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U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(check one)

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

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2011

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

Commission File Number 000-30486


Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

65-0738251
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

775 Tipton Industrial Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
(Address of principal executive offices)

(800) 432-8542
(Issuer’s telephone number)

 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  x    No  ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, 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).Yes  ¨   No  ¨

 
 

 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, 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  ¨
  
Accelerated filer  ¨
   
Non-accelerated filer  ¨
  (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).
 
Yes  ¨    No  x
 
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
 
     
Class
 
Outstanding as of June 30, 2011
     
Common Stock, no par value per share
 
13,286,151,226 shares

 
 

 


Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc.
Index To Form 10-Q


Page No.
Part I - Financial Information (Dollars in thousands, except share data)

Item 1.
Financial Statements
 
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets As Of March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) and June 30, 2010
2
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (Unaudited) For The Three And Nine Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
3
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statement Of Stockholders’ Deficiency (Unaudited) For The Nine Months Ended March 31, 2011
4
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows (Unaudited) For The Nine Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
5
     
 
Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
6-18
     
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
19-28
     
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
29
     
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
29

Part II - Other Information

Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
30
     
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
30-33
     
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities And Use Of Proceeds
33
     
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
33
     
Item 4.
[Removed and Reserved]
33
     
Item 5.
Other Information
33
     
Item 6.
Exhibits
33

As used herein, the terms the “Company,” “Encompass Group Affiliates,” ”Encompass,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Florida corporation.

Unless otherwise noted herein, dollars are presented in thousands, except for per share amounts.

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in the "Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation" and elsewhere in this quarterly report constitute "forward-looking statements" (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act")) relating to us and our business, which represent our current expectations or beliefs including, but not limited to, statements concerning our operations, performance, financial condition and growth.  All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this quarterly report  that address activities, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future, including such matters as our projections, future capital expenditures, business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion, market and industry developments and the growth of our businesses and operations are forward-looking statements.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as "may,” “believes,” ”expects,” "anticipates,” "could,” "estimates,”  “plan,” "continue," “will,” “seek,” “scheduled,” “goal” or “future” or the negative or other comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  These statements by their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainties, such as credit losses, dependence on management and key personnel, variability of quarterly results, our ability to continue our growth strategy and competition, certain of which are beyond our control.  Any or all of our forward-looking statements may turn out to be wrong.  They may be affected by inaccurate assumptions that we might make or by known or unknown risks or uncertainties.   Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes and results could differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements.
 
Because of the risks and uncertainties associated with forward-looking statements, you should not place undue reliance on them.  Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 
Compliance with Smaller Reporting Company Disclosure Requirements
 
Encompass has determined that it qualifies as a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Rule 12-b2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and that it will take advantage of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules permitting a smaller reporting company to comply with scaled disclosure requirements for smaller reporting companies on an item-by-item basis. The Company has elected to comply with the scaled disclosure requirements for smaller reporting companies with respect to Part I, Item 3 – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk, which is not applicable to smaller reporting companies.




 
 

 

ENCOMPASS GROUP AFFILIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Part I  - Financial Information
Item 1. – Financial Statements
     
March 31, 2011
   
June 30, 2010
 
     
(Unaudited)
   
(Note 2)
 
ASSETS
             
Current Assets            
    Cash and cash equivalents   $ 1,801     $ 3,067  
    Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $376 and $372, respectively     4,968       7,670  
    Inventory     9,280       9,054  
    Due from vendors     1,234       2,075  
    Prepaid expenses and other current assets     2,709       2,919  
Total Current Assets     19,992       24,785  
Property and equipment, net     1,126       1,287  
Other Assets                
    Intangible assets, net     10,492       11,673  
    Goodwill     8,720       8,720  
    Other assets     424       526  
Total Other Assets     19,636       20,919  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 40,754     $ 46,991  
                   
LIABILITIES, SERIES E PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIENCY)
               
LIABILITIES
                 
Current Liabilities                
    Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 12,920     $ 12,039  
        Notes payable, current portion     39,197       38,121  
    Total Current Liabilities     52,117       50,160  
                   
    Long Term-Liabilities     259       309  
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    52,376       50,469  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
               
SERIES E PREFERRED STOCK
    8,867       6,753  
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
               
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 25,000 authorized, 3,000 shares issued and                
outstanding for Series C, Series D and Series E:                
    Series C convertible preferred stock, $.01 par value, 1,000 shares authorized, 1,000                
    shares issued and outstanding (liquidation value of $9,040 and $8,469 at                
    March 31, 2011  and June 30, 2010, respectively)     --       --  
    Series D convertible preferred stock, $.01 par value, 1,000 shares authorized, 1,000                
    shares issued and outstanding (liquidation value of $910 and $852 at                
    March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively)     --       --  
Common stock, no par value, 230,000,000,000 shares authorized, 13,286,151,000                
shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010     36,152       36,152  
Additional paid-in capital     9,925       10,761  
Accumulated deficit     (66,566 )     (57,144 )
Total Stockholders' Deficiency     (20,489 )     (10,231 )
TOTAL LIABILITIES, SERIES E PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
  $ 40,754     $ 46,991  
 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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ENCOMPASS GROUP AFFILIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
                   
   
 
 
For The Three Months Ended
March 31,
   
 
 
For The Nine Months Ended
 March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
                         
NET SALES
  $ 18,892     $ 23,580     $ 62,169     $ 67,972  
COST OF SALES
    14,992       18,117       50,446       51,807  
GROSS PROFIT
    3,900       5,463       11,723       16,165  
                                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
                               
 
Depreciation and amortization
    515       497       1,527       1,506  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    4,043       4,645       13,419       13,663  
Write-off of deferred transaction costs
    --       --       --       1,111  
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
    4,558       5,142       14,946       16,280  
                                 
Income (Loss) From Operations
    (658 )     321       (3,223 )     (115 )
                                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
                               
Interest expense and other financial costs, net
    (1,717 )     (2,977 )     (6,205 )     (6,257 )
 Other income
    --       9       6       6  
TOTAL OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET
    (1,717 )     (2,968 )     (6,199 )     (6,251 )
                                 
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    (2,375 )     (2,647 )     (9,422 )     (6,366 )
 
Income tax benefit
    --       --       --       900  
 
NET LOSS
    (2,375 )     (2,647 )     (9,422 )     (5,466 )
Cumulative dividends on preferred stock
    (1,119 )     (209 )     (2,741 )     (625 )
 
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE  TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
  $ (3,494 )   $ (2,856 )   $ (12,163 )   $ (6,091 )
 
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
  $ --     $ --     $ --     $ --  
Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding
    13,286,151,000       13,286,151,000       13,286,151,000       13,286,151,000  
                                 
                                 
 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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ENCOMPASS GROUP AFFILIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
 (UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in thousands)

   
 
 
PREFERRED STOCK
   
COMMON STOCK
   
ADDITIONAL
PAID-IN
 CAPITAL
   
ACCUMULATED
DEFICIT
       
   
SHARES
   
AMOUNT
   
SHARES
   
AMOUNT
               
TOTAL
 
BALANCE AT JULY 1, 2010
      2,000     $  --       13,286,151,000     $ 36,152     $ 10,761     $ (57,144 )   $ ( 10,231 )
Stock-based compensation
    --       --       --       --       37       --       37  
Warrants issued to lender
    --       --       --       --       1,241       --       1,241  
Series E preferred stock dividend
    --       --       --       --       (2,114 )     --       (2,114 )
Net loss for the period
    --       --       --       --       --       (9,422 )     (9,422 )
BALANCE AT
MARCH 31, 2011
      2,000     $  --       13,286,151,000     $ 36,152     $ 9,925     $ (66,566 )   $ (20,489 )
 
 
 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 
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ENCOMPASS GROUP AFFILIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in thousands)

       
   
For the Nine Months Ended
 
   
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
CASH FLOWS USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
           
Net loss
  $ (9,422 )   $ (5,466 )
 Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
               
  Depreciation and amortization
    1,734       1,739  
  Deferred income taxes
    --       (900 )
  Provision for doubtful accounts
    4       (137 )
  Stock-based compensation
    37       297  
  Preferred dividend classified as interest
    --       1,044  
  Write-off of deferred transaction costs
    --       1,111  
  Financial costs in connection with warrant issuance
    1,241       1,217  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
(Increase) decrease in assets:
               
  Restricted cash
    --       1,509  
  Accounts receivable
    2,698       (1,825 )
  Inventory
    (226 )     851  
  Due from vendors
    840       4  
  Prepaid expense and other assets
    228       (918 )
Increase (decrease) in liabilities:
               
   Escrow liability
    --       (1,509 )
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    1,950       2,014  
Net cash used in operating activities
    (916 )     (969 )
                 
CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Purchase of property and equipment
    (210 )     (391 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (210 )     (391 )
                 
CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Principal payments on notes payable
    (140 )     (1,400 )
Net cash used in financing activities
    (140 )     (1,400 )
                 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (1,266 )     (2,760 )
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    3,067       5,536  
                 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
  $ 1,801     $ 2,776  
 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 
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NOTE 1.    ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
 
Asset Purchase Agreement

On May 13, 2011, the Company and its subsidiaries, Encompass Parts Distribution, Inc., Cyber-Test, Inc., Vance Baldwin, Inc., Tritronics, Inc. and Encompass Service Solutions, Inc., entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Sancompass, Inc. and Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., which are affiliated with the Company’s principal lenders.  The Asset Purchase Agreement provides for the sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its subsidiaries to Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. (the “Buyer”) in exchange for the following consideration: (i) the assumption by the Buyer of substantially all of the Company’s liabilities and the liabilities of its subsidiaries (including all of the obligations in respect of the Company’s senior indebtedness owed to its principal lenders), subject to certain exclusions as set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement, (ii) the transfer of the subordinated debt held by the Company’s principal lenders in one subsidiary for cancellation, (iii) a cash payment of $1,000; (iv) the issuance to the Company of a 15% common equity interest in Sancompass, Inc., the parent company of the Buyer, and (v) the assumption or discharge of certain of the Company’s other liabilities and expenses.  If the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement are completed, the Company’s assets/liabilities would consist of cash remaining after payment of expenses of the transaction in excess of $150 and liabilities not assumed by the Buyer, as well as the common stock of Sancompass, which will rank junior to approximately $10,000 in senior secured indebtedness and approximately $32,000 in preferred equity.  The Company does not anticipate a material amount of cash will remain after payment of expenses and non-assumed liabilities.  The liquidation preference and accrued dividends of the Company’s preferred stock exceeds $11,000.  Therefore, it is not expected that the sale will result in any distribution to common shareholders.

Organization

Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Florida corporation ("we," "us," "our," “Encompass” or the "Company"), specializes in the technology after­market service and supply chain known as reverse logistics.  Our wholly-owned subsidiaries and principal operating units, Encompass Parts Distribution, Inc. ("EPD") and Encompass Service Solutions, Inc., operate businesses that provide parts procurement and distribution services, depot repair of consumer electronics, computers and peripheral equipment, de-manufacturing and reclamation services for flat panel display products,  returns management services and anticipates providing end-of-life cycle services for all such products.

We are a leader in the consumer electronics segment of the reverse logistics industry providing original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), retailers, third party administrators (“TPAs”) and end-users with single-source, integrated life cycle reverse logistic professional management services for technology products.  Our strategy addresses the overall market from both the end-user driven product support and repair industry and from the manufacturer-driven e-Waste recovery industry.  While these two industries have different characteristics, they have significant back-end operational synergies.  We are also focused on becoming a full-service provider of repair, refurbishment, parts distribution and end-of-life cycle services in other complementary industries. To that end and to augment our growth, we intend to continue to acquire additional businesses that either repair and refurbish equipment or distribute parts typically used in the repair and refurbishment process, as well as those that provide e-Waste recovery services. We presently provide single source, value-added life cycle professional management services for technology products to businesses and consumers in the North American market, and, as described further below, have expanded into Mexico and Canada.

On August 17, 2007 and August 1, 2008, EPD completed the acquisitions of Vance Baldwin, Inc. (“Vance Baldwin”) and Tritronics, Inc. (“Tritronics”), respectively, both of which were consumer electronics parts distributors that have been leaders in the industry, Vance Baldwin for approximately 50 years, Tritronics for approximately 35 years.  EPD is a distributor of replacement parts in the U.S. for substantially all of the major OEM manufacturers, and distributes tens of thousands of different parts (i.e., SKU’s) ranging from consumer electronics, computers, printers, appliances and office supplies carried in stock or special ordered from the five million parts that it has access to for distribution.  In addition, EPD provides service aids and industrial products such as cable, tools, test equipment, cleaners and other installation equipment.  As a key component of our rebranding initiative that began in fiscal 2009, Vance Baldwin and Tritronics, now operating on an integrated single technology platform, are known throughout the industry as EPD.

On July 14, 2008, Vance Baldwin entered into an agreement with Philips Consumer Lifestyle North America (“Philips”), a division of Philips Electronics North America Corporation.  Under the terms of the agreement, Vance Baldwin, as single primary authorized distributor, has assumed the management and execution responsibilities for operational and order fulfillment of the replacement parts business for Philips’ digital flat panel display products.  In this role the Company sells replacement parts to independent service centers, as well as other parts distributors with whom it competes.  Under the terms of this agreement, the Company purchased approximately $4,200 of inventory directly from Philips.

 
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In addition, EPD has, since June 2004, owned Cyber-Test, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Cyber-Test").  Cyber-Test, which is also known as Encompass Service Solutions, Inc. (“Encompass Service”), is a depot repair and refurbishment company that has been based in Longwood, Florida.  Encompass Service operates as an independent service organization with the expertise to provide board-level repair of technical products to third-party warranty companies, OEMs, national retailers and national office equipment dealers. Service options include advance exchange, depot repair, call center support, parts supply and warranty management.  Encompass Service's technical competency extends from office equipment and fax machines to printers, scanners, laptop computers, monitors, multi-function units and high-end consumer elec­tronics such as GPS devices, PDAs and digital cameras and de-manufacturing and reclamation services for flat-panel display products. Services are delivered nationwide through proprietary systems that feature real-time electronic data interchange (“EDI”), flexible analysis tools and repair tracking.  In fiscal 2009, given the interrelationship of distribution and service functions, ESS opened a service center in one of our suburban Atlanta parts distribution warehouses to perform board repair and other reverse logistics functions enabling us to offer a full range of integrated services to customers; in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, all of ESS’ operations were relocated from its Orlando, Florida facility to the aforementioned Atlanta facility.

In connection with its strategy of expanding internationally, EPD has formed subsidiaries in Mexico and Canada to provide parts procurement and distribution services, depot repair of consumer electron­ics, computers and peripheral equipment, de-manufacturing and reclamation services and returns management services.  Both operations have hired employees, outfitted warehouses and commenced shipping to customers, albeit on a limited basis.

Going Concern

As shown in the accompanying condensed financial statements, the Company incurred an operating loss of $3,223 and a net loss of $9,422 for the nine months ended March 31, 2011, and an operating loss of $16,864 and a net loss of $28,774 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.  The Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet reflects a stockholders’ deficiency of $20,489 as of March 31, 2011.  These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. These condensed consolidated financial statements contemplate the ability to continue as such and do not include any adjustments that might result from this uncertainty. Management believes that the Company needs to restructure or refinance all or a portion of its existing indebtedness to continue its operations.  The Company has undertaken or anticipates undertaking certain actions to increase sales revenue and reduce our selling, general and administrative expenses, principally by reducing (i) compensation expense through wage and appropriate headcount reductions and (ii) occupancy expenses through downsizing and/or closing facilities to reduce overhead.  Management cannot be certain that restructuring or refinancing of its existing indebtedness will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Management’s plans regarding those matters are described in Note 5 – Notes Payable and Note 12 – Subsequent Events.

NOTE 2.    SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Interim Financial Statements
 
The condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 are unaudited but in the opinion of management include all adjustments consisting of normal accruals necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the comparative results of operations and cash flows.  Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of those to be achieved or expected for the entire year.  Certain information and footnote disclosures, normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), have been condensed or omitted.  These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.   The June 30, 2010 balance sheet has been derived from the audited financial statements as of that date.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the Company and all of its wholly-owned subsidiaries.  All significant inter-company transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 
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Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements of the Company in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the period.  The most significant estimates used are in determining values of intangible assets, sales return accruals, inventory obsolescence and tax assets and tax liabilities.  Actual results may differ from the estimated results.
 
Effective June 30, 2010, the Company changed its method for estimating the value of its Philips inventory and the required reserve for excess and obsolete inventory.  This change resulted in an immaterial additional increase in the reserve during the nine months ended March 31, 2011.
 
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
 
The Company considers all short-term investments with a maturity date of three months or less when acquired to be cash equivalents.  Cash equivalents include commercial paper, money market funds and certain certificates of deposit.
 
Restricted cash consisted of funds representing a portion of the purchase price that was held in escrow in connection with an acquisition to satisfy possible indemnification obligations.  Such amount was paid on September 30, 2009.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
 
We make judgments as to our ability to collect outstanding trade receivables and provide allowances for the portion of receivables when collection becomes doubtful. Provisions are made based upon a specific review of all significant outstanding invoices. For those invoices not specifically reviewed, provisions are provided at differing rates, based upon the age of the receivable. In determining these percentages, we analyze our historical collection experience and current economic trends. If the historical data we use to calculate the allowance provided for doubtful accounts does not reflect our future ability to collect outstanding receivables, additional provisions for doubtful accounts may be needed and the future results of operations could be materially affected.
 
Inventory

Inventory of OEM parts purchased for resale, and returned parts that are repaired and also held for resale, consists of finished goods and is valued at the lower of cost (average cost basis) or market, using the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method.  Management performs monthly assessments to determine the existence of obsolete, slow-moving inventory and records necessary provisions to establish reserves to reduce such inventory to net realizable value.

Core Charges
 
The vendors of products distributed by the Company frequently add a "core charge" to the cost of individual OEM replacement parts that the Company distributes as a means of encouraging the return of certain replaced components, most frequently circuit boards.  Such core charges can be significant in relation to the cost of individual replacement parts.  These defective, replaced components are returned first to the Company and then to vendors.

Core charges borne by the Company associated with goods in inventory are not included in inventory as cost, but are classified separately in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.  Such core charges amounted to $1,053 and $1,702 as of March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively.  Cores physically returned by customers to the Company awaiting return to vendors are included in inventory.

Customers either receive a credit from the Company for cores when returned, or are obligated to pay the billed core charge in the event a core is not returned.  Upon shipping a returned core to a vendor, the Company records an asset for the amount due from the vendor.

The Company records the appropriate asset and the appropriate liability for all core charges that it may be responsible for at any point in time.  Such amounts represent significant assets and liabilities.  The Company has no control over core pricing.

 
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Property and Equipment
 
Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation.  When equipment is sold or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in operations.  Assets are depreciated using the straight-line method based on the following estimated useful lives:
 
Machinery and equipment
3 to 7 years
Furniture and fixtures
5 to 7 years
Leasehold improvements
Estimated useful life or length of the lease, whichever is shorter

Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense when incurred.
 
Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Management reviews and evaluates goodwill, which represents a significant asset, for impairment annually at each fiscal year end and at interim periods if events indicate that the carrying value may be impaired.  These events or circumstances would include a significant change in the business climate, legal factors, operating performance indicators, competition, sale or disposition of a significant portion of the business or other factors.  Management believes that its impairment tests have utilized reasonable assumptions which have resulted in the determination that the fair value of the reporting units was substantially in excess of carrying value; however, there can be no assurance that circumstances could not change in the future and result in an impairment charge.  Effective July 1, 2009, the carrying value of goodwill is evaluated principally in relation to the operating performance of the Company’s one reporting unit (two units - distribution and service - prior to this date).

The Company’s market capitalization has been deemed to be a poor indicator of fair value because, among other reasons, the Company’s common stock is thinly traded due to concentrated ownership, a lack of institutional awareness of an interest in ownership of the Company’s common stock since it is a “penny stock,” and a lack of research coverage.  Because of this the Company’s common stock is trading lower than it did prior to the Company’s closing of (i) a recapitalization and major acquisition in August 2007 and (ii) a second major acquisition in August 2008.

Accordingly, the carrying value of goodwill is evaluated principally in relation to the operating performance, specifically historical or projected adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”), as appropriate in the circumstances.  The key risk factor that determines whether the carrying value of goodwill had been impaired as of June 30, 2010 was a significant decline in Company’s projected EBITDA in future periods based on then current business conditions.  The EBITDA multiple valuations used were based on nine times a projected EBITDA estimate.  Management based its projected EBITDA estimate on annualized EBITDA calculated after giving effect to certain cost reduction initiates that have been implemented or are underway.  This reasonableness of the EBITDA multiple is supported by recent M&A activity information.

Management reviews and evaluates purchased intangibles with finite lives, which represents a significant asset, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable.  These events or circumstances could include the loss of one or more customers or a material portion of one or more customer’s business or the sale or disposition of a significant portion of the business or other factors.  Some of the significant unobservable inputs that would be utilized include revised projections of revenue, EBITDA and debt free cash flow, and assumptions as to discount rate and period.

Such intangible assets with finite lives are amortized based on the estimated period in which the economic benefits are consumed.  Management believes that its amortization policy has been and will continue to be appropriate unless facts and circumstances change.  In the event of a change in facts and circumstances, such as a major attrition in customers, management may alter the method and remaining period of amortization, and amortization expense could change, or an impairment charge may be incurred.
 
Deferred Finance Costs

Costs associated with the Company’s debt obligations are capitalized and amortized using the interest method over the life of the related debt obligation.  As of March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, $682 of such costs were capitalized, or $185 and $269, respectively, net of amortization.
 
 
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to the relatively short period to maturity for these instruments.  The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt is estimated based on the rates currently available to the Company for debt of the same remaining maturities.  The carrying amounts of the Company’s long-term debt obligations approximate its fair value.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue upon delivery of goods, including new parts and refurbished computer equipment and related products, to a common carrier for delivery to the customer, at which point title passes and collectability is reasonably assured, at a sales price that is fixed and determinable.  Revenue for the repair of customer-owned equipment is recognized upon completion of the repair.   Revenue represents amounts billed electronically based on established price lists.

Provisions for future product returns and core returns from customers are accounted for as sales reductions in the same period that the related sales are recorded, and are estimated based on historical trends, as well as specifically identified anticipated returns due to known business conditions.

Shipping and Handling Costs

The Company includes shipping costs, associated with outbound freight, in cost of sales.  Total shipping costs included in cost of sales for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $1,384 and $1,335, respectively.  Total shipping costs included in cost of sales for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $3,893 and $4,132, respectively.

Loss Per Share

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing the loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period.  Diluted net income per share is based upon the addition of the effect of common stock equivalents (convertible preferred stock and convertible notes payable, potentially dilutive stock options and warrants) to the denominator of the basic net income per share calculation using the treasury stock method, if their effect is dilutive.

For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, potentially dilutive securities that could have been issued upon conversion of convertible preferred stock and convertible notes were excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share as their effect would have been anti-dilutive.  Potentially dilutive securities for each of the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 totalled 115,614,655,000 and 113,037,654,000 shares, respectively.

At March 31, 2011 and 2010, potentially dilutive securities attributable to stock option grants totalled 2,977,587,000 and 10,923,525,000 shares, respectively.  Such options to purchase shares of common stock at $.00075 were not include in the computation of diluted EPS for the years then ended because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares.

Concentration of Credit Risk
 
Sales to two customers in each period accounted for approximately 20.4% and 11.4% of net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2011, and approximately 30.0% and 11.6% of net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2010.  Sales to two customers in each period accounted for approximately 20.3% and 9.6% of net sales for the nine months ended March 31, 2011, and approximately 16.7% and 12.1% of net sales for the nine months ended March 31, 2010.
 
The Company has certain financial instruments that potentially subject it to significant concentrations of credit risk which consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable.  Certain deposits held with banks may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits.  At March 31, 2011, the amount of deposits in excess of insurance provided was $1,320.  Generally, these deposits may be redeemed upon demand and, therefore, bear minimal risk. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents.

 
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Stock-Based Compensation

The fair value of stock option grants is calculated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.  The exercise price of stock options granted is equal to or greater than fair market value at the date of grant as determined by the closing price per share.  The Company recognizes compensation expense for the entire award over the period of vesting.  Performance based compensation is recorded when the underlying criteria are considered probable of being met.
 
The Company determines the value of grants of restricted common stock to employees and others based on the closing price per share at the date of grant and amortizes the cost as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the period which services are to be performed or the period of vesting.
 
Income Taxes
 
The Company follows authoritative guidance for accounting for income taxes whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.  A valuation allowance has been used to partially offset the recognition of any deferred tax assets arising from net operating loss carryforwards due to the uncertainty of future realization.  The use of any tax loss carryforward benefits may also be limited as a result of changes in control of Company.

Management periodically assesses the Company’s ability to realize its deferred tax asset, which is a significant asset, by considering whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will be realized.  Several factors are evaluated, including the amount and timing of the scheduled expiration of the Company’s net operating loss carry forwards (“NOLs”).  Estimates of future taxable income over the periods for which the NOLs are applicable require assumptions as to revenue and expenses, and differences between projected taxable income and book income.  Projected taxable income is expected to exceed projected book income as the dividend on Series E Preferred Stock classified as interest expense under U.S. GAAP is likely not deductible for tax purposes. Projected taxable income in any year may exceed the Company’s annual limitation under Internal Revenue Code Section 382, regarding the amount of loss carryforward that can be utilized to offset such taxable income.  Amounts below the annual limitation may be carried forward to future years.  Certain estimates used in this analysis are based on the current beliefs and expectations of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management.  Although management believes the expectations reflected in these estimates are based upon reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from these expectations.

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are also required to estimate our taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves management estimating the actual tax exposure together with assessing permanent and temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and U.S. GAAP purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our accompanying consolidated balance sheet. We must assess the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and, to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance.  Correspondingly, we reduce the valuation allowance when our analysis of future taxable income indicates that it is more likely than not that the loss carryforwards will be utilized to offset taxable income.  Such a reduction was recorded in fiscal 2009 based on the Company’s projections of future taxable income at that time. We increase the valuation allowance when facts and circumstances reflected in our analysis of future taxable income change and indicate that there is a low probability of utilization of loss carryforwards to offset taxable income.  We believe that our estimate of a valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset is appropriate based on current facts and circumstances.
 
The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense.  The Company defines the federal jurisdiction as well as various multi-state jurisdictions as “major” jurisdictions.  The Company is currently undergoing an examination of its Federal returns for fiscal 2003-2009.  All prior years’ federal returns are closed, except with respect to NOLs generated in prior years.  The Company has not undergone an examination of any of its state returns for any fiscal years.
 
Reclassifications
 
Certain amounts in the fiscal 2010 condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the fiscal 2011 presentation.
 
 
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued revised authoritative guidance for business combinations, which establishes the principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date with limited exceptions. The guidance requires acquisition-related transaction costs such as investment banking fees, accounting fees, legal fees, appraisal fees and Company-incurred direct out-of-pocket costs be expensed as incurred and no longer be effectively accounted for as part of excess purchase price and intangible assets. The provisions as revised were effective for transactions within the annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2008 and will be applied to any business combinations entered into thereafter.  At June 30, 2009, capitalized transaction costs associated with potential acquisitions in process and included in other non-current assets amounted to $1,111, which amount was written off during the three month period ended September 30, 2009.

In April 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance for business combinations for the initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement and accounting, and disclosures for assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in business combinations.  Management is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on future acquisitions, if any, but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend upon the nature, term and size of any acquired contingencies.

In June 2009, the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”) was issued to become the source of authoritative U.S. GAAP to be applied by nongovernmental entities and supersede all then-existing non-Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) accounting and reporting standards. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative U.S. GAAP for SEC registrants. All other non-grandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification became non-authoritative. The Codification was effective for our fiscal quarter beginning July 1, 2009. The adoption did not impact the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

In February 2010, an update to accounting guidance was issued which eliminates the disclosure of the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated.  This update was effective immediately.  The adoption of this amendment did not have a significant effect on our financial statements.  We evaluated our March 31, 2011 financial statements for subsequent events through the date the financial statements were filed with the SEC.  There were subsequent events that are disclosed in Note 12 - Subsequent Events to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by FASB that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. If not discussed, management believes that the impact of recently issued standards, which are not yet effective, will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements upon adoption.
 
NOTE 3.INVENTORY
 
Inventory consisted of the following:
   
March 31, 2011
   
June 30, 2010
 
Parts
  $ 6,631     $ 6,650  
Cores and defective parts
    2,649       2,404  
Total inventory
  $ 9,280     $ 9,054  
 
NOTE 4.INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
   
March 31, 2011
   
June 30, 2010
 
Intangible assets, primarily consisting of customer lists
  $ 15,750     $ 15,750  
Less accumulated amortization
    (5,258 )     (4,077 )
Total net intangible assets
  $ 10,492     $ 11,673  
 
Amortization expense for intangible assets for each of the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $394.  Amortization expense for intangible assets for each of the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $1,181.
 
 
NOTE 5.             NOTES PAYABLE
 
     Notes payable consisted of the following at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010:
 
   
March 31, 2011
   
June 30, 2010
 
Note payable to officer
  $ 310     $ 310  
Senior notes, net
    9,829       9,925  
Series A and Series B senior subordinated notes, net
     26,849       25,663  
Convertible notes
    1,206       1,206  
Other notes payable
    1,003       1,017  
Total notes payable
    39,197       38,121  
Less: current portion
    (39,197 )     (38,121 )
Notes, less current portion
  $ --     $ --  

 
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Classification of Notes Payable as Current

All notes payable have been classified as current liabilities at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010 as payment has been accelerated due to the matters described in the Proposed Transaction with Lenders section below, and due to the possible satisfaction of all or part of these notes possibly occurring prior to June 30, 2011.
 
Proposed Transaction with Lenders
 
The Company did not pay quarterly interest on its subordinated notes due on March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 on a timely basis due to cash constraints.  In connection with negotiations with our principal stockholder and our principal lenders, we paid the principal and interest on the senior notes, and the negotiated cash portions of interest payments due on our senior subordinated notes for March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, in June 2010  and October 2010, respectively, but have not yet paid the cash portions of quarterly interest on our senior and subordinated notes, and quarterly principal payment on our senior notes, due on September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2010.  Further, the Company has not met certain financial covenant tests at March 31 (for which compliance was waived), June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011.  Our lender has elected, pursuant to the terms of our existing debt agreement, to increase the interest rate on our senior and subordinated notes by 2% per annum over the applicable interest rate, effective as of December 31, 2009.   See Note 12 – Subsequent Events for a description of the proposed transaction contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement entered into by and among the Company, its subsidiaries, and Sancompass, Inc. and Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., two newly formed entities affiliated with Sankaty Advisors, LLC and the Company’s principal lenders, on May 13, 2011.
 
NOTE 6.                      PREFERRED AND COMMON STOCK

Dividends in the amount of $909 and $342 were earned by holders of Series E Preferred Stock but not paid in the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Dividends in the amount of $2,114 and $1,044 were earned by holders of Series E Preferred Stock but not paid in the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Such dividend for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2010 is included in interest expense since, prior to June 30, 2010, the issue was classified as a liability rather than equity, with the related liability for dividends included in the Series E Preferred Stock balance in long-term liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

As a result of the Company failing to meet a certain EBITDA leverage ratio covenant tests as of August 1, 2010, the Company’s principal lender earned warrants with a one year term to purchase 2,577,001,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for no additional or nominal consideration.  In connection therewith, the Company recorded a provision in the amount of $1,241 in the nine month period ended March 31, 2011, which provision is included in interest expense and other financial costs, net.

On May 13, 2011, the Company, its subsidiaries, and Sancompass, Inc. and Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., two newly formed entities affiliated with Sankaty Advisors, LLC and the Company’s principal lenders, entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement pursuant to which Encompass Supply Chain Solutions will acquire substantially all of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ assets (other than any assets of certain inactive subsidiaries) and will assume the Company’s senior debt held by its principal lenders.  The Asset Purchase Agreement further contemplates that the lenders will surrender their shares of the Company’s preferred stock, as well as warrants to acquire shares of the Company's common stock at a nominal price.  Even if the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement are completed, the liquidation preference and accrued dividends of the Company’s preferred stock that will remain outstanding will exceed approximately $16,000.  See the description of the proposed transaction contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement in Note 12 – Subsequent Events.
 
 
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NOTE 7.                      COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Matters
 
The Company has been, and may in the future be involved as, a party to various legal proceedings, which are incidental to the ordinary course of its business.  Management regularly analyzes current information and, as necessary, provides accruals for probable liabilities on the eventual disposition of these matters.  In the opinion of management, as of March 31, 2011, there were no threatened or pending legal matters that would have a material impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows, except that which is disclosed in Note 12 – Subsequent Events.
 
Lease Obligations
 
As of March 31, 2011, future minimum aggregate lease payments for the next five fiscal years and in the aggregate are approximately as follows:

For the year ending   
June 30, 2011   $ 433  
 
June 30, 2012
    1,036  
 
June 30, 2013
    709  
 
June 30, 2014
    588  
 
June 30, 2015
    235  
      $ 3,001  
 
Advisory Agreement

Pursuant to an  advisory services agreement between the Company and Phoenix Management Services, Inc. (“Phoenix”) effective August 4, 2010, Phoenix, in an initial phase, reviewed management’s identified cost savings, determined if there are other material cost reduction opportunities available to the Company and provided an evaluation of the overall  operations organization structure and process flow.  A second, or implementation, phase is in process.  In connection therewith, a principal of Phoenix Management Services was appointed interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company for an indefinite period. 

Circuit City Bankruptcy Proceedings

In November 2010, Tritronics and Vance Baldwin were named as defendants in adversary proceedings in a bankruptcy proceeding relating to Circuit City Stores, Inc. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alfred Siegel, as Liquidating Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust v. Tritronics, Inc., Bankruptcy Case No. 08-35653-KRH, Adversary No. 10-03753-KRH and Alfred Siegel, as Liquidating Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust v. Vance Baldwin, Inc., Bankruptcy Case No. 08-35653-KRH, Adversary No. 10-03257-KRH).  The Company considers the plaintiff trustee’s allegations against Tritronics immaterial.  The plaintiff trustee is seeking (i) to reduce Vance Baldwin’s unsecured claim against Circuit City from $298 to $80 and its Section 503(b)( 9) unsecured, priority claim from $632 to $352, (ii) to preclude Vance Baldwin’s unliquidated claim, and (iii) to recover alleged preference claims of up to $2,184 and alleged unpaid obligations of up to $1,044.

Tritronics has settled with the plaintiff trustee for a minor amount.  Vance Baldwin has answered the trustee’s allegations and will enter into mediation proceedings with the trustee in September 2011.

Vance Baldwin has received informal discovery from the plaintiff trustee.  Formal discovery in this proceeding is stayed until after the parties complete such mandatory mediation.  If the parties fail to reach a settlement prior to or after the mediation, then formal discovery will commence and the parties will begin to prepare for trial.

Management believes that Vance Baldwin has a strong defense to the preference claims and that alleged unpaid obligations are either appropriately reserved for or are without merit.  Management believes that the outcome of this matter will not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

Dispute with Former Chief Executive Officer

In December 2010, Wayne I. Danson, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, brought suit against the Company and each of its directors in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.  Mr. Danson’s complaint seeks severance in the amount of $315, approximately $45 in other damages, statutory damages under the New York Labor law and attorney’s fees, less the amount of severance paid.  The Company has paid approximately $225 as severance to Mr. Danson as of June 15, 2011.  On March 10, 2011, the directors were dismissed from the suit.
 
 
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Resignation of Chief Operating Officer

On November 10, 2010, Steven Miller, the Company’s former Chief Operating Officer, resigned from his employment with the Company and from his position as Executive Vice-President of the Company.
 
NOTE 8.STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
 
The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model (which models the value over time of financial instruments) was used to estimate the fair value of the options at an assumed measurement date. The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model uses several assumptions to value an option, including the following:

Expected Dividend Yield--because we do not currently pay dividends, our expected dividend yield is zero.

Expected Volatility in Stock Price--reflects the historical change in our stock price over the expected term of the   stock option.

Risk-free Interest Rate--reflects the average rate on a United States Treasury bond with maturity equal to the expected term of the option.

Expected Life of Stock Awards--reflects the simplified method to calculate an expected life based on the midpoint between the vesting date and the end of the contractual term of the stock award.
 
 
There were no stock option grants awarded in the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2011 and 2009.

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the nine months ended March 31, 2011:

   
 
 
Shares
   
Weighted Average Exercise Price
   
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
 
Outstanding at June 30, 2010
    10,923,525,000     $ 0.00075        
   Granted
    --       --        
   Exercised
    --       --        
   Forfeited
    (7,945,938,000 )   $ 0.00075        
Outstanding at March 31, 2011
    2,977,587,000     $ 0.00075       6.8  
Exercisable at March 31, 2011
    2,715,440,000     $ 0.00075       6.7  
 
Expected to vest
    262,147,000     $ 0.00075       7.6  

During the nine months ended March 31, 2011 stock options granted to the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and former Chief Operating Officer were not exercised and, therefore, were forfeited.  Stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $3 and $62, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $37 and $178, respectively.  As of March 31, 2011, the aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and options exercisable was $0 as the Company’s market price of common stock was less than the exercise price for all options.
 
 
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NOTE 9.RETIREMENT PLANS
 
The Company maintains 401K profit sharing plans for substantially all of its eligible employees.  The expense incurred for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $43 and $62, respectively.  The expense incurred for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $146 and $178, respectively

NOTE 10.INCOME TAXES

The Company periodically assesses its ability to realize its deferred income tax assets by considering whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of deferred income tax assets will be realized.  Several factors are evaluated, including the amount and timing of the scheduled expiration and reversals of NOLs and deferred tax items, respectively, as well as potential generation of future taxable income over the periods for which the NOLs are applicable.  Certain estimates used in this analysis are based on the current beliefs and expectations of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in these estimates are based upon reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from these expectations.  The Company recorded a tax provision (benefit) of $0 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2011, and a tax benefit of $900 for the nine months ended March 31, 2010. The benefit recorded in the nine months ended March 31, 2010 was based on a re-evaluation of its valuation allowance as of that date, which amount was subsequently restored as of June 30, 2010.
 
NOTE 11.                      SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

The following are the payments made during the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 for income taxes and interest:
 
 
2011
   
2010
 
          Income taxes
  $ 12     $ 108  
          Interest
    1,330       3,628  

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2011:

 
(1)
On August 1, 2010, the Company became obligated to issue a warrant, having a value of $1,241, to its principal lender to purchase 2,577,001,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2010:

 
(1) 
On February 1, 2010, the Company became obligated to issue a warrant, having a value of $1,217, to   its principal lender to purchase 2,526,480,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

NOTE 12.             SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Proposed Transaction with Lenders

On February 11, 2011, Sankaty Advisors, LLC (“Sankaty”), advisor to the Company’s principal lenders (the “Lenders”), submitted to the Company’s Board of Directors a proposal pursuant to which, if accepted, ownership of all of the assets of the Company would be transferred to a new entity controlled by the Lenders, in exchange for assuming or extinguishing the Company’s obligations to the Lenders, payment of certain Company expenses and the payment to the Company of cash and issuance of equity in the new company.  A special committee comprised of all of the Company’s directors who are not affiliated with the Company’s majority shareholder was formed to evaluate the proposal.  No member of the Company’s management currently serves on its Board of Directors.
 
On May 13, 2011, following negotiations among the parties, the Company and its operating subsidiaries entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement providing for the sale of substantially all of their assets to Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. (the “Buyer”).  The Buyer is a newly formed entity affiliated with Sankaty and the Lenders.
 
 
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Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Buyer will acquire substantially all of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ assets (other than any assets of certain inactive subsidiaries).  The Buyer will assume the Company’s senior debt held by the Lenders.  The Lenders will contribute the Company’s subordinated debt to the Buyer, and the Buyer will contribute the subordinated debt to the Company, making the Company both the debtor and creditor, effectively extinguishing the subordinated debt.  In addition,

 
·
The Buyer will assume all of the Company’s other liabilities except for specified excluded liabilities (as described below).
 
·
The Buyer will pay $1,000 in cash purchase price.
 
·
The Company will receive common equity in the Buyer’s parent company (the “Parent”), also a newly formed entity affiliated with the Lenders.  The equity is discussed further below.
 
·
The Buyer will reimburse up to $150 of the Company’s transaction expenses, and will contribute a scheduled amount to the settlement of certain liabilities.
 
·
The Lenders will surrender their equity interests in the Company.  Currently, the Lenders own shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred Stock, as well as warrants to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock at a nominal price.
 
·
The Company is expected to receive preferred equity of the Parent, which is then expected to be exchanged for all of the subordinated debt owed by the Company to the former majority shareholders of the Company’s subsidiaries, Vance Baldwin, Inc., and Tritronics, Inc. (the “Baldwin/Tritronics Parent Equity”).  This subordinated debt (approximately $2,045 in the aggregate) was issued as part of the purchase price for those subsidiaries.

Excluded liabilities include:

 
·
the debt held by the former Tritronics and Vance Baldwin shareholders (which is expected to be cancelled in exchange for the Baldwin/Tritronics Parent Equity as described above);
 
·
any obligations to the Company’s former CEO, Wayne Danson, arising from pending litigation between Mr. Danson and the Company regarding the termination of his employment;
 
·
any obligations to Mr. Danson, arising from a letter agreement between the Company and Mr. Danson, executed in the 2007, relating to $310 in accrued consulting fees;
 
·
a note in the principal amount of $206 held by the Company’s counsel;
 
·
transaction expenses in excess of $150;
 
·
liabilities to employees, unless the liability is caused or increased by the Buyer’s failure to offer employment to any Company employee; and
 
·
the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ tax liabilities.

A portion of the purchase price ($350) will be placed in escrow to cover the Company’s indemnification obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement.  In addition, the Company will be prohibited from making any cash distributions to shareholders or payments to affiliates for two years after closing under the Asset Purchase Agreement.  The Company will be required to indemnify the Buyer for any losses and expenses arising from:

 
·
a breach of any representation or warranty by the Company relating to employee benefits or taxes;
 
·
a breach or violation of any covenant of the Company relating to taxes;
 
·
the excluded liabilities; and
 
·
certain claims arising from the bankruptcy proceeding relating to Circuit City Stores, Inc. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in which Tritronics and Vance Baldwin were named as defendants in adversary proceedings in November 2010. (See description below.)

The Company’s indemnification liability is limited to an amount equal to the sum of the following: (1) the escrow amount, (2) cash on hand to the extent it exceeds claims payable to third parties, and (3) distributions to shareholders or payments to affiliates made in contravention of the Asset Purchase Agreement.

The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement is subject to a number of conditions.

The Company may terminate the Asset Purchase Agreement if, before the closing, it enters an acquisition agreement with a third party that provides, on terms reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, for payment in full of the senior and subordinated notes held by the Lenders.  As of May 31, 2011, that amount was approximately $42,000.  In the event the Asset Purchase Agreement is terminated on this basis, the Company must reimburse Buyer’s transaction expenses.  The financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors has been authorized to contact parties who may have an interest in acquiring the Company or its assets.
 
 
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The Company’s Board of Directors approved the Asset Purchase Agreement after receiving the recommendation of the special committee.  The special committee was advised by its financial advisor who rendered an opinion that the transaction contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement is fair to the Company, from a financial point of view.  The special committee will evaluate any potential alternative transaction brought to its attention by its financial advisor.

If the transactions contemplated in the Asset Purchase Agreement and the exchange of the Baldwin/Tritronics Parent Equity for the subordinated debt held by the former Tritronics and Vance Baldwin shareholders are effected, the Company’s assets/liabilities would consist of cash remaining after payment of expenses of the transaction in excess of $150 and liabilities not assumed by the Buyer, as well as the common stock of the Parent.  The common stock in the Parent that the Company will receive will represent a 15% interest in the common equity of the Parent, but there will be approximately $10,000 in secured debt and at least $33,000 in preferred equity senior to the common stock the Company will receive.  Accordingly, the Company does not place any significant value on the common stock.  The Company does not anticipate a material amount of cash will remain after payment of expenses and non-assumed liabilities.  The liquidation preference and accrued dividends of the Company’s preferred stock exceeds $11,000.  Therefore the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement will not result in any distribution to common shareholders.

The transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement are expected to permit the business currently conducted by the Company to operate profitably with reduced debt and a more favorable capital structure.  As the Company will be divested of its business as assets, however, those improvements will not benefit the Company or its shareholders.

The Asset Purchase Agreement requires shareholder approval.  All classes of the Company’s voting preferred stock will vote together with the common stock as one class, with each share of preferred stock entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the number of common shares into which it can be converted.  Because of this, the holder of a majority of the Company’s outstanding Series C Preferred Stock, ACT-DE, LLC, has sufficient votes to approve the Asset Purchase Agreement without the vote of any other shareholders.  ACT-DE, LLC has committed to vote for approval of the Asset Purchase Agreement pursuant to a Voting Agreement between ACT-DE, LLC and the Buyer.
 
 


 
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion And Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations  
 
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes and the other financial information appearing elsewhere in this report.  In addition to historical information, the following discussion and other parts of this quarterly report contain words such as “may,” "estimates," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," “plan,” "will," “could,” "seek," “continue,” “future,” “goal,” “scheduled” and other similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties.  In addition, any statements that refer to expectations or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements.  Actual results and outcomes could differ materially as a result of important factors including, among other things, general economic conditions, the Company's ability to renew or replace key supply and credit agreements, fluctuations in operating results, committed backlog, public market and trading issues, risks associated with dependence on key personnel, competitive market conditions in the Company's existing lines of business and technological obsolescence, as well as other risks and uncertainties.  See “Risk Factors” below.
 
Executive Summary
 
As Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Florida corporation, we specialize in the technology aftermarket service and supply chain known as reverse logistics. Our wholly-owned subsidiaries and principal operating units, Encompass Parts Distribution, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("EPD"), and Encompass Service Solutions, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) collectively operate businesses that, on a national level, provide parts procurement and distribution services, depot repair of consumer electronics, computer and peripheral equipment, board level repair, de-manufacturing and reclamation services for flat panel display and computer products, returns management services, and anticipates providing end-of-life cycle services for all such products. We are a market leader in reverse logistics for the consumer electronics industry by providing original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), retailers, third party administrators (“TPAs”) and end-users with single-source, integrated life cycle reverse logistic professional management services for technology products.  The Company operates as one segment in the reverse logistics industry serving the electronics industry.

Financial Condition
 
On May 13, 2011, we and our subsidiaries, Encompass Parts Distribution, Inc., Cyber-Test, Inc., Vance Baldwin, Inc., Tritronics, Inc. and Encompass Service Solutions, Inc., entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Sancompass, Inc. and Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., which are affiliated with our principal lenders.  The Asset Purchase Agreement provides for the sale of substantially all of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries to Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. (the “Buyer”) in exchange for the following consideration: (i) the assumption by the Buyer of substantially all of our liabilities and the liabilities of our subsidiaries (including all of the obligations in respect of our senior indebtedness owed to our principal lenders), subject to certain exclusions as set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement, (ii) the transfer of the subordinated debt held by our principal lenders in one of our subsidiaries for cancellation, (iii) a cash payment of $1,000; (iv) the issuance to us of a 15% common equity interest in Sancompass, Inc., the parent company of the Buyer, and (v) the assumption or discharge of certain of our other liabilities and expenses.  If the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement are completed, our assets/liabilities would consist of cash remaining after payment of expenses of the transaction in excess of $150 and liabilities not assumed by the Buyer, as well as the common stock of Sancompass, which will rank junior to approximately $10,000 in senior secured indebtedness and approximately $32,000 in preferred equity.  We do not anticipate a material amount of cash will remain after payment of expenses and non-assumed liabilities.  The liquidation preference and accrued dividends of our preferred stock exceeds $11,000.  Therefore, we do not expect that the sale will result in any distribution to common shareholders.  Our Board of Directors has considered various strategic alternatives to allow for the maximization of value of the company and to satisfy our obligations.  We have concluded that the sale transaction is the company’s only viable alternative.

As shown in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company incurred an operating loss of $3,223 and a net loss of $9,422 for the nine months ended March 31, 2011, and an operating loss of $16,864 and a net loss of $28,774 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.  The Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet reflects a stockholders’ deficiency of $20,489 as of March 31, 2011.  We did not pay quarterly principal and interest on our senior notes and interest on our subordinated notes due on March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 on a timely basis due to cash constraints and, pending negotiations with our principal stockholder and our principal lenders, have not paid quarterly interest on our senior and subordinated notes, and quarterly principal payments on our senior notes, due on September 30, 2010, December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011.  On September 17, 2010, our lenders notified us that, pursuant to the terms of our existing debt agreement, the interest rate on our senior and subordinated notes would increase by 2% per annum over the otherwise applicable interest rate and the increase would be effective as of December 31, 2009. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.  Management believes that the Company needs to restructure or refinance all or a portion of its existing indebtedness to continue its operations.  The Company has undertaken or anticipates undertaking certain actions to increase sales revenue and reduce our selling, general and administrative expenses, principally by reducing (i) compensation expense through wage and appropriate headcount reductions and (ii) occupancy expenses through downsizing and/or closing facilities to reduce overhead.  Management cannot be certain that restructuring or refinancing of its existing indebtedness will be available on acceptable terms, or at all.  Management’s plans regarding those matters are described in Note 5 – Notes Payable and Note 12 – Subsequent Events.

 
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Critical Accounting Policies, Estimates and Judgments

Discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, core charges, inventory, goodwill and intangible assets and income taxes. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
 
We believe the application of the following critical accounting policies used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires significant judgments and estimates on the part of management.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue and related provisions for returns are significant to the Company’s results of operations.  The Company recognizes revenue upon delivery of goods, including new parts and refurbished computer equipment and related products, to a common carrier for delivery to the customer, at which point title passes and collectability is reasonably assured, at a sales price that is fixed and determinable.  Revenue for the repair of customer-owned equipment is recognized upon completion of the repair.   Revenue represents amounts billed electronically based on established price lists.  This methodology has historically been accurate and is expected to continue to be so.

Provisions for future product returns and core returns from customers are accounted for as sales reductions in the same period that the related sales are recorded, and are estimated based on historical trends, as well as specifically identified anticipated returns due to known business conditions.  While the Company’s rate of customer returns of new parts sold and defective parts, as well as cores, can vary from period to period as a percent of sales, our methodology of using historical trends as the basis for our assumptions and estimates has yielded accurate provisions and is expected to continue to do so.

Core Charges

The vendors of products distributed by the Company frequently add a "core charge" to the cost of individual replacement parts that the Company distributes as a means of encouraging the return of certain replaced components, most frequently circuit boards.  Such core charges can be significant in relation to the cost of individual replacement parts. These defective, replaced components are returned first to the Company and then to vendors and are ultimately repaired and re-enter the distribution channel.

Core charges borne by the Company associated with goods in inventory are not included in inventory as cost, but are classified separately in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.  Cores physically returned by customers to the Company awaiting return to vendors are included in inventory.

Customers either receive a credit from the Company for cores when returned, or are obligated to pay the billed core charge in the event a core is not returned.  Upon shipping a returned core to a vendor, the Company records an asset for the amount due from the vendor.

The Company records the appropriate assets and the appropriate liability for all core charges that it may be responsible for at any point in time.  Such amounts represent significant assets and liabilities.  The Company has no control over core pricing.  As core charges increase, our cash flow can be adversely impacted to the extent we may have to pay increased charges in advance of customer payment for the core charge following the sale of the related part or the return of the actual core from the customer.

Inventory

Inventory principally consists of OEM parts purchased for resale, and includes returned parts that are repaired and also held for resale and defective parts and cores to be returned to vendors, is valued at the lower of cost (average cost basis) or market, using the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method.  Management performs monthly assessments to determine the existence of obsolete and slow-moving inventory and records necessary provisions to establish reserves to reduce such inventory to net realizable value.  We believe that the current methodology used to determine excess and obsolete inventory and required reserves have been, and will continue to be, appropriate.

 
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Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The Company allocates the purchase price of its acquisitions to the tangible assets, liabilities and identifiable intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values.  The excess purchase price over those fair values is recorded as goodwill.  Historically, the Company included transaction costs, such as investment banking fees, accounting fees, legal fees, appraisal fees and Company-incurred direct out-of-pocket costs, as part of the purchase price of its acquisitions.  Under U.S. GAAP effective July 1, 2009, the Company is required to expense such costs as incurred.

Management reviews and evaluates goodwill, which represents a significant asset, for impairment annually at each fiscal year end and at interim periods if events indicate that the carrying value may be impaired.  These events or circumstances would include a significant change in the business climate, legal factors, operating performance indicators, competition, sale or disposition of a significant portion of the business or other factors.  Management believes that its impairment tests have utilized reasonable assumptions which have resulted in the determination that the fair value of the reporting units was in excess of carrying value; however, there can be no assurance that circumstances could not change in the future and result in an impairment charge.  The evaluation of goodwill for impairment is performed at the entity level annually at each fiscal year end.

The Company’s market capitalization has been deemed to be a poor indicator of fair value because the Company’s common stock is thinly traded due to concentrated ownership, a lack of institutional awareness of and interest in ownership of the Company’s common stock since it is a “penny stock,” and a lack of research coverage.  The Company’s common stock is trading in the same general price range as it did prior to the Company’s closing of (i) a recapitalization and major acquisition in August 2007 and (ii) a second major acquisition in August 2008.

Accordingly, the carrying value of goodwill is evaluated principally in relation to the operating performance, specifically historical or projected adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”), as appropriate in the circumstances.  The key risk factor that determines whether the carrying value of goodwill has been impaired is a significant decline in actual EBITDA realized and a significant decline in Company’s projected EBITDA in future periods based on then current business conditions.  Management bases EBITDA estimates for future years on historical adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenue.  This reasonableness of the EBITDA multiple is supported by recent M&A activity information.

Management reviews and evaluates purchased intangibles with finite lives, which represents a significant asset, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable.  These events or circumstances could include the loss of one or more customers or a material portion of one or more customer’s business or the sale or disposition of a significant portion of the business or other factors.  Some of the significant unobservable inputs that would be utilized include revised projections of revenue, EBITDA and debt free cash flow, and assumptions as to discount rate and period.

Such intangible assets with finite lives are amortized based on the estimated period in which the economic benefits are consumed.  Management believes that its amortization policy has been and will continue to be appropriate unless facts and circumstances change.  In the event of a change in facts and circumstances, such as a major attrition in customers, management may alter the method and remaining period of amortization, and amortization expense could change, or an impairment charge may be incurred.

Income Taxes

The Company follows authoritative guidance for accounting for income taxes whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.  A valuation allowance has been used to partially offset the recognition of any deferred tax assets arising from net operating loss carryforwards due to the uncertainty of future realization.  The use of any tax loss carryforward benefits may also be limited as a result of changes in control of Company.

 
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Management periodically assesses the Company’s ability to realize its deferred tax asset, which is a significant asset, by considering whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will be realized.  Several factors are evaluated, including the amount and timing of the scheduled expiration of the Company’s net operating loss carry forwards (“NOLs”).  Estimates of future taxable income over the periods for which the NOLs are applicable require assumptions as to revenue and expenses, and differences between projected taxable income and book income.  Projected taxable income is expected to exceed projected book income as the dividend on Series E Preferred Stock classified as interest expense under U.S. GAAP is likely not deductible for tax purposes. Projected taxable income in any year may exceed the Company’s annual limitation under Internal Revenue Code Section 382, regarding the amount of loss carryforward that can be utilized to offset such taxable income.  Amounts below the annual limitation may be carried forward to future years.  Certain estimates used in this analysis are based on the current beliefs and expectations of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management.  Although management believes the expectations reflected in these estimates are based upon reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from these expectations.

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are also required to estimate our taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves management estimating the actual tax exposure together with assessing permanent and temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and U.S. GAAP purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our accompanying consolidated balance sheet. We must assess the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and, to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance.  Correspondingly, we reduce the valuation allowance when our analysis of future taxable income indicates that it is more likely than not that the loss carryforwards will be utilized to offset taxable income.  Such a reduction was recorded in fiscal 2009 based on the Company’s projections of future taxable income at that time.  We would increase the valuation allowance when facts and circumstances reflected in our analysis of future taxable income change and indicate that there is a low probability of utilization of loss carryforwards to offset taxable income.  We believe that our estimate of a valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset is appropriate based on current facts and circumstances.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued revised authoritative guidance for business combinations, which establishes the principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date with limited exceptions. The guidance requires acquisition-related transaction costs such as investment banking fees, accounting fees, legal fees, appraisal fees and Company-incurred direct out-of-pocket costs be expensed as incurred and no longer be effectively accounted for as part of excess purchase price and intangible assets. The provisions as revised were effective for transactions within the annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2008 and will be applied to any business combinations entered into thereafter.  At June 30, 2009, capitalized transaction costs associated with potential acquisitions in process and included in other non-current assets amounted to $1,111, which amount was written off during the year ended June 30, 2010.

In April 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance for business combinations for the initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement and accounting, and disclosures for assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in business combinations.  Management is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on future acquisitions, if any, but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend upon the nature, term and size of any acquired contingencies.

In June 2009, the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”) was issued to become the source of authoritative U.S. GAAP to be applied by nongovernmental entities and supersede all then-existing non-Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) accounting and reporting standards. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative U.S. GAAP for SEC registrants. All other non-grandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification became non-authoritative. The Codification was effective for our fiscal quarter beginning July 1, 2009. The adoption did not impact the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In February 2010, an update to accounting guidance was issued which eliminates the disclosure of the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated.  This update was effective immediately.  The adoption of this amendment did not have a significant effect on our financial statements.  We evaluated our March 31, 2011 financial statements for subsequent events through the date the financial statements were filed with the SEC.  There were subsequent events that are disclosed in Note 12 - Subsequent Events to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

 
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From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by FASB that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. If not discussed, management believes that the impact of recently issued standards, which are not yet effective, will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements upon adoption.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - COMPARISON OF THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 TO THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010

The following table sets forth certain selected financial data as a percentage of sales for the three months ended March 31, 2011:

   
Three Months Ended
   
Three Months Ended
 
   
March 31, 2011
   
March 31, 2010
 
Net sales
  $ 18,892       100.0 %   $ 23,580       100.0 %
Cost of sales
    14,992       79.4 %     18,117       76.8 %
Gross profit
    3,900       20.6 %     5,463       23.2 %
Operating expenses
    4,558       24.1 %      5,142       21.8 %
Income (Loss) from operations
    (658 )     (3.5 )%     321       1.4 %
Other expense, net
    (1,717 )     (9.1 )%     (2,968 )     (12.6 )%
Loss before taxes
    (2,375 )     (12.6 )%     (2,647 )     (11.2 )%
Income tax benefit
    --       -- %     --       -- %
Net loss
  $ (2,375 )     (12.6 )%   $ (2,647 )     (11.2 )%

Net Sales

Net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2011 amounted to $18,892 as compared to net sales of $23,580 for the three months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $4,688, or 19.9%.  The decrease in net sales was a result of an increase in sales to EPD’s major customer (at a lower gross margin), which was more than offset by a net decrease in sales to other customers in the aggregate as a result of the impact of the continuing economic downturn on much of its customer base.
 
Cost of Sales and Gross Profit
 
Our cost of sales totaled $14,992 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, as compared to $18,117 for the three months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $3,125 or 17.3%.  Cost of sales did not decrease in line with the decrease in net sales due to a decrease in gross margin.  Our gross profit decreased to $3,900 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to $5,463 for the three months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $1,563, or 28.6%, due to both the decrease in net sales referred to above and the decrease in gross margin discussed below.
 
Gross margin decreased to 20.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2011 from 23.2% for the comparable period in the prior year.  The decrease is primarily attributable to the effect of a change in product and customer mix.  Gross margin for the current quarter decreased due to the effect of (i) the aforementioned increase in lower margin incremental sales by EPD to a major customer compared to the prior year quarter, (ii) product mix where higher margins products has decrease in revenue during the most recent quarter as compared to year ago,(iii) a lower realized gross margin on service work performed by Encompass Service Solutions this quarter due to inefficiencies caused by the relocation of its operations from its own leased facility in Florida to a facility leased by EPD in Georgia.
 
Operating Expenses
 
Total operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $4,558 and $5,142, respectively, representing a decrease of $584 or 11.4%.

 
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Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2011 amounted to $515 compared to $497 for the three months ended March 31, 2010, a minor difference.
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to $4,043 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 from $4,645 for the three months ended March 31, 2010, for a decrease of $602 or 13.0%.  The decrease was attributable to (i) occupancy expenses attributable to the closing of certain facilities and (ii) compensation expenses attributable to headcount reductions as executed under a restructuring and cost reduction program.(iii) decrease in credit card fees related to sales, offset by increase in  (i) fees associated with an advisory services agreement, (ii) increased expenses associated with international operations.
 
Other Income (Expense)
 
Total other expense amounted to $1,717 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $2,968 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 for a change of $1,251.  For the three months ended March 31, 2010 the Series E preferred stock dividend was included in interest expense, whereas in the current period this dividend is charged to additional  paid-in capital.
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - COMPARISON OF THE NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 TO THE NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010

The following table sets forth certain selected financial data as a percentage of sales for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010:

   
Nine Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
March 31, 2011
   
March 31, 2010
 
Net sales
  $ 62,169       100.00 %   $ 67,972       100.00 %
Cost of sales
    50,446       81.1 %     51,807       76.2 %
Gross profit
    11,723       18.9 %     16,165       23.8 %
Operating expenses
    14,946       24.1 %     15,169       22.3 %
Write-off of deferred transaction costs
    --       --       1,111       1.6 %
Total operating costs
    14,946       24.1 %     16,280       23.9 %
Loss from operations
    (3,223 )     (5.2 )%     (115 )     (.2 )%
Other expense, net
    (6,199 )     (10.0 )%     (6,251 )     (9.2 )%
Loss before taxes
    (9,422 )     (15.2 )%     (6,366 )     (9.4 )%
Income tax benefit
    0       0.0 %     900       1.3 %
Net loss
  $ (9,422 )     (15.2 )%   $ (5,466 )     (8.1 )%

Net Sales

Net sales for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 amounted to $62,169 as compared to net sales of $67,972 for the nine months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $5,803, or 8.5%.  The decrease in net sales was attributable to a net decrease in sales as a result of the impact of the continuing economic downturn on much of its customer base and, to a lesser extent, lower sales by Encompass Service Solutions due to the loss of a contract with a major customer, offset in part by an increase in sales to EPD’s major customer (at a lower gross margin).
 
Cost of Sales and Gross Profit
 
Our cost of sales totaled $50,446 for the nine months ended March 31, 2011, as compared to $51,807 for the nine months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $1,361, or 2.6%, despite the aforementioned decrease in net sales in the current period compared to the earlier period.  This unfavorable change is directly related to a decrease in gross margin described below.  Our gross profit decreased to $11,723 for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to $16,165 for the nine months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $4,442 or 27.5%, also due to the decrease in gross margin described below.
 
Gross margin decreased to 18.9% for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 from 23.8% for the comparable period in the prior year.  The decrease is primarily attributable to the effect of a change in product and customer mix.  Gross margin for the current period decreased due to the effect of (i) the aforementioned increase in lower margin incremental sales by EPD to a major customer compared to the prior year period, (ii) no sales by EPD in the current period under a high margin short-term contract that was in effect in the year ago period, and  (iii) a lower realized gross margin on service work performed by Encompass Service Solutions this quarter due to inefficiencies caused by the relocation of its operations from its own leased facility in Florida to a facility leased by EPD in Georgia.
 

 
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Operating Expenses
 
Total operating expenses for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $14,946 and $16,280, respectively, representing a decrease of $1,334 or 8.2%.  The net change was primarily attributable to a reduction in wages related to headcount reduction and management staff , reduced level of stock based compensation , offset by the net effect on higher expenses associated with advisory services agreement and lower selling, general and administrative expenses of several matters described below.
 
Depreciation and amortization for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 amounted to $1,527 compared to $1,506 for the nine months ended March 31, 2010, a minor difference.
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to $13,419 for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 from $13,663 for the nine months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $244 or 1.8%.  The decrease was attributable to (i) occupancy expenses attributable to the closing of certain facilities and (ii) compensation expenses attributable to headcount reductions as executed under a restructuring and cost reduction program, offset by (i) charges recorded in the current period under the Company’s restructuring program for restructuring expenses related to the consolidation of EPD’s warehouse operations from five to two facilities, (ii) fees associated with an advisory services agreement, (iii) increased expenses associated with international operations and (iv) a charge for severance compensation payable to the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and former Chief Operating Officer.
 
Other Income (Expense)
 
Total other income (expense) amounted to $(6,199) for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $(6,251) for the nine months ended March 31, 2010, an decrease of $52, or .1%.  This decrease was due principally to a charge of $1,241 in the current period for the issuance of warrants to the Company’s principal lender recorded in interest expense and other financial costs, net, offset by lower interest expense as the Series E preferred stock dividend was previously included in interest expense, whereas in the current period this dividend is charged to additional paid-in capital.
 
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
At March 31, 2011, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $1,801 available to meet its working capital and operational needs.  Working capital amounted to a negative $32,125 due to the effect of the classification of notes payable in current liabilities as described in Note 5 – Notes Payable.  Following a series of transactions in August 2007 and August 2008, to, among other things, effect a recapitalization and complete two major acquisitions, the Company’s cash flows had been consistent and stable from quarter to quarter in fiscal 2008 and 2009 based on the level of net earnings and EBITDA generated by our operating units.  Working capital needed to fund increases in inventory and accounts receivable or capital expenditures historically has been provided by operations and cash on hand.

The bankruptcy filing and liquidation of a major parts customer that occurred in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, and the loss of a large laptop service contract with a major parts and service customer, negatively impacted our cash flows in fiscal 2010.  While these two events had an impact on sales, operating income and cash flows the Company’s overall liquidity and financial condition nonetheless had been sufficient to meet the Company’s working capital and debt service needs through the quarter ended December 31, 2009.

We did not pay quarterly interest on our subordinated notes due on March 31 and June 30, 2010 on a timely basis due to cash constraints.  In connection with negotiations with our principal stockholder and our principal lenders preceding our entry in an Asset Purchase Agreement on May 13, 2011 (described below under the heading, Subsequent Event – Proposed Transaction with Lenders), we paid the required principal and interest payments for March 31 and June 30, 2010 in June and October 2010, respectively, but have not paid quarterly interest on our senior and subordinated notes, and quarterly principal payment on our senior notes, due on September 30, 2010, December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011.  Further, the Company has not met certain financial covenant tests at March 31 (for which compliance was waived), June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011.  Our lenders have elected, pursuant to the terms of our existing debt agreement, to increase the interest rate on our senior and subordinated notes by 2% per annum over the otherwise applicable interest rate, effective as of December 31, 2009.
 

 
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In addition, we failed to make the EBITDA leverage ratio for the twelve month periods prior to February 1, 2010; accordingly, our principal lenders earned warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,526,480,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, as amended.  When we also failed to make the EBITDA leverage ratio for the twelve month period prior to August 1, 2010, our principal lenders earned warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,577,001,000 shares of our common stock. The warrants expire on the first anniversary of their issuance, have anti-dilution protections and benefit from other customary protections.  See the discussion below under the heading Subsequent Event – Proposed Transaction with Lenders for more information concerning the warrants.
 
We have undertaken or anticipate undertaking certain actions to reduce our selling, general and administrative expenses, principally by reducing (i) compensation expense through wage and appropriate headcount reductions and (ii) occupancy expenses through downsizing and/or closing facilities to reduce overhead.  Because of actions taken to date, our cash flow has improved vis. a vis. what it would have otherwise been.
 
The interest rate on the Company’s senior subordinated notes, which had a floor of 13% and a ceiling of 17%, was determined by the Company’s maximum EBITDA leverage ratio, as defined, on the first day of each quarter.  As described above, the Company’s interest rate has been increased by an additional 2% and, accordingly, for the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2010, the rate increased to the aforementioned 19%.  We anticipate that the interest rate will remain at that level for any subsequent periods prior to the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement dated May 13, 2011 (described below under the heading, Subsequent Event – Proposed Transaction with Lenders).
 
Our debt agreement requires an annual sweep of excess cash flow, as defined in the debt agreement.  For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, although no payment was required under the definition of a cash flow sweep in the debt agreement, the Company agreed pursuant to an amendment to such agreement to pay a one-time, additional $1,000 principal payment.  The Company paid this additional principal on October 2, 2009.  A payment will not be required for fiscal 2010 under the cash flow sweep in the debt agreement.
 
Subsequent Event – Proposed Transaction with Lenders
 
On February 11, 2011, Sankaty Advisors, LLC (“Sankaty”), advisor to our principal lenders (the “Lenders”), submitted to our Board of Directors a proposal pursuant to which, if accepted, ownership of all of our assets would be transferred to a new entity controlled by the Lenders, in exchange for assuming or extinguishing our obligations to the Lenders, payment of certain Company expenses and the payment to the Company of cash and issuance of equity in the new company.  A special committee comprised of all of our directors who are not affiliated with our majority shareholder was formed to evaluate the proposal.  No member of the Company’s management currently serves on our Board of Directors.
 
On May 13, 2011, following negotiations among the parties, we and our operating subsidiaries entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement providing for the sale of substantially all of our assets to Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. (the “Buyer”).  The Buyer is a newly formed entity affiliated with Sankaty and the Lenders.

Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Buyer will acquire substantially all of our and our subsidiaries’ assets (other than any assets of certain inactive subsidiaries).  The Buyer will assume our senior debt held by the Lenders.  The Lenders will contribute our subordinated debt to the Buyer, and the Buyer will contribute the subordinated debt to us, making us both the debtor and creditor, effectively extinguishing the subordinated debt.  In addition,

 
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The Buyer will assume all of our other liabilities except for specified excluded liabilities (as described below).
 
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The Buyer will pay $1,000,000 in cash purchase price.
 
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We will receive common equity in the Buyer’s parent company (the “Parent”), also a newly formed entity affiliated with the Lenders.  The equity is discussed further below.
 
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The Buyer will reimburse up to $150 of our transaction expenses, and will contribute a scheduled amount to the settlement of certain liabilities.
 
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The Lenders will surrender their equity interests in the Company.  Currently, the Lenders own shares of our Series C Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred Stock, as well as warrants to acquire shares of our common stock at a nominal price.
 
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We expect to receive preferred equity of the Parent, which is then expected to be exchanged for all of the subordinated debt owed by us to the former majority shareholders of our subsidiaries, Vance Baldwin, Inc., and Tritronics, Inc. (the “Baldwin/Tritronics Parent Equity”).  This subordinated debt (approximately $2,045 in the aggregate) was issued as part of the purchase price for those subsidiaries.

 
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Excluded liabilities include:

 
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the debt held by the former Tritronics and Vance Baldwin shareholders (which is expected to be cancelled in exchange for the Baldwin/Tritronics Parent Equity as described above);
 
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any obligations to our former CEO, Wayne Danson, arising from pending litigation between Mr. Danson and us regarding the termination of his employment;
 
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any obligations to Mr. Danson, arising from a letter agreement between the Company and Mr. Danson, executed in the 2007, relating to $310 in accrued consulting fees;
 
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a note in the principal amount of $206 held by our outside counsel;
 
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transaction expenses in excess of $150;
 
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liabilities to employees, unless the liability is caused or increased by the Buyer’s failure to offer employment to any Company employee; and
 
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our or our subsidiaries’ tax liabilities.

A portion of the purchase price ($350) will be placed in escrow to cover our indemnification obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement.  In addition, we will be prohibited from making any cash distributions to our shareholders or payments to affiliates for two years after closing under the Asset Purchase Agreement.  We will be required to indemnify the Buyer for any losses and expenses arising from:

 
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a breach of any representation or warranty by us relating to employee benefits or taxes;
 
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a breach or violation of any covenant of the Company relating to taxes;
 
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the excluded liabilities; and
 
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certain claims arising from the bankruptcy proceeding relating to Circuit City Stores, Inc. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in which Tritronics and Vance Baldwin were named as defendants in adversary proceedings in November 2010. See description of these claims in Note 12 – Subsequent Events – Circuit City Bankruptcy Proceedings.

Our indemnification liability is limited to an amount equal to the sum of the following: (1) the escrow amount, (2) cash on hand to the extent it exceeds claims payable to third parties, and (3) distributions to our shareholders or payments to our affiliates made in contravention of the Asset Purchase Agreement.

The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement is subject to a number of conditions, including:

 
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the representations and warranties of the parties being true and correct in all material respects at closing,
 
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there being no material breaches of the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement,
 
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absence of any litigation or other legal requirement prohibiting the consummation of the transaction or preventing the Buyer from owning the purchased assets,
 
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certain third party consents,
 
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requisite shareholder approval (as described in more detail below),
 
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the completion of arrangements to effect the exchange of the Baldwin/Tritronics Parent Equity received by us for the subordinated debt held by the former Tritronics and Vance Baldwin shareholders,
 
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the completion of the terms of the preferred and common equity arrangements for the Parent,
 
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the execution by H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C. of a non-competition agreement, and
 
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certain other customary closing conditions.

We may terminate the Asset Purchase Agreement if, before the closing, we enter an acquisition agreement with a third party that provides, on terms reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, for payment in full of the senior and subordinated notes held by the Lenders.  As of May 31, 2011, that amount was approximately $42,000.  In the event the Asset Purchase Agreement is terminated on this basis, we must reimburse Buyer’s transaction expenses.  The financial advisor to the special committee of the Board of Directors, Cassel Salpeter & Co., has been authorized to contact parties who may have an interest in acquiring the Company or its assets.

Our Board of Directors approved the Asset Purchase Agreement after receiving the recommendation of the special committee.  The special committee was advised by Cassel Salpeter & Co., who rendered an opinion that the transaction contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement is fair to the Company, from a financial point of view.  The special committee will evaluate any potential alternative transaction brought to its attention by Cassel Salpeter & Co.

 
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If the transactions contemplated in the Asset Purchase Agreement and the exchange of the Baldwin/Tritronics Parent Equity for the subordinated debt held by the former Tritronics and Vance Baldwin shareholders are effected, our assets/liabilities would consist of cash remaining after payment of expenses of the transaction in excess of $150 and liabilities not assumed by the Buyer, as well as the common stock of the Parent.  The common stock in the Parent that we will receive will represent a 15% interest in the common equity of the Parent, but there will be approximately $10,000 in secured debt and at least $33 in preferred equity senior to the common stock that we will receive.  Accordingly, we do not place any significant value on the common stock.  Nor do we anticipate a material amount of cash will remain after payment of expenses and non-assumed liabilities.  The liquidation preference and accrued dividends of our preferred stock exceeds $11,000.  Therefore the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement will not result in any distribution to common shareholders.

The transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement are expected to permit the business currently conducted by us to operate profitably with reduced debt and a more favorable capital structure.  As we will be divested of these businesses as assets, however, those improvements will not benefit us or our shareholders.

The Asset Purchase Agreement requires shareholder approval.  All classes of our voting preferred stock will vote together with the common stock as one class, with each share of preferred stock entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the number of common shares into which it can be converted.  Because of this, the holder of a majority of our outstanding Series C Preferred Stock, ACT-DE, LLC, has sufficient votes to approve the Asset Purchase Agreement without the vote of any other shareholders.  ACT-DE, LLC has committed to vote for approval of the Asset Purchase Agreement pursuant to a Voting Agreement between ACT-DE, LLC and the Buyer.

Net Cash Used In Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities of $916 for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 was principally attributable to a net loss of $9,422 and  an increase in inventory of $226, offset by non-cash charges of $3,016, principally consisting of depreciation and amortization, and the aforementioned financial cost incurred in connection with the warrants issued to our senior lender, as well as a decrease in accounts receivable of $2,698 (which was generally due to lower sales and a change in payment terms with a major customer), a decrease of $840 in the amount due from vendors resulting from reduced purchases and therefore fewer returns to vendors, a decrease in prepaid expense and other assets of $228 due to lower core charges resulting from a decrease in new parts inventory, and an increase in accrued interest due to non-payment of June 30, 2010 interest payable to the Company’s principal lender and an increase in  accounts payable of $1,950.

Net cash used in operating activities of $969 for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 was principally due to a net loss of $5,466, an increase in accounts receivable of $1,825, an increase in prepaid expense and other assets of $918, and a decrease in escrow liability of $1,509, offset by a non-cash charges of $4,371, principally consisting of depreciation and amortization $1,739, aforementioned one-time write off of deferred transaction costs of $1,111, financial costs incurred in connection with the warrants issued to our senior lender of $1,217, and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $2,014.

Net Cash Used In Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities of $210 and $391 for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, was attributable to capital expenditures in each period for property and equipment.

Net Cash Used In Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities of $140 for the nine months ended March 31, 2011 was principally attributable to quarterly principal payments on senior notes.   Net cash used in financing activities of $1,400 for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 was primarily attributable to an annual cash sweep in the amount of $1,000 and quarterly principal payments on senior notes.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

There are no off-balance sheet arrangements between the Company and any other entity that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources.  The Company does not have any non-consolidated special purpose entities.
 

 
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk  
 
As a smaller reporting company, we have elected scaled disclosure reporting obligations and therefore are not required to provide the information in this Item 3.
 
Item 4.  Controls And Procedures               
 
(A)  Evaluation Of Disclosure Controls And Procedures
 
Prior to the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, an evaluation was performed under the supervision of and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation, the CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. It should be noted that the design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.
 
(B)
Changes In Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
There were no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Section 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during our fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 

 
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PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

 
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings
 
The Company from time-to-time is involved in litigation incidental to the conduct of its business. See Note 12 – Subsequent Events under the heading Circuit City Bankruptcy Proceedings and Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies under the heading Dispute with Former Chief Executive Officer of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth under Item 1 - Financial Statements of Part I of this Report for a description of legal proceedings in which we are currently involved, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference.
 
 Item 1A.  Risk Factors
 
Our business is subject to the following risk factors:
 
To Ensure Continuation of Our Operations, We Need to Restructure or Refinance All or a Portion of Our Existing Indebtedness.
 
In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 and in the three months ended September 30 and December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011, we failed to satisfy all our quarterly principal and interest debt service payments and failed to meet certain other covenants under our existing debt agreement.  To date, our lenders have not exercised any of its rights under the existing debt agreement with respect to such failures.  We have reached an agreement with our principal lenders with respect to our existing indebtedness.  On May 13, 2011, we and our operating subsidiaries entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement providing for the sale of substantially all of our assets to Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. (which we refer to herein as the “buyer”), which is a newly formed entity affiliated with our principal lenders and Sankaty Advisors, LLC (“Sankaty”), the advisor to our principal lenders.  Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, the buyer will acquire substantially all of our and our subsidiaries’ assets (other than any assets of certain inactive subsidiaries).  The buyer will assume our senior debt held by the lenders.  The lenders will contribute our subordinated debt to the buyer, and the buyer will contribute the subordinated debt to us, making us both the debtor and creditor, effectively extinguishing the subordinated debt.  The transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement are subject to the approval of our shareholders and certain other closing conditions, including the agreement by the former majority shareholders of our subsidiaries, Vance Baldwin, Inc., and Tritronics, Inc., to exchange the subordinated debt that they hold for preferred equity of the buyer’s parent.  The Asset Purchase Agreement may also be terminated upon the occurrence of certain events.  We cannot make any assurances that the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement will be completed.  In the event that we do not complete the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement and do not obtain funding from other sources to pay off the debt held by the lenders, our operations would be materially adversely affected.

Restructuring Would Not Result in Material Distribution to Current Stockholders.
 
If the transactions contemplated in the Asset Purchase Agreement dated May 13, 2011 as described above are effected, our assets/liabilities would consist of cash remaining after payment of expenses of the transaction in excess of $150 and liabilities not assumed by the buyer, as well as the common stock of the buyer’s parent.  The common stock in the parent that we will receive will represent a 15% interest in the common equity of the parent, but there will be approximately $10,000 in secured debt and at least $33,000 in preferred equity senior to the common stock that we will receive.  Accordingly, we do not place any significant value on the common stock.  Nor do we anticipate a material amount of cash will remain after payment of expenses and non-assumed liabilities.  The liquidation preference and accrued dividends of our preferred stock exceeds $11,000.  Therefore, the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement will not result in any distribution to our common shareholders.

Failure To Meet Certain Financial Covenant Tests Required By Our Debt Agreements Has Resulted In An Event Of Default.
 
On February 1 and August 1, 2010, we failed to satisfy a certain EBITDA leverage ratio covenant under our debt agreement, which entitled the purchasers of our notes to receive warrants to purchase shares of our common stock for nominal consideration in the aggregate amounts of 2,526,280,000 shares and 2,577,001,000 shares, respectively.  At March 31 (for which compliance was waived), June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2010, we failed to meet certain financial covenant tests.  At each of March 31 and June 30, 2010, we failed to make required principal and interest payments on a timely basis although we paid the principal and interest payment due on those dates later in June and October 2010, respectively.   At each of September 30 and December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011, we failed to make required principal and interest payments.  Due to these failures, our principal lenders have declared an event of default under our loans.  To date the only remedy sought by our lenders has been an increase of the interest rate to a default rate specified in the loan documents.  If we do not complete the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement dated May 13, 2011 and described above, or engage in another transaction that enables us to repay our debt, the lenders could declare all of our obligations due and payable, and foreclose on all of our assets. We cannot provide any assurances that we will have sufficient earnings to meet our financial covenant tests or that our principal lenders will grant us further waivers.  If our principal lenders do not grant us further waivers and if we do not reach an agreement to restructure our debt, we would likely be in default under our debt agreement..

 
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Our Independent Auditors Have Expressed Substantial Doubt About Our Ability To Continue As A Going Concern As Of June 30, 2010.
 
We received a report from our independent auditors for the year ended June 30, 2010 that includes an explanatory paragraph describing the uncertainty as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.  We failed to make certain payments of principal and interest on a timely basis and failed to meet certain financial covenant tests required by our debt agreements which have resulted in an event of default.  Management believes that the Company needs to restructure or refinance all or a portion of its existing indebtedness to continue its operations.  As described above, we have reached an agreement with our principal lenders and entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated May 13, 2011, pursuant to which, among other things, we will sell substantially all of our and our subsidiaries’ assets (other than any assets of certain inactive subsidiaries) and our senior debt held by the lenders will be extinguished.

Our Disclosure Controls and Procedures for Financial Reporting Are Subject to Certain Limitations and Have Required Remediation.

Management has concluded that as of the period ended March 31, 2011, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. Such controls and procedures, however, may not be adequate to prevent or identify existing or future internal control weaknesses due to certain limitations, including, but not limited to, our dependence on our enterprise-wide IT system for inventory management.  As an example, we concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for the periods ended September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2009 because of the identification of a material weakness relating to the proper carrying value of certain components of inventory and the result of a certain key controls in place not operating effectively.  The material misstatement of inventory was not prevented or detected on a timely basis due to lack of adequate testing of perpetual inventory records for the subject components of inventory and the failure of entity level controls in place, such as the analyses of balance sheet account balance fluctuations, gross profit and gross margin, which were designed to detect the overstatement of inventory and gross profit.  As a result, we restated our consolidated financial statements for the periods ended September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2009. We believe that we have remediated the material weakness described above and will continue to do so in future periods by performing periodic verification of the accuracy of the perpetual records by cycle counting quantities of the subject components of inventory reported as being on hand and conducting more in-depth analyses of all the various factors impacting balance sheet account balance fluctuations, monthly gross profit and gross margin.

Despite our remediation efforts, however, certain limitations remain and there is a risk that material misstatements in results of operations and financial condition may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by our internal controls over financial reporting and may require us to restate our financial statements in the future. This could, in turn, adversely affect the trading price of our common stock and there is a risk that repeated restatements could result in an investigation by the SEC.
 
 
The Loss Of Any One Of our Key Customers Could Have A Material Adverse Effect On Our Business.
 
We rely on the business of a limited number of key customers. While some of these key customers are contractually committed, these contracts are terminable within 60 to 90 days.  If one or more of these key customers terminate their relationships with us, it could have a material adverse effect on our business.
 
 
Fluctuations In The Price Or Availability Of Office Equipment Parts And Computer Peripheral Products Could Materially Adversely Affect Us.
 
The price of office equipment parts and computer peripheral products that ESS purchases and the parts for consumer electronics, appliances, printers and office equipment that EPD purchases for resale may fluctuate significantly in the future although we have experienced no such fluctuations to date.  Changes in the supply of or demand for such parts and products could also affect delivery times and prices.  We cannot provide assurances that EPD and ESS will continue to have access to such parts and products in the necessary amounts or at reasonable prices in the future or that any increases in the cost of such parts and products will not have a material adverse effect on our business.

 
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We Could Be Materially Affected By Turnover Among Our Service Qualified Technical and Other Personnel.
 
EPD and ESS depend on their ability to identify, hire, train, and retain qualified technical and other personnel as well as a management team to oversee the services that each provide. A loss of a significant number of these experienced personnel would likely result in reduced revenues for and could materially affect our business. Our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel depends on numerous factors, including factors we cannot control, such as conditions in the local employment markets in which it operates. We cannot provide any assurances that EPD and ESS will be able to hire or retain a sufficient number of qualified personnel to achieve their financial objectives.
 
We Could Fail To Attract Or Retain Key Personnel.
 
Our success largely depends on the efforts and abilities of key corporate executives as well as key executives at EPD and ESS. The loss of the services of these key executives could materially adversely affect our business because of the cost and time necessary to replace and train a replacement. Such a loss would also divert management’s attention away from operational issues.
 
Ours Issuances of Preferred Stock Has Significantly Diluted the Equity Ownership of our Stockholders and the Future Conversion of our Outstanding Preferred Stock will also Cause Significant Dilution to our Existing Stockholders.

Our issuances of preferred stock in August 2007 in connection with our recapitalization and acquisition of Vance Baldwin significantly diluted the equity ownership of our stockholders.  The significant dilution of the common stock ownership of existing stockholders could have an adverse effect on the price of the shares of common stock and on the future volume of the shares of common stock traded.

The Price of Our Common Stock May Be Affected By A Limited Trading Volume And May Fluctuate Significantly and May Not Reflect the Actual Value of Our Business.
 
There is a very limited public market for our common stock, and there can be no assurance that an active trading market will continue. An absence of an active trading market could adversely affect our stockholders’ ability to sell our common stock in short time periods, or at all. Our common stock has experienced, and is likely to experience in the future, significant price and volume fluctuations that could adversely affect the market price of our common stock without regard to our operating performance. In addition, we believe that factors, such as possible quarterly fluctuations in our financial results, changes in the overall economy and the volatility of the financial markets, could cause the price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially.

As a result of the significant preferred stock issuances we have undertaken, outstanding shares of our common stock represent only a small portion of our fully diluted equity.  The price at which shares of our common stock may trade from time to time may not reflect the actual value of our business or the actual value of our common stock.
 
Our Common Stock Is Deemed To Be "Penny Stock," Which May Make It More Difficult For Investors To Sell Their Shares Due To Suitability Requirements.
 
Our common stock is deemed to be "penny stock" as that term is defined in Rule 3a51-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act. These requirements may reduce the potential market for our common stock by reducing the number of potential investors. This may make it more difficult for investors in our common stock to sell shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose of them. This could also cause our stock price to decline. Penny stocks:

 
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have a price of less than $5.00 per share;
 
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are not traded on a "recognized" national exchange;
 
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are not quoted on the NASDAQ automated quotation system (NASDAQ listed stock must still have a price of not less than $5.00 per share); or
 
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include stock in issuers with net tangible assets of less than $2.0 million (if the issuer has been in continuous operation for at least three years) or $5.0 million (if in continuous operation for less than three years), or with average revenues of less than $6.0 million for the last three years.
 
 
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Broker/dealers dealing in penny stocks are required to provide potential investors with a document disclosing the risks of penny stocks. Moreover, broker/dealers are required to determine whether an investment in a penny stock is a suitable investment for a prospective investor.
 
The Holders of Preferred Stock are Entitled to Rights and Preferences that are Significantly Greater than the Rights and Preferences of the Holders of our Common Stock, Including Preferential Payments Upon a Sale or Liquidation of the Company.

Holders of our preferred stock are entitled to a number of rights and preferences which holders of shares of our outstanding common stock do not and will not have.  Among these rights and preferences is a preference on a sale or liquidation of the Company, which means that holders of preferred stock will be entitled to receive the proceeds out of any sale or liquidation of the Company before any such proceeds are paid to holders of our common stock.  In general, if the proceeds received upon any sale or liquidation do not exceed the total liquidation proceeds payable to the holders of preferred stock, holders of common stock would receive no value for their shares upon such sale or liquidation.

Certain Private Stockholders, such as ACT-DE, LLC and Sankaty Entities, Control a Substantial Interest in the Company and thus may Influence Certain Actions, Including Actions Requiring a Shareholder Vote.

ACT-DE, LLC and Sankaty own approximately 62.5% and 9.9%, respectively, of our outstanding common stock in the aggregate on a fully diluted basis.  In addition, in connection with our recapitalization in August 2007, we entered into a Stockholder Agreement with, among other parties, ACT-DE, LLC that addresses the election of certain individuals, or individuals nominated by certain parties, to our Board of Directors.  Thus, these shareholders have the ability to influence certain actions requiring a shareholder vote, including the election of directors.
 
Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of equity Securities And Use Of Proceeds
 
As a result of the Company failing to meet a certain EBITDA leverage ratio covenant test as of August 1, 2010 under the debt agreement with Sankaty Advisors, LLC, the Company’s principal lender, Sankaty earned on August 1, 2010 warrants to purchase 2,577,001,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for no additional or nominal consideration.   The warrants have a one-year term.  The issuance of the warrants was exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Section 4(2) thereof.  The Company believes that Sankaty is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act. If certificated, the warrants will include a legend to indicate that they are restricted. The issuance of the warrants did not involve the use of underwriters, and no commission was paid in connection therewith.
 
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
 
The Company did not make the principal payment on the senior debt or interest payments on the senior and senior subordinated debt due as of September 30 and December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011, and did not meet certain financial covenants as of such dates.  Due to the failure to make the required principal and interest payments, our principal lenders have declared an event of default under our senior debt and senior subordinated debt.  To date, the only remedy sought by our lenders has been an increase of the interest rate to a default rate specified in the loan documents.  The aggregate amount of the senior and senior subordinated debt in default was $35,526 on May 31, 2011.
 
Item 4. [Removed and Reserved.]
 
Item 5. Other Information
 
None.
 
Item 6. Exhibits
 
Exhibits are incorporated herein by reference or are filed with this quarterly report as set forth in the Exhibit Index beginning on page 35 hereof.
 

 
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Signatures
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc.
   
Date:           July 7, 2011
By:           /s/ Robert B. Gowens 
 
Name:           Robert B. Gowens
 
Title:             Interim Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
   
   
Date:           July 7, 2011
By:           /s/ John E. Donahue 
 
Name:           John E. Donahue
 
Title:             Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
   


 
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Exhibit No.
Description
Location (1)
     
2.1
Asset Purchase Agreement dated May 27, 2004, by and between Cyber-Test, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Cyber-Test, Inc., a Florida corporation.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 18, 2004
     
2.2
Stock Purchase Agreement entered into by and between Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc. and Fred V. Baldwin, dated as of August 17, 2007
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 21, 2007
     
2.3
Stock Purchase Agreement entered into by and between Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Florida corporation, Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Tritronics, Inc., Tritronics, LLC and the members of Tritronics, LLC listed on Schedule 2 thereto, dated as of August 1, 2008
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 7, 2008
     
3(i)(a)
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Advanced Communications Technologies, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the SEC on September 28, 2007
     
3(i)(b)
Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Advanced Communications Technologies, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of Florida on May 6, 2008
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i)(b) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the SEC on September 28, 2007
     
3(i)(c)
Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Advanced Communications Technologies, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of Florida on August 1, 2008
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 7, 2008
     
3(ii)
Amended Bylaws of Advanced Communications Technologies, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 21, 2007
     
4.1
Form of Exchange Agreement, dated June 24, 2004, by and among Advanced Communications Technologies, Inc. and certain debenture holders of Hy-Tech Technology Group, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.40 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the SEC on November 3, 2004
     
4.2
Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued in connection with Exhibit 2.2
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 21, 2007
 
 
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4.3.1
Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2007, by and among Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc. as Issuer, and Advanced Communications Technologies, Inc., Cyber-Test, Inc., Vance Baldwin, Inc., Hudson Street Investments, Inc. and SpectruCell, Inc. as Guarantors, the Note Purchasers listed therein, and Sankaty Advisors, LLC
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 21, 2007
     
4.3.2
Form of Senior Note issued in connection with Exhibit 4.3.1
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 21, 2007
     
4.3.3
Form of Subordinated Note issued in connection with Exhibit 4.3.1
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 21, 2007
     
4.3.4
First Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2007, between Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., Advanced Communications Technologies, Inc., SpectruCell, Inc., Hudson Street Investments, Inc., Cyber-Test, Inc., Vance Baldwin, Inc. and Sankaty Advisors, LLC
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 21, 2007
     
4.3.5
Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement , dated August 17, 2007, between Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., Advanced Communications Technologies, Inc., SpectruCell, Inc., Hudson Street Investments, Inc., Cyber-Test, Inc., Vance Baldwin, Inc. and Sankaty Advisors, LLC
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 21, 2007
     
4.4
Form of Subordinated Promissory Note issued in connection with Exhibit 2.3
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 7, 2008
     
4.5.1
Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2008, by and among Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Delaware corporation as Issuer, Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Florida corporation, Tritronics, Inc., Cyber-Test, Inc., Vance Baldwin, Inc., Hudson Street Investments, Inc. and SpectruCell, Inc. as Guarantors, the Note Purchasers listed therein, and Sankaty Advisors, LLC.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 7, 2008
     
4.5.2
Form of Series B Subordinated Note issued in connection with Exhibit 4.5.1.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 7, 2008
 
 
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4.5.3
Amended and Restated First Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2008, between Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Florida corporation, Tritronics, Inc., SpectruCell, Inc., Hudson Street Investments, Inc., Cyber-Test, Inc., Vance Baldwin, Inc. and Sankaty Advisors, LLC
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 7, 2008
     
4.5.4
Amended and Restated Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, dated August 1, 2008, between Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Florida corporation, Tritronics, Inc., SpectruCell, Inc., Hudson Street Investments, Inc., Cyber-Test, Inc., Vance Baldwin, Inc. and Sankaty Advisors, LLC.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 7, 2008
     
4.5.5
Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2008, by and among Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Delaware corporation as Issuer, Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc., a Florida corporation, Tritronics, Inc., Cyber-Test, Inc., Vance Baldwin, Inc., Hudson Street Investments, Inc. and SpectruCell, Inc. as Guarantors, the Note Purchasers listed therein, and Sankaty Advisors, LLC, dated January 12, 2009.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5.5  to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on February 13, 2009
     
31.1
Certification by Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Section 302
Filed herewith
     
31.2
Certification by Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Section 302
Filed herewith
     
32.1
Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
Filed herewith
     
32.2
Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
Filed herewith
 
(1) In the case of incorporation by reference to documents filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, the Company’s file number under the Exchange Act is 000-30486.

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