LGL LGL Group Inc

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

The LGL Group, Inc. (the “Company”), incorporated in 1928 under the laws of the State of Indiana and reincorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 2007, is a diversified holding company with subsidiaries engaged in the designing, manufacturing and marketing of highly-engineered, high reliability frequency and spectrum control products used to control the frequency or timing of signals in electronic circuits, and in the design of high performance Frequency and Time Reference Standards that form the basis for timing and synchronization in various applications.

As of September 30, 2019, the subsidiaries of the Company were as follows:

The Company operates through its two principal subsidiaries, M-tron Industries, Inc. (“MtronPTI”), which includes the operations of Piezo Technology, Inc. (“PTI”) and M-tron Asia, LLC (“Mtron”), and Precise Time and Frequency, LLC (“PTF”). The Company operates in two identified segments. The first segment, the electronic components segment, is focused on the design and manufacture of highly-engineered, high reliability frequency and spectrum control products. These electronic components ensure reliability and security in aerospace and defense communications, low noise and base accuracy for laboratory instruments, and synchronous data transfers throughout the wireless and Internet infrastructure. The second segment, the electronic instruments segment, is focused on the design and manufacture of high performance Frequency and Time Reference Standards that form the basis for timing and synchronization in various applications. The Company has operations in Orlando, Florida, Yankton, South Dakota, Wakefield, Massachusetts and Noida, India and sales offices in Austin, Texas and Hong Kong.

The Company recently added three subsidiaries as part of an effort to reorganize the subsidiaries and to plan potential available strategies for acquisitions. These were Mtron Systems Holdings, LLC, LGL Systems Acquisition Holdings Company, LLC (formerly: Mtron Systems Acquisition Holdings Company, LLC), and LGL Systems Acquisition Corp. (formerly: Mtron Systems Acquisition Corp.). LGL Systems Acquisition Holding Company, LLC, is the sponsor (the “Sponsor”) of LGL Systems Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, commonly referred to as a “SPAC”, or blank check company, formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination in the aerospace, defense and communications industries (the “SPAC”).

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2019.

This interim information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 21, 2019. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should also be read in conjunction with Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of its products in accordance with the criteria in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue From Contracts with Customers, which are:

Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with a customer.

Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

Step 3: Determine the transaction price.

Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract.

Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

The Company meets these conditions upon the Company’s satisfaction of the performance obligation, usually at the time of shipment to the customer, because control passes to the customer at that time. Our standard terms for customers are net due within 30 days, with a few exceptions, none regularly exceeding 60 days.

The Company provides disaggregated revenue details by segment in Note J – Segment Information, and geographic markets in Note K – Domestic and Foreign Revenues.

The Company offers a limited right of return and/or authorized price protection provisions in its agreements with certain electronic component distributors who resell the Company's products to original equipment manufacturers or electronic manufacturing services companies. As a result, the Company estimates and records a reserve for future returns and other charges against revenue at the time of shipment consistent with the terms of sale. The reserve is estimated based on historical experience with each respective distributor. These reserves and charges are immaterial as the Company does not have a history of significant price protection adjustments or returns. The Company provides a standard assurance warranty that does not create a performance obligation.

Practical Expedients:

Income Taxes

The Company periodically undertakes a review of its valuation allowance and it evaluates all positive and negative factors that may affect whether it is more likely than not that the Company would realize its future tax benefits from its deferred tax balances. Pursuant to ASC 740, Income Taxes, the Company determined in a previous quarter that it is more likely than not that certain deferred tax assets generated from foreign net operating losses would be utilized in the foreseeable future and a valuation allowance for these assets was no longer required. During the current quarter, we also determined that it is more likely than not that substantially all of our U.S. deferred tax assets including net operating loss carryforwards (“NOL’s”) and tax credits can be utilized in the foreseeable future and that a previously recorded valuation allowance should necessarily be reduced to record deferred tax assets at their expected net realizable value.

Other Comprehensive Income

Our comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 consisted entirely of net income. Therefore a consolidated statement of comprehensive income is not presented for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)”, to require lessees to recognize all leases, with limited exceptions, on the balance sheet. The objective of this update 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. Subsequently, the FASB issued ASU 2018-10, “Codification Improvements to Topic 842”, ASU 2018-11, “Targeted Improvements”, ASU 2018-20, “Narrow-Scope Improvements for Lessors”, and ASU 2019-01, “Codification Improvements”, to clarify and amend the guidance in ASU 2016-02. The Company’s adoption of the ASUs effective January 1, 2019 resulted in the recording of lease assets and lease liabilities of $142,000 on the consolidated balance sheet during the first quarter of 2019 and did not have a material impact on the condensed consolidated statements of operations or the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. During the second quarter, an operating lease was renewed that was material, resulting in changes to the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet and requiring the additional lease related disclosures found within Note N.

Certain balances held and invested in various mutual funds managed by g.research, (the "Fund Manager"). Marc Gabelli, our non-executive chairman of the board, who is also a greater than 10% stockholder, currently serves as an executive officer of the Fund Manager. The brokerage and fund transactions in 2019 and 2018 were directed solely at the discretion of the Company’s management.

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As of September 30, 2019, the balance with the Fund Manager totaled $17,816,000, including $8,874,000 which is classified within cash and cash equivalents on the accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheets, and $8,941,000 which is classified within marketable securities on the accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheets. Amounts invested generated $346,000 and $182,000 of realized and unrealized investment income during 2019 and 2018, respectively that is included within other income, net on the accompanying unaudited consolidated statements of operations. Fund management fees are anticipated to average less than 0.35% of the asset balances under management on an annual basis.

As of December 31, 2018, the balance with the Fund Manager totaled $16,270,000, including $12,506,000 which is classified within cash and cash equivalents on the accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheets, and $3,764,000 which is classified as marketable securities on the accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheets.

Please see Note O for additional disclosures on related parties from a subsequent event.

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value guidance identifies three primary valuation techniques: the market approach, the income approach and the cost approach. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts such as cash flows or earnings, to a single present amount. The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. The cost approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset.

The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The maximization of observable inputs and the minimization of the use of unobservable inputs are required.

Classification within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the objectivity of the inputs that are significant to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels within the fair value hierarchy are characterized as follows:

Level 1 - Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability for which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company's own assumptions about what market participants would use to price the asset or liability. These inputs may include internally developed pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, as well as instruments for which the fair value determination requires significant management judgment.

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There were no transfers from level 2 to level 3 during the periods presented. There were no level 3 assets as of September 30, 2019 or December 31, 2018. The Company also has assets that may be subject to measurement at fair value on a non-recurring basis, including goodwill and intangible assets, and other long-lived assets. There were no liabilities subject to fair value on a non-recurring or recurring basis as of September 30, 2019 or December 31, 2018.

The Company reviews goodwill and the carrying value of long-lived assets at least annually or whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be recoverable. If it is determined that the assets are impaired, the carrying value would be reduced to estimated fair value.

E.Inventories

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the FIFO (first-in, first-out) method. The Company reduces the value of its inventories to net realizable value when the net realizable value is believed to be less than the cost of the item. The inventory reserve for obsolescence as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 was $1,484,000 and $1,266,000, respectively.

Inventories are comprised of the following (in thousands):

Intangible assets are recorded at cost less accumulated amortization which is included in engineering, selling and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. Amortization is computed for financial reporting purposes using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range up to 10 years. The intangible assets consist of intellectual property and goodwill. The net carrying value of the amortizable intangible assets was $381,000 and $437,000 as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Goodwill, which is not amortizable, was $40,000 as of both September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

The Company measures the cost of employee services in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award and recognizes the cost over the requisite service period, typically the vesting period.

The Company estimates the fair value of stock options on the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model requires subjective assumptions, including future stock price volatility and expected time to exercise, which greatly affect the calculated values. There is no expected dividend rate. Historical Company information was the basis for the expected volatility assumption as the Company believes that the historical volatility is indicative of expected volatility over the life of the option. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon rates with a remaining term equal to the expected term of the option.

Compensation expense related to share-based compensation is recognized over the applicable vesting periods. As of September 30, 2019, there was approximately $14,000 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested share-based compensation arrangements that will be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.0 years.

The Company computes earnings per share in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share adjusts basic earnings per share for the effects of stock options and other potentially dilutive financial instruments, only in the periods in which the effects are dilutive. The dilutive effect of share-based awards is reflected in earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method, which includes consideration of unamortized share-based compensation expense required under the Compensation – Stock Compensation Topic of the ASC.

For both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 there were 9,541 options to purchase shares, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, there were warrants to purchase 519,241 shares of common stock that were excluded from the diluted earnings per share computation because the impact of the assumed exercise of such stock options or warrants would have been anti-dilutive during the respective periods.

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The following table reconciles basic weighted average shares outstanding to diluted weighted average shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018:

Share Repurchase Program

On August 29, 2011, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) authorized the Company to repurchase up to 100,000 shares of its common stock in accordance with applicable securities laws. This authorization increased the total number of shares authorized and available for repurchase under the Company's existing share repurchase program to 540,000 shares, at such times, amounts and prices as the Company shall deem appropriate. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had repurchased a total of 81,584 shares of common stock at a cost of $580,000, which shares are currently held in treasury.

The Company periodically undertakes a review of its valuation allowance and it evaluates all positive and negative factors that may affect whether it is more likely than not that the Company would realize its future tax benefits from its deferred tax balances. In 2014, the Company introduced a number of changes, most notably the decision to exit the low-margin, high-volume telecommunications market and focus on engineered solutions in the aerospace and defense markets. This turnaround plan was engineered and executed by the Company’s current chief executive officer, with the consent of the Board of Directors and participation by management. Over the following five years, the negative factors that caused the Company to produce continuing losses in the U.S. tax jurisdiction were eliminated, with the result being sustained increases in the Company’s sales, revenues, and backlog. Margins from its new and improved products and services have continually increased and the Company maintains a strong backlog of orders with its customers to support the assertion that it is more likely than not that substantially all of its net deferred tax assets will be utilized and that associated valuation allowances should be eliminated.

The income tax provision for interim periods is generally determined based upon the expected effective income tax rate for the full year and the tax rate applicable to certain discrete transactions in the interim period. To determine the annual effective income tax rate, we must estimate both the total income (loss) before income tax for the full year and the jurisdictions in which that income (loss) is subject to tax. The actual effective income tax rate for the full year may differ from these estimates if income (loss) before income tax is greater than or less than what was estimated or if the allocation of income (loss) to jurisdictions in which it is taxed is different from the estimated allocations.

The estimated annualized effective income tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was 24.8% and 24.2%, respectively. Other differences between our effective income tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory rate are the impact of state taxes, foreign taxes, non-deductible expenses, and excess tax benefits or expense on share-based compensation.

The net balance of the deferred tax asset was approximately $5.2 million as of December 31, 2018, with a related valuation allowance of $5.1 million. Through the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company was able to realize $0.7 million of its deferred tax assets as a result of its profitable operations. At September 30, 2019, the Company wrote off $0.7 million of deferred tax assets and the related valuation allowance for certain deferred tax assets which were no longer realizable, and released $3.3 million from its valuation allowance, representing the net realizable portion of its U.S. deferred tax assets, with the balance of the valuation allowance of $0.4 million covering that portion of the Company’s U.S. deferred tax assets which are not expected to be realized.

Deferred tax assets totaled $3.4 million at September 30, 2019, which includes the tax effect of federal, state, and foreign net operating loss carryforwards and our federal tax credits. We recognize federal, state, and foreign net operating loss carryforwards and our federal tax credits as deferred tax assets, subject to valuation allowances. At each balance sheet date, we estimate the amount of carryforwards that are not expected to be used prior to expiration of the carryforward period. Our federal, state, and foreign net operating loss carryforwards expire beginning in 2026, and extending to 2037. Our tax credit carryforwards expire beginning in 2020, and extending to 2038. The tax effect of the carryforwards that are not expected to be used prior to their expiration is included in the valuation allowance. At September 30, 2019, the balance in the Company’s valuation allowance over its deferred tax assets was $388,000, consisting primarily of tax credits expiring between 2020 and 2023.

As of September 30, 2019, management assessed the balances of its deferred tax assets and liabilities and has determined that it has not taken any aggressive tax positions that may be considered uncertain under ASC 740-10.

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Operating income is equal to revenues less cost of sales and operating expenses, excluding investment income, interest expense, and income taxes.

The Company allocates its foreign revenue based on the customer's ship-to location.

In the ordinary course of business, the Company and its subsidiaries may become defendants in certain product liability, patent infringement, worker claims and other litigation. The Company records a liability when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount is reasonably estimable.

The Company initially committed up to $150,000 to investigate and pursue setting up the SPAC entity and its Sponsor. As of September 30, 2019, $118,000 had been expended, including $116,000 that was set up as prepaid offering costs on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. At September 30, 2019, at the anticipated size of $125 million for the offering plus potential underwriter overallotments, the Company was contingently liable to investing up to $4.25 million in the SPAC sponsor.

On November 6, 2019, LGL Group contributed $3.35 million to the Sponsor to fund the Sponsor’s purchase of private warrants in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the consummation of the SPAC’s initial public offering.

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We lease certain manufacturing and office space and equipment. We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. A contract is or contains a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of identified property, plant, or equipment (an identified asset) for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Amounts associated with operating leases are included in right-of-use lease assets, and other accrued expense in our consolidated balance sheet. Right-of-use lease assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Right-of-use lease assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term. We use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate for operating leases that commenced in the period is determined by using the prior quarter end’s incremental borrowing rates. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet, and we recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Certain leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from one to 10 years or more, and the exercise of lease renewal options under these leases is at our sole discretion. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we renewed a lease on one of our facilities, resulting in the addition of $318,000 in right-of-use lease assets in exchange for operating lease liabilities.

Future minimum lease payment obligations under operating leases are as follows (in thousands):

On November 6, 2019, LGL Group contributed $3.35 million to the Sponsor to fund the Sponsor’s purchase of private warrants in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the consummation of the SPAC’s initial public offering (“IPO”). Each private warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of common stock of the SPAC at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The proceeds from the private warrants will be added to the proceeds from the SPAC’s initial public offering to be held in a trust account. If the SPAC does not complete a business combination within 24 months from the closing of the SPAC’s initial public offering, the proceeds from the sale of the private warrants will be used to fund the redemption of the shares sold in the SPAC’s initial public offering (subject to the requirements of applicable law), and the private warrants will expire worthless. LGL is expected to own approximately 43.57% of the Sponsor immediately following any transaction.

On November 7, 2019, the SPAC raised $172.5 million through the sale of 17.25 million shares and was listed as a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol ‘DFNSU’. The IPO closed on November 12, 2019.

Prior to and immediately following the IPO, the Sponsor held 4,312,500 shares of the SPAC, which are restricted and non-tradable. The Sponsor holds 20% of the shares in the SPAC along with 5,200,000 warrants at a strike price of $11.50.

There is no assurance that the SPAC will be successful in completing a business combination or that any business combination will be successful. LGL can lose its entire investment in the SPAC if a business combination is not completed within 24 months or if the business combination is not successful, which may adversely impact LGL’s stockholder value.

As a result of this transaction, certain of the current directors of LGL will be officers and/or directors of the SPAC, and will be treated as related or affiliated parties in future filings.

Marc Gabelli, our Non-Executive Chairman also serves as Chairman and CEO of the SPAC and has invested in the Sponsor. Timothy Foufas, a member of LGL’s board of directors, is also a member of the Sponsor and COO of the SPAC and has invested in the Sponsor. Patrick Huvane, LGL’s SVP of business development, is a member of both LGL and the SPAC’s management team. Michael J. Ferrantino, Jr., a member of LGL’s board of directors, is also a member of the Sponsor and a board member for the SPAC.

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Under separate arrangement, these people may be eligible to receive incentive compensation should the SPAC complete a successful acquisition.

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