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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-K
 
(Mark One)
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934      
 
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011
 
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from __________________ to __________________
 
Commission File Number: 0-19879
 
TechPrecision Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
51-0539828
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
 
Identification No.)
     
3477 Corporate Parkway, Suite 140
Center Valley, PA
 
18034
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
 
(484) 693-1700
 
Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:   None
 
Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
o    Yes      x   No
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.   
o   Yes     x  No
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   x   Yes      o    No
 
 
 

 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web 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).     o Yes     o   No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer   o
Accelerated filer   o
Non-accelerated filer   o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company   x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  o  Yes     x    No
 
The aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant as of September 30, 2010, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $8,853,769.
 
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of June 17, 2011 was 15,422,888.
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
 
Portions of the definitive proxy statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of TechPrecision Corporation, which will be filed with the Commission within 120 days of March 31, 2011, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.
 
 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
Page
   
PART I
 
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7
 
   
PART II  
 
8
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18
18
18
19
   
PART III
 
20
20
20
20
20
   
PART IV
 
21
 
 
 

 
 
PART I
 
Item 1. Description of Business.
 
Our Business
 
Through our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Ranor, Inc. (Ranor), located in Westminster MA, USA, and Wuxi Critical Mechanical Components Co., Ltd. (WCMC), located in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China (PRC), we are a global manufacturer of precision, large-scale fabricated and machined metal components and systems. These products are used in a variety of markets including: renewable energy (solar and wind), medical, nuclear, defense, industrial, and aerospace. TechPrecision's mission is to be the leading end-to-end global service provider to its markets by furnishing custom, fully integrated "turn-key" solutions for complete products that require custom fabrication, precision machining, assembly, integration, inspection, non-destructive evaluation and testing.
 
We work with our customers to manufacture products in accordance with the customers’ drawings and specifications. Our work complies with specific national and international codes and standards applicable to our industry. We believe that we have earned our reputation through outstanding technical expertise, attention to detail, and a total commitment to quality and excellence in customer service.
 
On November 4, 2010, we announced the formation of our Chinese subsidiary, WCMC, to meet growing demand for local manufacture and machining of components in China. We formed WCMC in consultation with our largest customer in the solar energy industry, and in order to build on the significant growth in demand for solar and nuclear energy components in Asia in general, and in China in particular. During the third and fourth quarters of our fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 (fiscal 2011), we undertook organizational and start-up activities at WCMC, including forming the entity, obtaining the necessary licenses to conduct business in China, and identifying and qualifying manufacturing subcontractors and partners within China. Production began during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, and on March 30, 2011, WCMC shipped initial production units to our largest customer, which had been pre-certified and pre-accepted by this customer prior to shipment. During the first half of our fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012), we plan to increase production capacity through WCMC to meet the projected demand of our solar energy customer.  Accordingly, we anticipate that WCMC will have a more material contribution to our operations in fiscal 2012.

About Us
 
We are a Delaware corporation, organized in 2005 under the name Lounsberry Holdings II, Inc. On February 24, 2006, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Ranor, Inc., a Delaware corporation that, together with its predecessors, has been in continuous operation since 1956. Since February 24, 2006, our sole business has been the business of Ranor. On March 6, 2006, following the acquisition of Ranor, we changed our corporate name to TechPrecision Corporation. Our acquisition of Ranor was accounted for as a reverse acquisition.

On January 31, 2010, Wuxi Critical Mechanical Components, Co. Ltd., our Chinese subsidiary, received our certificate of approval for WCMC’s establishment. WCMC was formed to support our largest customer in achieving its goal of migrating its strategic supply chain to China. Since forming WCMC, we have received numerous inquiries from current and prospective customers on the prospect of sourcing the manufacturing of their critical components in China.
 
Our executive offices are located at Saucon Valley Plaza, 3477 Corporate Parkway, Suite 140, Center Valley, PA 18034, and our telephone number is (484) 693-1700. Our website is www.TechPrecision.com. Information on our website or any other website is not part of this annual report.
 
References in this annual report to “we,” “us,” “our” and similar words refer to TechPrecision Corporation and its subsidiaries, Ranor and WCMC, unless the context indicates otherwise.  
 
 
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General
 
Our manufacturing operations within the U.S. are situated on approximately 65 acres in North Central Massachusetts. Our 125,000 square foot facility is the home for state-of-the-art equipment which gives us the capability to manufacture products as large as 100 tons. We offer a full range of services required to transform raw material into precise finished products. Our manufacturing capabilities include: fabrication operations (cutting, press and roll forming, assembly, welding, heat treating, and painting) and machining operations (CNC (computer numerical controlled) horizontal and vertical milling centers). We also provide support services to our manufacturing capabilities: manufacturing engineering (planning, fixture and tooling development, manufacturability), quality control (inspection and testing), and production control (scheduling, project management and expediting). During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, we initiated an expansion project at our Massachusetts facility that will expand our manufacturing capacity by an additional 19,500 square feet.  This expansion project is expected to be completed in August 2011 at a cost of approximately $1.5 million, which is financed in part from the proceeds of a Massachusetts Development Authority bond financing that was completed in December 2010.

All manufacturing is done in accordance with our written quality assurance program, which meets specific national and international codes, standards, and specifications. Ranor holds several certificates of authorization issued by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. The standards used are specific to the customer’s needs, and we have implemented such standards into our manufacturing operations.
 
Our operations in China are conducted through WCMC. WCMC provides large-scale precision component fabrication and machining solutions for Asia’s solar and wind power markets. WCMC is co-located with one of the largest forges in the industry and is positioned to provide our customers with quality, durable, and efficient current and next-generation components that address industry-specific needs. WCMC is licensed in the PRC as a trading company, allowing it to partner freely with multiple manufacturers within China to source the manufacturing capacity and expertise required by our customers and their product designs.
 
Products
 
We manufacture a wide variety of products pursuant to customer contracts and based on individual customer needs. We also provide manufacturing engineering services to assist customers in optimizing their engineering designs for manufacturing efficiency.  In general, we do not design the products, but rather manufacture according to “build-to-print” requirements specified by our customers. Accordingly, we do not distribute the products that we manufacture on the open market and we do not market any typical product on an on-going basis. We do not own any proprietary marketed product, and we do not manufacture products in anticipation of orders. Manufacturing operations do not commence on any project before we receive a customer’s purchase order. All contracts cover specific products within the capability of our resources.

Although our focus is to provide long-term integrated solutions to our customers on continuous production programs, our activities include a variety of both custom-based and production-based requirements. The custom-based work is typically either a prototype or unique, one-of-a-kind product. The production-based work is repeat work or a single product with multiple quantity releases. To the greatest extent possible, we are seeking opportunities where the Company is in Tier 1 and Tier 2 supplier relationship with our customers.

Changes in market demand for our manufacturing expertise can be significant and sudden and require us to be able to adapt to the collective needs of the customers and industries that we serve. Understanding this dynamic, we have developed the capability to transform our workforce to manufacture products for customers across different industries.
 
Examples of the industries we serve and the products that we have manufactured during recent years include, but are not limited to:
 
Alternative Energy:
Customer proprietary production components used to manufacture solar panels
Wind turbine components
 
Defense:
Aircraft carrier steam accumulator tanks
DDX destroyer prototype propulsion equipment, gun and weapons handling equipment
Submarine sonar system components, primary shield tank heads and foundations
 
 
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Industrial:
Vacuum chambers
Food processing equipment
Chemical processing equipment
Pressure vessels
 
Aerospace:
Delta rocket precision-machined fuel tank bulkheads
F-15 special equipment pods
Various other components, fixtures and tooling

 Nuclear:
Commercial reactor internal components and temporary heads
Spent fuel storage and transportation canisters and casks
Material handling equipment

Medical:
Components and major assemblies for proton beam accelerators for cancer treatment
 
Source of Supply
 
Manufacturing operations are partly dependent on the availability of raw materials. Raw material requirements vary with each contract and are dependent upon customer requirements and specifications. We have established relationships with numerous suppliers. We consistently seek to initiate new contacts in order to establish alternate sources of material supply to reduce our dependency on any one supplier. The purchase of raw material is subject to the customer’s purchase order requirements, and not based on speculation or long-term contract awards. Some contracts require the use of customer-supplied raw materials in the manufacture of their product.

Our projects include the manufacturing of products from various traditional as well as specialty metal alloys. These materials may include, but are not limited to: inconel, titanium, stainless steel, high strength steel and other alloys. Certain of these materials are subject to long-lead delivery schedules. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010 (fiscal 2010) a supplier that provided forging, Steel Industries Acquisition, Inc., accounted for 12% and 14% of our purchased material, respectively. One other supplier, Northland Stainless, Inc., accounted for 11% of our purchased material. No other suppliers provided 10% or more of purchased raw material in fiscal years 2011 or 2010.
 
Marketing
 
While we have had significant customer concentration over the past three years, we are engaged in the development of marketing initiatives to broaden our customer base as well as the industries we serve. We maintain an active marketing and sales department and have expanded our marketing and sales efforts during the past year. We market to our existing customer base and we initiate contacts with new potential customers through various sources including personal contact, customer referrals, and trade show participation. A portion of our business is the result of competitive bidding processes while a significant portion is from contract negotiation. We believe that the reputation we have earned from our current customers represents an important aspect of our marketing effort.
 
Requests for quotations received from customers are reviewed to determine the specific requirements and our ability to meet these requirements. Quotations are prepared by estimating the material and labor costs and assessing our current backlog to determine our delivery commitments. Competitive bid quotations are submitted to the customer for review and award of contract. Negotiation bids typically require the submission of additional information to substantiate the quotation. The bidding process can range from several weeks for a competitive bid, to several months for a negotiation bid before the customer awards a contract.
 
 
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Principal Customers
 
A significant portion of our business is generated by a small number of major customers. The balance of our business consists of more discrete projects for numerous other customers. As the industry and markets change, our major customers may also change.
 
Our largest customer for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was GT Solar Inc. GT Solar accounted for 54% of our net sales for the year ended March 31, 2011 as compared with 52% of total net sales for the year ended March 31, 2010.

Our business is dependent on the purchase orders received from our customers for work, and at this time, we do not have any long-term contracts with any customer. The Company historically has experienced and continues to experience, customer concentration. A significant loss of business from the Company’s largest customer or a combination of several of our significant customers could result in lower operating profitability and/or operating losses if the Company is unable to replace such lost revenue from other sources.  Sales to our top six customers accounted for 86% of total net sales for fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010.

Our customer base consists of many businesses in the markets identified above.  The revenue derived from these markets during fiscal  2011 and fiscal 2010 is highlighted within the table below (dollars in thousands):

 March 31
 
2011
   
2010
 
Customer Net Sales
 
Amount
   
Percent
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
Alternative Energy
  $ 20,208       62 %   $ 14,754       52 %
Defense
    7,555       23 %     7,348       26 %
Medical
    1,840       6 %     1,715       6 %
Commercial
    1,244       4 %     1,788       7 %
Aerospace
    701       2 %     961       3 %
Nuclear
    201       1 %     1,780       6 %
                                 

The following table sets forth the revenue, both in dollars and as a percentage of total revenue, generated by each customer that accounted for 10% or more of our revenue in either of the two past fiscal years ended (dollars in thousands):

March 31
 
2011
   
2010
 
Customer Net Sales
 
Amount
   
Percent
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
GT Solar Inc.
  $ 17,763       54 %   $ 14,721       52 %
BAE Systems
  $ 4,876       15 %   $ 3,854       14 %

GT Solar is an alternative energy company that engaged us to provide a component for its proprietary solar related product. BAE Systems is a global defense, security and aerospace company that engaged us to provide fabrication and machining services for military components constructed of large exotic alloy forgings and ancillary equipment. For each of these customers,  manufacturing of the product and generation of revenue is based on purchase orders issued to us for completion of the different aspects of the projects. 
 
For the year ended March 31, 2011, we generated $148,891 in revenue from our Chinese subsidiary, WCMC. WCMC shipped its first production units to a customer in Asia in March 2011. We plan to increase our production activities in China and expect WCMC to contribute a more significant portion of our consolidated revenues in future periods.

As of March 31, 2011, we had a backlog of orders totaling approximately $32.5 million, of which approximately $10.8 million represented orders from GT Solar.  In addition to GT Solar, the March 31, 2011 backlog also includes orders in excess of $1.0 million from each of six customers totaling more than $28.2 million. We expect to deliver the backlog during the years ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013. During the quarter ended March 31, 2011, our backlog increased from $27.2 million at December 31, 2010 to $32.5 million as of March 31, 2011. The comparable backlog at March 31, 2010 was $21.5 million. On a geographic basis, our backlog of $32.5 million at March 31, 2011, was comprised of a U.S. backlog of $28.0 million and a China based backlog of $4.5 million.
 
 
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Competition

In the manufacture of metal fabricated and machined precision components and equipment we face competition from both domestic and foreign manufacturers. As no one company dominates the industry, we compete against companies that are both larger and smaller in size and capacity. Some competitors may be better known, with greater resources at their disposal, and some have lower production costs. For certain products, being a domestic manufacturer may play a role in determining whether we are awarded a certain contract. For other products, we may be competing against foreign manufacturers who have a lower cost of production. If a contracting party has a relationship with a vendor and is required to place a contract for bids, the preferred vendor may provide or assist in the development of the specification for the product which may be tailored to that vendor’s products. In such event, we would be at a disadvantage in seeking to obtain that contract. We believe that customers focus on such factors as the quality of work, the reputation of the vendor, the perception of the vendor’s ability to meet the required schedule, and the price in selecting a vendor for their products.
 
Our WCMC subsidiary was formed to serve existing customers who expressed a strong desire for a qualified supply chain within China to serve their Asian end markets. The Chinese manufacturing base is large and developed, and we believe that there are many companies that could compete with us in China. However, we believe that our strategy of augmenting our China-based subcontractors with experienced fabrication and machining expertise from the United States stationed in China at WCMC enables us to better serve the precision manufacturing requirements of our customers within China, as compared to existing China manufacturers operating solely on their own.  We also believe that WCMC allows us to offer our customers global manufacturing solutions in North America and Asia that are not easily replicated by competitors operating exclusively in the United States or China.

Government Regulations
 
Although we have very few contracts with government agencies, a significant portion of our manufacturing services are provided as a subcontractor to prime government contractors. These prime contractors are subject to government procurement and acquisition regulations, which give the government the right of termination for the convenience of the government and certain renegotiation rights as well as a right of inspection. As a result, any government action which affects our customers would affect us. Some of the work we perform for our customers is part of government appropriation packages, and therefore, subject to the Miller Act, requiring the prime contractors (our customers) to pay all subcontractors under contracted purchase agreements first. Because of the nature and use of our products, we are subject to compliance with quality assurance programs, which are a condition for our bidding on government contracts and subcontracts. We believe we are in compliance with all of these programs. We are also subject to laws applicable to any manufacturing company, such as federal and state occupational health and safety laws, as well as environmental laws, which are discussed in more detail under the heading “Environmental Compliance.”

Our WCMC subsidiary in China has a business license granted by the PRC.  We must operate under the terms and scope of that license in order to maintain our right to conduct business operations in China.

Environmental Compliance
 
We are subject to compliance with United States federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations that involve the use, disposal and cleanup of substances regulated by those laws and the filing of reports with environmental agencies, and we are subject to periodic inspections to monitor our compliance. We believe that we are currently in compliance with applicable environmental regulations. As part of our normal business practice we are required to develop and file reports and maintain logbooks that document all environmental issues within our organization. In this connection, we may engage outside consultants to assist us in keeping current on developments in environmental regulations. We do not believe that our cost of compliance on an annual basis will exceed $50,000.
 
 
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Intellectual Property Rights

Presently, we have no patent rights and we do not believe that our business requires patent or similar protection. In the course of our business we develop know-how for use in the manufacturing process. Because of the nature of our business as a contract manufacturer, we do not believe that lack of ownership of intellectual property will adversely affect our operations. Although we have non-disclosure policies, we cannot assure you that we will be able to protect our intellectual property rights with respect to this know-how.

Research and Development
 
We did not incur any research and development expenses, either on our own behalf or on behalf of our customers, during fiscal 2011 or fiscal 2010.


Personnel
 
As of March 31, 2011, we had approximately 171 employees, of whom 24 are administrative, 11 are engineering and 136 are manufacturing personnel. Of those employees, 8 employees are located in China at our WCMC subsidiary. All of our employees are full time. None of our employees is represented by a labor union, and we believe that our employee relations are good. 
 
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
 
As a smaller reporting company, we have elected not to provide the information required by this Item.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.
 
Item 2. Description of Properties.
 
We own approximately 125,000-square feet of office and manufacturing space at 1 Bella Drive, Westminster, Massachusetts 01473. On December 20, 2010, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ranor, purchased the Westminster property pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement, by and among the former owner of the property, WM Realty (an entity controlled by the Company’s director, Andrew Levy), and Ranor. Prior to consummation of the sale under the Purchase Agreement, the Company had leased the purchased property from WM Realty. We are currently expanding the Westminster facility to increase its manufacturing capacity by an additional 19,500 square feet.  Construction began in February 2011 and the expansion is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2012.  The total cost of the expansion is estimated at $1.5 million, and a majority of the costs associated with this expansion are being financed from the proceeds of a bond financing we completed with the Massachusetts Development Authority in December 2010 (see Note 8 to our audited consolidated financial statements for additional information).

On November 17, 2010, the Company entered into a lease agreement pursuant to which the Company leased approximately 3,200 square feet of office space in Center Valley, Pennsylvania now used as the Company’s corporate headquarters.  We took possession of the property on April 1, 2011.  Under the Center Valley lease, our payment obligations are deferred until the fifth month after taking
possession, at which time we will pay annual rent of approximately $58,850 in equal monthly installments, subject to upward
adjustments during each subsequent year of the term of the lease.  In addition, we will be required to pay certain operating expenses and other fees in accordance with the terms of the lease.  All of our payment obligations under the Center Valley lease may be accelerated if the Company fails to satisfy its payment obligations in a timely manner, or otherwise defaults on its obligations under the lease, which expires on March 17, 2016. We may elect to renew the lease for an additional five-year term.

On November 15, 2010, we entered a lease for approximately 1,100 square feet of office space in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China, which houses our WCMC subsidiary.  The lease has a two year term and provides for rent of approximately $1,400 per month.
 
 
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On February 24, 2009, we entered a lease for 2,089 square feet of office space in Centreville, Delaware.  The lease is in the final year of a three-year term and provides for rent of $3,395 per month. This lease will expire in February 2012.

Although our current facilities, taking into account the Westminster facility expansion, are adequate for present requirements, we may need to further expand our manufacturing facilities as our business grows.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
 
We are not a party to any material legal proceedings.
 
Item 4. [Removed and Reserved]
 
 
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PART II
 
Item 5. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.
 
Our common stock is traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “TPCS”.  The following table sets forth the high and low bid quotations per share of our common stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board for the last two completed fiscal years. The quarterly high and low bid quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.  
   
High
   
Low
 
 Fiscal year ended March 31, 2011
           
4th Quarter (three months ended March 31, 2011)
 
$
1.95
   
$
1.40
 
3rd Quarter (three months ended December 31, 2010)
 
$
1.70
   
$
0.87
 
2nd Quarter (three months ended September 30, 2010)
 
$
1.01
   
$
0.70
 
1st Quarter (three months ended June 30, 2010)
 
$
1.10
   
$
0.76
 
                 
 Fiscal year ended March 31, 2010
           
4th Quarter (three months ended March 31, 2010)
 
$
1.20
   
$
0.74
 
3rd Quarter (three months ended December 31, 2009)
 
$
0.90
   
$
0.65
 
2nd Quarter (three months ended September 30, 2009)
 
$
0.95
   
$
0.45
 
1st Quarter (three months ended June 30, 2009)
 
$
0.60
   
$
0.35
 
 
As of March 31, 2011, we had approximately 785 record holders of our common stock.
 
We have not paid dividends on our common stock, and the terms of certificate of designation relating to the creation of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock prohibit us from paying dividends. We plan to retain future earnings, if any, for use in our business. We do not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

As a smaller reporting company, we have elected not to provide the information required by this Item.

Item 7.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
Statement Regarding Forward Looking Disclosure
 
The following discussion of the results of our operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes, which appear elsewhere in this annual report on Form 10K. This annual report on Form 10-K, including this section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” may contain predictive or “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that express our intentions, beliefs, expectations, strategies, predictions or any other statements relating to our future activities or other future events or conditions. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our business based in part on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may, and probably will, differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Those factors include those risks discussed in this Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis” in this Form 10-K and those described in any other filings which we make with the SEC. In addition, such statements could be affected by risks and uncertainties related to our ability to generate business on an on-going business, to obtain any required financing, to receive contract awards from the competitive bidding process, maintain standards to enable us to manufacture products to exacting specifications, enter new markets for our services, market and customer acceptance, our reliance on a small number of customers for a significant percentage of our business, competition, government regulations and requirements, pricing and development difficulties, our ability to make acquisitions and successfully integrate those acquisitions with our business, as well as general industry and market conditions and growth rates, and general economic conditions. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this report, except as required by applicable law. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report. Investors should evaluate any statements made by the Company in light of these important factors.
 
 
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Overview
 
We offer a full range of services required to transform raw materials into precise finished products. Our manufacturing capabilities include: fabrication operations that involve cutting, press and roll forming, assembly, welding, heat treating, blasting and painting; and machining operations which include CNC (computer numerical controlled) horizontal and vertical milling centers. We also provide support services to our manufacturing capabilities: manufacturing engineering (planning, fixture and tooling development, manufacturability), quality control (inspection and testing), materials procurement, and production control (scheduling, project management and expediting).
 
All manufacturing is done in accordance with our written quality assurance program, which meets specific national and international codes, standards, and specifications. Ranor holds several certificates of authorization issued by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. The standards used are specific to the customers’ needs, and our manufacturing operations are conducted in accordance with these standards.

During the year ended March 31, 2011, demand for our services was relatively strong across all industries we serve, including the solar energy industry.  In contrast, during the year ended March 31, 2010 the Company was adversely impacted by recessionary pressures and a large order cancellation from its largest customer GT Solar, in April 2009.    The Company concluded the year ended March 31, 2011, with an order backlog of $32.5 million.  We expect to deliver this backlog during the years ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013.  The Company’s comparable order backlog on March 31, 2010 was $21.5 million.
 
The Company historically has experienced, and continues to experience, customer concentration.  For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, our largest customer, GT Solar, accounted for 54% of our revenue and BAE Systems accounted for 15% of our revenue. In the year ended March 31, 2010, GT Solar and BAE Systems accounted for approximately 52% and 14% of our revenue, respectively.
In any year, it is likely that five to six significant customers (albeit not always the same customers from year to year) will account for 3% to 60% individually and up to 90% in the aggregate of our total annual revenues. A significant loss of business from the Company’s largest customer or a combination of several of our significant customers could result in lower operating profitability and/or operating losses if the Company is unable to replace such lost revenue from other sources.  A material, sustained downturn in revenue could make it more challenging for the Company to meet debt covenants under its existing long-term debt agreements.  If the Company defaulted on such covenants and was unable to cure the defaults or obtain waivers, the lending bank could choose to accelerate payment of any amounts outstanding under various debt facilities and, under certain circumstances, the bank may be entitled to cancel the facilities.  If the bank chose to accelerate our obligations, such acceleration may cause the Company’s cash position to deteriorate or, if cash on hand were insufficient to satisfy any payment due, may require the Company to obtain alternate financing.
 
Our contracts are generated both through negotiation with the customer and from bids made pursuant to a request for proposal. Our ability to receive contract awards is dependent upon the contracting party’s perception of such factors as our ability to perform on time, our history of performance, including quality, our financial condition and our ability to price our services competitively.  Although some of our contracts contemplate the manufacture of one or a limited number of units, we are seeking more long-term projects with a more predictable cost structure. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, our sales and net income were $32.3 million and $2.7 million, as compared to sales of $28.4 million and net income of $2.0 million, for the year ended March 31, 2010.  Our gross margin for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 was 30.7% as compared to 21.5% in the year ended March 31, 2010, reflecting higher overhead absorption on higher sales volume in the current year.  Both net sales and gross margin increased for the year ended March 31, 2011 with a majority of the sales and production volume for fiscal 2011 attributed to new orders from GT Solar, our largest customer, as well as higher volumes of business from several other customers.  In August 2009, we completed the transfer of inventory to GT Solar as part of their April 2009 cancellation.  Accordingly, our revenue for the year ended March 31, 2010, includes $8.9 million of revenue related to a non-recurring materials transfer to GT Solar as part of their April 2009 order cancellation. The inventory transfer included a heavy mix of raw materials and therefore carried a lower margin than we typically generate through the sale of finished products.
 
 
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Because our revenues are derived from the sale of goods manufactured pursuant to a contract, and we do not sell from inventory, it is necessary for us to constantly seek new contracts. There may be a time lag between our completion of one contract and commencement of work on another contract. During this period, we will continue to incur overhead expense but with lower revenue resulting in lower operating margins. Furthermore, changes in either the scope of a contract or the delivery schedule may impact the revenue we receive under the contract and the allocation of manpower. Although we provide manufacturing services for large governmental programs, we usually do not work directly for agencies of the United States government. Rather, we perform our services for large governmental contractors and large utility companies. However, our business is dependent in part on the continuation of governmental programs which require the services we provide.

Growth Strategy

Our strategy is to leverage our core competence as a manufacturer of high-precision, large-scale metal fabrications and machined components to expand our business into areas that have shown increasing demand and which we believe could generate higher margins.   In November 2010, we announced the formation of our China subsidiary, WCMC.   This subsidiary was formed to respond to an existing customer’s desire to migrate their supply chain nearer to their end market within China.  Since the formation of WCMC, we have received numerous inquiries from existing and potential customers for precision, large scale fabricated and machined metal components and systems in Asia.  Based on the initial interest expressed in our WCMC operation, we believe there are attractive opportunities to expand our WCMC operations.

Diversifying Our Core Industries
 
We believe that rising energy demands along with increasing environmental concerns are likely to continue to drive demand in the alternative energy industry, particularly the solar, wind and nuclear power industries. Because of our capabilities and the nature of the equipment required by companies in the alternative energy industries, we intend to focus our services in this sector. We also expect to market our services for medical device applications where customer requirements demand strict tolerances and an ability to manufacture complex heavy equipment.
 
As a result of both the increased prices of oil and gas and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear power may become an increasingly important source of energy. In January 2010, the Obama administration increased the level of government-backed debt guarantees from $18 billion to $56 billion as an incentive to support the construction of new nuclear plants in the U.S. While trends in the nuclear power industry through February 2011 were favorable, the nuclear power problems in Japan and recent announcement that Germany will be exiting the nuclear power industry present emerging trends that may slow the pace of growth in the nuclear power industry in the near future. Revenues derived from the nuclear power industry were $0.2 million and $1.8 million for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Currently nuclear power related orders constitute approximately 7% of our backlog. Because of our manufacturing capabilities, our certification from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and our historic relationships with suppliers in the nuclear power industry, we believe that we are well positioned to benefit from any increased activity in the nuclear sector. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to develop any significant business from the nuclear industry.

In addition to the nuclear energy industry, we are also exploring potential business applications focused on the medical industry.  These efforts include the development and fabrication of radioactive isotopes transportation/storage solutions and the development and fabrication of critical components for proton beam therapy machines designed to be utilized in the treatment of cancer.   We believe that both our radioactive isotope transportation customers and our proton beam therapy customers are on track to obtain regulatory clearance of their respective products during calendar year 2011.  If our customers are successful in clearing regulatory approvals during calendar year 2011, we believe we are positioned to benefit from production orders as they are cleared to begin marketing their respective regulated products.  Net sales from our proton beam therapy customer accounted for $1.8 million and $1.7 million or 6% of our total net sales for both of the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  We currently, have an exclusive manufacturing contract with our proton beam therapy customer that could result in approximately $30 million in revenue over a three year period, following FDA clearance of their product.
 
 
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Within the solar industry we have also increased our diversification during the year ended March 31, 2011, by adding new customers who participate in areas of the solar industry not historically served by GT Solar such as monocrystaline PV panels and CIGS technologies.   By servicing multiple customers within the solar industry, we are gaining technology and customer diversification.

Expansion of Manufacturing Capabilities

During the year ended March 31, 2011, we took on two major expansion initiatives, one in the U.S. and the other China.  In the U.S. we began a construction project that will add an additional 19,500 sq. ft. of manufacturing capacity to our U.S. manufacturing facility in Westminster, Massachusetts.  We expect this expansion to be completed in August 2011 at an approximate cost of $1.5 million.  We were also able to access favorable financing through a December 2010 bond financing with the Massachusetts Development Authority to help finance this expansion. During the year ended March 31, 2011, we also completed the formation and licensing of our subsidiary, WCMC in Wuxi, China. Both of these initiatives were undertaken to expand the breadth and depth of services the Company offers its existing and potential customers.   In addition to the expansion of our existing manufacturing capabilities, we may, from time to time, pursue opportunistic acquisitions to increase and strengthen our manufacturing, marketing, product development and customer diversification.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires our management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the audited consolidated financial statements, including all notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. We rely on historical experience and other assumptions we believe to be reasonable in making our estimates. Actual financial results of the operations could differ materially from such estimates. There have been no significant changes in the assumptions, estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our audited fiscal 2011 consolidated financial statements from the assumptions, estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our audited fiscal 2010 consolidated financial statements.
 
Revenue Recognition and Costs Incurred
 
We derive revenues from (i) the fabrication of large metal components for our customers; (ii) the precision machining of such large metal components, including incidental engineering services; and (iii) the installation of such components at the customers’ locations when the scope of the project requires such installations.
 
Revenue and costs are recognized on the units of delivery method. This method recognizes as revenue the contract price of units of the product delivered during each period and the costs allocable to the delivered units as the cost of earned revenue. When the sales agreements provide for separate billing of engineering services, the revenues for those services are recognized when the services are completed. Costs allocable to undelivered units are reported in the balance sheet as costs incurred on uncompleted contracts. Amounts in excess of agreed upon contract price resulting from customer directed changes, constructive changes, customer delays or other causes of additional contract costs are recognized in contract value if it is probable that a claim for such amounts will result in additional revenue and the amounts can be reasonably estimated. Revisions in cost and profit estimates are reflected in the period in which the facts requiring the revision become known and are estimable. The unit of delivery method requires the existence of a contract to provide the persuasive evidence of an arrangement and determinable seller’s price, delivery of the product and reasonable collection prospects. The Company has written agreements with the customers that specify contract prices and delivery terms.
 
Adjustments to cost estimates are made periodically, and losses expected to be incurred on contracts in progress are charged to operations in the period such losses are determined and are reflected as reductions of the carrying value of the costs incurred on uncompleted contracts. Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts consist of labor, overhead, and materials. Work in process is stated at the lower of cost or market and reflects accrued losses, if required, on uncompleted contracts.
 
 
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Variable Interest Entity
 
We have consolidated WM Realty, a variable interest entity controlled by our director, Andrew Levy, from which we leased real property located at Bella Drive, Westminster, Massachusetts.  On December 20, 2010, through our wholly owned subsidiary, Ranor,  we purchased this property pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among WM Realty and Ranor. Concurrent with the property purchase, the lease between Ranor and WM Realty was terminated. WM Realty no longer has ongoing transactional involvement with the Company, and the entity has substantially liquidated its assets following the December 20, 2010 real estate sale to the Company. Accordingly, we will not consolidate WM Realty in periods subsequent to March 31, 2011.

Income Taxes
 
We provide for federal and state income taxes currently payable, as well as those deferred because of temporary differences between reporting income and expenses for financial statement purposes versus tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recoverable. The effect of the change in the tax rates is recognized as income or expense in the period of the change. A valuation allowance is established, when necessary, to reduce deferred income taxes to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.

As of March 31, 2011, the Company’s federal net operating loss carry-forward was approximately $1.9 million. If not utilized, the federal net operating loss carry-forward of Ranor and TechPrecision will expire in 2025 and 2027, respectively. Furthermore, because of the over fifty-percent change in ownership as a consequence of the reverse acquisition in February 2006, the amount of net operating loss carry forward used in any one year in the future is substantially limited.

As of March 31, 2011, we had tax assets of approximately $0.7 million from net operating loss carry-forwards. As a result of the change in ownership resulting from the acquisition of Ranor in February 2006, our annual usage of the tax benefit of the tax loss-carry-forward pursuant to Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, related to losses incurred before our acquisition of Ranor, is limited to approximately $35,000.  The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act extended the 50% bonus depreciation enacted as a part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.  Under this Act, 50% of the basis of the qualified property may be deducted in the year the property is placed in service (i.e. 2008 and 2009).  The remaining 50% is recovered under otherwise applicable depreciation rules. As a consequence of the changes in the tax laws and accelerated depreciation, we recognized a deferred income tax liability of approximately $0.5 million in each of the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.  

New Accounting Pronouncements
 
See Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Results of Operations

Our results of operations are affected by a number of external factors including the availability of raw materials, commodity prices (particularly steel), macroeconomic factors, including the availability of capital that may be needed by our customers, and political, regulatory and legal conditions in the United States and foreign markets.
 
Our results of operations are also affected by our success in booking new contracts and when we are able to recognize the related revenue, delays in customer acceptances of our products, delays in deliveries of ordered products and our rate of progress in the fulfillment of our obligations under our contracts. A delay in deliveries or cancellations of orders would cause us to have inventories in excess of our short-term needs, and may delay our ability to recognize, or prevent us from recognizing, revenue on contracts in our order backlog.
 
 
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During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, we benefited from renewed orders from our largest customer, GT Solar, which began placing new orders in January 2010, after its significant order cancellation in April 2009.  Sales of finished goods to GT Solar during the fiscal 2011 totaled $17.8 million as compared to $5.48 million in finished good sales and an inventory transfer of $8.9 million totaling $14.7 million during the same period in the prior year. During fiscal 2011 our backlog increased from $21.5 million at March 31, 2010 to $32.5 million as of March 31, 2011.  The March 31, 2011 backlog included $10.8 million in orders from GT Solar, compared to only $6.9 million in orders from GT Solar included in the March 31, 2010 backlog.

Years Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010

The following table sets forth information from our statements of operations for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, in dollars and as a percentage of revenue (dollars in thousands):
 
               
Changes Year
Ended March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011 to 2010
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Amount
   
Percent
   
Amount
   
Percent
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
Net sales
  $ 32,284       100 %   $ 28,347       100 %   $ 3,937       14 %
Cost of sales
    22,368       69 %     22,245       78 %     123       1 %
Gross profit
    9,916       31 %     6,102       22 %     3,814       63 %
Payroll and related costs
    2,399       7 %     1,705       6 %     694       41 %
Professional fees
    739       2 %     383       2 %     356       93 %
Selling, general and administrative
    2,033       6 %     1,260       4 %     773       61 %
Total operating expenses
    5,171       16 %     3,348       12 %     1,823       56 %
Income from operations
    4,745       15 %     2,754       10 %     1,991       72 %
Other income (expense)
    63       - %     12       - %     51       425 %
Interest expense
    (426 )     (1 )%     (422 )     (2 )%     (4 )     1 %
Interest income
    10       - %     16       - %     (6 )     (38 )%
Finance costs
    (116 )     (1 )%     (17 )     - %     (99 )     582 %
Income before income taxes
    4,276       13 %     2,343       8 %     1,933       80 %
Provision for income taxes
    1,589       5 %     298       1 %     1,291       433 %
Net income
  $ 2,687       8 %   $ 2,045       7 %   $ 642       31 %

Net Sales

Net sales increased by $3.9 million, or 14%, to $32.3 million for the year ended March 31, 2011.  Sales to the Company’s largest customer during the second quarter of fiscal 2010 included an $8.9 million one-time inventory transfer triggered by that customer’s April 2009 cancellation of its then open purchase orders.  Excluding this one-time inventory transfer in the prior year, sales increased by $12.9 million, or 66%, to $32.3 million from $19.4 million on a comparative basis, primarily driven by higher demand for our products in the alternative energy markets.  We believe this comparison is useful because the inventory transfer completed during the fiscal 2010 second quarter is unlikely to recur in the near term. Sales to our largest customer during the year ended March 31, 2011 were $17.8 million compared to $13.3 million during fiscal 2010. 

 
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The table below highlights components of net sales for the year ended March 31 (dollars in millions): 

     
2011
     
2010
 
Inventory transfer to largest customer
  $
-
    $
8.9
 
Other sales to largest customer
   
17.8
     
5.4
 
Sales to all other customers
   
14.5
     
14.0
 
Total Net sales
  $
32.3
    $
28.3
 

Cost of Sales and Gross Margin

Our cost of sales of $22.4 million for the year ended March 31, 2011 was slightly higher than the comparative period in fiscal 2010 but as a percentage of sales decreased by 9% from 78% to 69% of sales. Cost of sales for fiscal 2010 includes the impact of the $8.9 million inventory transfer to our largest customer in the prior year. Gross profit was $9.9 million, or 30.7% of net sales, compared with $6.1 million, or 21.5% of net sales, for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The improvement in gross profit over the prior year is due to improved capacity utilization during the year ended March 31, 2011. The inventory transfer, which was completed in August 2009, carried a gross margin that was lower than we generally obtain for our processing services and therefore reduced overall gross margin for the year ended March 31, 2010.

Operating Expenses
 
Our payroll and related costs were $2.4 million for the year ended March 31, 2011 as compared with $1.7 million year ended March  31, 2010. The 40.7% or $0.7 million increase in payroll and related costs was due primarily to incentive compensation, headcount increases at the corporate level and at our China subsidiary, WCMC, compared with lower staffing levels during the prior year. Ranor returned to full staffing levels during fiscal 2011 compared with a lower headcount during the first three quarters of fiscal 2010.

Professional fees increased to $0.7 million for the year ended March 31, 2011 from $0.3 million for the year ended March 31, 2010. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in legal costs associated with SEC filings, employment agreements, amendments to the Company’s stock option plan, formation of WCMC in China, the investigation and structuring of a strategic initiative, and closing costs related to the purchase of the Westminster facility and the related municipal bond financing which were completed in December 2010.  During fiscal 2011, we incurred approximately $0.36 million in professional fees to support specific and non-recurring transactional activity.
 
Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the year ended March 31, 2011 were $2.1 million compared with $1.2 million for the year ended March 31, 2010, representing an increase of $0.8 million or 61%.  Primary components of the increase were consulting expenses in connection with our CEO and board of directors search efforts, which concluded during the second quarter of fiscal 2011, travel and business expenses associated with the launch of China operations, and share based compensation expense of $0.3 million  related to stock options granted during the year ended March 31, 2010.  Comparable share based compensation expense during fiscal 2010 was $0.1 million.  During the year ended March 31, 2011, we incurred approximately $0.52 million in non-recurring consulting costs associated with the activities noted above.

Interest Expense
 
Interest expense increased by 1% for the year ended March 31, 2011 to $0.43 million compared with $0.42 million for the year ended March 31, 2010 as average levels of long-term debt and interest rates were relatively unchanged. Other finance expenses included a prepayment penalty and write off of deferred costs related to the termination of debt in connection with the sale and purchase of the  Westminster facility in December 2010.
 
 
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Income Taxes

For the year ended March 31, 2011, the Company recorded tax expense of $1.6 million compared with recorded tax expense for federal and state income tax of $0.3 million last year. The annual effective income tax rate for fiscal 2011 is 37.2%.  The difference between the provision for income taxes and the income tax determined by applying the statutory federal income tax rate of 34% and the state income tax rate of 6.27% was due primarily to differences in the lives and methods used to depreciate our property and equipment, deductions for domestic production activities, investment tax credits, timing differences of expenses related to share based compensation and the expected utilization of net operating loss carryforwards. During the year ended March 31, 2010, the Company reversed a prior valuation allowance and recognized a deferred tax asset for federal and state tax refunds which reduced the tax provision to $0.3 million, thereby lowering the effective tax rate to 12.7%.
 
Net Income
 
Our net income was $2.7 million or $0.19 per share basic and $0.12 per share diluted for the year ended March 31, 2011, as compared to net income of $2.0 million or $0.15 per share basic and $0.10 per share diluted for the year ended March 31, 2010.
   
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
At March 31, 2011, we had working capital of $13.8 million as compared with working capital of $13.3 million at March 31, 2010, an increase of $0.4 million or 2%. The following table sets forth information as to the principal changes in the components of our working capital (dollars in thousands):

 
Category
 
March 31,
 2011
   
March 31,
 2010
   
Change
 Amount
   
Percentage
 Change
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
7,541
   
$
8,774
   
$
 (1,233
)    
(14
) %
Accounts receivable, net
   
5,578
     
2,693
     
      2,885
     
   107
   %
Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts
   
2,519
     
2,750
     
         (231
)    
(8
) %
Raw material inventories
   
723
     
299
     
         424
     
    142
   %
Prepaid expenses and other receivables
   
441
     
160
     
         281
     
176
   %
Deferred tax asset
   
462
     
304
     
         158
     
52
   %
Prepaid taxes
   
122
     
244
     
         (122
)    
(50
) %
Accounts payable
   
1,093
     
445
     
         648
     
146
   %
Accrued expenses
   
958
     
621
     
         337
     
54
  %
Progress billings in excess of cost of uncompleted contracts
   
382
     
56
     
         326
     
578
  %
Current maturity of long-term debt
   
1,371
     
809
     
         562
     
69
   %
 
All of the cash flow activity described below resulted in a net $1.2 million use of cash for the year ended March 31, 2011 compared with a net $1.7 million use of cash for the year ended March 31, 2010. Cash at the beginning of the period was $8.8 million.

Cash provided by operations was $1.3 million for the year ended March 31, 2011 as compared with cash used in operations of $1.4 million for the year ended March 31, 2010. The increase in cash flows from operations is primarily the result of an increase in net income, and an increase in share based compensation when compared to the same period in the last fiscal year. An increase in manufacturing activity also led to a higher balance of costs allocable to undelivered units incurred on uncompleted projects during the period. Current liabilities and deferred revenue at March 31, 2011 have increased since March 31, 2010 reflecting an increase in manufacturing activity and purchases during the period. 
 
 
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We invested $1.56 million in new equipment and received proceeds of $60,000 from the sale of equipment during the year ended March 31, 2011. On January 8, 2010, we issued a purchase order for the purchase of a gantry mill totaling $2.3 million. We made the first payment in fiscal 2010 and the second payment of $695,520 in the period ended September 30, 2010. The Company is committed to make the final payment due upon delivery which is anticipated to occur during August 2011. A portion of the proceeds from the municipal bond financing completed in December 2010 were to finance acquisitions of qualifying manufacturing equipment to be installed at the Westminster facility, including the September 2010 installment payment for the gantry mill.  The municipal bond financing provides additional financing capacity to fund the final payment on the gantry mill in fiscal 2011 as well as other qualifying manufacturing equipment.

Net cash used in financing activities was $1.0 million during fiscal 2011 as compared with net cash provided by financing activities of $0.6 million for fiscal 2010. The primary driver of net use of cash by financing activities, in fiscal 2011, was $1.3 distributed to WM Realty as a result of the December 2010 real estate purchase.  We borrowed $3.1 million under a new bond agreement with the Massachusetts Development Financing Agency, administered by Sovereign bank, and used the proceeds to repurchase land and building owned by a consolidated VIE, WM Realty. In addition, we borrowed an additional $0.6 million under the same agreement to refinance debt under a capital equipment line of credit used to fund the second payment on the gantry mill noted above. In addition, we paid down $0.2 million of principal under an existing capital expenditure facility, $0.6 million of principal on a term loan, and $0.1 million under the new bond agreement. During the same period in the prior year, the Company borrowed $0.9 million under its capital expenditure facility to finance equipment placed in service during fiscal 2010. 

Debt Facilities
 
On December 30, 2010, the Company and Ranor completed a $6,200,000 tax exempt bond financing with the Massachusetts Development Finance Authority (MDFA) pursuant to which the MDFA sold to Sovereign Bank MDFA Revenue Bonds, Ranor Issue, Series 2010A in the original aggregate principal amount of $4,250,000 (Series A Bonds) and MDFA Revenue Bonds, Ranor Issue, Series 2010B in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,950,000 (Series B Bonds) and loaned the proceeds of such sale to Ranor under the terms of that certain Mortgage Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, by and among the Company, Ranor, MDFA and Sovereign (as Bondowner and Disbursing Agent thereunder) (the MLSA).
 
The proceeds from the sale of the Series A Bonds may only be used to finance the property acquisition and 19,500 sq. ft. expansion of Ranor’s manufacturing facility in Westminster, Massachusetts, and the proceeds of the sale of the Series B Bonds are being used by Ranor to finance acquisitions of qualifying manufacturing equipment installed at the Westminster facility. Under the MLSA and related documents, the Westminster facility secures, and we further guarantee, Ranor’s obligations to Sovereign bank and subsequent holders of the Bonds.

We have a loan and security agreement with Sovereign Bank, dated February 24, 2006, pursuant to which we borrowed $4.0 million on a term loan basis in connection with our acquisition of Ranor (Loan Agreement). As a result of amendments to the loan and security agreement, we added a $2.0 million revolving credit facility, which was renewed on July 30, 2010 for an additional one-year term.  At March 31, 2011 there were no borrowings under the revolving note and maximum available under the borrowing formula was $2.0 million.
 
The term note issued on February 24, 2006 has a term of seven years with an initial fixed interest rate of 9%.  The interest rate on the term note converted from a fixed rate of 9% to a variable rate on February 28, 2011.  From February 28, 2011 until maturity the term note will bear interest at the prime rate plus 1.5%, payable on a quarterly basis.  Principal is payable in quarterly installments of $142,857 plus interest, with a final payment due on March 1, 2013.  The balance outstanding on the term note as of March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010 was $1.1 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

The term note is subject to various covenants that include the following: the loan collateral comprises all personal property of the Company, including cash, accounts receivable inventories, equipment, financial and intangible assets. The Company must also maintain a ratio of earnings available to cover fixed charges of at least 120% of the fixed charges for the rolling four quarters, tested at the end of each fiscal quarter. Additionally, we must maintain an interest coverage ratio of at least 2.1 at the end of each fiscal quarter. Ranor’s obligations under the notes to the bank are guaranteed by TechPrecision. 
 
 
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As of March 31, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants as the ratio of earnings available to cover fixed charges was 239% and the interest coverage ratio was 11:1, respectively. In the event of default (which default may occur in connection with a non-waived breach), the lending bank may choose to accelerate payment of any amounts outstanding under the Term Note and, under certain circumstances, the bank may be entitled to cancel the facility.  If the Company were unable to obtain a waiver for a breach of covenant and the bank accelerated the payment of any outstanding amounts, such acceleration may cause the Company’s cash position to deteriorate or, if cash on hand were insufficient to satisfy any payment due, may require the Company to obtain alternate financing to satisfy any accelerated payment obligation.

In connection with the December 30, 2010 financing, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ranor, executed an Eighth Amendment to the Loan Agreement with Sovereign Bank.  The Eighth Amendment incorporates Ranor’s borrowing of the Bond proceeds into the borrowings covered by the Loan Agreement and provides that the Company and Ranor must, on a consolidated basis, agree to maintain a debt to equity leverage ratio of less than 3:1 for so long as any amounts are outstanding under the Loan Agreement. As of March 31, 2011, the Company’s consolidated debt to equity ratio was 0.66:1 and therefore was in compliance with the debt covenant.  Ranor’s obligations under the notes to the bank are guaranteed by TechPrecision.

We also had a $3.0 million capital expenditure facility which was available until November 30, 2009.  The capital expenditure facility was not renewed upon its expiration on November 30, 2009 as the Company intends to finance future equipment purchases on a specific item basis. We paid interest only on borrowings under the capital expenditures line until November 30, 2009, at which time the principal balance is amortized over five years, commencing December 31, 2009.  The interest on borrowings under the capital expenditure line was equal to the prime rate plus 0.5% through and including November 30, 2009 and thereafter at LIBOR, plus 3%.  Any unpaid balance on the capital expenditures facility is to be paid on November 30, 2014.  As of March 31, 2011, there was $658,829 outstanding under this facility.
 
Under a Staged Advance Facility, the bank agreed to loan Ranor, during a one year period expiring on March 29, 2011, amounts up to $1,900,000 for the purpose of acquiring a gantry mill machine. The machine will serve as collateral for the loan. The total aggregate amount of advances under this agreement should not exceed 80% of the actual purchase price of the mill machine. All advances provide for payment of interest only monthly through February 28, 2011, and thereafter no further borrowings shall be permitted under this facility. The interest rate is LIBOR plus 4%. Beginning on April 1, 2011, Ranor is obligated to pay principal and interest sufficient to amortize the outstanding balance on a five year schedule. On March 29, 2010 and September 30, 2010, Ranor drew down equal amounts of $556,416 under this facility to finance the purchase of the gantry mill machine. The $556,416 funded under the facility, as amended on December 28, 2010, will be amortized over five years. On December 30, 2010, the Company paid down principal of $556,416 with proceeds from the Series B Bonds, and amended the term loan agreement with Sovereign to cap advances at $556,416, with no further advances permitted. TechPrecision has guaranteed the payment and performance from and by Ranor.

We believe that the $2.0 million revolving credit facility, renewed on July 30, 2010 and unused as of March 31, 2011, our capacity to access equipment-specific financing, plus our current cash balance of $7.5 million and ability to generate cash from operations, should be sufficient to enable us to satisfy our cash requirements at least through the end of calendar year 2011. Nevertheless, it is possible that we may require additional funds to the extent that we upgrade or expand our manufacturing facilities.

The securities purchase agreement pursuant to which we sold the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to Barron Partners provides Barron Partners with a right of first refusal on future equity financings, which may affect our ability to raise funds from other sources if the need arises. In the event that we make an acquisition, we may require additional financing for the acquisition. We have no commitment from any party for additional funds, however, the terms of our agreement with Barron Partners, particularly the right of first refusal, may impair our ability to raise capital in the equity markets to the extent that potential investors would be reluctant to negotiate a financing when another party has a right to match the terms of the financing.
 
 
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We have no off-balance sheet assets or liabilities. The following table set forth information as of March 31, 2011 as to our contractual obligations (dollars in thousands):  
 
   
Payments due by period
 
Contractual obligations
 
Total
   
Less than 1 year
   
1-3 years
   
4-5 years
   
After 5 years
 
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations
 
$
        6,589
   
$
          1,372
   
$
         1,846
   
$
770
   
$
       2,601
 
Interest on long-term debt and capital leases 
   
1,746
     
363
     
281
     
218
     
884
 
Purchase obligation – buildings, equipment
   
1,456
     
1,456
     
         -
     
              -
     
              -
 
Non-cancellable operating leases
   
320
     
67
     
194
     
59
     
-
 
Total
 
$
 10,111
   
$
3,258 
   
$
2,321
   
$
1,047
   
$
       3,485
 
 
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk.

As a smaller reporting company, we have elected not to provide the information required by this Item.

Item 8. Financial Statements.
 
The financial statements begin on Page F-1.
 
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
 
Not Applicable.
 
Item 9A(T).Controls and Procedures.
 
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

As of March 31, 2011, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our  chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)).

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure

Based upon that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2011, to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management’s Report of Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
 
We are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Exchange Act Rule 13a-15.  With the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2011 based on the criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
 
 
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Based on this evaluation, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of March 31, 2011 based on those criteria. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.  Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within us have been detected.
 
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.
 
Changes in Internal Controls.
 
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information.

Not Applicable
 
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PART III
 
The information required by Part III of this Report, to the extent not set forth herein, is incorporated herein by reference from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2011, which definitive proxy statement shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this Report relates.
 
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
 
Information relating to Item 10 will be set forth in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2011. Such information is incorporated herein by reference and will be filed within 120 days of March 31, 2011.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.
 
Information relating to Item 11 will be set forth in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2011. Such information is incorporated herein by reference and will be filed within 120 days of March 31, 2011.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
 
Information relating to Item 12 will be set forth in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2011. Such information is incorporated herein by reference and will be filed within 120 days of March 31, 2011.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence
 
Information relating to Item 13 will be set forth in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2011. Such information is incorporated herein by reference and will be filed within 120 days of March 31, 2011.
 
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
 
Information relating to Item 14 will be set forth in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2011. Such information is incorporated herein by reference and will be filed within 120 days of March 31, 2011.

 
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Part IV
Item 15. Exhibits.
 
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form SB-2, filed with the Commission on August 28, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2
By-laws of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 18, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.3
Certificate of Designation for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.4
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designation for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on November 12, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1
Loan and Security Agreement, dated February 24, 2006, between Ranor, Inc. and Sovereign Bank (Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Guaranty of the Registrant in favor of Sovereign Bank (Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
First Amendment, dated January 29, 2007, to Loan and Security Agreement, dated February 24, 2006, between Ranor, Inc. and Sovereign Bank (Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 20, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
Second Amendment, dated June 28, 2007 to Loan and Security Agreement dated February 24, 2006, between Ranor, Inc. and Sovereign Bank (Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Commission on July 2, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
Mortgage Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of October 4, 2006, between WM Realty Management, LLC and Amalgamated Bank (Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Commission on July 2, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6
Mortgage Note, dated October 4, 2006, made by WM Realty Management, LLC in favor of Amalgamated Bank (Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Commission on July 2, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.7
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Bonds, Ranor Issue, Series 2010a, dated December 30, 2010 in the original aggregate principal amount of $4,250,000 (Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.8
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Bonds, Ranor Issue, Series 2010b, dated December 30, 2010 in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,950,000 (Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.9
Eighth Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated December 30, 2010, between Ranor, Inc. and Sovereign Bank (Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.10
Mortgage, Loan and Security Agreement, dated December 1, 2010, between Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Ranor, Inc. and Sovereign Bank (Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.11
ISDA 2002 Master Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2010, between Sovereign Bank and Ranor, Inc. (Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.12
Bond Purchase Agreement, dated December 30, 2010, from Ranor, Inc. and Registrant to Sovereign Bank and Massachusetts Development Finance Agency (Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.1
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated February 24, 2006, between the Registrant and Barron Partners LP (Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
 
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10.2
Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 24, 2006, between the Registrant and Barron Partners LP (Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.3
Agreement dated February 24, 2006, among the Registrant, Ranor Acquisition LLC  and the members of Ranor Acquisition LLC (Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.4
Subscription Agreement, dated February 24, 2006, between the Registrant and certain purchasers of the Registrant’s Common Stock (Exhibit 99.4 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.5
Registration Rights Provisions, dated February 24, 2006, between the Registrant and certain purchasers of the Registrant’s Common Stock  (Exhibit 99.5 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.6
Employment Agreement, dated February 24, 2006, between the Registrant and Stanley Youtt (Exhibit 99.6 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.7
2006 Long-term Incentive Plan, as restated effective November 22, 2010 (Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Commission on July 2, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.8
Limited Guarantee, dated October 4, 2006, by Andrew Levy in favor of Amalgamated Bank (Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Commission on July 2, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.9
At-Will Employment, Confidential Information, Invention Assignment and Arbitration Agreement, dated July 21, 2010, between the Registrant and James Molinaro (Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 22, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.10
Lease Agreement, dated November 17, 2010, between Center Valley Parkway Associates, L.P. and the Registrant (Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.11
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated December 20, 2010, between WM Realty Management, LLC and Ranor, Inc. dated December 20, 2010 (Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.10
Amendment, dated May 31, 2007, to the Agreement between the Company and Barron Partners LP dated August 17, 2005 (Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Commission on July 2, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.11
Separation, Severance and Release Agreement, dated March 31, 2009, between the Registrant and James G. Reindl (Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 2, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.12
Executive Consulting Agreement, dated March 31, 2009, between the Registrant and Louis A. Winoski (Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 2, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.13
Employment Agreement, dated March 23, 2009, between the Registrant and Richard F. Fitzgerald (Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 2, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
14.1
Code of  Business Conduct and Ethics of Registrant (Exhibit 14.1 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Commission on April 17, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
21.1
List of Subsidiaries (Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-KSB, filed with the Commission on April 17, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
(Registrant)
June 29, 2011 

/s/  James S. Molinaro
   
James S. Molinaro
Chief Executive Officer
 


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes James S. Molinaro and Richard F. Fitzgerald or either of them acting in the absence of the others, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments to this report, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ James S. Molinaro
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
June 29, 2011
James S. Molinaro
 
(principal executive officer)
   
         
/s/ Richard F. Fitzgerald
 
Chief  Financial Officer
 
June 29, 2011
Richard F. Fitzgerald
 
(principal financial and accounting officer)
   
         
/s/ Michael R. Holly
 
Director
 
June 29, 2011
Michael R. Holly
       
         
/s/ Andrew A. Levy
 
Director
 
June 29, 2011
Andrew A. Levy
       
         
/s/ Philip A. Dur
 
Director
 
June 29, 2011
Philip A. Dur
       
         
/s/ Louis A. Winoski
 
Director
 
June 29, 2011
Louis A. Winoski
       
         
/s/ Leonard M. Anthony
 
Director
 
June 29, 2011
Leonard M. Anthony
       
 
 
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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 AND 2010

 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
F-2
  
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2011 and 2010
F-3
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
F-4
   
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
F-5
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
F-6
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-8
 
 
 
F-1

 
 
 
 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of TechPrecision Corporation
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of TechPrecision Corporation as of March 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2011. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of TechPrecision Corporation as of March 31, 2011 and 2010, and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2011 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
 
/s/ Tabriztchi & Co., CPA, P.C.
Tabriztchi & Co., CPA, P.C.
Garden City, New York
June 29, 2011
 

7 Twelfth Street Garden City, NY 11530 ▪ Tel: 516-746-4200 ▪ Fax: 516-746-7900
Email:Info@Tabrizcpa.com ▪ www.Tabrizcpa.com
 
 
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TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
MARCH 31, 2011 and 2010
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
ASSETS
 
Current assets:
       
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
7,541,000
   
$
8,774,223
 
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $25,010 and $259,999
   
5,578,072
     
2,693,392
 
Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts, in excess of progress billings
   
2,519,908
     
2,749,848
 
Inventories- raw materials
   
723,400
     
299,403
 
Prepaid taxes
   
122,263
     
244,461
 
Current deferred taxes
   
462,226
     
303,509
 
Prepaid expenses
   
441,833
     
159,854
 
Total current assets
   
17,388,702
     
15,224,690
 
Property, plant and equipment, net
   
3,139,692
     
3,349,943
 
Equipment under construction
   
2,172,420
     
762,260
 
Deferred loan cost, net
   
181,141
     
87,640
 
Total assets
 
$
22,881,955
   
$
19,424,533
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
 
$
1,093,350
   
$
444,735
 
Accrued expenses
   
958,009
     
620,600
 
Deferred revenues
   
382,130
     
56,376
 
Current maturity of long-term debt
   
1,371,767
     
809,309
 
Total current liabilities
   
3,805,256
     
1,931,020
 
Long-term debt, including capital leases
   
5,217,421
     
5,414,002
 
Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Note 15)
               
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Preferred stock- par value $.0001 per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized,
               
of which 9,890,980 are designated as Series A Preferred Stock, with
               
8,878,982 and 9,661,482 shares issued and outstanding at March 31,2011 and 2010,
               
(liquidation preference of $2,530,510 and $2,753,523 at March 31, 2011 and 2010.)
   
2,039,631
     
2,210,216
 
Common stock -par value $.0001 per share, authorized,
               
90,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding, 15,422,888 shares at March 31, 2011
               
and 14,230,846 at March 31, 2010
   
1,543
     
1,424
 
Additional Paid in capital
   
3,346,916
     
2,903,699
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
   
5,905
     
--
 
Retained earnings
   
8,465,283
     
6,964,172
 
Total stockholders’ equity
   
13,859,278
     
12,079,511
 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
22,881,955
   
$
19,424,533
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
 
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TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
   
Years ended March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Net sales
 
$
32,284,235
   
$
28,346,751
 
Cost of sales
   
22,368,320
     
22,245,255
 
Gross profit
   
9,915,915
     
6,101,496
 
  Operating expenses:
               
  Salaries and related expenses
   
2,398,675
     
1,704,688
 
  Professional fees
   
739,489
     
382,587
 
  Selling, general and administrative 
   
2,033,026
     
1,259,909
 
Total operating expenses 
   
5,171,190
     
3,347,184
 
Income from operations
   
4,744,725
     
2,754,312
 
                 
  Other income
   
62,720
     
12,000
 
  Interest expense
   
(425,925
)
   
(422,074
)
  Interest income
   
10,459
     
15,851
 
  Finance costs
   
(116,110
)
   
(17,027
)
Total other income (expense)
   
(468,856
)
   
(411,250
)
                 
Income before income taxes
   
4,275,869
     
2,343,062
 
Provision for income taxes
   
1,588,890
     
298,327
 
Net income
 
$
2,686,979
   
$
2,044,735
 
Net income per share (basic)
 
$
0.19
   
$
0.15
 
Net income per share (diluted)
 
$
0.12
   
$
0.10
 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding (basic)
   
14,489,932
     
14,066,874
 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding (diluted)
   
22,896,251
     
20,857,251
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
 
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 TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 AND 2010

   
Preferred
Stock Outstanding
   
Preferred Stock
   
Warrants Outstanding
   
Common
Stock Outstanding
   
Par Value
   
Additional
Paid in
Capital
   
AOCI
   
Retained Earnings
   
Total Shareholders
Equity
   
Comprehensive Income
 
                                                             
Balance 3/31/2009
    6,295,508     $ 1,062,840       9,432,500       13,907,513     $ 1,392     $ 4,097,447     $ --     $ 4,919,437     $ 10,081,116        
Distribution WM Realty
                                             (185,996 )                     (185,996 )      
Warrants exchanged for preferred stock
    3,595,472       1,224,668       (9,320,000 )                     (1,224,668 )                      --        
Share based compensation
                                             133,006                        133,006        
Stock Options exercised
                             23,333        2        6,648                        6,650        
Conversion of preferred stock
    (229,498 )     (77,292 )             300,000        30        77,262                                
Net Income
                                                            2,044,735     $ 2,044,735     $ 2,044,735  
Balance 3/31/2010
    9,661,482     $ 2,210,216       112,500       14,230,846     $ 1,424     $ 2,903,699     $ --     $ 6,964,172     $ 12,079,511          
                                                                                 
Distribution to WM Realty
                                             (140,296 )             (1,185,868 )     (1,326,164 )        
Warrants issued
                    100,000                       51,429                       51,429          
Warrants expired
                    (112,500 )                                             --          
Share based compensation
                                            249,346                       249,346          
Stock options exercised
                            169,166       17       48,733                       48,750          
Excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                            63,522                       63,522          
Conversion of preferred stock
    (782,500 )     (170,585 )             1,022,876        102        170,483                        --          
Net Income
                                                            2,686,979       2,686,979     $ 2,686,979  
Gain on interest rate swaps, net of tax (expense) ($3,695);                                                     5,483                          
Foreign currency translation  adjustments                                                     422               5,905       5,905  
Total comprehensive income
                                                                          $ 2,692,884  
Balance  3/31/2011
    8,878,982     $ 2,039,631       100,000       15,422,888     $ 1,543     $ 3,346,916     $ 5,905     $ 8,465,283     $ 13,859,278          

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 
 
 
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TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
 
   
Year Ended March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
           
Net income
  $
2,686,979
    $
2,044,735
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
   
372,758
     
424,888
 
Share based compensation
   
300,776
     
133,006
 
Deferred income taxes
   
(158,717
)
   
(303,509
)
Gain on sale of equipment
   
(62,875
)
   
(12,000
)
Write off deferred loan costs
   
68,188
     
--
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
   
(2,884,681
)
   
(1,214,562
)
Inventory
   
(423,997
)
   
51,953
 
Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts
   
229,940
     
910,954
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
(276,076
)
   
1,363,390
 
Taxes receivable
   
122,198
     
(184,482
)
Accounts payable
   
648,615
     
(505,946
)
Accrued expenses
   
337,409
     
(89,742
)
Accrued taxes
   
--
     
(155,553
)
Deferred revenues
   
325,755
     
(3,888,988
)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
   
1,286,272
     
(1,425,856
)
                 
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
   
(150,110
)
   
(107,092
)
Equipment under construction
   
(1,410,160
)
   
(762,260
)
Proceeds from sale of equipment
   
60,000
     
12,000
 
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(1,500,270
)
   
(857,352
)
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Capital distribution of WMR equity
   
(1,326,162
)
   
(185,996
)
Proceeds from exercised stock options
   
48,751
     
6,650
 
Tax benefit from share based compensation
   
63,521
     
--
 
Deferred loan costs
   
(171,212
)
   
--
 
Repayment of long-term debt
   
(3,956,371
)
   
(701,673
)
Borrowings of long-term debt
   
4,322,248
     
1,475,713
 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
   
(1,019,225
)
   
594,694
 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
   
(1,233,223
)
   
(1,688,514
)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
   
8,774,223
     
10,462,737
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $
7,541,000
    $
8,774,223
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
 
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TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Continued)
 
   
Years ended March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION
           
Cash paid during the year for:
           
Interest expense
 
$
425,925
   
$
430,799
 
Income taxes
 
$
1,590,126
   
$
947,111
 
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION – NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING TRANSACTIONS:

Year Ended March 31, 2011

In shareholder transactions on January 1, 2011 and March 7, 2011, Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of 382,500 and 400,000 shares  were converted into 500,000 and 522,876 shares of common stock, respectively.

Year Ended March 31, 2010

In a shareholder transaction on October 5, 2009, 229,498 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 300,000 shares of common stock.

The Company placed $887,279 of equipment which was under construction at the beginning of the year ended December 31, 2009 into service during the first half of the fiscal year 2010.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 
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TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
 
TechPrecision Corporation (“TechPrecision”) is a Delaware corporation organized in February 2005 under the name Lounsberry Holdings II, Inc. The name was changed to TechPrecision Corporation on March 6, 2006. TechPrecision is the parent company of Ranor, Inc. (“Ranor”), a Delaware corporation. On November 4, 2010 TechPrecision announced that it completed the formation of a wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE), Wuxi Critical Mechanical Components Co., Ltd. (WCMC), to meet growing demand for local manufacture and machining of components in China. TechPrecision, WCMC and Ranor are collectively referred to as the “Company.”
 
The Company manufactures large scale metal fabricated and machined precision components and equipment. These products are used in a variety of markets including the alternative energy, medical, nuclear, defense, industrial, and aerospace industries.

The formation of CMC was made in consultation with a large customer in the Solar Energy industry, and is based on the significant growth in demand for solar and nuclear energy components in Asia, and especially in China. During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, WCMC commenced organizational and start-up activities, and production began during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, with initial production units shipped to a large solar customer on March 31, 2011. Accordingly, the results of this wholly owned subsidiary are included in the consolidated financial statements.
 
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
 
On February 24, 2006, TechPrecision acquired all stock of Ranor in a transaction which was accounted for as a recapitalization (reverse acquisition), with Ranor being treated as the acquiring company for accounting purposes. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and Ranor as well as a variable interest entity (VIE), WM Realty. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
 
In preparing financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Fair Values of Financial Instruments
 
We account for fair value of financial instruments under the Financial Accounting Standard Board’s (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) authoritative guidance, which defines fair value, and establishes a framework to measure fair value and the related disclosures about fair value measurements. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that could be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Financial assets are marked to bid prices and financial liabilities are marked to offer prices. Fair value measurements do not include transaction costs. The FASB establishes a fair value hierarchy used to prioritize the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values. Categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy is defined into the following three categories: Level 1: Inputs based upon quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets at the measurement date; Level 2: Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data; and Level 3: Inputs that are management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. The inputs are unobservable in the market and significant to the instruments’ valuation.
 
 
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In addition, we will measure fair value in an inactive or dislocated market based on facts and circumstances and significant management judgment.  We will use inputs based on management estimates or assumptions, or make adjustments to observable inputs to determine fair value when markets are not active and relevant observable inputs are not available.  
  
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable, prepaid and accrued expenses, and notes payable, as presented in the balance sheet, approximates fair value. 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
Holdings of highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less, when purchased, are considered to be cash equivalents. The carrying amount reported in the balance sheet for cash and cash equivalents approximates its fair value. U.S. based deposits are maintained in a large regional bank and the amount of federally insured cash deposits was $250,000 as of March 31, 2010 and 2009.
The Company also maintains a bank account in a large national Bank in China subject to PRC banking regulations.  At March 31, 2011, the Company had $350,357 on deposit with a large national China based bank account.

Foreign currency translation

Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are recognized in the determination of net income. Foreign currency translation adjustments of subsidiaries operating outside the U.S. are accumulated in other comprehensive income, a separate component of equity.

Accounts receivable
 
Trade accounts receivable are stated at the amount the Company expects to collect. The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its customers to make required payments. Management considers the following factors when determining the collectability of specific customer accounts: customer credit-worthiness, past transaction history with the customer, current economic industry trends, and changes in customer payment terms. If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, adversely affecting their ability to make payments, additional allowances would be required. Based on management’s assessment, the Company provides for estimated uncollectible amounts through a charge to earnings and a credit to a valuation allowance. Balances that remain outstanding after the Company has used reasonable collection efforts are written off through a charge to the valuation allowance and a credit to accounts receivable. Current earnings are also charged with an allowance for sales returns based on historical experience. There was bad debt expense of $0 and $234,999 for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.
 
Inventories
 
Inventories - raw materials is stated at the lower of cost or market determined principally by the first-in, first-out method.
 
Notes Payable
 
The Company accounts for all note liabilities that are due and payable within one year as short-term liabilities.

Long-lived Assets
 
Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are accounted for on the straight-line method based on estimated useful lives. The amortization of leasehold improvements is based on the shorter of the lease term or the useful life of the improvement. Betterments and large renewals, which extend the life of the asset, are capitalized whereas maintenance and repairs and small renewals are expensed as incurred. The estimated useful lives are: machinery and equipment, 7-15 years; buildings, up to 30 years; and leasehold improvements, 10-20 years.
 
 
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The accounting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets requires an assessment of the recoverability of our investment in long-lived assets to be held and used in operations whenever events or circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Such assessment requires that the future cash flows associated with the long-lived assets be estimated over their remaining useful lives. An impairment loss may be required when the future cash flows are less than the carrying value of such assets.
 
Repair and maintenance activities
 
The Company incurs maintenance costs on all of its major equipment. Costs that extend the life of the asset, materially add to its value, or adapt the asset to a new or different use are separately capitalized in property, plant and equipment and are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. All other repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.

Leases
 
Operating leases are charged to operations as paid. Capital leases are capitalized and depreciated over the term of the lease.  A lease is considered a capital lease if one of four criteria are satisfied: 1) the lease contains an option to purchase the property for less than fair market value, 2) transfer of ownership at the end of the lease, 3) the lease term is 75% or more of estimated economic life of leased property, and 4) present value of minimum lease payments is at least 90% of fair value of the leased property to the lessor at the inception of the lease.  
 
Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company is exposed to various risks such as fluctuating interest rates, foreign exchange rates and increasing commodity prices. To manage these market risks, we may periodically enter into derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swaps, options and
foreign exchange contracts for periods consistent with and for notional amounts equal to or less than the related underlying exposures. We do not purchase or hold any derivative financial instruments for speculation or trading purposes. All derivatives are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value (see Note 8 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for information related to interest rate swaps).

Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants
 
The Company measures the fair value of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock by the amount of cash that was received for their issuance. The Company determined that the convertible preferred shares and warrants issued are equity instruments. In the case of the August 2009 warrant exchange, the fair value of the warrants exchanged for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock was used to measure fair value of such stock.
 
The Company had a sufficient number of authorized shares, there is no required cash payment or net cash settlement requirement and the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock had no right higher than the common stockholders other than the liquidation preference in the event of liquidation of the Company. Although the Company had an unconditional obligation to issue additional shares of common stock upon conversion of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock if EBITDA per share was below the targeted amount, the certificate of designation relating to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock does not require the Company to issue shares that are registered pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, and as a result, the additional shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock need not be registered shares.
 
The Company’s warrants were excluded from derivative accounting because they were indexed to the Company’s unregistered common stock and are classified in stockholders’ equity. The majority of warrants were exchanged for preferred stock on August 14, 2009. The remaining 112,500 warrants expired on September 1, 2010. On February 15, 2011, the Company issued an additional 100,000 warrants to acquire common stock at a price of $1.65/share.
 
 
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Shipping Costs 
 
Shipping and handling costs are included in cost of sales in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for all periods presented.
 
Selling, General, and Administrative 
 
Selling expenses include items such business travel and advertising costs. Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. General and administrative expenses include items for Company’s administrative functions and include costs for items such as office supplies, insurance, telephone and payroll services.

Stock Based Compensation
 
Stock-based compensation represents the cost related to stock-based awards granted to employees. The Company measures stock-based compensation cost at grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award and recognizes the cost as expense on a straight-line basis (net of estimated forfeitures) over the employee requisite service period. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options using a Black-Scholes valuation model.

Earnings per Share of Common Stock
 
Basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year. Diluted net income per common share is calculated using net income divided by diluted weighted-average shares. Diluted weighted-average shares include weighted-average shares outstanding plus the dilutive effect of convertible preferred stock, preferred shareholders and other warrants and share-based compensation were calculated using the treasury stock method.

Revenue Recognition and Costs Incurred

Revenue and costs are recognized on the units of delivery method. This method recognizes as revenue the contract price of units of the product delivered during each period and the costs allocable to the delivered units as the cost of earned revenue. As units are delivered, title to and the risk of loss on those units normally transfer to the customer, whose acceptance of the items indicates that they meet the contractual specifications. When the sales agreements provide for separate billing of engineering services, the revenues for those services are recognized when the services are rendered. Costs allocable to undelivered units are reported in the balance sheet as costs incurred on uncompleted contracts. Amounts in excess of agreed upon contract price for customer directed changes, constructive changes, customer delays or other causes of additional contract costs are recognized in contract value if it is probable that a claim for such amounts will result in additional revenue and the amounts can be reasonably estimated. Revisions in cost and profit estimates are reflected in the period in which the facts requiring the revision become known and are estimable. The unit of delivery method requires the existence of a contract to provide the persuasive evidence of an arrangement and determinable seller’s price, delivery of the product and reasonable collection prospects. The Company has written agreements with the customers that specify contract prices and delivery terms. The Company recognizes revenues only when the collectability is reasonably assured.
 
Adjustments to cost estimates are made periodically, and losses expected to be incurred on contracts in progress are charged to operations in the period such losses are determined and are reflected as reductions of the carrying value of the costs incurred on
uncompleted contracts. Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts consist of labor, overhead, and materials. Work in process is stated at the lower of cost or market and reflect accrued losses, if required, on uncompleted contracts.

Income Taxes
 
The Company uses the asset and liability method of financial accounting and reporting for income taxes required by FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes . Under FASB ASC 740, deferred income taxes reflect the tax impact of temporary differences between the amount of assets and liabilities recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amounts recognized for tax purposes. Temporary differences giving rise to deferred income taxes consist primarily of the reporting of losses on uncompleted contracts, the excess of depreciation for tax purposes over the amount for financial reporting purposes, and accrued expenses accounted for differently for financial reporting and tax purposes, and net operating loss carry-forwards. Interest and penalties are included in general and administrative expenses.
 
 
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Variable Interest Entity
 
Conforming to the authoritative FASB guidance for VIEs, under ASC 810 (see Note 10) to our Consolidated Financial Statements for more information related to the VIE), the Company has consolidated WM Realty, a variable interest entity, which entered into a building sale and leaseback contract with the Company in 2006. The Company repurchased the building and land from the VIE in December 2010. The creditors of WM Realty do not have recourse to the general credit of TechPrecision or Ranor. On December 20, 2010, the Company purchased the property under a purchase option within the lease from WM Realty and simultaneously cancelled the lease.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-29, Business Combinations. ASU 2010-29 addresses diversity in practice about the interpretation of the pro forma disclosure requirement for business combinations. ASU 2010-29 requires disclosure of pro forma revenue and earnings for the current reporting period as though the acquisition date for all business combinations that occurred during the year had been as of the beginning of the annual reporting period for both the current and any comparable periods reported. The Company has evaluated ASU 2010-29 and does not expect its adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-17, Revenue Recognition — Milestone Method. ASU 2010-17 establishes criteria for a milestone to be considered substantive and allows revenue recognition when the milestone is achieved in research or development arrangements. In addition, it requires disclosure of certain information with respect to arrangements that contain milestones. ASU 2010-17 is effective for the Company prospectively beginning April 1, 2011. The Company has evaluated ASU 2010-17 and does not expect its adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.  This update amends subtopic 820-10 to require new disclosures about 1) transfers in and out of level 1 and 2, i.e., a reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of level 1 and 2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the transfers, and 2) in the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (level 3), a  reporting entity should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (i.e. on a gross basis rather than as one net number). This update also provides clarification about existing disclosures about the level of disaggregation and inputs and valuation techniques.  The new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 2009. The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements. Disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity on Level 3 fair value measurements is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and for interim periods within those fiscal years.

In October 2009, the FASB issued update No. 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements – a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force, which provides guidance for identifying separate deliverables in a revenue-generating transaction where multiple deliverables exist, and provides guidance for allocating and recognizing revenue based on those separate deliverables. The guidance is expected to result in more multiple deliverable arrangements being separable than under current guidance. This guidance is effective for the Company beginning on April 1, 2011 and is required to be applied prospectively to new or significantly modified arrangements. The Company has evaluated ASU 2009-13 and does not expect its adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
 
 
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NOTE 3 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
 
As of March 31, 2011 and 2010 property, plant and equipment consisted of the following: 

   
2011
   
2010
 
Land
  $
110,113
    $
110,113
 
Building and improvements
   
1,508,966
     
1,504,948
 
Machinery equipment, furniture and fixtures
   
5,088,422
     
4,974,302
 
Equipment under capital leases
   
56,242
     
56,242
 
Total property, plant and equipment
   
6,763,743
     
6,645,605
 
Less: accumulated depreciation
   
(3,624,051
)
   
(3,295,662
)
Total property, plant and equipment, net
  $
3,139,692
    $
3,349,943
 

Depreciation expense for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was $363,847 and $407,861, respectively.

NOTE 4 - COSTS INCURRED ON UNCOMPLETED CONTRACTS
 
The Company recognizes revenues based upon the units-of-delivery method (see Note 1). The advance billing and deposits includes down payments for acquisition of materials and progress payments on contracts. The agreements with the buyers of the Company’s products allow the Company to offset the progress payments against the costs incurred. The following table sets forth information as to costs incurred on uncompleted contracts as of March 31, 2011 and 2010:

  
 
2011
   
2010
 
Cost incurred on uncompleted contracts, beginning balance
  $
5,149,663
    $
12,742,218
 
Total cost incurred on contracts during the year
   
24,842,866
     
14,652,700
 
Less cost of sales, during the year
   
(22,368,320
)
   
(22,245,255
)
Cost incurred on uncompleted contracts, ending balance
  $
7,624,209
    $
5,149,663
 
                 
Billings on uncompleted contracts, beginning balance
  $
2,399,815
    $
9,081,416
 
Plus: Total billings incurred on contracts, during the year
   
34,988,721
     
21,665,150
 
Less: Contracts recognized as revenue, during the year
   
(32,284,235
)
   
(28,346,751
)
Billings on uncompleted contracts, ending balance
  $
5,104,301
    $
2,399,815
 
                 
Cost incurred on uncompleted contracts, ending balance
  $
7,624,209
    $
5,149,663
 
Billings on uncompleted contracts, ending balance
   
(5,104,301
)
   
(2,399,815
)
Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts, in excess of progress billings
  $
2,519,908
    $
2,749,848
 
 
As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had deferred revenues totaling $382,130 and $56,375, respectively. Deferred revenues represent the customer prepayments on their contracts. An allowance for losses on uncompleted contracts was recognized on March 31, 2011 and 2010 for $333,944 and $172,413, respectively.
 
NOTE 5 - PREPAID EXPENSES
 
As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, the prepaid expenses included the following: 
  
 
2011
   
2010
 
Prepayments for material purchases
  $
285,187
    $
19,638
 
Insurance
   
139,838
     
128,927
 
Other
   
16,808
     
11,289
 
Total
  $
441,833
    $
159,854
 
 
 
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NOTE 6 - DEFERRED CHARGES

Deferred charges represent the capitalization of costs incurred in connection with obtaining bank loans. These costs are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related debt obligation. Deferred loan costs, net of amortization related to the prepayment of debt were charged to operations as of March 31 were:  

  
 
2011
   
2010
 
Beginning balance
  $
87,640
    $
150,259
 
Deferred loan costs related to new loans
   
  171,211
     
--
 
Deferred loan costs, net of amortization related to prepayment of debt
   
(68,188
)
   
--
 
Accumulated amortization
   
    (9,522
)
   
(62,619
)
Ending balance
  $
181,141
    $
87,640
 


NOTE 7 - ACCRUED EXPENSES
 
As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, the accrued expenses included the following: 

  
 
2011
   
2010
 
Accrued compensation
  $
886,748
    $
578,458
 
Other
   
71,261
     
42,142
 
Total
  $
958,009
    $
620,600
 

NOTE 8 – LONG-TERM DEBT

The following debt obligations were outstanding on March 31:
 
2011
   
2010
 
Sovereign Bank Secured Term Note
  $
1,142,857
    $
1,715,034
 
Amalgamated Bank Mortgage Loan
   
   --
     
   3,078,764
 
Sovereign Bank Capital expenditure note, other
   
      674,151
     
      842,687
 
Sovereign Bank Staged advance note
   
      556,416
     
      556,416
 
MDFA Series A Bonds
   
 3,663,991
     
               --
 
MDFA Series B Bonds
   
       535,488
     
               --
 
Obligations under capital leases
   
16,285
     
      30,410
 
Total long-term debt
   
 6,589,188
     
 6,223,311
 
Principal payments due within one year
   
   (1,371,767
   
   (809,309
Principal payments due after one year
  $
5,217,421
    $
5,414,002
 

On February 24, 2006, Ranor entered into a loan and security agreement with Sovereign Bank (Loan Agreement).  Pursuant to the agreement, as amended, the bank provided Ranor with a secured term loan of $4,000,000 (Term Note) and also extended to Ranor a revolving line of credit of up to $2,000,000 (Revolving Note).  On January 29, 2007, the loan and security agreement was amended, adding a capital expenditure line of credit facility of $3,000,000 (CapEx Note). On March 29, 2010, the bank agreed to extend to Ranor a loan facility (Staged Advance Note) in the amount of up to $1,900,000 for the purpose of acquiring a gantry mill machine.

On December 30, 2010, the Company and Ranor completed a $6,200,000 tax exempt bond financing with the Massachusetts Development Finance Authority (MDFA) pursuant to which the MDFA sold to Sovereign Bank MDFA Revenue Bonds, Ranor Issue, Series 2010A in the original aggregate principal amount of $4,250,000 (Series A Bonds) and MDFA Revenue Bonds, Ranor Issue, Series 2010B in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,950,000 (Series B Bonds) and loaned the proceeds of such sale to Ranor under the terms of that certain Mortgage Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, by and among the Company, Ranor, MDFA and Sovereign (as Bondowner and Disbursing Agent thereunder) (the MLSA).
 
 
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In connection with the December 30, 2010 financing, the Company, through Ranor, executed an Eighth Amendment to the Loan Agreement (Eighth Amendment). The Eighth Amendment incorporates Ranor’s borrowing of the Bond proceeds into the borrowings covered by the Loan Agreement and provides that the Company and Ranor must, on a consolidated basis, agree to maintain a debt to equity leverage ratio of less than 3:1 for so long as any amounts are outstanding under the Loan Agreement. Ranor’s obligations under the notes to the bank are guaranteed by TechPrecision. Significant terms associated with the Sovereign debt facilities are summarized below. The loan collateral comprises all personal property of Ranor, including cash, accounts receivable, inventories, equipment, financial and intangible assets.  
 
The MLSA provides for customary events of default, including any event of default under the Loan Agreement described above. Subject to lapse of any applicable cure period, a default under the MLSA would cause the acceleration of all outstanding obligations of Ranor under the MLSA. Under the MLSA and the Eighth Amendment, we and Ranor make certain financial covenants applicable while the Bonds remain outstanding, including, among other things, that the ratio of earnings available for fixed charges to fixed charges will be greater than or equal to 120%; the interest coverage ratio will equal or exceed 2:1 as of the end of each fiscal quarter; Ranor’s leverage ratio will be less than or equal to 3:1; and a loan to value ratio regarding the property purchased from WM Realty of not greater than seventy-five percent (75%), as determined by Bondowner.  
 
At March 31, 2011, the ratio of earnings available for fixed charges was 236%; the interest coverage ratio was 11:1, Ranor’s leverage ratio was 0.66:1; and a loan to value ratio regarding the property purchased from WM Realty of was not greater than seventy-five percent (75%), as determined by Bondowner.  As of March 31, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all of the above covenants.

At December 31, 2009, the Company did not meet the requirement to maintain a ratio of earnings to fixed charges of 1.2 to 1. However, the Company obtained a waiver of the breach of such covenant from Sovereign Bank, which waiver covers the breach that otherwise would have occurred in connection with the covenant testing for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The waiver did not apply to any future covenant testing dates.

In the event of default, the lending bank may choose to accelerate payment of any amounts outstanding under the notes and, under certain circumstances, the bank may be entitled to cancel the facility.  If the Company were unable to obtain a waiver for a breach of covenant and the bank accelerated the payment of any outstanding amounts, such acceleration may cause the Company’s cash position to deteriorate or, if cash on hand were insufficient to satisfy any payment due, may require the Company to obtain alternate financing to satisfy any accelerated payment obligation.  

Term Note:

The Term Note issued on February 24, 2006 has a term of 7 years with an initial fixed interest rate of 9%.  The interest rate on the Term Note converts from a fixed rate of 9% to a variable rate on February 28, 2011.  From February 28, 2011 until maturity the Term Note will bear interest at the Prime Rate plus 1.5%, payable on a quarterly basis.   Principal is payable in quarterly installments of $142,857, plus interest, with a final payment due on March 1, 2013.

MDFA Series A and B Bonds

On December 30, 2010, the Company and Ranor completed a $6,200,000 tax exempt bond financing with the MDFA pursuant to which the MDFA sold to Sovereign Bank MDFA Revenue Bonds, Ranor Issue, Series 2010A in the original aggregate principal amount of $4,250,000 (Series A Bonds) and MDFA Revenue Bonds, Ranor Issue, Series 2010B in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,950,000 (Series B Bonds) and loaned the proceeds of such sale to Ranor under the terms of the MLSA, dated as of December 1, 2010, by and among the Company, Ranor, MDFA and Sovereign.

The proceeds of the sale of the Series A Bonds will be used to finance the previously disclosed Ranor facility acquisition and proposed 19,500 sq. ft. expansion of Ranor’s manufacturing facility located at Bella Drive in Westminster, Massachusetts, and the proceeds of the sale of the Series B Bonds will be used by Ranor to finance acquisitions of qualifying manufacturing equipment installed at the Westminster facility. Under the MLSA and related documents, the Westminster facility secures, and the Company further guarantees, Ranor’s obligations to Sovereign and subsequent holders of the Bonds.
 
 
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The initial rate of interest on the Series A and B bonds is 1.9606% for a period from the bond date to an including January 31, 2011, and the interest rate thereafter will be 65% times the sum of 275 basis points plus one-month LIBOR. Ranor will be required to make payments of $17,708 and $23,214 with respect to the Loans beginning on February 1, 2011 and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter until the maturity date or earlier redemption of each Bond. The Series A Bonds and the Series B Bonds will mature on January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2018, respectively. The Bonds are redeemable pursuant to the MLSA prior to maturity, in whole or in part, on any payment date in accordance with the terms of the MLSA.
 
In connection with the Bond financing, Ranor and Sovereign entered into an ISDA Master Agreement, dated December 30, 2010, pursuant to which the variable interest rates applicable to the loans made to Ranor pursuant to the MLSA were swapped for fixed interest rates of 4.14% on the A bonds and 3.63% on the B bonds.  Under the ISDA Master Agreement, Ranor and Sovereign have entered into two swap transactions, each with an effective date of January 3, 2011. The Swaps have notional amounts of $4,250,000 and $1,950,000, respectively, and will terminate on January 4, 2021.  

As of March 31, 2011, we have two interest rate swap agreements outstanding which are designated as cash flow hedges to protect against volatility in the interest rates payable on our $4.25 million Series A bond maturing January 2021 and our $1.95 million Series B bond maturing January 2018. Under both of these swaps, we will receive variable interest rate payments based on three-month LIBOR in return for making quarterly fixed payments. Including the applicable margin, the interest rate swap agreements effectively fix the interest rates payable on the Series A and B bonds at 4.14% and 3.63%, respectively.

Revolving Note:

The Revolving Note bears interest at a variable rate determined as the Prime Rate, plus 1.5% annually on any outstanding balance.   The borrowing limit on the Revolving Note has been limited to the sum of 70% of the Company’s eligible accounts receivable plus 40% of eligible inventory up to a maximum borrowing limit of $2,000,000.   The agreement has been amended several times with the effect of increasing the maximum available borrowing limit to $2,000,000 as of March 31, 2009.  There were no borrowings outstanding under this facility as of March 31, 2011 and 2010.  The facility was renewed on July 30, 2010 and the maturity date changed to July 31, 2011. The Company pays an unused credit line fee 0.25% on the average unused credit line amount in the previous month. The Company intends to renew this facility in July 2011.
  
CapEx Note:

The initial borrowing limit under the Capital Expenditure Note was $500,000 and has been amended several times resulting in a borrowing limit of $3,000,000 available under the facility as of November 30, 2009.  On November 30, 2009, the Company elected not to renew this facility when it terminated as the Company plans to finance any future equipment financing needs on a specific basis rather than under a blanket revolving line of credit. Under the facility, the Company was permitted to borrow 80% of the original purchase cost of qualifying capital equipment.  The interest rate is LIBOR plus 3%, or 4.96%  The Company was obligated to make interest only payments monthly on any borrowings through November 30, 2009 and on December 1, 2009 the outstanding borrowings and interest was due and payable monthly on a five year amortization schedule.  There was $658,829 outstanding under this facility at March 31, 2011 and $842,687 outstanding at March 31, 2010. 

Staged Advance Note:

The bank made certain loans to Ranor limited to a cap of $1.9 million for the purpose of acquiring a gantry mill machine. The machine will serve as collateral for the loan. The total aggregate amount of advances under this agreement should not exceed 80% of the actual purchase price of the gantry mill machine. All advances provide for a payment of interest only monthly through February 28, 2011, and thereafter no further borrowings shall be permitted under this facility. The interest rate is LIBOR plus 4% or 5.96%. Beginning on April 1, 2011, Ranor is obligated to pay principal and interest sufficient to amortize the outstanding balance on a five year schedule. On
 
 
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March and September 29, 2010, Ranor drew down equal amounts of $556,416 under this facility to finance the initial deposit on the purchase of the mill machine. On December 30, 2010 the Company paid down $556,416 of principal with the proceeds from the Series B Bonds and amended the term loan agreement with Sovereign to cap advances at $556,416, with no further advances permitted. At March 31, 2011, there was $556,416 outstanding under this facility. TechPrecision has guaranteed the payment and performance from and by Ranor.

Mortgage Loan:

This mortgage loan was an obligation of WM Realty and was paid off in full in connection with the sale of the Westminster property on December 20, 2010 between Ranor and WM Realty. The mortgage had a term of 10 years, maturing November 1, 2016, and carried an annual interest rate of 6.85% with monthly interest and principal payments of $20,955.  The amortization was based on a 30 year term. Under the Purchase Agreement dated December 20, 2010, the parties agreed to share equally in the $91,448 prepayment penalty associated with the early termination of the mortgage that encumbered the property and which was paid off in full in connection with the closing under the WM Realty purchase agreement. 

The Series A Bonds issued on December 30, 2010 effectively refinanced the real estate under Ranor’s direct ownership subsequent to the December 20, 2010 purchase of the Westminster property from WM Realty.

Capital Lease:

The Company also leases certain office equipment under a non-cancelable capital lease. This lease will expire in 2012, and future minimum payments under this lease for annual periods ending on March 31, 2011 and 2012 are $14,124 and $2,161, respectively. Interest payments included in the above totaled $856 and the present value of all future minimum lease payments total $15,429.  Lease payments for capital lease obligations for the year ended March 31, 2011 totaled $14,026.

As of March 31, 2011, the maturities of the long-term debt were as follows:
 
Year ending March 31,
       
2011
 
$
1,371,767
 
2012
   
1,338,148
 
2013
   
507,642
 
2014
   
446,356
 
2015
   
323,783
 
Due after 2015
   
2,601,492
 
Total
 
$
6,589,188
 
 
NOTE 9 - INCOME TAXES
 
The provision for income taxes consists of the following:
 
Current
 
March 31, 2011
   
March 31, 2010
 
Federal
  $
1,435,673
    $
345,907
 
State
   
311,934
     
255,929
 
Total current
   
1,747,607
     
601,836
 
Deferred
               
Federal
   
(126,060
)
   
(231,909
)
Other
   
(32,657
)
   
(71,600
)
Total deferred
   
(158,717
)
   
(303,509
)
Provision for income taxes
  $
1,588,890
    $
298,327
 
 
 
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A reconciliation of the statutory income tax rates for fiscal years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 to the effective income tax rates applied to the net income reported in the Consolidated Statements of Operations is presented as follows:

  
  2011
   
       2010
 
Federal income tax at statutory rate
34
%
   
34
%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
6
%
   
6
%
Deduction for domestic production
(3)
%
   
(2)
%
Reversal of prior valuation allowance
2
%
   
(14)
%
Changes in prior year estimates
-
%
   
(9)
%
Other
(2)
%
   
(2)
%
Total income tax provision
37
%
   
13
%

As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, the tax effect of temporary differences and net operating loss carry forward that give rise to the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

Current Deferred Taxes:
 
March 31, 2011
   
March 31, 2010
 
Compensation accrual
  $
284,748
    $
188,290
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts
   
    9,960
     
     10,068
 
Loss on uncompleted contracts
   
 132,285
     
  69,463
 
Share based compensation awards
   
 158,203
     
  52,241
 
Net operating loss carry-forward
   
 719,218
     
764,221
 
Valuation allowance
   
 (354,008
)    
(290,023
)
Total deferred tax assets
  $
950,406
    $
794,260
 
Deferred Tax Liability:
               
Accelerated depreciation
   
  (488,181
)    
(490,751
)
Net Deferred Tax Asset
  $
462,225
    $
303,509
 
 
The Company accounts for income taxes under the provisions of FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes.  Based on the weight of available evidence, the Company’s management has determined that it is more likely than not that the current deferred tax assets will be realized.  At March 31, 2011, the Company recorded a deferred tax asset of $462,225. For the year ended March 31, 2011, the total increase in the valuation allowance was $63,984, the net result of a $2,569 decrease in tax liability for depreciation, $96,458 related to compensation accrual, an increase of $105,962 for share based compensation, an increase for losses on uncompleted contracts of $62,823, and a reduction of $44,547 for net operating losses used this fiscal year.

As of March 31, 2011, the Company’s federal net operating loss carry-forward was approximately $1.9 million, which created a deferred tax asset of $764,238. If not utilized, the federal net operating loss carry-forward of Ranor and TechPrecision will expire in 2025 and 2027, respectively. Furthermore, because of over fifty percent change in ownership as a consequence of the reverse acquisition in February 2006, as a result of the application of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, the amount of net operating loss carry forward used in any one year in the future is substantially limited.

At March 31, 2011, the company had Federal and State tax refunds receivable totaling $122,263 included in taxes receivable.  At March 31, 2010 there were no uncertain tax positions which required accrual. Taxable income excludes a $36,206 loss recorded by WM Realty, LLC, a consolidated VIE (see Note 10) not subject to tax as income is passed through and taxed at the member level.

NOTE 10- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
On February 24, 2006, WM Realty borrowed $3,300,000 to finance the purchase of Ranor’s real property and leased the property on which Ranor’s facilities are located pursuant to a net lease agreement. WM Realty was formed solely for this purpose and its partners are stockholders of the Company. The Company considers WM Realty a variable interest entity as defined by the FASB, and is therefore included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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On December 20, 2010, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ranor, Inc., purchased the property located at Bella Drive, Westminster, Massachusetts pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement, by and among the former owner of the property WM Realty (an entity controlled by the Company’s director, Andrew Levy), and Ranor. Prior to consummation of the sale under the Purchase Agreement, the Company had leased the purchased property from WM Realty.

The property includes a 125,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility that serves as Ranor’s primary operating location.  Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Ranor paid WM Realty $4,275,000 for the property, which price was based on independent, third-party real estate appraisals obtained by the Company.  Under the Purchase Agreement, the parties agree to share equally in the $91,448 prepayment penalty associated with early termination of the mortgage that encumbered the property and which was paid off in full in connection with the closing under the Purchase Agreement.  In addition, the Purchase Agreement provided for the early termination of Ranor’s lease of the property from WM Realty, pursuant to which Ranor had been paying annual rent of $450,000.

For the year ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, WM Realty had net loss of $36,206 and net income of $133,426, and made capital distributions of $1.3 million and $140,622, respectively.

On November 15, 2010, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary WCMC leased approximately 1,000 sq. ft. of office space from an affiliate of China Wind Systems, Inc. (CWS) to serve as its primary corporate offices in Wuxi, China.   The lease has an initial two year term and rent under the lease with the CWS affiliate is approximately $16,692 on an annual basis.  In addition to leasing property from CWS, WCMC and the Company subcontract fabrication and machining services from CWS through their manufacturing facility in Wuxi, China and such subcontracted services are overseen by WCMC and Company personnel co-located at CWS in Wuxi, China.  We view CWS as a related party as a common shareholder holds an approximate 31% fully diluted equity interest in CWS and the same investor holds an approximate 41% fully diluted equity interest in TechPrecision.  Further, WCMC is subcontracting manufacturing services from other manufacturing companies within China and it contracts with other China based manufacturing concerns on comparable terms as those it has with CWS.

NOTE 11 - PROFIT SHARING PLAN
 
Ranor has a 401(k) profit sharing plan that covers substantially all employees who have completed 90 days of service. Ranor retains the option to match employee contributions. The Company’s contributions were $65,658 and $51,561 for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

NOTE 12 - CAPITAL STOCK
 
Preferred Stock
 
The Company has 10,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock and the board of directors has broad power to create one or more series of preferred stock and to designate the rights, preferences, privileges and limitation of the holders of such series. The board of directors has created one series of preferred stock - the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
Each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock was initially convertible into one share of common stock. As a result of the failure of the Company to meet the levels of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2007, the conversion rate changed, and, at December 31, 2009, each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock was convertible into 1.3072 shares of common stock, with an effective conversion price of $0.218.  Based on the current conversion ratio, there were 11,606,605 and 12,629,489 common shares underlying the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as of March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

In addition to the conversion rights described above, the certificate of designation for the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock provides that the holder of the series A preferred stock or its affiliates will not be entitled to convert the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of common stock or exercise warrants to the extent that such conversion or exercise would result in beneficial ownership by the investor and its affiliates of more than 4.9% of the shares of common stock outstanding after such exercise or conversion. This provision cannot be amended.
 
 
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No dividends are payable with respect to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and no dividends are payable on common stock while Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is outstanding. The common stock will not be redeemed while preferred stock is outstanding.
 
The holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have no voting rights. However, so long as any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company shall not, without the affirmative approval of the holders of 75% of the outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, (b) authorize or create any class of stock ranking as to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation senior to or otherwise pari passu with the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, or any of preferred stock possessing greater voting rights or the right to convert at a more favorable price than the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, (c) amend its certificate of incorporation or other charter documents in breach of any of the provisions hereof, (d) increase the authorized number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, or (e) enter into any agreement with respect to the foregoing.

Upon any liquidation the Company is required to pay $0.285 for each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. The payment will be made before any payment to holders of any junior securities and after payment to holders of securities that are senior to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
  
Pursuant to the securities purchase agreement relating to the issuance of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants, the Company agreed not to issue any additional preferred stock until the earlier of (a) three years from the Closing or (b) the date that the investor transfers and/or converts not less than 90% of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and sells the underlying shares of common stock. This provision expired on February 24, 2009.
 
Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the investor has the right of first refusal in the event that the Company seeks to raise additional funds through a private placement of securities, other than exempt issuances. The percentage of shares that investor may acquire is based on the ratio of shares held by the investor plus the number of shares issuable upon conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock owned by the investor to the total of such shares.
 
The purchase agreement also required the Company to maintain a board of directors on which a majority of directors are independent directors; to maintain an audit committee comprised solely of independent directors; and to maintain a compensation committee with a majority of members being independent directors. These provisions expired three years from the Closing, which expiration occurred on February 24, 2009.

On August 14, 2009, our Board adopted a resolution authorizing and directing that the designated shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock be increased from 9,000,000 to 9,890,980.

On August 14, 2009, the Company entered into a warrant exchange agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue 3,595,472 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to certain investors in exchange for warrants to purchase 9,320,000 shares of common stock. Effective September 11, 2009, the warrants were surrendered to the Company, the Company filed an amendment to its certificate of designation relating to its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to increase the number of designated shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, and the 3,595,472 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were issued pursuant to the terms of the warrant exchange agreement.  All warrants surrendered in connection with the warrant exchange were cancelled.

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, 782,500 and 229,498 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 1,022,876 and 300,000 shares of common stock, respectively. The Company had 8,878,982 and 9,661,482 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding at March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
 
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Common Stock Purchase Warrants
 
In February 2006, we issued to investors warrants to purchase 11,220,000 shares of common stock in connection with its purchase of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. These warrants were exercisable, in part or full, at any time from February 24, 2006 until February 24, 2011.

On August 14, 2009, the Company completed a transaction with two shareholders resulting in the issuance of 3,595,472 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange for the surrender of 9,320,000 warrants.   Subsequent to the exchange, all of the 9,320,000 warrants were cancelled by the Company.

On December 1, 2007, the Company entered into a contract with a third party pursuant to which the Company issued three-year warrants to purchase 112,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.40 per share. Using the Black-Scholes options pricing formula assuming a risk free rate of 5%, volatility of 28.5%, a term of three years, and the price of the common stock on December 1, 2007 of $0.285 per share, the value of the warrant was calculated at $0.0001 per share issuable upon exercise of the warrant, or a total of $11. Since the warrant permitted delivery of unregistered shares, the Company has the control in settling the contract by issuing equity. The cost of warrants was added as additional paid in capital. At March 31, 2010, there were 112,500 warrants issued and outstanding. These warrants lapsed on September 1, 2010 as they were not exercised prior to the expiry of the warrant term.

On February 15, 2011, the Company entered into a contract with a third party pursuant to which the Company issued two-year warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share.   Using the Black-Scholes options pricing formula assuming a risk free rate of 0.30%, volatility of 79%, a term of one year, and the price of the common stock on February 15, 2011 of $1.65 per share, the value of the warrant was calculated at $0.51 per share issuable upon exercise of the warrant, or a total of $51,428.69. Since the warrant permitted delivery of unregistered shares, the Company has the control in settling the contract by issuing equity. The cost of warrants was added as additional paid in capital. At March 31, 2011, there were 100,000 warrants issued and outstanding.
 
Common Stock
 
The Company had 90,000,000 authorized common shares at March 31, 2011 and 2010.  The Company had 15,422,888 shares of common stock outstanding at March 31, 2011 and 14,230,846 shares of common stock outstanding at March 31, 2010.

In fiscal 2011, the Company issued 169,166 shares of common stock in connection with the exercise of stock options and 500,000 shares of common stock in connection with a Series A Convertible Preferred Stock conversion.

In fiscal 2010, the Company issued 23,333 shares of common stock in connection with the exercise of stock options and 1,022,876 shares of common stock in connection with a Series A Convertible Preferred Stock conversions.

NOTE 13 - STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
 
In 2006, the directors adopted, and the stockholders approved, the 2006 long-term incentive plan (Plan) covering 1,000,000 shares of common stock. On August 5, 2010, the plan was amended to increase the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued to an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares. The Plan provides for the grant of incentive and non-qualified options, stock grants, stock appreciation rights and other equity-based incentives to employees, including officers, and consultants. The Plan is to be administered by a committee of not less than two directors each of whom is to be an independent director. In the absence of a committee, the plan is administered by the board of directors. Independent directors are not eligible for discretionary options.

Pursuant to the Plan, each newly elected independent director received at the time of his election, a five-year option to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at the market price on the date of his or her election.  In addition, the plan provides for the annual grant of an option to purchase 5,000 shares of common stock on July 1st of each year, commencing July 1, 2009, with respect to directors in office in July 2006 and commencing on July 1st coincident with or following the third anniversary of the date of his or her first election.  
  
On July 1, 2009, the Company granted stock options to three directors to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, pursuant to the plan provision following the third anniversary date of each director’s first election to the board.
 
 
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On October 8, 2009, the Company granted options to employees to purchase 75,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.84 per share. The options will vest in three cumulative annual installments over three years on the grant date anniversary.

On October 15, 2009, the Company granted options purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.80 per share to a new independent director.  The grant provided for 30,000 shares to vest immediately on the grant date and 10,000 shares each on October 14, 2010 and October 14, 2011.  

On January 29, 2010 the Company granted options to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.84 per share to Louis Winoski, our interim CEO. The grant provided for 100,000 shares to vest immediately on the grant date and 100,000 shares on June 30, 2010.

On July 1, 2010, the Company granted stock options to two directors to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.76 per share, pursuant to the plan provision following the third anniversary date of each director’s first election to the board. Fifty percent of the shares will vest in nine months and eighteen months from the grant date, respectively.

On August 4, 2010, the Company granted stock options to its CEO and CFO to purchase 1,000,000 and 150,000 shares of common stock, respectively, at an exercise price of $0.70 per share, the fair market value on the date of grant.  The options will vest in equal amounts over three years on the anniversary of the grant date. 

On September 27, 2010, pursuant to the plan, the Company granted options to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.82 per share to a new independent director.  The grant provided for 30,000 shares to vest immediately on the grant date and 10,000 shares each to vest on September 26, 2011 and 2012.  

During fiscal 2011, the Company granted stock options to employees to purchase 155,000 shares of common stock at an exercise prices ranging from $1.22 - $1.70 per share or the fair market value on the grant date. The options will vest in three cumulative annual installments over three years on the grant date anniversary. 


The fair value was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the closing stock prices at the grant date and the weighted average assumptions specific to the underlying options. Expected volatility assumptions are based on the historical volatility of our common stock. The risk-free interest rate was selected based upon yields of five year U.S. Treasury issues. The expected life of the option was estimated at one half of the contractual term of the option and the vesting period. The assumptions utilized for option grants during the periods presented ranged from 80% to 193% for volatility, a risk free interest rate of 1.31% to 2.43%, and expected life of five years. At March 31, 2011 750,841 shares of common stock were available for grant under the Plan.

The following table summarizes information about options for the most recent annual income statements presented: 
   
Number Of
   
Weighted
Average
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic
   
Weighted Average Remaining
Contractual Life
 
   
Options
   
Exercise Price
   
Value
   
(in years)
 
Outstanding at 3/31/2009
    544,159     $ 0.384              
Granted
    340,000     $ 0.810              
Forfeited
    (9,999 )   $ 0.285              
Exercised
    (23,333 )   $ 0.285     $ 6,650        
Outstanding at 3/31/2010
    850,827     $ 0.558                
Granted
    1,365,000     $ 0.794                
Exercised
    (169,166 )   $ 0.285     $ 204,341        
Outstanding at 3/31/2011
    2,046,661     $ 0.738     $ 1,969,075       7.05  
Outstanding but not vested 3/31/2011
    1,440,000     $ 0.783     $ 1,319,800       8.47  
Exercisable and vested at 3/31/2011
    596,661     $ 0.627     $ 640,275       3.58  
 
 
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As of March 31, 2011 there was $435,627 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options. These costs are expected to be recognized over the next three years. The total fair value of shares vested during the year was $249,346.

The following is a summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested stock options outstanding for the year ended March 31, 2010:
   
Number Of
   
Weighted
Average
 
   
Options
   
Exercise Price
 
Outstanding at 3/31/2010
   
   299,500
   
$
0.718
 
Granted
   
1,365,000
   
$
0.794
 
Vested
   
  (224,500)
   
$
0.808
 
Outstanding at 3/31/2011
   
1,440,000
   
$
0.783
 

NOTE 14 - CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS
 
The Company maintains bank account balances, which, at times, may exceed insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses with these accounts and believes that it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash.

At March 31, 2011, there were accounts receivable balances outstanding from three customers comprising 69% of the total receivables balance; the largest balance from a single customer represented 54% of our receivables balance, while the smallest balance from a single customer making up this group was 7%.  

The Company has been dependent in each year on a small number of customers who generate a significant portion of our business, and these customers change from year to year.
 
The following table sets forth information as to revenue derived from those customers who accounted for more than 10% of our revenue in the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010: 

     
Year Ended March 31,
 
     
2011
   
2010
 
Customer
   
Dollars
   
Percent
   
Dollars
   
Percent
 
 
A
   
$
17,762,747
     
54%
   
$
14,722,154
     
52%
 
 
B
     
4,876,435
     
15%
     
3,853,692
     
14%
 
 
NOTE 15 – COMMITMENTS

Leases

On December 20, 2010, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ranor, Inc., purchased the property in Westminster, Massachusetts pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement, by and among the former owner of the property WM Realty (an entity controlled by the Company’s director, Andrew Levy), and Ranor. On the same date, the Company cancelled its lease with WM Realty.

The property includes a 125,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility that serves as Ranor’s primary operating location.  Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Ranor paid WM Realty $4,275,000 for the property, which price was based on independent, third-party real estate appraisals obtained by the Company.  Under the Purchase Agreement, the parties agreed to share equally in the $91,448 prepayment penalty associated with early termination of the mortgage that encumbered the property and which was paid off in full in connection with the closing under the Purchase Agreement.  In addition, the Purchase Agreement provided for the early termination of Ranor’s lease of the property from WM Realty, pursuant to which Ranor had been paying annual rent of $450,000.
 
 
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Ranor, Inc. had leased its manufacturing, warehouse and office facilities in Westminster, Massachusetts from WM Realty, a variable interest entity, for a term of 15 years, commencing February 24, 2006. For the year ended on March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively the Company’s rent expense was $324,194. Since the Company consolidated the operations of WM Realty, a variable interest entity, the rental expense is eliminated in consolidation, the building is carried at cost and depreciation is expensed.

On February 24, 2009, we entered into a lease for 2,089 square feet of office space in Centreville, Delaware.  The lease has a three-year term and provides for initial rent of $2,500 per month, escalating to $3,220 per month in year two and $3,395 per month in year three of the lease.  The Company has the option to renew this lease for a period of three years at the end of the lease term.
 
On November 17, 2010, the Company entered into a lease agreement pursuant to which the Company will lease approximately 3,200 square feet of office space in Center Valley, Pennsylvania to be used as the Company’s corporate headquarters.  The Company took possession of the office space on April 1, 2011.  Under the Lease, the Company’s payment obligations are deferred until the fifth month after it takes possession, at which time the Company will pay annual rent of approximately $58,850 in equal monthly installments, subject to upward adjustments during each subsequent year of the term of the Lease.  In addition to Base Rent, the Company will pay to the Landlord certain operating expenses and other fees in accordance with the terms of the Lease.  Payment of Base Rent and other fees under the Lease may be accelerated if the Company fails to satisfy its payment obligations in a timely manner, or otherwise defaults on its obligations under the Lease. The Lease expires sixty-four months after the date of the Lease. The Company may elect to renew the lease for an additional five-year term. The Lease contains customary representations and covenants regarding occupancy, maintenance and care of the Property.

On November 15, 2010, the Company entered into a lease for approximately 1,000 sq. ft. of office space in Wuxi, China.   The lease has an initial two year term and annual rental cost of $16,692.   This lease is with a related party China Wind Systems, See Note 10.

Future minimum lease payments required under operating leases in the aggregate, at March 31, 2011, totaled $319,885. The totals for each annual period ended on March 31 were: 2012 - $66,685, 2013 - $76,649, 2014- $58,850, 2015-58,850, 2016-58,850, and thereafter $39,233. 

As of March 31, 2011, the Company had $1.5 million in purchase obligations outstanding, which primarily consisted of contractual commitments to purchase capital equipment and complete building construction at fixed prices.

Employment Agreements

Agreement with Chief Executive Officer

On July 15, 2010, the Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of its nominating committee, appointed Mr. James S. Molinaro to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and as a director on the Board. Mr. Molinaro’s service as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer began on July 21, 2010 and is governed by the terms of an offer letter executed by Mr. Molinaro and the Company dated July 15, 2010.  Pursuant to the Offer Letter, Mr. Molinaro is entitled to receive an annual base salary of $300,000 (subject to adjustment by the Board from time to time) and is eligible to receive an annual performance bonus of up to 50% of his then-current base salary.  In addition to the compensation and severance arrangements described above, the Offer Letter contains customary provisions relating to confidentiality and non-competition, and provides for the execution of an At-Will Employment, Confidential Information, Invention Assignment and Arbitration Agreement, which was executed by the Company and Mr. Molinaro on July 21, 2010. 
 
The Company has employment agreements with its executive officers. Such agreements, the terms of which expire at various times through February, 2012, provide for minimum salary levels, adjusted annually, as well as for incentive bonuses that are payable if specified company goals are attained. The aggregate annual commitment for future salaries at March 31, 2011, excluding bonuses, was approximately $745,000.
 
 
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NOTE 16 - OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Comprehensive income consists of reported net income and other comprehensive income, which reflects revenues, expenses and gains and losses that generally accepted accounting principles exclude from net income. For the Company, the items excluded from current net income were fair value adjustments on derivative financial instruments of $5,483 (net of tax $3,696) and currency translations adjustments of $422.

NOTE 17 - EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS)

Basic EPS is computed by dividing reported earnings available to stockholders by the weighted average shares outstanding. Diluted EPS also includes the effect of dilutive potential common shares. The following table provides a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators reflected in the basic and diluted earnings per share computations, as required under FASB ASC 260.
 
   
March 31, 2011
   
March 31, 2010
 
Basic EPS
           
Net income
 
$
2,686,979
   
 $
2,044,735
 
Weighted average shares
   
14,489,932
     
14,066,874
 
Basic income per share
 
$
0.19
   
$
0.15
 
Diluted EPS
               
Net income
 
$
2,686,979
   
$
2,044,735
 
Dilutive effect of convertible preferred stock, warrants and stock options
   
8,406,319
     
6,790,377
 
Diluted weighted average shares
   
22,896,251
     
20,857,251
 
Diluted income per share
 
$
0.12
   
$
0.10
 

During the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 there were 402,500 and 610,000, respectively, of potentially anti-dilutive options, warrants and convertible preferred stock.
 
NOTE 18 - SELECTED QUARTERLY INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

The following table sets forth certain unaudited quarterly data for each of the four quarters in the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010. The data has been derived from the Company's unaudited consolidated financial statements that, in management's opinion, include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of such information when read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto.  The results of operations for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for any future period.
 
    (in thousands, except for per share data)  
   
First
Quarter
   
Second
Quarter
   
Third
Quarter
   
Fourth
Quarter
 
Year ended March 31, 2011
                       
    Net sales
 
$
6,154
   
$
8,381
   
$
9,670
   
$
   8,079
 
    Gross profit
 
$
2,316
   
$
2,585
   
$
2,856
   
$
   2,159
 
    Net income
 
$
819
   
$
856
   
$
829
   
$
      183
 
    Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.06
   
$
0.06
   
$
0.06
   
$
     0.01
 
    Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.04
   
$
0.04
   
$
0.04
   
$
     0.00
 
                                 
Year ended March 31, 2010
                               
    Net sales
 
$
3,319
   
$
15,117
   
$
5,256
   
$
   4,655
 
    Gross profit
 
$
565
   
$
2,645
   
$
1,014
   
$
   1,877
 
    Net income (loss)
 
$
(125
)
 
$
1,321
   
$
204
   
$
      645
 
    Basic earnings per share
 
$
(0.00
)
 
$
0.09
   
$
0.01
   
$
     0.05
 
    Diluted earnings per share
 
$
(0.00
)
 
$
0.06
   
$
0.01
   
$
     0.03
 
 
 
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NOTE 19 - SEGMENT INFORMATION

We operate in one industry segment - metal fabrication and precision machining. A significant amount of our operations, assets and customers are located in the United States. During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, we commenced organizational and start-up activities at our wholly owned subsidiary in China. Operations commenced in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 and revenues for the period and long-lived assets at the end of the period were not material.  
 
NOTE 20 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 19, 2011, the Company granted options to employees to purchase 577,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.96 per share. The options will vest in three cumulative annual installments over three years on the grant date anniversary.
 
During the period June 21, 2011 through June 27, 2011, 498,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were submitted for conversion and 650,985 shares of common stock were issued upon the conversions. These conversions increased total common shares outstanding to 16,073,873, as of June 27, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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