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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q
þ
 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013
Or
o
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File Number: 1-11988
SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
 
22-2365834
(IRS Employer I.D. No.)
1063 McGaw, Suite 250
Irvine, CA 92614
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(949) 748-4800         
__________________________________________________                
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes. þ     No. o
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. þ     No. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer o
Accelerated filer o 
Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o     No þ

As of May 8, 2013, the registrant had 30,555,742 shares of Common Stock outstanding, par value $0.01 per share.





SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FORM 10-Q
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2013

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  Exhibit 31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 32.1
Chief Executive Officer Certification Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 32.2
Chief Financial Officer Certification Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Label Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
28,083

 
$
25,305

Receivables and secured loans, net — trading operations
86,009

 
127,995

Accounts receivable and consignor advances, net — collectibles operations
14,287

 
20,428

Inventory, net
133,147

 
157,849

Prepaid expenses and other assets
3,134

 
2,770

Deferred tax assets

 
13,192

Current assets of discontinued operations

 
8,273

Total current assets
264,660

 
355,812

Property and equipment, net
13,260

 
11,710

Goodwill
5,986

 
6,765

Other purchased intangibles, net
6,522

 
7,157

Restricted cash
597

 
550

Income tax receivables
888

 
2,637

Deferred tax assets — non-current
2,486

 
1,207

Other assets
566

 
943

Non-current assets of discontinued operations

 
1,115

Total assets
$
294,965

 
$
387,896

LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 

 
 
Accounts payable and consignor payables
$
62,589

 
$
95,787

Liability on borrowed metals
36,514

 
27,076

Obligation under product financing arrangement
9,821

 
15,576

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
9,043

 
9,921

Income taxes payable

 
17,860

Lines of credit
78,561

 
92,669

Deferred tax liability
1,877

 

Debt obligations, current portion
365

 
154

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

 
8,224

Total current liabilities
198,770

 
267,267

Deferred and other long-term tax liabilities
9,122

 
8,010

Debt obligations, net of current portion
6,138

 
6,574

Other long-term liabilities
697

 
168

Total liabilities
214,727

 
282,019

Commitments and contingencies

 

Redeemable non-controlling interest
14

 
124

Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, authorized 10,000 shares; issued and outstanding: none

 

Common stock, $.01 par value, authorized 40,000 shares; issued and outstanding: 30,555 and 32,723 at March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively
306

 
327

Additional paid-in capital
210,234

 
242,418

Accumulated other comprehensive income
6,634

 
6,389

Accumulated deficit
(138,916
)
 
(156,777
)
Total Spectrum Group International, Inc. stockholders’ equity
78,258

 
92,357

             Non-controlling interest
1,966

 
13,396

Total stockholders’ equity
80,224

 
105,753

Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity
$
294,965

 
$
387,896

                                                                                   
(1)
The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2012 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company's 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K, adjusted to reflect discontinued operations. See note 3 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
 
March 31,
2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of precious metals
 
$
1,825,450

 
$
1,816,231

 
$
5,127,690

 
$
6,097,344

  Collectibles revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of inventory
 
37,819

 
40,120

 
128,993

 
133,933

Auction services
 
6,325

 
4,921

 
14,067

 
16,857

Total revenues
 
1,869,594

 
1,861,272

 
5,270,750

 
6,248,134

Cost of sales:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of precious metals sold
 
1,817,707

 
1,810,664

 
5,108,271

 
6,076,093

Cost of collectibles sold
 
37,246

 
38,678

 
122,492

 
128,561

      Auction services expense
 
1,062

 
846

 
4,769

 
4,426

Total cost of sales
 
1,856,015

 
1,850,188

 
5,235,532

 
6,209,080

Gross profit
 
13,579

 
11,084

 
35,218

 
39,054

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General and administrative
 
4,995

 
5,546

 
15,228

 
18,249

M.F. Global, Inc. loss provision
 

 

 
(711
)
 
2,094

Salaries and wages
 
7,524

 
7,047

 
19,691

 
21,661

Depreciation and amortization
 
570

 
490

 
1,643

 
1,314

Total operating expenses
 
13,089

 
13,083

 
35,851

 
43,318

Operating income (loss)
 
490

 
(1,999
)
 
(633
)
 
(4,264
)
Interest and other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
 
1,785

 
3,205

 
6,437

 
10,115

Interest expense
 
(672
)
 
(1,326
)
 
(3,085
)
 
(3,889
)
Other income, net
 
25

 
47

 
247

 
455

Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange
 
(54
)
 
(869
)
 
(1,536
)
 
2,370

Total interest, other income (expense) and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange
 
1,084

 
1,057

 
2,063

 
9,051

Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
 
1,574

 
(942
)
 
1,430

 
4,787

Provision for income taxes (income tax benefit)
 
525

 
(711
)
 
1,695

 
2,132

Income (loss) from continuing operations
 
1,049

 
(231
)
 
(265
)
 
2,655

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.
 
50

 
(252
)
 
(613
)
 
60

Net income (loss)
 
1,099

 
(483
)
 
(878
)
 
2,715

Less: net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests
 
(347
)
 
(138
)
 
268

 
(1,158
)
Net income (loss) attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.
 
$
752

 
$
(621
)
 
$
(610
)
 
$
1,557

Basic and diluted income (loss) per share attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic - continuing operations
 
$
0.02

 
$
(0.01
)
 
$

 
$
0.05

Basic - discontinued operations
 
$

 
$
(0.01
)
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$

Diluted - continuing operations
 
$
0.02

 
$
(0.01
)
 
$

 
$
0.05

Diluted - discontinued operations
 
$

 
$
(0.01
)
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$

Basic - net income (loss)
 
$
0.02

 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
0.05

Diluted - net income (loss)
 
$
0.02

 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
(0.02
)
 
$
0.05

Weighted average shares outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
30,640

 
32,723

 
31,356

 
32,659

Diluted
 
30,895

 
32,723

 
31,356

 
32,902

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(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations. See note 3 of the notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(in thousands)
(unaudited)

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
 
$
1,049

 
$
(231
)
 
$
(265
)
 
$
2,655

Other comprehensive income (loss) before tax from continuing operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
(45
)
 
932

 
1,338

 
(2,165
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before tax from continuing operations
 
(45
)
 
932

 
1,338

 
(2,165
)
Income tax expense (benefit) related to components of other comprehensive income from continuing operations
 
(19
)
 
12

 
555

 
(1,222
)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax, from continuing operations
 
1,023

 
689

 
518

 
1,712

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, from discontinued operations
 
50

 
(469
)
 
(128
)
 
(831
)
Comprehensive income
 
1,073

 
220

 
390

 
881

Less: comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest
 
(347
)
 
(138
)
 
268

 
(1,158
)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.
 
726

 
82

 
658

 
(277
)
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(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations. See note 3 of the notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements



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SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(unaudited)
 
Common Stock (Shares)
 
Common Stock ($)
 
Additional Paid-in Capital
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
 
Accumulated Deficit
 
Total Spectrum Group International, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
 
Non-controlling Interests (1)
 
Total Stockholders’ Equity
Balance, June 30, 2012
32,723

 
327

 
242,418

 
6,389

 
(156,777
)
 
92,357

 
13,396

 
105,753

Comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss

 

 

 

 
(610
)
 
(610
)
 
(158
)
 
(768
)
Change in cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax

 

 

 
1,268

 

 
1,268

 

 
1,268

Comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 
658

 
(158
)
 
500

Share based compensation

 

 
902

 

 

 
902

 

 
902

Issuance of common stock for restricted stock grants
88

 
1

 
(1
)
 

 

 

 

 

Taxes paid in exchange for cancellation of restricted stock
(3
)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase of restricted stock units

 

 
(1
)
 

 

 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
Repurchase of common stock
(124
)
 
(1
)
 
(247
)
 

 

 
(248
)
 

 
(248
)
Exercise of stock options
50

 
1

 
104

 
 
 
 
 
105

 
 
 
105

Sale of Stamps business

 

 
(7,192
)
 
(1,023
)
 
7,393

 
(822
)
 

 
(822
)
Retirement of repurchased Afinsa and Auctentia common stock and interest in Spectrum Precious Metals, Inc.
(15,610
)
 
(156
)
 
(51,022
)
 

 
11,272

 
(39,906
)
 
(11,272
)
 
(51,178
)
Issuance of common stock
13,431

 
134

 
25,079

 

 

 
25,213

 

 
25,213

Restricted capital of foreign subsidiary

 

 
194

 

 
(194
)
 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2013
30,555

 
$
306

 
$
210,234

 
$
6,634

 
$
(138,916
)
 
$
78,258

 
$
1,966

 
$
80,224


(1) Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 excludes $110,000 relating to redeemable non-controlling interests which are reflected in temporary equity as of March 31, 2013.

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.



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SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)

 
Nine Months Ended
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
$
(878
)
 
$
2,715

(Income) loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.
613

 
(60
)
Income (loss) from continuing operations
(265
)
 
2,655

Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities — continuing operations:

 

Net unrealized (gains) losses on foreign currency
1,536

 
(2,370
)
Depreciation and amortization
1,643

 
1,314

Provision for bad debts
(610
)
 
2,094

Provision for inventory reserve
19

 
485

Share based compensation
902

 
430

Gain on sale of Stamps business
(17
)
 

Loss on abandonment of property and equipment

 
75

Changes in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
Receivables and secured loans
42,697

 
(11,478
)
Accounts receivable and consignor advances
1,052

 
1,220

Inventory
24,105

 
2,171

Prepaid expenses and other assets
(929
)
 
61

Liabilities on borrowed metals
9,438

 
14,753

Accounts payable, consignor payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities
(33,733
)
 
(29,307
)
Income taxes receivable/payable
(14,970
)
 
(8,332
)
Deferred taxes and other long-term tax liabilities
13,790

 
6,660

Accrued litigation settlement

 
(755
)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities — continuing operations
44,658

 
(20,324
)
Net cash used in operating activities — discontinued operations
(1,163
)
 
(4,316
)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
43,495

 
(24,640
)
Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
Capital expenditures for property and equipment
(1,916
)
 
(2,596
)
Change in restricted cash
(47
)
 
593

Purchases/sales of marketable securities

 
68

Divestiture of business
7,750

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities — continuing operations
5,787

 
(1,935
)
Net cash used in investing activities — discontinued operations
(22
)
 
(38
)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
5,765

 
(1,973
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
Borrowings (repayments) under lines of credit, net
(14,108
)
 
15,508

Repayments on notes payable and capital lease obligations
(320
)
 
(79
)
Obligation under product financing arrangement
(5,755
)
 
18,314

Issuance of common stock
25,213

 
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Retirement of repurchased Afinsa and Auctentia common stock and interest in Spectrum Precious Metals, Inc.
(51,178
)
 

Repurchase of common stock
(248
)
 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options
105

 

Contribution from non-controlling interest

 
150

Repurchase of restricted stock
(1
)
 

Distributions paid to non-controlling interest

 
(6
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities — continuing operations
(46,292
)
 
33,892

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities — discontinued operations

 

Net cash used in financing activities
(46,292
)
 
33,892

Effects of exchange rate changes on cash
(190
)
 
752

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
2,778

 
8,031

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
25,305

 
24,181

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
28,083

 
$
32,212

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
 
 
 
Cash paid during the period for:
 
 
 
Interest expense
$
2,770

 
$
2,766

Income taxes
$
2,961

 
$
1,184

   Non-cash investing and financing activities:
 
 
 
Purchase of equipment under capital lease
$
665

 
$

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(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations. See note 3 of the notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements reflect the financial condition, results of operations, comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows of Spectrum Group International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company” or “SGI”), and were prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). The Company conducts its operations in two reportable segments: Trading and Collectibles. Each of these reportable segments represent an aggregation of operating segments that meet the aggregation criteria set forth in the Segment Reporting Topic 280 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”).

Unaudited Interim Financial Information
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial reporting. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments and accruals) necessary to present fairly the condensed consolidated balance sheets, condensed consolidated statements of operations, condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss), condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity, and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the periods presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Operating results for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending June 30, 2013 or for any other interim period during such year. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 (the “2012 Annual Report”), as filed with the SEC. Amounts related to disclosure of June 30, 2012 balances within these interim condensed consolidated financial statements were derived from the aforementioned audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the 2012 Annual Report.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all of its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions including inter-company profits and losses, and inter-company balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. These estimates include, among others, determination of lower of cost or market estimates for inventory and allowances for doubtful accounts, impairment assessments of long-lived assets and intangibles, valuation reserve determinations on deferred tax assets, calculations of loss accruals and other complex contingent liabilities, and revenue recognition judgments. Significant estimates also include the Company's fair value determinations with respect to its financial instruments and precious metals materials. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Business Segments
Trading Segment

The Company's trading business is conducted through A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. (“A-Mark”) and its subsidiaries. A-Mark is a full-service precious metals trading company. Its products include gold, silver, platinum and palladium for storage and delivery in the form of coins, bars, wafers and grain. The Company's trading-related services include financing, leasing, consignment, hedging and various customized financial programs. At June 30, 2012, the Company owned 80% of A-Mark through its 80% ownership interest in Spectrum PMI, Inc. (“SPMI”), which owns all of the common stock of A-Mark. The remaining 20% of SPMI was owned by Auctentia, S.L. (“Auctentia”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Afinsa Bienes Tangibles, S.A. En Liquidacion (“Afinsa”), which, together with Auctentia, owned approximately 57% of the Company's outstanding common stock.

On September 25, 2012, the Company purchased from Afinsa and Auctentia a total of 15,609,796 shares of common stock, as a result of which the combined holdings of Afinsa and Auctentia were reduced from 57% to 9.9% of the Company's common stock outstanding. In addition, the Company repurchased all of Auctentia's remaining 20% interest in Spectrum PMI, Inc.

Through its subsidiary Collateral Finance Corporation (“CFC”), a licensed California Finance Lender, A-Mark offers loans on precious metals and rare coins collateral to coin dealers, collectors and investors.

Collectibles Segment
The Company's collectibles business operates as an integrated network of global companies concentrating on numismatic (coins and currencies) and rare and fine vintage wines. Products are offered by way of auction or private treaty sales. The Company has offices and auction houses in North America, Europe and Asia. In addition to traditional live auctions, the Company also conducts Internet and telephone auctions, and engages

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in retail sales. Until the first quarter of fiscal 2013, when the Company sold its Stamps division (defined below), it also was an auctioneer and merchant/dealer of philatelic materials.
European Operations
The European Operations (the “European Operations”) comprised European companies of the Stamps division (the “Stamps division”) of the Collectibles segment. The Stamps division is primarily engaged in the sale of philatelic (stamps) materials by auction. All but one of the European companies were sold on September 13, 2012. See discontinued operations, below (Note 3).

Discontinued Operations
In accordance with the provisions of the Presentation of Financial Statements Topic 205 of the ASC, the results of the following entities are now presented as discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated financial statements through the date of dissolution, as applicable (Note 3).

Stamps Division
On September 13, 2012, the Company completed the sale of its Stamps division for approximately $7.8 million and recognized a gain on sale of $17,000 (Note 3).

Greg Martin Auctions, Inc.
Through January 2011, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Greg Martin Auctions, Inc. (“GMA”), operated as an auction house offering antique guns, and armor. On December 1, 2010, the Company executed an agreement to sell certain assets of GMA to a third party for $325,000. The transaction closed on January 31, 2011.
See Note 3 for further information regarding discontinued operations.
Consolidated Joint Ventures
The Company includes in its consolidated financial statements the results of operations and financial position of a joint venture, which is a variable interest entity in which the Company or its wholly-owned subsidiaries are the primary beneficiaries (Note 13).

In determining that the Company or its subsidiaries is the primary beneficiary, the Company evaluated both qualitative and quantitative considerations of the VIE, including, among other things, its capital structure, terms of contracts between the Company and its subsidiaries and the VIE, which interests create or absorb variability, related party relationships and the design of the VIE.
Reclassifications
Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current consolidated financial statement presentation.


2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
There have been no significant changes to the Company's significant accounting policies during the nine months ended March 31, 2013. See Note 2 to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in the Company's 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a comprehensive description of the Company's significant accounting policies.

Restricted Cash
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, the Company purchased a building to serve as its new corporate headquarters. The building was acquired with cash and the assumption of a note, for which the lender required the Company to place $1,121,000 of cash in escrow consisting of $768,000 for building improvements and a leasing reserve totaling $353,000. As of March 31, 2013, the Company had remaining restricted cash of $597,000, consisting of $245,000 for building improvements and $352,000 for leasing reserve.

Foreign Currency Translation
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Statements of operations accounts are translated at the average exchange rates during the year. The impact of exchange rate fluctuations from translation of assets and liabilities is included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders' equity. Gains and losses resulting from other foreign currency transactions are included in interest and other income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized unrealized gains (losses) of $(54,000) and $(1.5) million and $(0.9) million and $2.4 million, respectively, on foreign exchange in the condensed consolidated statements of operations in connection with the transaction adjustments of intercompany Euro denominated loans, owed by SGI to certain of its subsidiaries included in its European Operations. On January 2, 2013, upon the conversion of Euro denominated notes to U.S. dollars, the Company changed the functional currency of its European Operations. See Note 3 for further information regarding discontinued operations. As of March 31, 2012, Euro denominated loans owed by SGI to certain of its subsidiaries was $31.1 million.

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Income Taxes
The Company estimates its provision for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which it conducts business, in accordance with the provisions of the Income Taxes Topic 740 of the ASC. The Company computes its annual tax rate based on the statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available to it in the various jurisdictions in which it earns income. Significant judgment is required in determining the Company's annual tax rate and in evaluating uncertainty in its tax positions. The Company recognizes a benefit for tax positions that it believes will more likely than not be sustained upon examination. The amount of benefit recognized is the largest amount of benefit that the Company believes has more than a 50% probability of being realized upon settlement. The Company regularly monitors its tax positions and adjusts the amount of recognized tax benefit based on its evaluation of information that has become available since the end of its last financial reporting period. The annual tax rate includes the impact of these changes in recognized tax benefits. When adjusting the amount of recognized tax benefits, the Company does not consider information that has become available after the balance sheet date, but does disclose the effects of new information whenever those effects would be material to the Company's consolidated financial statements. The difference between the amount of benefit taken or expected to be taken in a tax return and the amount of benefit recognized for financial reporting represents unrecognized tax benefits. The total unrecognized tax benefit is $27.7 million; $7.6 million of this amount is presented as an accrued liability in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2013 and is presented within deferred and other long-term tax liabilities. The potential interest and/or penalties associated with an uncertain tax position are recorded in provision for income taxes (income tax benefit) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The Company records valuation allowances to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. When assessing the need for valuation allowances, the Company considers future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. Should a change in circumstances lead to a change in judgment about the realizability of deferred tax assets in future years, the Company would adjust related valuation allowances in the period that the change in circumstances occurs, along with a corresponding increase or charge to income.
Changes in recognized tax benefits and changes in valuation allowances could be material to the Company's results of operations for any period, but is not expected to be material to the Company's consolidated financial position.
Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share utilizing the treasury stock method, adjusts the weighted average number of common shares for common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options and other commitments to issue common stock in periods in which they have a dilutive effect, and when the stock awards exercise price is lower than the Company's average share price for the period.

A reconciliation of shares used in calculating basic and diluted earnings per common shares follows. In computing basic earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company excluded 547,000 shares of common stock and 37,500 stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), where exercise prices were in excess of the quoted market price of the Company's common stock and 123,001 unvested restricted stock units because inclusion would be anti-dilutive. Since the Company incurred a net loss for the nine months ended March 31, 2013, basic and diluted loss per share were the same because the inclusion of 1,682,501 potential common shares, related to 1,139,500 outstanding stock options, 505,501 restricted stock grants, and 37,500 SARs, in the computation of net loss per share would have been anti-dilutive. Since the Company incurred a net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2012, basic and diluted loss per share were the same because the inclusion of 1,148,898 potential common shares, related to 640,750 outstanding stock options, 470,648 restricted stock grants, and 37,500 SARs, in the computation of net loss per share would have been anti-dilutive. In computing diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, the Company excluded options to purchase 318,750 shares of common stock and 37,500 SARS where exercise prices were in excess of the quoted market price of the Company's common stock and 468,148 unvested restricted stock units because inclusion would be anti-dilutive. There is no dilutive effect of stock appreciation rights as such obligations are not settled and were out of the money at March 31, 2013 and 2012.
A reconciliation of basic and diluted shares is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
in thousands
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (1)
 
30,640

 
32,723

 
31,356

 
32,659

Effect of common stock equivalents — stock options and stock issuable under employee compensation plans
 
255

 

 

 
243

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
 
30,895

 
32,723

 
31,356

 
32,902

(1)
Basic weighted average shares outstanding includes the effect of vested but unissued restricted stock grants (see note 15).

Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In March 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-05, Parent's Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity. The amendment requires the release of the cumulative translation adjustment into net income when a parent either sells a part or all of its investment in a foreign entity or no longer holds a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a nonprofit activity or a business within a foreign entity. This update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2013. The adoption of the accounting principles in this update are not anticipated to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations.


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In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-02, Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. The amendments in this update require an entity to disclose significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income into net income by the respective line items of net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. These amendments are effective for the Company prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. Adoption of the accounting principles in this update did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The amendments in this update require an entity to disclose gross and net information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. The FASB later clarified in ASU No. 2013-01, Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, that the scope of these amendments applies to derivatives, including bifurcated embedded derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending transactions that are either offset or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. These amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. The adoption of the accounting principles in this update are not anticipated to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations.

3. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Stamps Division
On September 13, 2012, the Company completed the sale of its Stamps division for approximately $7.8 million, of which $400,000 is held in escrow. The Company recorded a gain on sale of $17,000 from the transaction.

Greg Martin Auctions, Inc.
On December 1, 2010, the Company executed an agreement to sell certain assets of its wholly owned subsidiary Greg Martin Auctions, Inc. ("GMA") for $325,000. The transaction closed on January 31, 2011. In December 2011, the Company liquidated the remaining assets and liabilities of GMA.

The table below presents assets and liabilities of discontinued operations as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012:
in thousands
 
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
Assets
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable and consignor advances, net - collectible operations
 
$

 
$
7,270

Inventory, net
 

 
589

Prepaid expenses and other assets
 

 
414

Total current assets
 

 
8,273

Property and equipment, net
 

 
513

Goodwill
 

 
238

Other purchased intangibles, net
 

 
225

Other assets
 

 
139

Total assets
 
$

 
$
9,388

Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable and consignor payables
 
$

 
$
6,004

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
 

 
2,046

Income taxes payable
 

 
174

Total liabilities
 
$

 
$
8,224



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The following results of operations of the Stamps division and GMA have been presented as discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. In July 2011, the Company received $255,000 from GMA's buyer to finalize the transaction. As a result of finalizing this transaction, the Company recognized a gain of $55,000.
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
in thousands
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
Revenues
 
$

 
$
2,128

 
$
185

 
$
8,068

Income (loss) from discontinued operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, excluding taxes and gain on sales of assets
 

 
(254
)
 
(1,080
)
 
60

Income tax benefit
 
(50
)
 
(2
)
 
(467
)
 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations
 
$
50

 
$
(252
)
 
$
(613
)
 
$
60



4.
CUSTOMER CONCENTRATIONS
Customers providing 10 percent or more of the Company's Trading segment revenues for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are listed below:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
in thousands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amount
Percent
 
Amount
Percent
Total Trading segment revenue
 
$
1,825,450

100.0
%
 
$
1,816,231

100.0
%
 
$
5,127,690

100.0
%
 
$
6,097,344

100.0
%
Trading segment customer concentrations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Customer A
 
$
301,644

16.5
%
 
$
489,628

27.0
%
 
$
559,611

10.9
%
 
$
1,373,017

22.5
%
Customer B
 
231,272

12.7

 
60,206

3.3

 
497,646

9.7

 
296,922

4.9

Customer C
 
39,988

2.2

 
248,958

13.7

 
759,214

14.8

 
910,332

14.9

Total
 
$
572,904

31.4
%
 
$
798,792

44.0
%
 
$
1,816,471

35.4
%
 
$
2,580,271

42.3
%
Customers providing 10 percent or more of the Company's Trading segment's accounts receivable, excluding $39.5 million and $39.2 million of secured loans as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively, are listed below:
 
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
in thousands
Amount
 
Percent
 
Amount
 
Percent
Trading segment accounts receivable
$
36,814

 
100.0
%
 
$
86,537

 
100.0
%
Trading segment customer concentrations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Customer D
$
20,875

 
56.7
%
 
$
55,803

 
64.5
%
      Customer B
3,747

 
10.2
%
 
$
7,423

 
8.6
%
Total
$
24,622

 
66.9
%
 
$
63,226

 
73.1
%
Customers providing 10 percent or more of the Company's Trading segment's secured loans as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively, are listed below:
 
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
in thousands
Amount
 
Percent
 
Amount
 
Percent
Trading segment secured loans
$
39,500

 
100.0
%
 
$
39,201

 
100.0
%
Trading segment customer concentrations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Customer E
$
12,500

 
31.6
%
 
$

 
%
      Customer F
9,339

 
23.6

 
8,539

 
38.9

      Customer G

 

 
6,707

 
17.1
%
Total
$
21,839

 
55.2
%
 
$
15,246

 
38.9
%
The loss of any of the above customers of the Trading segment could have a material adverse effect on the operations of the Company.
For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, the Collectibles segment had no reportable concentrations.

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5.
RECEIVABLES
Receivables and secured loans from the Company's trading segment consist of the following as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012:
in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
Customer trade receivables
$
17,462

 
$
58,518

Wholesale trade advances
16,657

 
15,456

Secured loans
39,500

 
39,201

Due from M.F. Global, Inc. trustee

 
5,692

Due from other brokers and other
2,695

 
6,871

Subtotal
76,314

 
125,738

Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
(104
)
 
(102
)
Less: M.F. Global, Inc. trustee reserve

 
(1,016
)
Subtotal
76,210

 
124,620

Derivative assets — futures contracts
8,584

 
3,375

Derivative assets — open purchase and sales commitments
1,205

 

Derivative assets — forward contracts
10

 

Receivables and secured loans, net — trading operations
$
86,009

 
$
127,995

Customer trade receivables represent short-term, non-interest bearing amounts due from metal sales and are generally secured by the related metals stored with the Company, a letter of credit issued on behalf of the customer, or other secured interests in assets of the customer.
Wholesale trade advances represent advances of refined materials to customers, secured by unrefined materials received from the customer. These advances are limited to a portion of the unrefined materials received. These advances are secured, short-term, non-interest bearing advances made to wholesale metals dealers and government mints.
Secured loans represent short term loans made to customers of CFC. Loans are fully secured by bullion, numismatic and semi-numismatic material which are held in safekeeping by CFC. As of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, the loans carried average effective interest rates of 9.0% and 9.2%, respectively.
Until October 31, 2011, A-Mark maintained a segregated commodities account with M.F. Global, Inc. (“MFGI”). A-Mark used this account to enter into future transactions to hedge the risk related to its positions with counterparties and physical inventories. MFGI filed for bankruptcy protection on October 31, 2011. At the time MFGI filed for bankruptcy, A-Mark had $20.3 million in funds held at MFGI of which $14.6 million, or 72%, of A Mark's MFGI Equity was returned to A-Mark in December 2011 pursuant to a bulk transfer approved by the Bankruptcy Court. A-Mark has filed a claim in the bankruptcy proceedings for the remaining $5.7 million. In July 2012, A-Mark received an additional distribution of $1.6 million from the trustee for the liquidation of MFGI, bringing the remaining balance to $4.1 million. On December 31, 2012, A-Mark sold its claim to this balance for $3.8 million. At the time of the sale, the Company had a reserve of $1.0 million for this potential loss. The receipt of proceeds from the sale of the receivable of $3.8 million resulted in a positive impact to the provision for bad debts of $0.7 million.
Due from brokers principally consists of the margin requirements held at brokers related to open futures contracts.
The Company's derivative liabilities (see Note 11) represent the net fair value of the difference between market value and trade value at trade date for open metals purchases and sales contracts, as adjusted on a daily basis for changes in market values of the underlying metals, until settled. The Company's derivative assets represent the net fair value of open metals forwards and futures contracts. The metals forwards and futures contracts are settled at the contract settlement date.
Accounts receivable and consignor advances from the Company's Collectibles segment consist of the following as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012:
 in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012 (1)
 

 

Auction and trade
$
13,239

 
$
20,138

Secured loan
1,006

 

Derivative assets — future contracts
91

 
98

Due from brokers
152

 
368

Subtotal
14,488

 
20,604

Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
(201
)
 
(176
)
Accounts receivable and consignor advances, net — collectibles operations
$
14,287

 
$
20,428


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(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations

Secured loan represent a short term loan made to a business partner of the Company on January 29, 2013. The loan matures January 29, 2014 and is fully secured by assets located at the customer's place of business. As of March 31, 2013, the loan has an interest rate of 7.5%.
The Company frequently extends trade credit in connection with its auction sales. The Company evaluates each customer's creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. Generally, the customers that receive trade credit are established collectors and professional dealers that have regularly purchased property at the Company's auctions or whose reputation within the industry is known and respected by the Company. The Company makes judgments as to the ability to collect outstanding auction and consignor advances receivables and provides allowances for the portion of receivables when collection becomes doubtful. Provisions are made based upon a specific review of all significant outstanding invoices. The Company continuously monitors payments from its customers and maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses in the period they become probable. After all attempts to collect a receivable have failed, the receivable is charged off against the allowance. Based on the information available, the Company believes its allowance for doubtful accounts as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012 is appropriate. However, actual charge-offs could exceed the recorded allowance.
Activity in the total allowance for doubtful accounts for the Trading and Collectible segments for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and year ended June 30, 2012 are as follows:
in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
Beginning balance
$
1,294

 
$
241

Provision for losses
(608
)
 
1,171

Charge-offs to reserve
(383
)
 
(110
)
Foreign currency exchange rate changes
2

 
(8
)
Ending balance
$
305

 
$
1,294

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(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations

Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses
The Company adopted the accounting guidance on disclosures about the credit quality of financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses during the year ended June 30, 2012. This guidance requires information to be disclosed at disaggregated levels, defined as portfolio segments and classes.
The Company applies a systematic methodology to determine the allowance for credit losses for finance receivables. Based upon the Company's analysis of credit losses and risk factors, secured commercial loans are its sole portfolio segment. This is due to the fact that all loans are very similar in terms of secured material, method of initial and ongoing collateral value determination and assessment of loan to value determination. Typically, the Company's finance receivables within its portfolio have similar credit risk profiles and methods for assessing and monitoring credit risk.
The Company further evaluated its portfolio segments by the class of finance receivables, which is defined as a level of information in which the finance receivables have the same initial measurement attribute and a similar method for assessing and monitoring credit risk. As a result, the Company determined that the secured commercial loans portfolio segment has two classes of receivables, those secured by bullion and those secured by collectibles.
The Company's classes, which align with management reporting, are as follows:
in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bullion
$
25,582

 
64.8
%
 
$
12,991

 
33.1
%
Collectibles
13,918

 
35.2

 
26,210

 
66.9

 Total secured loans
$
39,500

 
100.0
%
 
$
39,201

 
100.0
%

Impaired loans
A loan is considered impaired if it is probable, based on current information and events, that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan. Customer loans are reviewed for impairment and include loans that are past due, non-performing or in bankruptcy. Recognition of income is suspended and the loan is placed on non-accrual status when management determines that collection of future income is not probable. Accrual is resumed, and previously suspended income is recognized, when the loan becomes contractually current and/or collection doubts are removed. Cash receipts on impaired loans are recorded first against the receivable and then to any unrecognized income.
All loans are contractually subject to margin call. As a result, loans typically do not become impaired due to the fact the Company has the ability to require margin calls which are due upon receipt. Per the terms of the loan agreement, the Company has the right to rapidly liquidate the loan collateral in the event of a default. The material is highly liquid and easily sold to pay off the loan. Such circumstances would result in a short

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term impairment that would typically result in full repayment of the loan and fees due to the Company. There were no impaired loans as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012.

Credit quality of loans
All interest is due and payable within 30 days. A loan is considered past due if interest is not paid in 30 days or collateral calls are not met timely. Customers are generally put into default for any interest past due over 30 days and for unsatisfied collateral calls. Due to the accelerated liquidation terms of the Company's loan portfolio all past due loans are generally liquidated within 90 days of default.
The allowance for credit losses attributable to non-performing loans is based on the most probable source of repayment, which is normally the liquidation of collateral. In determining collateral value, we estimate the current market value of the collateral and consider credit enhancements such as additional collateral and third-party guarantees.
There were no non-performing loans as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012.
Further information about the Company credit quality indicator includes differentiating by categories of current loan-to-value ratios. The Company disaggregates its secured loans as follows:
in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loan-to-value of 75% or more
$
411

 
1.0
%
 
$
9,914

 
25.3
%
Loan-to-value of less than 75%
39,089

 
99.0

 
29,287

 
74.7

  Total
$
39,500

 
100.0
%
 
$
39,201

 
100.0
%

No loans have a loan-to-value in excess of 100% at March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012.

6.
INVENTORIES
The Trading segment's inventories primarily include bullion and bullion coins and are stated at published market values plus purchase premiums paid on acquisition of the metal. The amount of premium included in the inventories as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012 was $1.7 million and $1.8 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, the unrealized gains (losses) resulting from the difference between market value and cost of physical inventories were $3.8 million and $(2.1) million, respectively. These unrealized gains (losses) are included within the cost of products sold in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. Such gains (losses) are generally offset by the results of hedging transactions, which have been reflected as a net gain (loss) on derivative instruments, which is a component of cost of precious metals sold in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The Trading segment's inventories include amounts borrowed from various suppliers under ongoing agreements of $36.5 million and $27.1 million as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively. A corresponding obligation related to metals borrowed is reflected on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Trading Segment also protects substantially all of its physical inventories from market risk through commodity hedge transactions (See Note 11).
The Trading segment's inventories also include amounts for obligation under a product financing arrangement totaling $9.8 million and $15.6 million as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012 respectively (See Note 10).
The Trading segment periodically loans metals to customers on a short-term consignment basis, charging interest fees based on the value of the metal loaned. Inventories loaned under consignment arrangements to customers as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012 totaled $6.5 million and $21.9 million, respectively. Such inventory is removed at the time the customer elects to price and purchase the metals, and the Company records a corresponding sale and receivable. Substantially all inventory loaned under consignment arrangements is secured by letters of credit issued by major financial institutions for the benefit of the Company or under an all-risk insurance policy with the Company as the loss-payee.
Inventories as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012 consisted of the following:
in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
Trading segment inventory
$
113,860

 
$
136,533

Less: reserve for loss

 

Trading, net
$
113,860

 
$
136,533

Collectibles segment inventory
$
19,790

 
$
22,033

Less: reserve for loss
(503
)
 
(717
)
Collectibles, net
$
19,287

 
$
21,316

Total inventory, gross
$
133,650

 
$
158,566

Less: reserve for loss
(503
)
 
(717
)
Net inventory
$
133,147

 
$
157,849

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(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations

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Activity in the reserve for inventory loss for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and year ended June 30, 2012 are as follows:
 
Nine Months Ended
 
Year Ended
in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
Beginning balance
$
717

 
$
706

Provision for loss
19

 
517

Charge-offs to reserve
(233
)
 
(506
)
Foreign currency exchange rate changes

 

Ending balance
$
503

 
$
717

____________________
(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations


7. GOODWILL AND OTHER PURCHASED INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill
The changes in the carrying values of goodwill by business segment for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 are described below:
in thousands
Trading
 
Collectibles
 
Total
Balance as of June 30, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
4,884

 
6,144

 
11,028

Accumulated impairment losses

 
(4,263
)
 
(4,263
)
 
4,884

 
1,881

 
6,765

Adjustment to goodwill due to foreign currency exchange rate changes

 
242

 
242

Disposals related to sale of stamps division

 
(1,021
)
 
(1,021
)
Goodwill impairment

 

 

Balance as of March 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
4,884

 
5,365

 
10,249

Accumulated impairment losses

 
(4,263
)
 
(4,263
)
 
$
4,884

 
$
1,102

 
$
5,986

____________________
(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations
Cumulative goodwill impairment totaled $4.3 million as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively. Please see note below regarding increases in goodwill related to the acquisition of Stack's, LLC (“Stack's”). Changes in goodwill were related to acquisitions and foreign currency translation adjustments within the European operations.

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Other Purchased Intangible Assets
The carrying value of other purchased intangibles as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012 is as described below:
 
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
in thousands
Estimated Useful Lives (Years)
 
Gross Carrying Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Accumulated Impairment
 
Net Book Value
 
Gross Carrying Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Accumulated Impairment
 
Net Book Value
Trademarks
Indefinite
 
$
3,479

 
$

 
$
(798
)
 
$
2,681

 
$
3,479

 
$

 
$
(798
)
 
$
2,681

Customer lists
5 - 15
 
9,057

 
(4,816
)
 
(419
)
 
3,822

 
9,057

 
(4,190
)
 
(419
)
 
4,448

Non-compete and other
4
 
2,270

 
(2,251
)
 

 
19

 
2,270

 
(2,242
)
 

 
28

Purchased intangibles subject to amortization
 
 
11,327

 
(7,067
)
 
(419
)
 
3,841

 
11,327

 
(6,432
)
 
(419
)
 
4,476

 
 
 
$
14,806

 
$
(7,067
)
 
$
(1,217
)
 
$
6,522

 
$
14,806

 
$
(6,432
)
 
$
(1,217
)
 
$
7,157

____________________
(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations

The Company's other purchased intangible assets are subject to amortization except for trademarks, which have an indefinite life. Amortization expense related to the Company's intangible assets for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $0.2 million and $0.6 million and $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively.
On January 3, 2011, B&M formed Stack's-Bowers Numismatics, LLC (“LLC”), a Delaware limited liability company with Stack's, a Delaware limited liability company (See Note 13).
Estimated amortization expense on an annual basis for the succeeding five years is as follows (in thousands):
Year ending June 30,
 
 
2013 (remaining 3 months)
 
$
205

2014
 
683

2015
 
567

2016
 
518

2017
 
479

Thereafter
 
1,389

Total
 
$
3,841



8.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND CONSIGNOR PAYABLES
Accounts payable and consignor payables consists of the following:
in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
Trade payable to customers and consignor payables
$
12,431

 
$
12,855

Advances from customers
26,387

 
21,368

Net liability on margin accounts
14,482

 
14,842

Other accounts payable
323

 
464

Derivative liabilities — open purchases and sales commitments
8,966

 
45,932

Derivative liabilities — forward contracts

 
326

 
$
62,589

 
$
95,787

____________________
(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations



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9.
INCOME TAXES

The Company uses an estimated annual effective tax rate, which is based on expected annual income, statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available in the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates, to determine its quarterly provision for income taxes. Certain significant or unusual items are separately recognized in the quarter in the which they occur and can be a source of variability in the effective tax rates from quarter to quarter.

Income tax provision/(benefit) on continuing operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 consists of the following:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
U.S.
 
436

 
(837
)
 
718

 
1,676

Foreign
 
89

 
126

 
977

 
456

Provision for income taxes (income tax benefit) — continuing operations
 
525

 
(711
)
 
1,695

 
2,132


The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
Effective tax rate
 
33.35
%
 
75.48
%
 
118.5
%
 
44.54
%

The effective tax rate varies significantly from the federal statutory rate due to permanent adjustments for nondeductible items, state taxes and foreign tax rate differentials.  In addition, during the nine months ended March 31, 2013, the Company recorded discreet adjustments to tax expense as a result of a change in tax law that impacted the valuation of state deferred tax assets and the accrual of an uncertain tax position related to foreign and state income taxes.
In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, management concluded that, with the exception of foreign tax credits which require foreign source income to be reported in the U.S., certain state net operating loss carryforwards, and capital loss carryforward, it was more likely than not that the Company would be able to realize the benefit of the U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets in the future. We based this conclusion on historical and projected operating performance, as well as our expectation that our operations will generate sufficient taxable income in future periods to realize the tax benefits associated with the deferred tax assets. The valuation allowance increased by $6.1 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2013 due to Management's assessment of its ability to utilize certain state net operating losses and federal carryforwards. We will continue to assess the need for a valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset by evaluating both positive and negative evidence that may exist. Any adjustment to the net deferred tax asset valuation allowance would be recorded in the income statement for the period that the adjustment is determined to be required. The valuation allowance against deferred tax assets was $14.9 million and $8.8 million as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012 respectively.
The Company was notified by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance of their intent to audit the tax years ended June 30, 2008 through 2012. The Company is unable to predict the outcome at this time.

The Company is currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the years ended June 30, 2004 through 2010. With few exceptions, either examinations have been completed by tax authorities or the statute of limitations have expired for U.S. federal, state and local income tax returns filed by the Company for the years through 2003. The Company's Spanish operations are also currently under examination. For our remaining foreign operations, either examinations have been completed by the tax authorities or the statute of limitations has expired for tax returns filed by the Company for the years through 2002.

As of March 31, 2013, the Company had $27.7 million of unrecognized tax benefits and $1.7 million relating to interest and penalties. Of the total unrecognized tax benefits, $27.7 million would reduce our effective tax rate, if recognized. Our continuing practice is to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. The Company accrued additional interest and penalties of $0.1 million and $0.3 million during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and $0.1 million and $0.3 million during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012. Final determination of a significant portion of the Company's global unrecognized tax benefits that will be effectively settled remains subject to ongoing examination by various taxing authorities, including the IRS. The Company is actively pursuing strategies to favorably settle or resolve these liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits. If the Company is successful in mitigating these liabilities, in whole or in part, the impact will be recorded as an adjustment to income tax expense in the period of settlement. The Company expects to resolve this issue within the next six to twelve months; however the Company is unable to predict the outcome at this time.


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10.
FINANCING AGREEMENTS

The Company has the following amounts outstanding under financing agreements as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012:
in thousands
 
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
Liability on borrowed metals
 
$
36,514

 
$
27,076

Obligation under product financing agreement
 
$
9,821

 
$
15,576

Lines of credit:
 
 
 
 
Trading credit facility
 
$
77,500

 
$
91,000

Collectibles credit facility
 
1,000

 

LLC credit facility
 
61

 
1,669

Total lines of credit
 
$
78,561

 
$
92,669

Debt obligations:
 
 
 
 
Note payable for acquired assets, plus accrued interest
 
$
205

 
$
330

Note payable for building, plus accrued interest
 
6,298

 
6,398

Total debt obligations
 
$
6,503

 
$
6,728


Liability on Borrowed Metals
A-Mark borrows metals from several of its suppliers under short-term agreements bearing interest at a designated rate. Amounts under these agreements are due at maturity and require repayment either in the form of borrowed metals or cash. A-Mark's inventories included borrowed metals with market values totaling $36.5 million and $27.1 million as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively. Certain of these metals are secured by letters of credit issued under A-Mark's borrowing facility, which totaled $9.0 million and $7.0 million as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively.

Obligation Under Product Financing Agreement
A-Mark entered into an agreement with a third party for the sale of gold and silver, at the option of the third party, at a fixed price. Such agreement allows the Company to repurchase this inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the repurchase date. The third party charges a monthly fee as percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation. These transactions do not qualify as sales and therefore have been accounted for as financing arrangements and reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheet within obligation under product financing arrangement. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory. Both the product financing obligation and the underlying inventory are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded as a component of cost of precious metals sold in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Such obligation totaled $9.8 million and $15.6 million as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively.

Lines of Credit
Trading Credit Facility
A-Mark has a borrowing facility (“Trading Credit Facility”) with a group of financial institutions under an inter-creditor agreement, which provides for lines of credit including a sub-facility for letters of credit up to the maximum of the credit facility. As of March 31, 2013, the maximum of the Trading Credit Facility was $170.0 million. A-Mark routinely uses the Trading Credit Facility to purchase metals from its suppliers and for operating cash flow purposes. Amounts under the Trading Credit Facility bear interest based on London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a margin. The one-month LIBOR rate was approximately 0.20% and 0.24% as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively. Borrowings are due on demand and totaled $77.5 million and $91.0 million for lines of credit and $9.0 million and $7.0 million for letters of credit at March 31, 2013 and at June 30, 2012, respectively. Amounts borrowed under the Trading Credit Facility are secured by A-Mark’s receivables and inventories. The amounts available under the Trading Credit Facility are formula based and totaled $83.5 million and $65.0 million at March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively. The Trading Credit Facility also limits A-Mark's ability to pay dividends to SGI. The Trading Credit Facility is cancelable by written notice from the financial institutions.
A-Mark’s Trading Credit Facility has certain restrictive financial covenants which require it and SGI to maintain a minimum tangible net worth, as defined, of $25.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively. A-Mark’s and SGI’s tangible net worth as of March 31, 2013 was $38.9 million and $62.6 million, respectively. The Company's ability to pay dividends, if it were to elect to do so, could be limited as a result of these restrictions.

Interest expense related to A-Mark’s borrowing arrangements totaled $0.8 million and $2.6 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and $1.2 million and $3.3 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively.

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Collectibles Credit Facility
In May 2010, the Company and its wholly-owned numismatic subsidiaries, Spectrum Numismatics International, Inc. (“SNI”), B&M, and Teletrade, Inc. (“Teletrade”), entered into a borrowing facility with a lender, providing for a line of credit (the “Collectibles Credit Facility”). As of March 31, 2013, the maximum of the Collectibles Credit Facility was $5.0 million. Amounts outstanding under the Collectibles Credit Facility are secured by the assets of SNI, B&M and Teletrade, and are further guaranteed by the Company. The Company's obligations under the guaranty are secured by the pledge of SNI shares owned by it. The Collectibles Credit Facility is due on demand, and interest on the outstanding amounts accrued at the lender's base rate, which is subject to change, plus a margin. As of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012 borrowings are due on demand and totaled $1.0 million and $0, respectively.

Separately, A-Mark, the Company's precious metals trading subsidiary, has a line of credit with this lender totaling $20.0 million, which is a component of A-Mark's Trading Credit Facility. Total borrowing capacity between SNI and A-Mark cannot exceed $23.0 million with respect to this lender. As of March 31, 2013, the total amount borrowed with this lender was $21.0 million, which consisted of $20.0 million by A-Mark and $1.0 million by SNI. Amounts available for borrowing under this Collectible Credit Facility as of March 31, 2013 were $2.0 million. As of June 30, 2012 the total amount borrowed with this lender was $18.0 million, which consisted of $0 by SNI and $18.0 million by A-Mark.

Interest expense related to SNI's borrowing arrangements totaled $6,000 and $74,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013, respectively, and $69,000 and $207,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively.

LLC Credit Facility
LLC has a Revolving Credit Facility with its related party effective on January 1, 2011 and amended on April 28, 2011. This Revolving Credit Facility entitled LLC to draw upon it to cover certain costs, as defined. Under the terms of the agreement, this Revolving Credit Facility bears an interest rate of prime plus a stated rate and the agreement expires December 31, 2015. The maximum that can be drawn against the Revolving Credit Facility is $2.0 million. The proceeds can only be used to cover certain costs, as defined, and must be repaid within forty five days following the auction close. As of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, LLC had borrowed $0.1 million and $1.7 million, and incurred interest expense of $4,000 and $30,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013, respectively, and $7,000 and $32,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively.

Other Debt Obligations
Note Payable for Acquired Assets
On November 23, 2010, B&M purchased certain assets of Summit Rare Coins for $300,000 which was reflected as an increase to customer lists (Note 7) with a corresponding increase to note payable of $300,000. The loan bears interest at the rate of 6.0% per annum. The loan was extended and now matures on March 31, 2014, at which time the then outstanding principal balance of the loan and accrued interest are due and payable in full. As of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012 the outstanding principal balance was $159,500 and $300,000, and interest expense was $5,000 and $15,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013, respectively, and $5,000 and $14,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively.

Note Payable for Building
On April 21, 2011, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, 1063 McGaw, LLC, purchased a two-story 54,239 square foot office building located in Irvine, California, to serve as its new corporate headquarters. The purchase price for the building was $7.250 million and was partly financed by the assumption of an existing loan with an outstanding principal balance of $6.524 million. The loan bears interest at the rate of 5.50% per annum and is payable in equal monthly installments of principal and interest in the amount of $40,540. The loan matures on May 11, 2015, at which time the then outstanding principal balance of the loan is due and payable in full. As of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, the outstanding principal balance was $6.3 million and $6.4 million, and interest expense was $87,000 and $265,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013, respectively, and $89,000 and $271,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively.
The following table represents future obligations pertaining to the principal payments on the McGaw note:
Years ended June 30,
 
Amount
 
 
 
in thousands
 
 
2013 (remaining 3 months)
 
$
34

2014
 
142

2015
 
6,102

Total
 
$
6,278




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11.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
The Company manages the value of certain specific assets and liabilities of its trading business, including trading inventories (see Note 6), by employing a variety of strategies. These strategies include the management of exposure to changes in the market values of the Company's trading inventories through the purchase and sale of a variety of derivative products such as metals forwards and futures.
The Company's trading inventories and purchase and sale transactions consist primarily of precious metal bearing products. The value of these assets and liabilities are linked to the prevailing price of the underlying precious metals. The Company's precious metals inventories are subject to market value changes, created by changes in the underlying commodity markets. Inventories purchased or borrowed by the Company are subject to price changes. Inventories borrowed are considered natural hedges, since changes in value of the metal held are offset by the obligation to return the metal to the supplier.
Open purchase and sale commitments are subject to changes in value between the date the purchase or sale price is fixed (the “trade date”) and the date the metal is received or delivered (the “settlement date”). The Company seeks to minimize the effect of price changes of the underlying commodity through the use of forward and futures contracts.
The Company's policy is to substantially hedge its inventory position, net of open purchase and sales commitments that is subject to price risk. The Company regularly enters into metals commodity forward and futures contracts with major financial institutions to hedge price changes that would cause changes in the value of its physical metals positions and purchase commitments and sale commitments. The Company has access to all of the precious metals markets, allowing it to place hedges. However, the Company also maintains relationships with major market makers in every major precious metals dealing center.
Due to the nature of the Company's global hedging strategy, the Company is not using hedge accounting as defined under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. Gains or losses resulting from the Company's futures and forward contracts are reported as unrealized gains or losses on commodity contracts with the related unrealized amounts due from or to counterparties reflected as a derivative asset or liability (see Notes 5 and 8). Gains or losses resulting from the termination of hedge contracts are reported as realized gains or losses on commodity contracts. Realized and unrealized net gains (losses) on derivative instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 were $(23.3) million and $(31.4) million, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 were $31.5 million and $41.4 million, respectively.
The Company’s management sets credit and position risk limits. These limits include gross position limits for counterparties engaged in purchase and sales transactions with the Company. They also include collateral limits for different types of purchase and sale transactions that counterparties may engage in from time to time.

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A summary of the market values of the Company’s physical inventory positions, purchase and sale commitments, and its outstanding forwards and futures contracts is as follows at March 31, 2013 and at June 30, 2012:
in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
Trading Inventory, net
$
113,860

 
$
136,533

Less unhedgable inventory:
 
 
 
Premium on metals position
(1,717
)
 
(1,824
)
Subtotal
112,143

 
134,709

Commitments at market:
 

 
 

Open inventory purchase commitments
465,018

 
392,307

Open inventory sale commitments
(234,354
)
 
(140,823
)
Margin sale commitments
(44,386
)
 
(39,716
)
Unhedgable premiums on open commitment positions
679

 
458

Inventory borrowed from suppliers
(36,514
)
 
(27,076
)
Product financing obligation
(9,821
)
 
(15,576
)
Advances on industrial metals
1,490

 
757

Inventory subject to price risk
254,255

 
305,040

Inventory subject to derivative financial instruments:
 
 
 
Precious metals forward contracts at market values
87,925

 
59,659

Precious metals futures contracts at market values
167,268

 
244,954

Total market value of derivative financial instruments
255,193

 
304,613

Net inventory subject to price risk
$
(938
)
 
$
427

in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
Effects of open related party transactions between A-Mark and affiliates:
 
 
 
   Net inventory subject to price risk, Company consolidated basis
$
(938
)
 
$
427

   Open inventory sale commitments with affiliates
(192
)
 
(574
)
   Open inventory purchase commitments with affiliates
1,068

 
254

Net inventory subject to price risk, A-Mark stand-alone basis
$
(62
)
 
$
107

The unhedgable premium on open commitment positions is equal to total premium less hedgable premium, where the premium value is based upon a percentage of the underlying bullion value. At March 31, 2013, total premium on open commitment positions was $0.7 million, of which $0 million was deemed hedgable. At June 30, 2012, total premium on open commitment positions was $0.5 million, of which $0 was deemed hedgable.
At March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, the Company had the following outstanding commitments:
in thousands
 
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase commitments
 
$
465,018

 
$
392,307

Sale commitments
 
(234,354
)
 
(140,823
)
Margin sale commitments
 
(44,386
)
 
(39,716
)
Open forward contracts
 
87,925

 
59,659

Open futures contracts
 
167,268

 
244,954

The Company uses forward contracts and futures contracts to protect its inventories from market exposure.
The contract amounts of these forward and futures contracts and the open purchase and sale orders are not reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The difference between the market price of the underlying metal or contract and the trade amount is recorded at fair value. The Company’s open purchase and sales commitments generally settle within 2 business days, and for those commitments that do not have stated settlement dates, the Company has the right to settle the positions upon demand. Futures and forwards contracts open at March 31, 2013 are scheduled to settle within 30 days.

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The Company is exposed to the risk of failure of the counterparties to its derivative contracts. Significant judgment is applied by the Company when evaluating the fair value implications. The Company regularly reviews the creditworthiness of its major counterparties and monitors its exposure to concentrations. At March 31, 2013, the Company believes its risk of counterparty default is mitigated as a result of such evaluation and the short-term duration of these arrangements.


12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Royalties to Former Owner
As part of the A-Mark sale agreement dated July 15, 2005, the former owner is paid royalties annually for his portion of income earned on a specific type of transaction. The Trading segment accrued $258,000 and $504,000 in royalty expenses as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively.
Transactions with Directors and Officers
From time to time certain of the Company's officers and directors may purchase from or consign collectibles to the Company. Each purchase and consignment is made under substantially the same conditions that are applicable to third parties. The Company's officers and directors purchased from the Company $65,000 and $149,000 during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013, respectively, and $0 and $1.1 million during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively, and did not consign any collectibles during these periods.
Transactions with Other Related Parties
During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013, the Company purchased $29,000 and $2.5 million in collectibles from business partners of the Company's Chief Executive Officer. The Company has sold most of these collectibles at a profit of $0.2 million. During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013, the Company sold $135,000 and $203,000 in collectibles to business partners of the Company's Chief Executive Officer.
Securities Purchase Agreement
On September 25, 2012, the Company purchased from Afinsa and Auctentia a total of 15,609,796 shares of common stock, as a result of which the combined holdings of Afinsa and Auctentia was reduced from 57% to 9.9% of the Company's common stock outstanding. In addition, the Company purchased from Auctentia 20% of the shares of the Company's subsidiary Spectrum PMI, Inc., which is the holding company for the Company's A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. trading subsidiary. As a result, Spectrum PMI is now wholly owned by the Company. The purchase of the securities was pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 5, 2012, as amended, among the Company, Afinsa and Auctentia, and the aggregate purchase price, including interest and other charges, was $51.17 million. The purchase price was funded through the proceeds of a rights offering and private placement of shares of common stock, which also closed on September 25, 2012, as well as the Company's cash on hand, resulting in a net impact to working capital of $25.6 million in cash and cash equivalents. The Company sold 12,004,387 shares in the rights offering at a price of $1.90 per share, for aggregate proceeds of $22.8 million, and 1,426,315 shares in the private placement at a price of $1.90 per share, for aggregate proceeds of $2.71 million. In connection with the purchase of the securities from Afinsa and Auctentia, and in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, George Lumby, a representative of Afinsa, resigned from the Company's board of directors. Antonio Arenas, Afinsa's other representative on the board, resigned his position as executive chairman, but remains a director of the Company. As provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement, Mr. Arenas will resign from the board when Afinsa and Auctentia collectively cease to hold at least 5% of the Company's common stock. The Company agreed in the Securities Purchase Agreement agreed to use its reasonable commercial efforts to assist Afinsa and Auctentia to sell their remaining shares of common stock in an orderly manner that will be non-disruptive to the public market for the common stock and that is intended to facilitate a sale at prices acceptable to Afinsa and Auctentia.

As of March 31, 2013, there are outstanding 30,555,138 shares of common stock, of which 3,032,270 shares are owned by Afinsa and Auctentia. Accordingly, Afinsa and Auctentia no longer control the Company.
Other Transactions with Afinsa
On June 27, 2011, the Company and Afinsa entered into a consignment agreement to auction philatelic materials owned by Afinsa. Under the terms of the consignment agreement, Heinrich Köhler Auktionshaus GmbH and Heinrick Köhler Briefmarkenhandel acted as the auctioneer for the sale of the philatelic materials owned by Afinsa. Heinrich Köhler Auktionshaus GmbH and Heinrich Köhler Briefmarkenhandel earned related auction commissions of $0 and $57,000 during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013, respectively, and $108,000 and $124,000 during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012.
Related Party Credit Facility
Stack's-Bowers Numismatics, LLC has a maximum $2.0 million Revolving Credit Facility with its related party (Note 10).

13.
NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS

Non-controlling interests include Auctentia’s 20% share in the net assets and income of A-Mark through September 25, 2012, and the outside partners' interests in the net assets and income of the joint ventures described below.

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LLC
On January 3, 2011, B&M, a wholly owned subsidiary of SGI, formed LLC with Stack's for the purpose of selling retail coins, paper money and other numismatic collectibles. B&M contributed substantially all of its operating assets (excluding inventory, accounts receivable and other specified assets) plus cash in the amount of $3,760,000 to the LLC in exchange for a 51% membership interest in the LLC, and Stack's contributed substantially all of its operating assets (excluding inventory, accounts receivable and other specified assets) to the LLC plus $490,000 in cash in exchange for a 49% membership interest in the LLC and cash in the amount of $3,250,000. LLC assumed the operations of both B&M and Stack's. SGI accounted for this transaction as an acquisition of Stack's assets and consolidates the operations of the LLC for financial reporting purposes.
Calzona
On January 12, 2012, SNI formed Calzona with an outside partner for the purpose of selling precious metals and coins via the Internet. SNI and the outside partner each contributed $150,000 to Calzona in exchange for a 35% and 65% interest, respectively. The outside partner's interest is redeemable after five years at fair value and accordingly is classified as temporary equity in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company has included in the condensed consolidated financial statements the financial position and results of operations of Calzona, a VIE, since SNI is the primary beneficiary. The Company recognizes the changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Under this method, this is viewed at the end of the reporting period as if it were also the redemption date for the security.

The Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets include the following non-controlling interests as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012:
in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
Auctentia 20% interest in Spectrum PMI through September 25, 2012 - (Spectrum PMI owned 100% of A-Mark Precious Metals)
$

 
$
10,935

LLC 49% interest
1,966

 
2,461

Non controlling interest presented as a component of stockholders' equity
1,966

 
13,396

Calzona redeemable 65% interest presented as temporary equity
14

 
124

 
$
1,980

 
$
13,520

The Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 includes the following non-controlling interest in net income (loss):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
in thousands
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Auctentia 20% interest in Spectrum PMI through September 25, 2012 - (Spectrum PMI owns 100% of A-Mark Precious Metals)
 
$

 
$
466

 
$
337

 
$
1,606

LLC 49% interest
 
391

 
(300
)
 
(495
)
 
(420
)
Calzona redeemable 65% interest
 
(44
)
 
(28
)
 
(110
)
 
(28
)

 
$
347

 
$
138

 
$
(268
)
 
$
1,158


14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Refer to Note 15 to the notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2012 Annual Report for information relating to minimum rental payments under operating and capital leases, consulting and employment contracts, and other commitments.
Certain legal proceedings in which the Company is involved are discussed in Note 15 to the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in its 2012 Annual Report. There have been no material changes in those legal matters and the Company does not have any related legal reserves.

15.
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Repurchase of Common Shares
On February 8, 2013, the Company's board of directors approved a stock repurchase plan which authorizes the repurchase of up to $5 million of the Company's common stock. The authorization remains open through August 8, 2014. Purchases may be made from time to time by the Company in the open market at prevailing market prices or in privately negotiated transactions. As of March 31, 2013, 123,100 shares of common stock at an average weighted price per share of $2.01 had been repurchased by the Company under the plan.

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Stock Option Plans
1997 Stock Incentive Plan
In 1997, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted and the Company's shareholders approved the 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “1997 Plan”). Under the 1997 Plan, SGI has granted options and other equity awards as a means of attracting and retaining officers, employees, non-employee directors and consultants, to provide incentives to such persons, and to align the interests of such persons with the interests of stockholders by providing compensation based on the value of SGI's stock. Awards under the 1997 Plan may be granted in the form of non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights and other stock-based awards (which may include outright grants of shares). The 1997 Plan was administered by the Board of Directors, which may in its discretion select officers and other employees, directors (including non-employee directors) and consultants to SGI and its subsidiaries to receive grants of awards.
Under the 1997 Plan, the exercise price of options and base price of SARs may be set in the discretion of the Board of Directors, and stock options and SARs may have any term. The majority of the stock options granted under the 1997 Plan have been granted with an exercise price equal to market value on the date of grant. The 1997 Plan limits the number of stock options and SARs that may be granted to any one employee to 550,000 in any year. At March 31, 2013, there were 0 shares remaining available for future awards under the 1997 Plan. On December 13, 2012, the 2012 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”), which was previously approved by the Board of Directors, was approved by the Company's shareholders. The 2012 Plan replaces the 1997 Plan for new grants, but any outstanding awards under the 1997 Plan continue in accordance with the 1997 Plan terms.
2012 Stock Award and Incentive Plan
In 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted and the Company's shareholders approved the 2012 Plan. Under the 2012 Plan, SGI may grant options and other equity awards as a means of attracting and retaining officers, employees, non-employee directors and consultants, to provide incentives to such persons, and to align the interests of such persons with the interests of stockholders by providing compensation based on the value of SGI's stock. Awards under the 2012 Plan may be granted in the form of incentive or non-qualified stock options, SARs, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights and other stock-based awards (which may include outright grants of shares). The 2012 Plan currently is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which may in its discretion select officers and other employees, directors (including non-employee directors) and consultants to SGI and its subsidiaries to receive grants of awards.
Under the 2012 Plan, the exercise price of options and base price of SARs may be set in the discretion of the Board, but generally may not be less than the fair market value of the shares on the date of grant, and the maximum term of stock options and SARs is ten years. The 2012 Plan limits the number of share-denominated awards that may be granted to any one employee to 750,000 in any year. The 2012 Plan will terminate when no shares remain available for issuance and no awards remain outstanding. At March 31, 2013, there were 2,140,000 shares remaining available for future awards under the 2012 Plan.
Non-Plan Stock Awards
Occasionally, the Company, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, may grant stock awards outside of existing stock option plans. On October 25, 2012, the Board of Directors approved a stock option grant to Jeffrey Benjamin, the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Chairman”), to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The stock options have an exercise price of $2.00, the closing price of the Company's common stock on October 25, 2012, expire in ten years, and 20% of the options vest on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date.  Vesting would accelerate in the event of death, disability, or change in control, or if the Chairman ceased to serve on the Board at a time he remained willing to do so.
Employee Stock Options. The Company recorded expense of $593,000 and $622,000 during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013, respectively and $24,000 and $73,000 during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations related to the vesting of previously issued employee stock options.
The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the nine months ended March 31, 2013:
 
Options
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price
 
Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
 
Weighted Average per share Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at June 30, 2012
640,750

 
$
5.41

 
$

 
$
1.60

Granted through stock option plan

 

 

 

Other stock option grants
860,000

 
2.36

 

 
1.73

Exercised
(50,000
)
 
2.00

 

 
0.74

Cancellations, expirations and forfeitures
(170,500
)
 
2.00

 

 
1.37

Outstanding at March 31, 2013
1,280,250

 
3.95

 
$
95

 
1.75

Shares exercisable at March 31, 2013
720,250

 
5.45

 
$

 
1.79


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Following is a summary of the status of stock options outstanding at March 31, 2013:
Options Outstanding
 
Options Exercisable
Exercise Price Ranges
 
Number of Shares Outstanding
 
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price
 
Number of Shares Exercisable
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price
From
 
To
 
 
 
 
 
$
1.00

 
$
5.00

 
1,107,500

 
8.32
 
$
2.43

 
547,500

 
$
2.86

5.01

 
10.00

 
7,750

 
0.60
 
8.97

 
7,750

 
8.97

10.01

 
15.00

 
165,000

 
1.01
 
13.90

 
165,000

 
13.90

 
 
 
 
1,280,250

 
7.33
 
3.95

 
720,250

 
5.45

Restricted Stock Units. The Company has issued restricted stock to certain members of management, key employees, and directors. During the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company granted 333,001 and 53,148 restricted shares at a weighted average issuance price of $2.02 and $2.86, respectively. Such shares generally vest within a year from the date of grant. Total compensation expense recorded for restricted shares was $118,000 and $280,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and $95,000 and $357,000 for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively. As of March 31, 2013, the remaining compensation expense that will be recorded under restricted stock grants totals $656,000, which will be recorded over a weighted average period of approximately 2.37 years.
The following table summarizes the restricted stock activity for the nine months ended March 31, 2013:
 
Shares
 
Weighted Average Share Price at Grant Date
Outstanding at June 30, 2012
470,648

 
$
2.16

Shares granted
333,001

 
2.02

Shares issued
(88,148
)
 
2.50

Shares forfeited

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2013
715,501

 
2.05

Vested but unissued at March 31, 2013
2,500

 
1.68

No tax benefit was recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations related to share-based compensation for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.
Stock Appreciation Rights. The Company, from time to time, enters into separate share-based payment arrangements with certain key employees and executive officers. The number of shares to be received under these awards ultimately depends on the appreciation in the Company’s common stock over a specified period of time, generally three years. At the end of the stated appreciation period, the number of shares of common stock issued will be equal in value to the appreciation in the shares of the Company’s common stock, as measured from the stocks closing price on the date of grant to the average price in the last month of the third year of vesting. As of March 31, 2013 and as of June 30, 2012, there were approximately 37,500 and 37,500 stock appreciation rights outstanding with an exercise price of $12.06. At March 31, 2013 and at June 30, 2012, there was no intrinsic value associated with these arrangements. The Company recorded the awards as a component of equity using the Black-Scholes valuation model. These awards are amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized no pre-tax compensation expense related to these grants, based on a weighted average risk free rate of 4.06%, a volatility factor of 253% and a weighted average expected life of seven years. There is no remaining compensation expense that will be recorded for these awards.
Certain Anti-Takeover Provisions
The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws contain certain anti-takeover provisions that could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or of discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire, control of the Company without negotiating with its Board of Directors. Such provisions could limit the price that certain investors might be willing to pay in the future for the Company’s securities. Certain of such provisions provide for a Board of Directors with staggered terms, allow the Company to issue preferred stock with rights senior to those of the common stock, or impose various procedural and other requirements which could make it more difficult for stockholders to effect certain corporate actions.


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16.
SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
The Company's operations are organized under two business segments - Trading and Collectibles (Note 1).
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 in thousands
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trading
 
$
1,825,450

 
$
1,816,231

 
$
5,127,690

 
$
6,097,344

Collectibles:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numismatics
 
43,758

 
43,734

 
141,350

 
146,912

Philatelic
 

 
9

 

 
(10
)
     Wine
 
386

 
1,298

 
1,710

 
3,888

Total Collectibles
 
44,144

 
45,041

 
143,060

 
150,790

Total revenue
 
$
1,869,594

 
$
1,861,272

 
$
5,270,750

 
$
6,248,134

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in thousands
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
Revenue by geographic region (as determined by location of subsidiaries):
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
 
$
1,785,654

 
$
1,806,772

 
$
5,002,356

 
$
6,010,192

Europe
 
83,940

 
54,500

 
268,394

 
237,942

    Total revenue
 
$
1,869,594

 
$
1,861,272

 
$
5,270,750

 
$
6,248,134

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in thousands
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
Operating income (loss):
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trading
 
$
3,855

 
$
1,655

 
$
9,641

 
$
6,808

Collectibles
 
166

 
(1,688
)
 
(1,545
)
 
(3,633
)
Corporate expenses
 
(3,531
)
 
(1,966
)
 
(8,729
)
 
(7,439
)
    Total operating income (loss)
 
$
490

 
$
(1,999
)
 
$
(633
)
 
$
(4,264
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in thousands
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
Depreciation and amortization:
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
 
March 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2012 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trading
 
$
210

 
$
187

 
$
607

 
$
541

Collectibles
 
263

 
238

 
760

 
657

Corporate
 
97

 
65

 
276

 
116

    Total depreciation and amortization
 
$
570

 
$
490

 
$
1,643

 
$
1,314

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(1) Adjusted to reflect discontinued operations

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in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012 (1)
Inventories by segment/geographic region:
 
 
 
Trading:
 
 
 
United States
$
113,860

 
$
136,533

Total Trading
113,860

 
136,533

Collectibles:
 
 
 
United States
19,287

 
21,316

Total Collectibles
19,287

 
21,316

Total inventories
$
133,147

 
$
157,849

in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012 (1)
Total assets by segment/geographic region:
 
 
 
Trading:
 
 
 
United States
$
200,931

 
$
255,578

     Europe
4,579

 
2,263

Total Trading
205,510

 
257,841

Collectibles:
 
 
 
United States
89,439

 
100,404

Europe
153

 
6,781

Asia

 
706

Total Collectibles
89,592

 
107,891

Corporate and other
(137
)
 
12,776

Discontinued operations:
 
 
 
Europe


8,096

Asia

 
1,292

Total assets
$
294,965

 
$
387,896

in thousands
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012 (1)
Total long term assets by segment/geographic region:
 
 
 
Trading:
 
 
 
United States
$
9,381

 
$
9,534

     Europe
94

 
102

Total Trading
9,475

 
9,636

Collectibles:
 
 
 
United States
6,348

 
6,818

Europe
22

 
27

Total Collectibles
6,370

 
6,845

Corporate and other
14,460

 
14,487

Europe

 
918

Asia

 
198

Total long term assets
$
30,305

 
$
32,084

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17.
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The following tables present information about the Company's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the measurements fall:
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
 
Quoted Price in
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Active Markets
 
Significant Other
 
Significant
 
 
 
 
for Identical
 
Observable
 
Unobservable
 
 
 
 
Instruments
 
Inputs
 
Inputs
 
 
in thousands
 
(Level 1)
 
(Level 2)
 
(Level 3)
 
Total Balance
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodities
 
$
113,860

 
$

 
$

 
$
113,860

Derivative assets — open purchases and sale commitments
 
 
 
1,205

 
 
 
 
Derivative assets — futures contracts
 

 
8,675

 

 
8,675

Derivative assets — forward contracts
 

 
10

 

 
10

Total assets valued at fair value:
 
$
113,860

 
$
9,890

 
$

 
$
122,545

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liability on borrowed metals
 
$
(36,514
)
 
$

 
$

 
$
(36,514
)
Obligation under product financing arrangement
 
(9,821
)
 

 

 
(9,821
)
Liability on margin accounts
 
(14,482
)
 

 

 
(14,482
)
Derivative liabilities — open sales and purchase commitments
 

 
(8,966
)
 

 
(8,966
)
Total liabilities valued at fair value
 
$
(60,817
)
 
$
(8,966
)
 
$

 
$
(69,783
)
 
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
Quoted Price in
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Active Markets
 
Significant Other
 
Significant
 
 
 
 
for Identical
 
Observable
 
Unobservable
 
 
 
 
Instruments
 
 Inputs
 
Inputs
 
 
in thousands
 
(Level 1)
 
(Level 2)
 
(Level 3)
 
Total Balance
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodities
 
$
136,533

 
$

 
$

 
$
136,533

Derivative assets — future contracts
 

 
3,473

 

 
3,473

Total assets valued at fair value:
 
$
136,533

 
$
3,473

 
$

 
$
140,006

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liability on borrowed metals
 
$
(27,076
)
 
$

 
$

 
$
(27,076
)
Obligation under product financing arrangement
 
(15,576
)
 

 

 
(15,576
)
Liability on margin accounts
 
(14,842
)
 

 

 
(14,842
)
Derivative liabilities — open sales and purchase commitments
 

 
(45,932
)
 

 
(45,932
)
Derivative liabilities — forward contracts
 

 
(326
)
 

 
(326
)
Total liabilities valued at fair value:
 
$
(57,494
)
 
$
(46,258
)
 
$

 
$
(103,752
)

There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

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The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, including the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy:

Commodities
Commodities consisting of the precious metals component of the Company's inventories are carried at fair value. The fair value for commodities inventory is determined primarily using quoted market pricing and data derived from the markets on which the underlying commodities are traded. Precious metals commodities are classified in Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

Derivatives
Futures contracts, forward contracts and open purchase and sales commitments are valued at their intrinsic values, based on the difference between the quoted market price and the contractual price, and are included within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

Margin and Borrowed Metals Liabilities
Margin and borrowed metals liabilities consist of the Company's commodity obligations to margin customers and suppliers, respectively.
Margin liabilities and borrowed metals liabilities are carried at fair value, which is determined primarily using quoted market pricing and data derived from the markets on which the underlying commodities are traded. Margin and borrowed metals liabilities are classified in Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

Obligation Under Product Financing
Obligation under product financing is the amount required to repurchase outstanding inventory under an agreement with a third party for the sale of gold and silver (Note 10). This obligation is carried at fair value, which is determined primarily using quoted market pricing and data derived from the markets on which the underlying gold and silver are traded. The obligation is classified in Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis
The Company's goodwill and other purchased intangible assets may be measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. These assets are measured at cost but are written down to fair value if they are impaired. As of March 31, 2013, the Company's goodwill and other purchased intangibles were not impaired, and therefore were not measured at fair value. There were no gains or losses recognized in earnings associated with the above purchased intangibles during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company estimates the fair value of financial instruments that are not required to be carried in the condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value on either a recurring or non-recurring basis as follows:
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
(in thousands)
 
Carrying amount
 
Fair value
 
Carrying amount
 
Fair value
 
Level in fair value hierarchy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
28,083

 
$
28,083

 
$
25,305

 
$
25,305

 
1
Restricted cash
 
597

 
597

 
550

 
550

 
1
Receivables and secured loans
 
86,009

 
86,009

 
127,995

 
127,995

 
2
Accounts receivable and consignor advances
 
14,287

 
14,287

 
20,428

 
20,428

 
2
Accounts payable and consignor payables
 
62,589

 
62,589

 
95,787

 
95,787

 
2
Lines of credit
 
78,561

 
78,561

 
92,669

 
92,669

 
2
Notes payable
 
6,503

 
6,658

 
6,728

 
6,728

 
2

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, receivables and secured loans, accounts receivable and consignor advances, and accounts payable and consignor payables approximated fair value due to their short-term nature. The carrying amounts of lines of credit and notes payable approximate fair value based on the borrowing rates currently available to the Company for bank loans with similar terms and average maturities.


18. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 30, 2013, the Company, through its subsidiaries Bowers & Merena Auctions LLC and Stack's-Bowers Numismatics, LLC (“SBN”), purchased the remaining 49% non-controlling interest in SBN/dba Stack's Bowers Galleries. As a result of this transaction, which was effective as of April 1, 2013, SBN/dba Stack's Bowers Galleries is now wholly owned by the Company. The purchase price consisted of $2.25 million in cash and $2.65 million evidenced by promissory note, bearing interest at 5.5% per annum and maturing on April 1, 2015. The Company is a primary obligor on the note, which is interest-only until maturity. In addition, the Company agreed to pay the seller, Stack's, LLC, an earn-out based on the performance of Stack's Bowers Galleries for its fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

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

Cautionary Statement Pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains statements that are considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give the Company's current expectations and forecasts of future events. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this annual report, including statements regarding the Company's future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the Company's current plans, and the Company's actual future activities and results of operations may be materially different from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this annual report may turn out to be inaccurate. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. The forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events occurring after the date hereof. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this annual report.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes that appear elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition to historical condensed consolidated financial information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

INTRODUCTION
Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes to help provide an understanding of our financial condition, the changes in our financial condition and the results of operations. Our discussion is organized as follows:

Overview. This section provides a general description of our business, as well as recent significant transactions and events that we believe are important in understanding the results of operations, as well as to anticipate future trends in those operations.
Results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations by comparing the results for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.
Financial condition and liquidity and capital resources. This section provides an analysis of our cash flows, as well as a discussion of our outstanding debt that existed as of March 31, 2013. Included in the discussion of outstanding debt is a discussion of the amount of financial capacity available to fund our future commitments, as well as a discussion of other financing arrangements.
Critical accounting estimates. This section discusses those accounting policies that both are considered important to our financial condition and results, and require significant judgment and estimates on the part of management in their application. In addition, all of our significant accounting policies, including critical accounting policies, are summarized in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Recent accounting pronouncements. This section discusses new accounting pronouncements, dates of implementation and impact on our accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, if any.

OVERVIEW
Business
We conduct our operations in two reportable segments: Trading and Collectibles.

Trading
Our Trading segment operates in the United States and Europe through A-Mark, a distributor and service provider to consumers, wholesalers, retailers and dealers of precious metals throughout the world operating from facilities located in Santa Monica, California and Vienna, Austria. A-Mark is a wholly owned subsidiary of Spectrum PMI, Inc. At June 30, 2012, we owned 80% of A-Mark through our 80% ownership interest in Spectrum PMI. The remaining 20% of Spectrum PMI was owned by Auctentia. On September 25, 2012, we purchased from Afinsa and Auctentia a total of 15,609,796 shares of common stock, as a result of which the combined holdings of Afinsa and Auctentia were reduced from 57% to 9.9% of our common stock outstanding. In addition, we purchased from Auctentia 20% of the shares of our subsidiary Spectrum PMI, Inc., which is the holding company for our A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. trading subsidiary. As a result, Spectrum PMI is now wholly owned by us.

CFC, a licensed California finance lender and a wholly owned subsidiary of A-Mark, offers loans on precious metals, rare coins and other collectibles to coin dealers, collectors and investors.


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Collectibles
Our Collectibles segment is a global integrated network of companies with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. Our Collectibles business is focused on numismatic (coins) and rare and fine vintage wine. We primarily sell these materials, both owned and consigned, through our auction subsidiaries and through wholesale merchant/dealer relationships. Until the first quarter of fiscal 2013, when we sold our stamp operations, we were also an auctioneer and merchant/dealer of philatelic (stamps) materials.

For the three months ended March 31, 2013, our Trading and Collectibles segments represented $1.83 billion, or 97.6%, and $44.1 million, or 2.4%, of our total revenues of $1.87 billion, and achieved $3.9 million and $0.2 million, respectively, in operating income, contributing to total operating income of $0.5 million after corporate expenses of $3.5 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our Trading and Collectibles segments represented $1.82 billion, or 97.6%, and $45.0 million, or 2.4%, of our total revenues of $1.86 billion, and achieved $1.7 million and $(1.7) million, respectively, in operating income (loss), contributing to total operating loss of $(2.0) million.
  
For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, our Trading and Collectibles segments represented $5.13 billion, or 97.3%, and $143.1 million, or 2.7%, of our total revenues of $5.27 billion, and achieved $9.6 million and $(1.5) million, respectively, in operating income (loss), contributing to total operating loss of $(0.6) million after corporate expenses of $8.7 million. For the nine months ended March 31, 2012, our Trading and Collectibles segments represented $6.10 billion, or 97.6%, and $150.8 million, or 2.4%, of our total revenues of $6.25 billion, and achieved $6.8 million and $(3.6) million, respectively, in operating income (loss), contributing to total operating loss of $(4.3) million.


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview of Results of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012
Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations
The operating results of our business for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:
 
 
 
% of
 
 
 
% of
 
Increase
 
% of Increase
in thousands
2013
 
revenue
 
2012
 
revenue
 
(decrease)
 
(decrease)
Revenue
$
1,869,594

 
100.0
 %
 
$
1,861,272

 
100.0
 %
 
$
8,322

 
0.4
 %
Gross profit
13,579

 
0.7

 
11,084

 
0.6

 
2,495

 
22.5

General and administrative expenses
4,995

 
0.3

 
5,546

 
0.3

 
(551
)
 
(9.9
)
M.F. Global, Inc. loss provision

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and wages
7,524

 
0.4

 
7,047

 
0.4

 
477

 
6.8

Depreciation and amortization
570

 

 
490

 

 
80

 
16.3

Operating income (loss)
490

 

 
(1,999
)
 
(0.1
)
 
2,489

 
124.5

Interest income
1,785

 
0.1

 
3,205

 
0.2

 
(1,420
)
 
(44.3
)
Interest expense
(672
)
 

 
(1,326
)
 
(0.1
)
 
(654
)
 
(49.3
)
Other income (expense), net
25

 

 
47

 

 
(22
)
 
(46.8
)
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange
(54
)
 

 
(869
)
 

 
815

 
93.8

Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
1,574

 
0.1

 
(942
)
 
(0.1
)
 
2,516

 
267.1

Provision for income taxes (income tax benefit)
525

 

 
(711
)
 

 
1,236

 
173.8

Income (loss) from continuing operations
1,049

 
0.1

 
(231
)
 

 
1,280

 
554.1

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.
50

 

 
(252
)
 

 
302

 
119.8

Net income (loss)
1,099

 
0.1

 
(483
)
 

 
1,582

 
327.5

Less: net income attributable to the non-controlling interests
(347
)
 

 
(138
)
 

 
(209
)
 
151.4

Net income (loss) attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.
$
752

 
 %
 
$
(621
)
 
 %
 
$
1,373

 
221.1
 %


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Increase/
 
% of Increase/
 
2013
 
 
 
2012
 
 
 
(decrease)
 
(decrease)
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic - continuing operations
$
0.02

 
 
 
$
(0.01
)
 
 
 
$
0.03

 
(300.0
)%
Basic - discontinued operations
$

 
 
 
$
(0.01
)
 
 
 
$
0.01

 
NM

Diluted - continuing operations
$
0.02

 
 
 
$
(0.01
)
 
 
 
$
0.03

 
(300.0
)%
Diluted - discontinuing operations
$

 
 
 
$
(0.01
)
 
 
 
$
0.01

 
NM

Basic - net income (loss)
$
0.02

 
 
 
$
(0.02
)
 
 
 
$
0.04

 
(200.0
)%
Diluted - net income (loss)
$
0.02

 
 
 
$
(0.02
)
 
 
 
$
0.04

 
(200.0
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
30,640

 
 
 
32,723

 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted
30,895

 
 
 
32,723

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NM - not meaningful
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The operating results of our business for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:
 
 
 
% of
 
 
 
% of
 
Increase
 
% of Increase
in thousands
2013
 
revenue
 
2012
 
revenue
 
(decrease)
 
(decrease)
Revenue
$
5,270,750

 
100.0
 %
 
$
6,248,134

 
100.0
 %
 
$
(977,384
)
 
(15.6
)%
Gross profit
35,218

 
0.7

 
39,054

 
0.6

 
(3,836
)
 
(9.8
)
General and administrative expenses
15,228

 
0.3

 
18,249

 
0.3

 
(3,021
)
 
(16.6
)
M.F. Global loss provision
(711
)
 

 
2,094

 

 
(2,805
)
 
(134.0
)
Salaries and wages
19,691

 
0.4

 
21,661

 
0.3

 
(1,970
)
 
(9.1
)
Depreciation and amortization
1,643

 

 
1,314

 

 
329

 
25.0

Operating loss
(633
)
 

 
(4,264
)
 
(0.1
)
 
3,631

 
85.2

Interest income
6,437

 
0.1

 
10,115

 
0.2

 
(3,678
)
 
(36.4
)
Interest expense
(3,085
)
 
(0.1
)
 
(3,889
)
 
(0.1
)
 
(804
)
 
(20.7
)
Other income (expense), net
247

 

 
455

 

 
(208
)
 
(45.7
)
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange
(1,536
)
 

 
2,370

 

 
(3,906
)
 
(164.8
)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
1,430

 

 
4,787

 
0.1

 
(3,357
)
 
(70.1
)
Provision for income taxes
1,695

 

 
2,132

 

 
(437
)
 
(20.5
)
Income (loss) from continuing operations
(265
)
 

 
2,655

 

 
(2,920
)
 
(110.0
)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.
(613
)
 

 
60

 

 
(673
)
 
(1,121.7
)
Net income (loss)
(878
)
 

 
2,715

 

 
(3,593
)
 
(132.3
)
Less: net (income) loss attributable to the non-controlling interests
268

 

 
(1,158
)
 

 
(1,426
)
 
(123.1
)
Net income (loss) attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.
$
(610
)
 
 %
 
$
1,557

 
 %
 
$
(2,167
)
 
(139.2
)%


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Increase/
 
% of Increase/
 
2013
 
 
 
2012
 
 
 
(decrease)
 
(decrease)
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share attributable to Spectrum Group International, Inc.:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic - continuing operations
$

 
 
 
$
0.05

 
 
 
$
(0.05
)
 
(100.0
)%
Basic - discontinued operations
$
(0.02
)
 
 
 
$

 
 
 
$
(0.02
)
 
NM

Diluted - continuing operations
$

 
 
 
$
0.05

 
 
 
$
(0.05
)
 
(100.0
)%
Diluted - discontinuing operations
$
(0.02
)
 
 
 
$

 
 
 
$
(0.02
)
 
NM

Basic - net income (loss)
$
(0.02
)
 
 
 
$
0.05

 
 
 
$
(0.07
)
 
(140.0
)%
Diluted - net income (loss)
$
(0.02
)
 
 
 
$
0.05

 
 
 
$
(0.07
)
 
(140.0
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
31,356

 
 
 
32,659

 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted
31,356

 
 
 
32,902

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NM - not meaningful
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues and Gross Profit
Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased $8.3 million, or 0.4%, to $1.87 billion from $1.86 billion in 2012. Revenues for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 decreased $977.4 million, or 15.6%, to $5.27 billion from $6.25 billion in 2012. Our Trading segment revenues increased $9.2 million, or 0.5%, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and decreased $969.7 million, or 15.9% for the nine months ended March 31, 2013. Our Collectibles segment revenues decreased $0.9 million, or 2.0%, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and decreased $7.7 million, or 5.1%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2013. For further information regarding our revenues please refer to the discussions regarding our Trading and Collectible segments below.

Our gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased $2.5 million, or 22.5%, to $13.6 million, or a gross profit margin of
0.7%, from $11.1 million, or a gross profit margin of 0.6% in 2012. We experienced a increase in gross profit of $2.2 million, or 39.1%, to
$7.7 million, or a gross profit margin of 0.4%, in our Trading segment, while our Collectibles segment gross profit increased by $0.3 million,
or 5.8%, to $5.8 million, or a gross profit margin of 13.2%, for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Our gross profit for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 decreased $3.8 million to $35.2 million, or a gross profit margin of 0.7%, from $39.1 million, or a gross profit margin of 0.6% in 2012. The decrease was attributable to both Trading and Collectibles segments. For a further discussion regarding gross profit and gross profit margins please refer to the discussions regarding our Trading and Collectibles segments, below.
Operating Expenses
General and administrative expenses decreased $0.6 million, or 9.9%, to $5.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $5.5 million in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, general and administrative expenses decreased $3.0 million, or 16.6%, to $15.2 million from $18.2 million in 2012. These decreases are primarily attributable to an effort to reduce costs in our Collectibles segment, including spending on outside consultants and travel, as well as decreased general and administrative costs in our Trading segment.
Salaries and wages increased $0.5 million, or 6.8%, to $7.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $7.0 million in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, salaries and wages decreased $2.0 million, or 9.1%, to $19.7 million from $21.7 million in 2012. The decrease in salaries and wages for the nine month period were primarily the result of a decline in bonuses for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 versus the first quarter of fiscal 2012 as a result of lower than expected performance in our Trading and Collectibles segments, as well as decreased headcount and severance payments. This was offset by increase in salaries during the current three months as a result of the Company extending the contracts of key executive management.
Depreciation and amortization expense increased $0.1 million, or 16.3%, to $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $0.5 million in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, depreciation and amortization expense increased $0.3 million, or 25.0%, to $1.6 million from $1.3 million in 2012. The increases are primarily a result of purchases of property and equipment for our corporate headquarters.
Interest Income
Interest income decreased $1.4 million, or 44.3%, to $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $3.2 million in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, interest income decreased $3.7 million, or 36.4%, to $6.4 million from $10.1 million in 2012. The decreases were primarily due to decreases in our Trading segment's financing and liquidity service business.
Interest Expense
Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 decreased $0.65 million, or 49.3% to $0.7 million from $1.3 million in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, interest expense decreased $0.8 million, or 20.7% to $3.1 million from $3.9 million in 2012. The decreases

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were related primarily to usage of our Trading segment's line of credit (the “Trading Facility”) as well as our Collectibles line of credit (the “Collectibles Facility”). Both our Trading and Collectibles segment utilize their lines of credit extensively for working capital requirements. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, our consolidated average debt balance was approximately $100.8 million, excluding the debt on the mortgage on the McGaw building totaling $6.3 million and the note payable to Summit Coins of $0.2 million, compared to $132.9 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2012, excluding the same items.
Net Other Income (Expenses)
Net other income (expenses) for the three months ended March 31, 2013 decreased by $22 thousand to $25 thousand income from $47 thousand income in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, net other income (expenses) decreased by $208 thousand to $247 thousand income from $455 thousand income in 2012. The decreases were due to various miscellaneous items.
Provision for Income Taxes (Income Tax Benefit)
Our provision for income taxes (income tax benefit) on continuing operations was approximately $0.5 million and $(0.7) million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. Our effective tax rate was approximately 33.4% and 75.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Our provision for income taxes on continuing operations was approximately $1.7 million and $2.1 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Our effective tax rate was 118.5% and 44.5% for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company's effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate due to permanent adjustments for nondeductible items, state taxes and foreign tax rate differentials. In addition, during the nine months ended March 31, 2012, the Company recorded discreet adjustments to tax expense as a result of a change in tax law that impacted the valuation of state deferred tax assets and the accrual of an uncertain tax position related to foreign and state income taxes.

Our projected annual effective tax rate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 is 43.3% compared to an actual rate of 48.0% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012.
Our effective rate could be adversely affected by the relative proportions of revenue and income before taxes in the various domestic and international jurisdictions in which we operate. We are also subject to changing tax laws, regulations and interpretations in multiple jurisdictions in which we operate. Some of the Company's net operating loss carry-forwards are set to expire beginning June 30, 2014, which may impact the Company's effective tax rate in future periods. Our effective rate can also be influenced by the tax effects of purchase accounting for acquisitions and non-recurring charges, which may cause fluctuations between reporting periods.
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations
In January 2011, the Company closed a transaction to sell certain assets of its wholly owned subsidiary Greg Martin Auctions, Inc. (“GMA”). On September 13, 2012, the Company completed the sale of its Stamps division. The results of operations of GMA and the Stamps division are presented as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 3 of the accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. Income (loss) from discontinued operations increased $0.3 million to $50,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $(0.3) million loss in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, income (loss) from discontinued operations decreased $0.7 million to a loss of $(0.6) million from $0.1 million income in 2012. The Stamps division did not hold any auctions from July 1, 2012 through September 13, 2012, resulting in a decrease in revenue of $7.9 million to $0.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 from $8.1 million in 2012.
Non-controlling Interests
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests increased $0.2 million, or 151.4%, to $(0.3) million loss for the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $(0.1) million loss in 2012. The increase was primarily due to our first quarter 2013 repurchase of Auctentia's 20% interest in Spectrum PMI, which owned 100% of our A-Mark subsidiary. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, net income/loss attributable to non-controlling interests decreased $1.4 million, or 123.1%, to $0.3 million loss from $1.2 million income in 2012. The change was primarily due to a decrease in net income (loss) of Stacks-Bowers Numismatics, LLC and our A-Mark subsidiary, as well as the impact of the repurchase of the non-controlling interest in Auctentia during the first quarter of 2013.
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to SGI
Net income (loss) attributable to SGI decreased $1.4 million, or 221.1%, to $0.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $(0.6) million in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, net income attributable to SGI decreased $2.2 million, or 139.2%, to $(0.6) million from $1.6 million in 2012. The decrease is due primarily to net losses in our Collectibles segment as well as a decrease in net income in our Trading segment.
Earnings (Loss) per Share
Basic earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations increased $0.03 to $0.02 for the three months ended March 31, 2013, from $(0.01) in 2012, while diluted earnings per share from continuing operations increased $0.03 to $0.02 from $(0.01) in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, basic earnings per share from continuing operations decreased $0.05 to $0.00 from $0.05, while diluted earnings per share from continuing operations decreased $0.05 to $0.00 from $0.05 in 2012. The change in both basic and diluted earnings per share was primarily due to changes in our net income (loss).

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Trading Operations
The operating results of our Trading segment for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:
 
 
 
 
% of
 
 
 
% of
 
$
 
%
In thousands
 
2013
 
revenue
 
2012
 
revenue
 
Increase/(decrease)
 
Increase/(decrease)
Trading revenues
 
$
1,825,450

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,816,231

 
100.0
%
 
$
9,219

 
0.5
 %
Gross profit
 
7,743

 
0.4

 
5,567

 
0.3

 
2,176

 
39.1

General and administrative expenses
 
801

 

 
1,117

 
0.1

 
(316
)
 
(28.3
)
M.F. Global, Inc. loss provision
 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and wages
 
2,877

 
0.2

 
2,608

 
0.1

 
269

 
10.3

Depreciation and amortization
 
210

 

 
187

 

 
23

 
12.3

Operating income
 
$
3,855

 
0.2
%
 
$
1,655

 
0.1
%
 
$
2,200

 
132.9
 %

The operating results of our Trading segment for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:
 
 
 
 
% of
 
 
 
% of
 
$
 
%
In thousands
 
2013
 
revenue
 
2012
 
revenue
 
Increase/(decrease)
 
Increase/(decrease)
Trading revenues
 
$
5,127,690

 
100.0
 %
 
$
6,097,344

 
100.0
%
 
$
(969,654
)
 
(15.9
)%
Gross profit
 
19,419

 
0.4

 
21,251

 
0.3

 
(1,832
)
 
(8.6
)
General and administrative expenses
 
2,548

 

 
3,646

 
0.1

 
(1,098
)
 
(30.1
)
M.F. Global, Inc. loss provision
 
(711
)
 

 
2,094

 

 
(2,805
)
 
(134.0
)
Salaries and wages
 
7,334

 
0.1

 
8,162

 
0.1

 
(828
)
 
(10.1
)
Depreciation and amortization
 
607

 

 
541

 

 
66

 
12.2

Operating income
 
$
9,641

 
0.2
 %
 
$
6,808

 
0.1
%
 
$
2,833

 
41.6
 %

Trading Revenues
Our Trading segment revenues increased $9.2 million, or 0.5%, to $1.83 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $1.82 billion in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, our Trading segment revenues decreased $969.7 million, or 15.9%, to $5.13 billion from $6.10 billion in 2012. Our trading business experienced a slight decrease in commodity prices and ounces sold for silver offset by an increase of ounces sold for gold during the three and and the nine months ended March 31, 2013.
Gross Profit
Gross profit in our Trading segment for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased by $2.2 million, or 39.1%, to $7.7 million from $5.6 million in 2012. The increase is due to greater volatility in the commodity market impacting the spreads of silver and gold products during the period. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, gross profit in our Trading segment decreased by $1.8 million, or 8.6%, to $19.4 million from $21.3 million in 2012. The decrease is due to less volatility in the spreads of silver and gold products during the period.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses in our Trading segment decreased $0.3 million, or 28.3%, to $0.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $1.1 million in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, general and administrative expenses in our Trading segment decreased $1.1 million, or 30.1%, to $2.5 million from $3.6 million in 2012. The decreases are not attributable to any one factor, but, in general, as we experience a slight contraction in our lending and overseas businesses, we see similar decreases in general and administration expenses for marketing, travel, and other administration expenses not directly associated with the cost of running the business or attributable to cost of goods sold.
M.F. Global, Inc. Loss Provision
During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we recorded a $2.1 million reserve for a potential shortfall in our commodities accounts with M.F. Global, Inc. The account was settled in the second quarter of fiscal 2013, which resulted in a net gain of $0.7 million. Refer to note 5 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for further information.
Salaries and Wages
Salaries and wages in our Trading segment increased $0.3 million, or 10.3%, to $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, from $2.6 million in 2012. Salaries and wages in our Trading segment decreased $0.8 million, or 10.1%, to $7.3 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2013, from $8.2 million in 2012. The decrease is due to lower levels of contractual performance-based compensation expense when compared to the same period last year.

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Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization in our Trading segment for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 was comparable to the similar periods of 2012.
Collectibles Operations
The revenues in our operations by collectible type for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
$
 
%
in thousands
 
$
 
% of revenue
 
$
 
% of revenue
 
Increase/(decrease)
 
Increase/(decrease)
Collectibles revenues
 
$
44,144

 
100.0
%
 
$
45,041

 
100.0
%
 
$
(897
)
 
(2.0
)%
Revenues by Collectible Type:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numismatics
 
$
43,758

 
99.1
%
 
$
43,734

 
97.1
%
 
$
24

 
0.1
 %
Philatelic
 

 
%
 
9

 
%
 
(9
)
 
(100.0
)%
Wine
 
386

 
0.9

 
1,298

 
2.9

 
(912
)
 
(70.3
)
 
 
$
44,144

 
100.0
%
 
$
45,041

 
100.0
%
 
$
(897
)
 
(2.0
)%
The revenues in our operations by collectible type for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
$
 
%
in thousands
 
$
 
% of revenue
 
$
 
% of revenue
 
Increase/(decrease)
 
Increase/(decrease)
Collectibles revenues
 
$
143,060

 
100.0
%
 
$
150,790

 
100.0
 %
 
$
(7,730
)
 
(5.1
)%
Revenues by Collectible Type:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numismatics
 
$
141,350

 
98.8
%
 
$
146,912

 
97.4
 %
 
$
(5,562
)
 
(3.8
)%
Philatelic
 

 
%
 
(10
)
 
 %
 
10

 
100.0
 %
Wine
 
1,710

 
1.2

 
3,888

 
2.6

 
(2,178
)
 
(56.0
)
 
 
$
143,060

 
100.0
%
 
$
150,790

 
100.0
 %
 
$
(7,730
)
 
(5.1
)%

Collectibles Revenue
Our Collectible segment revenues decreased by $0.9 million, or 2.0%, to $44.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $45.0 million in 2012. This decrease is due primarily to the Company shifting its March live wine auction to May. Numismatic sales increased $0.02 million, or 0.1% to $43.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $43.7 million in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, our Collectible segment revenues decreased by $7.7 million, or 5.1%, to $143.1 million from $150.8 million in 2012. Our numismatic business experienced weaker sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2012, despite improvement in the second quarter. This was due in part to lower international hammer prices at auction impacting our commissions. Additionally, our wine revenues decreased by $0.9 million and decreased by $2.2 million for the three and nine month periods, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, our auction revenues and gross margin were positively impacted by approximately $2.9 million due to a change in when we recognize revenue. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, our wholesale revenues and gross margin were positively impacted by approximately $404,000 due to a change in when we recognize revenue. Additionally, our net income and diluted earnings per share were positively impacted by $1.7 million and $0.05 per share in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively.
The operating results of our Collectibles segment for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:
 
 
 
 
% of
 
 
 
% of
 
$
 
%
in thousands
 
2013
 
 revenue
 
2012
 
 revenue
 
Increase/(decrease)
 
Increase/(decrease)
Collectibles revenue
 
$
44,144

 
100.0
%
 
$
45,041

 
100.0
 %
 
$
(897
)
 
(2.0
)%
Gross profit
 
5,836

 
13.2

 
5,517

 
12.2

 
319

 
5.8

General and administrative expenses
 
2,541

 
5.8

 
3,414

 
7.6

 
(873
)
 
(25.6
)
Salaries and wages
 
2,866

 
6.5

 
3,553

 
7.9

 
(687
)
 
(19.3
)
Depreciation and amortization
 
263

 
0.6

 
238

 
0.5

 
25

 
10.5

Operating loss
 
$
166

 
0.4
%
 
$
(1,688
)
 
(3.7
)%
 
$
1,854

 
109.8
 %


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The operating results of our Collectibles segment for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:
 
 
 
 
% of
 
 
 
% of
 
$
 
%
in thousands
 
2013
 
 revenue
 
2012
 
 revenue
 
Increase/(decrease)
 
Increase/(decrease)
Collectibles revenue
 
$
143,060

 
100.0
 %
 
$
150,790

 
100.0
 %
 
$
(7,730
)
 
(5.1
)%
Gross profit
 
15,799

 
11.0

 
17,803

 
11.8

 
(2,004
)
 
(11.3
)
General and administrative expenses
 
7,934

 
5.5

 
10,753

 
7.1

 
(2,819
)
 
(26.2
)
Salaries and wages
 
8,650

 
6.0

 
10,026

 
6.6

 
(1,376
)
 
(13.7
)
Depreciation and amortization
 
760

 
0.5

 
657

 
0.4

 
103

 
15.7

Operating loss
 
$
(1,545
)
 
(1.1
)%
 
$
(3,633
)
 
(2.4
)%
 
$
2,088

 
57.5
 %
Gross Profit
Gross profit in our Collectibles segment for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased $0.3 million, or 5.8% to $5.8 million from $5.5 million in 2012. The increase is due primarily to sales of a higher percentage of higher margin numismatic materials in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, gross profit in our Collectibles segment decreased $2.0 million, or 11.3% to $15.8 million from $17.8 million in 2012. The main drivers of the decrease for the nine month period were sales of a higher percentage of certain lower margin numismatic materials in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2012. We experienced a hedge gains (losses) of $0.3 million and $(0.5) million for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 compared to a hedge losses of $(0.5) million and $(0.05) million in 2012.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expenses in our Collectibles segment decreased $0.9 million, or 25.6%, to $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $3.4 million in 2012. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, general and administrative expenses in our Collectibles segment decreased $2.8 million, or 26.2%, to $7.9 million from $10.8 million in 2012. The decreases are mainly attributable to an effort to reduce general and administrative expenses, particularly on outside consultants and travel.
Salaries and Wages
Salaries and wages in our Collectibles segment decreased $(0.7) million, or 19.3%, to $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $3.6 million in 2012. The primary reason for the decrease was an decrease in commissions of $0.8 million due to lower activity with the numismatics business. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, salaries and wages in our Collectibles segment decreased $1.4 million, or 13.7%, to $8.7 million from $10.0 million in 2012. The decrease was due to a reduction in headcount, as well as a decline in bonuses and commissions of due to lower than expected performance in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 versus the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization in our Collectibles segment was comparable for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.


FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The following details cash flow components for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:
in thousands
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
Cash provided by operating activities — continuing operations
 
$
44,658

 
$
(20,324
)
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities — discontinued operations
 
(1,163
)
 
(4,316
)
Cash provided by operating activities
 
$
43,495

 
$
(24,640
)
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities — continuing operations
 
$
5,787

 
$
(1,935
)
Cash used in investing activities — discontinued operations
 
(22
)
 
(38
)
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities
 
5,765

 
(1,973
)
Cash used in financing activities — continuing operations
 
$
(46,292
)
 
$
33,892

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities — discontinued operations
 
$

 
$

Cash used in financing activities
 
$
(46,292
)
 
$
33,892

Our principal capital requirements have been to fund (i) working capital, (ii) acquisitions and (iii) capital expenditures. Our working capital requirements fluctuate with market conditions, the availability of numismatic materials and the timing of our auctions.
Operating activities from continuing operations provided $44.7 million in cash for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and used $20.3 million in cash for the nine months ended March 31, 2012, respectively. Primary uses of cash in our operating cash flows from continuing operations

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for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 include the impact of $42.7 million, $24.1 million, $9.4 million, $1.1 million, and $(33.7) million related to changes in receivables and secured loans in our Trading operations, inventory, liabilities on borrowed metals, accounts receivable and consignor advances in our Collectibles segment and accounts payable, consignor payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities. Primary sources of cash in operating cash flows from continuing operations for the nine months ended March 31, 2012 include $29.3 million, $2.2 million, $14.8 million and $1.2 million associated with changes in accounts payable, consignor payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities, inventory, liabilities on borrowed metals, and accounts receivable and consignor advances from our Collectibles operations, respectively. These sources of cash were partially offset by the impact of $11.5 million related to changes in receivables and secured loans from our Trading operations. Discontinued operations, primarily our Stamps division, used cash of $1.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2013, and used cash of $4,316,000 for the nine months ended March 31, 2012. The Stamps division was sold during the first quarter of fiscal 2013.
Our investing activities from continuing operations provided cash in the nine months ended March 31, 2013 of $5.8 million and used cash of $1.9 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2012. A primary source of cash in the nine months ended March 31, 2013 was the net proceeds of $7.8 million from the sale of our Stamps division, which was partially offset by capital expenditures for property and equipment of $1.9 million. Our investing activities from continuing operations in the nine months ended March 31, 2012 used cash of $1.9 million, which was primarily as a result of $2.6 million in capital expenditures. Cash flows used in investing activities related to discontinued operations, primarily our Stamps division, was $22,000 during the nine months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $38,000 during the nine months ended March 31, 2012.
Our financing activities from continuing operations used $46.3 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and provided $33.9 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2012. We borrowed $14.1 million under lines of credit for the nine months ended March 31, 2013 compared to net repayments of $15.5 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2012. During the nine months ended March 31, 2013, we also issued common stock for $25.2 million, repurchased and retired common stock from Afinsa and Auctentia for $51.2 million, and repaid $5.8 million of our obligation under product financing arrangement in our Trading operations.
A-Mark borrows metals from several of its suppliers under short-term agreements bearing interest at a designated rate. Amounts under these agreements are due at maturity and require repayment either in the form of borrowed metals or cash. A-Mark's inventories included borrowed metals with market values totaling $36.5 million and $27.1 million at March 31, 2013 and at June 30, 2012, respectively. Certain of these metals are secured by letters of credit issued under the Trading Credit Facility which totaled $9.0 million and $7.0 million at March 31, 2013 and at June 30, 2012, respectively.

A-Mark entered into an agreement with a third party for the sale of precious metals, at the option of the third party, at a fixed price. Such agreement allows us to repurchase this inventory at an agreed-upon price based on the spot price on the repurchase date. The third party charges a monthly fee as percentage of the market value of the outstanding obligation. These transactions do not qualify as sales and therefore have been accounted for as financing arrangements and reflected in the consolidated balance sheet within obligation under product financing arrangement. The obligation is stated at the amount required to repurchase the outstanding inventory with adjustments included as components of cost of precious metals sold. Such obligation totaled $9.8 million and $15.6 million as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively.
A-Mark has a borrowing facility (“Trading Credit Facility”) with a group of financial institutions under an inter-creditor agreement, which provides for lines of credit including a sub-facility for letters of credit up to the maximum of the credit facility. As of March 31, 2013, the maximum of the Trading Credit Facility was $170.0 million. A-Mark routinely uses the Trading Credit Facility to purchase metals from its suppliers and for operating cash flow purposes. Amounts under the Trading Credit Facility bear interest based on London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a margin. The One Month LIBOR rate was approximately 0.20% and 0.24% as of March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively. Borrowings are due on demand and totaled $77.5 million and $91.0 million for lines of credit and $9.0 million and $7.0 million for letters of credit at March 31, 2013 and at June 30, 2012, respectively. Amounts borrowed under the Trading Credit Facility are secured by A-Mark’s receivables and inventories. The amounts available under the Trading Credit Facility are formula based and totaled $83.5 million and $65.0 million at March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively. The Trading Credit Facility also limits A-Mark's ability to pay dividends to SGI. The Trading Credit Facility is cancelable by written notice from the financial institutions.
A-Mark’s Trading Credit Facility has certain restrictive financial covenants which require it and SGI to maintain a minimum tangible net worth, as defined, of $25.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively. A-Mark’s and SGI’s tangible net worth at March 31, 2013 were $38.9 million and $62.6 million, respectively. Our ability to pay dividends, if it were to elect to do so, could be limited as a result of these restrictions.

We and our wholly-owned numismatic subsidiaries, SNI, B&M, and Teletrade, have a borrowing facility with a lender, providing for a line-of-credit (the “Collectibles Credit Facility”) up to a maximum of $5.0 million. Amounts outstanding under the Collectibles Credit Facility are secured by the assets of SNI, B&M and Teletrade, and are further guaranteed by us. Our obligations under the guaranty are secured by the pledge of SNI shares owned by it. The Collectibles Credit Facility is due on demand, and interest on the outstanding amounts accrued at the lender's base rate, which is subject to change), plus a margin.

Separately, A-Mark has a line of credit with this lender totaling $20.0 million, which is a component of A-Mark's Trading Credit Facility. Total borrowing capacity between SNI and A-Mark cannot exceed $23.0 million with respect to this lender. As of March 31, 2013, the total amount borrowed with this lender was $21.0 million, which consisted of $20.0 million by A-Mark and $1.0 million by SNI. Amounts available for borrowing under this Collectible Credit Facility as of March 31, 2013 were $2.0 million. As of June 30, 2012, the total amount borrowed was $18.0 million, $0.0 million by SNI and $18.0 million by A-Mark.


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Contractual Obligations, Contingent Liabilities, and Commitments

We manage the value of certain specific assets and liabilities of our trading business, including trading inventories (see Note 11 in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements), by employing a variety of strategies. These strategies include the management of exposure to changes in the market values of our trading inventories through the purchase and sale of a variety of derivative products such as metals forwards and futures.
Our trading inventories and purchase and sale transactions consist primarily of precious metal bearing products. The value of these assets and liabilities are linked to the prevailing price of the underlying precious metals. Our precious metals inventories are subject to market value changes, created by changes in the underlying commodity markets. Inventories purchased or borrowed by us are subject to price changes. Inventories borrowed are considered natural hedges, since changes in value of the metal held are offset by the obligation to return the metal to the supplier.
Open purchase and sale commitments are subject to changes in value between the date the purchase or sale price is fixed (the trade date) and the date the metal is received or delivered (the settlement date). We seek to minimize the effect of price changes of the underlying commodity through the use of forward and futures contracts.
Our policy is to substantially hedge our inventory position, net of open purchase and sales commitments, that is subject to price risk. We regularly enter into metals commodity forward and futures contracts with major financial institutions to hedge price changes that would cause changes in the value of its physical metals positions and purchase commitments and sale commitments. We have access to all of the precious metals markets, allowing us to place hedges. However, we also maintain relationships with major market makers in every major precious metals dealing center.
We set credit and position risk limits. These limits include gross position limits for counterparties engaged in purchase and sales transactions with us. They also include collateral limits for different types of purchase and sale transactions that counter parties may engage in from time to time.
Due to the nature of our global hedging strategy, we are not using hedge accounting as defined under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. Gains or losses resulting from our futures and forward contracts are reported as unrealized gains or losses on commodity contracts with the related unrealized amounts due from or to counterparties reflected as a derivative asset or liability (see Notes 5, 8 and 11 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements). Gains or losses resulting from the termination of hedge contracts are reported as realized gains or losses on commodity contracts. Realized and unrealized net gains (losses) on derivative instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013 were $23.3 million and $(31.4) million, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2012 were $31.5 million and $41.4 million, respectively.
At March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2012, we had the following outstanding purchase and sale commitments:
(in thousands)
 
March 31, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase commitments

$
465,018

 
$
392,307

Sales commitments
 
(234,354
)
 
(140,823
)
Margin sale commitments
 
(44,386
)
 
(39,716
)
Open forward contracts
 
87,925

 
59,659

Open futures contracts
 
167,268

 
244,954

The contract amounts of these forward and futures contracts and the open purchase and sale orders are not reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The difference between the market price of the underlying metal or contract and the trade amount is recorded at fair value. Our open purchase and sales commitments generally settle within 2 business days, and for those commitments that do not have stated settlement dates, we have the right to settle the positions upon demand. Futures and forwards contracts open at March 31, 2013 are scheduled to settle within 30 days.
We are exposed to the risk of failure of the counter parties to our derivative contracts. Significant judgment is applied by us when evaluating the fair value implications. We regularly review the creditworthiness of our major counterparties and monitor our exposure to concentrations. At March 31, 2013, we believe our risk of counterparty default is mitigated based on our evaluation, the strong financial condition of our counterparties, and the short-term duration of these arrangements.

* * *

We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, Trading and Collectibles Credit Facilities, and cash we anticipate to generate from operating activities will provide us with sufficient liquidity to satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements and commitments through at least the next twelve months. On September 25, 2012, upon the consummation of the Securities Purchase Agreement, rights offering and private placement, the net impact to working capital was a use of $25.6 million in cash and cash equivalents. Certain of our foreign subsidiaries have nominal statutory restricted capital requirements. Our liquidity could be impacted by the potential adverse outcomes, if any, relating to its open contingent matters, including an ongoing Internal Revenue Service examination, a foreign tax inspection, and certain litigation as described in Item 3, Legal Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Report.


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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, there were no changes in the critical accounting policies or estimates that were described in Item 7 of our 2012 Annual Report. Readers of this report are urged to read that section of the 2012 Annual Report for a more complete understanding of our critical accounting policies and estimates.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Not applicable for smaller reporting companies

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We have established disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, with the assistance of other members of our management, have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of that date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have also concluded that there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We are performing ongoing evaluations and enhancements to our internal controls system.


PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Certain legal proceedings in which we are involved are discussed in Part I, Item 3 of our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in Note 15 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2012 Annual Report, which are incorporated into this filing by reference. There have been no material developments in those legal proceedings since the date of our 2012 Annual Report.


ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, of our 2012 Annual Report, which are incorporated by reference into this filing.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
 
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the Company did not issue any unregistered common shares.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

The following table describes purchases by the Company of shares of its common stock which settled during each period set forth in the table. Purchases in column (c) were made pursuant to the Company's stock repurchase plan approved by the Board of Directors on February 8, 2013, and provided for repurchases of up to $5 million . The authorization remains open through August 8, 2014.

Issuers Purchases of Equity Securities

 
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Period
Total Number of Shares Purchased
Average Price Paid per Share
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that may Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
January 1 to January 31, 2013

$


$

February 1 to February 28, 2013

$


$
5,000,000

March 1 to March 31, 2013
123,100

$
2.01


$
4,753,080

    Total
123,100

$
2.01


 




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ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.


ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

None.


ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.



ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
Regulation S-K
Exhibit Table
Item No.
Description of Exhibit
31.1
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1
Certification by Chief Executive Officer Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2
Certification by Chief Financial Officer Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Schema Document
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document


SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
Date:
May 14, 2013
SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
 
By:  
/s/ Gregory N. Roberts  
 
 
 
 
Name:  
Gregory N. Roberts 
 
 
 
 
Title:  
President and Chief Executive Officer 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


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Signatures
Title(s)
Date
 
 
 
/s/ Gregory N. Roberts
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
May 14, 2013
Gregory N. Roberts
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
 
 
/s/ Paul Soth
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
May 14, 2013
Paul Soth
(Principal Financial Officer)
 





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