Long Term Debt

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2012

Allowance For Doubtful Accounts And Long Term Debt [Abstract]

Long term Debt

NOTE F—LONG-TERM DEBT

Note Payable—Bank

The Company has a senior secured credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank (“Wells Fargo”), with a credit limit up to $30 million. The term of the credit facility extends through September 30, 2013, and allows the Company to choose among interest rates at which it may borrow funds. The interest rate is the prime rate plus one half percent (effectively, 3.75% at April 30, 2012) or LIBOR plus two and three quarter percent (effectively, 3.1% at April 30, 2012), which is paid monthly. The credit facility is collateralized by substantially all of the domestically located assets of the Company and requires the Company to be in compliance with several financial covenants. The Company was in compliance with its financial covenants at April 30, 2012. As of April 30, 2012, there was a $16,000,000 outstanding balance and $14,000,000 of unused availability under the credit facility.

Capital Lease Obligations

On January 19, 2010, the Company entered into a leasing transaction with Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. to refinance $1,287,407 of equipment. The term of the lease financing agreement extended to January 18, 2012 with monthly payments of $55,872 and a fixed interest rate of 4.29%. This lease financing arrangement was paid in full and the Company assumed ownership of the assets as of January 31, 2012. The net book value of the related equipment was $1,434,423 at April 30, 2012.

On August 20, 2010 and October 26, 2010, the Company entered into two capital leasing transactions (a lease finance agreement and a sale leaseback agreement) with Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc., to purchase equipment totaling $1,150,582. The term of the lease finance agreement of $315,252 extends to September 2016 with monthly payments of $4,973 and a fixed interest rate of 4.28%. The term of the sale leaseback agreement of $835,330 extends to August 2016 with monthly payments of $13,207 and a fixed interest rate of 4.36%. At April 30, 2012, $239,092 and $612,144 was outstanding under the lease finance and sale leaseback agreements, respectively. The net book value at April 30, 2012 of the equipment under each of the lease finance agreement and sale leaseback agreement was $273,656 and $696,402, respectively.

On November 29, 2010, the Company entered into a capital lease with Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc., to purchase equipment totaling $226,216. The term of the lease agreement extends to October 2016 with monthly payments of $3,627 and a fixed interest rate of 4.99%. At April 30, 2012, the balance outstanding under the capital lease agreement was $175,104. The net book value of the equipment under this lease at April 30, 2012 was $197,230.

The total amount outstanding at April 30, 2012 for the three remaining equipment lease transactions discussed above was $1,026,339. The Company had two other capital leases not discussed above, one of which was paid in full in August 2011 and the other was paid in full in November 2011. The Company assumed ownership of the equipment on the date the leases were paid in full. The total net book value of the equipment under these other leases at April 30, 2012 was $563,853.

Note Payable—Buildings

The Company entered into a mortgage agreement on January 8, 2010, in the amount of $2,500,000 with Wells Fargo to refinance the property that serves as the Company’s corporate headquarters and its Illinois manufacturing facility. The Company repaid the prior Bank of America mortgage, which equaled $2,565,413, as of January 8, 2010, using proceeds from the Wells Fargo mortgage and senior secured credit facility. The Wells Fargo note bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.42% per year and is amortized over a sixty month period. A final payment of approximately $2,000,000 is due on or before January 8, 2015. The outstanding balance as of April 30, 2012 was $2,275,009.

Other Debt

In October 2009, the Company entered into a financial licensing agreement for software. The term of the note payable is for 36 months, with monthly payments of approximately $13,415, and no interest is payable under the agreement. The balances outstanding under the note payable at April 30, 2012 and 2011, were $26,832 and $187,826, respectively.

The aggregate amount of debt maturing (excluding capital lease obligations) in each of the next three fiscal years and thereafter is as follows:

Fiscal Year
2013	$	126,828
2014		16,099,996
2015		2,075,017
Thereafter		—
	$	18,301,841

See Note K for future maturities under capital lease obligations.