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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 10-Q
[X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the period ended February 28,August 31, 1998
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[ ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from ______________ to ______________
Commission File Number: 0-8656
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TSR, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 13-2635899
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
400 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge,OSER AVENUE, HAUPPAUGE, NY 11788
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(Address of principal executive offices)
516-231-0333
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(Registrant's telephone number)
None
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
[X] Yes [ ] No
SHARES OUTSTANDING
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5,988,276 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share,
as of March 31,September 30, 1998.
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TSR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX
Page
Number
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PartPART I. Financial Information:FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Item 1. Financial Statements:
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets--
February 28,Sheets --
August 31, 1998 and May 31, 1997.....................1998....................... 3
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings--Earnings --
For the three months and nine months ended February 28,August 31, 1998 and 1997...........................1997.... 4
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows--Flows --
For the ninethree months ended February 28,August 31, 1998 and 1997.............................................1997.... 5
Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements...Statements..... 6
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis..................... 7
PartPART II. Other Information............................................... 12
Signatures............................................................... 12OTHER INFORMATION................................................ 10
SIGNATURES................................................................. 11
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PartPART I. Financial InformationFINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
TSR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
February 28,
August 31, May 31,
ASSETS 1998 1997
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ASSETS1998
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Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (Note 6)............................................ ........................................ $ 3,139,3164,806,433 $ 2,931,1802,425,122
Marketable securities (Note 7)................................................ 631,922 26,175 ............................................ 1,535,218 1,575,945
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for
doubtful accounts of $173,000)............................................ 14,049,715 10,408,542 ........................................ 15,044,964 15,037,995
Other receivables............................................................. 99,470 57,333receivables ......................................................... 110,592 86,772
Prepaid expenses.............................................................. 13,923 3,860expenses .......................................................... 13,198 67,449
Prepaid and recoverable income taxes.......................................... 40,185 11,095taxes ...................................... 31,132 90,823
Deferred income taxes.........................................................taxes ..................................................... 59,000 59,000
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Total current assets...................................................... 18,033,531 13,497,185assets .................................................. 21,600,537 19,343,106
Equipment and leasehold improvements, at cost (net of accumulated
depreciation and amortization of $999,000$1,083,000 and $687,000)....................... 1,017,355 459,902$952,000) ................. 899,556 1,008,776
Other assets....................................................................... 65,995 57,782assets ................................................................... 105,162 90,995
Deferred income taxes.............................................................. 68,000 29,000taxes .......................................................... 85,000 73,000
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$19,184,881 $14,043,869$22,690,255 $20,515,877
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts and other payables...................................................payables ............................................... $ 140,030160,268 $ 207,074278,410
Accrued and other liabilities................................................. 2,785,074 2,486,788liabilities ............................................. 3,639,198 2,950,986
Income taxes payable.......................................................... 159,709 135,173payable ...................................................... 654,240 173,377
Advances from customers....................................................... 962,674 783,892customers ................................................... 981,873 946,257
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Total current liabilities................................................. 4,047,487 3,612,927liabilities ............................................. 5,435,579 4,349,030
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Shareholders' Equity:
Preferred stock, $1 par value, authorized
1,000,000 shares; none issued.............................................issued ......................................... -- --
Common stock, $.01 par value, authorized
25,000,000 shares; issued 5,988,276* and 5,828,276*..................................5,988,276 shares * .......................... 59,883 58,28359,883
Additional paid-in capital ................................................................................................... 3,183,246 878,4463,183,246
Retained earnings............................................................. 11,894,265 9,494,213earnings ......................................................... 14,011,547 12,923,718
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15,137,394 10,430,94217,254,676 16,166,847
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$19,184,881 $14,043,869
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*Adjusted for a stock split in the form of a 100% stock dividend on November 17,
1997.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed
financial statements.
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TSR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 1998 AND 1997
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
February 28, February 28,
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1998 1997 1998 1997
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Revenues......................................... $17,966,457 $13,046,530 $51,260,976 $34,745,867
Cost of sales.................................... 12,808,402 9,961,255 37,426,481 26,261,275
Research and development expenses................ 211,696 96,419 588,880 190,386
Selling, general and
administrative expenses....................... 3,093,832 2,259,650 8,996,869 6,391,275
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16,113,930 12,317,324 47,012,230 32,842,936
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Income from operations........................... 1,852,527 729,206 4,248,746 1,902,931
Other income:
Interest and dividend income................ 28,876 32,062 101,146 121,843
Gain on marketable securities............... 6,200 50,444 13,560 57,351
Gain from sales of assets................... -- -- 8,600 77,650
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Income before income taxes....................... 1,887,603 811,712 4,372,052 2,159,775
Provision for income taxes....................... 838,000 358,000 1,972,000 956,000
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Net income.................................. $ 1,049,603 $ 453,712 $ 2,400,052 $ 1,203,775$22,690,255 $20,515,877
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Basic net income per common share*............... $ 0.18 $ 0.08 $ 0.41 $ 0.21
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Diluted net income per common share*............. $ 0.17 $ 0.08 $ 0.40 $ 0.21
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Weighted average number of
diluted common shares outstanding*............ 6,165,503 5,828,276 5,977,381 5,828,276
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* Adjusted for a stock split in the form of a 100% stock dividend on November 17, 1997.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.
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TSR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED AUGUST 31, 1998 AND 1997
Three Months Ended
August 31,
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1998 1997
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Revenues ............................................................. $20,465,532 $15,778,845
Cost of sales ........................................................ 15,060,372 11,947,018
Selling, general and administrative expenses ......................... 3,359,264 2,814,215
Research and development expenses .................................... 148,171 165,254
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18,567,807 14,926,487
Income from operations ............................................... 1,897,725 852,358
Other income:
Interest and dividend income .................................... 67,886 31,195
Gain (loss) from marketable securities, net ..................... (27,782) 3,950
Gain from sales of assets ....................................... -- 8,600
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Income before income taxes ........................................... 1,937,829 896,103
Provision for income taxes ........................................... 850,000 427,000
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Net income ...................................................... $ 1,087,829 $ 469,103
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Basic net income per common share .................................... $ 0.18 $ 0.08
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding* ................ 5,988,276 5,985,324
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Diluted net income per common share .................................. $ 0.18 $ 0.08
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Weighted average number of diluted common shares outstanding* ........ 5,988,276 5,985,324
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* Adjusted for a stock split in the form of a 100% stock dividend on November 17, 1997.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.
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TSR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINETHREE MONTHS ENDED FEBRUARY 28,AUGUST 31, 1998 AND 1997
Nine
Three Months Ended
February 28,
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income....................................................................income ......................................................... $1,087,829 $ 2,400,052 $ 1,203,775
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Adjustments to reconcile net income
to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization............................................. 312,534 116,377amortization .................................. 139,534 77,598
Gain from marketable securities........................................... (13,560) (57,351)sales of assets ...................................... -- (8,600)
Deferred income taxes..................................................... (39,000) 35,000
Gain on sales of assets................................................... (8,600) (77,650)taxes .......................................... (12,000) (7,000)
Loss (gain) from marketable securities, net .................... 27,782 (3,950)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable................................................... (3,641,173) (4,192,702)receivable ........................................ (6,969) (903,545)
Other receivables..................................................... (42,137) (59,403)receivables .......................................... (23,820) (2,299)
Prepaid expenses...................................................... (10,063) 9,639expenses ........................................... 54,251 3,860
Prepaid and recoverable income taxes.................................. (29,090) 15,637taxes ....................... 59,691 11,045
Other assets.......................................................... (8,213) 196assets ............................................... (22,500) 12,587
Accounts payable and accrued expenses................................. 231,242 849,987expenses ...................... 570,070 250,973
Income taxes payable.................................................. 24,536 (39,347)payable ....................................... 480,863 185,449
Advances from customers............................................... 178,782 347,908
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Total adjustments......................................................... (3,044,742) (3,051,709)
----------- -----------adjustments .............................................. 1,302,518 (310,565)
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Net cash used inprovided by operating activities......................................... (644,690) (1,847,934)
----------- -----------activities .......................... 2,390,347 158,538
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities............... - 3,655,638
Purchasesecurities .... 487,185 --
Purchases of marketable securities......................................... (592,187) (2,865,303)
Purchasesecurities ............................. (474,240) --
Purchases of fixed assets.................................................. (869,987) (213,045)assets ...................................... (21,981) (373,329)
Proceeds from sales of assets.............................................assets .................................. -- 8,600
77,650
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Net cash provided by (used in)used in investing activities........................... (1,453,574) 654,940
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Issuance of common stock.................................................. 2,306,400 --
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Net cash provided by financing activities..................................... 2,306,400 --
----------- -----------activities .......................... (9,036) (364,729)
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents............................... 208,136 (1,192,994)equivalents .................... 2,381,311 (206,191)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period...................................period ........................ 2,425,122 2,931,180
2,958,922
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period......................................... $ 3,139,316 $ 1,765,928
=========== ===========period .............................. $4,806,433 $2,724,989
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Supplemental Disclosures:
Income tax payments net...................................................................................................... $ 2,016,000321,000 $ 945,000
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Interest paid.................................................................paid ...................................................... $ -- $ --
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.
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TSR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FEBRUARY 28,AUGUST 31, 1998
1. The accompanying unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
for interim financial information and with the instructions of Form 10- Q
of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and
notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statements. For further information refer to the Company's
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 1997.1998.
2. In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited consolidated
condensed financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only
normal recurring accruals) necessary to present fairly the consolidated
financial position, the consolidated results of operations, and
consolidated cash flows for the periods presented.
3. The Company provides contractis primarily engaged in the business of providing computer
programming services and Year 2000
compliance solutions to its clients.consulting services. The Company in its contract computer
programming service business, provides technical computer
personnel to companies to supplement their in-house information technology
capabilities. In addition, during fiscal 1997, the Company has developed
Catch/21, a Year 2000 compliance software solution that corrects,which enables the
Company to correct, on a substantially automated basis, problems which may
occur in computer software as a result of the century change in the year
2000. TheToward the end of fiscal 1997 the Company has recently commenced providing
conversion
services to customers to make software applications Year 2000 compliant.
4. The consolidated condensed financial statements include the accounts of
TSR, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany
balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
5. The Company recognizes contract computer programming consulting services revenues as
services are provided. Revenues from the maintenance and support of the
Company's proprietary software are recognized monthly as services are
rendered. Provided that acceptance is probable, revenue from Catch/21 code
conversion is recognized as services are rendered.when the converted code is delivered.
6. The Company considers short-term highly liquid investments with maturities
of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.
Cash and cash equivalents were comprised of the following as of February
28,August 31,
1998:
Cash in banks ............................. $ 683,18040,632
Money Market Funds......................... 1,962,551
United States Treasury Bills............... 493,5854,765,801
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$3,139,316$4,806,433
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7. Marketable securities consists of United States Treasury Bills and equity
securities. The treasury bills with maturities at acquisition in excess of
90 days, are classified as held to maturity investments. The Company's
equity securities are classified as trading securities. The amortized
cost, gross unrealized holding gains, gross unrealized holding losses and
fair value for marketable securities by major security type at February 28,August 31,
1998 are as follows:
Gross Gross
Unrealized Unrealized
Amortized Holding Holding
Cost Gains Losses Fair Value
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United States Treasury Bills.......... $487,184 $Bills.. $1,435,200 -- $ -- $487,184$1,435,200
Equity Securities.................... 133,290 11,448 -- 144,738
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$620,474 $11,448 $ -- $631,922
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$1,568,489 $5,323 $(38,594) $1,535,218
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8. The Company's exclusive license to market construction specifications
databases expired March 1, 1996. In June 1996, the Company sold its
customer database for $76,850 which was recorded as non-operating income
in the first quarter of fiscal 1997.
9. On October 22, 1997 the Board of Directors of the Company declared a stock
split in the form of a 100% stock dividend on the shares of Common Stock
payable November 17, 1997 to stockholders of record as of November 3,
1997. All data for prior periods has been adjusted accordingly.
10.9. On January 30, 1998, the Company sold 160,000 shares of common stock at
$16 per share in a private placement. The net proceeds to the Company
after expenses were $2,306,400.
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PartPART I. Financial InformationFINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 2.
TSR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated condensed financial statements and the notes to the consolidated
condensed financial statements.
Results of OperationsRESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth for the periods indicated certain financial
information derived from the Company's consolidated statements of earnings.
There can be no assurance that trends in sales growth or operating results will
continue in the future:
Three Months Ended February 28, 1998 as compared with three months ended
February 28, 1997
(Amounts in Thousands)
3 Months Ended February 28,
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Amount Revenues Amount Revenues
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(Amounts in Thousands)
Revenues .................................................... $17,967...................................... $20,466 100.0 $13,046$15,779 100.0
Cost of Sales ............................................... 12,808 71.3 9 76.4................................. 15,061 73.6 11,947 75.7
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Gross Profit ................................................ 5,159 28.7 3,085 23.6
Research and Development Expenses............................ 212 1.2 96 0.7.................................. 5,405 26.4 3,832 24.3
Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses ............... 3,094 17.2 17.3expenses.. 3,359 16.4 2,815 17.8
Research and Development expenses ............. 148 0.7 165 1.1
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Income from Operations ...................................... 1,853 10.3 729 5.6........................ 1,898 9.3 852 5.4
Other Income ................................................ 35 0 83 .6.................................. 40 0.2 44 0.3
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Income Before Income Taxes .................................. 1,888 10.5 812 6.2.................... 1,938 9.5 896 5.7
Provision for Income Taxes .................................. 838 4.7 358.................... 850 4.2 427 2.7
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Net Income ...................................................................................... $ 1,050 5.81,088 5.3 $ 454 3.5469 3.0
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RevenuesREVENUES
Revenues consist primarily of revenues from contract computer programming consulting
services. In addition, the Company's revenues for the quarter ended February 28,August 31,
1998 included revenues from its Year 2000 business which was commenced in fiscal
1997. Revenues for the quarter ended February 28,August 31, 1998 increased $4,921,000$4,687,000 or
37.7%29.7% over the comparable period in fiscal 1997.
Contract computer1998.
Computer programming consulting services revenues increased $2,408,000$2,960,000 from
$12,982,000$15,175,000 in the quarter ended February 28,August 31, 1997 to $15,390,000$18,135,000 in the quarter
ended February 28,August 31, 1998. This increase resulted from an overall increase in the
number of programmers on billing with clients from an average of approximately
425 at February
28,448 in the quarter ended August 31, 1997 to approximately 450 at February 28, 1998. Revenue growth during477 in the quarter
ended February 28, 1998 was affected due to the discontinuance of a
significant project by the Company's largest customer, as a result of which
computer programming personnel for the project provided by the Company were no
longer required.August 31, 1998.
Revenues from the Company's Year 2000 business, which was commenced in fiscal
1997, were $2,561,000$2,331,000 for the quarter ended February 28,August 31, 1998. During the current
quarter the Company used its proprietary Catch/21 Software Solution on
conversion projects to remediate approximately 10,000,0009,000,000 lines of code for
client software applications for a total of sixteenfifteen customers. Revenues for the
Year 2000 business in the prior year period were $45,000.
The agreements under which the Year 2000 business revenues were recognized
provide that all payments under the agreements are subject to satisfactory
conversion of the applications. Revenues include amounts billed or paid prior to
the final acceptance by the customer based upon management's belief that
acceptance is probable.
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The Company received its initial revenues from the Year 2000 business during its
1997 fiscal year, and its revenues increased to $2,561,000 for the quarter ended
February 28, 1998. However, the Company's
Year 2000 business is still inrevenues during the relatively early stagesfirst quarter of fiscal 1999 were slightly less
than the fiscal 1998 fourth quarter revenues and as a result, its quarterlythe Company expects these
revenues can be
significantly impacted bymay decline more rapidly during the timingremainder of releases of code by the Company's
customers to the Company's conversion facility, as well as the timing of
entering into agreements with new customers. At the present time, thefiscal 1999. The
Company has received less code from customers than it had expected based on
customers' original estimates. In addition, the Company is experiencing more
intense competition which in turn is creating longer sales cycles and has impacted obtaining new customers.
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The agreements under which the Companyrevenues were recognized provide that all
payments under the agreements are subject to satisfactory conversion of the
applications. Revenues include certain amounts billed or paid prior to the final
acceptance by the customer only for conversion projects where upon management
believes that its customers have been
satisfied with the Company's Year 2000 conversion services and the performance
of its Catch/21 software and that itacceptance is well positioned to expand its Year 2000
business, the above factors and the conditions of the Year 2000 industry
generally make it difficult actually to predict near term revenues.
Cost of Salesprobable.
COST OF SALES
Cost of sales as a percentage of revenues decreased from 76.4%75.7% in the quarter
ended February 28,August 31, 1997 to 71.3%73.6% in the quarter ended February 28,August 31, 1998. This
decrease is primarily attributable to the increase in Year 2000 revenues for
which cost of sales as a percentage of revenues in the Year 2000 business beingis less than the contract computer
programming consulting business.
In the contract computer programming consulting services business, cost of sales as a
percentage of sales increased from 76.3%76.2% in the quarter ended February 28,August 31, 1997 to
77.4%77.1% in the quarter ended February 28,August 31, 1998. This increase is attributable to
increases in amounts being paid to qualified programming professionals outpacing
the Company's ability to pass these increases on to customers due to competitive
market pressures in the industry.
The Year 2000 business incurred cost of sales of $900,000 or 35.1% of revenues$1,080,000 in the quarter ended
February 28, 1998.August 31, 1998 versus $386,000 in the prior year quarter. These costs consisted
primarily of salaries of software analysts and quality assurance personnel. The
Company has
increasedexpects cost of sales from the Year 2000 business to decrease in the
coming quarters due to the hiring and
training of additional personnel in anticipation of future conversion projects.
During the current quarter, approximately 20 additional analysts were hired to
increase future capacity. Cost of sales for the Year 2000 businessa significant decrease in the quarter ended February 28, 1997 were $62,000.
Research and Development
Research and development costsnumber of $212,000analysts working
in the quarter ended February 28,
1998 represent amounts expended by the Company to further develop and enhance
its Catch/21 Software Solution. Currently, the Catch/21 Software Solution can
convert IBM mainframe COBOL , PL/1, RPG, Assembler, CA-ADS, and CA-IDEAL
applications. Additionally, several of the languages are supported in AS/400 and
DEC/VAX environments. The development expenditures are expected to continue
during calendar 1998 as the Company seeks to expand its product offerings to
enable it to convert software applications which run on additional computer
platforms and are written in other languages such as ADABASE/NATURAL,
CA-EASYTRIEVE/EASYPLUS and other fourth generation language platforms which the
Company expects to complete, subject to customer demand, during the next year.
Research and development expenses in the quarter ended February 28, 1997 were
$96,000.
Selling, General and Administrative Expensesthis area.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of expenses
relating to account executives, technical recruiters, facilities costs,
management and corporate overhead. These expenses increased $834,000$544,000 or 36.9%19.3%
from $2,260,000$2,815,000 in the quarter ended February 28,August 31, 1997 to $3,094,000$3,359,000 in the
quarter ended February 28,August 31, 1998. Selling, general and administrative expenses
related to contract computer programming consulting services increased $201,000$460,000 over the
prior year period to $2,366,000.$2,721,000. The increase was primarily attributable to
additional sales commissionscommission based compensation based on higher gross profits. In
addition, this increase resulted to a lesser extent, from expenses relating to the hiring of
additional account executives and technical recruiting professionals to expandbroaden
the Company's client base and recruit additional technical consultants in
connection with the continuation of the Company's planned expansion.
In the quarter ended February 28,August 31, 1998, approximately $726,000$638,000 in selling, general
and administrative expenses were attributable to the Year 2000 business. These
expenses consistedconsist primarily of marketing, advertisingmanagement, and facilities expenses.
DuringSuch expenses decreased from the currentfourth quarter four sales people dedicatedof fiscal 1998 and are expected
to thecontinue to decline due to lower demand for Year 2000 business were hired which will significantly increase selling expenses in
the coming quarters.remediation services.
Comparable Year 2000 selling, general and administrative expenses in the quarter
ended February 28,August 31, 1997 were $40,000.
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Other Income
The change in other income occurred primarily due to a net gains of $50,000 in
marketable securities in the fiscal 1997 quarter versus gains of $6,000 in the
quarter ended February 28, 1998.
Income Taxes
The effective income tax rate increased to 44.4% in the quarter ended February
28, 1998 from 44.1% in the quarter ended February 28, 1997 due to higher state
and local income taxes.
Nine months ended February 28, 1998 compared with nine months ended February 28,
1997.
9 Months Ended
February 28,
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1998 1997
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% of % of
Amount Revenues Amount Revenues
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Revenues ........................................... $ 51,261 100.0 $34,746 100.0
Cost of Sales ...................................... 37,426 73.0 26,261 75.6
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Gross Profit ....................................... 13,835 27.0 8,485 24.4
Research and Development Expenses................... 589 1.1 191 0.5
Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses ...... 8,997 17.6 6,391 18.4
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Income from Operations ............................. 4,249 8.3 1,903 5.5
Other Income ....................................... 123 0.2 257 0.7
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Income Before Income Taxes ......................... 4,372 8.5 2,160 6.2
Provision for Income Taxes ......................... 1,972 3.8 956 2.7
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Net Income ......................................... $ 2,400 4.7 $ 1,204 3.5
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Revenues
Revenues consist primarily of revenues from contract computer programming
services. In addition, the Company's revenues for the nine months ended February
28, 1998 included revenues from its Year 2000 business which was commenced in
fiscal 1997. Revenues for the nine months ended February 28, 1998 increased
$16,515,000 or 47.5% over the comparable period in fiscal 1997.
Contract computer programming services revenues increased $11,888,000 from
$34,598,000 in the nine months ended February 28, 1997 to $46,486,000 in the
nine months ended February 28, 1998. This increase resulted from an overall
increase in the number of programmers on billing with clients from approximately
425 at February 28, 1997 to approximately 450 at February 28, 1998. The rate of
revenue growth has slowed during the nine months ended February 28, 1998 due to
the discontinuance of certain projects by the Company's largest customer, as a
result of which computer programming personnel for the projects provided by the
Company were no longer required.
Revenues from the Company's Year 2000 business, which was commenced in fiscal
1997, were $4,726,000 for the nine months ended February 28, 1998. During the
current period the Company used its proprietary Catch/21 Software Solution on
conversion projects to remediate approximately 20,000,000 lines of code for
client software applications for a total of sixteen customers. Year 2000
revenues for the nine months ended February 28, 19987 were $45,000.
The agreements under which the Year 2000 business revenues were recognized
provide that all payments under the agreements are subject to satisfactory
conversion of the applications. Revenues include amounts billed or paid prior to
the final acceptance by the customer based upon management's belief that
acceptance is probable.
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Cost of Sales
Cost of sales as a percentage of revenues decreased from 75.6% in the nine
months ended February 28, 1997 to 73.0% in the nine months ended February 28,
1998. This decrease is primarily attributable to the cost of sales as a
percentage of revenues in the Year 2000 business being less than the contract
computer programming business.
In the contract computer programming services business, cost of sales as a
percentage of sales increased from 75.7% in the nine months ended February 28,
1997 to 76.6% in the comparable period ended February 28, 1998. This increase is
attributable to increases in amounts paid to qualified programming professionals
outpacing the Company's ability to pass these increases on to customers due to
competitive market pressures in the industry.
The Year 2000 business incurred cost of sales of $1,808,000 or 38.3% of revenues
in the nine months ended February 28, 1998. These costs consisted primarily of
salaries of software analysts and quality assurance personnel. The Company has
increased cost of sales from the Year 2000 business due to the hiring and
training of additional personnel in anticipation of future conversion projects.
Cost of sales for the Year 2000 business in the period ended February 28, 1997
amounted to $62,000.
Research and Development$554,000.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Research and development costs of $589,000$148,000 in the nine monthsquarter ended February 28,August 31, 1998
represent amounts expended by the Company to further develop and enhance
itsexpand Catch/21, Software Solution. Currently, the Catch/21 Software Solution can
convert IBM mainframe COBOL , PL/1, RPG, Assembler, CA-ADS, and CA-IDEAL
applications. Additionally, several of the languages are supported in AS/400 and
DEC/VAX environments. The development expenditures are expected to continue
during calendar 1998 as the Company seeks to expand itsCompany's Year
2000 compliance solution, product offerings to
enable it to convert software applicationsincluding XRAY/2000 which run on additional computer
platformsstands for
Examination, Repair, and are written in other languages such as ADABASE/NATURAL,
CA-EASYTRIEVE/EASYPLUSAudit for Year 2000 Compliance, and other fourth generation language platforms which the
Company expects to complete, subject to customer demand, during the next year.various testing
utilities. Research and development expenses in the periodquarter ended February 28,August 31,
1997 were $191,000.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of expenses
relating to account executives, technical recruiters, facilities costs,
management and corporate overhead. These expenses increased $2,606,000 or 40.8%
from $6,391,000 in$165,000.
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS
In the nine monthsquarter ended February 28, 1997 to $8,997,000 inAugust 31, 1998, the
nine months ended February 28, 1998. Selling, general and administrative
expenses related to contract computer programming services increased $1,042,000
overconsulting
service business contributed $1,433,000 or 75.5% of the income from operations,
while the Year 2000 business contributed the remaining $465,000 or 24.5%. In the
prior year period to $7,123,000. The increase was primarily
attributable to additional sales commissions based on higher gross profits. In
addition, this increase resulted, to a lesser extent,quarter, the computer programming consulting service business
contributed $1,353,000 of income from expenses relating to
the hiring of additional account executives and technical recruiting
professionals to expand the Company's client base and recruit additional
technical consultants in connection with the continuation of the Company's
planned expansion.
In the nine months ended February 28, 1998, approximately $1,873,000 in selling,
general and administrative expenses were attributable tooperations, the Year 2000 business.
These expenses consistedbusiness
incurred a loss of $520,000, and there was $19,000 from other sources.
OTHER INCOME
Other income resulted primarily of marketing, advertisingfrom interest and facilities
expenses. Comparable Year 2000 selling, general and administrative expensesdividend income which
increased by $37,000 to $68,000 due to higher average available investable funds
in the periodquarter ended February 28, 1997 were $92,000.
Other Income
The change in other income occurred primarily dueAugust 31, 1998. This interest and dividend increase was
offset, to the salesome extent, by an unrealized loss of $28,000 on the Company's
customer database from its construction specification subsidiary for $77,000 in
the first quarter of fiscal 1997.
Income Taxesequity securities.
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INCOME TAXES
The effective income tax rate increaseddecreased to 45.1%43.9% in the nine monthsquarter ended February 28,August 31,
1998 from 44.3%47.7% in the nine monthsquarter ended February 28,August 31, 1997 duebecause the losses incurred
in the prior year quarter by the Year 2000 business, operated out of the
Company's Hauppauge, New York location, were not available to higheroffset state and
local incomes taxes.
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Liquidity, Capital Resources and Changes in Financial Conditionincome taxes other than for New York State.
LIQUIDITY, CAPITAL RESOURCES AND CHANGES IN FINANCIAL CONDITION
The Company expects that cash flow generated from operations together with its
cash and marketable securities and available credit facilities will be
sufficient to provide the Company with adequate resources to meet its cash
requirements, including further acquisition of fixed assets and other
investments in the Year 2000 business.requirements.
At February 28,August 31, 1998, the Company had working capital of $13,986,000$16,165,000 and cash and
cash equivalents of $3,139,000$4,806,000 as compared to working capital of $9,884,000$14,994,000 and
cash and cash equivalents of $2,931,000$2,425,000 at May 31, 1997.1998. Working capital and
cash and cash equivalents increased primarily due to the Company's net income in
the nine monthsquarter ended February 28,
1998 and the sale of common stock. Although there was a significant working
capital increase, cash and cash equivalents increased to a lesser extent from
MayAugust 31, 1997 to February 28, 1998 primarily due to an increase in accounts
receivable and the purchase of fixed assets.1998.
The Company had negativepositive net cash flow of $645,000$2,390,000 from operations during the
nine monthsquarter ended February 28,August 31, 1998 as compared to negativepositive net cash flow from
operations of $1,848,000$159,000 in the nine monthsquarter ended February 28,August 31, 1997. The rate of
negative cash flow declined in the nine months ended February 28, 1998 as
compared to the nine months ended February 28, 1997 primarily due to higher
income from operations. The Company had net
income of $2,400,000,$1,088,000, in the nine
monthsquarter ended February 28,August 31, 1998. However,The Company also had
additional cash flow as a result of the Company hadincrease in the accounts payable and
accrued expenses of $570,000 and an increase in accounts
receivableincome taxes payable of
$3,641,000 from $10,409,000 at May 31, 1997 to $14,050,000 at
February 28, 1998.$481,000. The increase in accounts receivablepayable and accrued expenses resulted
primarily from the increase in revenuescost of sales. The increase in income taxes
payable occurred because the federal income tax payment for the period.quarter was due
after the end of the quarter.
Cash flow used in investing activities resulted primarily from purchasesthe purchase of
fixed assets in the nine month periodcurrent quarter of $870,000 in fiscal 1998. This compares
with$22,000. The fixed asset purchases of $213,000additions were
$373,000 in fiscal 1997.the prior year period. The significant increase
was required fordecrease occurred due to
equipment purchased in the prior year period to emulate client computer
environments to enable sufficient testing and quality assurance of the Catch/21
Software Solution.
Additionally, the Company invested $592,000 in marketable securities during the
period, of which $487,000 was invested in United States Treasury Bills.
Cash flow from financing activities of $2,306,400 resulted from the sale of
160,000 shares of common stock at $16 per share, less expenses, in a private
placement on January 30, 1998.
The Company's capital resource commitments at February 28,August 31, 1998 consisted of lease
obligations on its branch and corporate facilities. The Company intends to
finance these lease commitments from cash flow provided by operations, available
cash and short-term marketable securities.
Although the Company's cash and marketable securities were sufficient to enable
it to meet its cash requirements during the nine monthsquarter ended February 28,August 31, 1998, the
Company may require a credit facility to finance its accounts receivable if its
accounts receivable continue to grow as a result of continued increasesa significant increase in
revenues. The Company has establishedavailable a revolving line of credit of $5,000,000
with a major money center bank. As of February 28,August 31, 1998 there were no amounts were
outstanding under this line of credit.
Forward-Looking StatementsYEAR 2000 INFORMATION
The Company is in the process of reviewing the potential impact of the Year 2000
on its computer systems. The Company uses computer systems throughout its entire
operations. The Company has not completed its assessment, but currently believes
that its computer systems are substantially Year 2000 compliant and that any
costs of addressing this issue will not have a material adverse impact on the
Company's financial position. However, if the Company, or third parties upon
which the Company relies, are unable to address the Year 2000 issue in a timely
manner, it could result in a material financial risk to the Company.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations", including statements concerning
the development of the Company's Catch/21 software solution, future prospects and the
Company's future cash flow requirements are forward looking statements, as
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results
may differ materially from those projections in the forward looking statements
which statements involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to
the following: risks relating to the competitive nature of the markets for
contract computer programming consulting services and the Year 2000 business,compliance solution
market, concentration of the Company's business with certain customers and
uncertainty as to the Company's ability to bring in new customers and the risk
that the Catch/21 software solution will not achieve increased commercial
acceptance.
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TSR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
PartPART II. Other Information
Item 2. Changes in Securities
On January 30, 1998, the Company sold 160,000 shares of common
stock at $16 per share in a private placement to nine
institutional and accredited investors identified by Janney
Montgomery Scott, Inc. Janney Montgomery Scott, Inc. received
a commission of 6% of the gross proceeds from the shares sold
in the private placement. The shares were issues pursuant to
an exemption provided by Section 506 under the Securities Act
of 1933.OTHER INFORMATION
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8K
(a). Exhibit 10.1: Employment Agreement dated June 1, 1998 between
TSR Consulting Services, Inc. and Ernest G. Bago
(b). Exhibit 27: Financial Data Schedule
(b)(c). ReportReports on Form 8K filed March 23, 1998 regarding the
Company's Financial Press Release for the quarter and
nine months ended February 28, 19988K: None
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
TSR, INC.
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(Registrant)
Date: AprilOctober 9, 1998
/s/ J.F. HUGHES
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J.F. Hughes, Chairman, President
and Treasurer
Date: AprilOctober 9, 1998
/s/ JOHN G. SHARKEY
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John G. Sharkey, Vice President,
Finance
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