are as follows:

 

For the year ending  Amount
December 31, 2017  $1,442,000 
December 31, 2018   1,407,000 
December 31, 2019   1,230,000 
December 31, 2020   509,000 
December 31, 2021   19,000 
Thereafter   1,000 
Total future minimum lease payments   4,608,000 
Less: imputed interest   (393,000)
Less: current portion   (1,244,000)
Total Long Term Portion  $2,971,000 

 

Related Party Notes Payable

 

On September 8, 2015, the Company issued a promissory note (“the Taglich Note A”) to Michael Taglich in the principal amount of $350,000. The Taglich Note A bore interest at the rate of 4% per annum. The Company's obligation under the Taglich Note A was subordinated to its indebtedness to PNC.

 

On April 8, 2016, the Company issued a promissory note (“the Taglich Note B”) to Michael Taglich in the principal amount of $350,000. The Taglich Note B bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum. The Company’s obligation under the Taglich Note B was subordinated to its indebtedness to PNC.

 

On April 8, 2016, the Company issued a promissory note (“the Taglich Note C”) to Robert Taglich in the principal amount of $350,000. The Taglich Note C bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum. The Company’s obligation under the Taglich Note C was subordinated to its indebtedness to PNC.

 

On May 6, 2016, the Company issued a promissory note (“the Taglich Note D”) to Michael Taglich in the principal amount of $400,000. The Taglich Note D bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum. The Company’s obligation under the Taglich Note D was subordinated to its indebtedness to PNC.

 

On May 6, 2016, the Company issued a promissory note (“the Taglich Note E”) to Robert Taglich in the principal amount of $300,000. The Taglich Note E bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum. The Company’s obligation under the Taglich Note E was subordinated to its indebtedness to PNC.

 

On May 25, 2016, the Company issued 110,000 and 65,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich, respectively, upon surrender of Taglich Notes A through E, in the aggregate principal of $1,100,000 and $650,000, respectively.

 

On August 1, 2016, the Company issued a promissory note (the “Taglich Note F”) to Michael Taglich, in the principal amount of $1,000,000. The Taglich Note F bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum. The Company's obligation under the Taglich Note F was subordinated to its indebtedness to PNC.

 

On August 4, 2016, the Company issued a promissory note (the “Taglich Note G”) to Michael Taglich, in the principal amount of $500,000. The Taglich Note G bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum. The Company’s obligation under the Taglich Note G was subordinated to its indebtedness to PNC.

 

On August 19, 2016, the Company issued to Michael Taglich its 12% Subordinated Convertible Notes due December 31, 2017 (the “12% Notes”) in the principal amount of $1,520,703, together with warrants to purchase 61,817 shares of common stock, upon surrender for cancellation of Taglich Notes F & G in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000, together with accrued interest thereon and on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock of $20,703. In addition, the Company issued to Robert Taglich a 12% Note in the principal amount of $4,373, together with warrants to purchase 177 shares of common stock, in consideration of the forgiveness of interest of $4,373 accrued on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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Also see below regarding related party purchases of the 12% and 8% subordinated convertible notes.

 

Interest expense related to the Taglich Notes was $264,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

12% Subordinated Convertible Notes

 

On August 19, 2016, the Company entered into a Placement Agency Agreement with Taglich Brothers, Inc., as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to offer on behalf of the Company, on a best efforts basis, up to $4,250,000 of the Company’s 12% Subordinated Convertible Notes due December 31, 2017 (the “12% Notes”) to accredited investors (“the Offering”), together with five-year warrants to purchase 4,065 shares of common stock (the “Warrants”) for each $100,000 principal amount of 12% Notes purchased, in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ) .

 

The 12% Notes were convertible, at the option of the holders, into shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial conversion price of $4.92 per share, subject to adjustment for certain events. The 12% Notes were automatically convertible into shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) at a price of $10.00 per share, the stated value of the Series A Preferred Stock, upon the filing of a certificate of amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation increasing the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock so that a sufficient number of shares are available for issuance upon conversion of the 12% Notes and for issuance in lieu of payment of cash dividends (the “Certificate of Amendment”) in accordance with the provisions of the certificate of designation authorizing the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock. The amendment was subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders.

 

Under the terms of the Placement Agency Agreement, the Placement Agent is entitled to a placement agent fee equal to 7% of the gross proceeds of the offering, five year warrants to purchase 8% of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock issuable upon conversion of the 12% Notes at an exercise price of $6.15 per share, equal to 125% of the initial conversion price per share of the 12% Notes, and reimbursement for its actual out-of-pocket expenses not to exceed in the aggregate $25,000.

 

In August 2016, the Company issued and sold a total of $2,720,000 principal amount of the 12% Notes, together with Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 110,556 shares of common stock, yielding net proceeds to the Company of approximately $2,320,000, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreements with accredited investors. The Company also issued to Michael Taglich a 12% Note in the principal amount of $1,520,703, together with Warrants to purchase 61,817 shares of common stock at an initial exercise price of $6.15, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, upon surrender for cancellation of Taglich Notes F and G in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000, together with accrued interest thereon and on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock of $20,703. In addition, the Company issued to Robert Taglich a 12% Note in the principal amount of $4,373, together with Warrants to purchase 177 shares of common stock, in consideration of the forgiveness of interest of $4,373 accrued on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock.

 

The Warrants including those issued to the placement agent are classified within stockholders equity, pursuant to ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Own Equity. The 12% Notes contained a contingent put that results in early settlement of the 12% Notes upon the filing of a certificate of amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, increasing the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock so that a sufficient number of shares are available for issuance upon conversion of the 12% Notes. The embedded put feature is required to be separately measured at fair value with changes in value recognized in the statement of operations, pursuant to ASC 815-15, Derivatives and Hedging: Embedded Derivatives, as the put feature is not clearly and closely related to the convertible promissory note.

 

The proceeds received upon issuing the 12% Notes and Warrants was allocated to each instrument on a relative fair value basis. The initial fair value of the Warrants was determined using the Black Scholes Merton valuation model with the following assumptions: expected term of 5 years; risk free interest rate of 1.2%; and volatility of 90%. The allocated value of the 12% Notes was further reduced for the initial fair value of the embedded put of approximately $755,000. The resulting discount to the 12% Notes, including the allocated transactions costs, is amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Notes.

 

As compensation for its services as placement agent for the offering of the 12% Notes, the Company paid Taglich Brothers, Inc. a fee of $295,400.

 

On November 30, 2016, the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, and consequently the Company issued a total of 438,770 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock to holders of its 12% Notes upon the automatic conversion of the principal amount of, and accrued interest on, the 12% Notes at the rate of $10.00 per share.

 

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As of December 31, 2016, we had outstanding 1,202,548 shares of series A Preferred Stock, including 62,684 shares issued in lieu of payment of cash dividends on December 15, 2016. We issued an additional 46,010 shares of Series A Preferred Stock on March 15, 2017 in lieu of payment of cash dividends.

 

8 % Subordinated Convertible Notes

 

On November 23, 2016, the Company issued sold an aggregate principal amount of $1,400,000 of its 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes due November 30, 2018 (the “2018 Notes”), together with warrants to purchase an aggregate of 124,444 shares of Common Stock for a total purchase price of $1,400,000. The purchasers of the 2018 Notes and warrants included Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich, directors and stockholders of the Company.

 

Interest on the 2018 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing February 28, 2017, in cash, or at our option, in additional 2018 Notes. The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 2018 Notes is convertible at the option of the holder into shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion price of $2.25, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, distributions in respect of the Common Stock and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations. The warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2018 Notes are exercisable on or prior to November 30, 2021.

 

For acting as placement agent of the 2018 Notes, we paid Taglich Brothers, Inc. $112,000 and issued to it five-year warrants to purchase 62,222 shares of Common Stock.

 

The warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2018 Notes and Taglich Brothers, Inc. have an exercise price of $3.00 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, distributions in respect of the Common Stock and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

On December 22, 2016, the Company entered into a Placement Agency Agreement with Taglich Brothers, Inc., as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to offer on behalf of the Company, on a best efforts basis, up to $1,300,000 of the 2018 Notes to accredited investors (the “Offering”), together with five-year warrants to purchase 20% of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon immediate conversion of the 2018 Notes purchased (the “Warrants”), in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Under the terms of the Placement Agency Agreement, the Placement Agent is entitled to a placement agent fee equal to 8% of the gross proceeds of the Offering and five year warrants to purchase 10% of the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrant”) issuable upon immediate conversion of the 2018 Notes at an exercise price of $3.00 per share.

 

Subscription Agreements

 

On December 22, 2016, the Company entered into subscription agreements with ten accredited investors for the purchase of an aggregate of $ 1,175,000 principal amount of the 2018 Notes, together with Warrants to purchase a total of 89,359 shares of Common Stock, including 2018 Notes and Warrants to be issued to Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich, directors and principal stockholders of the Company and principals of Taglich Brothers, Inc., who purchased an aggregate of $500,000 principal amount of the 2018 Notes and Warrants to purchase a total of 38,024 shares of Common Stock in the offering.

 

On December 22, 2016, the Company issued sold an aggregate principal amount of $1,175,000 of its 2018 Notes, together with Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 89,359 shares of Common Stock for a total purchase price of $ 1,175,000 to ten accredited investors, including Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich, directors and stockholders of the Company.

 

Interest on the 2018 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing February 28, 2017, in cash, or if the Company is prohibited by applicable law or PNC Bank, National Association, its principal lender under the PNC Loan Agreement from paying interest in cash, or otherwise elects to do so, the Company may pay interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum in the form of additional notes having the same terms and conditions as the 2018 Notes. The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 2018 Notes is convertible at the option of the holder into shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion price of $2.63, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, distributions in respect of the Common Stock and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations. The Warrants are exercisable on or prior to November 30, 2021.

 

For acting as placement agent of the 2018 Notes, we paid Taglich Brothers, Inc. $94,000 and issued to it five-year warrants to purchase 44,677 shares of Common Stock.

 

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The Warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2018 Notes and Taglich Brothers, Inc. have an exercise price of $3.00 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, distributions in respect of the Common Stock and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

Note 12. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

Preferred Stock Offering

 

On May 25, 2016, the Company, entered into a Placement Agency Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC and Taglich Brothers, Inc., as placement agents (the “Placement Agents”), pursuant to which the Placement Agents agreed to offer on behalf of the Company, on a best efforts basis, up to $7,000,000 of the Company’s securities (the “Offering”), in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

Pursuant to the Agreement on May 25, 2016, and June 1, 2016, the Company completed a private placement of 700,000 shares of its Series A Convertible Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) from which it derived gross proceeds of $5,250,000, net of $1,750,000 of principal amount of the Company’s promissory notes exchanged by Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich for shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock have a stated value of $10.00 per share (“Stated Value”) and are initially convertible into shares of Common Stock at a price of $4.92 per share (subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events) . In connection with the placement the Company incurred approximately $606,000 of direct offering costs and $57,000 in legal expenses and granted to the Placement Agents warrants to purchase 8% of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock (113,822) issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock sold in the offering (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) .

 

The Placement Agent Warrants are exercisable in whole or in part, at an initial exercise price per share of $6.15, and are exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis for a period commencing on November 26, 2016 and expiring on May 26, 2021. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants are subject to adjustment for stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar events.

 

Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) are payable on a cumulative basis at an annual rate for the first two years after the date the Preferred Shares were issued (the “Original Issue Date”) of 12% of the Stated Value per share and thereafter at the annual rate of 16% of the Stated Value per share. Dividends are payable on the fifteenth day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on September 15, 2016. The Company may pay dividends in cash or in additional Preferred Shares (“PIK Shares”). If during the first two years after the Original Issue Date the Company fails to pay in respect of any dividend period a dividend at an annual rate of at least 8% of the Stated Value per share in cash, in addition to paying a sufficient number of PIK Shares so that the sum of the cash dividends and PIK Shares paid equals 12% per annum the Company will issue PIK Shares in an amount equal to the product of the proportion of the cash dividend not paid times 3% per annum. Thereafter if the Company fails to pay in respect of any dividend period a dividend at an annual rate of at least 10% of the Stated Value per share in cash, in addition to paying a sufficient number of PIK Shares so that the sum of the cash dividends and PIK Shares paid equals 16% per annum, the Company will issue PIK Shares in an amount equal to the product of the proportion of the cash dividend not paid times 3% per annum. If the Company pays any portion of the dividends payable during any dividend period in PIK Shares, it will not be permitted to declare or pay any cash dividends on its common stock during that dividend period.

 

Accordingly, we computed earned but undeclared preferred dividends at the stated rate of 12.0% through September 15, 2016, when the form of the dividend was announced and declared by our Board of Directors. Since the Board of Directors declared dividends in the form of PIK Shares for the dividend payment period ended September 15, 2016, the earned dividend was increased to 15% (from the 12% cash rate), as per the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Company recognized the PIK dividend at the estimated fair value of the shares issued.

 

The Company recorded the issuance of 60,380 PIK Shares during the year ended December 31, 2016 as a preferred dividend, with a fair value of $ 501,000. Accordingly, accumulated deficit and Additional Paid In Capital were increased by that amount during the year ended December 31, 2016. The fair value was determined using the closing market price of the Company's common stock of on the date of issuance of the PIK Shares, taking into consideration that the Series A Preferred Shares were convertible into the common stock. For earning per share purposes, for the year ended December 31, 2016, the fair value of the PIK Shares issued as a dividend was less than the amounts previously earned by $40,000. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the amounts of cumulative perpetual dividends earned and not declared on the Series A Preferred Stock were $54,000 and $0, based on the stated cash dividend rate of 12%, or $0.05 and $0 per Series A Preferred share, respectively.

 

Under Nevada law and the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock, dividends are payable only when, as and if authorized and declared by the Company’s board of directors. After payment of all liabilities and outstanding debt obligations, holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive $10.00 plus accrued and unpaid dividends prior to the payment of amounts available for distribution to holders of the Company’s common stock upon the liquidation and dissolution of the Company.

 

Holders of Series A Preferred Stock may elect at any time to convert their Preferred Shares into shares of common stock at the conversion rate of 2.0325 shares of common stock for each Preferred Share, equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $4.92 per share of common stock. The conversion rate and the corresponding conversion price will be subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, distributions in respect of the common stock and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations.

 

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The Company may at its option, at any time and from time to time after the market price of a share of common stock is in excess of $9.84 for 30 consecutive trading days, cause all of the Preferred Shares to be converted into shares of common stock at the then-prevailing conversion rate, subject to the certain conditions set forth in the certificate of designations.

 

Commencing May 26, 2018, the Company may redeem all of the Preferred Shares for a redemption price of $10.00, plus accrued and unpaid dividends.

 

Holders of Preferred Shares will vote on an as-converted basis, together with holders of common stock, as a single class, on the election of directors and all other matters presented to stockholders, except for matters as to which under applicable law and the certificate of designation a class vote of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock is required. The Company may not, without the affirmative vote of the record holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock voting together as a single class (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series A Preferred Stock or alter or amend the Certificate of Designation authorizing the Series A Preferred Stock, (b) amend its articles of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the holders, (c) increase the number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock, unless such increase is necessary to pay PIK Dividends, (d) authorize a new series of preferred stock with dividend, liquidation or redemption rights senior or pari passu to the Series A Preferred Stock or (e) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Common Stock Issuances

 

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company granted 52,000 shares of restricted common stock pursuant to an agreement in connection with the acquisition of Sterling. During the year ended December 31, 2016, 42,000 shares of that restricted stock has vested and is included in shares issued and outstanding. In addition, the Company issued an aggregate of 24,905 shares of common stock upon the exercise of options by certain of its directors.

  

Dividends

 

On January 15, 2015 the Company paid a dividend equal to $0.15 per common share or $1,066,000 to all shareholders of record as of January 2, 2015.

 

On April 24, 2015 the Company paid a dividend equal to $ 0.15 per common share or $1,134,000 to all shareholders of record as of April 13, 2015.

 

On August 12, 2015, the Company paid a dividend equal to $0.15 per common share or $1,134,000 to all shareholders of record as of August 3, 2015.

 

On December 1, 2015, the Company paid a dividend equal to $0.15 per common share or $ 1,133,000 to all shareholders of record as of November 23, 2015.

 

Warrants Issued To Taglich Brothers

 

As discussed above, the Company issued warrants to Taglich Brothers, Inc. Such warrants contain cashless exercise provisions. As a result, the value of the warrants has to be recognized as a liability. In addition, the Company would be required to revalue the derivative liability at the end of each reporting period with the change in value reported on the consolidated statement of operations. The Company did not account for the derivative liability in its consolidated financial statements as it was determined to not be material.

 

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Note 13. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PLANS

 

The Company employs both union and non-union employees and maintains several benefit plans.

 

Union

 

Substantially the entire workforce at AIM is subject to a union contract with the United Service Workers Union TUJAT Local 355, EIN 11-1772919 (the “Union”). The contract expires on December 31, 2018.

 

Medical benefits for union employees are provided through a policy with ADP during 2016 and Insperity during 2015, the costs of which are substantially borne by the Company. In addition, the Company is obligated to make contributions for union dues and a security fund (defined contribution plan) for the benefit of each union employee. Contributions to the security fund amounted to $263,000 and $247,000 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

The Company adopted ASU No.2011-09, “Compensation-Retirement Benefits-Multiemployer Plans (Subtopic 715-80): Disclosures about an Employer's Participation in a Multiemployer Plan" (“ASU 2011-09”). ASU 2011-09 requires additional disclosures about an employer's participation in a multiemployer pension plan. Previously, disclosures were limited primarily to the historical contributions made to the plans. ASU 2011-09 applies to nongovernmental entities that participate in multiemployer plans. The Union’s retirement plan is a defined contribution plan. As such, the Company is not responsible for the obligations of other companies in the Union’s retirement plan and no further disclosures are required.

 

Others

 

All other Company employees, are covered under a co-employment agreement with ADP.

 

The Company has two defined contribution plans under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Plans”). Pursuant to the Plans, qualified employees may contribute a percentage of their pre-tax eligible compensation to the Plan. The Company does not match any contributions that employees may make to the Plans.

 

Note 14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Real Estate Leases

 

The Company leases its facilities under various operating lease agreements, which contain renewal options and escalation provisions. Rent expense was $2,429,000 and $2,225,000 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The Company is responsible for paying all operating costs under the terms of the leases. As of December 31, 2016, the aggregate future minimum lease payments are as follows:

 

            Motor  Porter  Clinton   
   Plant Avenue  Fifth Avenue  Lamar Street  Parkway  Street  Avenue   
For the year           Annual  Annual  Annual   
ending  Annual Rent  Annual Rent  Annual Rent  Rent  Rent  Rent  Total Rents
                      
December 31,                                    
2017   $543,000   $746,000   $360,000   $106,000   $115,000   $77,000   $1,947,000 
December 31,                                    
2018    559,000    769,000    300,000    110,000    115,000    20,000    1,873,000 
December 31,                                    
2019    576,000    792,000    -    113,000    48,000    -    1,529,000 
December 31,                                    
2020    593,000    817,000    -    116,000    -    -    1,526,000 
December 31,                                    
2021    611,000    842,000    -    103,000    -    -    1,556,000 
Thereafter    2,661,000    4,367,000    -    -    -    -    7,028,000 
Total Rents   $5,543,000   $8,333,000   $660,000   $548,000   $278,000   $97,000   $15,459,000 

 

The leases provide for scheduled increases in base rent. Rent expense is charged to operations using the straight- line method over the term of the lease which results in rent expense being charged to operations at inception of the lease in excess of required lease payments. This excess is shown as deferred rent in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

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On April 11, 2016, the Company executed a Sale-Leaseback Arrangement, whereby the Company sold the building and real property located in South Windsor, Connecticut (the “Property”) for a purchase price of $1,700,000. The net proceeds from the sale of the property were applied to the amounts owed to PNC Bank.

 

Simultaneous with the closing of the sale of the Property, the Company entered into a 15- year lease (the “Lease”) with the purchaser for the property. Base annual rent was approximately $155,000 for the first year and increases approximately 3% per year each year thereafter. The Lease granted the Company an option to renew the Lease for an additional period of five years. Pursuant to the terms of the Lease, the Company was required to pay all of the costs associated with the operation of the facilities, including, without limitation, insurance, taxes and maintenance. The Lease also contained representations, warranties, obligations, conditions and indemnification provisions in favor of the purchaser and grants the purchaser remedied upon a breach of the Lease by the Company, including the right to terminate the Lease and hold the Company liable for any deficiency in future rent.

 

On January 27, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the stock of AMK. Included in this agreement, the capital lease obligation for the building transferred to the purchaser of AMK. At December 31, 2016, the Company reclassified the capital asset and lease obligation to Assets Held for Sale and Liabilities Held for Sale, respectively. See Note 1 Subsequent Events for additional discussion regarding the sale of AMK. At December 31, 2016, the Company has excluded this lease commitment from the table above.

 

Loss Contingencies

 

During 2016, a number of actions were commenced against the Company by vendors, landlords and former landlords, including a third party claim as a result of an injury suffered on a portion of a leased property not occupied by the Company. As certain of these claims represent amounts included in accounts payable they are not specifically discussed herein.

 

Westbury Park Associates, LLC commenced an action on or about January 11, 2017 against Air Industries Group in the NYS Supreme Court, County of Suffolk, seeking the recovery of approximately $31,000 for past rent arrears, and for an unidentified sum representing all additional rent due under a commercial lease through the end of its term, plus attorney’s fees. The additional rent due through the end of the term is approximately $105,000. The litigation is in the discovery stage and the Company believes there is a meritorious defense to the claim or that the landlord can and will mitigate its future damages by finding a new tenant.

 

On January 18, 2017, REP B-2, LLC filed a petition for a warrant of eviction and a money judgment of approximately $56,000 against Air Industries Group arising from rent arrears on commercial space. On January 18, 2017, 360 Motor Parkway, LLC filed a petition for a warrant of eviction and a money judgment of approximately $12,000 against Air Industries Group arising from rent arrears on commercial space. Each proceeding has resulted in a stipulation of settlement providing monthly repayment schedules to bring those rent arrears current, the last of which are due on May 1, 2017, at which time the proceedings may be dismissed.

 

An employee of the Company commenced an action against, among others, Rechler Equity B-2, LLC and Air Industries Group, in the Supreme Court State of New York, Suffolk County, seeking compensation in an undetermined amount for injuries suffered while leaving the premises occupied by Welding Metallurgy, Inc. Rechler Equity B-2, LLC, has served a Third Party Complaint in this action against Air Industries Group, Inc., and Welding Metallurgy, Inc. The action remains in the early pleading stage. The Company believes it is not liable to the employee and any amount it might have to pay would be covered by insurance.

 

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Note 15. INCOME TAXES

 

The provision for (benefit from) income taxes as of December 31, is set forth below:

 

   2016  2015
Current      
Federal  $ -    $ -  
State   49,000    53,000 
Prior year overaccruals          
Federal   -    (123,000)
State   -    - 
Total Expense (Benefit)   49,000    (70,000)
Deferred Tax Benefit   (4,962,000)   (216,000)
Valuation Allowance   7,025,000    - 
Net Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes  $2,112,000   $(286,000)

 

The following is a reconciliation of our income tax rate computed using the federal statutory rate to our actual income tax rate as of December 31,

 

   2016  2015
U. S. statutory income tax rate   34.00%   -34.00%
State taxes   1.50%   4.70%
Permanent differences, overaccruals and non-deductible items   0.08%   3.00%
Rate change and provision to return true-up   0.85%   -40.20%
Expired stock options   -0.15%   40.80%
Deferred tax valuation allowance   -51.64%   - 
Total   -15.36%   -25.70%

 

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The components of net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2016 and 2015 are set forth below:

 

   December 31,  December 31,
   2016  2015
Deferred tax assets          
Current:          
Net operating losses  $4,754,000   $462,000 
Bad debts   413,000    336,000 
Inventory - 263A adjustment   -    8,000 
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and reserves   930,000    919,000 
Total current deferred tax assets before valuation allowance   6,097,000    1,725,000 
Valuation allowance   (6,097,000)   - 
Total current deferred tax assets after valuation allowance   -    1,725,000 
           
Non-current:          
Section 1231 loss carry forward   4,000    4,000 
Stock based compensation - options and restricted stock   164,000    79,000 
Capitalized engineering costs   431,000    432,000 
Deferred rent   468,000    410,000 
Amortization - NTW Transaction   1,324,000    789,000 
Inventory reserves   1,157,000    680,000 
Deferred gain on sale of real estate   121,000    126,000 
Other   160,000    257,000 
Total non-current deferred tax assets before valuation allowance   3,829,000    2,777,000 
Valuation allowance   (928,000)   (4,000)
Total non-current deferred tax assets after valuation allowance   2,901,000    2,773,000 
           
Deferred tax liabilities:          
Property and equipment   (2,595,000)   (2,091,000)
Amortization - NTW Goodwill   (33,000)   (13,000)
Amortization - AMK Goodwill   -    (18,000)
Amortization - Welding Transaction   (273,000)   (313,000)
Total non-current deferred tax liabilities   (2,901,000)   (2,435,000)
           
Net non current deferred tax asset  $-   $338,000 

 

The Company had a capital loss carry forward from the sale of Sigma Metals, Inc., a former subsidiary of the Company, of $2,719,000 which expired in fiscal 2015.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded a valuation allowance equal to its net deferred tax assets. The Company determined that due to a recent history of net losses, that at this time, sufficient uncertainty exists regarding the future realization of these deferred tax assets through future taxable income. If, in the future, the Company believes that it is more likely than not that these deferred tax benefits will be realized, the valuation allowances will be reduced or eliminated. With a full valuation allowance, any change in the deferred tax asset or liability is fully offset by a corresponding change in the valuation allowance. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company provided a valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets of $7,025,000 and $4,000, respectively.

 

At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had no material unrecognized tax benefits and no adjustments to liabilities or operations were required. The Company does not expect that its unrecognized tax benefits will materially increase within the next twelve months. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in interest expense. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company has not recorded any provisions for accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

 

In certain cases, the Company's uncertain tax positions are related to tax years that remain subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities. The Company files federal and state income tax returns in jurisdictions with varying statutes of limitations. The 2013 through 2016 tax years generally remain subject to examination by federal and state tax authorities.

 

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Note 16. STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

Stock Options

 

On March 30, 2015, the Board of Directors adopted the Company’s 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (“2015 Plan”) which was approved by affirmative vote of the Company’s stockholders on June 25, 2015. The Plan authorized the grant of rights with respect to up to 350,000 shares.

 

In June 2016, the Board of Directors adopted the Company’s 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (“2016 Plan”) which authorized the grant of rights with respect to up to 350,000 shares. The 2016 Plan was approved by affirmative vote of the Company’s stockholders on November 30, 2016.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company granted options to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock to certain of its employees. The weighted average fair value of the granted options was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free interest rate of 0.73% to 2.04%; expected volatility factors of 31% to 59%; expected dividend yield of 0%; and estimated option term of 5 years.

 

During both of the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of 18,000 options, to non -employee members of the Company’s Board of Directors. These options vested quarterly as to 25% of the shares subject to the options, commencing June 2, 2016.

 

The Company recorded stock based compensation expense of $167,000 and $100,000 in its consolidated statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and such amounts were included as a component of general and administrative expense.

 

The fair values of stock options granted were estimated using the Black-Sholes option- pricing model with the following assumptions for the years ended December 31:

 

   2016  2015
Risk-free interest rates   0.73% - 2.04 %    1.31% - 1.49 % 
Expected life (in years)   5    5-6 
Expected volatility   31%-59 %    25%
Dividend yield   0.0%   5.9%
           
Weighted-average grant date fair value per share  $1.88   $1.10 

 

The expected life is the number of years that the Company estimates, based upon history, that the options will be outstanding prior to exercise or forfeiture. Expected life is determined using the simplified method permitted by Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107. In addition to the inputs referenced above regarding the option pricing model, the Company adjusts the stock-based compensation expense for estimated forfeiture rates that are revised prospectively according to forfeiture experience. The stock volatility factor is based on the New York Stock Exchange ARCA Defense Index. The Company did not use the volatility rate for its common stock as the Company determined that its common stock is thinly traded.

 

A summary of the status of the Company's stock options as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and changes during the two years then ended are presented below.

 

      Wtd. Avg.
   Options  Exercise Price
Balance, December 31, 2014   528,539    9.01 
Granted during the period   99,000    10.20 
Exercised during the period   (46,473)   4.50 
Terminated/Expired during the period   (16,724)   84.78 
Balance, December 31, 2015   564,342    7.35 
Granted during the period   128,000    5.28 
Exercised during the period   (24,905)   2.95 
Terminated/Expired during the period   (31,095)   8.47 
Balance, December 31, 2016   636,342   $7.01 
           
Exercisable at December 31, 2016  500,175   $6.77 

 

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The following table summarizes information about stock options at December 31, 2016:

 

   Remaining      
Range of Exercise  Number  Wtd. Avg.  Wtd. Avg.
Prices  Outstanding  Life  Exercise Price
 $0.00 - $5.00    202,694   1.81 years  $4.49 
 $5.01 - $20.00    433,648   2.90 years   8.19 
 $0.00 - $20.00    636,342   2.55 years  $7.01 

 

As of December 31, 2016, there was $243,833 of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock option awards, which is to be recognized over the remaining weighted average vesting period of three years.

 

The aggregate intrinsic value at December 31, 2016 was based on the Company's closing stock price of $3.15 was $-0. The aggregate intrinsic value was calculated based on the positive difference between the closing market price of the Company’s Common Stock and the exercise price of the underlying options. The total number of in-the- money options exercisable as of December 31, 2016 was -0-.

 

The weighted average fair value of options granted during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was $1.88 and $1.10 per share, respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was $34,050 and $169,626, respectively. The total fair value of shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was $63,830 and $33,845, respectively.

 

Warrants

 

The following tables summarize the Company's outstanding warrants as of December 31, 2016 and changes during the two years then ended:

 

      Wtd. Avg.
   Warrants  Exercise Price
Balance, December 31, 2014   164,585    7.85 
Granted during the period   -    - 
Exercised during the period   -    - 
Terminated/Expired during the period   -    - 
Balance, December 31, 2015   164,585    7.85 
Granted during the period   675,691    1.07 
Exercised during the period   -    - 
Terminated/Expired during the period   -    - 
Balance, December 31, 2016   840,276   $5.13 
           
Exercisable at December 31, 2016   165,618   $4.49 

 

The fair values of warrants granted were estimated using the Black-Sholes option-pricing model with the following assumption for the years ended December 31:

 

   2016  2015
Risk-free interest rates    1.4%-2.04%      n/a  
Expected life (in years)   5    n/a 
Expected volatility   33%-59%    n/a 
Dividend yield   0    n/a 
           
Weighted-average grant date fair value per share   0.81-1.4    n/a 

 

The following table summarizes information about warrants at December 31, 2016:

 

Range of Exercise Prices  Warrants  Wtd. Avg. Life  Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price
 $0-$3.00    320,703   4.90 years  $3.00 
 $3.01-$5.00    110,556   4.60 years  $5.00 
 $5.01 - $6.15    244,432   4.50 years  $6.15 
 $6.30 - $11.25    164,585   1.14 years  $7.85 
 $3.00-$11.25    840,276   4.01 years  $5.13 

 

Note 17. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Taglich Brothers, Inc. is a corporation co-founded by two of the directors of the Company. In addition, a third director of the Company is a vice president of Taglich Brothers, Inc.

 

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As discussed in Notes 11 and 12, Taglich Brothers, Inc. has acted as placement agent for various debt and equity financing transactions and has received cash and equity compensation for their services. In addition, as discussed in Note 9, the principals of Taglich Brothers, Inc. have also invested in the Company through various debt and equity financings. Also see Note 1 under “Subsequent Events” for additional related party transactions subsequent to December 31, 2016.

 

Note 18. SEGMENT REPORTING

 

In accordance with FASB ASC 280, Segment Reporting (“ASC 280”), the Company discloses financial and descriptive information about its reportable operating segments. Operating segments are components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available and regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.

 

The Company follows ASC 280, which establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments in annual and interim financial statements, and requires that companies report financial and descriptive information about their reportable segments based on a management approach. ASC 280 also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers.

 

The Company currently divides its operations into three operating segments: Complex Machining which consists of AIM and NTW; Aerostructures & Electronics which consists of WMI, WPI, MSI, Eur-Pac, ECC, and Compac beginning September 1, 2015 ; and Turbine Engine Components which consists of AMK and Sterling, beginning March 2015. Along with our operating subsidiaries, the Company reports the results of its corporate division as an independent segment.

 

The accounting policies of each of the segments are the same as those described in the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. The Company evaluates performance based on revenue, gross profit contribution and assets employed. Corporate level operating costs are allocated to segments. These costs include corporate costs such as legal, audit, tax and other professional fees including those related to being a public company.

 

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   Year Ended December 31,
   2016  2015
COMPLEX MACHINING         
Net Sales  $37,124,000   $42,356,000 
Gross Profit   4,382,000    10,412,000 
Pre Tax Income (Loss)   (5,432,000)   1,825,000 
Assets   45,073,000    48,353,000 
           
AEROSTRUCTURES & ELECTRONICS          
Net Sales   18,818,000    27,134,000 
Gross Profit   2,489,000    6,553,000 
Pre Tax Income (Loss)   (3,985,000)   386,000 
Assets   19,843,000    20,229,000 
           
TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS          
Net Sales   10,973,000    10,952,000 
Gross Profit   (151,000)   316,000 
Pre Tax Income (Loss)   (4,084,000)   (3,329,000)
Assets   17,235,000    19,076,000 
           
CORPORATE          
Net Sales   -    - 
Gross Profit   -    - 
Pre Tax Income (Loss)   (10,000)   - 
Assets   649,000    592,000 
           
CONSOLIDATED          
Net Sales   66,915,000    80,442,000 
Gross Profit   6,720,000    17,281,000 
Pre Tax Income (Loss)   (13,511,000)   (1,118,000)
Provision for (Benefit from ) Income Taxes   2,112,000    (286,000)
Net (Loss) Income   (15,623,000)   (832,000)
Assets   82,800,000    88,250,000 

  

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Consolidated Financial Statements for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (Unaudited) Page 
   
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2017 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2016 F-40
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (Unaudited)    F-41
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (Unaudited) F-42
   
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (Unaudited)    F-44

 

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

   March 31,  December 31,
   2017  2016
    Unaudited      
ASSETS          
Current Assets          
Cash and Cash Equivalents  $1,043,000   $1,304,000 
Accounts Receivable, Net of Allowance for Doubtful          
Accounts of $672,000 and $756,000, respectively   7,486,000    8,050,000 
Inventory   38,132,000    39,851,000 
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets   659,000    557,000 
Prepaid Taxes   231,000    409,000 
Assets Held for Sale, Net   —      6,050,000 
Total Current Assets   47,551,000    56,221,000 
           
Property and Equipment, Net   11,580,000    12,219,000 
Capitalized Engineering Costs - Net of Accumulated          
Amortization of $5,038,000 and $4,957,000, respectively   1,791,000    1,627,000 
Deferred Financing Costs, Net, Deposits   1,372,000    1,096,000 
Intangible Assets, Net   1,450,000    1,754,000 
Goodwill   9,883,000    9,883,000 
           
TOTAL ASSETS  $73,627,000   $82,800,000 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY          
Current Liabilities          
Notes Payable and Capitalized Lease Obligations - Current Portion  $26,496,000   $32,913,000 
Notes Payable - Related Party - Current Portion   1,846,000    1,086,000 
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses   15,333,000    16,160,000 
Deferred Gain on Sale - Current Portion   38,000    38,000 
Deferred Revenue   722,000    946,000 
Liabilities Directly Associated with Assets Held for Sale   —      2,155,000 
Income Taxes Payable   20,000    20,000 
Total Current Liabilities   44,455,000    53,318,000 
           
Long Term Liabilities          
Notes Payable and Capitalized Lease Obligations -          
Net of Current Portion   2,644,000    2,971,000 
Deferred Gain on Sale - Net of Current Portion   323,000    333,000 
Deferred Rent   1,294,000    1,288,000 
TOTAL LIABILITIES  $48,716,000   $57,910,000 
           
Commitments and Contingencies          
           
Stockholders' Equity          
Preferred Stock - Par Value $.001 - Authorized 3,000,000 shares:          
Shares Designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, Par Value $.001,
Authorized 2,000,000 shares, 1,247,654 shares and 1,202,548 shares
Issued and Outstanding at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016,
respectively, Aggregate liquidation preference $12,476,680
and $12,025,480, respectively
   1,000    1,000 
           
Common Stock - Par Value $. 001 - Authorized          
25,000,000 Shares, 7,650,165 and           
7,626,945 Shares Issued and Outstanding as of           
March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively    7,000    7,000 
Additional Paid-In Capital   57,038,000    55,862,000 
Accumulated Deficit   (32,135,000)   (30,980,000)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY   24,911,000    24,890,000 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY  $73,627,000   $82,800,000 

   

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31,

(Unaudited)

   Three Months Ended March 31,
   2017  2016
       
Net Sales  $16,153,000   $15,184,000 
           
Cost of Sales   13,451,000    12,363,000 
           
Gross Profit   2,702,000    2,821,000 
           
Operating Expenses    3,221,000     4,412,000 
           
Loss from Operations   (519,000)   (1,591,000)
           
Interest and Financing Costs   (893,000)   (505,000)
           
Gain on Sale of Subsidiary   451,000    —   
           
Other (Expense) Income, Net   (193,000)   10,000 
           
Loss before Income Taxes   (1,154,000)   (2,086,000)
           
Benefit from Income Taxes   —      656,000 
           
Net Loss  $(1,154,000)  $(1,430,000)
           
Loss per share - basic  $(0.15)  $(0.19)
           
Loss per share - diluted  $(0.15)  $(0.19)
           
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic   7,650,165    7,584,765 
           
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted   7,650,165    7,584,765 

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Three Months Ended March 31, 

(Unaudited)

 

    2017   2016
         
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES                
Net Loss   $ (1,154,000 )   $ (1,430,000 )
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net                
    cash provided by (used in) operating activities                
Depreciation of property and equipment     728,000       904,000  
Amortization of intangible assets     304,000       320,000  
Amortization of capitalized engineering costs     81,000       105,000  
Bad debt recoveries     (14,000 )     —    
Non-cash compensation expense/(forfeiture of unamortized stock compensation)     (73,000 )     27,000  
Amortization of deferred financing costs     55,000       170,000  
Deferred gain on sale of real estate     (10,000 )     (10,000 )
Gain on sale of subsidiary     (451,000 )     —    
Deferred income taxes     —         (691,000 )
Amortization of convertible notes payable     176,000       —    
                 
Changes in Assets and Liabilities                
    (Increase) Decrease in Operating Assets:                
Accounts receivable     578,000       3,850,000  
Inventory     1,719,000       (3,826,000 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (102,000 )     139,000  
Prepaid taxes     178,000       —    
Deposits and other assets     (276,000 )     35,000  
    Increase (Decrease) in Operating Liabilities:                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (621,000 )     941,000  
Deferred rent     6,000       3,000  
Deferred revenue     (224,000 )     352,000  
Income taxes payable     —         11,000  
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES     900,000       900,000  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES                
Capitalized engineering costs     (245,000 )     (212,000 )
Purchase of property and equipment     (89,000 )     (355,000 )
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary, net     4,260,000       —    
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES     3,926,000       (567,000 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES                
Note payable - revolver, net     (5,545,000 )     458,000  
Payments of note payable - term loans     (2,069,000 )     (563,000 )
Capital lease obligations     (173,000 )     (313,000 )
Proceeds from notes payable issuances - related party     850,000       —    
Proceeds from notes payable issuances     1,850,000       —    
Deferred financing costs     —         (75,000 )
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES     (5,087,000 )     (493,000 )
                 
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS     (261,000 )     (160,000 )
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR     1,304,000       529,000  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD   $ 1,043,000     $ 369,000  

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Three Months Ended March 31 (Continued)

(Unaudited)

 

    2017   2016
         
Supplemental cash flow information                
Cash paid during the period for interest   $ 643,000     $ 505,000  
Cash paid during the period for income taxes   $ —       $ 13,000  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions                
                 
Issuance of Convertible notes payable - related party   $ 382,000     $ —    

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1. FORMATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 


Organization

 

On August 30, 2013, Air Industries Group, Inc. (“Air Industries Delaware”) changed its state of incorporation from Delaware to Nevada as a result of a merger with and into its newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary, Air Industries Group, a Nevada corporation (“Air Industries Nevada” or “AIRI”) and the surviving entity, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger. The reincorporation was approved by the stockholders of Air Industries Delaware at its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Air Industries Nevada is deemed to be the successor.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements presented are those of AIRI, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries; Air Industries Machining Corp. (“AIM”), Welding Metallurgy, Inc. ("WMI" or “Welding”), Miller Stuart, Inc. (“Miller Stuart”), Nassau Tool Works, Inc. (“NTW”), Woodbine Products, Inc. (“Woodbine” or “WPI”), Decimal Industries, Inc. ("Decimal"), Eur-Pac Corporation (“Eur-Pac” or “EPC”), Electronic Connection Corporation (“ECC”), AMK Welding, Inc. (“AMK”), until sold in January 2017, Air Realty Group, LLC ("Air Realty"), The Sterling Engineering Corporation ("Sterling"), and Compac Development Corporation (“Compac”), (together, the “Company”).

 

Going Concern

 

The Company suffered net losses from operations of $519,000 and $10,789,000 and a net loss of $1,154,000 and $15,623,000, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and the year ended December 31, 2016. The Company also had negative cash flows from operations for the year ended December 31, 2016. In addition, in 2015 the Company ceased paying dividends on its common stock and in 2016 it disposed of the real estate on which one of its operating subsidiaries is located through a sale leaseback transaction, and in January 2017 sold of one of its operating subsidiaries to raise funds for operations. During the year ended December 31, 2016, and subsequent thereto, the Company has had to sell its debt and equity securities to secure funds to operate its business. Since September 2016 the Company has been issuing additional shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in lieu of cash payment of accrued dividends on its outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and since February 2017 it has issued additional convertible notes in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest on its outstanding convertible notes. Furthermore, as of March 31, 2017, the Company was not in compliance with two financial covenants under the Company's loan facility with PNC Bank (the “Loan Facility”).

 

The continuation of the Company's business is dependent upon future issuances of equity or other financing to fund ongoing operations. Management of the Company plans to obtain additional financing during the second quarter and the remainder of 2017 through the issuance of common or preferred stock, securities convertible into common stock, or secured or unsecured debt. These possibilities, to the extent available, may be on terms that result in dilution to the Company's existing shareholders. Although no assurances can be given, management of the Company believes that potential additional issuances of equity or other potential financing transactions as discussed above should provide the necessary funding for the Company to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2017. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain account balances in 2016 have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES


Principal Business Activity

 

The Company through its AIM subsidiary is primarily engaged in manufacturing aircraft structural parts, and assemblies for prime defense contractors in the aerospace industry in the United States. NTW is a manufacturer of aerospace components, principally landing gear for F-16 and F-18 fighter aircraft. Welding is a specialty welding and products provider whose significant customers include the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, subcontractors, and original equipment manufacturers and upon the merger of Miller-Stuart into Welding, is a manufacturer of aerospace components specializing in electromechanical systems, harness and cable assemblies, electronic equipment and printed circuit boards. Woodbine is a manufacturer of aerospace components whose customers include major aircraft component suppliers. Decimal is a manufacturer of aerospace components specializing in welded and brazed chassis structures housing electronics in aircraft whose customers include major aircraft component suppliers. Eur-Pac specializes in military packaging and supplies. Eur-Pac’s primary business is “kitting” of supplies for all branches of the United States Defense Department including ordnance parts, hose assemblies, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical assemblies. Sterling manufactures components for aircraft and ground turbine engines. Compac specializes in the manufacture of RFI/EMI (Radio Frequency Interference – Electro-Magnetic Interference) shielded enclosures for electronic components. The Company’s customers are primarily publicly traded companies in the aerospace and other industries.

 

Inventory Valuation

 

The Company does not take physical inventories at interim quarterly reporting periods. Approximately 85% of the inventory value at March 31, 2017 has been estimated using a gross profit percentage based on sales of previous periods to the net sales of the current period, as management believes that the gross profit percentage on these items are materially consistent from period to period. The remainder of the inventory value at March 31, 2017 is estimated based on the Company's standard cost perpetual inventory system, as management believes the perpetual system computed value for these items provides a better estimate of value for that inventory. Adjustments to reconcile the annual physical inventory to the Company’s books are treated as changes in accounting estimates and are recorded in the fourth quarter. The Company valued inventory at December 31, 2016 at the lower of cost on a first-in-first-out basis or market.

 

   March 31, 2017  December 31, 2016
   (Unaudited)   
Raw Materials  $7,358,000   $7,031,000 
Work in Process   20,939,000    25,635,000 
Finished Goods   14,454,000    11,751,000 
Inventory Reserve   (4,619,000)   (4,566,000)
Total Inventory  $38,132,000   $39,851,000 

 

Credit and Concentration Risks

 

There were four customers that represented 60.5% and 58.4% of total sales for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. This is set forth in the table below.

 

Customer  Percentage of Sales
   2017  2016
   (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)
 1    16.6    23.2 
 2    17.1    12.7 
 3    14.1    11.9 
 4    12.7    10.6 

 

There were three customers that represented 41.8% of gross accounts receivable and one customer that represented 19.9% of gross accounts receivable at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. This is set forth in the table below.

 

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Customer  Percentage of Receivables
   March  December
   2017  2016
   (Unaudited)   
 1    19.1    19.9 
 2    12.1    * 
 3    10.6    * 
 4    *    * 

 

* Customer was less than 10% of Gross Accounts Receivable at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had occasionally maintained balances in its bank accounts that were in excess of the FDIC limit. The Company has not experienced any losses on these accounts.

 

The Company has several key sole-source suppliers of various parts that are important for one or more of its products. These suppliers are its only source for such parts and, therefore, in the event any of them were to go out of business or be unable to provide parts for any reason, its business could be severely harmed.

 

Earnings Per Share

 

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) applicable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Potentially dilutive shares, using the treasury stock method, are included in the diluted per-share calculations for all periods when the effect of their inclusion is dilutive.

 

The following is a reconciliation of the denominators of basic and diluted earnings per share computations:

 

   Three Months Ended
   March 31,  March 31,
   2017  2016
   (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)
Weighted average shares outstanding used      
to compute basic earnings per share   7,650,165    7,584,765 
Effect of dilutive stock options and          
warrants   —      —   
Weighted average shares outstanding and          
dilutive securities used to compute dilutive          
earnings per share   7,650,165    7,584,765 

 

The following table sets forth securities which were excluded from the diluted per share calculation because the conversion price or the exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares:

 

    Three Months Ended
    March 31,   March 31,
    2017   2016
    (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Convertible Preferred Stock     2,517,013       —    
Stock Options     513,342       252,000  
Warrants     653,540       56,800  
      3,683,895       308,800  

 

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The following table sets forth securities which were excluded from the diluted per share calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2017 even though the exercise price was less than the average market price of the common shares and unvested restricted stock because the effect of including these potential shares was anti-dilutive due to the net loss incurred during that period:

 

    March 31,   March 31,
    2017   2016
    (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Stock Options     3,000       312,342  
Warrants     432,917       107,785  
Unvested Restricted Stock     —         27,000  
      435,917       447,127  

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC 718, "Compensation – Stock Compensation." Under the fair value recognition provision of the ASC, stock-based compensation cost is estimated at the grant date based on the fair value of the award. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options and warrants granted using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. Stock based compensation amounted to $(73,000) and $27,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and was included in operating expenses on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Goodwill

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the acquisition cost of businesses over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. The goodwill amount of $9,883,000 at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 relates to the acquisitions of Welding ($291,000), NTW ($162,000), Woodbine ($2,565,000), Eur-Pac ($1,656,000), ECC ($109,000), Sterling ($4,540,000) and Compac ($560,000). Goodwill is not amortized, but is tested annually for impairment, or if circumstances occur that more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount.

 

The Company has determined that there has been no impairment of goodwill at March 31, 2017.

 

Debt Issuance Costs

 

Effective January 1, 2016, the Company adopted FASB ASU 2015-15 “Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30), Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements, Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to Staff Announcement at June 18, 2015 EITF Meeting”. The amendments to the SEC paragraphs in this update state that given the absence of authoritative guidance within ASU 2015-03 for debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements, the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. The adoption of this amended guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, “Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (Subtopic 825-10)” (“ASU 2016-01”).The main objective of ASU 2016-01 is enhancing the reporting model for financial instruments to provide users of financial statements with more decision-useful information. The amendments address certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of financial instruments. ASU 2016-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-01 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”). The main objective of ASU 2016-02 is to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. To meet that objective, the FASB is amending the FASB Accounting Standards Codification and creating Topic 842, Leases. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-02 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718) Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment” (“ASU 2016-09”). ASU 2016-09 is part of the FASB Simplification Initiative. The objective of the Simplification Initiative is to identify, evaluate, and improve areas of generally accepted accounting principles for which cost and complexity can be reduced while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. ASU 2016-09 will affect all entities that issue share-based payment awards to their employees. The areas for simplification involve several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company adopted this ASU during the first quarter of 2017, and the adoption did not materially impact its consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-10 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2016-10”). The core principle of the guidance in Topic 606 is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The amendments in ASU 2016-10 affect the guidance in ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, which is not yet effective. The effective date and transition requirements of ASU 2016-10 are the same as the effective date and transition requirements of ASU 2014-09. They are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of these amendments on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients. The amendments do not change the core revenue recognition principle in Topic 606. The amendments provide clarifying guidance in certain arrow areas and add some practical expedients. These amendments are effective at the same date that Topic 606 is effective. Topic 606 is effective for public entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods therein (i.e., January 1, 2018, for a calendar year entity). Topic 606 is effective for nonpublic entities one year later. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of the amendments to Topic 606 and these amendments on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash, which clarifies the presentation requirements of restricted cash within the statement of cash flows. The changes in restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents during the period should be included in the beginning and ending cash and cash equivalents balance reconciliation on the statement of cash flows. When cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents are presented in more than one-line item within the statement of financial position, an entity shall calculate a total cash amount in a narrative or tabular format that agrees to the amount shown on the statement of cash flows. Details on the nature and amounts of restricted cash should also be disclosed. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on our financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01 (“ASU 2017-01”), Business Combinations, which clarifies the definition of a business, particularly when evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or dispositions of assets or businesses. The first part of the guidance provides a screen to determine when a set is not a business; the second part of the guidance provides a framework to evaluate whether both an input and a substantive process are present. The guidance will be effective after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for transactions that have not been reported in issued financial statements. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this update on the presentation of these financial statements.

 

In January 2017, FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Accounting for Goodwill Impairment, Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires determining the implied fair value of goodwill and comparing it with its carrying amount has been eliminated. Thus, the goodwill impairment test is performed by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount (i.e., what was previously referred to as Step 1). In addition, ASU No. 2017-04 requires entities having one or more reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts to disclose (1) the identity of such reporting units, (2) the amount of goodwill allocated to each, and (3) in which reportable segment the reporting unit is included. ASU No. 2017-04 is effective as follows: (1) for a public business entity that is an SEC filer for annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on our financial statements.

 

The Company does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

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Subsequent Events

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date of this filing.

 

On May 2, and May 10, 2017, we borrowed an aggregate of $750,000 from each of Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich. The two loans totaled $1,500,000.

 

On May 12, 2017, we issued and sold to seven accredited investors, including Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich, an aggregate of $3,089,186 principal amount of our Subordinated Convertible Notes due May 12, 2018, together with warrants to purchase a total of 372,191 shares of common stock, for a total purchase price of $2,999,198, resulting in gross proceeds of $1,495,870, net of the cancellation of $1,503,328 of indebtedness we owed to Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich for working capital advances made on May 2 and 10, 2017 together with accrued interest.

 

On May 19, 2017 we issued and sold to ten accredited investors, including a partnership in which Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich are partners, an aggregate of $1,069,438 principal amount of our Subordinated Convertible Notes due May 12, 2018, together with warrants to purchase a total of 128,848 shares of common stock, for a total purchase price of $1,038,286. The Subordinated Convertible Notes due May 12, 2018 sold on May 19 2017 and warrants are identical to those sold by the Company on May 12, 2017, except for the date of issuance.

 

Our Subordinated Convertible Notes due May 12, 2018 (the “May 2018 Notes”) and related warrants were issued for a purchase price equal to 97% of the principal amount of the May 2018 Notes purchased. The principal amount of each May 2018 Note will be increased by 2% for each 30 days it remains outstanding commencing August 1, 2017. Upon the occurrence of, and during the continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the May 2018 Notes), the May 2018 Notes will accrue late interest at the rate of 10% per annum. Payment of the principal and accrued interest, if any, on the May 2018 Notes is junior and subordinate in right of payment to the Company’s indebtedness under the Loan Facility.

 

The principal amount, together with accrued interest, if any (together, the “Conversion Amount”), of the May 2018 Notes are convertible into shares of common stock until November 12, 2017 at an initial conversion price of $2.49 per share, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments for stock splits and certain fundamental transactions, including recapitalizations, mergers and other business combination transactions (the “Fixed Conversion Price”), and thereafter at the lower of the Fixed Conversion Price and 75% of the five (5) Weighted Average Prices (as defined in the May 2018 Notes) of the common stock during the five consecutive trading day period ending on the trading immediately preceding the day of a request by the holder for conversion of the May 2018 Notes. The Company has the right to redeem all, or a portion of (on a pro rata basis), the May 2018 Notes upon written notice to the holders not less than three trading days prior to the applicable redemption date. Subject to the subordination provisions of the May 2018 Notes, holders of the May 2018 Notes have the right to request the redemption of their Notes at any time, and following an Event of Default or in advance of a Change of Control (as defined in the May 2018 Notes).

 

The warrants are exercisable at an initial exercise price of $2.49 per share until May 12, 2022, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares based upon prevailing market prices when exercised. The exercise price of the warrants is subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as recapitalizations, mergers and other business combination transactions. In addition, the exercise price of the warrants will be reset, (x) to the public offering price of the shares of common stock sold in a public offering of the Company’s common stock, if lower than the exercise price then in effect, provided the Company receives gross process of at least $3,000,000 from the sale of the shares of common stock sold in that offering, or (y) the Weighted Average Price (as defined in the 2018 Notes) of the common stock on the first date on which none of the 2018 Notes are outstanding, if lower than the exercise price then in effect, whichever event first occurs.

 

The Company has paid or agreed to pay a fee of $191,155 to Taglich Brothers, Inc. and another third party entity for acting as placement agents for with the sale of the May 2018 Notes and warrants.

 

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Note 3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

The components of property and equipment at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 consisted of the following: 

 

  

March 31,

2017

 

December 31,

2016 

   
    (Unaudited)           
Land  $300,000   $300,000      
Buildings and Improvements   1,672,000    1,650,000    31.5 years 
Machinery and Equipment   14,062,000    14,032,000    5 - 8 years 
Capital Lease Machinery and Equipment   5,573,000    5,573,000    3 - 5 years 
Tools and Instruments   7,554,000    7,520,000    1.5 - 7 years 
Automotive Equipment   195,000    195,000    5 years 
Furniture and Fixtures   438,000    438,000    5 - 8 years 
Leasehold Improvements   969,000    966,000    Term of Lease 
Computers and Software   519,000    519,000    4 - 6 years 
Total Property and Equipment   31,282,000    31,193,000      
Less: Accumulated Depreciation   (19,702,000)   (18,974,000)     
Property and Equipment, net  $11,580,000   $12,219,000      

 

Depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was approximately $728,000 and $904,000, respectively.

 

Assets held under capitalized lease obligations are depreciated over the shorter of their related lease terms or their estimated productive lives. Depreciation of assets under capital leases is included in depreciation expense for 2017 and 2016. Accumulated depreciation on these assets was approximately $2,630,000 and $2,320,000 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

 

Note 4. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

The components of intangibles assets consisted of the following:

 

   March 31,  December 31,       
   2017  2016       
    (Unaudited)             
Customer Relationships   6,115,000   $6,115,000     5 to 14 years  
Trade Names   970,000    970,000     15 to 20 years  
Technical Know-how   660,000    660,000     10 years  
Non-Compete   150,000    150,000     5 years  
Professional Certifications   15,000    15,000     .25 to2 years  
Total Intangible Assets   7,910,000    7,910,000        
Less: Accumulated Amortization   (6,460,000)   (6,156,000)       
Intangible Assets, net  $1,450,000   $1,754,000        

 

Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was approximately $304,000 and $320,000, respectively.

 

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Note 5. NOTES PAYABLE AND CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS


Notes payable and capital lease obligations consist of the following:

 

  

March 31,

2017

 

December 31, 

2016 

    (Unaudited)       
Revolving credit note payable to PNC Bank N.A. ("PNC")  $18,847,000   $24,393,000 
Term loans, PNC   4,580,000    6,649,000 
Capital lease obligations   3,902,000    4,215,000 
Related party note payable, net of debt discount   1,846,000    1,086,000 
Notes Payable (private placement), net of debt discount   1,811,000    627,000 
Subtotal   30,986,000    36,970,000 
Less: Current portion of notes and capital obligations   (28,342,000)   (33,999,000)
   $2,644,000   $2,971,000 

 

PNC Bank N.A. ("PNC")

 

The Company has a Loan Facility with PNC secured by substantially all of its assets. The Loan Facility has been amended many times during its term. The Loan Facility was amended in June 2016 (the “Twelfth Amendment”) and September 2016 (the “Thirteenth Amendment”). In connection with the Twelfth Amendment, the Company paid PNC a fee of $100,000 and reimbursed it for the fees and expenses of its counsel. The Twelfth Amendment provides for a $33,000,000 revolving loan. In addition, in the Twelfth Amendment the four term loans (Term Loan A, Term Loan B, Term Loan C and Term Loan D) then outstanding were consolidated into a single term loan with the initial principal amount of $7,387,854. Further, in the Twelfth Amendment the Company acknowledged that there were then outstanding excess advances under the revolving loan in the amount of $12,500,000.

 

Under the terms of the Loan Facility, as amended, the revolving loan now bears interest at (a) the sum of the Alternate Base Rate plus one and three- quarters of one percent (1.75%) with respect to Domestic Rate Loans; and (b) the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus four and one-half of one percent (4.50%) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans. The amount outstanding under the revolving loan, exclusive of the excess advance, was $18,847,000 and $24,393,000, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

 

The Loan Facility was further amended pursuant to the Thirteenth Amendment, to modify the advance rate with respect to our inventory to be the lesser of (i) 75% of the eligible inventory, an increase from 50%, and (ii) 90% of the liquidation value of the eligible inventory, an increase from 85%, subject to the inventory sublimit of $12,500,000 and such reserves as PNC may deem proper. In addition, in the Thirteenth Amendment the lender waived any default resulting from the Company’s obligation to comply with the minimum EBITDA covenant for the period ended June 30, 2016, consented to the issuance of the Company’s 12% Subordinated Convertible Notes and the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock and Series A Preferred Stock.

 

The repayment terms of the Term Loan provided for in the Twelfth Amendment consist of sixty (60) consecutive monthly principal installments, the first fifty-nine (59) of which shall be in the amount of $123,133 commencing on the first business day of July, 2016, and continuing on the first business day of each month thereafter, with a sixtieth (60th) and final payment of any unpaid balance of principal and interest payable on the last business day of June, 2021.

 

At the closing of the Twelfth Amendment, the Company paid $1,500,000 to reduce the outstanding excess under the revolving loan from $12,500,000 to $11,000,000. It also agreed that the excess advances will be paid down by $100,000 each week commencing the second week after the closing of the Twelfth Amendment.

 

To the extent that the Company disposes of collateral used to secure the Loan Facility, other than inventory, the Company must promptly repay the draws on the credit facility in the amount equal to the net proceeds of such sale.

 

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The terms of the Loan Facility require that among other things, the Company maintain a specified Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and maintain a minimum EBITDA. In addition, the Company is limited in the amount of capital expenditures it can make. The Company also is limited as to the amount of dividends it can pay its shareholders, as defined in the Loan Facility. As of March 31, 2017, the Company was not in compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio covenant or minimum EBITDA covenant. The failure to maintain the requisite Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and minimum EBITDA constitutes a default under the Loan Facility and PNC at its option may give notice to the Company that all amounts under the Loan Facility are immediately due and payable. Consequently, all amounts due under the term loan are also classified as current. The Company has requested a waiver from PNC for the failure to meet the specified Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and minimum EBITDA covenant. Because the revolving loans contain a subjective acceleration clause which could permit PNC to require repayment prior to maturity, all of the loans outstanding with PNC are classified with the current portion of notes and capital lease obligations.

 

As of March 31, 2017, our debt to PNC in the amount of $23,427,000 consisted of the revolving credit loan in the amount of $18,847,000 and the term loan in the amount of $4,580,000. As of December 31, 2016, our debt to PNC in the amount of $31,042,000 consisted of the revolving credit note due to PNC in the amount of $24,393,000 and the term loan due to PNC in the amount of $6,649,000.

 

Each day, the Company’s cash collections are swept directly by the bank to reduce the revolving loans and the Company then borrows according to a borrowing base formula. The Company's receivables are payable directly into a lockbox controlled by PNC (subject to the terms of the Loan Facility). PNC may use some elements of subjective business judgment in determining whether a material adverse change has occurred in the Company's condition, results of operations, assets, business, properties or prospects allowing it to demand repayment of the Loan Facility.

 

As of March 31, 2017, the scheduled future minimum principal payments for the term loan are as follows, however as discussed above, the balance of the term loan has been classified as current:

 

For the twelve months ending  Amount
March 31, 2018   $1,478,000 
March 31, 2019   1,478,000 
March 31, 2020   1,478,000 
March 31, 2021   146,000 
March 31, 2022   4,580,000 
Thereafter   (4,580,000)
Long-term portion  $—   

 

Interest expense related to these credit facilities amounted to approximately $720,000 and $435,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Capital Leases Payable – Equipment

 

The Company is committed under several capital leases for manufacturing and computer equipment. All leases have bargain purchase options exercisable at the termination of each lease. Capital lease obligations totaled $3,902,000 and $4,215,000 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, with various interest rates ranging from approximately 4% to 14%.

 

As of March 31, 2017, the aggregate future minimum lease payments, including imputed interest, with remaining terms of greater than one year are as follows:

 

For the twelve months ending  Amount
March 31, 2018  $1,442,000 
March 31, 2019   1,359,000 
March 31, 2020   1,160,000 
March 31, 2021   282,000 
March 31, 2022   —   
Thereafter   —   
Total future minimum lease payments   4,243,000 
Less: imputed interest   (337,000)
Less: current portion   (1,262,000)
Total Long Term Portion  $2,644,000 

 

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Related Party Notes Payable

 

On March 17, 2017, the Company borrowed $200,000 and $300,000 from each of Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich, respectively, directors and principal stockholders of our company, and issued promissory notes in the principal amounts of $200,000 and $300,000 to Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich, respectively, to evidence our obligation to repay that indebtedness. The notes bear interest at the rate of 7% per annum and are payable on September 17, 2017. Michael and Robert Taglich have the option to convert the unpaid principal amount and accrued interest on the promissory notes into shares of common stock or other securities of the company which the Company may offer and sell in any public or private financing (each a “Financing”), on the same terms and conditions as are offered to purchasers in such Financing, or, if more favorable to us, on such other terms as may be required under the rules of the NYSE MKT, which option they must exercise by notice to the Company within three business days following the completion of such Financing. Upon completion of any Financing, upon notice to Michael and Robert Taglich, the Company has the right to convert the unpaid principal amount of those promissory notes and accrued interest thereon into shares of common stock or other of our securities sold in the Financing on the same terms and conditions as are offered to purchasers in the Financing, or if more favorable to the Company, on such other terms as may be required under the rules of the NYSE MKT, which right the Company must exercise within three business days following the completion of such Financing.

 

Related Party Notes Payable – Subsequent Events

 

On May 2, and May 10, 2017, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $750,000 from each of Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich. This indebtedness, together with accrued interest, were converted into May 2018 Notes on May 12, 2017.

 

Private Placements of 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes

 

From November 23, 2016 through March 21, 2017, the Company received gross proceeds of $4,775,000 from the sale of an equal principal amount of our 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes (the 8% Notes”), together with warrants to purchase a total of 383,032 shares of our common stock, in private placement transactions with accredited investors (the “8% Note Offerings”). In connection with the offering of the 8% Notes, the Company issued 8% Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $382,000 to Taglich Brothers, Inc., placement agent for the 8% Note Offerings, in lieu of payment of cash compensation for sales commissions, together with warrants to purchase a total of 180,977 shares of our common stock. Of the $5,147,000 principal amount of 8% Notes issued in connection with the offerings of the 8% Notes, $2,781,000 principal amount is due November 30, 2018 (the “2018 Notes”) and $2,366,000 principal amount is due January 31, 2019 (the “2019 Notes”). Payment of the principal and accrued interest on the 8% Notes are junior and subordinate in right of payment to our indebtedness under the Loan Facility.

 

Interest on the 2018 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing February 28, 2017, in cash, or at our option, in additional 2018 Notes, provided that if accrued interest payable on $1,269,000 principal amount of the 2018 Notes issued in December 2016 is paid in additional 2018 Notes, interest for that quarterly interest payment shall be calculated at the rate of 12% per annum. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, interest shall accrue at the rate of 12% per annum.

 

On February 28, 2017, the Company issued an additional $61,596 principal amount of 2018 Notes in payment of accrued interest. As of March 1, 2017, the Company had $5,262,596 principal amount of 8% Notes outstanding, consisting of $2,842,596 principal amount of 2018 Notes and $2,420,000 principal amount of 2019 Notes.

 

The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 8% Notes is convertible at the option of the holder into shares of common stock conversion prices ranging from $2.25 to $4.45 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations.

 

An event of default under the 8% Notes will occur (i) if the Company fails to make any payment under the 8% Notes within ten (10) days after the date first due, or (ii) if the Company files a petition in bankruptcy or under any similar insolvency law, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or if any voluntary petition in bankruptcy or under any similar insolvency law is filed against the Company and such petition is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after the filing thereof. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the 8% Notes then outstanding, upon notice to the Company and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the 8% Notes), may demand immediate payment of the unpaid principal amount of the 8% Notes, together with accrued interest thereon and all other amounts payable under the 8% Notes, subject to the subordination provisions of the 8% Notes.

 

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The exercise price of the warrants issued in connection with the 8% Note Offerings ranges from $3.00 to $4.53 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, distributions in respect of the common stock and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise. Of these warrants, 320,702 warrants may be exercised until November 30, 2021 and 243,307 warrants may be exercised until January 31, 2022.

 

Note 6. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

Issuance of Series A Preferred Stock and Related Financings

 

On May 25, 2016, and June 1, 2016, the Company completed a private placement of 700,000 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock for $10.00 per share and received gross cash proceeds of $5,250,000, net of $1,750,000 principal amount of our promissory notes exchanged by Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich, two of our principal stockholders, for shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Company had issued the promissory notes to Michael Taglich and Robert Taglich for amounts borrowed from September 2015 through May 2016. The September 2015 loan bore interest at the rate of 4% per annum and was to be paid on September 7, 2016. The other loans bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum and were to be repaid on June 30, 2016, or, if earlier, upon the sale of the Company’s equity from which it derived proceeds of $1,800,000 or $2,000,000 depending upon the promissory notes issued.

 

Preferred Stock

 

The shares of Series A Preferred Stock have a stated value of $10.00 per share and are initially convertible into shares of common stock at a price of $4.92 per share (subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events).  The dividend rate on the Series A Preferred Stock is 12% per annum, payable quarterly. The dividend rate increases to 15% per annum if we issue PIK Shares in lieu of payment of cash dividends payable until June 15, 2018. The number of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock as of June 15, 2018 would increase from 700,000 shares to approximately 1,500,000 shares if we elected to pay all dividends due on the Series A Preferred Stock by issuing PIK Shares.  The dividend rate on the Series A Preferred Stock increases to 16% per annum after June 2018, 19% per annum to the extent dividends are paid in PIK Shares.

 

Dividends payable in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock will reduce the amount of net income, if any, or increase the amount of net loss attributable to holders of common stock. While the issuance of PIK Shares in payment of all or a portion of the dividends payable in respect of any dividend period preserves our cash, the increase in the rate of dividend which must be paid when we choose to issue PIK Shares in lieu of cash dividends further reduces the amount of net income, if any, or increases the amount of net loss attributable to holders of common stock. In addition, the issuance of PIK Shares will dilute the interests of our common stockholders.  Although holders of Series A Preferred Stock may convert their shares into common stock they are unlikely to convert if the Company is unable to pay cash dividends and the price of the common stock does not increase significantly above $4.92 per share, the conversion price, for a sustained period. The Company has the right to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock after May 26, 2018 for a redemption price of $10.00, plus accrued and unpaid dividends; however, the Company may not have sufficient cash available to effect such redemption.

 

In connection with the placement we incurred approximately $606,000 of direct offering costs and $57,000 in legal expenses and granted to the placement agents warrants to purchase 8% of the number of shares of our common stock (113,820 shares) issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock sold in the offering. The warrants are exercisable in whole or in part, at an initial exercise price per share of $6.15, and are exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis commencing on November 26, 2016 and expiring on May 26, 2021.  The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable under the warrants are subject to adjustments for stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar events.

 

Of the proceeds generated by the sale of our shares of Series A Preferred Stock, $1,500,000 was paid to PNC to reduce the amount outstanding under our Loan Facility.

 

In August 2016, the Company completed the private placement of $2,720,000 principal amount of our 12% Subordinated Convertible Notes due December 31, 2017 (the “12% Notes”), together with warrants to purchase an aggregate of 110,658 shares of common stock, for a total purchase price of $2,720,000, from which we derived net proceeds of approximately $2,319,800, which was used to pay down the Company’s indebtedness under the Loan Facility and for working capital. The Company also issued to Michael Taglich a 12% Note in the principal amount of $1,520,713, together with warrants to purchase 61,817 shares of common stock, upon surrender for cancellation of promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000, together with accrued interest thereon and on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock of $20,713.   The Company had issued the promissory notes to Michael Taglich for amounts borrowed in August 2016. The promissory notes bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum and were to be repaid on December 31, 2016, or, if earlier, upon the sale of our equity securities from which we derived proceeds of $2,000,000. In addition, the Company issued to Robert Taglich a 12% Note in the principal amount of $4,373, together with warrants to purchase 177 shares of common stock, in consideration of the forgiveness of interest of $4,373 accrued on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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The 12% Notes provided for the automatic conversion of the principal and accrued interest of the 12% Notes into shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a price of $10.00 per share, the stated value of the Series A Preferred Stock, upon the filing of an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation increasing the number of shares of preferred stock we are authorized to issue from 1,000,000 shares to 3,000,000 shares, including 2,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Charter Amendment”). The Company issued 438,770 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the holders of the 12% Notes on November 30, 2016, the date the Company’s stockholders approved the Charter Amendment and the Company filed the certificate of amendment effecting the Charter Amendment with the Office of the Secretary of State of Nevada. As a result of the automatic conversion of the 12% Notes into shares of Series A Preferred Stock, no 12% Notes are outstanding.

 

As compensation for its services as placement agent for the offering of the 12% Notes, the Company paid Taglich Brothers, Inc. a fee of $295,400 and issued to Taglich Brothers, Inc. five-year warrants to purchase 68,617 shares of common stock at an initial exercise price of $6.15, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations.

 

As of December 31, 2016, the Company had outstanding 1,202,548 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, including 62,684 shares issued in lieu of payment of cash dividends on December 15, 2016. We issued an additional 45,106 shares of Series A Preferred Stock on March 15, 2017 in lieu of payment of cash dividends.

 

Note 7. INCOME TAXES

 

The Company recorded no income tax for the three months ended March 31, 2017 because the estimated annual effective tax rate was zero. In determining the estimated annual effective income tax rate, the Company analyzes various factors, including projections of our annual earnings and taxing jurisdictions in which the earnings will be generated, the impact of state and local income taxes, their ability to use tax credits and net operating loss carry forwards, and available tax planning alternatives. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company provided a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets since the Company believes it is more likely than not that its deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

The benefit from income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2016 is set forth below:

 

   2016
    (Unaudited) 
Current      
Federal   $—   
State   22,000 
Prior Year Under Accrual     
Federal   13,000 
Total Current Expense   35,000 
Deferred Tax (Benefit)   (691,000)
Net (Benefit from) Provision for Income Taxes  $(656,000)

 

Note 8. SALE OF AMK

 

On January 27, 2017, the Company sold all of the outstanding shares of AMK to Meyer Tool, Inc. pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 27, 2017 for a purchase price of $4,500,000, net of a working capital adjustment of $(240,000), plus additional quarterly payments, not to exceed $ 1,500,000, equal to five percent (5%) of Net Revenues of AMK commencing April 1, 2017. The Company recorded a $451,000 gain on the sale of AMK.

 

Note 9. LOSS CONTINGENCIES

 

During 2016, a number of actions were commenced against the Company by vendors, landlords and former landlords, including a third party claim as a result of an injury suffered on a portion of a leased property not occupied by the Company. As certain of these claims represent amounts included in accounts payable they are not specifically discussed herein.

 

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Westbury Park Associates, LLC commenced an action on or about January 11, 2017 against Air Industries Group in the NYS Supreme Court, County of Suffolk, seeking the recovery of approximately $31,000 for past rent arrears, and for an unidentified sum representing all additional rent due under a commercial lease through the end of its term, plus attorney’s fees. The additional rent due through the end of the term is approximately $105,000. The litigation is in the discovery stage and the Company believes there is a meritorious defense to the claim or that the landlord can and will mitigate its future damages by finding a new tenant.

 

On January 18, 2017, REP B-2, LLC filed a petition for a warrant of eviction and a money judgment of approximately $56,000 against Air Industries Group arising from rent arrears on commercial space. On January 18, 2017, 360 Motor Parkway, LLC filed a petition for a warrant of eviction and a money judgment of approximately $12,000 against Air Industries Group arising from rent arrears on commercial space. Each proceeding has resulted in a stipulation of settlement providing monthly repayment schedules to bring those rent arrears current, the last of which are due on May 1, 2017, at which time the proceedings may be dismissed.

 

An employee of the Company commenced an action against, among others, Rechler Equity B-2, LLC and Air Industries Group, in the Supreme Court State of New York, Suffolk County, seeking compensation in an undetermined amount for injuries suffered while leaving the premises occupied by Welding Metallurgy, Inc. Rechler Equity B-2, LLC, has served a Third Party Complaint in this action against Air Industries Group, Inc. and Welding Metallurgy, Inc. The action remains in the early pleading stage. The Company believes it is not liable to the employee and any amount it might have to pay would be covered by insurance.

 

Note 10. SEGMENT REPORTING

 

In accordance with FASB ASC 280, “Segment Reporting” ("ASC 280"), the Company discloses financial and descriptive information about its reportable operating segments. Operating segments are components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available and regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.

 

The Company follows ASC 280, which establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments in annual and interim financial statements, and requires that companies report financial and descriptive information about their reportable segments based on a management approach. ASC 280 also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers.

 

The Company currently divides its operations into three operating segments: Complex Machining which consists of AIM and NTW; Aerostructures and Electronics which consists of WMI, WPI, Miller Stuart (until merged into WMI in May 2017), Eur-Pac, ECC and Compac; and Turbine Engine Components which consists of Sterling and for the period January 1, 2016, to January 27, 2017, AMK.

 

The accounting policies of each segment are the same as those described in the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. The Company evaluates performance based on revenue, gross profit contribution and assets employed.

 

Financial information about the Company’s operating segments for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

   Three Months Ended March 31,
   2017  2016
   (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)
COMPLEX MACHINING          
Net Sales  $9,891,000   $7,467,000 
Gross Profit   2,901,000    1,858,000 
Pre Tax (Loss) Income   1,085,000    (400,000)
Assets   41,940,000    51,076,000 
           
AEROSTRUCTURES & ELECTRONICS          
Net Sales   4,320,000    5,160,000 
Gross Profit   26,000    948,000 
Pre Tax (Loss) Income   (1,279,000)   (772,000)
Assets   19,669,000    19,263,000 
           
TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS          
Net Sales   1,942,000    2,557,000 
Gross Profit    (225,000 )   15,000 
Pre Tax (Loss) Income   (827,000)   (914,000)
Assets   11,233,000    17,247,000 
           
           
CORPORATE          
Net Sales   —      —   
Gross Profit   —      —   
Pre Tax (Loss) Income   (133,000)   —   
Assets   785,000    534,000 
           
CONSOLIDATED          
Net Sales   16,153,000    15,184,000 
Gross Profit    2,702,000     2,821,000 
Pre Tax (Loss) Income   (1,154,000)   (2,086,000)
Benefit from Income Taxes   —      656,000 
Net (Loss) Income   (1,154,000)   (1,430,000)
Assets  $73,627,000   $88,120,000

   

 

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5,200,000

Shares of Common Stock

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PROSPECTUS

 

, 2017

 

Roth Capital Partners

 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 13. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

 

The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses to be incurred by the Registrant in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities registered under this Registration Statement. All amounts are estimates except the Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.

 

 

SEC registration fee   $ 1,823.11  
Legal fees and expenses     150,000.00  
Accounting fees and expenses     40,000.00  
NYSE MKT listing fees     3,250.00  
FINRA filing fee     3,000.00  
Transfer agent fees and expenses     16,000.00  

Roadshow and other expenses of Underwriters, including reimbursement of fees and expenses of counsel

    180,000.00  
Printing expenses     5,000.00  
Miscellaneous expenses     926.89  
Total     400,000.00  

 

ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

 

Section 78.138 of the NRS provides that a director or officer will not be individually liable unless it is proven that (i) the director’s or officer’s acts or omissions constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties, and (ii) such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law.

 

Article 9 of our Articles of Incorporation (“Limitation on Liability”) provides as follows:

 

“Unless otherwise provided by law, a director or officer is not individually liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his individual capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that his act or failure to act constituted a breach of his fiduciary duties as a director or officer and his breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud, or a knowing violation of law. If the NRS is amended to further eliminate or limit or authorize corporate action to further eliminate or limit the liability of directors or officers, the liability of directors and officers of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS as so amended from time to time. Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of these Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or adoption of such an inconsistent provision.”

 

Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) permits a company to indemnify its directors and officers against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding if the officer or director (i) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner the officer or director reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, if a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of the officer or director was unlawful.

 

Section 78.751 of NRS permits a Nevada company to indemnify its officers and directors against expenses incurred by them in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding as they are incurred and in advance of final disposition thereof, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the officer or director to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such officer or director is not entitled to be indemnified by the company. Section 78.751 of NRS further permits the company to grant its directors and officers additional rights of indemnification under its articles of incorporation or bylaws or otherwise.

 

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Section 78.752 of NRS provides that a Nevada company may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, for any liability asserted against him and liability and expenses incurred by him in his capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the company has the authority to indemnify him against such liability and expenses.

 

Article 10 of our Articles of Incorporation (“Indemnification”) provides as follows:

 

“Every person who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person with whom he or she is a legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or who is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, or is a representative in a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent legally permissible under the laws of the State of Nevada from time to time against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid or to be paid in a settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by him or her in connection therewith. The right of indemnification shall be a contract right which may be enforced in any manner desired by such person. The expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil suit or proceeding must be paid by the Corporation as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, under receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Such right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other right such directors, officers or representatives may have or hereafter acquire, and, without limiting the generality of such statement, they shall be entitled to their respective rights of indemnification under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders, provision of law, or otherwise, as well as their rights under this article.

 

Without limiting the application of the foregoing, the Board of Directors may adopt bylaws from time to time with respect to indemnification, to provide at all times the fullest indemnification permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada, and may cause the Corporation to purchase or maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation or who is serving at the request of the Corporation as an officer, director or representative of any other entity or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred in any such capacity or arising out of such status, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person.

 

Any repeal or modification of the above provisions of this Article 10, approved by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation existing as of the time of such repeal or modification. In the event of any conflict between the above indemnification provisions, and any other Article of the Articles, the terms and provisions of this Article shall control.”

 

The Company maintains a director and officer insurance policy on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Company. Under such insurance policy, the directors and officers of the Company are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policy, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of certain claims, actions, suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims, actions, suits or proceedings, which may be brought against them by reason of being or having been such directors or officers.

 

Insofar as indemnification by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or controlling person of us in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being offered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.

 

During the past three years, the registrant has sold the following securities which were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

In connection with a Capital Market Advisory Agreement dated January 1, 2014 pursuant to which Taglich Brothers provides us, on a nonexclusive basis, business advisory services, we issued to Taglich Brothers warrants to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $8.72 per share. The warrants are exercisable at any time prior to May 1, 2021. The issuance of the warrants was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The warrants were endorsed with a legend restricting their transfer except in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom.

 

In June 2014 we issued to Taglich Brothers, placement agent in our public offering of 1,170,000 shares of our common stock completed on June 3, 2014, warrants to purchase 46,800 shares of common stock. The warrants may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis at a per share exercise price equal to $11.25, commencing June 2, 2015 and expiring May 28, 2019. The issuance of the warrants was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The warrants were endorsed with a legend restricting their transfer except in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom.

 

On June 4, 2014, we issued 20,000 shares of common stock to Richard Rand and Peter Rand, the shareholders of Eur-Pac Corporation, in connection with the acquisition of Eur-Pac Corporation. The issuance and sale of the shares was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), under Section 4 (a)(2) of the Securities Act. The certificates evidencing the shares were endorsed with a legend restricting their transfer except in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom.

 

On March 1, 2015, we issued 425,005 shares of common stock to the stockholders of The Sterling Engineering Corporation in connection with the acquisition of Sterling in a merger transaction. The common stock was valued at $9.89 per share, which was the closing share price on February 27, 2015. We also granted 52,000 shares of restricted common stock to two of the principals of Sterling in connection with employment and non-compete agreements entered into with these two individuals. The issuance of these shares was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The certificates evidencing the shares were endorsed with a legend restricting their transfer except in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom.

 

On May 26, 2016, we issued and sold a total of 452,250 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to accredited investors pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 26, 2016 for a purchase price of $10.00 per share. The Company also issued 110,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to Michael N. Taglich and 65,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to Robert F. Taglich upon surrender of promissory notes payable to each of them in the aggregate principal amount of $1,100,000 and $650,000, respectively. Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich are directors of the Company and principals of Taglich Brothers We paid the Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC and Taglich Brothers, placement agents for the offering of the Series A Preferred Stock, a sales commission of $439,075 and in addition paid Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC $113,370 in reimbursement of expenses incurred, including legal fees.

 

On May 26, 2016, we issued five-year warrants to purchase 50,996 shares of common stock at an initial exercise price of $6.15 per share to each of Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC and Taglich Brothers, placement agents for the offering of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

The issuance and sale of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock were exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The certificates evidencing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued in the Offering are endorsed with a customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

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On June 1, 2016, we issued and sold an additional 72,750 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to accredited investors, for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 25, 2016. We paid the placement agents $50,925 in sales commissions in connection with the sales of the shares.

 

On June 1, 2016, we issued to each of Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC and Taglich Brothers, placement agents for the offering of the Series A Preferred Stock, five-year warrants to purchase 5,915 shares of common stock at an initial exercise price of $6.15 per share.

  

The issuance and sale of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the issuance of the warrants were exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The certificates evidencing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the warrants were endorsed with the customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

In August 2016, we issued two promissory notes to Michael N. Taglich in principal amounts of $500,000 and $1,000,000, respectively. The notes bore interest at the rate of 7% per annum. The principal and interest were payable on December 31, 2016, or earlier upon our receipt of proceeds from the sale of our equity securities in the aggregate amount of $2,000,000. Michael N. Taglich, a director of our company, is an accredited investor. The issuance and sale of the notes were exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The notes were endorsed with a customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

In August and September 2016, we issued and sold $4,245,086 aggregate principal amount of our 12% Notes, together with five-year warrants to purchase a total of 69,025 shares of common stock, to 32 accredited investors for a total purchase price of $4,245,086. We also issued to Michael N. Taglich a 12% Note in the principal amount of $1,520,703, together with warrants to purchase 61,817 shares of common stock, upon surrender for cancellation of promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000, together with accrued interest thereon and on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock of $20,703. In addition, we issued to Robert F. Taglich a 12% Note in the principal amount of $4,373, together with warrants to purchase 177 shares of common stock, in consideration of the forgiveness of interest of $4,373 accrued on notes previously exchanged for Series A Preferred Stock. The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 12% Notes were convertible at the option of the holder into shares of common stock at an initial conversion price of $4.92, and were automatically convertible into shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a price equal to $10.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock upon the filing of a certificate of amendment to our Articles of Incorporation increasing the number of authorized shares of our Series A Preferred Stock from 900,000 to 2,000,000. The warrants are exercisable until July 31, 2021 at an exercise price of $5.00 per share. We paid Taglich Brothers, placement agent for the offering, a sales commission of $295,400. In addition, we issued to Taglich Brothers five-year placement agent warrants to purchase a total of 69,025 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $6.15 per share. The issuance and sale of the 12% Notes and the warrants were exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The 12% Notes and the warrants were endorsed with the customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

On September 15, 2016, we issued 32,297 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in lieu of payment of cash dividends on the 700,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock sold in our private placement of Series A Preferred Stock completed in June 2016 for the dividend period ended September 15, 2016. The issuance of the shares was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The certificates evidencing the shares were endorsed with the customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

On November 23, 2016, we issued and sold to Michael N. Taglich, Robert F. Taglich and another accredited investor our 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes due November 30, 2018 (the “2018 Notes”) in the principal amounts of $1,000,000, $100,000, and $300,000, respectively, together with five-year warrants to purchase a total of 124,444 shares of Common Stock, for a purchase price of $1,000,000, $100,000 and $300,000, respectively. The 2018 Notes have a conversion price of $2.25 per share and the warrants have an exercise price of $3.00 per share, each of which is subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations. The warrants may be exercised until November 30, 2021 and on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

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As compensation for its services as placement agent for the private placement in November 2016 of the 2018 Notes, we issued to Taglich Brothers, in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions, 2018 Notes in the principal amount of $112,000. We also issued to Taglich Brothers a five-year warrant to purchase 62,222 shares of Common Stock. The warrants may be exercised until November 30, 2021, have an exercise price of $3.00, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

The issuance and sale of the 2018 Notes and warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2018 Notes and the placement agent in the November 2016 private placement of the 2018 Notes were exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The 2018 Notes and the warrants were endorsed with the customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

On November 30, 2016, we issued a total of 438,770 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to holders of our 12% Notes upon the automatic conversion of the principal amount of, and accrued interest on, the 12% Notes at the rate of $10.00 per share. The issuance of the shares was exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. The certificates evidencing the shares are endorsed with the customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

On December 15, 2016, we issued 31,478 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in lieu of payment of cash dividends on our outstanding shares of series A Preferred Stock for the dividend period ended December 15, 2016. The issuance of the shares was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The certificates evidencing the shares were endorsed with the customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

On December 22, 2016, we issued and sold an aggregate principal amount of $1,175,000 of 2018 Notes, together with warrants to purchase an aggregate of 89,359 shares of Common Stock for a total purchase price of $1,175,000 to ten accredited investors, including Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, directors and principal stockholders of our company. Interest on the 2018 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing February 28, 2017, in cash, or if we are prohibited by applicable law or PNC Bank, National Association, our principal lender under our Loan Facility, from paying interest in cash, or we otherwise elect to do so, we may pay interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum in the form of additional notes having the same terms and conditions as the 2018 Notes. The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 2018 Notes are convertible at the option of the holder into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $2.63 per share. The warrants are exercisable until November 30, 2021, have an exercise price of $3.00 per share and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

As compensation for its services as placement agent for the private placement in December 2016 of the 2018 Notes, we issued to Taglich Brothers, in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions, 2018 Notes in the principal amount of $94,000. We also issued to Taglich Brothers five-year placement agent warrants to purchase 44,677 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share and having the same terms as the warrants issued to purchasers of the 2018 Notes in the December 2016 private placement.

 

The 2018 Notes, as well as the warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2018 Notes and the placement agent in the December 2016 private placement of the 2018 Notes, were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and were endorsed with the customary Securities Act legend.

 

On February 7, 2017 and February 17, 2017, we issued sold an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 of our 8% Subordinated Convertible Notes due January 31, 2019 (the “2019 Notes”), together with warrants to purchase an aggregate of 76,929 shares of Common Stock for a total purchase price of $1,000,000 to nine accredited investors, including Robert F. Taglich, a director and principal stockholder of our Company.

 

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Interest on 2019 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing May 31, 2017, in cash, or if we are prohibited by applicable law or PNC Bank, National Association, our principal lender under our Loan Facility from paying interest in cash, or we otherwise elect to do so, we may pay interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum in the form of additional notes having the same terms and conditions as the 2019 Notes. The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 2019 Notes are convertible at the option of the holder into shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion price of $3.25, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, except that the initial conversion price of the Notes issued to Robert F. Taglich is $3.71. The warrants are exercisable until January 31, 2022, have an exercise price of $4.45 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise.

 

As compensation for its services as placement agent for the private placement in February 2017 of the 2019 Notes, we issued to Taglich Brothers, in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions, 2019 Notes in the principal amount of $80,000 (of which a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $20,000 has a conversion price of $3.71 per share and a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $60,000 has a conversion price of $4.45 per share). We also issued to Taglich Brothers five-year placement agent warrants to purchase 29,816 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.45 per share having the same terms as the warrants issued to purchasers of the 2019 Notes in the February 2019 private placement.

 

The 2019 Notes, as well as the warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2019 Notes and the placement agent in the February 2017 private placement of the 2019 Notes, were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and are endorsed with the customary Securities Act legend.

 

On February 28, 2017, we issued 2018 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $61,264 in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest for the period then ended. The issuance of the shares was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The certificates evidencing the shares were endorsed with the customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

On March 8, 2017, we issued 25,000 shares of common stock to Eaton & Van Winkle LLP, our attorneys, in satisfaction of indebtedness having a value of $111,750 based upon the closing market price of our common stock on February 21, 2017, $4.47, the trading date immediately preceding the date we agreed to issue the shares in payment of said indebtedness. The shares were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and were endorsed with the customary Securities Act legend.

 

On March 8, 2017, March 15, 2017 and March 21, 2017, we issued and sold an aggregate principal amount of $1,200,000 of our 2019 Notes, together with warrants to purchase an aggregate of 92,300 shares of Common Stock for a total purchase price of $1,200,000 to 23 accredited investors, including Robert F. Taglich, a director and principal stockholder of our company.

 

Interest on the 2019 Notes is payable on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the annual rate of 8%, payable quarterly commencing May 31, 2017, in cash, or if we are prohibited by applicable law or PNC Bank, National Association, our principal lender under our Loan Facility, from paying interest in cash, or we otherwise elect to do so, we may pay interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum in the form of additional notes having the same terms and conditions as the 2019 Notes. The outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest on the 2019 Notes are convertible at the option of the holder into shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion price of $3.25, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, except that the initial conversion price of the Notes issued to Robert F. Taglich is $3.30. The warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2019 Notes have an exercise price of $3.30 per share, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as mergers and other business combinations, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares depending upon prevailing market prices at the time of exercise. The warrants may be exercised until January 31, 2022.

 

As compensation for its services as placement agent for the private placement in March 2017 of the 2019 Notes, we issued to Taglich Brothers, in lieu of cash payment of sales commissions, 2019 Notes in the principal amount of $96,000 (of which a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $44,400 has a conversion price of $3.30 per share, a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $43,600 has a conversion price of $3.78 per share and a 2019 Note in the principal amount of $8,000 has a conversion price of $3.25 per share) and five-year warrants to purchase a total of 7,386 shares of Common Stock (of which warrants to purchase 3,416 shares have an exercise price of $3.30 per share, warrants to purchase 3,354 shares have an exercise price of $3.78 and warrants to purchase 616 shares have an exercise price of $4.00). We also issued to Taglich Brothers placement agent warrants to purchase a total of 36,877 shares of Common Stock, of which warrants to purchase 17,030 shares have an exercise price of $3.30 per share, warrants to purchase 16,770 shares have an exercise price of $3.78 and warrants to purchase 3,077 shares have an exercise price of $4.00, and having the same terms as the warrants issued to purchasers of the 2019 Notes in the March 2019 private placement.

  

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The 2019 Notes, as well as the warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2019 Notes and the placement agent in the March 2017 private placement of the 2019 Notes, were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and are endorsed with the customary Securities Act legend.

 

On March 15, 2017, we issued 46,010 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in lieu of payment of cash dividends on our outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the dividend period ended March 15, 2017. The issuance of the shares was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The certificates evidencing the shares were endorsed with the customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

On March 17, 2017, we borrowed $200,000 and $300,000 from each of Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, respectively, and issued our promissory notes in the principal amounts of $200,000 and $300,000 to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, respectively, to evidence our obligation to repay that indebtedness. The notes bear interest at the rate of 7% per annum and are payable on September 17, 2017. Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich have the option to convert the unpaid principal amount and accrued interest on the promissory notes into shares of common stock or other securities of our company which we may offer and sell in this offering, or any other public or private financing (each a “Financing”), on the same terms and conditions as are offered to purchasers in such Financing, or, if more favorable to us, on such other terms as may be required under the rules of the NYSE MKT, which option they must exercise by notice to us within three business days following the completion of such Financing. Upon completion of this offering or any other Financing, upon notice to Michael and Robert F. Taglich, we have the right to convert the unpaid principal amount of those promissory notes and accrued interest thereon into shares of common stock or other of our securities sold in the Financing on the same terms and conditions as are offered to purchasers in the Financing, or if more favorable to us, on such other terms as may be required under the rules of the NYSE MKT, which right we must exercise within three business days following the completion of such Financing.

 

Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, directors of our company, are accredited investors. The issuance and sale of the notes were exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The notes were endorsed with a customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

On May 12, 2017, we issued and sold to seven accredited investors, including Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, an aggregate of $3,089,186 principal amount of our May 2018 Notes, together with warrants to purchase a total of 372,191 shares of our common stock, for a total purchase price of $2,999,198, resulting in gross proceeds of $1,495,870, net of the cancellation of $1,503,328 of indebtedness owed to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich for working capital advances made on May 2 and 10, 2017. On May 19, 2017 we issued and sold to ten accredited investors, including a partnership in which Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich are partners, an aggregate of $1,069,438 principal amount of May 2018 Notes, together with warrants to purchase a total of 128,848 shares of common stock, for a total purchase price of $1,038,286. The principal amount, together with accrued interest, if any (together, the “Conversion Amount”), of the May 2018 Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock until November 12, 2017 at an initial conversion price of $2.49 per share, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments for stock splits and certain fundamental transactions, including recapitalizations, mergers and other business combination transactions (the “Fixed Conversion Price”), and thereafter at the lower of the Fixed Conversion Price and 75% of the five (5) Weighted Average Prices (as defined in the May 2018 Notes) of the common stock during the five consecutive trading day period ending on the trading immediately preceding the day of a request by the holder for conversion of the May 2018 Note. The warrants are exercisable at an initial exercise price of $2.49 per share until May 12, 2022, and may be exercised on a cashless basis for a lesser number of shares based upon prevailing market prices when exercised. The exercise price of the warrants is subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments, including stock splits, and in the event of certain fundamental transactions such as recapitalizations, mergers and other business combination transactions. The exercise price of the warrants will be reset (x) to the public offering price of the shares of common stock sold in this offering, if lower than the exercise price then in effect, or (y) the Weighted Average Price (as defined in the May 2018 Notes) of the common stock on the first date on which none of the May 2018 Notes are outstanding, if lower than the exercise price then in effect, whichever event first occurs.

 

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We paid Roth Capital Partners LLC $15,000 and have agreed to pay Taglich Brothers $176,155 as sales commissions in connection with the May 2018 Notes financing. The issuance and sale of the May 2018 Notes and warrants were exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The May 2018 Notes and warrants were endorsed with a customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

On May 31, 2017, we issued 2018 Notes and 2019 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $68,539 and $28,285, respectively, in lieu of cash payment of accrued interest for the period then ended. The issuance of the shares was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The certificates evidencing the shares were endorsed with the customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

On June 15, 2017, we issued 46,787 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in lieu of payment of cash dividends on our outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the dividend period ended June 15, 2017. The issuance of the shares was exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The certificates evidencing the shares were endorsed with the customary Securities Act restrictive legend.

 

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

 

The following exhibits are included as part of this Form S-1. References to “the Company” in this Exhibit List mean Air Industries Group, a Nevada corporation.

 

Exhibit No.  Description

 

1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement.
   
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 29, 2013 between Air Industries Group, Inc. and Air Industries Group (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 30, 2013).
   
2.2 Articles of Merger between Air Industries Group and Air Industries Group, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on August 28, 2013 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 30, 2013).
   
2.3 Certificate of Merger between Air Industries Group and Air Industries Group, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on August 29, 2013 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 30, 2013).
   
3.1 Articles of Incorporation of Air Industries Group (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 30, 2013).

 

3.2 Certificate of Designation authorizing the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2016).
   

3.3

 

 

Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designation increasing number of authorized shares of preferred stock and Series A Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 2) for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed on May 1, 2017).

 
3.4 Form of Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designation to provide for the redemption of PIK Shares and automatic conversion of the remaining shares of Series A Preferred Stock upon completion of this offering.
   
3.5 Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the period ended March 31, 2017 filed on June 2, 2017).
   
4.1 Form of specimen common stock certificate (incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-191748) filed on August 26, 2014 and declared effective on August 26, 2014).
   
4.2 Form of Placement Agent’s Warrant Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 29, 2014).
   
4.3 Form of Warrant issued to Taglich Brothers in connection with Capital Market Advisory Agreement dated as of January 1, 2014 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed on April 19, 2017).

 

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4.4 Placement Agent Warrant issued to Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC in connection with first closing of Series A Preferred Stock Offering (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2016).
   
4.5 Placement Agent Warrant issued to Taglich Brothers in connection with first closing of Series A Preferred Stock Offering (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2016).
   
4.6 Placement Agent Warrant issued to Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC in connection with second closing of Series A Preferred Stock Offering (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 3, 2016).
   
4.7 Placement Agent Warrant issued to Taglich Brothers in connection with second closing of Series A Preferred Stock Offering (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 3, 2016).
   
4.8 Form of Warrant issued to purchasers of 12% Notes in connection with 12% Note Offering (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 22, 2016).
   
4.9 Placement Agent Warrant issued to Taglich Brothers in connection with 12% Note Offering (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Quarterly Report On Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016 filed on November 14, 2016).
   
4.10 Form of 8% Subordinated Convertible Note due November 30, 2018 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2016).
   
4.11 Form of Warrant issued to purchasers of the 2018 Notes in connection with 8% Note Offering (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2016).

 

4.12 Placement Agent Warrant issued to Taglich Brothers in connection with the 2019 Note Offering (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2017).
   
4.13 Form of 8% Subordinated Convertible Note due January 31, 2019 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2017).
   
4.14 Form of Warrant issued to purchasers of 2019 Notes in connection with the 8% Note Offering (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2017).
   

4.15

 

Form of Placement Agent Warrant issued to Taglich Brothers in connection with the 2019 Note Offering (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2017).

   
4.16 Form of warrant issued to purchasers of the Company’s Subordinated Convertible Notes due May 12, 2018 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 15, 2017).
   
4.17 Form of Representative’s Warrant issued to Roth Capital Partners LLC in connection with this offering (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 1.1).
   
5.1 Opinion of Eaton & Van Winkle LLP.
   
  Agreements Relating to PNC Loan Facility
   
10.1 Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement (the “PNC Loan Agreement”) dated June 27, 2013 by and among PNC Bank, National Association, as Lender and Agent, and Air Industries Machining, Corp., Welding Metallurgy, Inc., Nassau Tool Works, Inc. and Air Industries Group, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 27, 2013).

 

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10.2 Guarantor’s Ratification by Air Industries Group, Inc. under PNC Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 27, 2013).
   
10.3 First Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.22 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (the “2013 Form 10-K”).
   
10.4 Second Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s 2013 Form 10-K).
   
10.5 Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note issued under the PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.24 to the Company’s 2013 Form 10-K).
   
10.6 Second Amendment to Term Note in the principal amount of $1,947,603.50 issued under the PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s 2013 Form 10-K).
   
10.7 Third Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 2, 2014).
   
10.8 Sixth Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 2, 2014).
   
10.9 Term Note in the principal amount of $3,500,000 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 2, 2014).

 

   
10.10 Eighth Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 10, 2015).
   
10.11 Term Note in the principal amount of $3,500,000 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 10, 2015).
   
10.12 Tenth Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 23, 2015).
   
10.13 Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 23, 2015).
   
10.14 Eleventh Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 12, 2016).
   
10.15 Sixth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 12, 2016).
   
10.16 Twelfth Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2016).
   
10.17 Term Loan in the principal amount of $7,388,000 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2016).
   
10.18 Thirteenth Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 21, 2016).
   
10.19 Fourteenth Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 30, 2017.
   
10.20 Fifteenth Amendment to PNC Loan Agreement.

 

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Agreements Relating to Acquisitions
   
10.21 Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of April 1, 2014 by and among WMI and the shareholders of Woodbine Products, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 2, 2014).
   
10.22 Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of June 4, 2014, by and among the Registrant and the shareholders of Eur-Pac Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 4, 2014).
   
10.23 Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of October 1, 2014, between the Company and Dynamic Materials Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed (October 2, 2014).
   
10.24 Promissory Note of Registrant payable to AMK Welding, Inc. in the principal amount of $2,500,000 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 2, 2014).
   
10.25 Mortgage and Security Agreement in favor of Dynamic Materials Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 2, 2014).
   
10.26 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 27, 2015, by and among the Registrant, SEC Acquisition Corp., The Sterling Engineering Corporation (“Old Sterling”) and the shareholders of Old Sterling (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 5, 2015).

 

10.27 Open End Mortgage Deed and Security Agreement with respect to South Windsor, Connecticut premises (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 10, 2015).
   
10.28 Collateral Assignment of Rents, Leases and Profits with respect to South Windsor, Connecticut premises (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 10, 2015).
   
10.29 Open End Mortgage Deed and Security Agreement with respect to Barkhamsted, Connecticut premises (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 10, 2015).
   
10.30 Collateral Assignment of Rents, Leases and Profits with respect to Barkhamsted, Connecticut premises (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 10, 2015).
   
10.31 Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of August 31, 2013 between the Company, on the one hand, and Compaq Development Corporation, Peter C. Rao and Vito Valenti, the shareholders of Compaq Development Corporation, on the other hand (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 1, 2015).
   
10.32 Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of January 27, 2017, between Air Industries Group, AMK Welding, Inc., Air Industries Group Poland, LLC and Meyer Tool, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 30, 2017).
   
  Agreements Relating to Real Property
   
10.33 Contract of Sale, dated as of November 7, 2005, by and between KPK Realty Corp. and Gales Industries Incorporated for the purchase of the property known as 1460 North Fifth Avenue and 1479 North Clinton Avenue, Bay Shore, NY (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 6, 2005).
   
10.34 Real Estate Purchase and Sale Contract dated as of December 7, 2015 for the sale of 283 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, CT (“South Windsor Contract”) (filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed on April 4, 2016).
   
10.35 First Amendment to South Windsor Contract dated as of January 26, 2016 (filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed on April 4, 2016).

 

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10.36 Second Amendment to South Windsor Contract dated as of February 24, 2016 (filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed on April 4, 2016).
   
10.37 Third Amendment to South Windsor Contract dated as of April 7, 2016 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.50 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2016).
   
10.38 Lease dated April 11, 2016 for the premises located at 283 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, CT (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.50 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2016).
   
10.39 Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2015 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.46 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed on April 4, 2016).

 

10.40 First Amendment to Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 26, 2016 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.47 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed on April 4, 2016).
   
10.41 Second Amendment to Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of February 24, 2016 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.48 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed on April 4, 2016).
   
10.42 Third Amendment to Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of April 6, 2016 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.49 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April, 2016).
   
10.43 Lease dated April 11, 2016 for the premises located at 283 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, CT (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.50 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 14, 2016).
   
  Agreements With Officers, Directors and Related Persons
   
10.44 Capital Market Advisory Agreement dated as of January 1, 2014 between the Registrant and Taglich Brothers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed on March 31, 2015).
   
10.45 Offer Letter to Daniel R. Godin (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed on March 31, 2015).
   
10.46 Promissory Note dated as of September 8, 2015 payable to Michael N. Taglich in the principal amount of $350,000 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.45 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 filed on April 4, 2016).
   
10.47 Promissory note dated April 8, 2016 in the principal amount of $350,000 payable to Michael N. Taglich (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.51 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2016).
   
10.48 Promissory note dated April 8, 2016 in the principal amount of $350,000 payable to Robert F. Taglich (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.52 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2016).
   
10.49 Promissory note in the principal amount of $350,000 payable to Michael N. Taglich (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2016).
   
10.50 Promissory note in the principal amount of $350,000 payable to Robert F. Taglich (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2016).
   
10.51 Promissory note in the principal amount of $500,000 payable to Michael N. Taglich (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2016).
   
10.52 Promissory note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 payable to Michael N. Taglich (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2016).

 

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10.53 Promissory note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 payable to Michael N. Taglich (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.52 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed on April 19, 2017).
   
10.54 Promissory note in the principal amount of $200,000 payable to Michael N. Taglich (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.73 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 2 for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed on April 19, 2017).

 

10.55 Promissory note in the principal amount of $200,000 payable to Michael N. Taglich (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.73 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 2 for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed on April 19, 2017).
   
10.56 Promissory note in the principal amount of $300,000 payable to Robert F. Taglich (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.74 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 2 for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed on April 19, 2017).
   
  Agreements Relating to Issuance of Securities
   
10.57 Form of Subscription Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2014 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 29, 2014).
   
10.58 Placement Agent Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2014, between the Company and Taglich Brothers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 29, 2014).
   
10.59 Placement Agency Agreement dated May 25, 2016 between the Company, Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC and Taglich Brothers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2016).
   
10.60 Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of May 25, 2016 by and among Air Industries Group and the purchasers named therein (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A included in Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2016).
   
10.61 Registration Rights Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit B included in Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2016).
   
10.62 Placement Agency Agreement dated August 19, 2016 between the Company and Taglich Brothers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 22, 2016).
   
10.63 Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the purchasers named therein (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 22, 2016).
   
10.64 The Company’s 12% Subordinated Convertible Note due December 31, 2017(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 22, 2016).
   
10.65 Joinder Agreement among the purchasers of the Notes and the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 22, 2016).
   
10.66 Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 22, 2016).
   
10.67 The Company’s 8% Subordinated Convertible Note due November 30, 2018 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2016).
   
10.68 Placement Agency Agreement with Taglich Brothers for the offering of the 2018 Notes (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2016).

 

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10.69 Form of Subscription Agreement for the 2019 Notes (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2017).
   
10.70 Placement Agency Agreement with Taglich Brothers for the offering of the 2019 Notes issued in February 2017 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2017).

 

10.71 Form of Subscription Agreement for the 2019 Notes (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 16, 2017).
   

10.72

 

 

Placement Agency Agreement with Taglich Brothers for the offering of the 2019 Notes issued in March 2017 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2017).

   
10.73 Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 12, 2017 by and among the Company and the Buyers of the Company’s Subordinated Convertible Notes due May 10, 2017 and Warrants (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 15, 2017).
   
 10.74

Form of Subordinated Convertible Note due May 12, 2017(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 15, 2017).

 

  Equity Incentive Plans
   
10.75 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on October 2, 2012).
   
10.76 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-191560) filed on October 4, 2013).
   
10.77 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-206341) filed on August 13, 2015).
   
10.78 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Quarterly Report On Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016 filed on November 14, 2016).
   
14.1 Code of Ethics (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (Registration No. 333-144561) filed July 13, 2009 and declared effective July 27, 2009).
   
21.1 Subsidiaries (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed on April 19, 2017).
   
23.1 Consent of Eaton & Van Winkle LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
   
23.2 Consent of Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla, P.C.
   
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in signature page of original filing on May 2, 2017)

 

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS. 

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: 

 

(1)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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(2)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(3)    For determining liability of the undersigned registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: 

 

(i)    Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; 

 

(ii)    Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; 

 

(iii)    The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

(iv)   Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

(4)    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(5)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. 

 

In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(6)    For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(7)    Each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No.2 to this Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Hauppauge, New York, on this 19th day of June, 2017.

 

  AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP
     
  By:  /s/ Peter D. Rettaliata
    Peter D. Rettaliata
    Acting President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
     
  By:  /s/ Michael Recca
    Michael Recca
    Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 2 to this Registration Statement on Form S-1 was signed by the following persons on June 19, 2017 in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature   Capacity
     
/s/ Peter D. Rettaliata    
Peter D. Rettaliata    Acting President, CEO  and a Director
     

/s/ Michael Recca

 

Chief Financial Officer  

Michael Recca    
     
*    
Michael N. Taglich   Chairman of the Board
     
*    
Seymour G. Siegel    Director
     
*    
Robert F. Taglich   Director
     
*    
David  J. Buonanno   Director
     
*    
Robert Schroeder    Director
     
*    
Michael Brand   Director

___

* By: /s/ Michael E. Recca

Michael E. Recca, Attorney-in fact

 

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[_________] Shares

 

AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP

 

Common Stock

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

[________], 2017

 

Roth Capital Partners, LLC

888 San Clemente Drive

Newport Beach, California 92660

 

as Representative of the several

Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Air Industries Group, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, to sell to Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“Roth”) and the other underwriters named on Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom Roth is acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of [_________] shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”). The respective amounts of the Firm Shares to be purchased by each of the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names on Schedule I hereto. In addition, the Company proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional [_________] shares (the “Option Shares”) of Common Stock for the purpose of covering over-allotments in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares. The Firm Shares and the Option Shares are collectively called the “Shares.”

 

The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Shares, as set forth in and pursuant to the Statutory Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) and the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), as soon after the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined) and the date of this Agreement as the Representative deems advisable. The Company hereby confirms that the Underwriters and dealers have been authorized to distribute or cause to be distributed each Preliminary Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) and are authorized to distribute the Prospectus (as from time to time amended if the Company furnishes amendments thereto to the Underwriters).

 

 

 

1.                  Sale, Purchase, Delivery and Payment for the Shares and the Representative’s Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement:

 

(a)               The Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $[___] per share (which, for the avoidance of doubt, equals 93% of the per Firm Share public offering price) (the “Initial Price”), the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter under the column “Number of Firm Shares to be Purchased from the Company” on Schedule I to this Agreement, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 8 hereof.

 

(b)               The Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Representative (and/or its designees) on the Firm Shares Closing Date an option (“Representative’s Warrant”) for the purchase of an aggregate of [_____] shares of Common Stock, representing 5% of the Firm Shares (which, for avoidance of doubt, excludes the Option Shares). The Representative’s Warrant, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Representative’s Warrant”), shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing on a date which is one (1) year after the Effective Date and expiring on the five-year anniversary of the Effective Date at an initial exercise price per share of Common Stock of $[___] (120% of the per Firm Share public offering price). The Representative’s Warrant and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise thereof are hereinafter referred to together as the “Representative’s Securities.” The Representative understands and agrees that there are significant restrictions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 against transferring the Representative’s Securities and other items of value constituting underwriter compensation, as defined therein (“Underwriter Compensation”) during the one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date and by its acceptance thereof shall agree that it will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate the Representative’s Warrant, or any portion thereof, or any other Underwriter Compensation or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Date to anyone other than (i) an Underwriter or a selected dealer in connection with the offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of any of the Representative or of any such Underwriter or selected dealer; and only if any such transferee agrees to the foregoing lock-up restrictions.

 

(c)               The Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters an option to purchase, severally and not jointly, all or any part of the Option Shares at the Initial Price. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage (adjusted by the Representative to eliminate fractions) of the total number of Option Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Firm Shares. Such option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sales of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time on or before 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the business day before the Firm Shares Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), and from time to time thereafter within 30 days after the date of this Agreement, in each case upon written or facsimile notice, or verbal or telephonic notice confirmed by written or facsimile notice, by the Representative to the Company no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the business day before the Firm Shares Closing Date or at least one business day before the Option Shares Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), as the case may be, setting forth the number of Option Shares to be purchased and the time and date (if other than the Firm Shares Closing Date) of such purchase.

 

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(d)               Payment of the purchase price, and delivery of certificates, for the Firm Shares and for the Representative’s Warrant, shall be made at the offices of Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, at 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on the third business day following the date of this Agreement or, if the Shares are priced after 4:30 p.m. New York City time as contemplated by Rule 15c6-1c under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on the fourth business day following the date of this Agreement or at such time on such other date, not later than ten (10) business days after the date of this Agreement, as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative (such time and date of delivery and payment are called the “Firm Shares Closing Date”). In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Shares are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price, and delivery of the certificates, for such Option Shares shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, on each date of delivery as specified in the notice from the Representative to the Company (such time and date of delivery and payment are called the “Option Shares Closing Date”). The Firm Shares Closing Date and any Option Shares Closing Date are called, individually, a “Closing Date” and, together, the “Closing Dates.”

 

(e)               Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Firm Shares Closing Date or the Option Shares Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such Firm Shares Closing Date or the Option Shares Closing Date, as the case may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct. If requested, the certificates for the Shares will be made available for inspection and packaging by the Representative at the office of DTC or its designated custodian not later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time, on the business day prior to the Firm Shares Closing Date or the Option Shares Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

2.             Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Firm Shares Closing Date and as of each Option Shares Closing Date (if any), as follows:

 

(a)               The Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement, and an amendment or amendments thereto, on Form S-1 (File No. 333-217582), including any related prospectus or prospectuses, for the registration of the Shares and the Representative’s Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which registration statement and amendment or amendments have been prepared by the Company in all material respects in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the “Rules”) and will contain all material statements that are required to be stated therein in accordance with the Securities Act and the Rules. Except as the context may otherwise require, such registration statement, as amended, on file with the Commission at the time the registration statement became effective (including the Preliminary Prospectus included in the registration statement, financial statements, schedules, exhibits and all other documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated therein and all information deemed to be a part thereof as of the Effective Date pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A of the Rules (the “Rule 430A Information”)), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement.” If the Company files any registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules, then after such filing, the term “Registration Statement” shall include such registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b). The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission on the date hereof.

 

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Each prospectus used prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and each prospectus that omitted the Rule 430A Information that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, is herein called a “Preliminary Prospectus.” The Preliminary Prospectus, subject to completion, dated [__________], 2017, that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time is hereinafter called the “Statutory Prospectus.” The final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in the Offering is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.” Any reference to the “most recent Preliminary Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the latest Preliminary Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

 

The term “Effective Date” shall mean each date that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or become effective. Unless otherwise stated herein, any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein, including pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-1 under the Securities Act, which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the date hereof or are so filed hereafter. Any reference herein to the terms “amend” or “amendment” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any such document filed or to be filed under the Exchange Act after the date of the Registration Statement, any such Preliminary Prospectus, Statutory Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.

 

(b)               When the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof was or is declared effective and as of the date of the most recent amendment to the Registration Statement, it (i) complied or will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (ii) did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. When any Preliminary Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as part of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules) and when any amendment thereof was first filed with the Commission, such Preliminary Prospectus as amended complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Rules and did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. When any Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as part of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules), when any amendment thereof was first filed with the Commission and as of the Firm Shares Closing Date and each Option Shares Closing Date (if any), such Prospectus complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Rules and did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If applicable, each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the representations and warranties in this paragraph 2(a) shall apply to statements in, or omissions from, the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information herein or otherwise furnished in writing by the Representative on behalf of the several Underwriters specifically for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus. With respect to the preceding sentence, the Company acknowledges that the only information furnished in writing by the Representative on behalf of the several Underwriters for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus is the statements regarding the name and the corresponding share amounts set forth in the second paragraph under the caption “Underwriting (Conflict of Interest)” in the Prospectus (collectively, the “Underwriter Information”).

 

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(c)               As of the Applicable Time (as hereinafter defined), as of the Firm Shares Closing Date and as of each Option Shares Closing Date (if any), neither (i) the General Disclosure Package, nor (ii) any individual Issuer Free Writing Prospectus when considered together with the Statutory Prospectus included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements in or omissions in the General Disclosure Package made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), including any electronic road show (including without limitation any “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act) (each, a “Road Show”) (i) is identified in Schedule II hereto and (ii) complied when issued, and complies, in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

As used in this Section and elsewhere in this Agreement:

 

Applicable Time” means [____] a.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Underwriting Agreement.

 

General Disclosure Package” means the Statutory Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified on Schedule II hereto as included in the General Disclosure Package, together with the price to public and number of shares offered and sold as indicated on the cover of the Prospectus.

 

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Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means each “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, each Road Show.

 

(d)               The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act and no stop order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Rules, has been issued by the Commission and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are threatened under the Securities Act. Any required filing of any Preliminary Prospectus and/or the Prospectus and any amendments thereto pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules has been or will be made in the manner and within the time period required by such Rule 424(b) of the Rules. Any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) or Rule 163(b)(2) of the Rules has been or will be made in the manner and within the time period required by such Rules.

 

(e)               All documents filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, including those incorporated by reference therein from reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act or registration statements filed pursuant to the Securities Act, at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

 

(f)                Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representative as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus.

 

If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representative in writing and has promptly amended or will promptly amend, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

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(g)               The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).

 

(h)               The financial statements of the Company (including all notes and schedules thereto) included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and Prospectus (the “Company Financial Statements”) present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; and such financial statements and related schedules and notes thereto, and the unaudited financial information filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement, have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), consistently applied throughout the periods involved.

 

(i)                 Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla, P.C. (the “Auditor”) whose reports are filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are and, during the periods covered by their reports, were independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Rules.

 

(j)                 The Company and each of its subsidiaries, including each entity (corporation, partnership, joint venture, association or other business organization) controlled directly or indirectly by the Company (each, a “subsidiary”), is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization and each such entity has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as is currently being conducted and as described in the General Disclosure Package, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, and to own, lease and operate its properties. All of the issued shares of capital stock of, or other ownership interests in, each subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim, limitation on voting rights, equity, trust or other encumbrance, preferential arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind whatsoever except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus. The Company and each of its subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or location of the assets or properties owned, leased or licensed by it requires such qualification, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the assets, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”); and to the Company’s knowledge, no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or qualification.

 

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(k)               The Company and each of its subsidiaries has all requisite corporate power and authority, and all necessary authorizations, approvals, consents, orders, licenses, certificates and permits of and from all governmental or regulatory bodies or any other person or entity (collectively, the “Permits”), to own, lease and license its assets and properties and conduct its business, including as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, all of which are valid and in full force and effect, except where the lack of such Permits, individually or in the aggregate, would not be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed in all material respects all of its obligations with respect to such Permits and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other material impairment of the rights of such entity thereunder. Except as may be required under the Securities Act and state and foreign Blue Sky laws and as required by FINRA and the NYSE MKT, no other Permits are required to enter into, deliver and perform this Agreement and to issue and sell the Shares.

 

(l)                 (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Rules) for the Shares and (ii) at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules.

 

(m)             The Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or possesses legally enforceable rights to use all patents, patent rights, inventions, trademarks, trademark applications, trade names, service marks, copyrights, copyright applications, licenses, know-how and other similar rights and proprietary knowledge (collectively, “Intangibles”) necessary for the conduct of its business. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of, or is not aware of, any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intangibles.

 

(n)               The Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all real property, and good and valid title to all other property owned by it, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests and defects, except such as do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or as are disclosed in the Prospectus. All property held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries is held by them under valid, existing and enforceable leases, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests and defects, except such as do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or as are disclosed in the Prospectus.

 

(o)               Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any event which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its assets, businesses or properties (whether owned or leased) from fire, explosion, earthquake, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any court or legislative or other governmental action, order or decree; and (iii) since the date of the latest balance sheet included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has (A) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, issued any securities other than upon the exercise of options or warrants or pursuant to the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, 2015 Equity Incentive Plan or 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money, except such liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (B) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (C), except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, declared or paid any dividend or made any distribution on any shares of its stock or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired or agreed to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock.

 

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(p)               There is no document, contract or other agreement required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which is not described or filed as required by the Securities Act or Rules. Each description of a contract, document or other agreement in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus accurately reflects in all material respects the terms of the underlying contract, document or other agreement. Each contract, document or other agreement described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or listed in the Exhibits to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference is in full force and effect and is valid and enforceable by and against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as the case may be, in accordance with its terms. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, if a subsidiary is a party, nor to the Company’s knowledge after reasonable investigation, any other party is in default in the observance or performance of any term or obligation to be performed by it under any such agreement, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default. No default exists, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default, in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, if a subsidiary is a party thereto, of any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which Company or its properties or business or any subsidiary or its properties or business may be bound or affected which default or event, individually or in the aggregate, would be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

(q)               The statistical and market related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.

 

(r)                Neither the Company nor any subsidiary (i) is in violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, (ii) is in default under (except for such defaults as have been waived), and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim, limitation on voting rights, equity, trust or other encumbrance, preferential arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind whatsoever, upon, any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, any bond, debenture, note, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, foreign or domestic, except (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above) for violations or defaults that could not (individually or in the aggregate) reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

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(s)                This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and the Representative’s Warrant has been duly authorized, and will be executed and delivered by the Company on the Firm Shares Closing Date.

 

(t)                 Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Representative’s Warrant by the Company nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares and the Representative’s Warrant, will give rise to a right to terminate or accelerate the due date of any payment due under, or conflict with or result in the breach of any term or provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default) under, or require any consent or waiver under, or result in the execution or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which either the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or businesses is bound, or any franchise, license, permit, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or violate any provision of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except for such consents or waivers which have already been obtained and are in full force and effect.

 

(u)               The Company has authorized and outstanding capital stock as set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus. The certificates evidencing the Shares and the Representative’s Securities are in due and proper legal form and have been duly authorized for issuance by the Company. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. There are no statutory preemptive or other similar rights to subscribe for or to purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock or Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any such rights pursuant to its Articles of Incorporation or by-laws or any agreement or instrument to or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound. The Shares and the Representative’s Securities to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement, or the Representative’s Warrant, as the case may be, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and none of them will be subject to, or issued in violation of, any preemptive or other similar right. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, there is no outstanding option, warrant or other right calling for the issuance of, and there is no commitment, plan or arrangement to issue, any share of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any security convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, such stock. The exercise price of each option to acquire Common Stock (each, a “Company Stock Option”) is no less than the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined on the date of grant of such Company Stock Option. All grants of Company Stock Options were validly issued and properly approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (or committees thereof) in compliance with all applicable laws and the terms of the plans under which such Company Stock Options were issued and were recorded on the Company Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP, and no such grants involved any “back dating”, “forward dating,” “spring loading” or similar practices with respect to the effective date of grant. The Common Stock, the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the Shares and the Representative’s Securities conform in all material respects to all statements in relation thereto contained in the Registration Statement and the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus. All outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company’s subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly by the Company or by another wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company free and clear of any security interests, liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, other than those described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

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(v)               No holder of any security of the Company has any right, which has not been waived, to have any security owned by such holder included in the Registration Statement or to demand registration of any security owned by such holder for a period of 180 days after the Effective Date. Each director and executive officer of the Company and each stockholder of the Company listed on Schedule III hereto has delivered to the Representative an enforceable written lock-up agreement in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B hereto (“Lock-Up Agreement”).

 

(w)             There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries could individually or in the aggregate be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and, to the knowledge of the Company, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.

 

(x)               All necessary corporate action has been duly and validly taken by the Company to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Representative’s Warrant and the issuance and sale of the Shares and the Representative’s Securities by the Company.

 

(y)               Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is involved in any labor dispute and, to the knowledge of the Company, is any such dispute threatened, which dispute could be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. The Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers or contractors which would be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. The Company is not aware of any threatened or pending litigation between the Company or its subsidiaries and any of its executive officers which, if adversely determined, could be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and has no reason to believe that such officers will not remain in the employment of the Company.

 

(z)               No transaction has occurred between or among the Company and any of its officers or directors, stockholders or any affiliate or affiliates of any such officer or director or stockholder that is required to be described in and is not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

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(aa)            The Company has not taken, nor will it take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock or any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.

 

(bb)           The Company and each of its subsidiaries has filed (or filed an extension of time within which to file) all Federal, state, local and foreign tax returns which are required to be filed through the date hereof, which returns are true and correct in all material respects or has received timely extensions thereof, and has paid all taxes shown on such returns and all assessments received by it to the extent that the same have become due. There are no tax audits or investigations pending, which if adversely determined would be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; nor are there any material proposed additional tax assessments against the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(cc)            The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or listing on the NYSE MKT, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the NYSE MKT is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

 

(dd)           The books, records and accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries accurately and fairly reflect, in all material respects, the transactions in, and dispositions of, the assets of, and the liabilities and results of operations of, the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if any, fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

(ee)            The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if any, fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

(ff)              Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act), which: (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within the Company, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are required to be prepared; (ii) provide for the periodic evaluation of the effectiveness of such disclosure controls and procedures at the end of the periods in which the periodic reports are required to be prepared; and (iii) are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established.

 

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(gg)           Based on the evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of the most recent evaluation date, except as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of (i) any material weakness or significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s or any subsidiary’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses in internal controls; or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ internal controls.

 

(hh)           Except as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and as preapproved in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 10A of the Exchange Act, the Auditor has not been engaged by the Company to perform any “prohibited activities” (as defined in Section 10A of the Exchange Act).

 

(ii)              Except as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that have or are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on the financial condition, revenues or expenses, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

(jj)              The Company’s board of directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose composition satisfies the requirements of the NYSE MKT and the audit committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements of the NYSE MKT.

 

(kk)           There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of its directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including, without limitation, Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

 

(ll)              The Company and its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as it believes is appropriate in the businesses in which they are engaged or propose to engage after giving effect to the transactions described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that is not materially greater than the current cost. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been denied any material insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

 

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(mm)      Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing of, by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Representative’s Warrant and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated required to be obtained or performed by the Company has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect.

 

(nn)           There are no affiliations with FINRA among the Company’s officers, directors or, to the knowledge of the Company after reasonable investigation and due inquiry, any five percent or greater stockholder of the Company, except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Representative prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(oo)           The Company is not a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) within the meaning of Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, to the Company’s knowledge, does not expect to become a PFIC for the year ending December 31, 2016 or any future year.

 

(pp)           (i) Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all rules, laws and regulation relating to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of toxic substances and protection of health or the environment (“Environmental Laws”) which are applicable to its business; (ii) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has received any notice from any governmental authority or third party of an asserted claim under Environmental Laws; (iii) each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries has received all material permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business and is in material compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval; (iv) to the Company’s knowledge, no facts currently exist that will require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to make future material capital expenditures to comply with Environmental Laws; and (v) no property which is or has been owned, leased or occupied by the Company or its subsidiaries has been designated as a Superfund site pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation of Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et. seq.) (“CERCLA”) or otherwise designated as a contaminated site under applicable state or local law. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under CERCLA.

 

(qq)           The Company has reasonably concluded there are no costs and liabilities associated with Environmental Laws applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) that would, singly or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

(rr)              The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of proceeds thereof as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

 

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(ss)             Neither the Company nor any subsidiary or any other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary including, without limitation, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries, has, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds; (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any other unlawful payment.

 

(tt)              The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending, or to the knowledge of the Company after reasonable investigation and due inquiry, threatened.

 

(uu)           Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company after reasonable investigation and due inquiry, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

 

(vv)           Except as described in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company has not sold or issued any shares of capital stock during the six-month period preceding the date of the Prospectus, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulations D or S of, the Securities Act, other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock options plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.

 

(ww)       The Company has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each “plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations in which its employees are eligible to participate and each such plan is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations. No “Reportable Event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “Pension Plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company could have any liability.

 

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(xx)           None of the Company, its directors or its officers has distributed nor will distribute prior to the later of (i) the Firm Shares Closing Date, or the Option Shares Closing Date, and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement and other materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act and consistent with Section 4(a) below.

 

(yy)           No payment has been made by the Company or its subsidiaries, or by any person authorized to act on their behalf, to any person in connection with any contracts with any governmental entity or regulatory agency (“Government Contracts”), in violation of applicable procurement laws or regulations. The Company’s and its subsidiaries’ cost accounting and procurement systems with respect to Government Contracts are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable governmental regulations and requirements. With respect to each Government Contract: (i) the Company and each subsidiary have complied with all material terms and conditions of such Government Contract, including all clauses, provisions and requirements incorporated expressly, by reference or by operation of law therein; (ii) the Company and each such subsidiary have complied with all material requirements of applicable laws pertaining to such Government Contract; (iii) all representations and certifications executed, acknowledged or set forth in or pertaining to such Government Contract were complete and correct in all material respects as of their effective date, and the Company and each subsidiary have complied in all material respects with all such representations and certifications; (iv) neither the United States government nor any prime contractor, subcontractor or other person has notified the Company or any subsidiary, either orally or in writing, that the Company or such subsidiary has breached or violated any applicable law, or any material certification, representation, clause, provision or requirement pertaining to such Government Contract; and (v) no termination for convenience, termination for default, cure notice or show cause notice is in effect as of the date hereof pertaining to any Government Contract. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any of their respective directors, officers or employees is (or during the last three (3) years has been) under administrative, civil or criminal investigation, or indictment or audit by any governmental authority with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any Government Contract (other than routine Defense Contract Audit Agency audits, in which no such irregularities, misstatements or omissions were identified). During the last three (3) years, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has conducted or initiated any internal investigation or made a voluntary disclosure to the United States government, with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any Government Contract. There are no outstanding claims against the Company or any subsidiary, either by the United States government or by any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other third party, arising under or relating to any Government Contract. There are no disputes between the Company or any subsidiary and the United States government under the Contract Disputes Act or any other statute or between the Company or any subsidiary and any prime contractor, subcontractor or vendor arising under or relating to any Government Contract. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its or the subsidiary’s directors, officers or employees is (or during the last three (3) years has been) suspended or debarred from doing business with the United States government or is (or during such period was) the subject of a finding of non-responsibility or ineligibility for United States government contracting. There is no suit or investigation pending and, to the Company’s knowledge, no suit or investigation threatened against the Company or any subsidiary with respect to any Government Contract.

 

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(zz)            The Company and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, regulations or other requirements of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the European Aviation Safety Agency and similar aviation regulatory bodies (collectively, “Aviation Laws”). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written, or to the knowledge of the Company, other notice of a failure to comply in all material respects with applicable Aviation Law.

 

(aaa)        Without limiting any of the other representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, the Company and each of its subsidiaries have not violated in any material respect and is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice to the effect that, or otherwise been advised that, it is not in material compliance with any laws, and the Company has no reason to anticipate that any existing circumstances are likely to result in a material violation of any law.

 

3.             Conditions of the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement are several and not joint. The respective obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Shares are subject to each of the following terms and conditions:

 

(a)               Notification that the Registration Statement has become effective shall have been received by the Representative and the Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 4(a) of this Agreement and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with such rule.

 

(b)               No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules) shall have been or shall be in effect and no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission, and any requests for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Commission and the Representative. If the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 430A, information previously omitted from the effective Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A shall have been transmitted to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and the Company shall have provided evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing, or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been promptly filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A.

 

(c)               The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct, and the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the certificates delivered pursuant to Section 3(d) shall be true and correct in all material respects, when made and on and as of each Closing Date as if made on such date (provided, that each representation and warranty that contains a materiality qualifier shall be true and correct in all respects). The Company shall have performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all the conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or satisfied by it at or before such Closing Date.

 

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(d)               The Representative shall have received on each Closing Date a certificate, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Closing Date, of the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company to the effect that: (i) the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in this Agreement were true and correct in all material respects when made and are true and correct as of such Closing Date (provided, that each representation and warranty that contains a materiality qualifier shall be true and correct in all respects); (ii) the Company has performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions contained herein; (iii) they have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, and any individual Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and, in their opinion (A) (1) as of the Effective Date the Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (2) as of the date thereof or as of the date hereof the Prospectus did not contain and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (3) as of the Applicable Time, neither (x) the General Disclosure Package, nor (y) any individual Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (B) since the Effective Date no event has occurred which required an amendment to the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus; (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and, to their knowledge, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending under the Securities Act and (v) there has not occurred any material adverse change in the assets, properties, condition, financial or otherwise, or in the results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as a whole.

 

(e)               The Representative shall have received: (i) simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement a signed letter from the Auditor addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date of this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package, and (ii) on each Closing Date, a signed letter from the Auditor addressed to the Representative and dated the date of such Closing Date(s), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(f)                The Representative shall have received on each Closing Date from Eaton & Van Winkle LLP, counsel for the Company, an opinion and negative assurance letter, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (which shall be subject to customary assumptions, exceptions, limitations and qualifications).

 

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(g)               The Representative shall have received on each Closing Date from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion, addressed to the Representative and dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished or provided access to such counsel such documents as they request for enabling them to pass upon such matters.

 

(h)               All proceedings taken in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares and the Option Shares as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and its counsel.

 

(i)                 The Representative shall have received copies of the Lock-up Agreements executed by each entity or person listed on Schedule III hereto.

 

(j)                 The Company shall have delivered to the Representative executed copies of the Representative’s Warrant.

 

(k)               The Shares shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE MKT, subject only to official notice of issuance.

 

(l)                 The Representative shall be reasonably satisfied that since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there shall not have been any material change in the capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary or any material change in the indebtedness (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) except as set forth or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, no material oral or written agreement or other transaction shall have been entered into by the Company or its subsidiaries that is not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or that could reasonably be expected to result in a material reduction in the future earnings of the Company, (iii) no loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the property of the Company or any subsidiary shall have been sustained that had or could reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or any subsidiary, (iv) no legal or governmental action, suit or proceeding affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that is material to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or that affects or could reasonably be expected to affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been instituted or threatened and (v) there shall not have been any material change in the assets, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), or in the results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Company or its subsidiaries considered as a whole that makes it impractical or inadvisable in the Representative’s judgment to proceed with the purchase or offering of the Shares as contemplated hereby.

 

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(m)             The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representative such further certificates or documents as the Representative shall have reasonably requested.

 

If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Date, and, except for an intentional or willful breach of this Agreement, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4(b); provided, however, that Sections 4(b), 5, 6, 7 and 9 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

 

4.                  Covenants and other Agreements of the Company and the Underwriters.

 

  (a)            The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

 

(i)           The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement, if not effective at the time of execution of this Agreement, and any amendments thereto, to become effective as promptly as possible. The Company shall prepare the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by the Rules. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.

 

(ii)        The Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (A) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall have become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules, or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (D) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares or the Representative’s Warrant for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company shall not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or any document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus unless the Company has furnished the Representative a copy for its review prior to filing and shall not file any such proposed amendment to which the Representative reasonably objects. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

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(iii)      If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act and the Rules, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules, the Company promptly shall prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (ii) of this Section 4(a), an amendment which shall correct such statement or omission or an amendment which shall effect such compliance.

 

(iv)       If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

(v)         The Company shall make generally available to its security holders and to the Representative as soon as practicable, but not later than 45 days after the end of the 12-month period beginning at the end of the fiscal quarter of the Company during which the Effective Date occurs (or 90 days if such 12-month period coincides with the Company’s fiscal year), an earnings statement (which need not be audited) of the Company, covering such 12-month period, which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules.

 

(vi)       The Company shall furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including all exhibits thereto and amendments thereof) (if requested) and to each other Underwriter, without charge, a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and all amendments thereof and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act or the Rules, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof as the Representative may reasonably request. If applicable, the copies of the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Prospectus and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

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(vii)    The Company shall cooperate with the Representative and its counsel in endeavoring to qualify the Shares for offer and sale in connection with the offering under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith, as a condition thereof, to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation as doing business in any jurisdiction.

 

(viii)  The Company, during the period when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act and the Rules or the Exchange Act, will file all reports and other documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(ix)       Without the prior written consent of the Representative, for a period of 90 days after the Effective Date, the Company shall not (i) offer, pledge, issue, sell, contract to sell, purchase, contract to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock; (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of shares of Common Stock; or (iii) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of common stock, except for: (i) the issuance of the Shares and Representative’s Warrant pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) the issuance of shares pursuant to the Company’s existing stock option plan, stock purchase plan or bonus plan as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; (iii) the issuance of shares pursuant to outstanding warrants and the vesting of restricted stock awards or units as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and (iv) the issuance of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock, in connection with any merger or acquisition of securities, businesses, property or other assets or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership, equipment leasing arrangement or debt financing) as long as the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable does not exceed 5% of the number of shares outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement and each recipient of any such shares executes and delivers to the Representative on the closing date of such acquisition or strategic investment a Lock-Up Agreement and agrees to be bound by the restrictions contained therein during such 90-day period. The Company represents and warrants that each director, officer and holder of five percent (5%) or more of Common Stock shall be subject to lockup restrictions in the form set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto and covenants and agrees that it shall impose stop-transfer restrictions on any such sale or other transfer or disposition of such shares in violation thereof until the end of the applicable period.

 

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(x)         The Company will promptly notify the Representative if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of Shares within the meaning of the Securities Act and (ii) completion of the 90-day restricted period referred to in Section 4(a)(ix) hereof.

 

(xi)       On or before completion of this offering, the Company shall make all filings required under applicable securities laws and by the NYSE MKT (including any required registration under the Exchange Act).

 

(xii)    Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall not issue any press release or other communications directly or indirectly and shall not hold no press conference with respect to the Company or its subsidiaries, or to the condition (financial or otherwise) or the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of any of them, or the offering of the Shares without the prior written consent of the Representative unless in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Representative, such press release or communication is required by law.

 

(xiii)  The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares in the manner set forth under “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.

 

(b)               The Company agrees to pay, or reimburse if paid by the Representative, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, all costs and expenses incident to the public offering of the Shares and the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement including those relating to: (i) the preparation, printing, reproduction, filing and distribution of the Registration Statement including all exhibits thereto, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, all amendments and any document incorporated by reference therein, and the printing, filing and distribution of this Agreement; (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates for the Shares and the Representative’s Warrant to the Underwriters; (iii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various jurisdictions referred to in Section 4(a)(vii), including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such registration and qualification and the preparation, printing, distribution and shipment of preliminary and supplementary Blue Sky memoranda; (iv) the furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) to the Representative and to the Underwriters of copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments to the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and of the several documents required by this Section to be so furnished, as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold; (v) inclusion of the Shares for listing on the NYSE MKT; (vi) all transfer taxes, if any, with respect to the sale and delivery of the Shares by the Company to the Underwriters; (vii) the reasonable filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of underwriters’ counsel incident to any required review and approval by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares or the Representative’s Warrant; (viii) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the purchase and sale of the Shares and Representative’s Warrant and the transactions contemplated hereby not to exceed, together with clauses (iii) and (vii), $150,000; and (ix) all reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses incurred by the Representative in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to reimburse the Underwriters for more than $180,000 in the aggregate, including the fees and disbursements of its counsel (whether described under clauses (iii), (vii) or (viii) or otherwise).

 

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(c)               The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Underwriters has acted and is acting solely in the capacity of a principal in an arm’s length transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor, agent or fiduciary to the Company or any other person. Additionally, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have not and will not advise the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company has consulted with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or any other person with respect thereto, whether arising prior to or after the date hereof. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions have been and will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary duty to the Company or any other person in connection with any such transaction or the process leading thereto.

 

(d)               If requested by the Representative, the Company will prepare a final term sheet relating to the Shares, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Shares and otherwise in a form consented to by the Representative, and will file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) following the date such final terms have been established. Any such final term sheet shall be an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.

 

(e)               The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company and the Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that is has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions set forth in Rule 433 of the Rules to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any Road Show. The Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that (a) is not an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 and (b) contains only information describing the preliminary terms of the Shares or their offering.

 

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5.                  Indemnification.

 

(a)               The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint or several (including any reasonable investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted), to which they, or any of them, may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer-information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules, any amendment thereof thereto (or in any Blue Sky application or other information or other documents executed by the Company filed in any state or other jurisdiction to qualify any or all of the Shares under the securities laws thereof (any such application, document or information being hereinafter referred to as a “Blue Sky Application”)) or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (ii) in whole or in part, any inaccuracy or breach of any representations or warranties of the Company contemplated in this Agreement or (iii) in whole or in part, any failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under applicable law; provided, however, that such indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or any person controlling such Underwriter) on account of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising from the sale of the Shares to any person by such Underwriter if such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in such Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or such amendment thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information, and further provided that the Company shall not be liable to any Underwriter to the extent that it is determined in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability resulted solely and directly from a failure to act, undertaken or omitted to be taken by any Underwriter through its gross negligence or willful misconduct in failing to deliver a Prospectus prepared by the Issuer that corrects any material misstatement or omission included in the Preliminary Prospectus, Statutory Prospectus, Registration Statement or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

 

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(b)               Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each director of the Company, and each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such party may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendment thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information; provided, however, that the obligation of each Underwriter to indemnify the Company (including any controlling person, director or officer thereof) shall be limited to the amount of the underwriting discount and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter hereunder.

 

(c)               Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding, enclosing a copy of all papers served; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability it may have under this Section 5, except solely to the extent it has been materially and adversely prejudiced by such failure and has forfeited substantive defenses that would otherwise be available; provided further, however, that the omission so to notify such indemnifying party of any such action, suit or proceeding shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under this Section. In case any such action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and the approval by the indemnified party of such counsel, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses, except as provided below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. The indemnified party shall have the right to employ its counsel in any such action, but, except as provided above (or under the circumstances of clauses (i) – (iii) below), the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel by such indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on the advice of counsel) that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to diligently assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of the commencement thereof, in each of which cases the reasonable fees and expenses of one such separate counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, suit, and proceeding or claim effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

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6.                  Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 5(a) or 5(b) is due in accordance with its terms but for any reason is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect to any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to herein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses (including any investigation, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by any person entitled hereunder to contribution from any person who may be liable for contribution) incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, no Underwriter (except as may be provided in the Agreement Among Underwriters) shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 6, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties under this Section 6, notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission so to notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have hereunder or otherwise than under this Section 6. No party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or claim settled without its written consent. The Underwriter’s obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 6 are several in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments and not joint.

 

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7.                  Termination.

 

(a)               In addition to Section 3 hereof, this Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Shares to be purchased on a Closing Date by the Representative by notifying the Company at any time at or before a Closing Date in the absolute discretion of the Representative if: (i) in the judgment of the Representative, there has occurred any material adverse change in the securities markets or any event, act or occurrence that has materially disrupted, or in the judgment of the Representative, will in the future materially disrupt, the securities markets or there shall be such a material adverse change in general financial, political or economic conditions or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, inadvisable or impracticable to market the Shares or enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares; (ii) there has occurred any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, inadvisable or impracticable to market the Shares or enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares; (iii) trading in the Shares or any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the NYSE MKT or trading generally on the NYSE MKT, the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA, or any other governmental or regulatory authority; or (iv) a banking moratorium has been declared by any state or Federal authority; or (v) in the reasonable judgment of the Representative, there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the assets, properties, condition, financial or otherwise, or in the results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.

 

(b)               If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any of its provisions, the Company shall not be under any liability to any Underwriter (other than in the event of an intentional or willful breach of this Agreement by the Company), and no Underwriter shall be under any liability to the Company, except that (y) if this Agreement is terminated by the Representative or the Underwriters because of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement (including Section 3 or 4 hereof) or pursuant to Section 7(a), the Company shall promptly reimburse the Underwriters for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of their counsel) incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Shares or in contemplation of performing their obligations hereunder and (z) no Underwriter who shall have failed or refused to purchase the Shares agreed to be purchased by it under this Agreement, without some reason sufficient hereunder to justify cancellation or termination of its obligations under this Agreement, shall be relieved of liability to the Company or to the other Underwriters for damages occasioned by its failure or refusal.

 

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8.                  Substitution of Underwriters. If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase on any Closing Date the Shares agreed to be purchased hereunder on such Closing Date, the Representative shall have the right, within 36 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If, however, the Representative shall not have completed such arrangements within such 36-hour period, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Underwriters to purchase such Shares on such terms. If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representative and the Company as provided above, the aggregate number of Shares which remains unpurchased on such Closing Date does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of all the Shares that all the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such date and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default. In any such case, either the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the applicable Closing Date for a period of not more than seven days in order to effect any necessary changes and arrangements (including any necessary amendments to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any other documents), and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Company and the Underwriters and their counsel may thereby be made necessary.

 

If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representative and the Company as provided above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such date, then this Agreement, or, with respect to a Closing Date which occurs after the Firm Shares Closing Date, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Option Shares to be purchased and sold on such date, shall terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter to the Company, and without liability on the part of the Company, except as provided in Sections 4(b), 5, 6 and 7. The provisions of this Section 8 shall not in any way affect the liability of any defaulting Underwriter to the Company or the non-defaulting Underwriters arising out of such default. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section 8 with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.

 

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9.                  Miscellaneous. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Sections 5 and 6 hereof, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares. In addition, the provisions of Sections 4(b), 5, 6, 7 and 9 shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

 

This Agreement has been and is made for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors and assigns, and, to the extent expressed herein, for the benefit of persons controlling any of the Underwriters, or the Company, and directors and officers of the Company, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include any purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter merely because of such purchase.

 

All notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and mailed or delivered or by telephone or facsimile if subsequently confirmed in writing, (a) if to the Representative, c/o Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, telecopy number: (949) 720-7227, Attention: Equity Capital Markets with a copy to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, Attention: Jonathan J. Russo, Esq., Facsimile: 212-858-1500 and (b) if to the Company, to its agent for service as such agent’s address appears on the cover page of the Registration Statement with a copy to Eaton & Van Winkle LLP, 3 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10016, Attention: Vince McGill, Esq., Facsimile: 212-644-3601.

 

The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and each Underwriter each hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among us.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP
   
  By: __________________________________
         Name:
         Title:

 

Confirmed:

 

ROTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

 

Acting severally on behalf of itself

and as representative of the several

Underwriters named in Schedule I annexed hereto.

 

By:          ROTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

 

By: ___________________________________

Name:

Title:

 

[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]

  

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

     
Name  

Number of Firm Shares to Be

Purchased From the Company

Roth Capital Partners, LLC   [_______]
     
Total   [_______]

 

S-I-1

  

SCHEDULE II

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in the General Disclosure Package:

 

None.

 

S-II-1

 

SCHEDULE III

 

Lock-up Signatories

 

Michael N. Taglich

Peter D. Rettaliata

Seymour G. Siegel

Robert F. Taglich

David  J. Buonanno

Robert C. Schroeder

Michael Brand

Michael E. Recca

 

S-III-1

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Representative’s Warrant

 

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NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS PURCHASE WARRANT ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE LAW WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY, IS AVAILABLE.

 

PURSUANT TO FINRA RULE 5110(G)(1), THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER OR ASSIGN THIS PURCHASE WARRANT EXCEPT AS HEREIN PROVIDED AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SELL, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATE THIS PURCHASE WARRANT FOR A PERIOD OF 180 DAYS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN AND THIS PURCHASE WARRANT WILL NOT BE EXERCISABLE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE PURSUANT TO FINRA RULE 5110(F)(2)(G)(I).

 

THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES TO COMPLY WITH ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS AND OBLIGATIONS OF A HOLDER UNDER THIS PURCHASE WARRANT.

 

THIS PURCHASE WARRANT IS NOT EXERCISABLE PRIOR TO [_______], 2018. VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, [_______], 2022.

 

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COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

For the Purchase of [_________] Shares of Common Stock
of
AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP

 

1.       Purchase Warrant. THIS CERTIFIES THAT, in consideration of funds duly paid by or on behalf of [___________] (“Holder”), as registered owner of this Purchase Warrant, to Air Industries Group, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), Holder is entitled, at any time or from time to time from [________], 2018 (the “Commencement Date”), and at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, [________], 2022 (the “Expiration Date”), but not thereafter, to subscribe for, purchase and receive, in whole or in part, up to [________] shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5 hereof. This Purchase Warrant will not be exercisable more than five years from the Effective Date pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G)(i). If the Expiration Date is a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized by law to close, then this Purchase Warrant may be exercised on the next succeeding day which is not such a day in accordance with the terms herein. This Purchase Warrant is initially exercisable at $[___] per Share (120% of the price of the Shares sold in the offering); provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 5 hereof, the rights granted by this Purchase Warrant, including the exercise price per Share and the number of Shares to be received upon such exercise, shall be adjusted as therein specified. The term “Exercise Price” shall mean the initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price, depending on the context. All capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Underwriting Agreement dated as of [___________], 2017 by and among the Company and the underwriters party thereto.

 

2.            Exercise.

 

2.1       Exercise Form. In order to exercise this Purchase Warrant, the exercise form attached hereto (the “Exercise Notice”) must be duly executed and completed and delivered to the Company, and payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares being purchased payable by a check payable to the order of the Company or cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company. If the subscription rights represented hereby shall not be exercised at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date, this Purchase Warrant shall become and be void without further force or effect, and all rights represented hereby shall cease and expire. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Purchase Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Purchase Warrant and issuance of a new Purchase Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Purchase Warrant after delivery of the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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2.2       Delivery of Shares. On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the later of (i) the date on which the Company has received an Exercise Notice or (ii) the date on which the Company receives payment of the Exercise Price (which shall not apply for cashless exercises pursuant to Section 2.3 below), the Company shall transmit an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”). On or before the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the later of (i) the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice or (ii) the date on which the Company receives payment of the Exercise Price (such later date, the “Delivery Date”), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/ Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to the Holder or, at the Holder’s instruction pursuant to the Exercise Notice, the Holder’s agent or designee, in each case, sent by reputable overnight courier to the address as specified in the applicable Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee (as indicated in the applicable Exercise Notice), for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon the later of (i) the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice or (ii) the date on which the Company receives the Exercise Price, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Shares (as the case may be). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Holder has not received certificates for all Shares prior to the tenth (10th) business day after the Delivery Date with respect to an exercise of any portion of this Warrant for any reason, then Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, at any time thereafter until receipt of all the Shares relating to the Exercise Notice, to rescind the Exercise Notice by providing notice to the Company (the “Rescission Notice”). Upon delivery of a Rescission Notice to the Company, the Holder shall regain the rights of a Holder of this Warrant with respect to such unexercised portions of this Warrant and the Company shall, as soon as practicable, return such unexercised Warrant to the Holder or, if the Warrant has not been surrendered, adjust its records to reflect that such portion of this Warrant has not been exercised. For the purposes of this Section 2.2, “Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the NYSE MKT (the “Principal Market”), or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time).

 

2.3       Cashless Exercise. In lieu of exercising this Purchase Warrant by payment of cash by wire transfer or a check payable to the order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.1 above, Holder may elect to receive the number of Shares equal to the fair market value of this Purchase Warrant (or the portion thereof being exercised), upon the execution, collection and delivery to the Company of the exercise form attached hereto, in which event the Company shall issue to Holder, Shares in accordance with the following formula:

 

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  X = Y(A-B)
              A
   
Where, X = The number of Shares to be issued to Holder;
  Y = The number of Shares for which the Purchase Warrant is being exercised;
  A = The fair market value of one Share; and
  B = The Exercise Price.

 

For purposes of this Section 2.3, the fair market value of a Share is defined as follows:

 

(i)       if the Company’s common stock is traded on a securities exchange, the value shall be deemed to be the closing price on such exchange on the date immediately preceding the date of the exercise form being submitted in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Warrant; or (ii) if the Company’s common stock is actively quoted over-the-counter or another similar electronic securities quotation platform, the value shall be deemed to be the closing bid on the date immediately preceding the date of the exercise form being submitted in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Warrant, or if there is not any closing bid price on such date then the last date for which there was a closing bid. If there is no public market of any kind, the value of a Share shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

2.4       Legend. Each certificate for the securities purchased under this Purchase Warrant shall bear a legend in substantially the following form unless such securities have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”):

 

“The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or applicable state law. Neither the securities nor any interest therein may be offered for sale, sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and applicable state law which, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, is available.”

 

3.            Transfer.

 

3.1       General Restrictions. The registered Holder of this Purchase Warrant agrees by his, her or its acceptance hereof, that such Holder will not: (a) sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate this Purchase Warrant for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days immediately following the Effective Date to anyone other than: (i) an underwriter or a selected dealer participating in the offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of any such underwriter or selected dealer, in each case in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(1), or (b) cause this Purchase Warrant or the securities issuable hereunder to be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of this Purchase Warrant or the securities hereunder, except as provided for in FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2). On and after that date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date, transfers to others may be made subject to compliance with or exemptions from applicable securities laws. In order to make any permitted assignment, the Holder must deliver to the Company the assignment form attached hereto duly executed and completed, together with the original of this Purchase Warrant (or, in lieu thereof, a lost Purchase Warrant affidavit) and payment of all transfer taxes, if any, payable in connection therewith (the “Required Transfer Documents”). The Company shall within five (5) Business Days after receipt of the Required Transfer Documents, transfer this Purchase Warrant on the books of the Company and shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Warrant or Purchase Warrants of like tenor to the appropriate assignee(s) expressly evidencing the right to purchase the aggregate number of Shares purchasable hereunder or such portion of such number as shall be contemplated by any such assignment.

 

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3.2       Restrictions Imposed by the Act. The securities evidenced by this Purchase Warrant shall not be transferred unless and until: (i) the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that the securities may be transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and applicable state securities laws, the availability of which is established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company, or (ii) a registration statement relating to the offer and sale of such securities has been filed by the Company and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and compliance with applicable state securities law has been established.

 

4.            New Purchase Warrants to be Issued.

 

4.1       Partial Exercise or Transfer. Subject to the restrictions in Section 3 hereof, this Purchase Warrant may be exercised or assigned in whole or in part. In the event of the exercise or assignment hereof in part only, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Holder without charge a new Purchase Warrant of like tenor to this Purchase Warrant in the name of the Holder evidencing the right of the Holder to purchase the number of Shares purchasable hereunder as to which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised or assigned.

 

4.2       Lost Certificate. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Purchase Warrant and of reasonably satisfactory indemnification, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Warrant of like tenor and date. Any such new Purchase Warrant executed and delivered as a result of such loss, theft, mutilation or destruction shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation on the part of the Company.

 

5.            Adjustments.

 

5.1       Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Securities. The Exercise Price and the number of Shares underlying the Purchase Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter set forth:

 

5.1.1       Share Dividends; Split Ups. If, after the Effective Date, and subject to the provisions of Section 5.3 below, the number of outstanding Shares is increased by a stock dividend payable in Shares or by a split up of Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective day thereof, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding shares, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased.

 

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5.1.2       Aggregation of Shares. If, after the Effective Date, and subject to the provisions of Section 5.3 below, the number of outstanding Shares is decreased by a consolidation, combination or reclassification of Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date thereof, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased.

 

5.1.3       Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc. In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Shares other than a change covered by Section 5.1.1 or Section 5.1.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Shares, or in the case of any share reorganization or merger or amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Shares), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, the Holder of this Purchase Warrant shall have the right thereafter (until the expiration of the right of exercise of this Purchase Warrant) to receive upon the exercise hereof, for the same aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder immediately prior to such event, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, share reconstruction, merger or amalgamation, or consolidation, or asset or property sale or transfer, by a holder of the number of Shares of the Company obtainable upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant immediately prior to such event; and if any reclassification also results in a change in Shares covered by Section 5.1.1 or Section 5.1.2, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to Section 5.1.1, Section 5.1.2 or this Section 5.1.3. The provisions of this Section 5.1.3 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or amalgamations, or consolidations, sales or other transfers.

 

5.1.4       Changes in Form of Purchase Warrant. This form of Purchase Warrant need not be changed because of any change pursuant to this Section 5.1, and Purchase Warrants issued after such change may state the same Exercise Price and the same number of Shares as are stated in the Purchase Warrants initially issued. The acceptance by any Holder of the issuance of new Purchase Warrants reflecting a required or permissive change shall not be deemed to waive any rights to an adjustment occurring after the Commencement Date or the computation thereof.

 

5.2       Substitute Purchase Warrant. In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or amalgamation of the Company with or into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation which does not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Shares), the corporation formed by such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation shall execute and deliver to the Holder a supplemental Purchase Warrant providing that the holder of each Purchase Warrant then outstanding or to be outstanding shall have the right thereafter (until the stated expiration of such Purchase Warrant) to receive, upon exercise of such Purchase Warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation, by a holder of the number of Shares of the Company for which such Purchase Warrant might have been exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, share reconstruction or amalgamation, sale or transfer. Such supplemental Purchase Warrant shall provide for adjustments which shall be identical to the adjustments provided for in this Section 5. The above provision of this Section 5.2 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations or share reconstructions or amalgamations.

 

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5.3       Elimination of Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be required to issue certificates representing fractions of Shares upon the exercise of the Purchase Warrant, nor shall it be required to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of any fractional interests, it being the intent of the parties that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up or down, as the case may be, to the nearest whole number of Shares or other securities, properties or rights.

 

6.           Reservation and Listing. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants, such number of Shares or other securities, properties or rights as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price therefor, in accordance with the terms hereby, all Shares and other securities issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights. As long as the Purchase Warrants shall be outstanding, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Shares issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Warrants to be listed (subject to official notice of issuance) on all national securities exchanges (or, if applicable, on the OTC Bulletin Board or any successor trading market) on which the Shares may then be listed and/or quoted.

 

7.            Certain Notice Requirements.

 

7.1       Holder’s Right to Receive Notice. Nothing herein shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders the right to vote or consent or to receive notice as a shareholder for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the expiration of the Purchase Warrants and their exercise, any of the events described in Section 7.2 shall occur, then, in one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice of such event at least fifteen days prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the shareholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, conversion or exchange of securities or subscription rights, or entitled to vote on such proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such notice shall specify such record date or the date of the closing of the transfer books, as the case may be.

 

7.2       Events Requiring Notice. The Company shall be required to give the notice described in Section 7.1 above upon one or more of the following events: (i) if the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Shares for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or distribution payable otherwise than out of retained earnings, as indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the books of the Company; (ii) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Shares any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor; or (iii) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation) or a sale of all or substantially all of its property, assets and business shall be proposed.

 

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7.3       Notice of Change in Exercise Price. The Company shall, promptly after an event requiring a change in the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 5 hereof, send notice to the Holders of such event and change (“Price Notice”). The Price Notice shall describe the event causing the change and the method of calculating same and shall be certified as being true and accurate by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

 

7.4       Transmittal of Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications under this Purchase Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly made when hand delivered, or mailed by express mail or private courier service: (i) if to the registered Holder of the Purchase Warrant, to the address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company, or (ii) if to the Company, to following address or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice to the Holders:

 

Air Industries Group
360 Motor Parkway, Suite 100
Hauppauge, New York 11788

 Attn: [__________]

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Eaton & Van Winkle LLP

3 Park Avenue, 16th Floor

New York, NY 10016

Attn: Vince McGill, Esq.

 

8.            Miscellaneous.

 

8.1       Amendments. The Company and each Holder may from time to time supplement or amend this Purchase Warrant without the approval of any of the other Holders but only in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder that the Company and such Holder may deem necessary or desirable and that the Company and such Holder reasonably and in good faith deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the other Holders. All other modifications or amendments shall require the written consent of and be signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification or amendment is sought.

 

8.2       Headings. The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this Purchase Warrant.

 

8.3       Entire Agreement. This Purchase Warrant (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Purchase Warrant) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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8.4       Binding Effect. This Purchase Warrant shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Holder and the Company and their permitted assignees, respective successors, legal representative and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Purchase Warrant or any provisions herein contained.

 

8.5       Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Purchase Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Purchase Warrant shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

8.6       Waiver, etc. The failure of the Company or the Holder to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Purchase Warrant shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way affect the validity of this Purchase Warrant or any provision hereof or the right of the Company or any Holder to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Purchase Warrant. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or nonfulfillment of any of the provisions of this Purchase Warrant shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or nonfulfillment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Purchase Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the _____ day of ___________, 2017.

 

  AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP
   
  By: _____________________________
  Name: ___________________________
  Title: ____________________________
Agreed and Acknowledged:  
  [______________________]
   
  By: _____________________________
  Name: ___________________________
  Title: ____________________________

 

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EXERCISE NOTICE

 

Form to be used to exercise Purchase Warrant:

 

Date:                                  , 20        

 

The undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to exercise the Purchase Warrant for Shares of Air Industries Group, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and hereby makes payment by a check payable to the order of Company or in cash by wire transfer of $ (at the rate of $ per Share) in payment of the Exercise Price pursuant thereto. Please issue the Shares as to which this Purchase Warrant is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant representing the number of Shares for which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised.

 

or

 

The undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to purchase Shares pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Purchase Warrant by cashless exercise, with the consideration to be paid for such Shares being equal to the reduction in the number of Shares for which the Purchase Warrant was otherwise exercisable calculated in accordance with the following formula:

 

  X = Y(A-B)
              A
   
Where, X = The number of Shares to be issued to Holder;
  Y = The number of Shares for which the Purchase Warrant is being exercised;
  A = The fair market value of one Share; and
  B = The Exercise Price.

 

The undersigned agrees and acknowledges that the calculation set forth above is subject to confirmation by the Company and any disagreement with respect to the calculation shall be resolved by the Company in its reasonable discretion.

 

Please issue the Shares as to which this Purchase Warrant is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant representing the number of Shares for which this Purchase Warrant has not been converted. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the issuance of Shares or, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant to any person (including any entity) other than the undersigned is subject to the restrictions contained in, and compliance with, Section 3 of the Purchase Warrant.

 

Signature

 

Signature Guaranteed

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

Name:                     ______________________________

 

(Print in Block Letters)

 

Address:                ______________________________

 

______________________________

 

______________________________

 

NOTICE: The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Purchase Warrant without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank, or by a trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national securities exchange.

 

Form to be used to assign Purchase Warrant:

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

(To be executed by the registered Holder to effect a transfer of the within Purchase Warrant):

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, does hereby sell, assign and transfer unto the right to purchase shares of common stock of Air Industries Group, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the Purchase Warrant and does hereby authorize the Company to transfer such right on the books of the Company.

 

Dated:                                     , 20           

 

Signature

 

Signature Guaranteed

 

NOTICE: The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Purchase Warrant without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank, or by a trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national securities exchange.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

___________, 2017

 

Roth Capital Partners, LLC

888 San Clemente Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

 

As Representative of the several
Underwriters to be named in the

within-mentioned Underwriting Agreement

 

Re: Air Industries Group – Registered Public Offering of Common Stock

 

Dear Sirs:

 

In order to induce Roth Capital Partners, LLC (the “Representative”) to enter into a certain underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Air Industries Group, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), with respect to a registered public offering of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), the undersigned hereby agrees that for a period (the “Lock-Up Period”) commencing on the date hereof and continuing through the close of trading on the date ninety (90) days following the effective date of such registered public offering, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, directly or indirectly, (i) sell, assign, transfer, pledge, offer to sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option for sale (including any short sale), right or warrant to purchase, lend, establish an open “put equivalent position” (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is designed to or could be expected to result in the disposition of, any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any equity securities of the Company (including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock or any such securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time (such shares or securities, the “Beneficially Owned Shares”)), or publicly announce any intention to do any of the foregoing, other than the exercise of options or warrants so long as there is no sale or disposition of the Common Stock underlying such options or warrants during the Lock-Up Period, (ii) enter into any swap, hedge or other agreement or arrangement that transfers in whole or in part, the economic risk of ownership of any Beneficially Owned Shares, Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any equity securities of the Company, or (iii) engage in any short selling of any Beneficially Owned Shares, Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any equity securities of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

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In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth herein shall not apply to the establishment of a trading plan that complies with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act; provided however, that the restrictions shall apply in full force to sales pursuant to the trading plan during the Lock-Up Period. Furthermore, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this lock up will not apply to the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a trading plan that complies with Rule 10b5-1 and existing on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement.

 

Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any person to whom shares of Common Stock, securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any equity securities of the Company or Beneficially Owned Shares are transferred from the undersigned shall be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement. This Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and will be binding on the undersigned and the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the undersigned.

 

In addition, the undersigned hereby waives, from the date hereof until the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, any and all rights, if any, to request or demand registration pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, of any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any equity securities of the Company that are registered in the name of the undersigned or that are Beneficially Owned Shares. In order to enable the aforesaid covenants to be enforced, the undersigned hereby consents to the placing of legends and/or stop transfer orders with the transfer agent of the Common Stock with respect to any shares of Common Stock, securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any equity securities of the Company or Beneficially Owned Shares.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Beneficially Owned Shares in the transactions listed as clauses (i) - (vi) below without the prior written consent of the Representative, provided that (1) prior to each such transfer, the Representative shall have received a duplicate form of this Lock-Up Agreement executed and delivered by each donee, trustee, distributee or transferee, as the case may be, (2) no such transfer shall involve a disposition for value, (3) each such transfer (other than transfers under clauses (ii) and (v) below) shall not be required to be reported as a reduction in beneficial ownership in any public report, announcement or filing made or to be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise during the Lock-Up Period and (4) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing, announcement or report regarding any such transfer during the Lock-Up Period:

 

(i)as a bona fide gift or gifts;

 

(ii)by operation of law, including pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement;

 

(iii)to the immediate family of the undersigned;

 

(iv)to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned;

 

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(v)to any beneficiary of the undersigned pursuant to a will or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent; or

 

(vi)to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership interests of which are held by the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned.

 

This Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to: (i) the transfer of Beneficially Owned Shares pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of the Common Stock involving a change of control (as hereinafter defined) of the Company, provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Beneficially Owned Securities owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained herein; (ii) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the registered public offering, provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock or other securities acquired in such open market transactions; or (iii) transfers to the Company in connection with the exercise of options or warrants on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis or to cover tax withholding obligations, provided that any related filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act reporting a disposition of shares of Common Stock made in connection with such exercise shall contain a description of the transaction and indicate that the disposition was made as part of such exercise or to cover tax withholding obligations in connection therewith.

 

This Lock-Up Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earlier of (i) September 30, 2017, in the event that no shares of Common Stock have been sold pursuant to the registered public offering by such date, (ii) the termination of the Underwriting Agreement if such agreement is terminated prior to the Firm Shares Closing Date (as such term is defined in the Underwriting Agreement) in accordance with its terms, (iii) the Representative, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, advising the other in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that they have or it has, as the case may be, determined not to proceed with the registered public offering, and (iv) the consummation of a “change of control” of the Company, meaning (a) the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (b) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under such Act) of more than fifty percent (50%) of either (i) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company; or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

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This Lock-Up Agreement has been executed as of the date first written above.

 

   
  Printed Name of Holder
   
 
  By:  
    Signature
   
   
   
  Printed Name of Person Signing
  (and indicate capacity of person signing if
  signing as custodian, trustee, or on behalf
  of an entity)

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Eaton & Van Winkle LLP Opinion

 

a.           Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation (based solely on certificates of public officials as of a recent date).

 

b.           The Company and each of its subsidiaries has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as now being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus. The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Representative’s Warrant and to issue and sell the Shares and the Representative’s Securities.

 

c.           The Shares and the Representative’s Securities to be issued and sold by the Company pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and the Representative’s Warrant and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement or the Representative’s Warrant as the case may be against payment of the consideration set forth herein or therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The issuance and sale of the Shares and the Representative’s Securities by the Company is not subject to any preemptive rights of any security holder of the Company pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or amended and restated by-laws, any agreement incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, or to such counsel’s knowledge any other agreement. To such counsel’s knowledge, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no preemptive or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase or any restriction upon the voting or transfer of any securities of the Company pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or amended and restated by-laws. The Common Stock, the Shares and the Representative’s Securities conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus. The form of certificate used to evidence the Common Stock complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory requirements, with any applicable requirements of the Articles of Incorporation or amended and restated by-laws of the Company and the requirements of the NYSE MKT. To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

d.           This Agreement and the Representative’s Warrant have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

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e.           To counsel’s knowledge, neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Representative’s Warrant by the Company nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares) will give rise to a right to terminate or accelerate the due date of any payment due under, or conflict with or result in the breach of any term or provision of, or constitute a default (or any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or require consent or waiver under, or result in the execution or imposition of any lien, charge, claim, security interest or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed, trust, note, agreement or instrument filed as an Exhibit in any filings made by the Company with the SEC and to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which either the Company or any subsidiary or any of its assets or properties or businesses is bound (except such counsel shall express no opinion with respect to any matters that would require a mathematical calculation or a financial or accounting determination), or violate any franchise, license, permit, judgment, decree, order of which such counsel is aware, or violate any provision of the charter or amended and restated by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary.

 

f.            To such counsel’s knowledge, no consent, approval, authorization, license, registration, qualification or order of any court or governmental agency or regulatory body is required for the due authorization, execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Representative’s Warrant by the Company or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except such as have been obtained under the Securities Act and such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the several Underwriters or the rules and regulations of FINRA or NYSE MKT.

 

g.           To such counsel’s knowledge, without review of court records or litigation dockets, there is not any action, suit, proceeding or other investigation, before any court or before or by any public body or board pending or threatened against, or involving the assets, properties or businesses of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and is not so disclosed.

 

h.           The statements in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Capital Stock” and in the Registration Statement under Item 15 of Part II, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of documents referred to therein or matters of law, are accurate in all material respects and accurately present in all material respects the information with respect to such documents and matters.

 

i.            The Registration Statement, all Preliminary Prospectuses (including the Statutory Prospectus) and the Prospectus and each amendment thereto (except for the financial statements and schedules and other statistical financial or accounting data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel expresses no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, all Preliminary Prospectuses (including the Statutory Prospectus) and the Prospectus and any further amendment to any such incorporated document made by the Company (except for the financial statements and schedules and other statistical financial or accounting data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel expresses no opinion) when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

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j.            The Registration Statement was declared effective under the Securities Act on ___________, 2017 and, to such counsel’s knowledge (A) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and (B) no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are threatened, pending or contemplated. Any required filing of the Prospectus and any amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act has been made in the manner and within the time period required by such Rule 424(b).

 

k.           The Shares have been approved for listing on the NYSE MKT, subject to notice of issuance.

 

l.            The Company is not and immediately after application of proceeds as described in the Prospectus will not be an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

To the extent deemed advisable by such counsel, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials and on the opinions of other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Representative as to matters which are governed by laws other than the laws of the State of New York and the State of Nevada and the Federal laws of the United States. Copies of such certificates and other opinions shall be furnished to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.

 

In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the Underwriters and representatives of the independent certified public accountants of the Company, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although there is no assurance that all material facts were disclosed to such counsel or that such counsel’s familiarity with the Company or its business is such that such counsel would have necessarily recognized the materiality of such facts, and although such counsel has not independently verified and is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (except as specified in the foregoing opinion), the Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement at the time it became effective and at the time of the latest amendment thereto (except with respect to the financial statements and notes and schedules and other financial, accounting, or statistical data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no belief) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus as amended (except with respect to the financial statements, notes and schedules and other financial, accounting, or statistical data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need make no statement) on the date thereof contained or as of the date hereof contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) the Statutory Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except with respect to the financial statements, notes and schedules and other financial, accounting, or statistical data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no belief).

 

 

 

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BARBARA K. CEGAVSKE

Secretary of State

202 North Carson Street

Carson City, Nevada 89701-4201

(775) 684-5708

Website: www.nvsos.gov

 

Amendment to

Certificate of Designation

After Issuance of Class or Series 

(PURSUANT TO NRS 78.1955)

 

USE BLACK INK ONLY - DO NOT HIGHLIGHT ABOVE SPACE IS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

 

Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designation For Nevada Profit Corporations 

(Pursuant to NRS 78.1955 - After Issuance of Class or Series)

 

1.  Name of corporation:

 

Air Industries Group 
 

 

2. Stockholder approval pursuant to statute has been obtained.

 

3. The class or series of stock being amended:

 

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
 

 

4. By a resolution adopted by the board of directors, the certificate of designation is being amended as follows or the new class or series is:

 

The Certificate of Designation establishing the Series A Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on May 25, 2016, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 7 bb) after Section 7 b) thereof and a new Section 9A after Section 9 thereof reading as follows:
 
See Attachment 1
 
 

  

5. Effective date of filing: (optional)  
  (must not be later than 90 days after the certificate is filed)

 

6. Signature: (required)

 

 

X                                                           

Signature of Officer

 

Filing Fee: $175.00

 

IMPORTANT: Failure to include any of the above information and submit with the proper fees may cause this filing to be rejected.

 

This form must be accompanied by appropriate fees.

 

Nevada Secretary of State NRS Amend Designation - After

Revised: 1-5-15

 

Reset

 

 

 

ATTACHMENT 1

 

TO CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

Section 7.     Conversion.  

 

bb) Automatic Conversion. Upon the consummation of a public offering of shares of Common Stock from which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $8,000,000 (a “Qualified Public Offering”), without any action on the part of the Holders, the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, other than those to be redeemed in accordance with Section 9A, shall automatically be converted into shares of Common Stock at the price at which the shares of Common Stock are first sold to the public in that offering (“Automatic Conversion”), and the Series A Preferred Stock will be deemed to no longer be outstanding as of the date of such Automatic Conversion.

 

Section 9A.     Redemption in Connection with Automatic Conversion. In connection with the Automatic Conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock upon the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering pursuant to Section 7(bb) of this Certificate of Designation, the Company shall redeem all PIK Shares (other than no more than 111,000 PIK Shares which shall be converted into Common Stock) for an amount in cash equal to $10.00 per share. Concurrent with the closing of a Qualified Public Offering but in no event later than August 15, 2017, in accordance with payment instructions from the Company to the underwriters for the disbursement of the net proceeds of the offering, there shall be irrevocably deposited with the transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock, or such other paying agent as may be retained by the Company for the purpose of effecting such redemption acceptable to the underwriters of the Qualified Public Offering, such portion of the proceeds of the offering, funds sufficient to effect the foregoing redemption, and payment of the redemption price for the PIK Shares to be redeemed shall be made promptly thereafter in accordance with procedures customarily employed by the transfer agent or such other paying agent.

 

 

 

  Eaton & Van Winkle LLP  

Vincent J. McGill

Partner

 

3 PARK AVENUE 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016

 

Direct Dial: (212) 561-3604

June 19, 2017

 

Board of Directors 

Air Industries Group

330 Motor Parkway, Suite 100

Hauppauge, NY 11788

 

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333- 217582)

 

Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Air Industries Group, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 2, 2017 (Registration No. 333- 217582), as amended on June 5, 2017, and June 19, 2017 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  The Registration Statement relates to the registration of the offer and sale of up to an aggregate of $14,950,000 in shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), including shares of Common Stock that may be offered and sold by the Company to cover over-allotments and up to $780,000 in shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of warrants to be issued to the representative(s) of the underwriters (the “Representative’s Warrants”) in accordance with the terms of the underwriting agreement, pursuant to the Registration Statement (together, the “ Shares”), and (ii) the Representative’s Warrants.

 

This opinion letter is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

In rendering the opinion set forth below, we examined and relied upon such certificates, corporate records, agreements, instruments and other documents, and examined such matters of law, that we considered necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion. In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.  As to any facts material to the opinion expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

 

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

  1. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when the Shares are delivered to the underwriters against payment of the agreed consideration therefor in accordance with the underwriting agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
  2. The Representative’s Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company, the Representative’s Warrants will be the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

The opinion expressed above with respect to the Representative’s Warrants is subject to (i) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally (including without limitation all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), and (ii)  and the effect of general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

 

  

We express no opinion with respect to the enforceability of indemnification provisions, or of release or exculpation provisions, contained in the underwriting agreement and the Representative’s Warrant to the extent that enforcement thereof is contrary to public policy regarding the indemnification against or release or exculpation of criminal violations, intentional harm, violations of securities laws or acts of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

The opinions expressed herein are based upon and limited to the Revised Nevada Statutes, the applicable provisions of the Nevada Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing and the laws of the State of New York and the United States of America.   We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, regulations or ordinances.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are experts within the meaning of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Eaton and Van Winkle LLP
  Eaton and Van Winkle LLP

 

 

 

 

 

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FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT, TERM LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT, TERM LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into June 19, 2017 by and among AIR INDUSTRIES MACHINING, CORP. (as successor by merger with Gales Industries Acquisition Corp., Inc.) (“Air”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, WELDING METALLURGY, INC. (as successor by merger with WMS Merger Corp.) (“WM”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, NASSAU TOOL WORKS, INC. (formerly known as NTW Operating Inc.) (“Nassau”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, WOODBINE PRODUCTS, INC. (“WP”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, EUR-PAC CORPORATION (“Eur-Pac”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, ELECTRONIC CONNECTION CORPORATION (“ECC”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and THE STERLING ENGINEERING CORPORATION (“STERLING”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, (“Sterling,” and collectively with Air, WM, Nassau, WP, EUR-PAC and ECC, the “Borrower”), a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP (as successor by merger with Air Industries Group, Inc. f/k/a Gales Industries Incorporated, a Delaware corporation)(“AIR GROUP”) a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nevada and AIR REALTY GROUP, LLC (“REALTY,” and collectively with AIR GROUP and with the Borrower, the “Obligor”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”), the various financial institutions named therein or which hereafter become a party thereto, (together with PNC, collectively, “Lenders”) and PNC as agent for Lenders (in such capacity, “Agent”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Obligor and PNC entered into a certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security Agreement dated June 27, 2013 (which has been, is being and may be further amended, replaced, restated, modified and/or extended, the “Loan Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, AIR GROUP has filed a registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for an underwritten public offering of shares of common stock, which provides gross cash proceeds of up to approximately $13,000,000, plus an over-allotment option (the “Offering”);

 

WHEREAS, AIR GROUP intends to apply the net cash proceeds of the Offering to, among other things, the following uses, as more fully described in the Registration Statement and related prospectus: (i) redeem shares of AIR GROUP’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) issued in lieu of cash dividends at a redemption price of $10.00 per share, the stated value of a shares of Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) redeem AIR GROUP’s Subordinated Convertible Notes due May 12, 2018 in the aggregate principal amount of $4,158,624 as of the date hereof (the “May 2018 Notes”), and (iii) pay approximately $4,000,000 of outstanding trade payables, and approximately $510,000 in principal, plus accrued interest, as of the date hereof, on promissory notes issued in March 2017 to Michael N. Taglich and Robert F. Taglich, directors and principal stockholders of AIR GROUP; and

 

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WHEREAS, Obligor has requested modifications to the terms of the Loan Agreement as set forth in this Agreement.

 

Now, therefore, in consideration of PNC’s continued extension of credit and the agreements contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1)ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BALANCE. Obligor acknowledges that the most recent statement of account sent to Obligor with respect to the Obligations is correct.

 

2)MODIFICATIONS. The Loan Agreement be and hereby is modified as follows:

 

(a)A new definition is hereby added to Section 1.2 of the Loan Agreement to read as follows:

 

Fifteenth Amendment Closing Date” shall mean June 19, 2017.

 

(b)Subsections 6.5(a) and 6.5(b) of the Loan Agreement are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with new Subsections 6.5(a) and 6.5(b) to read as follows:

 

(a) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Maintain at all times a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, tested quarterly on a consolidated basis beginning September 30, 2017 as follows: (i) 1.00 to 1.00 for the quarter ending September 30, 2017, tested based upon the prior three (3) months, (ii) 1.05 to 1.00 for the quarter ending December 31, 2017, tested based upon the prior six (6) months and (iii) 1.05 to 1.00 for the quarter ending March 31, 2018, tested based upon the prior nine (9) months.

 

(b) Minimum EBITDA. Maintain EBITDA of not less than $345,000 for the period ending June 30, 2017.

 

3)GUARANTOR’S RATIFICATION. (A) AIR GROUP hereby reaffirms its continuing obligations under the terms of that certain Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement dated August 24, 2007 executed by Air Industries Group, Inc. f/k/a Gales Industries Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and (B) Air Realty Group, LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company, hereby reaffirms its continuing obligations under the terms of that certain Continuing Unlimited Guaranty dated March 9, 2015 (collectively, the “Guaranty”), and acknowledge that (i) they have read this Agreement, (ii) the Obligations under the Loan Agreement are secured by the Guaranty, and (iii) they make such reaffirmation with full knowledge of the terms thereof.

 

4)REPAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING EXCESS ADVANCES. Borrower and Agent recognize that as of the Fifteenth Amendment Closing Date, there are outstanding excess advances as defined by Subsection 2.8 of the Loan Agreement (“Excess Advances”) in the amount of $2,244,071.19, and Borrower hereby agrees that such Excess Advances shall be reduced as follows:

 

(i)       by the sum of $25,000.00 to be paid on each Monday during the period May 22, 2017 through July 10, 2017; and

 

(ii)       by the sum of $100,000.00 to be paid on each Monday thereafter, and continuing until such Excess Advances have been repaid in full.

 

So long as Excess Advances remain outstanding, interest with respect to all such outstanding Excess Advances shall be charged at an interest rate at all times equal to the Revolving Interest Rate.

 

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5)WAIVER OF DEFAULT. Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, hereby waives Borrower’s failure to comply with (i) Subsection 6.5(b), the Minimum EBITDA covenant, for the periods ending December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017 and (ii) Subsection 7.6, the Capital Expenditures covenant, for the period ending December 31, 2016. Such waiver is solely for such periods and does not extend to any other default which might exist now or in the future.

 

6)TESTING PERIODS FOR FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO. Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, hereby agrees that Borrower was not required to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for, and confirms that no testing was required relative to, Section 6.5(a), the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, for the periods ending June 30, 2016, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017. In addition, the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, further confirms that no testing will be conducted relative to Section 6.5(a), the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, for the period ending June 30, 2017.

 

7)CONSENT TO OFFERING AND THE USE OF PROCEEDS THEREOF. Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, hereby consents to the Offering and the application of the net proceeds thereof to the uses described in the third Recital of this Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Agreement.

 

8)CONSENT TO MERGER. Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, hereby consents to the merger of Miller Stuart Inc. with, and into WM.

 

9)ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Borrower acknowledges and represents that:

 

(A) the Loan Agreement and Other Documents, as amended hereby, are in full force and effect without any defense, claim, counterclaim, right or claim of set-off;

 

(B)  to the best of its knowledge, no default by the Agent or Lenders in the performance of their duties under the Loan Agreement or the Other Documents has occurred;

 

(C)  all representations and warranties of the Borrower contained herein, in the Loan Agreement and in the Other Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of this date, except for any representation or warranty that specifically refers to an earlier date;

 

(D) Borrower has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and

 

(E)  this Agreement is a modification of an existing obligation and is not a novation.

 

10)PRECONDITIONS. As preconditions to the effectiveness of any of the modifications, consents, or waivers contained herein, the Borrower agrees to:

 

(A) provide the Agent with this Agreement, properly executed;

 

(B)  pay to Agent an Amendment Fee in the amount of $50,000 on the Fifteenth Amendment Closing Date;

 

(C)  provide the Agent with Secretary’s Certificates and Resolutions of the Obligor approving the transaction;

 

(D) provide Agent with a copy of the filed Certificate of Merger relative to the merger of Miller Stuart Inc. into WM;

 

(E)  pay all legal fees incurred by the Agent in entering into this Agreement to Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer; and

 

(F)  pay all other fees and costs incurred by the Lenders in entering into this Agreement.

 

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11)MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without reference to that state’s conflicts of law principles. This Agreement, the Loan Agreement and the Other Documents constitute the sole agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all oral negotiations and prior writings with respect to the subject matter thereof. No amendment of this Agreement, and no waiver of any one or more of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless set forth in writing and signed by the parties hereto. The illegality, unenforceability or inconsistency of any provision of this Agreement shall not in any way affect or impair the legality, enforceability or consistency of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, the Loan Agreement or the Other Documents. This Agreement, the Loan Agreement and the Other Documents are intended to be consistent. However, in the event of any inconsistencies among this Agreement, the Loan Agreement and/or any of the Other Documents, the terms of this Agreement, then the Loan Agreement, shall control. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties on separate counterparts. Each such counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

12)DEFINITIONS. The terms used herein and not otherwise defined or modified herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement. The terms used herein and not otherwise defined or modified herein or defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed and sealed this Agreement the day and year above written.

 

ATTEST: AIR INDUSTRIES MACHINING, CORP.
   
By:  /s/ MICHAEL RECCA By: /s/ PETER D. RETTALIATA 
      Name:   MICHAEL RECCA       Name:  PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Title:    Chief Financial Officer       Title:    President
   
   
ATTEST: WELDING METALLURGY, INC.  (as
  successor by merger with WMS Merger Corp.)
   
By: /s/ MICHAEL RECCA By: /s/ PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Name:  MICHAEL RECCA       Name: PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Title:    Chief Financial Officer       Title:    President
   
   
ATTEST: NASSAU TOOL WORKS, INC.
  (formerly known as NTW Operating Inc.)
   
By: /s/ MICHAEL RECCA By: /s/ PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Name:  MICHAEL RECCA       Name:  PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Title:   Chief Financial Officer       Title:    President

 

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ATTEST: AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP
   
By: /s/MICHAEL RECCA By: /s/ PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Name:  MICHAEL RECCA       Name:  PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Title:   Chief Financial Officer       Title:    President
   
   
ATTEST: WOODBINE PRODUCTS, INC.
   
By: /s/MICHAEL RECCA By: /s/ PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Name:   MICHAEL RECCA       Name:  PETER D. RETTALIATA      
      Title:     Chief Financial Officer       Title:    President
   
   
ATTEST: EUR-PAC CORPORATION
   
By: /s/MICHAEL RECCA By: /s/ PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Name:   MICHAEL RECCA       Name:  PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Title:     Chief Financial Officer       Title:    President
   
   
ATTEST: ELECTRONIC CONNECTION CORPORATION
   
By: /s/MICHAEL RECCA By: /s/ PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Name:  MICHAEL RECCA       Name:  PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Title:    Chief Financial Officer       Title:    President

 

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ATTEST: THE STERLING ENGINEERING CORPORATION
   
By: /s/ MICHAEL RECCA By: /s/ PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Name:   MICHAEL RECCA       Name:  PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Title:     Chief Financial Officer       Title:    President
   
ATTEST: AIR REALTY GROUP, LLC
   
   
By: /s/ MICHAEL RECCA By: /s/ PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Name:  MICHAEL RECCA       Name:  PETER D. RETTALIATA
      Title:    Chief Financial Officer       Title:    President

 

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  PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  Lender and as Agent
   
  By: /s/ VICTOR ALARCON
        Name:  VICTOR ALARCON
        Title:     SeniorVice President

 

 

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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated May 1, 2017 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Air Industries Group, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, which appear in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla, P.C. 

Certified Public Accountants

Saddle Brook NJ

June 19, 2017