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Note 10. Other Stock and Retirement Plans
12 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2012
Other Stock and Retirement Plans [Abstract]  
Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans [Text Block]
Other Stock and Retirement Plans
 
a)Restricted Stock Plan

The Company has restricted stock plans under which key employees and directors may be awarded restricted stock. Awards under the restricted stock plan may be performance-accelerated shares or performance-restricted shares.  No performance accelerated shares or performance-restricted shares were granted or outstanding during the years ended February 28, 2011 and February 28, 2010. (See Note 1(t)).

As of February 29, 2012, approximately 31,000 shares of the Company's Class A common stock are reserved for issuance under the Company's Restricted and Stock Option Plan.

b)Profit Sharing Plans

The Company has established two non-contributory employee profit sharing plans for the benefit of its eligible employees in the United States and Canada. The plans are administered by trustees appointed by the Company. No contributions were made during the years ended February 29, 2012, February 28, 2011 and February 28, 2010. Contributions required by law to be made for eligible employees in Canada were not material for all periods presented.
 
c)401(k) Plans

(1)
The VOXX International 401(k) plan is for all eligible domestic employees, with the exception of Klipsch employees, who continued to participate in a separate 401(k) plan for the year ended February 29, 2012. The Company matches a portion of the participant's contributions after three months of service under a predetermined formula based on the participant's contribution level. As of February 1, 2008, the Company suspended all matching contributions to contain operating expenses until economic conditions improved. Shares of the Company's Common Stock are not an investment option in the Savings Plan and the Company does not use such shares to match participants' contributions.

(2)
Klipsch sponsors a 401(k) plan for the subsidiary's eligible employees. All of Klipsch's full-time employees are eligible to participate. Klipsch contributes a matching amount to participants who are at least 21 years of age and have attained six months of service as of entry dates of January 1 or July 1. Klipsch matches 25% of the participants first 4% of salary. During the year ended February 29, 2012, the Company contributed, net of forfeitures, approximately $90 to the 401(k) Plan.
 
d)Cash Bonus Profit Sharing Plan
 
During Fiscal 2009, the Board of Directors authorized a Cash Bonus Profit Sharing Plan that allows the Company to make profit sharing contributions for the benefit of eligible employees, for any fiscal year based on a pre-determined formula on the Company's pre-tax profits. The size of the contribution is dependent upon the performance of the Company. A participant’s share of the contribution is determined pursuant to the participant’s eligible wages for the fiscal year as a percentage of total eligible wages for all participants. For the years ended February 28, 2011 and 2010, this plan was temporarily suspended and the Company elected to pay back previous temporary salary reductions to all employees below the level of vice president for Fiscal 2010, and all employees for Fiscal 2011, in lieu of contributions to the Profit Sharing Plan. The plan has remained suspended for the year ended February 29, 2012 and will be reinstated only after all other suspended benefits of the Company have been restored.

e)Deferred Compensation Plan
 
Effective December 1, 1999, the Company adopted a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan) for Vice Presidents and above. The Plan is intended to provide certain executives with supplemental retirement benefits as well as to permit the deferral of more of their compensation than they are permitted to defer under the Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan. The Plan provides for a matching contribution equal to 25% of the employee deferrals up to $20. As of February 1, 2008, the Company has temporarily suspended all matching contributions to contain operating expenses until economic conditions improve. The Plan is not intended to be a qualified plan under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. All compensation deferred under the Plan is held by the Company in an investment trust which is considered an asset of the Company.  The Company has the option of amending or terminating the Plan at any time.
 
The investments, which amounted to $3,447 and $3,804 at February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011, respectively, have been classified as long-term marketable securities and are included in investment securities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and a corresponding liability is recorded with $250 recorded in accrued expenses and the balance in deferred compensation which is classified as a long-term liability. Unrealized gains and losses on the marketable securities and corresponding deferred compensation liability net to zero in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.