UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

[ X ]

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended

December June 30, 20172018

  OR  

[     ]

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from

 

to

 

 

Commission File No. 001-14605

 

GIGA-TRONICS INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

California

 

94-2656341

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

5990 Gleason Drive, Dublin CA 94568

 

(925) 328-4650

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’sRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:

Yes [ X ]     No [    ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site,site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

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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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  [   ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).

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There were a total of 10,182,15310,418,953 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding as of February 2,July 26, 2018.  

 


 

INDEX

  

Page No.

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Page No.

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of DecemberJune 30, 20172018 and March 25, 201731, 2018

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Three Month Periods Ended June 30, 2018 and Nine Months Ended December 30,June 24, 2017 and December 24, 2016

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Nine MonthsThree Month Periods Ended DecemberJune 30, 20172018 and DecemberJune 24, 20162017

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management’sManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

20

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

2525

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

2525

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

2625

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

2625

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

2625

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

2625

 

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

2626

 

Item 5.

Other information

2626

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

2726

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 2827

 

 

 

 

 

.

Exhibit Index

 

 

 

31.1 Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

 

 

31.2 Certification of Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

 

32.1 Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

 

 

32.2 Certification of Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

 


 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements about Giga-tronics Incorporated (the “Company”) for which it claims the protection of the safe harbor provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) projections of revenues, expenses, income or loss, earnings or loss per share, capital structure and other financial items; (ii) statements of plans, objectives and expectations of the Company or its management or board of directors, including those relating to products, revenue or cost savings; (iii) statements of future economic performance; and (iv) statements of assumptions underlying such statements.  Words such as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "targeted", "projected", "continue", "remain", "will", "should", "may" and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.

 

These forward-looking statements are based on Management’sManagement’s current knowledge and belief and include information concerning the Company’s possible or assumed future financial condition and results of operations. A number of factors, some of which are beyond the Company’s ability to predict or control, could cause future results to differ materially from those contemplated. These factors include but are not limited to risks related to (1) the Company’s potential inability to obtain necessary capital to finance its operations and to continue as a going concern; (2) the Company’s ability to develop competitive products in a market with rapidly changing technology and standards; (3) the results of pending or threatened litigation; (4) risks related to customers’ credit worthiness/profiles; (4)(5) changes in the Company’s credit profile and its ability to borrow; (5)(6) a potential decline in demand for certain of the Company’s products; (6)(7) potential product liability claims; (7)(8) the potential loss of key personnel; and (8)(9) U.S. and international economic conditions. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business operations. The reader is directed to the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 25, 2017 for31, 2018 or further discussion of factors that could affect the Company's business and cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made in this report. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in this report.

 


 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1 -FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

GIGA-TRONICS INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

 

(In thousands except share data)

 

December 30,

2017

  

March 25,

2017 **

  

June 30,

2018

  

March 31,

2018**

 

Assets

                

Current assets:

                

Cash and cash-equivalents

 $760  $1,421  $748  $1,485 

Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance of $11 and $45, respectively

  830   954 

Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance of $8 and $8, respectively

  458   364 

Inventories, net

  5,421   4,811   3,438   5,487 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  69   452   792   87 

Total current assets

  7,080   7,638   5,436   7,423 

Property and equipment, net

  921   528   760   833 

Other long-term assets

  175   175 

Capitalized software development costs

     733 

Other long term assets

  175   175 

Total assets

 $8,176  $9,074  $6,371  $8,431 

Liabilities and shareholders' (deficit) equity

        

Liabilities and shareholders' equity

        

Current liabilities:

                

Line of credit

 $552  $582  $552  $552 

Accounts payable

  1,463   1,107   756   996 

Loan payable, net of discounts and issuance costs

  1,415      1,523   1447 

Equity forward, at estimated fair value

  16    

Accrued payroll and benefits

  439   583   413   343 

Deferred revenue

  3,090   3,614   257   3,374 

Deferred rent, net of long term portion

  62   58 

Capital lease obligations

  53   50   40   40 

Deferred liability related to asset sale

     375   51   52 

Deferred rent

  55    

Other current liabilities

  1,006   707   959   947 

Total current liabilities

  8,089   7,018   4,613   7,809 

Warrant liability, at estimated fair value

  155   222 

Long term deferred rent

  444      411   429 

Long term obligations - capital lease

  74   114   50   62 

Total liabilities

  8,762   7,354   5,074   8,300 

Commitments and contingencies

                

Shareholders' (deficit) equity:

        

Convertible preferred stock of no par value; Authorized - 1,000,000 shares; Series A - designated 250,000 shares; no shares at December 30, 2017 and March 25, 2017 issued and outstanding

      

Series B, C, D- designated 19,500 shares; 18,533.51 shares at December 30, 2017 and March 25, 2017 issued and outstanding; (liquidation preference of $3,540 at December 30, 2017 and March 25, 2017)

  2,911   2,911 

Common stock of no par value; Authorized - 40,000,000 shares; 10,179,653 shares at December 30, 2017 and 9,594,203 shares at March 25, 2017 issued and outstanding

  24,736   24,390 

Shareholders' equity:

        

Convertible preferred stock no par value Authorized - 1,000,000 shares Series A designated 250,000 shares; no shares at June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018 issued and outstanding

      

Series B, C, D designated 19,500 shares; 18,533.51 shares at June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018 issued and outstanding; (liquidation preference of $3,540 at June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018)

  2,911   2,911 

Series E designated 60,000 shares; 53,400 shares at June 30, 2018 and 43,800 shares at March 31, 2018 issued and outstanding; (liquidation preference of $2,003 at June 30, 2018 and $1,643 at March 31, 2018)

  907   702 

Common stock no par value; Authorized - 40,000,000 shares; 10,418,953 shares at June 30, 2018 and 10,312,653 shares at March 31, 2018 issued and outstanding

  25,272   25,200 

Accumulated deficit

  (28,233)  (25,581

)

  (27,793)  (28,682)

Total shareholders' (deficit) equity

  (586)  1,720 

Total liabilities and shareholders' (deficit) equity

 $8,176  $9,074 

Total shareholders' equity

  1,297   131 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 $6,371  $8,431 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

As the Company adopted the requirements of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606) as of April 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method, there is a lack of comparability to the prior periods presented. See Note 1.

 

** Derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended March 25, 2017.31, 2018.

 


 

GIGA-TRONICS INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

 

Three Month Periods Ended

  

Nine Month Periods Ended

  

Three Months Ended

 

(In thousands except per share data)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

June 30,

2018

 

  

June 24,

2017

 

 

Net sales

 $3,220  $3,202  $7,453  $11,037 

Cost of sales

  2,415   2,108   5,695   7,788 

Gross profit

  805   1,094   1,758   3,249 

Revenue

        

Goods

 $207  $316 

Services

  2,843   1,675 

Total revenue

  3,050   1,991 
        

Cost of goods and services

  1,744   1,525 

Gross margin

  1,306   466 
                        

Operating expenses:

                        

Engineering

  452   627   1,313   1,724   375   452 

Selling, general and administrative

  891   1,077   3,158   3,429   1,001   1,171 

Total operating expenses

  1,343   1,704   4,471   5,153   1,376   1,623 
                        

Operating loss

  (538)  (610)  (2,713)  (1,904)  (70)  (1,157)
                        

Gain on sale of product line

  324      324   802 

Gain on adjustment of warrant liability to fair value

  7   62   67   136 

Interest expense:

                        

Interest expense, net

  (71)  (24)  (238)  (84)  (127)  (79)

Interest expense from accretion of loan discount

  (35)  (3)  (90)  (21)  (50)  (22)

Total interest expense, net

  (106)  (27)  (328)  (105)

Total interest expense, net

  (177)  (101)

Loss before income taxes

  (313)  (575)  (2,650)  (1,071)  (247)  (1,258)

Provision for income taxes

        2   2   40    

Net loss

 $(313) $(575) $(2,652) $(1,073) $(287) $(1,258)
                        

Loss per common share - basic

 $(0.03

)

 $(0.06) $(0.27

)

 $(0.11) $(0.03) $(0.13)

Loss per common share - diluted

 $(0.03

)

 $(0.06) $(0.27

)

 $(0.11) $(0.03) $(0.13)
                        

Weighted average shares used in per share calculation:

                

Weighted average common shares used in per share calculation:

        

Basic

  9,798   9,550   9,769   9,550   10,419   9,715 

Diluted

  9,798   9,550   9,769   9,550   10,419   9,715 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

As the Company adopted the requirements of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606) as of April 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method, there is a lack of comparability to the prior periods presented. See Note 1.

 


 

GIGA-TRONICS INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

 

Nine Month Periods Ended

  

Three Months Ended

 

(In thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

June 30,

2018

 

  

June 24,

2017

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

                

Net loss

 $(2,652) $(1,073

)

 $(287) $(1,258)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

        

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

        

Depreciation and amortization

  1,025   306   73   247 

Share based compensation

  174   218 

Adjustment of warrant liability to fair value

  (67)  (136)

Capitalized software development costs

     (334)

Accretion of discounts and issuance costs on debt

  100   30 

Change in fair value of equity forward

  16    

Change in other long-term liabilities

  31    

Stock based compensation

  57   46 

Estimated equity forward

     46 

Accretion of discounts on debt

  50   22 

Accrued interest and fees on loan payable

  25    

Change in deferred rent

  499   (110)  (14)  451 

Gain on sale of product line

  (375)  (802)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

        

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

        

Trade accounts receivable

  124   (405)  (94)  206 

Inventories

  (610)  (394)  468   (178)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

  383   168   (516)  75 

Accounts payable

  356   (637)  (240)  (441)

Accrued payroll and benefits

  (144)  (224)  70   (156)

Deferred revenue

  (524)  3,659   (550)  (167)

Other current liabilities

  299   (252)  12    

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

  (1,365)  14 

Net cash used in operating activities

  (945)  (1,107)
                

Cash flows from investing activities:

                

Cash received from sale of product lines

     1,225 

Cash returned related to sale of product line

     (375)

Purchases of property and equipment

  (685)  (37)     (620)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

  (685)  813 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (620)
                

Cash flows from financing activities:

                

Principal payments on capital leases

  (12)  (13)

Proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs

  1,456         1,456 

Repayments of debt

     (390)

Repayments of line of credit

  (30)  (96)

Principal payments on capital leases

  (37)  (32)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  1,389   (518)

Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of issuance costs

  205    

Exercise of warrants

  15    

Net cash provided by financing activities

  208   1,443 
                

(Decrease)/Increase in cash and cash-equivalents

  (661)  309 

Decrease in cash and cash-equivalents

  (737)  (284)
                

Beginning cash and cash-equivalents

  1,421   1,331   1,485   1,421 

Ending cash and cash-equivalents

 $760  $1,640  $748  $1,137 
                

Supplementary disclosure of cash flow information:

                

Cash paid for income taxes

 $2  $2  $  $ 

Cash paid for interest

 $163  $63  $61  $39 
                

Supplementary disclosure of noncash financing activities:

        

Supplementary disclosure of noncash activities:

        

Cumulative effect of adoption of ASC 606 on inventory

 $(1,581)   

Cumulative effect of adoption of ASC 606 on prepaid expenses and other current assets

 $189    

Cumulative effect of adoption of ASC 606 on deferred revenue

 $2,567    

Common stock issued in connection with debt issuance

 $172  $  $  $156 

Equipment disposal

 $377  $174 

Fully depreciated equipment disposal

 $  $377 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

As the Company adopted the requirements of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606) as of April 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method, there is a lack of comparability to the prior periods presented. See Note 1.

 


   

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

(1)(1)          Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by Giga-tronics Incorporated (the “Company”(“Giga-tronics” or the “Company”), pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The consolidated results of operations for the interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the fiscal year. In the opinion of management, the information contained herein reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring entries) necessary to make the consolidated results of operations for the interim periods a fair statement of such operations. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K,10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended March 25, 2017.31, 2018.

   

Principles of Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Giga-tronics and its wholly-owned subsidiary.subsidiary, Microsource, Inc. (“Microsource”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.consolidation

  

Derivatives The Company accounts for certain of its warrants and embedded debt features as derivatives. Changes in fair values are reported in earnings as gain or loss on adjustment of these instruments to fair value. 

 

Software Development CostsRevenue Recognition and Deferred Revenue Development costs included inBeginning April 1, 2018, the researchCompany follows the provisions of ASU 2014-09 as subsequently amended by the FASB between 2015 and development of new software products2017 and enhancementscollectively known as ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). Amounts for prior periods are not adjusted and continue to existing software products are expensed as incurred, until technological feasibility in the form of a working model has been established. Capitalized development costs are amortized over the expected life of the product and evaluated each reporting period for impairment.

Discontinued Operations The Company reviews its reporting and presentation requirements for discontinued operationsbe reported in accordance with the Company’s historic accounting practices. The guidance provided by ASC 205-20provides a unified model to determine how revenue is recognized. In addition, the standard requires disclosure of the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers.

In determining the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as it movesfulfills its obligations under its agreements, the Company performs the following steps: (i) identifies the promised goods or services in the contract; (ii) determines whether the promised goods or services are performance obligations including whether they are distinct in the context of the contract; (iii) measures the transaction price, including the constraint on variable consideration; (iv) allocates the transaction price to newer technologythe performance obligations based on estimated selling prices; and (v) recognizes revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies each performance obligation.

The Company generates revenue through the design, manufacture, and sale of products used in defense industry to major prime defense contractors, the armed services (primarily in the U.S.) and research institutes. There is generally one performance obligation in the Company’s contracts with its customers. For highly engineered products, the customer typically controls the work in process as evidenced either by contractual termination clauses or by the Company’s right to payment for costs incurred to date plus a reasonable profit for products or services that do not have an alternative use. In these circumstances, the performance obligation is the design and manufacturing service. As control transfers continuously over time on these contracts, revenue is recognized based on the extent of progress towards completion of the performance obligation using a cost-to-cost method. Engineering services are also satisfied over time and recognized on the cost-to-cost method. These types of revenue arrangements are typical for our defense contracts within the test and measurement market from legacyMicrosource segment for its YIG RADAR filter products used in fighter jet aircrafts.

For the sale of standard or minimally customized products, the performance obligation is the series of finished products which are recognized at the points in time the units are transferred to the newly developedcontrol of the customer, typically upon shipment. This type of revenue arrangement is typical for our commercial contracts within the Giga-tronics segment for its Advanced Signal Generator.Generation and Analysis system products used for testing RADAR and Electronic Warfare (“EW”) equipment.

Performance Obligations

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is the unit of account in ASC Topic 606. The disposal of these product line sales represents an evolutionCompany’s performance obligations include:

Design and manufacturing services

Product supply – Distinct goods or services that are substantially the same

Engineering services


The majority of the Company’s Giga-tronics Divisioncontracts have a single performance obligation as the promise to a more sophisticatedtransfer the individual goods or services is not separately identifiable from other promises in the contracts and, therefore, not distinct. The Company’s revenue in fiscal 2019 under ASC 606 primarily relates to design and manufacturing services, there was no product offered to the same customer base. supply, and engineering services were $56,000.

Transaction Price

The Company has evaluatedboth fixed and variable consideration. Under the sales ofCompany’s highly engineered design and manufacturing arrangements, advance payments and unit prices are considered fixed, as product lines (see Note 9, Sale of Product Lines) concluding that each product line does not meet the definition of a “component of an entity” as defined by ASC 205-20. The Company is able to distinguish revenue and gross margin information as disclosed in Note 9, Sale of Product Lines to the accompanying financial statements however, operations and cash flow information is not clearly distinguishable returnable and the Company has an enforceable right to reimbursement in the event of a cancellation. For standard and minimally customized products, payments can include variable consideration, such as product returns and sales allowances. The transaction price in engineering services arrangements may include estimated amounts of variable consideration, including award fees, incentive fees, or other provisions that can either increase or decrease the transaction price. Milestone payments are identified as variable consideration when determining the transaction price. At the inception of each arrangement that includes milestone payments, the Company evaluates whether the milestones are considered probable of being achieved and estimates the amount to be included in the transaction price using the most likely amount method. The Company estimates variable consideration at the amount to which they expect to be entitled, and determines whether to include estimated amounts as a reduction in the transaction price based largely on an assessment of the conditions that might trigger an adjustment to the transaction price and all information (historical, current and forecasted) that is unablereasonably available to present meaningful information about resultsthe Company. The Company includes estimated amounts in the transaction price to the extent it is probable that a significant reversal of operationscumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the estimation uncertainty is resolved.

Allocation of Consideration

As part of the accounting for arrangements that contain multiple performance obligations, the Company must develop assumptions that require judgment to determine the stand-alone selling price of each performance obligation identified in the contract. When a contract contains more than one performance obligation, the Company uses key assumptions to determine the stand-alone selling price of each performance obligation. Because of the customized nature of products and services, estimated stand-alone selling prices for most performance obligations are estimated using a cost-plus margin approach. For non-customized products, list prices generally represent the standalone selling price. The Company allocates the total transaction price to each performance obligation based on the estimated relative stand-alone selling prices of the promised goods or service underlying each performance obligation.

Timing of Recognition

Significant management judgment is required to determine the level of effort required under an arrangement and the period over which the Company expects to complete its performance obligations under the arrangement. The selection of the method to measure progress towards completion requires judgment and is based on the nature of the products or services to be provided. The Company generally uses the cost-to-cost measure of progress as this measure best depicts the transfer of control to the customer which occurs as we incur costs on our contracts. Under the cost-to-cost method, the extent of progress towards completion is measured based on the ratio of costs incurred to date to the total estimated costs at completion of the performance obligation. Revenue is recognized for design and manufacturing services and for engineering services over time proportionate to the costs that the Company has incurred to perform the services using the cost-to-cost input method and for products at a point in time. Approximately 99% of the Company’s revenue is recognized over time, with the remaining 1% recognized at a point in time.

Changes in Estimates

The effect of a contract modification on the transaction price and the measure of progress for the performance obligation to which it relates, is recognized as an adjustment to revenue (either as an increase in or a reduction of revenue) on a cumulative catch-up basis.

For contracts using the cost-to-cost method, management reviews the progress and execution of the performance obligations. This process requires management judgment relative to estimating contract revenue and cost, and making assumptions for delivery schedule. This process requires management’s judgment to make reasonably dependable cost estimates. Since certain contracts extend over a longer period of time, the impact of revisions in cost and revenue estimates during the progress of work may adjust the current period earnings through a cumulative catch-up basis. This method recognizes, in the current period, the cumulative effect of the changes on current and prior quarters. Contract cost and revenue estimates for significant contracts are generally reviewed and reassessed quarterly. Revenue recognized over time using the cost-to-cost method represented approximately 99% of revenue for the first quarter of 2019.

The aggregate effects of these changes on contracts in the first quarter of 2019 was nominal.


Balance Sheet Presentation

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash flowscollections results in billed accounts receivable, unbilled receivables (contract assets), and deferred revenue (contract liabilities) on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Under the typical payment terms of over time contracts, the customer pays either performance-based payments or progress payments. Amounts billed and due from thosecustomers are classified as receivables on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Interim payments may be made as work progresses, and for some contracts, an advance payment may be made. A liability is recognized for these interim and advance payments in excess of revenue recognized and is presented as a contract liability which is included within accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Contract liabilities typically are not considered a significant financing component because these cash advances are used to meet working capital demands that can be higher in the early stages of a contract. When revenue recognized exceeds the amount billed to the customer, an unbilled receivable (contract asset) is recorded for the amount the Company is entitled to receive based on its enforceable right to payment.

Remaining performance obligations represent the transaction price of firm orders for which work has not been performed as of the period end date and excludes unexercised contract options and potential orders under ordering-type contracts (e.g., indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity).

Recognition Prior to April 1, 2018

Prior to April 1, 2018 under the legacy GAAP, the Company recorded revenue when there was persuasive evidence of an arrangement, delivery had occurred, the price was fixed and determinable, and collectability was reasonably assured. This occurred when products were shipped or the customer accepted title transfer. If the arrangement involved acceptance terms, the Company deferred revenue until product lines.acceptance was received. On certain large development contracts, revenue was recognized upon achievement of substantive milestones.  Advanced payments were recorded as deferred revenue until the revenue recognition criteria described above had been met. Amounts for periods ending prior to April 1, 2018 have not been adjusted for ASC 606 and continue to be reported in accordance with the Company’s previous accounting practices.

 

New Accounting Standards

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-022016-02 (“ASU 2016-02”2016-02”), Leases. ASU 2016-022016-02 requires that lessees recognize assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations for leases with a lease term of more than one year. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-022016-02 on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-092014-09 (“ASU 2014-09”ASC 606”), Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09In August 2015 and March, April, May and December 2016, the FASB issued additional amendments to the new revenue guidance relating to reporting revenue on a gross versus net basis, identifying performance obligations, licensing arrangements, collectability, noncash consideration, presentation of sales tax, transition, and clarifying examples. Collectively these are referred to as ASC Topic 606, which replaces all legacy GAAP guidance on revenue recognition and eliminates all industry-specific guidance. ASC 606 establishes a broad principle that would require an entity to 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. To achieve this principle, an entity identifies the contract with a customer, identifies the separate performance obligations in the contract, determines the transaction price, allocates the transaction price to the separate performance obligations and recognizes revenue when each separate performance obligation is satisfied. ASU 2014-09ASC 606 was further updated in March, April, May, and December 2016 to provide clarification on a number of specific issues as well as requiring additional disclosures. ASU 2014-09ASC 606 may be applied either retrospectively or through the use of a modified-retrospective method. The full retrospective method requires companies to recast each prior reporting period presented as if the new guidance had always existed. Under the modified retrospective method, companies would recognize the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard as an adjustment to opening retained earnings at the date of initial application. On July 9, 2015, the FASB approved a one year deferral of theASC 606 is effective date of ASU 2014-09 tofor annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption is permitted beginning in the first quarter of 2017.

 

The Company has elected to adopt the standard as of adopted ASC 606 on April 1, 2018 (beginning(beginning of the Company’s fiscal year) using the modified retrospective method. Under this approach, no restatement of fiscal years 2017 or 2018 will be was required. Rather, the effect of the adoption will bewas recorded as a cumulative adjustment todecreasing the opening balance of retained earningsaccumulated deficit at April 1, 2018.

 

The Company commenced an analysismost significant change relates to the timing of revenue and cost recognition on the Company’s customer contracts. Under ASC 606, revenue is recognized as the customer obtains control of the impact of ASU 2014-09 by evaluatinggoods and services promised in the impact on its contracts at eachcontract. Given the nature of the Company’s business segments. With this baseline understanding,products and terms and conditions in the contracts, the customer typically obtains control as the Company developedperforms work under such contract. Therefore, the Company expects to recognize revenue over time for substantially all of its contracts using the percentage-of-completion cost-to-cost method. As a project planresult, the Company now recognizes revenue for these contracts as it incurs costs, as opposed to evaluatewhen units are delivered. This change has generally resulted in earlier revenue recognition in the contracts across the business segments. ASU 2014-09 also requires expanded disclosures regarding the nature, timing, and uncertainty of revenue, cash flow and customer contract balances, including how and when performance obligations are satisfied and the relationship between revenue recognized and changes in contract balances during a reporting period.

Underperiod as compared to the legacy GAAP,method for those contracts, giving rise to a decrease to the Company records revenue when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, delivery has occurred, the price is fixed and determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. This occurs when products are shipped or the customer accepts title transfer. If the arrangement involves acceptance terms, the Company defers revenue until product acceptance is received. On certain large development contracts, revenue is recognized upon achievementCompany’s opening balance of substantive milestones.  Advanced payments are recordedaccumulated deficit as deferred revenue until the revenue recognition criteria described above has been met.of April 1, 2018.

 


 

Based upon an assessmentAdopting ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, involves significant new estimates and judgments such as estimating stand-alone selling prices, variable consideration, and total costs to complete the contract. All of material active contracts, the Company expects thatestimates are subject to change during the performance of the contract which may cause more variability due to significant estimates involved in the new accounting.

The cumulative effect of the changes made to the Company’s consolidated April 1, 2018 balance sheet for contracts where revenue is currently recognizedthe adoption of Topic 606 were as units are delivered, in most cases the accounting for those contracts will change under ASU 2014-09 such that revenue will be recognized as costs are incurred. This change will generally result in an acceleration of revenue as comparedfollows (in thousands):

  

Balance at

March 31, 2018

  

Topic ASC 606

Adjustments

  

Balance at

April 1, 2018

 

Assets

            

Prepaid and other current assets

 $87  $188  $275 

Inventories, net

  5,487   (1,581)  3,906 

Liabilities

            

Deferred revenue

 $3,374  $(2,568) $806 

Stockholders' Equity

            

Accumulated deficit

 $(28,682) $1,176  $(27,506)

In accordance with the current revenue recognition methodrequirements of Topic 606, the disclosure of the impact of adoption on our condensed consolidated income statement and balance sheet for those contracts.the first quarter ended June 30, 2018 was as follows (in thousands except for net loss per share):

For the first quarter ended June 30, 2018

 

Without ASC

606 Adoption

  

Topic ASC 606

Adjustments

  

As Reported

 

Assets

            
             

Prepaid and other current assets

 $149  $643  $792 

Inventories, net

  5,406   (1,968)  3,438 

Liabilities

            

Deferred revenue

 $2,966  $(2,709)  257 

Stockholders' Equity

            

Accumulated deficit

 $(29,177) $1,384   (27,793)

Revenue

            

Revenue

 $2,247  $596  $2,843 

Costs of services

            

Costs of services

 $416  $358   774 

Net loss

 $(525) $(238)  (287)

Net loss per share, basic and fully diluted

 $(0.05) $0.02  $(0.03)

 

 

(2)(2)          Going Concern and Management’s Plan

 

The Company incurred net losses of $313,000 for$287,000 in the thirdfirst quarter and $2.7 million for the firstnine months of fiscal 2018, respectively.2019 and $3.1 million in fiscal year 2018. These losses have contributed to an accumulated deficit of $28.2$27.8 million and shareholders’ (deficit) equity of ($586,000) as of DecemberJune 30, 2017. 2018. The Company used cash flow in operations totaling $1.4$945,000 and $1.1 million in the firstnine months quarters of fiscal 2018.

2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company has also experienced delays in the development of features, receipt of orders, and shipments for theour new Advanced Signal Generator (“ASG”) and the Advanced Signal Analyzer (“ASA”).EW test system products. These delays have significantly contributed in part, to a decrease in working capital. The new ASGour continued losses, liquidity concerns and ASAaccumulated deficits.

Our EW test system products have shipped to several customers, but potential delays in the development or refinement of additional features, longer than anticipated sales cycles, or uncertainty as to the Company’s ability to efficiently manufacture the ASG and ASA,our EW test system products, could significantly contribute to additional future losses and decreases in working capital.

 

To help fund operations, the Company relies on advances under the line of credit with Bridge Bank which expires on May 6, 2019. The agreement includes a subjective acceleration clause, which allows for amounts due under the facility to become immediately due in the event of a material adverse change in the Company’s business condition (financial or otherwise), operations, properties or prospects, or ability to repay the credit based on the lender’s judgement. As of DecemberJune 30, 2017, the Company had borrowed $552,000 under2018, the line of credit.

These matters raise substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

To address these matters, the Company’s management has taken several actions to providecredit had an outstanding balance of $582,000, and additional liquidity and reduce costs and expenses going forward. These actions are described in the following paragraphs:borrowing capacity of $143,000.

In September 2017, Microsource received a $4.8 million order for continuing the YIG RADAR filter for a fighter jet platform. The Company expects to begin initial shipments of these filters in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 and ship the bulk of the order over the succeeding 9 to 12 month period.  

On April 27, 2017, the Company entered into a new loan agreement with Partners For Growth V, L.P. (“PFG”). Under the terms of the agreement, PFG made a term loan to the Company in the principal amount of $1,500,000, with funding occurring on April 28, 2017. The loan has a two-year term, with interest only payments for the term of the loan. However, for the quarters ended June 24, 2017, September 30, 2017, and December 30, 2017, the Company was not in compliance with the loan’s revenue and shareholders’ equity covenants. On August 2, 2017, the Company and PFG entered into a short-term forbearance arrangement with respect to such noncompliance which expired on October 15, 2017. The Company is continuing to work with PFG to extend the previous agreed upon forbearance agreement, however, no assurance can be given that the Company will be able to extend the forbearance agreement beyond the initial forbearance period or agree on any amendments to the loan agreement including any revised covenants due to its current noncompliance. The default interest rate associated with any forbearance agreement is 6%, which is in addition to the loan’s aggregate per annum interest rate (see Note 7 – Term Loan, Revolving Line of Credit and Warrants). The Company will need to raise additional capital to rectify the noncompliance. No assurance can be given that the Company will be able to raise sufficient capital on timely basis.

In March 2017 and July 2017, Microsource received two orders totaling $875,000 associated with its high performance YIG filter used on an aircraft platform; the Company started shipping a portion of the filters in the second quarter of fiscal 2018.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company’s Microsource business unit also finalized a multiyear $10.0 million YIG production order (“YIG Production Order”). The Company started shipping the YIG Production Order in the second quarter of fiscal 2017, and we expect to ship the remainder through fiscal 2020.

● 

To assist with the upfront purchases of inventory required for future product deliveries, the Company entered into advance payment arrangements with certain customers, whereby the customers reimburse the Company for raw material purchases prior to the shipment of the finished products. In the third quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company entered into advance payment arrangements totaling $839,000. The Company will continue to seek similar terms in future agreements with these customers and other customers.

The Company has also lowered its operating expenses with the elimination of the Giga-tronics Switch, Power Meter, Amplifier, and Signal Generator legacy product lines resulting from the Asset Purchase Agreements with Spanawave and Astronics (see Note 9, Sale of Product Lines). We have reduced employee headcount from 71 in fiscal 2016 to 48 as of December 30, 2017. We also reduced the size of our facility therefore providing additional savings in monthly rent and overhead costs.

 


 

In April 2017, we entered into a $1.5 million loan agreement with Partners For Growth, V L.P. (“PFG”) to provide additional cash to fund our operations. As a result of experiencing continued delays in receiving EW test system product orders in fiscal 2018, we were unable to maintain compliance with certain financial covenants required by the PFG loan and, as a result, were subject to a default interest rate between June 2017 and March 2018. On March 26, 2018, and concurrent with the execution of certain stock purchase agreements for the sale of new Series E Convertible Preferred Stock and conditional upon the sale of at least $1.0 million in gross proceeds thereof, the Company and PFG entered into a modification agreement which provided for the restructuring of certain terms of the PFG loan including resetting of the financial covenants for the remaining loan term (see Note 6, Term Loans, Revolving Line of Credit and Warrants).

In order to raise additional working capital and to restructure the PFG loan, on March 26, 2018, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement for the sale of 43,800 shares of a newly designated series of 6.0% Series E Senior Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series E Shares”) to approximately 15 private investors. The purchase price for each Series E Share was $25.00. Gross proceeds received by the Company were approximately $1.095 million (the “Placement”). Net proceeds to the Company after fees and expenses of the placement agent were approximately $1.0 million. Each Series E Share is initially convertible into common stock at the option of the holder at the conversion price of $0.25 per share, which is equivalent to 100 shares of the Company’s common stock for each Series E Share (see Note 13, Preferred Stock and Warrants – Series E Senior Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock).

To assist with the upfront purchases of inventory required for future product deliveries, the Company entered into advance payment arrangements with certain customers, whereby the customers reimburse the Company for raw material purchases prior to the shipment of the finished products. The Company will continue to seek similar terms in future agreements with these customers and other customers.

Management will continue to review all aspects of its business including, but not limited to, the contribution of its individual business segments, in an effort to improve cash flow and reduce costs and expenses, while continuing to invest, to the extent possible, in new product development for future revenue streams.

 

Management will also continue to seekseek additional working capital and liquidity through debt (including debt refinancing), equity financing or possible product line sales or cessation of unprofitable business product lines, however there are no assurances that such financings or product line sales will be available at all, or on terms acceptable to the Company.

 

The Company’sOur historical operating results and forecasting uncertainties indicate that substantial doubt exists related to the Company’sour ability to continue as a going concern. Management believes that through the actions to date and possible future actions described above, we should have the necessary liquidity to continue operations at least twelve months from the issuance of the financial statements. However, we cannot predict, with certainty, the outcome of our actions to maintain or generate additional liquidity, including the availability of additional financing, or whether such actions would generate the expected liquidity as currently planned. Forecasting uncertainties also exist with respect to the ASG and ASAour EW test system product line due to the potential longer than anticipated sales cycles, as well as with potential delays in the refinement of certain features or requisition of certain components and/or the Company’sour ability to efficiently manufacture it in a timely manner.

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statementsconsolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern and do not include any adjustments that might result if the Company were unable to do so.

 

 

(3)(3)         Revenue Recognition

 

The Company records revenue when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, delivery has occurred,following table presents changes in the price is fixedCompany’s contract assets and determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. This occurs when products are shipped orliabilities for the customer accepts title transfer. Ifthree months ended June 30, 2018.

  

Balance at

Beginning

of the Period

  

Additions

  

Deductions

  

Balance at

the end

of the Period

 
  

(in thousands)

 

Contract Assets

 $189  $466  $12  $643 

Contract Liabilities: Deferred Revenue

 $(806) $(248) $787  $257 

During the arrangement involves acceptance terms,three months ended June 30, 2018, the Company defers revenue until product acceptance is received. The Company limitsrecognized the following revenues (in thousands).

Revenue recognized in the period from:

    

Amounts included in contract liabilities at the beginning of the period:

    

Performance obligations satisfied

 $559 

New activities in the period:

    

Changes in estimates

  (29)

Performance obligations satisfied

  2,313 

Total services revenue

 $2,843 


As of June 30, 2018, the aggregate amount of revenue recognition for delivered elementsthe transaction price allocated to the amount that is not contingent on the future delivery of products or services, futureremaining performance obligations or subject to customer-specified return or refund privileges. The Company evaluates each deliverable in an arrangement to determine whether they represent separate units of accounting. On certain large development contracts, revenue is recognized upon achievement of substantive milestones. Determining whether a milestone is substantive is a matter of judgment and that assessment is performed only at the inception of the arrangement. The consideration earned from the achievement of a milestone must meet all of the following for the milestone to be considered substantive:

a. It is commensurate with either of the following:

1. The Company’s performance to achieve the milestone.

2. The enhancement of the value of the delivered item or items as a result of a specific outcome resulting from the Company's performance to achieve the milestone.

b. It relates solely to past performance.

c. It is reasonable relative to all of the deliverables and payment terms (including other potential milestone consideration) within the arrangement.

Milestones for revenue recognition are agreed upon with the customer prior to the start of the contract and some milestones will be tied to product shipping while others will be tied to design review.

On certain contracts with several of the Company’s significant customerswas $257,000, which the Company receives payments in advance of manufacturing. Advanced payments are recorded as deferredexpects to recognize into revenue untilwithin the revenue recognition criteria described above have been met.next twelve months.

 

Accounts receivable are stated at their net realizable value. The Company has estimated an allowance for uncollectable accounts based on analysis of specifically identified accounts, outstanding receivables, consideration of the age of those receivables, the Company’s historical collection experience, and adjustments for other factors management believes are necessary based on perceived credit risk.

The Company provides for estimated costs that may be incurred for product warranties at the time of shipment. The Company’s warranty policy generally provides twelve to eighteen months depending on the customer. The estimated cost of warranty coverage is based on the Company’s actual historical experience with its current products or similar products. For new products, the required reserve is based on historical experience of similar products until such time as sufficient historical data has been collected on the new product. Adjustments are made as new information becomes available.

 

 

(4) Inventories

 

Inventories consisted of thethe following:

 

(In thousands)

 

December 30, 2017

  

March 25, 2017

  

June 30,

2018

  

March 31,

2018

 

Raw materials

 $2,413  $1,775  $1,147  $2,290 

Work-in-progress

  1,910   2,155   1,749   2,100 

Finished goods

  504   473   81   561 

Demonstration inventory

  594   408   461   536 

Total

 $5,421  $4,811  $3,438  $5,487 

 


 

 

(5)         Software Development Costs

On September 3, 2015, the Company entered a software development agreement with a major aerospace and defense company whereby the aerospace company developed and licensed its simulation software to the Company. The simulation software (also called Open Loop Simulator or OLS technology) is currently the aerospace company’s intellectual property. The OLS technology generates threat simulations and enables various hardware to generate signals for performing threat analysis on systems under test. The Company licenses the OLS software as a bundled or integrated solution with its ASG.

The Company paid the aerospace company software development costs and fees for OLS of $1.2 million in the aggregate (this includes an amendment to the software development agreement for additional features and functionality), which was paid in monthly installments as the work was performed by the aerospace company through the third quarter of fiscal 2017. The OLS technology is a perpetual license agreement that may be terminated by the Company at any time as long as the Company provides a notice to the aerospace company and pays for the development costs incurred through the notice termination date. The Company is also obligated to pay royalties to the aerospace company on net sales of its ASG product sold with the OLS software (ASG TEmS) equal to seven percent of net sales price of each ASG system sold and subject to certain minimums. The Company expenses research and development costs as they are incurred. Development costs of computer software to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed are subject to capitalization beginning when a product’s technological feasibility has been established and ending when a product is available for general release to customers.

As of December 30, 2017, and March 25, 2017, the Company had net capitalized software costs of zero and $733,000, respectively. The Company began amortizing the costs of capitalized software to cost of sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2017 using the straight-line methodology over an estimated three-year amortization period. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company changed its estimated amortization period from three years to two years due to the longer than anticipated procurement cycle associated with the ASG TEmS product line. The Company also amortized capitalized software costs using the estimated percentage of revenue approach (which was greater than straight-line amortization) in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017.

In the first and second quarters of fiscal 2018, the Company had no revenues associated with its ASG TEmS product line and therefore amortized capitalized software costs on a straight-line basis. During the three-month period ended December 30, 2017, the Company amortized capitalized software using the estimated percentage of revenue. Amortization of capitalized software costs recorded during the three and nine-month periods ended December 30, 2017, was $431,000 and $733,000, respectively. Amortization of capitalized software costs recorded during the three and nine-month periods ended December 24, 2016 was $34,000.

(6))      Accounts Receivable Line of Credit

 

On June 1, 2015 the Company entered into a $2.5$2.5 million Revolving Accounts Receivable Line of Credit agreement with Bridge Bank. The agreement provides for a maximum borrowing capacity of $2.5$2.5 million of which $2.0$2.0 million is subject to a borrowing base calculation and $500,000$500,000 is non-formula based. On May 23, 2017, the Company renewed this credit line (which expired on May 7, 2017) through May 6, 2019.

  

The loan agreement is secured by all assets of the Company including intellectual property and general intangibles and provides for a borrowing capacity equal to 80% of eligible accounts receivable. The loan matures on May 6, 2019 and bears an interest rate, equal to 1.5% over the bank’s prime rate of interest (which was 4.50% at December 30, 2017 resulting in an interest rate of 6.0%).interest. Interest is payable monthly with principal due upon maturity. The Company paid an annual commitment fee of $12,500$12,500 in May 2017. The loan agreement contains financial and non-financial covenants that are customary for this type of lending and includes a covenant to maintain an asset coverage ratio of at least 150% (defined as unrestricted cash and cash equivalents maintained with Bridge Bank, plus eligible accounts receivable aged less than 90 days from the invoice date, divided by the total amount of outstanding principal of all obligations under the loan agreement). While the Company maintained the asset coverage ratio,

As of June 30, 2018, the Company was in a cross default at December 30, 2017, because ofcompliance with all the PFG noncompliance described in Note 7 below.

financial covenants under the agreement. The line of credit requires a lockbox arrangement, which provides for receipts to be swept daily to reduce borrowings outstanding at the discretion of Bridge Bank. This arrangement, combined with the existence of the subjective acceleration clause in the line of credit agreement, necessitates the line of credit be classified as a current liability on the balance sheet. The acceleration clause allows for amounts due under the facility to become immediately due in the event of a material adverse change in the Company’sCompany’s business condition (financial or otherwise), operations, properties or prospects, or ability to repay the credit based on the lender's judgment. As of DecemberJune 30, 2017, 2018, the Company had borrowed $552,000outstanding borrowings of $552,000 under the line of credit.

 

 

(76)        Term Loans, Revolving Line of Credit and Warrants  

 

On April 27, 2017, the Company entered into a new$1,500,000 loan agreement with PFG. Under the terms of the agreement,Partners For Growth V, L.P. (“PFG”), which was funded by PFG made a term loan to Giga-tronics in the principal amount of $1,500,000, with funding occurring on April 28, 2017.

2017 (the “2017 Loan”). The loan has a two-year term, with2017 Loan, which matures on April 27, 2019, provides for interest only payments forduring the term of the loan. Theloan with principal amount of the loan plusand any accrued interest will beand fees due upon maturity. The loan2017 Loan bears interest at ana fixed aggregate per annum rate equal to 16% per annum, fixed,of which is comprised of cash interest reflecting a 9.5% per annum rate is payable monthly in cash and deferred interest reflecting a 6.5% per annum rate. The Company will pay the cash interestrate is accrued monthly and will accrue deferred interest on the unpaid principal balance. The deferred interest will be due and payable upon maturity. In addition, the Company agreed to pay PFG a chargecash fee of up to $100,000 due and$100,000 payable upon maturity (the “back-end fee”), $76,000$76,000 of which was earned on April 27, 2017, and $24,000$24,000 of which is earned at the rate of $1,000$1,000 per month on the first day of each month if the loan principal (of(or any amount)amount thereof) is outstanding during any day of the prior month.

Additionally, the 2017 Loan provides for the Company’s issuance of up to 250,000 common shares to PFG, of which 190,000 was eaned by PFG upon signing (April 27, 2017) and 60,000 of which is earned at the rate of 2,500 per month on the first day of each month if the loan principal (or any amount thereof) is outstanding during any day of the prior month. If the Company meets or exceeds certain revenue and net income minimums in fiscal 2018, the amount could be reduced by 25 percent. To stay in compliance with the loan terms, the Company must meetThe 2017 Loan provided for certain financial covenants associated with minimum quarterly revenuesrelated to the revenue achievement and monthly minimum shareholders’ equity. The lendermaintenance of tangible net worth. PFG can accelerate the maturity of the loan in case of a default. Thedefault and the Company can prepay the loan before maturity at any time without feeinterest prepayments or penalty.


In connection with its loan to the Company, PFG will receive up to 250,000 shares of common stock, 190,000 of which was earned on April 27, 2017 and 60,000 of which is earned at the rate of 2,500 per month on the first day of each month if the loan principal (of any amount) is outstanding during any day of the prior month.

The Company has pledged all of its assets as collateral for the loan made by PFG,2017 Loan, including all its accounts, inventory,inventory, equipment, deposit accounts, intellectual property and all other personal property. The PFG loan2017 Loan is subordinate to the Bridge Bank line of credit (see Note 6,5, Accounts Receivable Line of Credit).


 

The requirement to issue 60,000 shares of the Company’sCompany’s common stock over the term of the loan is an embedded derivative (an embedded equity forward). The Company evaluated the embedded derivative in accordance with ASC 815-15-25.815-15-25. The embedded derivative is not clearly and closely related to the debt host instrument and therefore has beenis being separately measured at fair value, with subsequent changes in fair value being recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statementsconsolidated statements of Operations.operations.

 

The proceeds received upon issuing the loan waswere allocated to: i) common stock,stock, for the fair value of the 190,000 shares of common stock initially issued to the lender; ii) the fair value of the embedded derivative; and iii) the loan host instrument. Upon issuance of the loan, the Company recognized $1,576,000$1,576,000 of principal payable to PFG, representing the stated principal balance of $1,500,000$1,500,000 plus the initial back-end fee of $76,000.$76,000. The initial carrying value of the loan was recognized net of debt discount aggregating approximately $326,000,$326,000, which is comprised of the following:

 

Fees paid to the lender and third parties

 $44,000  $44,000 

Backend fee

  76,000 
Back-end fee  76,000 

Estimated fair value of embedded equity forward

  49,000   49,000 

Fair value of 190,000 shares of common stock issued to lender

  157,000   157,000 

Aggregate discount amount

 $326,000  $326,000 

 

The bifurcated embedded derivative and the debt discount are presented net with the related loan balance in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.consolidated balance sheets. The debt discount is being amortized to interest expense over the loan’sloan’s term using the effective interest method.

During the three and nine-month periodsthe fiscal year ended December 30, 2017, March 31, 2018, the Company amortized discounts of approximately $35,000 and $90,000, respectively,$127,000 to interest expense. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had issued to PFG 375,000 common shares under the loans.

 

PFG’sPFG’s ability to call the debt on default (contingent put) and its ability to assess interest rate at a default rate (contingent interest) are embedded derivatives, which the Company evaluated. The fair value of these embedded features was determined to be immaterial and was not bifurcated from the debt host for accounting purposes.

 

As of Between June 24, 2017 September 30, 2017, and December 30, 2017, March 25, 2018, the Company was not in compliance with the loan’s revenue and shareholders’ equity covenants. tangible net worth financial covenants and was subject to a default interest rate of 22% per annum which it accrued and paid when due during this period.

On August 2, 2017, March 26, 2018, concurrent with the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement for the Series E Shares (see Note 13 – Preferred Stock and Warrants - Series E Senior Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock), the Company and PFG entered into a short-term forbearance arrangementmodification agreement providing for the restructuring of certain terms associated with respect to such noncompliance which expired on October 15, 2017. The Company is continuing to work with PFG to extendapproximately $1.7 million in indebtedness under the previous agreed upon forbearance agreement, however, no assurance can be given that the Company will be able to extend the forbearance agreement beyond the initial forbearance period or agree on any amendments2017 Loan. Subject to the loan agreement including any revised covenants duesale of at least $1.0 million in Series E Shares, PFG agreed to itswaive all current noncompliance. Thedefaults and cease applying the applicable default interest rate, associated with any forbearance agreement is 6%, which is in additionreturning to the aggregate per annum intereststated non-default rate described above. The Company will needof 16%, and to raise additional capital to rectifylower the noncompliance. No assurance can be given thatrevenue and tangible net worth covenants for the remaining term of the loan. As consideration for the modifications, the Company will be able to raise sufficient capital on timely basis. 

On March 13, 2014, the Company entered into a three year, $2.0 million term loan agreement with PFG under which the Company received $1.0 million on March 14, 2014 (“First Draw”). Interest on the initial $1.0 million term loan was fixed at 9.75%. On June 16, 2014, the Company amended its loan agreement with PFG (the “Amendment”). Under the terms of the Amendment, PFG made a revolving credit line available to Giga-tronics in the amount of $500,000, and the Company borrowed the entire amount on June 17, 2014. The revolving line had a thirty-three month term. The Amendment reduced the future amount potentially available for the Company to borrow under the PFG Loan agreement from $1.0 million to $500,000. The interest on the PFG revolving credit line was fixed, calculated daily at a rate of 12.50% per annum. The Company as of December 30, 2017, and March 25, 2017 had fully repaid both the $1.0 million term loan and the $500,000 revolving credit line.

In connection with the March 2014 loan agreement, the Company issued warrants convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, of which 180,000 were exercisable upon receipt of the initial $1.0 million from the First Draw, and 80,000 became exercisable with the First Amendment. Each warrant issued under the loan agreement has a term of five years and an exercise price of $1.42 which was equaloutstanding warrants previously granted to PFG pursuant to the average NASDAQ closing price2014 Loan Agreement and Credit Line to purchase 260,000 shares of the Company’s common stock forfrom $1.42 to $0.25 per share and extended the ten trading days priorexercisability of the warrants by one year to March 13, 2020.

The amendments to the First Draw.


If the warrants are not exercised before expiration on March 31, 2019, the Company would be required to pay PFG $150,000 and $67,000 as settlement for warrants associated with the First Draw and the Amendment, respectively. The warrants could be settled for cash at an earlier date in the event of any acquisition or other change in control of the Company, future public issuance of Company securities or liquidation (or substantially similar event) of the Company. The Company currently has no definitive plans for any of the aforementioned events, and2017 Loan were recognized as a result, the cash payment date is estimated to be the expiration date unless warrants are exercised before then.loan modification. The warrants have the characteristics of both debt and equity and are accounted for as a derivative liability measured at fair value each reporting period with the change in fair value recorded in earnings.of the warrants of $43,700, resulting from the reduced strike price and extension of term, was recognized as a discount to the 2017 Loan and is being amortized to interest expense over the remaining term of the 2017 Loan.

 

AsThe Company anticipates it will need to seek additional funds through the issuance of December 30,new debt, equity securities or product line sales in order to repay the 2017 the estimated fair values of the derivative liabilities associated with the warrants issued in connection with the First DrawLoan (including accrued interest and Amendment were $100,000 and $55,000, respectively, for a combined value of $155,000. As of March 25, 2017, the estimated fair values of the derivative liabilities associated with the warrants issued in connection with the First Draw and Amendment were $133,000 and $89,000, respectively, for a combined value of $222,000. During the three and nine-month periods ended December 30, 2017, the decrease in the fair value of the warrant liability totaled $7,000 and $67,000, respectively. During the three and nine-month periods ended December 24, 2016, the decrease in the fair value of the warrant liability totaled $62,000 and $136,000 respectively. These changes are reported in the accompanying statement of operations as a gain on adjustment of warrant liability to fair value. There was no accretion recorded in the third quarter or firstnine months of fiscal 2018 in connection with the March 2014 loan agreement as the loan was paidback end fees) in full in January 2017. Duringupon maturity or otherwise enter into a refinancing agreement with PFG. However, there can be no assurances that such financings, re-financing or product line sales will be available at all, or on terms acceptable to the three and nine-month periods ended December 24, 2016, the Company recorded accretion discount expense associated with the March 2014 loan of $3,000 and $21,000, respectively.  Company.

 

 

(87)        FairFair Value

 

Pursuant to the accounting guidance for fair value measurement and its subsequent updates, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e., the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The accounting guidance establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring the use of observable market data when available. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on active market data. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances.  


 

The fair value hierarchyhierarchy is broken down into the three input levels summarized below:

  

 

•  

Level1  —Valuations are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and readily accessible by us at the reporting date. Examples of assets and liabilities utilizing Level 1 inputs are certain money market funds, U.S. Treasuries and trading securities with quoted prices on active markets.

  

 

•  

Level2  —Valuations based on inputs other than the quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly in active markets. Examples of assets and liabilities utilizing Level 2 inputs are U.S. government agency bonds, corporate bonds, commercial paper, certificates of deposit and over-the- counter derivatives.

  

 

•  

Level3  —Valuations based on unobservable inputs in which there are little or no market data, which require us to develop our own assumptions.

 

Fair value measurements discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of and during the three and nine months period ended December 30, 2017. The carrying valuesamounts of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable,cash-equivalents and line of credit term debt and accounts payable approximate their fair values given theirat each balance sheet date due to the short-term nature. Asmaturity of December 30, 2017, these financial instruments, and generally result in inputs categorized as Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy. The carrying value of the outstanding PFG loan approximates the estimated aggregate fair value, since the embedded equity forward is recognized at fair value and classified with the loan host. The fair value estimate of the embedded equity forward is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the measurement date, the risk-free rate, the date of expiration, and any expected cash distributions of the underlying asset before expiration. The estimated fair value of the embedded equity forward represents a Level 2 measurement.

 

Derivatives TheOn March 26, 2018, the Company does not use derivative instrumentsand PFG agreed to hedge exposures toeliminate the cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. Theput provision contained in warrants in exchange for the Company evaluates all of its financial instruments, including notes payable, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives. The Company accounts for certain of its warrants as derivatives. Changes in fair values are reported in earnings as gain or loss on adjustment of warrant liability to fair value.

Embedded derivatives must be separately measured from the host contract if all the requirements for bifurcation are met. The assessmentissuing 150,000 shares of the conditions surrounding the bifurcation of embedded derivatives depends on the natureCompany’s common stock. Upon removal of the host contract. Bifurcated embedded derivatives are recognized at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized input, the statement of operations each period. Bifurcated embedded derivatives are classifiedwarrants were re-valued using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the related host contract in the Company’s balance sheet.

The Company’s derivative warrant liability is measured at fair value on a recurring basis and is categorized as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The derivative warrant liability is valued using a Monte Carlo simulation model, which used the following assumptions asassumptions: (i) remaining term of December 30, 2017: (i) the remaining expected life of 1.250.96 years, (ii) the Company’s historicalexpected volatility rate of 83.3%85%, (iii) risk-free interest rate of 1.79%2.12%, and (iv) a discount rate of thirty percent.


no expected dividends. The aforementioned derivative warrant liability and equity forward are the Company’s only asset and liability recognized and measured atresulting change in fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis and are follows:

Fair Value Measurements as of December 30, 2017 (In Thousands):

            
  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

 

Warrant liability

 $  $  $155 

Equity forward

     16    

Total

 $  $16  $155 

Fair Value Measurements as of March 25, 201(In Thousands):

            
  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

 

Warrant liability

 $     $222 

Total

 $  $  $222 

There were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 forof the three and nine-month periods ended December 30, 2017 and March 25, 2017.

The table below summarizes changeswarrants, along with the fair value of the common stock issued to PFG, was recognized as an adjustment of warrant liability in gains and losses recorded in earnings for Level 3 assets and liabilities that are still held at December 30, 2017:the consolidated statements of operations.

  

Three Month Periods Ended

  

Nine Month Periods Ended

 

(In thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

 

Warrant liability at beginning of period

 $162  $279  $222  $353 

Gains (recorded in other income/expense)

  (7)  (62)  (67)  (136)

Losses (recorded in other income/expense)

            

Warrant liability at end of period

 $155  $217  $155  $217 

 

There were no assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and there were no assets or liabilities measured on a non-recurring basis at DecemberJune 30, 2017 or 2018 and March 25, 2017.31, 2018.

 

The following table presents quantitative information about recurring Level3 fair value measurements at December 30, 2017 and March 25, 2017:

December 30, 2017

Valuation Technique(s)

UnobservableInput

Warrant liability

Monte Carlo

Discount rate

30%

March 25, 2017

Valuation Techniques(s)

Unobservable Input

Warrant liability

Monte Carlo

Discount rate

24%

The discount rate of thirty percent at December 30, 2017, and twenty four percent at March 25, 2017 is management’s estimate of the current cost of capital given the Company’s credit worthiness. A significant increase in the discount rate would significantly decrease the fair value, but the magnitude of this decrease would be less significant in a scenario where the Company’s stock price is significantly higher than the exercise price since the holder’s option to take a cash payment at maturity represents a smaller component of the total fair value when the Company’s stock price is higher. The Monte Carlo simulation model simulated the Company’s stock price through the maturity date of March 31, 2019. At the end of the simulated period, the value of the warrant was determined based on the greater of (1) the net share settlement value, (2) the net exercise value, or (3) the fixed cash put value.

(9)Sale of Product Lines

On June 20, 2016, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement for the sale of its Switch product line to Astronics Test Systems Inc. (Astronics). Upon signing the agreement, Astronics paid $850,000 for the intellectual property of the product line. The Company recognized a net gain of $802,000 in the first quarter ended June 25, 2016 after related expenses were subtracted from the sales price. The following table presents the breakdown of the gain recognized related to the asset sale:

(In thousands)

 

Quarter Ended

June 25,

2016

 

Cash received from Astronics

 $850 

Cash paid to buy out future commission obligation

  (170

)

Employee severance

  (97

)

Legal fees

  (13

)

Commissions

  (46

)

Warranty Liability released

  278 

Net gain recognized

 $802 


In calculating the gain included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company released $278,000 of deferred warranty obligations related to the Switch asset. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Astronics assumed all the warranty obligations for the Switch product line, including the products sold prior to the asset being transferred to Astronics. The deferred warranty obligation was previously included in other current liabilities in the consolidated financial statements. The Company also had an existing agreement with a consultant supporting the Switch product line which included a three percent commission on the sales of the Switch product line for a period of 4 years ending in January 2020. The agreement allowed for a buyout of future commissions associated with the Switch product which the Company exercised in connection with the Astronics transaction in June 2016 resulting in a payment by the Company during June of $170,000. Astronics also purchased approximately $500,000 of related materials inventory from Giga-tronics between July and August of 2016.

The Company had no revenues or gross margin associated with the Switch product line during the three and nine months periods ended December 30, 2017. During the three-month periods ended December 24, 2016, the Switch product line did not account for any product revenue. During the nine-month period ended December 24, 2016, the Switch product line accounted for approximately $2.1 million in product revenue. Gross margins of the Switch product line for the nine-month periods ended December 24, 2016 was $437,000. While the Company is able to distinguish revenue and gross margin information related to the sale of the Switch product line to Astronics, the Company is unable to present meaningful information about results of operation and cash flows from the Switch product line.

On December 15, 2015, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Spanawave Corporation, whereby Spanawave agreed to purchase the Giga-tronics’ Division product lines for its Power Meters, Amplifiers, and Legacy Signal Generators for $1.5 million (the asset purchase agreement was for $1.5 million, the Company never realized this amount as a result of the dispute with Spanawave as discussed below). The agreement provided for the transfer of these product lines to Spanawave sequentially in six phases beginning with certain sensor and amplifier products. The Company had transferred the Power Meters and Amplifiers in phases one through five, but still holds the rights to phase 6 (Legacy Signal Generators). During the second quarter ended September 24, 2016, the Company and Spanawave became engaged in a dispute, including litigation initiated by Spanawave and an arbitration proceeding initiated by Spanawave’s affiliate Liberty Test Equipment, Inc. (“Liberty Test”), as to whether the Company has fulfilled all the requirements to close phases one through five and become entitled to the $375,000 received by the Company during the first quarter of fiscal 2017 (see below).

The complaint sought specific performance of the agreement and damages. Spanawave’s affiliate Liberty Test also filed an arbitration claim for $440,000 under a distribution agreement between the Company and Liberty. The Company filed cross-complaints in both the litigation and arbitration asserting breach of the respective agreements by Spanawave and Liberty. The Company had previously asserted that the distribution agreement did not extend to the products with respect to which the claim has been made. The parties negotiated in an effort to settle the dispute notwithstanding the filings. On October 16, 2017, the Company reached a settlement agreement with Spanawave and Liberty Test whereby all parties exchanged mutual releases and agreed that phases one through five of the Asset Purchase Agreement were concluded and the sale of the remaining phase (Phase 6) to Spanawave (which was in dispute) was abandoned. The abandoned Phase 6 Legacy Signal Generators product line (and related inventory) remains an asset of the Company. The Company, Spanawave and Liberty Test also dismissed all arbitration claims as part of the settlement.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company received $375,000 from Spanawave. In the first quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company received an additional $375,000 from Spanawave under the agreement, for a combined total of $750,000. Of this amount, the Company returned $375,000 to Spanawave on July 28, 2016 resulting from the dispute regarding the status of phases one through five. The remaining $375,000 was included in deferred liability related to asset sales in the consolidated balance sheet during the dispute. However, as a result of the settlement of the dispute in the third quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company recognized a net gain of $324,000, which is net of approximately $51,000 in expenses associated with the Spanawave asset sale. During the three and nine-month periods ended December 30, 2017, these product lines accounted for approximately $111,000 and $297,000 in revenue, respectively. In addition, in June 2016, the Company received approximately $275,000 in exchange for raw material purchases. The purchase price of the raw materials approximated its carrying value, therefore no gain or loss was recognized. These product lines accounted for approximately $75,000 and $475,000 in revenue during the three and nine-month periods ended December 24, 2016, respectively. While the Company is able to distinguish revenue and gross margin information related to the sale of these product lines, the Company is unable to present meaningful information about results of operations and cash flows from these product lines.


 

 

(108)         Loss Per Share

 

Basic loss per share (EPS) is calculated by dividing net income or loss by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS reflects the net incremental shares that would be issued if unvested restricted shares became vested andand dilutive outstanding stock options were exercised, using the treasury stock method. In the case of a net loss, it is assumed that no incremental shares would be issued because they would be antidilutive. In addition, certain options are considered antidilutive because assumed proceeds from exercise price, related tax benefits and average future compensation was greater than the weighted average number of options outstanding multiplied by the average market price during the period. The shares used in per share computationsShares excluded from the diluted EPS calculation because they would be anti-dilutive are as follows:

 

  

Three Month Periods Ended

  

Nine Month Periods Ended

 

(In thousands except per share data)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

 

Net loss

 $(313) $(575) $(2,652) $(1,073)
                 

Weighted average:

                

Common shares outstanding

  9,798   9,550   9,769   9,550 

Potential common shares

            

Common shares assuming dilution

  9,798   9,550   9,769   9,550 
                 

Net earnings/ loss per share – basic

 $(0.03) $(0.06) $(0.27) $(0.11)

Net earnings/ loss per share – diluted

 $(0.03) $(0.06) $(0.27) $(0.11)

Stock options not included in computation that could potentially dilute EPS in the future

  772   1,137   772   1,137 

Restricted stock awards not included in computation that could potentially dilute EPS in the future

  375   45   375   45 

Issuable shares for interest on loan

  40      40    

Convertible preferred stock not included in computation that could potentially dilute EPS in the future

  1,853   1,853   1,853   1,853 

Warrants not included in computation that could potentially dilute EPS in the future

  3,737   3,737   3,737   3,737 
  

Three Months Ended

 

(In thousands)

 

June 30,

2018

  

June 24,

2017

 
(in thousands):        

Common shares issuable upon exercise of stock options

  1,498   1,104 

Restricted stock awards

  262   350 

Issuable shares for interest on loan

  25   60 

Common shares issuable upon conversion of convertible preferred stock

  7,113   1,853 

Common shares issuable upon exercise of warrants

  3,960   3,737 

 

Theexclusion of stock options, restricted stock, convertible preferred stockstocks and warrants fromnot included in the computation of diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the three month period ended June 30, 2018 and nine-month periods ended December 30,June 24, 2017 and December 24, 2016 is a result of the Company’s net loss and, therefore, the effect of these instruments would be anti-dilutive.


 

 

(119)          ShareStock Based Compensation

 

The Company has established the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, which provide for the granting of options and restricted stock for up to 2,850,000 shares of common stock at 100% of fair market value at the date of grant, with eacheach grant requiring approval by the Board of Directors of the Company. The 2005 Plan has been extended to be effective until 2025. Option grants under the 2000 Stock Option Plan are no longer available. Options granted generally vest in one or more installments in a four or five-year year period and must be exercised while the grantee is employed by the Company or within a certain period after termination of employment.employment or service arrangement. Options granted to employees shall not have terms in excess of 10 years from the grant date. Holders of options may be granted stock appreciation rights (SARs), which entitle them to surrender outstanding awards for a cash distribution under certain changes in ownership of the Company, as defined in the stock option plan. As of DecemberJune 30, 2017, 2018, no SAR’s have been granted under the option plan. As of DecemberJune 30, 2017, 2018, the total number of shares of common stock available for issuance was 1,142,177.437,677. All outstanding options have a ten-year year life from the date of grant. The Company records compensation cost associated with share-based compensation equivalent to the estimated fair value of the awards over the requisite service period.

 

Stock Options

 

In calculating compensation related to stock option grants, the fair value of each stock option is was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model and the following weighted average assumptions:

 

  

Three Month PeriodsMonths Ended

Nine Month Periods Ended

 
  

December June 30,,

20172018

  

December June 24,

2016

December 30,

2017

December 24,

20162017

 

Dividend yield

 None    

Expected volatility

 

None

98.5192.55%  89.82% 98.73%

Risk-free interest rate

 

None

1.352.82%  1.77% 1.36%

Expected term (years)

 

None

8.36   8.368.368.36 

 

The computation of expected volatility used in the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model is based on the historical volatility of the Company’sCompany’s share price. The expected term is estimated based on a review of historical employee exercise behavior with respect to option grants. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury rates with maturity similar to the expected term of the option on the date of grant.

 


 

A summary of the changes in stock options outstanding for the nine-monththree-month period ended DecemberJune 30, 2017 2018 and the fiscal year ended March 25, 2017 31, 2018 is as follows:

 

  

Shares

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

Per Share

  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Terms (Years)

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

(in thousands)

 

Outstanding at March 26, 2016

  1,592,200  $1.52   6.8  $69 

Granted

  148,000   0.97         

Exercised

              

Forfeited / Expired

  (635,700)  1.57         

Outstanding at March 25, 2017

  1,104,500  $1.41   6.1  $3 

Granted

  11,000   0.85   9.6     

Exercised

              

Forfeited / Expired

  (343,500)  1.28   4.6     

Outstanding at December 30, 2017

  772,000  $1.46   5.7  $ 
                 

Exercisable at December 30, 2017

  556,450  $1.54   4.9  $ 
                 

At December 30, 2017, expected to vest in the future

  143,028  $1.25   7.6  $ 
      

Weighted

Average

  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

  

Aggregate

 
  

Shares

  

Exercise Price

per share

  

Contractual

Terms (Years)

  

Intrinsic

Value

 

Outstanding at March 25, 2017

  1,104,500  $1.41   6.1  $3 

Granted

  856,000   0.34   10.0     

Forfeited / Expired

  (481,800

)

  1.34         

Outstanding at March 31, 2018

  1,478,700  $0.56   8.0  $ 

Granted

  50,000   0.27   10.0     

Forfeited / Expired

  (31,000)  1.41         

Outstanding at June 30, 2018

  1,497,700  $0.53   7.8  $ 
                 

Exercisable at June 30, 2018

  500,650  $0.79   4.4  $ 
                 

At June 30, 2018 expected to vest in the future

  702,491  $0.40   9.6  $ 

  

As of DecemberJune 30, 2017, 2018, there was $103,000$205,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested options. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.01 years.3.71 years and will be adjusted for subsequent changes in estimated forfeitures. There were 14,350 options and 56,1507,200 options that vested during the quarter ended DecemberJune 30, 2017 2018, and December26,500 options that vested during the quarter ended June 24, 2016, respectively.2017. The total grant date fair value of options vested during each of the quarters ended DecemberJune 30, 2018 and June 24, 2017 was $9,052 and December 24, 2016 was $14,000 and $73,000$33,000 respectively. There were 107,200 and 187,300no options that vested duringexercised in the nine-monththree-month period ended DecemberJune 30, 2017 2018 and DecemberJune 24, 2016, respectively. The total grant date fair value of options vested during the nine-month period ended December 30, 2017 and December 24, 2016 was $119,000 and $233,000, respectively. No shares were exercised during the three and nine-month period ended December 30, 2017 and December 24, 2016. 2017. Share based compensation cost related to stock options recognized in operating results for the three-month periods months ended DecemberJune 30, 2018 and June 24, 2017 totaled $20,000 and December 24, 2016 totaled $22,000 and $61,000,$37,000, respectively. Share based compensation cost recognized in operating results for the nine-month periods ended December 30, 2017 and December 24, 2016 totaled $101,000 and $211,000, respectively.


 

Restricted Stock

 

There were Company granted no restricted awards (“RSAs”) during the first quarter of fiscal 2019. No RSAs were granted during the three-month period ended December 30, 2017. The Company granted 386,450 restricted awards during the nine-month period ended December 30, 2017. The Company granted 44,500 restricted awards during the thirdfirst quarter and the firstnine months of fiscal 2017.2018. The restricted stock awardsRSAs are considered fixed awards as the number of shares and fair value at the grant date areis amortized over the requisite service period net of estimated forfeitures. As of DecemberJune 30, 2017, 2018, there was $157,000$61,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested awards.RSAs. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.420.87 years and will be adjusted for subsequent changes in estimated forfeitures. Compensation cost recognized for the restrictedRSAs and unrestricted stock awards duringin operating results for the third quarterthree months ended June 30, 2018 and firstnine months of fiscal of 2018 was $33,000June 24, 2017 totaled $37,000 and $73,000. Compensation cost recognized for restricted and unrestricted stock awards during the three and nine-month periods ended December 24, 2016 was $7,000.$9,000, respectively

 

A summary of the changes in non-vested restricted stock awardsRSAs outstanding for the nine-monththree-month period ended DecemberJune 30, 2017 2018 and the fiscal year ended March 25, 2017 31, 2018 is as follows:

 

 

Shares

  

Weighted

Average

Fair Value Per

Share

  

Shares

  

Weighted

Average

Fair Value

 

Non-Vested at March 26, 2016

    $ 

Granted

  44,500    

Vested

  (44,500)   

Forfeited or cancelled

      

Non-Vested at March 25, 2017

    $     $ 

Granted

  386,450   0.80   586,950   0.66 

Vested

        (51,000)  (0.60)

Forfeited or cancelled

  (11,000)  0.80   (236,000

)

  (0.68)

Non-Vested at December 30, 2017

  375,450  $0.80 

Non-Vested at March 31, 2018

  299,950  $0.65 

Vested

  (37,500)  (0.39)

Non-Vested at June 30, 2018

  262,450  $0.68 

 


 

 

(1120)          Significant Customer andIndustry Segment Information

 

The Company has two reportable segments: Giga-tronics Division and Microsource.

 

The Giga-tronics Division historically producedproduced a broad line of test and measurement equipment used primarily for the design, production, repair and maintenance of products in aerospace, telecommunications, RADAR, and electronic warfare. The Company completed the divestiture of its switch and legacy product lines, (see Note 9, Sale of Product Lines), and is now solely focused on producing the ASG and the ASA.

Microsource primarily develops and manufactures YIG RADAR filters used in fighter jet aircraft for two prime contractors. 

   

The tables belowbelow present information for the two reportable segments:

 

      

Three Month Period

Ended

      

Three Month Period

Ended

 

(In thousands)

 

Dec. 30, 2017

  

Dec. 30, 2017

  

Dec. 24, 2016

  

Dec. 24, 2016

 
  

Assets

  

Net Sales

  

Net Income

(Loss)

  

Assets

  

Net Sales

  

Net Income

(Loss)

 

Giga-tronics Division

 $5,042  $1,922  $(807) $8,666  $838  $(1,471)

Microsource

  3,134   1,298   494   3,532   2,364   896 

Total

 $8,176  $3,220  $(313) $12,198  $3,202  $(575)

     

Nine Month Period Ended

      

Nine Month Period Ended

  

Three Month Periods

Ended

      

Three Month Periods

Ended

     

(In thousands)

 

Dec. 30, 2017

  

Dec. 30, 2017

  

Dec. 24, 2016

  

Dec. 24, 2016

  

At June 30 ,

2018

  

June 30,

2018

      

At June 24,

2017

  

June 24,

2017

     
 

Assets

  

Net Sales

  

Net Income

(Loss)

  

Assets

  

Net Sales

  

Net Income

(Loss)

  

Assets

  

Net Sales

  

Net Income

(Loss)

  

Assets

  

Net Sales

  

Net Income

(Loss)

 

Giga-tronics Division

 $5,042  $2,661  $(4,429) $8,666  $4,660  $(3,435) $4,418  $38  $(1559) $6,153  $297  $(1,849

)

Microsource

  3,134   4,792   1,777   3,532   6,377   2,362   1,953   1,061   1,272   2,907   1,694   591 

Total

 $8,176  $7,453  $(2,652) $12,198  $11,037  $(1,073) $6,371  $1,099  $(287) $9,060  $1,991  $(1,258

)

 

During the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2018,two customers2019, one customer accounted for approximately 87%64% of the Company’s consolidated revenues. One of the customers accounted for 55% of the Company’s consolidated revenue and was included in the Giga-tronics Division. A second customer accounted for 32% of the Company’s consolidated revenue and was included in the Microsource segment. During the third quarter of fiscal 2017,two customers accounted for 76% of the Company’s consolidated revenues. One of the customers accounted for 52% of the Company’s consolidated revenuerevenues and was included in the Microsource segment. A second customer accounted for 24% of the Company’s consolidated revenue31% and was included in the Giga-tronics Division. A third customer accounted for 13% of the Company’s consolidated revenue and was primarilyalso included in the Microsource segment.

During the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2018,three customers accounted for approximately 84% of the Company’s consolidated revenues. One of the one customer accounted for 37%43% of the Company’s consolidated revenues and was primarily included in the Microsource segment. A second and third customer accounted for 24% of the Company’s consolidated revenue37% and was also included in the Microsource segment and the Giga-tronics Division. During the firstnine months of fiscal 2017,one customer accounted for 38% of the Company’s consolidated revenues and was primarily included in the Microsource segment. A second customer accounted for 15% of the Company’s consolidated revenue and was also included in the Microsource segment.

 

 

(1131)          Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method as codified in Topic 740. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards.

 

The Company recorded $2,000 of$62,000 income tax expense for the nine-month periodsthree months ended DecemberJune 30, 2017 2018 and Decemberno income tax expense for the three months ended June 24, 2016. 2017. In April 2018, the Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) issued its response to the Appeal filed by the Company to dispute the original audit findings related an ongoing audit. As a result of this development, the accrued state tax liability was increased by $62,000, from $45,000 to $107,000. The effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and nine-month periods ended December 30,June 24, 2017 and December 24, 2016 was 0%, each year, primarily due to a valuation allowance recorded against the net deferred tax asset balance.

 


 

As of DecemberJune 30, 2017, 2018, the Company has a $120,000 liabilityhad recorded $122,000 for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions. The unrecognized tax benefit is netted against the non-current deferred tax asset on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company does not expect the liability for unrecognized tax benefits to change materially within the next 12 months. The Company has a California Franchise Tax Board audit that is currently in process. The Company is working with the California Franchise Tax Board to resolve all audit issues and does not believe any material taxes, penalties and fees are due. However, as a result of the on-going examination, the Company recorded an estimated associated tax liability of $45,000 in the first quarter of fiscal 2015.

 

On December 22, 2017, the President signed into law Public Law No.115-97, commonly referred to asU.S. enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act following its passage by(the “Act”), which significantly changed U.S. tax law. The Act lowered the United States Congress. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will make significant changes toCompany’s U.S. statutory federal income tax laws.rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, and imposes new limitations on the utilization of losses incurred in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017. However, the enactment of the legislative changes has not affected the Company’s overall effective tax rate of 0%, due to, as previously noted, a full valuation allowance recorded against the net deferred tax asset balance.

 

 

(12)       (14)        Warranty Obligations

 

The Company records a provision liability in cost of sales for estimated warranty obligations at the date products are sold. Adjustments are made as new information becomes available. The following provides a reconciliation of changes in the Company’s warranty reserve. The Company provides no other guarantees for product sales.guarantees.

 

 

Three Month Periods Ended

  

Nine Month Periods Ended

 

(In thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

Three Months

Ended

June 30,

2018

  

Three Months

Ended

June 24,

2017

 

Balance at beginning of period

 $135  $60  $123  $60  $164  $123 

Provision, net

  28   3   232   115   6   1 

Warranty costs incurred

  (6)  (2)  (198)  (114)  (29

)

  (33

)

Balance at end of period

 $157  $61  $157  $61  $141  $91 

  

(15)      Series B, C, D Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock and Warrants

On November 10, 2011, the Company received $2,199,000 in cash proceeds from Alara Capital AVI II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Investor”), an investment vehicle sponsored by Active Value Investors, LLC, under a Securities Purchase Agreement entered into on October 31, 2011. Under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 9,997 shares of its Series B Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) to the Investor at a price of $220 per share. The Company has recorded $2.0 million as Series B Preferred Stock on the consolidated balance sheet which is net of stock offering costs of approximately $202,000 and represents the value attributable to both the convertible preferred stock and warrants issued to the Investor. After considering the value of the warrants, the effective conversion price of the preferred stock was greater than the common stock price on date of issue and therefore no beneficial conversion feature was present.

On February 19,2013, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to which it agreed to sell 3,424.65 shares of its Series C Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”) to the Investor, for aggregate consideration of $500,000, which is approximately $146.00 per share. The Company has recorded $457,000 as Series C Preferred Stock on the consolidated balance sheet, which is net of stock offering costs of approximately $43,000. After considering the reduction in the value of the warrant, the effective conversion price of the preferred stock was greater than the common stock price on the date of issue and therefore no beneficial conversion feature was present.

On July 8, 2013, the Company received $817,000 in net cash proceeds from the Investor under a Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company sold to the Investor 5,111.86 shares of its Series D Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock (Series D Preferred Stock) and a warrant to purchase up to 511,186 additional shares of common stock at the price of $1.43 per share. The allocation of the $858,000 in gross proceeds from issuance of Series D Preferred Stock based on the relative fair values resulted in an allocation of $498,000 (which was recorded net of $41,000 of issuance costs) to Series D Preferred Stock and $360,000 to Common Stock.  In addition, because the effective conversion rate based on the $498,000 allocated to Series D Preferred Stock was $0.97 per common share which was less than the Company’s stock price on the date of issuance, a beneficial conversion feature was present at the issuance date. The beneficial conversion feature totaled $238,000 and was recorded as an increase of common stock and an increase to accumulated deficit. 

Each share of Series B, Series C and Series D Preferred Stock is convertible into one hundred shares of the Company’s common stock. In connection with the preferred stock issuance described above, the Company issued to the investor warrants to purchase a total of 1,017,405 common shares at an exercise price of $1.43 per share. These warrants were exercised in February 2015, and May 2015. The Company received funds from Alara in separate closings dated February 16, 2015 and February 23, 2015. Alara exercised a total of 1,002,818 of its existing Series C and Series D warrants to purchase common shares, all of which had an exercise price of $1.43 per share for total cash proceeds of $1,434,000, which was recorded net of $42,000 of stock issuance costs. As part of the consideration for this exercise, the Company sold to Alara two new warrants to purchase an additional 898,634 and 194,437 common shares at an exercise price of $1.78 and $1.76 per share, respectively, for a total purchase price of $137,000 or $0.125 per share. The new warrants have a term of five years and may be paid in cash or through a cashless net share settlement. The Company and Alara amended the remaining 14,587 warrants as part of the February closings. On May 14, 2015, Alara exercised the remaining 14,587 warrants by acquiring 7,216 of shares of the Company’s common stock through a cashless net share settlement.


The table below presents information as of December 30, 2017 and March 25, 2017:

Preferred Stockas of December 30, 2017 and March 25, 2017

  

Designated

Shares

  

Shares

Issued

  

Shares

Outstanding

  

Liquidation

Preference

(in thousands)

 

Series B

  10,000.00   9,997.00   9,997.00  $2,309 

Series C

  3,500.00   3,424.65   3,424.65   500 

Series D

  6,000.00   5,111.86   5,111.86   731 

Total

  19,500.00   18,533.51   18,533.51  $3,540 

 

 

(16)13Private Placement Offering)       Preferred Stock and Warrants

Series E Senior Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock

 

On January 19, 2016, March 26, 2018, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement for the sale of 2,787,872 Units, each consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.7543,800 shares of common stock,a newly designated series of 6.0% Series E Senior Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series E Shares”) to approximately 2015 private investors. The sale was completed and the Series E Shares were issued on March 28, 2018.

The purchase price for each UnitSeries E Share was $1.24375.$25.00. Gross proceeds received by the Company were approximately $3.5 million.$1.095 million (the “Placement”). Net proceeds to the Company after fees was approximately $3.1 million. The portionand expenses of the purchase price attributable toPlacement were approximately $1.0 million. Placement agent fees incurred in connection with the common shares includedtransaction were 5% of gross proceeds or approximately $57,000 in each Unit was $1.15, the consolidated closing bid price for the Company’s common stock on January 15, 2016. The warrant price was $0.09375 per Unit (equivalent to $0.125 per whole warrant share), with an exercise price of $1.15 per share. The term of the warrants is five years from the date of completion of the transaction. Emerging Growth Equities, Ltd also receivedcash, plus warrants to purchase 292,727 shares5% of the number of common stockshares into which the Series E shares can be converted (223,000 shares) at an exercise price of $1.15$0.25 per share.

Each Series E Share is initially convertible (at the option of the holder) at a conversion price of $0.25 per share of common stock, representing 100 shares of the Company’s common stock per each Series E Share. The conversion ratio is subject to adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and similar transactions. As of March 31, 2018, if all 43,800 issued Series E Shares were immediately converted, holders of such shares would acquire 4,380,000 shares of common stock of the Company, or 31% of the pro forma number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if the conversion had occurred on this date, 27% of the pro forma number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding upon the conversion of the Company’s outstanding shares of Series B, Series C and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Previously Issued Preferred Shares”) and 22% of the pro forma number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if all shares of preferred stock were converted and all warrants exercised as part of its considerationthis date. The Company is entitled to redeem Series E Shares at a price equal to 300% of the Series E Share purchase price, or $75.00 per share, subject to potential adjustment, but the right to redeem is subject to satisfaction of certain conditions related to the market price and trading volume of the Company’s common stock.

Each Series E Share has a liquidation preference of 150% of the purchase price or $37.50, subject to adjustment. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, a merger, or a sale of the Company’s MSI business line or Simulation and Electronics Warfare business line or their related assets, before any payment or distribution to holders of junior shares (including common stock and Previously Issued Preferred Stock), holders of Series E Shares will be entitled to receive an amount of cash per share of Series E Shares up to the liquidation preference plus all accumulated accrued and unpaid dividends thereon. Upon a sale of the Company’s MSI business line or Simulation and Electronics Warfare business line or their related assets, holders of Series E Shares shall be entitled to receive a pro rata portion of the net sale proceeds after reasonable transaction expenses and amount payable to the Company’s secured creditors for servingreleases of their liens on such assets, up to the liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends. If the payment per Series E Shares is less than the Series E Shares’ liquidation preference, the liquidation preference and the Series E Share redemption price will be reduced by the amount of the payment received.


Holders of Series E Shares are entitled to receive, when, as placement agentand if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors, cumulative preferential dividends, payable semiannual in cash at a rate per annum equal to 6.0% of the initial purchase price of $25.00 per share or in-kind (at the Company’s election) through the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock, based on the 10 day volume weighted average price of the common stock.

Holders of Series E Shares generally vote together with the common stock on an as-converted basis on each matter submitted to the vote or approval of the holders of common stock, and vote as a separate class with respect to certain actions that adversely affect the rights of the holders of Series E Shares and on other matters as required by law. In addition, the approval of the Holders of the Series E shares is generally required prior to the Company’s issuance of any securities having rights senior to or in parity with the Series E Shares with respect to dividends or liquidation preferences. The Series E Shares’ right to approve parity securities will terminate at such time that (1) fewer than 22,300 Series E Shares, which is 50% of the number of Series E Shares first issued, remain outstanding or (2) the volume weighted average closing price of the Company’s common stock for any 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period is $0.75 or more, the average daily trading volume over such 30 trading day period is 100,000 shares or more and there is either an effective registration statement covering resale of the shares of common stock that holders of Series E Shares would be entitled to receive upon conversion and any shares received as pay-in-kind dividends, or such share could be freely sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The Company and each Series E investor entered into an Investor Rights Agreement. Under this agreement, the Company agreed to, among other things, use best efforts to file certain registration statements for the resale of common stock of the Company that the investor may acquire upon conversion of the Series E Shares and may potentially receive as payment-in-kind dividends during the two years following the date of the agreement. The Company also agreed that it would not issue additional debt without the approval by holders of at least 66.6% of the Series E Shares, other than trade debt incurred in the normal course and commercial bank working capital debt, whether revolving or term debt. Concurrent with the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement for the Series E Shares, the Company and PFG entered into a modification agreement providing for the restructuring of certain terms associated with approximately $1.7 million in indebtedness owed to PFG (see Note 8 – Term Loans, Revolving Line of Credit and Warrants).

In connection with the sale of Series E Shares, the Company agreed to reduce the exercise price of certain warrants issued in connection with the Company’s private placement.placement in January 2016 (see Note 18 – Private Placement Offering), in which the Company sold (in part) 2,787,872 warrants (a “2016 Warrant”). Each 2016 Warrant entitled the holder to purchase 0.75 shares of the Company’s common stock at the price of $1.15 per whole share. The Company agreed to reduce the exercise price of 2016 Warrants that are held by the 2016 Investors purchasing Series E Shares from $1.15 to $0.25 per share as follows: A 2016 Investor purchasing an amount equal to or exceeding the lesser of $200,000 or 50% of the amount it invested in the 2016 Private Placement will have the exercise price of all of its 2016 Warrants reduced to $0.25, and 2016 Investors purchasing less than the lesser of $200,000 or 50% of the amount it invested in the January 2016 Private Placement will have the exercise price of a ratable percentage of the 2016 Warrants reduced to $0.25. In connection with its sale of the Series E Shares, the Company reduced the exercise price of 1,759,268 of the outstanding 2016 Warrants to $0.25.

The fair value attributable to re-pricing the 2016 Warrants, provided to the participating 2016 Investors, of approximately $203,000, was deducted from the Series E gross proceeds to arrive at the initial discounted carrying value of the Series E Shares. The initial discounted carrying value resulted in recognition of a beneficial conversion feature of approximately $557,000, further reducing the initial carrying value of the Series E Shares. The discount to the aggregate stated value of the Series E Shares, resulting from recognition of the beneficial conversion feature, was immediately accreted as a reduction of common stock and an increase in the carrying value of the Series E Shares. The accretion is presented as a deemed dividend in the consolidated statements of operations.

In addition, warrants to purchase 292,727 shares of common stock held by the placement agent, as a result of a prior transaction, were amended to reduce the exercise price from $1.15 per share to $0.25 per share. The fair value attributable to re-pricing the placement agent warrants of approximately $53,000 was recognized as additional Series E issuance costs and recognized net in the carrying value of Series E Shares.

For the three months ending June 30, 2018, the Company issued an additional 8,800 shares of Series E Senior Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $25.00 per share for total gross proceeds of $220,000.


The table below presents information as of June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018:

Preferred Stock

                
  

 

Shares

  

 

Shares

  

 

Shares

  

Liquidation

Preference

 
  

Designated

  

Issued

  

Outstanding

  

(in thousands)

 

Series B

  10,000.00   9,997.00   9,997.00  $2,309 

Series C

  3,500.00   3,424.65   3,424.65   500 

Series D

  6,000.00   5,111.86   5,111.86   731 

Series E

  60,000.00   43,800.00   43,800.00   1,643 

Total at March 31, 2018

  79,500.00   62,333.51   62,333.51  $5,183 
Series E      9,600.00   9,600.00   360 
Total at June 30, 2018  79,500.00   71,933.51   71,933.51  $5,413 

(14)Subsequent Events

During August 2018, the Company issued an additional 1,400 shares of Series E Senior Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock at a purchase of $25.00 per share for total gross proceeds of $35,000.

 


 

 

ITEM 2-MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The forward-looking statements included in this report including, without limitation, statements containing the words "believes", "anticipates", "estimates", "expects", "intends", “will” and words of similar import, which reflect management’s best judgment based on factors currently known, involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including but not limited to those listed in Giga-tronics’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 25, 201731, 2018 Part I, under the heading “Risk Factors”, and Part II, under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations”.

 

CompanyOverview and Refocusing of Giga-tronics

Giga-tronics produces an Advanced Signal Generator (ASG), and an Advanced Signal Analyzer (ASA) for the electronic warfare market and

We produce YIG (Yttrium, Iron, Garnet) tuned oscillators, RADAR filters, and microwave synthesizers for use in military defense applications. We also produce sophisticated test and measurement equipment primarily used in fighter jet aircraft.electronic warfare test & emulation applications. We have two reporting segments: Microsource and the Giga-tronics Division and Microsource.Division.

 

 

The Giga-tronics Division over the past 35 years has produced a broad line of test and measurement equipment used primarily for the design, production, repair and maintenance of products in aerospace, telecommunications, RADAR, and electronic warfare. Giga-tronics has recently completed a move within the test and measurement market from its legacy products to the newly developed ASG and ASA products. As part of this evolution certain legacy product lines were sold to raise additional capital. For example, we sold our SCPM product line to Teradyne in 2013 and in December of 2015, entered into an agreement to sell our Power Meters, Amplifiers, and Legacy Signal Generators product lines to Spanawave, this sale was finalized in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 (see Note 9, Sale of Product Lines). In June of 2016, Giga-tronics sold its Switch product line to Astronics (see Note 9, Sale of Product Lines). With the disposition of these legacy product lines, the Giga-tronics Division is solely focused on the ASG product in the test and measurement equipment market.

● 

Microsource primarily develops and manufactures YIG RADAR filters used in fighter jet aircraft for two prime contractors. The MicrosourceThese YIG RADAR filters provideare typically delivered pursuant to contracts covering multiple interim and or fiscal year periods and often include non-recurring engineering services for the design or redesign of such products prior to quantity production orders and deliveries thereof.

The Giga-tronics Division designs, manufactures and markets a family of modular test products for use primarily in the electronic warfare (EW) segment of the defense electronics market. These modular test products represent critical building blocks in the construction of test and simulation systems used to validate the performance of RADAR & EW equipment. Giga-tronics Division customers include major prime defense contractors, the armed services (primarily in the U.S) and research institutes. This product platform for RADAR & EW test & simulation applications (formerly referred to as “Hydra”) has been the Company’s principal new product development initiative since 2011 within the test & measurement equipment marketplace, replacing its broad product line of general purpose benchtop test & measurement products used for the design, production, repair and maintenance of products in the aerospace and telecommunications equipment marketplace. The substantial majority of these legacy product lines which the Company produced over the previous 35 years were sold by the Company between 2013 and 2016 because of lack of growth and poor gross margins. For example, we sold our SCPM product line to Teradyne in 2013; in December 2015, we sold our Power Meters and Amplifiers to Spanawave Corporation; and in June 2016, we sold our Switch product line to Astronics. The Company believes the EW test and simulation product market possesses greater long-term opportunities for revenue growth and improved gross margins compared to the general purpose test & measurement equipment marketplace.

The recent sales of our legacy general-purpose test & measurement product lines and focus on our Microsource products and our EW test & emulation product platform has allowed us with long term productionto significantly reduce our headcount and development contracts with strong gross margins.operating expenses during fiscal years 2018 and 2017. For example, our operating expenses for fiscal 2018 were 15% lower as compared to fiscal year 2017 and 30% lower as compared to fiscal year 2016.

 

The ASG Company believes that customer spending for EW systems, including test and ASA hasemulation, will grow in future years due to more complex RADAR signals and foreign investment in new technology which will require customers to have greater access to more sophisticated test and emulation equipment.

Although the Company believes its RADAR & EW test products have the potential to significantly grow productour sales, and achieve strong gross margins. However, Giga-tronics haswe have experienced significant delays in developing, manufacturing, and receiving ASG and ASA customer orders. The ASG and ASAorders for these products. These EW platform products are the most technically complex and advanced products Giga-tronics has developed and manufactured, and we have experienced delays in bringing the productsproduct to market and efficiently manufacturing it. The products areIt is also priced significantly higher than any other Giga-tronics product,our previous general-purpose test & measurement products, and we have experienced longer than anticipated procurement cycles in the electronic warfare market it services. The delays in the development, refinement and manufacturing of the ASG and ASA,EW platform products, along with the longer than anticipated procurement cycles, have significantly contributed to the significant operating losses in the first nine months of fiscal years 2018 and prior years. Giga-tronics could continue2017. Through March 31, 2018, the Company has delivered its new Radar & EW test products to experience losses if there are further delaysmultiple customers resulting in ASGapproximately $10 million in cumulative revenue. Additionally, the Company has recently restructured and ASA feature refinements, manufacturing efficiencies are not achieved,refocused its sales force towards selling complete test solutions to defense agencies and customer orders are delayed.prime contractors as opposed to component selling. To bring the ASG and ASAEW product platform to its full potential, Giga-tronics willmay be required to seek additional working capital,capital; however, there are no assurances that such working capital will be available, or on terms acceptable to the Company. The Company may also be required to further reduce expenses if EW product platform sales goals are not achieved and thereby restructure its operations to rely solely on its more profitable Microsource MIC component business segment to generate profits and cash from operating activities. As part of such a restructuring, management believes the MIC components which the Company developed for the RADAR & EW test products could be a source of growth for the Microsource business segment.


The Company also anticipates growth in its Microsource RADAR filter business because the potential for significant additional future orders for such products and related services.

 

Significant Orders  

 

Both Microsource and the Giga-tronics Division and Microsource receive large customer orders each year. The timing of orders, delivery schedules and any associated milestonemilestones achievement, causescan cause significant differences in orders received, backlog, sales, deferred revenue, inventory and cash flow when comparing one fiscal period to another. Below is a review of recently received significant orders:

 

In July 2016, Microsource received a $1.9 million non-recurring engineering order associated with redesigning a component of its high performance YIG filter used on an aircraft platform. Of this NRE service order, we’ve delivered approximately $1.7 million in services through the third quarter ended December 30, 2017, we expect to finish delivering such services by the end of fiscal year 2018.  

In March 2017, Microsource received a $404,000 YIG RADAR filter order from one of our customers. We started shipping this order in the second quarter of fiscal 2018.

Also in July 2017, Microsource received an additional $471,000 YIG RADAR filter order from one of our customers. We started shipping this order in the third quarter of fiscal 2018. 

In July 2017, the Giga-tronics Division received a follow on $1.7 million order from the United States Navy for our Real-Time Threat Emulation System (TEmS) which is a combination of the ASG hardware platform, along with software developed and licensed to the Company from a major Aerospace and Defense Company. We fulfilled this order during the third quarter of fiscal 2018.

In September 2017, Microsource received a $4.8 million order for continuing the YIG RADAR filter for a fighter jet platform. The Company expects to begin initial shipments of these filters in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 and ship the bulk of the order over the succeeding 9 to 12 month period.


In June 2016, the Giga-tronics Division received a $3.3 million order from the United States Navy for our Real-Time Threat Emulation System (TEmS) which is a combination of the ASG hardware platform, along with software developed and licensed to the Company from a major Aerospace and Defense Company. The complete order included ASG blades, along with engineering services to integrate the Real-Time TEmS product with additional third party hardware and software for the customer. We fulfilled the Navy order during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017. An additional order for $542,000 was received in July 2016 from the United States Navy for our ASG hardware only platform. We also fulfilled the $542,000 order in fiscal 2017.

In fiscal 2015,, Microsource received a $6.5 million order (“NRE Order”) for non-recurring engineering (“NRE”) services and for delivery of a limited number of flight-qualified prototype hardware from a second prime defense contractor to develop a variant of our high performance, fast tuning YIG RADAR filters for ana fighter jet aircraft platform. In fiscal 2016 our Microsource business unit also finalized an associated multiyear $10.0 million YIG production order (“YIG Production Order”). The Company started shipping the YIG Production Order in the second quarter of fiscal 2017 and anticipates shipping itthe remainder through fiscal 2020.  

In the first quarter of fiscal 2017, Microsource received a $4.5 million order for a YIG RADAR filter which we have been manufacturing for a fighter jet platform since fiscal 2014. We shipped approximately $4.1 million of this order in fiscal 2017 and shipped the remainder in the first quarter of fiscal 2018.

In July 2016, Microsource received a $1.9 million non-recurring engineering services order associated with redesigning a component of its high performance YIG filter used on a fighter jet aircraft platform. Of this NRE service order, we delivered services of approximately $884,000 and $816,000 in fiscal years 2017 and 2018, respectively, and expect to deliver the remaining services during fiscal 2019.

In September 2017, Microsource received a $4.8 million order for continuing the YIG RADAR filter for a fighter jet platform. The Company began initial shipments of these filters in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 and expects to ship the bulk of the order over the succeeding 9 to 12 month period.

In February 2018, Microsource received a $1.6 million YIG RADAR filter order from one of our customers. We expect to start shipping this order in the second quarter of fiscal 2019.

Giga-tronics Division

In June 2016, the Giga-tronics Division received a $3.3 million order from the United States Navy for our Real-Time Threat Emulation System (TEmS) which is a combination of the ASGA hardware platform, along with software developed and licensed to the Company from a major aerospace and defense company. The complete order included ASGA blades, along with engineering services to integrate the Real-Time TEmS product with additional third-party hardware and software for the customer. We fulfilled the order during the fourth quarter of the fiscal 2017. An additional order for $542,000 was received in July 2016 from the United States Navy for our ASG hardware only platform. We fulfilled this order in the second quarter of fiscal 2017.

In July 2017, the Giga-tronics Division received a follow on $1.7 million order from the United States Navy for our TEmS product. We fulfilled this order during the third quarter of fiscal 2018.   

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Please refer to the section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 25, 201731, 2018 entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —Critical Accounting Policies” for a discussion of our critical accounting policies. During the three and nine months ended DecemberJune 30, 2017,2018, there were no material changes to these policies other than as disclosed in Note 1 Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.

 

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates based on the information available that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the balance sheet dates and revenues and expenses for the reporting periods. While we believe that these accounting policies and estimates are based on sound measurement criteria, actual future events can and often do result in outcomes that can be materially different from these estimates and forecasts.


 

Results of Operations

 

New orders received by reportable segment are as follows:

 

NEW ORDERS BY REPORTABLE SEGMENT

            
  

Three Month Periods Ended

     

(Dollars in thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

% change

 

Giga-tronics Division

 $162  $1,298   (88%)

Microsource

  319   50   538

%

Total

 $481  $1,348   (64%)

  

Nine Month Periods Ended

     

(Dollars in thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

% change

 

Giga-tronics Division

 $1,908  $7,439   (74%)

Microsource

  5,956   7,159   (17%)

Total

 $7,864  $14,598   (46%)

New orders received in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 decreased by 64% to $481,000 from the $1.3 million received in the third quarter of fiscal 2017. The Giga-tronics Division saw a $1.1 million or 88% decrease in orders substantially due to the lack of new ASG/ASA orders. The Microsource business unit saw a $269,000 increase primarily driven by the timing of the receipt of orders. The new orders received for Microsource are related to radar filter components.

NEW ORDERS

            
  

Three Month Periods Ended

     

(Dollars in thousands)

 

June 30,

2018

  

June 24,

2017

  

%

change

 

Giga-tronics Division

 $52  $   100

%

Microsource

  413   17   NM 

Total

 $465  $17   NM 

 

New orders received in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2018 decreased by 46%2019 increased to $7.9 million$465,000 from the $14.6 million$17,000 received in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2017.2018. Both the Giga-tronics Division and Microsource segment saw increases in orders in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The Giga-tronics Division saw a $5.5 million or 74% decrease inhad minimal ASG orders primarily due to lower bookings associated with the ASG/ASA product. The Company received a $1.9 million order in comparison to the larger $3.8 million order received from the US Navy in the prior period.first quarter of fiscal 2019. The increase in Microsource business unit saw a $1.2 million or 17% decrease inorders during the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2018. Orders totaling $5.9 million were received in the first nine months2019 was attributable to YIG filters orders. The timing of fiscal 2018 in comparisonreceipt of expected large YIG filter contracts varies from period to the $4.5 million order for YIG RADAR filters and the $1.9 million non-recurring engineering order received in the first nine months of fiscal 2017. period.

 


 

The following table shows order backlog and related information at the end of the respective periods:

 

BACKLOG BY REPORTABLE SEGMENT

            

BACKLOG

            

(Dollars in thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

% change

  

June 30,

2018

  

June 24,

2017

  

%

change

 

Backlog of unfilled orders at end of period:

                        

Giga-tronics Division

 $10  $4,036   (100%) $  $444   (100)%

Microsource

  11,765   12,062   (2%)  5,824   8,924   (35)%

Total

 $11,775  $16,098   (27%) $5,824  $9,368   (38)%
                        

Backlog of unfilled orders shippable within one year:

                        

Giga-tronics Division

 $10  $4,036   (100%) $  $444   (100)%

Microsource

  6,430   5,222   23%  3,504   4,058   (14)%

Total

 $6,440  $9,258   (30%) $3,504  $4502   (22)%

 

Backlog at the end of the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20182019 decreased 27% compared to the same period end in the38% comparable prior year. The Giga-tronics Division saw a 100% decrease in backlogyear date primarily due to the lackimpact of any new ASG/ASA orders as noted above.the adoption of ASC 606 on April 1, 2018. The Giga-tronics ASG backlog at June 30, 2018 was zero, a decrease of $444,000 from the comparable prior year date due to the fulfilment of the Navy ASG order. Microsource saw a 2%35% decrease in backlog in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2018 as2019 which was primarily due the Company continued fulfilling the $10.0 million YIG production order and the $1.9 million nonrecurring order. Continuationimpact of the absenceadoption of or decreased level of new ASG/ASA orders and the decrease in backlog would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s revenues, financial condition and its ability to continue as a going concern.ASC 606.

 

Net

The allocation of net sales by reportable segment werewas as follows for the periods shown:

 

NET SALES BY REPORTABLE SEGMENT

            

ALLOCATION OF NET SALES

            
 

Three Month Periods Ended

      

Three Month Periods Ended

     

(Dollars in thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

% change

  

June 30,

2018

  

June 24,

2017

  

%

Change

 

Giga-tronics Division

 $1,922  $838   129% $129  $297   (57)%

Microsource

  1,298   2,364   (45%)  2,921   1,694   72

%

Total

 $3,220  $3,202   1% $3,050  $1,991   53

%

 

  

Nine Month Periods Ended

     

(Dollars in thousands)

 

December 30, 2017

  

December 24, 2016

  

% change

 

Giga-tronics Division

 $2,661  $4,660   (43%)

Microsource

  4,792   6,377   (25%)

Total

 $7,453  $11,037   (32%)

Fiscal 2019 first quarter net sales were $3.1 million, a 53% increase as compared to $2.0 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018. Revenue allocated to Microsource segment increased 72% in part due to the Company’s required adoption of ASC 606 on April 1, 2018 (beginning of the Company’s 2019 fiscal year) using the modified retrospective method. Under ASC 606, revenue is recognized as the customer obtains control of the goods and services promised in the contract. Given the nature of the Company’s products and terms and conditions in the contracts, the customer typically obtains control as the Company performs work under such contract. Therefore, the Company expects to recognize revenue over time for substantially all of its contracts using the percentage-of-completion cost-to-cost method. As a result, the Company is recognizing revenue for these contracts as it incurs costs, as opposed to when units are delivered. This change has resulted in earlier revenue recognition in the performance period as compared to the legacy method for those contracts. In addition, increased Microsource RADAR filter sales contributed to the Company’s higher revenue for the first quarter fiscal 2019 over 2018.


 

Net sales for the Company’s Giga-tronics business unit were $129,000, a 57% decrease from $297,000 in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 were flat at $3.2 million. Net sales for the Giga-tronics Division increased by $1.1 million or 129% primarily due to the fulfillment of the $1.7 million Navy ASG/ASA order. Net sales for Microsource decreased by $1.1 million or 45% primarily due to the winding down of non-recurring engineering services as well as lower product revenues as the Company fulfilled the $4.5 million order for YIG RADAR filters in the secondfirst quarter of fiscal 2018.

Net salesThe decrease was due to lower ASG product shipments. Sales for the Company’s Advanced Signal Generator (“ASG”) were $100,000 in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2018 decreased 32%2019 compared to $7.5 million from the $11.0 million$200,000 in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2017. Net sales for the Giga-tronics Division decreased by $2.0 million or 43% primarily due to the divestiture of the switch legacy product (sold to Astronics in June 2016). Net sales for Microsource decreased by $1.6 million or 25% primarily due to lower milestone revenues associated with the winding down of the NRE Order and lower product revenues as discussed above.   2018. 

 

Gross profit was as follows for the periods shown:

 

GROSS PROFIT

            
  

Three Month Periods Ended

     

(Dollars in thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

% change

 

Gross Profit

 $805  $1,094   (26%)

  

Nine Month Periods Ended

     

(Dollars in thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2017

  

% change

 

Gross Profit

 $1,758  $3,249   (46%)


GROSS PROFIT

            
  

Three Month Periods Ended

     

(Dollars in thousands)

 

June 30,

2018

  

June 24,

2017

  

%

change

 

Total

 $1,306  $466   180

%

 

Gross profit decreasedincreased in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20182019 to $805,000$1,306,000 from $1.1 million$466,000 for the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2017. Profits were negatively impacted2018. The higher gross profit was due to an increase in the thirdsales of Microsource RADAR filters of 72% with only a 49% increase in Microsource cost of sales in the first quarter by a $431,000 non-cash charge associated with the amortization of capitalized software development costs (see Note 5, Software Development Costs). For the nine months of fiscal 2018,2019 over fiscal 2018. In addition, the increase in gross profit decreased to $1.8 million from the $3.2 million for the comparable period of fiscal 2017. The decrease was primarilypartially due to the decrease in net salesacceleration of revenue and related profit resulting from the adoption of ASC 606 as well as a $733,000 non-cash charge associated with the amortization of capitalized software development costs for the nine-month period ended December 30, 2017 compared to $34,000 during the comparable prior fiscal year period.described above.

 

Operating expenses were as follows for the periods shown:

 

OPERATING EXPENSES

            
  

Three Month Periods Ended

     

(Dollars in thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

% change

 

Engineering

 $452  $627   (28%)

Selling, general and administrative

  891   1,077   (17%)

Total

 $1,343  $1,704   (21%)

OPERATING EXPENSES

            
 

Nine Month Periods Ended

      

Three Month Periods Ended

     

(Dollars in thousands)

 

December 30,

2017

  

December 24,

2016

  

% change

  

June 30,

2018

  

June 24,

2017

  

%

change

 

Engineering

 $1,313  $1,724   (24%) $375  $452   (17)%

Selling, general and administrative

  3,158   3,429   (8%)  1,001   1,171   (15)%

Total

 $4,471  $5,153   (13%) $1,376  $1,623   (15)%

 

Total operatingOperating expenses decreased 21%15% or $361,000$247,000 in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20182019 over fiscal 2017.2018. Engineering expenses decreased $175,000 or 28% during the third quarter of fiscal 2018 compared to the same prior year period$77,000, primarily due to fewer development hours associated with ASG/ASA (as the products moved into production in the second half of fiscal 2016).

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 17% or $186,000 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2017 primarily due to a decrease in legal (primarily associated with the Spanawave dispute) and other outside services fees as well as a decrease in personnel related costs due to a reduction in headcount.

Total operating expenses decreased 13% or $682,000 in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 over fiscal 2017. Engineering expenses decreased $411,000 or 24% primarily due to a decrease in development hours associated with the ASG/ASA as described above and a decrease in personnel related expenses due to the sale of the Switch product line.

lower headcount. Selling, general and administrative decreased slightly by $271,000 or 8%$170,000 primarily due to a decrease in headcount and personnel related costs as discussed aboveexpenses, a decrease in the three-month period ended December 24, 2016. This period also included a one-time non-recurring charge of $100,000 related to a severance payment for the departure of one of our officers.   

Gain on Sale of Product Line

In October 2017, the Company recognized a gain of $324,000 net of $51,000 of associated expenses related to the sale of its legacy products to Spanawave. The Company received $375,000 from Spanawave during the first quarter of fiscal 2017 but could not recognize the gain on the sale of the legacy assetbonuses and commissions, and lower lease and facilities cost as a result of the Company’s relocation to a dispute with Spanawave (see Note 9, Sale of Product Lines). On October 16, 2017, the Company reached a settlement agreement with Spanawave and the net gain from the asset sale is includedsmaller facility in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.Dublin, California during May 2017.

On June 20, 2016, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase agreement for the sale of its Switch product line to Astronics. Upon signing the agreement, Astronics paid $850,000 to the Company for the intellectual property of the product line. The Company recognized a net gain of $802,000 in the first quarter ended June 25, 2016 after related expenses were subtracted from the sales price. The gain is included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. During the three and nine-month periods ended December 30, 2017, there was no revenue associated with Switch sales. During the three and nine month periods ended December 24, 2016, net Switch sales were zero and $2.1 million, respectively (see Note 9, Sale of Product Lines).

Derivative Liability

The Company recorded a gain of $7,000 and $67,000, in the three and nine month periods ended December 30, 2017, respectively, related to revaluation of the derivative liability associated with warrants issued with the PFG loan (see Note 7, Term Loan, Revolving Line of Credit and Warrants). The Company recorded a gain of $62,000 and $136,000 in the three and nine month periods ended December 24, 2016, respectively, related to revaluation of the derivative liability associated with warrants issued with the PFG loan.


 

Interest Expense

 

Net interest expense in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20182019 was $106,000,$177,000, an increase of $79,000$75,000 over the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2017.2018. Interest expense increased primarily due to cashthe loan modification with PFG effective March 26, 2018, as well as additional interest and default interest associated withaccrued as a result of the new PFG loan.Company’s Series E Convertible Stock Offering. For the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2018,2019, interest expense included $35,000includes $50,000 of accretion of discounts on the new PFG loan compared to $3,000 recorded in the third quarter of fiscal 2017. Net interest expense in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 was $328,000, an increase of $223,000 over the first nine months of fiscal 2017. For the first nine months of fiscal 2018, interest expense included $90,000 of accretion of discounts on the PFG loan compared to $21,000$22,000 recorded in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2017 (see Note 7, Term Loan, Revolving Line of Credit and Warrants). The higher interest expense is primarily due to the higher loan balance during the current period in comparison to the same period in fiscal 2017. Interest expense is also higher due to the default interest rate associated with the PFG loan as a result of the non-compliance with the financial requirements of the PFG loan (see Note 7, Term Loan, Revolving Line of Credit and Warrants).2018.

 

NetLoss

 

Net loss for the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 20182019 was $313,000,$287,000 compared to a net loss of $575,000$1.3 million recorded in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2017.2018. The decrease in net loss was primarily due to the lower expenses in the current period in comparison to the same prior year period as discussed above. Net loss for the first nine months of fiscal 2018 was $2.7 million, compared to a net loss of $1.1 million recorded in the first nine months of fiscal 2017. The increase in net loss was primarily due to the lower net sales discussed above. Net loss was also higher in the first nine months of fiscal 2018 in comparison to the prior period as the net loss recorded in the first nine months of fiscal 2017 included a $802,000 gain associated with the saleimpact of the Switch product line in the first quarteradoption of fiscal 2017, in comparison to the $324,000 gain associated with the sale of the legacy product lines recorded in the current period.ASC 606 as described above.

 

Financial Condition and Liquidity

 

  

Periods Ended

 
  

June 30, 2018

  

March 31, 2018

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 $748  $1,485 

Total current assets

  5,436   7,423 

Total current liabilities

  4,613   7,809 

Working capital

 $823  $(386)

Current ratio

  1.18   0.95 

As of DecemberJune 30, 2017,2018, Giga-tronics had $760,000$748,000 in cash and cash equivalents, compared to $1.4$1.5 million as of March 25, 2017.31, 2018. The Company had working capital of $823,000 at June 30, 2018 compared to negative working capital at December 30, 2017 compared to $620,000of ($386,000) at March 25, 2017.31, 2018. The current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) at DecemberJune 30, 20172018 was 0.881.18 compared to 1.090.95 at March 25, 2017.31, 2018. The decreaseincrease in working capital iswas primarily due to the declining revenuesacceleration of revenue of $596,000, an increase in prepaids and resulting net lossother current assets of $643,000, a decrease in inventories of $2.0 million, a decrease in deferred revenue of $2.7 million all of which resulted from the adoption of ASC 606 during the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2018.2019.


 

Cash Flows

 

AThe following summary of our net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, investing activities, and financing activitiesflows for the periods indicated has been derived from our condensed consolidated financial statements of cash flows is as follows:included elsewhere in this filing:

  

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Nine Months Ended

 
  

December 30, 2017

  

December 24, 2016

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

 $(1,365

)

 $14 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

  (685)  813 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  1,389   (518)
  

Three Months Ended

 
  

June 30, 2018

  

June 24, 2017

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 $(945) $(1,107)

Net cash used in investing activities

     (620)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 $208  $1,443 

  

 

DuringCash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash used by operating activities during the ninethree months ended DecemberJune 30, 2017, our operating activities used cash2018 of $1.4 million,$945,000 was primarily resulting fromattributable to our net loss, and changes in our working capital accounts, adjustedoffset by other non-cash charges of $73,000 for non-cash items including share based compensation and depreciation and amortization.amortization and $57,000 for share-based compensation. Cash flow from our operating assets and liabilities decreased by $849,000 as a result of increased inventories of $468,000, a $70,000 increase in accrued payroll and benefits, and a $12,000 increase in other accrued liabilities, offset by a $550,000 decrease in deferred revenue, a $516,000 decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets, a $94,000 decrease in accounts receivable, and a decrease in accounts payable of $240,000.

 

During the nine month period ended December 24, 2016, cash provided byCash used in operating activities was $14,000.$1.1 million for the three-month period ended June 24, 2017. Cash provided byused in operating activities in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 20172018 resulted primarily from our net loss of $1.3 million, a decrease of $441,000 in accounts payable, a decrease of $206,000 in accounts receivable and a decrease of $167,000 in deferred revenues. These were partially offset by non-cash charges of $247,000 for depreciation and amortization and an increase of $3.7 million$451,000 in deferred revenuerent.

We expect that cash flows from operating activities will fluctuate in future periods due to advance payment arrangements for raw materials with customers, which was partially offset by a $637,000 decrease in accounts payable, increasenumber of accounts receivablefactors including our operating results, amounts of $405,000,non-cash charges, and increase in inventorythe timing of $394,000.our billings, collections and disbursements.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

 

Cash used in investing activities for the nine-monththree-month period ended DecemberJune 30, 2018 was zero.

Cash used in investing activities for the three-month period ended June 24, 2017 was $685,000,$620,000 which was primarily relatedattributable to leasehold improvements in conjunctionconnection with the Company’s facility relocation to Dublin, California.

 

Cash provided by investing activities was $813,000 for the nine month period ended December 24, 2016. Cash provided by investing activities in the first nine months of fiscal 2017 resulted primarilyFlows from a cash payment from Astronics of $850,000 pertaining to the sale of our Switch product line, as well as a cash payment from Spanawave of $375,000 received during the first quarter of fiscal 2017 pertaining to the sale of our legacy product lines. The Company had previously received $375,000 during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 for a combined total of $750,000. During the second quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company and Spanawave became engaged in a dispute as to whether the Company has fulfilled all the requirements to close phases one through five and to the application of $375,000 related to the proposed commencement of phase 6 which was received during the first quarter of fiscal 2017. The cash payments were partially offset by additions to property and equipment of $37,000 in the nine month period ended December 24, 2016.Financing Activities


 

Cash provided by financing activities for the nine month periodquarter ended DecemberJune 30, 2018 was $208,000, primarily due to net proceeds of $205,000 from the Company’s issuance of Series E convertible preferred stock.

Cash provided by financing activities for the quarter ended June 24, 2017 was $1.4 million, primarily due to proceeds from the new term loan with PFG.

Cash used in financing activities for the nine month period ended December 24, 2016 was $518,000, primarily due to the repayment of the Company’s term loan with PFG and a portion of the line of credit with Bridge Bank.

The Company incurred net losses of $313,000 for the third quarter and $2.7 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2018. These losses have contributed to an accumulated deficit of $28.2 million as of December 30, 2017. The Company has also experienced delays in the development or refinement of features, receipt of orders, and shipments for the new ASG/ASA. These delays have contributed, in part, to a decrease in working capital.

The new ASG product has shipped to several customers, but potential delays in the development of features, longer than anticipated sales cycles, or uncertainty as to the Company’s ability to efficiently manufacture the ASG/ASA, could significantly contribute to additional future losses and decreases in working capital. 

To help fund operations, the Company relies on advances under the line of credit with Bridge Bank which expires on May 6, 2019. The agreement includes a subjective acceleration clause, which allows for amounts due under the facility to become immediately due in the event of a material adverse change in the Company’s business condition (financial or otherwise), operations, properties or prospects, or ability to repay the credit based on the lender’s judgement. As of December 30, 2017, the Company had borrowed $552,000 under the line of credit.

On April 27, 2017, the Company entered into a new loan agreement with PFG. Under the terms of the agreement, PFG made a term loan to the Company in the principal amount of $1,500,000, with funding occurringwas funded on April 28, 2017. The loan has a two-year term, with interest only payments for the term of the loan. However, as of June 24, 2017, September 30, 2017, and December 30, 2017, the Company was not in compliance with the loan’s revenue and shareholders’ equity covenants. On August 2, 2017, the Company and PFG entered into a short-term forbearance arrangement with respect to such noncompliance which expired on October 15, 2017. The Company is continuing to work with PFG to extend the previous agreed upon forbearance agreement, however, no assurance can be given that the Company will be able to extend the forbearance agreement beyond the initial forbearance period or agree on any amendments to the loan agreement including any revised covenants due to its current noncompliance. The default interest rate associated with any forbearance agreement is 6%, which is in addition to the loan’s aggregate per annum interest rate of 16%. The Company will need to raise additional capital to rectify the noncompliance. No assurance can be given that the Company will be able to raise sufficient capital on timely basis.

 

These matters raise substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. To address these matters, our management team has taken several actions which are described in Note 2 (Going Concern and Management’s Plan) above in an effort to provide additional liquidity and reduce costs and expenses going forward.

Management will continue to review all aspects of the business in an effort to improve cash flow and reduce costs and expenses, while continuing to invest, to the extent possible, in new product development for future revenue streams.

Management will also continue to seek additional working capital through debt, equity financing or possible product line sales, however there are no assurances that such financings or sales will be available at all, or on terms acceptable to the Company.

The Company’s historical operating results and forecasting uncertainties indicate that substantial doubt exists related to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Forecasting uncertainties exist with respect to the ASG/ASA product line due to the potential longer than anticipated sales cycles as well as with potential delays in the refinement of certain features, and/or the Company’s ability to efficiently manufacture it in a timely manner. The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern and do not include any adjustments that might result if the Company were unable to do so.


 

ITEM 3 QUANTITATI VE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Pursuant to Item 305 of Regulation S-K, the Company, as a smaller reporting company, is not required to provide the information required by this item.

 

ITEM 4  - CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting & Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of DecemberJune 30, 2017,2018, which is the end of the fiscal quarter covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting & Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurances that (i) the information the Company is required to disclose in the reports it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period required by the Commission’s rules and forms, and (ii) such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive OfficerOfficers and Principal Accounting & Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.


 

There were no significant changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1  - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

As of DecemberJune 30, 2017,2018, the Company has no material pending legal proceedings. From time to time, the Company is involved in various disputes and litigation matters that arise in the ordinary course of business.

On October 16, 2017, the Company reached a settlement agreement with Spanawave and Liberty Test whereby all parties exchanged mutual releases and agreed that phases one through five of the Asset Purchase Agreement dated December 15, 2015 were concluded and the sale of the remaining phase (Phase 6) to Spanawave (which was in dispute) was abandoned. The abandoned Phase 6 Legacy Signal Generators product line (and related inventory) remains an asset of the Company. As part of the settlement, the Company, Spanawave and Liberty Test agreed to dismiss and or withdraw all related complaints, cross-complaints and arbitration claims.

  

ITEM 1A   - RISK FACTORS

 

There has been no material change in the risk factors disclosed in the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 24, 2017,31, 2018, except (i) with respect to the matter reported in Item 3, Defaults Upon Senior Securities, below and (ii) a continuing decrease in the Company’s cash flow and liquidity, which increases the level of doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

ITEM 2  - UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

None other than issuance of shares of common stock to PFG (see Note 7 above) as previously reported, pursuant to an exemption under Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933.   None.           

 

ITEM 3  - DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

On April 27, 2017, the Company entered into a new loan agreement with PFG. Under the terms of the agreement, PFG made a term loan to the Company in the principal amount of $1,500,000. As of December 30,Between June 24, 2017 and March 25, 2018, the Company was not in compliance with the loan’s revenue and shareholders’ equity covenants. tangible net worth financial covenants and was subject to a default interest rate of 22% per annum which it accrued and paid when due during this period.

On August 2, 2017,March 26, 2018, concurrent with the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement for the Series E Shares (see Note 13 – Preferred Stock and Warrants - Series E Senior Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock), the Company and PFG entered into a short-term forbearance arrangementmodification agreement providing for the restructuring of certain terms associated with respectapproximately $1.7 million in indebtedness under the 2017 Loan. Subject to such noncompliance, which expired on October 15, 2017. The Company is continuingthe sale of at least $1.0 million in Series E Shares, PFG agreed to work with PFGwaive all current defaults and cease applying the applicable default interest rate, returning to extend the previous agreed upon forbearance agreement however, no assurance can be given thatstated non-default rate of 16%, and to lower the revenue and tangible net worth covenants for the remaining term of the loan. As consideration for the modifications, the Company will be ablereduced the exercise price of outstanding warrants previously granted to extendPFG pursuant to the forbearance agreement beyond2014 Loan Agreement and Credit Line to purchase 260,000 shares of the initial forbearance period or agree on anyCompany’s common stock from $1.42 to $0.25 per share and extended the exercisability of the warrants by one year to March 13, 2020.

The amendments to the 2017 Loan were recognized as a loan agreement including any revised covenants due to its current noncompliance.modification. The default interest rate associated with any forbearance agreement is 6%, which ischange in additionfair value of the warrants of $43,700, resulting from the reduced strike price and extension of term, was recognized as a discount to the aggregate per annum2017 Loan and is being amortized to interest rate described in Note 7. The Company will need to raise additional capital to rectifyexpense over the noncompliance. No assurance can be given thatremaining term of the Company will be able to raise sufficient capital on a timely basis.2017 Loan.

 

The Company maintainsanticipates it will need to seek additional funds through the issuance of new debt, equity securities or product line sales in order to repay the 2017 Loan (including accrued interest and back end fees) in full upon maturity or otherwise enter into a $2.5 million Revolving Accounts Receivable Line of Creditrefinancing agreement with Bridge Bank. The agreement provides for a maximum borrowing capacity of $2.5 million of which $2.0 million is subjectPFG. However, there can be no assurances that such financings, re-financing or product line sales will be available at all, or on terms acceptable to a borrowing base calculation and $500,000 is non-formula based. The loan agreement is secured by all assets of the Company including intellectual property and general intangibles and provides for a borrowing capacity equal to 80% of eligible accounts receivable. The loan agreement contains financial and non-financial covenants that are customary for this type of lending and includes a covenant to maintain an asset coverage ratio of at least 150% (defined as unrestricted cash and cash equivalents maintained with Bridge Bank, plus eligible accounts receivable aged less than 90 days from the invoice date, divided by the total amount of outstanding principal of all obligations under the loan agreement). While the Company maintained the asset coverage ratio, the Company was in a cross default at December 30, 2017, because of the PFG noncompliance described above.Company.

 


 

ITEM 4 - MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.          

 

ITEM 5 - OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.


 

ITEM 6 -–  EXHIBITS

 

31.1

Certification of ChiefCo-Chief Executive OfficerOfficers pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

31.2

Certification of Principal Accounting & Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

32.1

Certification of ChiefCo-Chief Executive OfficerOfficers pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

32.232.1

CertificationCertification of Principal Accounting& Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation

 


 

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.

 

 

 

GIGA-TRONICS INCORPORATED

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 12,August 14, 2018

 

/s/ John R. Regazzi

 

 

 

John R. Regazzi

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date:

February 12,August 14, 2018

 

/s/ Temi OduozorLutz P. Henckels

 

 

 

Temi OduozorLutz P. Henckels

 

 

 

Corporate Controller &Acting Chief Financial Officer 

 

 

 

Principal Accounting & Financial Officer

 

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