0000096536-11-000010.txt : 20110825 0000096536-11-000010.hdr.sgml : 20110825 20110825092053 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000096536-11-000010 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110825 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110825 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TAYLOR DEVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000096536 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT, NEC [3569] IRS NUMBER: 160797789 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-03498 FILM NUMBER: 111055417 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 TAYLOR DR STREET 2: P O BOX 748 CITY: NORTH TONAWANDA STATE: NY ZIP: 14120 BUSINESS PHONE: 7166940800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 TAYLOR DR CITY: N TONAWANDA STATE: NY ZIP: 14120-0748 10-K 1 taylor10k2011.htm TAYLOR DEVICES, INC. FORM 10-K 2011 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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


F O R M 10-K

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

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011

or

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

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number 0-3498

TAYLOR DEVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York
(State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)

16-0797789
(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)

 

 

90 Taylor Drive, P.O. Box 748, North Tonawanda, New York

14120-0748

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code   (716) 694-0800

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
None

Name of each exchange on which registered
None

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock ($.025 par value)
(Title of class)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.                                                                                                                                    [   ] Yes    [X]  No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.                                                                                                                                [   ] Yes    [X]  No

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.                                                                                                                      [X] Yes    [   ] No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, 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).                                                   [X] Yes    [   ] No

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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.                                                                                                                   [ X ]

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 [   ]

Accelerated filer [   ]

Non-accelerated filer [   ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).                                                                                                                                                             [   ] Yes    [X]  No

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter on November 30, 2010 is $14,970,916.

The number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of common stock as of August 13, 2011: 3,229,454

 

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TAYLOR DEVICES, INC.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Documents

Form 10-K Reference

Proxy Statement

Part III, Items 10-14

FORM 10-K INDEX

PART I


 

PAGE

Item 1.

Business.
 

5

Item 1A.

Risk Factors.
 

7

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments.
 

7

Item 2.

Properties.
 

7

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings.
 

8

Item 4.

(Removed and Reserved)
 

8

PART II


 

Item 5.

Market For Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
 

8

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data.
 

9

Item 7.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 

9

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
 

17

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
 

17

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
 

17

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures.
 

17

Item 9B.

Other Information.
 

18

PART III


 

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
 

18

Item 11.

Executive Compensation.
 

18

Item 12.

Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
 

18

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
 

18

Item 14.

Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

18

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PART IV


 

PAGE

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
 

18

SIGNATURES


 

23

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PART I

Item 1.  Business.

The Company was incorporated in the State of New York on July 22, 1955 and is engaged in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of shock absorption, rate control, and energy storage devices for use in various types of machinery, equipment and structures.  In addition to manufacturing and selling existing product lines, the Company continues to develop new and advanced technology products. 

Principal Products

The Company manufactures and sells a single group of very similar products that have many different applications for customers.  These similar products are included in one of six categories; namely, Seismic Dampers, Fluidicshoks®, Crane and Industrial Buffers, Self-Adjusting Shock Absorbers, Liquid Die Springs, and Vibration Dampers.  Management does not track or otherwise account for sales broken down by these categories.  The following is a summary of the capabilities and applications for these products.

Seismic Dampers are designed to ameliorate the effects of earthquake tremors on structures, and represent a substantial part of the business of the Company.  Fluidicshoks® are small, extremely compact shock absorbers with up to 19,200 inch-pound capacities, produced in 15 standard sizes for primary use in the defense, aerospace and commercial industry.  Crane and industrial buffers are larger versions of the Fluidicshoks® with up to 60,000,000 inch-pound capacities, produced in more than 60 standard sizes for industrial application on cranes, ships, container ships, railroad cars, truck docks, ladle and ingot cars, ore trolleys and car stops.  Self-adjusting shock absorbers, which include versions of Fluidicshoks® and crane and industrial buffers, automatically adjust to different impact conditions, and are designed for high cycle application primarily in heavy industry.  Liquid die springs are used as component parts of machinery and equipment used in the manufacture of tools and dies.  Vibration dampers are used primarily by the aerospace and defense industries to control the response of electronics and optical systems subjected to air, ship, or spacecraft vibration.

Distribution

The Company uses the services of more than 50 sales representatives and distributors in the United States and Canada. Specialized technical sales in aerospace and custom marketing activities are serviced by three sales agents, under the direction and with the assistance of Douglas P. Taylor, the Company's President.  Sales representatives typically have non‑exclusive, yearly agreements with the Company, which, in most instances, provide for payment of commissions on sales at 10% of the product's net aggregate selling price.  Distributors also have non‑exclusive, yearly agreements with the Company to purchase the Company's products for resale purposes.

Competition

The Company faces competition on mature aerospace and defense programs which may use more conventional products manufactured under less stringent government specifications. Two foreign companies are the Company's competitors in the production of crane buffers.

The Company's principal competitors for the manufacture of products in the aerospace and commercial aerospace industries field is Goodrich Landing Gear Division of Goodrich Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio, and Ft Worth, Texas.  While the Company is competitive with this company in the areas of pricing, warranty and product performance, due to limited financing and manufacturing facilities, the Company cannot compete in the area of volume production.

The Company competes directly against two other firms supplying seismic damping devices, as well as numerous other firms which supply alternative seismic protection technologies.

Raw Materials and Supplies

The principal raw materials and supplies used by the Company in the manufacture of its products are provided by numerous U.S. and foreign suppliers.  The loss of any one of these would not materially affect the Company's operations.

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Dependence Upon Major Customers

The Company is not dependent on any one or a few major customers.  Sales to three customers approximated 37% (21%, 9% and 7%, respectively) of net sales for 2011.  The loss of any or all of these customers, unless the business is replaced by the Company, could result in an adverse effect on the results for the Company.

Patents, Trademarks and Licenses

The Company holds approximately 16 patents expiring at different times until the year 2032.

Terms of Sale

The Company does not carry significant inventory for rapid delivery to customers, and goods are not normally sold with return rights such as are available for consignment sales.  The Company has no inventory out on consignment and no consignment sales for the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010.  No extended payment terms are offered.  During the year ended May 31, 2011, delivery time after receipt of orders averaged 12 to 14 weeks for the Company's standard products.  Due to the volatility of construction and aerospace/defense programs, progress payments are usually required for larger projects using custom designed components of the Company.

Need for any Government Approval of Principal Products or Services

Contracts between the Company and the federal government or its independent contractors are subject to termination at the election of the federal government.  Contracts are generally entered into on a fixed price basis.  If the federal government should limit defense spending, these contracts could be reduced or terminated, which management believes would have a materially adverse effect on the Company.

Research and Development

The Company does not generally engage in major product research and development activities in connection with the design of its products, except when funded by aerospace customers or the federal government.  The Company, however, engages in research testing of its products.  For the fiscal years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company expended $272,000 and $169,000, respectively, on manufacturing research.  For the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010, defense sponsored research and development totaled $67,000 and $26,000, respectively.

Government Regulation

Compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations which have been enacted or adopted regulating the discharge of materials into the environment has had no material effect on the Company, and the Company believes that it is in substantial compliance with such provisions.

The Company is subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act ("OSHA") and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, which establish strict standards for the protection of employees, and impose fines for violations of such standards.  The Company believes that it is in substantial compliance with OSHA provisions and does not anticipate any material corrective expenditures in the near future.  The Company is currently incurring only moderate costs with respect to disposal of hazardous waste and compliance with OSHA regulations.

The Company is also subject to regulations relating to production of products for the federal government.  These regulations allow for frequent governmental audits of the Company's operations and fairly extensive testing of Company products.  The Company believes that it is in substantial compliance with these regulations and does not anticipate corrective expenditures in the future.

Employees

Exclusive of Company sales representatives and distributors, as of May 31, 2011, the Company had 90 employees, including three executive officers, and one part time employee.  The Company has good relations with its employees.

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Item 1A.  Risk Factors.

Smaller reporting companies are not required to provide the information required by this item.

Item 1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments.

Not applicable.

Item 2.  Properties             

The Company's production facilities occupy approximately six acres on Tonawanda Island in North Tonawanda, New York and are comprised of four interconnected buildings and two adjacent buildings.  The production facilities consist of a small parts plant (approximately 4,400 square feet), a large parts plant (approximately 13,500 square feet), and include a facility of approximately 7,000 square feet constructed in 1995 (see below), a test facility, storage area, pump area and the Company's general offices.  One adjacent building is a 17,000 square foot seismic assembly test facility.  Another adjacent building (approximately 2,000 square feet) is used as a training facility.  These facilities total more than 45,000 square feet.  Adjacent to these facilities, the Company has two separate remote test facilities used for shock testing.  One facility is 800 square feet, and a newer, state-of-the-art test facility is 1,200 square feet.  The small parts plant consists of a complete small machine shop and tool room that produces all of the Company's product items which are less than two inches in diameter.  The large parts plant consists of a complete large machine shop and tool room.  Both plants contain custom-built machinery for boring, deep-hole drilling and turning of parts.

The Company's real properties are subject to a negative pledge agreement with its lender, First Niagara Bank.  The Company has agreed with the lender that, for so long as the credit facilities with the lender are outstanding, the Company will not sell, lease or mortgage any of its real properties.  Additional information regarding the Company's agreement with First Niagara Bank is contained in Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, at "Capital Resources, Line of Credit and Long-Term Debt."

The Company leases a separate warehouse for storage from an unrelated third party, consisting of approximately 3,600 square feet at $975 per month.  The warehouse is located approximately one-quarter mile from the above-referenced production facilities and office space.  The total rental expense incurred by the Company for this facility in fiscal 2011 was $11,700.  The Company also leases a separate facility for painting, packaging and shipping from an unrelated third party, consisting of approximately 12,600 square feet at $5,292 per month.  The facility is located in the Town of Tonawanda, New York, approximately four miles from the above-referenced production facilities and office space.  The total rental expense incurred by the Company for this facility in fiscal 2011 was $58,044.

The Company believes it is carrying adequate insurance coverage on its facilities and their contents.

Proposed Expansion

Several years ago the demand for the Company's large seismic dampers reached a level where the Company had reached the floor space capacity in its Tonawanda Island Facilities.  The Company added the lease facilities in the Town of Tonawanda as a short-term solution.

The past three years' sales volume combined with a product mix skewed heavily towards larger seismic damages has stretched all of the Company's current facilities to their limits.  The Company has a need for additional manufacturing space.  Management believes that the recent series of major earthquakes worldwide should result in increased sales of the Company's products to the world construction market in the ensuing years. 

In 2010, the Company began a study considering additional buildings for the Tonawanda Island site.  This study determined that to maintain proper production flow through the buildings required many costly changes to the site.  The study concluded that it is not cost-effective to add additional floor space to the present site.  As a result, the Company is contemplating three possible nearby locations, each with enough building space to house all of its present machining operations.  The existing Tonawanda Island site would then have enough free floor space to assemble and test all products for the foreseeable future.  The new facilities would essentially become the Company's parts manufacturing center with the main facilities on Tonawanda Island continuing as the product assembly and testing center in addition to housing Corporate, Sales, Engineering and Accounting functions.  In the near term, an aggressive schedule contemplates having new capabilities come on-line beginning in the Spring of 2012.

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On August 25, 2011, the date of filing of this report, the Company was in negotiations to purchase a specific site with existing buildings.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

There are no legal proceedings except for routine litigation incidental to the business.

Item 4.  (Removed and Reserved).

PART II

 

Item 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases Of Equity Securities.

Market Information

The Company's Common Stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market of the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation ("NASDAQ") stock market under the symbol TAYD.  The high and low sales information noted below for the quarters of fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2010 were obtained from NASDAQ.

Fiscal 2011

Fiscal 2010

High

Low

High

Low

First Quarter

6.05

4.50

3.75

2.78

Second Quarter

5.28

4.55

5.50

3.30

Third Quarter

5.23

4.50

5.75

4.45

Fourth Quarter

6.60

4.80

6.85

5.00

Holders

As of August 13, 2011, the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock was 3,229,454 and the approximate number of record holders of the Company's Common Stock was 778.  Due to a substantial number of shares of the Company's Common Stock held in street name, the Company believes that the total number of beneficial owners of its Common Stock exceeds 2,000.

Dividends

No cash or stock dividends have been declared during the last two fiscal years.  The Company does not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

As of September 15, 2008, the Company's Board of Directors adopted a shareholder rights plan designed to deter coercive or unfair takeover tactics and prevent an acquirer from gaining control of the Company without offering a fair price to shareholders.  Under the plan, certain rights ("Rights") were distributed as a dividend on each share of Common Stock (one Right for each share of Common Stock) held as of the close of business on October 3, 2008.  Each whole Right entitles the holder, under certain defined conditions, to buy one two-thousandths (1/2000) of a newly issued share of the Company's Series 2008 Junior Participating Preferred Stock ("Series 2008 Preferred Stock") at a purchase price of $5.00 per unit of one two-thousandths of a share.  Rights attach to and trade with the shares of Common Stock, without being evidenced by a separate certificate.  No separate Rights certificates will be issued unless and until the Rights detach from Common Stock and become exercisable for shares of the Series 2008 Preferred Stock.

The Rights become exercisable to purchase shares of Preferred Stock (or, in certain circumstances, Common Stock) only if (i) a person acquired 15% or more of the Company's Common Stock, or (ii) a person commenced a tender or exchange offer for 10% or more of the Company's Common Stock, or (iii) the Board of Directors determined that the beneficial owner of at least 10% of the Company's Common Stock intended to cause the Company to take certain actions adverse to it and its shareholders or that such ownership would have a material adverse effect on the Company.  The Rights Plan will expire on October 5, 2018.

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

During the year ended May 31, 2011, the Company repurchased 6,400 shares of its common stock for a total of $30,418, including brokerage fees, under a share repurchase agreement through open market purchases.  Purchase prices ranged from $4.55 to $4.75 per share.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table sets forth information regarding equity compensation plans of the Company as of May 31, 2011.

. .

Equity Compensation Plan Information








Plan Category

.



Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants, and rights

(a)

.



Weighted-average
 exercise price of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights

(b)

.

Number of securities
 remaining available
for future issuance
 under equity
 compensation plans
 (excluding securities
 reflected in column (a))

(c)

 

Equity compensation plans
approved by security
holders

. . .

 

1998 Stock Option Plan
2001 Stock Option Plan
2005 Stock Option Plan
2008 Stock Option Plan

    5,000
  14,250
138,500
  71,250

$5.75
$4.13
$5.09
$5.62

-
-
-
68,000

 

Equity compensation plans
 not approved by security
 holders

 

 

2004 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan    (1)


-


-


234,216

 

Total

229,000

.

302,216

 

 

(1)  The Company's 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Employee Plan") permits eligible employees to purchase shares of the Company's common stock at fair market value through payroll deductions and without brokers' fees.  Such purchases are without any contribution on the part of the Company.    As of May 31, 2011, 234,216 shares were available for issuance. 

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

The Company qualifies as a smaller reporting company, as defined by 17 CFR §229.10(f)(1), and is not required to provide the information required by this Item.

Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Cautionary Statement

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for forward-looking statements.  Information in this Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and elsewhere in this 10-K that does not consist of historical facts are "forward-looking statements."  Statements accompanied or qualified by, or containing, words such as "may," "will," "should," "believes," "expects," "intends," "plans," "projects," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "outlook," "forecast," "anticipates," "presume," "assume" and "optimistic" constitute forward-looking statements and, as such, are not a guarantee of future performance.  The statements involve factors, risks and uncertainties, the impact or occurrence of which can cause actual results to differ materially from the expected results described in such statements.  Risks and uncertainties can include, among others, fluctuations in general business cycles and changing economic conditions; changing product demand and industry capacity; increased competition and pricing pressures; advances in technology that can reduce the demand for the Company's products, as well as other factors, many or all of which may be beyond the Company's control.

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Consequently, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as predictive of future results.  The Company disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to the forward-looking statements herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto, or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

Application of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The Company's consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  The preparation of the Company's financial statements requires management to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the amounts reported.  These estimates, assumptions and judgments are affected by management's application of accounting policies, which are discussed in Note 1. "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" and elsewhere in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. As discussed below, our financial position or results of operations may be materially affected when reported under different conditions or when using different assumptions in the application of such policies.  In the event estimates or assumptions prove to be different from actual amounts, adjustments are made in subsequent periods to reflect more current information.  Management believes the following critical accounting policies affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the Company's financial statements.

Accounts Receivable

Our ability to collect outstanding receivables from our customers is critical to our operating performance and cash flows.  Accounts receivable are stated at an amount management expects to collect from outstanding balances.  Management provides for probable uncollectible accounts through a charge to earnings and a credit to a valuation allowance based on its assessment of the current status of individual accounts after considering the age of each receivable and communications with the customers involved.  Balances that are collected, for which a credit to a valuation allowance had previously been recorded, result in a current-period reversal of the earlier transaction charging earnings and crediting a valuation allowance.   Balances that are still outstanding after management has used reasonable collection efforts are written off through a charge to the valuation allowance and a credit to accounts receivable in the current period.  The actual amount of accounts written off over the five year period ended May 31, 2011 equaled less than 0.1% of sales for that period.  The balance of the valuation allowance remained constant since May 31, 2009 at the current level of $42,000.  Management does not expect the valuation allowance to materially change in the next twelve months for the current accounts receivable balance.

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of average cost or market. Average cost approximates first-in, first-out cost.

Maintenance and other inventory represent stock that is estimated to have a product life-cycle in excess of twelve-months.  This stock represents certain items the Company is required to maintain for service of products sold, and items that are generally subject to spontaneous ordering.

This inventory is particularly sensitive to technical obsolescence in the near term due to its use in industries characterized by the continuous introduction of new product lines, rapid technological advances and product obsolescence.  Therefore, management of the Company has recorded an allowance for potential inventory obsolescence.  Based on certain assumptions and judgments made from the information available at that time, we determine the amount in the inventory allowance.  If these estimates and related assumptions or the market changes, we may be required to record additional reserves.  Historically, actual results have not varied materially from the Company's estimates.

The provision for potential inventory obsolescence was $180,000 for each of the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010.

Revenue Recognition

Sales are recognized when units are delivered or services are performed.  Sales under fixed-price contracts are recorded as deliveries are made at the contract sales price of the units delivered.  Sales under certain fixed-price contracts requiring substantial performance over several periods prior to commencement of deliveries, are accounted for under the percentage-of-completion method of accounting whereby revenues are recognized based on estimates of completion prepared on a ratio of cost to total estimated cost basis.  Costs include all material and direct and indirect charges related to specific contracts.  Other expenses are charged to operations as incurred.  Total estimated costs for each of the contracts are estimated based on a combination of historical costs of manufacturing similar products and estimates or quotes from vendors for supplying parts or services towards

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the completion of the manufacturing process.  Adjustments to cost and profit estimates are made periodically due to changes in job performance, job conditions and estimated profitability, including those arising from final contract settlements.  These changes may result in revisions to costs and income and are recognized in the period in which the revisions are determined.  Any losses expected to be incurred on contracts in progress are charged to operations in the period such losses are determined.  If total costs calculated upon completion of the manufacturing process in the current period for a contract are more than the estimated total costs at completion used to calculate revenue in a prior period, then the revenue and profits in the current period will be lower than if the estimated costs used in the prior period calculation were equal to the actual total costs upon completion.  Historically, actual results have not varied materially from the Company's estimates.  In the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011, 61% of total revenue recognized was accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting while the remaining 39% of revenue was recorded as deliveries were made to our customers.  In the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, 56% of total revenue recognized was accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting while the remaining 44% of revenue was recorded as deliveries were made to our customers.

For financial statement presentation purposes, the Company nets progress billings against the total costs incurred on uncompleted contracts.  The asset, "costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings," represents revenues recognized in excess of amounts billed.  The liability, "billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings," represents billings in excess of revenues recognized.

Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes provides for the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements regardless of when such taxes are payable.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax and financial statement basis of assets and liabilities.  The deferred tax assets relate principally to asset valuation allowances such as inventory obsolescence reserves and bad debt reserves and also to liabilities including warranty reserves, accrued vacation, accrued commissions and others.  The deferred tax liabilities relate primarily to differences between financial statement and tax depreciation.  Deferred taxes are based on tax laws currently enacted with tax rates expected to be in effect when the taxes are actually paid or recovered. 

Realization of the deferred tax assets is dependent on generating sufficient taxable income at the time temporary differences become deductible.  The Company provides a valuation allowance to the extent that deferred tax assets may not be realized.  A valuation allowance has not been recorded against the deferred tax assets since management believes it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets are recoverable.  The Company considers future taxable income and potential tax planning strategies in assessing the need for a potential valuation allowance.  In future years the Company will need to generate approximately $2.4 million of taxable income in order to realize our deferred tax assets recorded as of May 31, 2011 of $819,000.  This deferred tax asset balance is only 2% ($16,000) lower than at the end of the prior year.  The amount of the deferred tax assets considered realizable however, could be reduced in the near term if estimates of future taxable income are reduced.  If actual results differ from estimated results or if the Company adjusts these assumptions, the Company may need to adjust its deferred tax assets or liabilities, which could impact its effective tax rate.  Historically, actual results have not varied materially from the Company's estimates.

The Company's practice is to recognize interest related to income tax matters in interest income / expense and to recognize penalties in selling, general and administrative expenses.

The Company and its subsidiary file consolidated Federal and State income tax returns.  As of May 31, 2011, the Company had State investment tax credit carryforwards of approximately $156,000 expiring through May 2017.

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Results of Operations

A summary of the period to period changes in the principal items included in the consolidated statements of income is shown below:

Summary comparison of the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010

Increase /

(Decrease)

Sales, net

$  3,031,000 

Cost of goods sold

$  3,543,000 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

$   (231,000)

Other income / (expense)

$     216,000 

Provision for income taxes

     $     105,000 

Net income

$   (170,000)

For the year ended May 31, 2011  (All figures being discussed are for the year ended May 31, 2011 as compared to the year ended May 31, 2010.)

  Year ended

  Change

  May 31, 2011

 May 31, 2010

  Increase /
(Decrease)

  Percent
Change

Net Revenue

            $20,906,000

          $17,875,000

  $   3,031,000

17%

Cost of sales

              15,347,000

            11,804,000

       3,543,000

30%

Gross profit

            $  5,559,000

          $  6,071,000

  $    (512,000)

  -8%


...as a percentage of net revenues


27%


34%

The Company's consolidated results of operations showed a 17% increase in net revenues and a decrease in net income of 11%. Gross profit decreased by 8%.  Revenues recorded in the current period for long-term construction projects increased by 26% from the level recorded in the prior year.  This increase is primarily due to more projects in process in the current year (46 in fiscal 2011; 34 in fiscal 2010).  Of the 46 projects in process during this year, 28 were still in process at 5/31/11 compared with the prior year when 10 of the 34 projects worked on were still in process at 5/31/10.   The average value of these projects in-process at the end of the two fiscal years remained constant at slightly more than $500,000 but the projects in the current year are 67% complete in the aggregate as compared with 37% for those in process at 5/31/10.  Revenues recorded for all other product sales increased by 5% from last year.  The gross profit as a percentage of net revenues for the current and prior year periods was 27% and 34%, respectively.   This fluctuation is attributable primarily to a.) three large export Projects in the prior year period had higher than average margins, b.) three large Projects in the prior year with aerospace / defense customers that had higher margins than average Projects for construction customers, and c.) in the current period, there were more Projects sold directly to representatives in two different Asian countries, without commissions to intermediaries, which resulted in lower sales, gross margins and commission expense.  

The mix of customers buying our products changed from last year.  Sales of the Company's products are made to three general groups of customers: industrial, construction and aerospace / defense.  A 22% decrease in sales to aerospace / defense customers from last year's record high level was more than offset by a 75% increase in sales to customers who were seeking seismic / wind protection for either building new buildings and bridges or retrofitting existing buildings and bridges.  A breakdown of sales to these three general groups of customers is as follows:

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    2011   2010      
  Industrial 8%   10%      
  Construction 57%   38%      
  Aerospace / Defense 35%   52%      

At May 31, 2010, we had 98 open sales orders in our backlog with a total sales value of $13.0 million.  At May 31, 2011, we had slightly more open sales orders in our backlog (117orders) and the total sales value is $15.0 million.  $4.6 million of the current backlog is on projects already in progress.  $3.2 million of the $13.0 million sales order backlog at May 31, 2010 was in progress at that date.  38% of the sales value in the backlog is for aerospace / defense customers compared to 42% at the end of fiscal 2010.  As a percentage of the total sales order backlog, orders from customers in construction accounted for 60% at May 31, 2011 and 56% at May 31, 2010.

The Company's backlog,revenues , commission expense, gross margins, gross profits,and net income fluctuate from period to period.  The changes in the current period, compared to the prior period, are not necessarily representative of future results.

Net revenue by geographic region, as a percentage of total net revenue for fiscal years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

   

2011

 

2010

 
  North America

55%

 

67%

 
  Asia

35%

 

25%

 
  Other

10%

 

8%

 

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

  Year ended

  Change

  May 31, 2011

  May 31, 2010

  Increase /
 (Decrease)

  Percent
Change

Outside Commissions

           $   763,000

        $   757,000

   $       6,000

   1%

Other SG&A

             3,313,000

          3,550,000

       (237,000)

  -7%

Total SG&A

           $4,076,000

        $4,307,000

   $  (231,000)

         -5% 


...as a percentage of net revenues


19%


24%

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Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by 5% from the prior year.  Outside commission expense increased slightly from last year's level.  Other selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by 7% from last year.  This decrease is primarily attributable to a decrease in employee compensation expense related to the previousyear's higher net income compared to the current year as well as the previous year's increased professional feesrelated to a study completed to support federal research tax credits.

The above factors resulted in operating income of $1,482,000 for the year ended May 31, 2011, down 16% from the $1,764,000 in the prior year.

Net interest income of $10,000 in the current year is compared to net interest expense last year of $16,000.  Cash flow from the Company's operations during the prior year provided sufficient funds to eliminate all of the long-term bank debt and short-term borrowings as of the end of May 31, 2010.  The average level of use of the Company's operating line of credit reduced from $0.3 million last year to no usage this year.  Available funds are deposited into short-term interest bearing bank accounts.  The line of credit is used primarily to fund the production of larger projects that do not allow for advance payments or progress payments.

The Company's effective tax rate (ETR) is calculated based upon current assumptions relating to the year's operating results and various tax related items.  The ETR for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011 is 17.1%, significantly more than the ETR for the prior year of 10.6%.  A reconciliation of provision for income taxes at the statutory rate to income tax provision at the Company's effective rate is as follows:

  2011

2011

Computed tax provision at the expected statutory rate

$ 581,300 

$  603,500 

State income tax - net of Federal tax benefit

400 

300 

Tax effect of permanent differences:

    Research tax credits

(300,800)

(431,000)

    Other permanent differences

5,400 

7,400 

Other

6,900 

8,000 

$ 293,200 

$  188,200 

Stock Options

The Company has a stock option plan which provides for the granting of nonqualified or incentive stock options to officers, key employees and non-employee directors.  Options granted under the plan are exercisable over a ten year term.  Options not exercised by the end of the term expire. 

The Company measures compensation cost arising from the grant of share-based payments to employees at fair value and recognizes such cost in income over the period during which the employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award.  The Company recognized $80,000 and $86,000 of compensation cost for the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010.   

The fair value of each stock option grant has been determined using the Black-Scholes model.  The model considers assumptions related to exercise price, expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, and the weighted average expected term of the stock option grants.  The Company used a weighted average expected term.  Expected volatility assumptions utilized in the model were based on volatility of the Company's stock price for the thirty month period immediately preceding the granting of the options.  The Company issued stock options in August 2010 and April 2011.  The risk-free interest rate is derived from the U.S. treasury yield. 

The following assumptions were used in the Black-Scholes model in estimating the fair market value of the Company's stock option grants:

                                                                                                                                                 August 2010        April 2011
                                                                                                 Risk-free interest rate:               2.75%                 2.75%
                                                                                       Expected life of the options:            2.5 years            2.5 years
                                                                                  Expected share price volatility:                60%                    54%
                                                                                                    Expected dividends:                zero                     zero


  These assumptions resulted in estimated fair-market value per stock option:                $2.00                   $2.00

The ultimate value of the options will depend on the future price of the Company's common stock, which cannot be forecast with reasonable accuracy. 

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A summary of changes in the stock options outstanding during the year ended May 31, 2011 is presented below:

                                                                                                                                                               Weighted-
                                                                                                                               Number of               Average
                                                                                                                                 Options             Exercise Price

                         Options outstanding and exercisable at May 31, 2010:           193,750                      $ 5.11

                                                                                          Options granted:             40,250                      $ 5.48
                                                                             Less: Options exercised:               5,000                      $ 3.25

                         Options outstanding and exercisable at May 31, 2011:           229,000                      $ 5.21
 

Capital Resources, Line of Credit and Long-Term Debt

The Company's primary liquidity is dependent upon its working capital needs.  These are primarily inventory, accounts receivable, costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings, accounts payable, accrued commissions, billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings, and debt service.  The Company's primary sources of liquidity have been operations and bank financing. 

Capital expenditures for the year ended May 31, 2011 were $386,000 compared to $252,000 in the prior year.  The Company has a commitment to make a capital expenditure of $117,000 as of May 31, 2011.

In August 2009, the Company replaced its previous bank credit facility with a $6,000,000 demand line of credit from a different bank, with interest payable at the Company's option of 30, 60, 90 or 180 day LIBOR rate plus 2.5% or the bank's prime rate less ..25%.  There is an interest rate floor of 3.5%.  The line is secured by accounts receivable, equipment, inventory, and general intangibles, and a negative pledge of the Company's real property.  This line of credit is subject to the usual terms and conditions applied by the bank and is subject to renewal annually.  In conjunction with this line of credit, the Company agreed to the following covenants:

  • Maintain a minimum working capital position of $3 million at all times;
  • Actual working capital at May 31, 2011 was $12.3 million.
  • Maintain a minimum debt service coverage ratio of 1.5:1.

  • Actual ratio at May 31, 2011 was 344:1.

The line of credit was unused as of May 31, 2011, as well as of May 31, 2010.  The outstanding balance on the line of credit fluctuates as the Company's various long-term projects progress.

The bank is not committed to make loans under this line of credit and no commitment fee is charged.

The Company believes that cash on hand should be sufficient to fund its proposed expansion plans described in Item 2 of this Report.

Inventory and Maintenance Inventory

May 31, 2011

May 31, 2010

Increase / (Decrease)

Raw Materials

$    666,000

$    569,000

$    97,000     17%
Work in process

  4,083,000

 5,247,000

 (1,164,000)    -22%
Finished goods

603,000

658,000

(55,000)      -8%
Inventory

 5,352,000

 86%

 6,474,000

 90% (1,122,000)    -17%
Maintenance and other inventory

846,000

 14%

719,000

 10% 127,000     18%
Total

 $ 6,198,000

 100%

$ 7,193,000

 100% $ (995,000)    -14%
 

Inventory turnover

2.3

 

1.6

     
               

Inventory, at $5,352,000 as of May 31, 2011, is 17% lower than the prior year-end.  Of this, approximately 76% is work in process, 11% is finished goods, and 13% is raw materials.  While the level of inventory will fluctuate from time to time due to the stage of completion of the non-project sales orders in progress at the time, we do not expect that the inventory level will increase or decrease significantly from current levels for a sustained period of time.

The Company continues to rework slow-moving inventory, where applicable, to convert it to product to be used on customer orders.  There was an insignificant amount of slow-moving inventory used during the year ended May 31, 2011.  The Company disposed of approximately $256,000 and $28,000 of obsolete inventory during the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. 

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Accounts Receivable, Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings ("CIEB"),

and Billings in Excess of Costs and Estimated Earnings ("BIEC")

May 31, 2011

  May 31, 2010

Increase / (Decrease)

Accounts receivable

$  2,137,000

$  5,033,000

    $(2,896,000)

   -58%

CIEB

4,190,000

1,051,000

       3,139,000

  299%

Less: BIEC

153,000

368,000

         (215,000)

   -58%

Net

  $  6,174,000

$  5,716,000

    $    458,000

      8%

Number of an average day's sales
outstanding in accounts receivable (DSO)

27

99

The Company combines the totals of accounts receivable, the asset CIEB, and the liability BIEC, to determine how much cash the Company will eventually realize from revenue recorded to date.  As the accounts receivable figure rises in relation to the other two figures, the Company can anticipate increased cash receipts within the ensuing 30-60 days. 

Accounts receivable of $2,137,000 as of May 31, 2011 includes approximately $292,000 of amounts retained by customers on long-term construction projects.  The Company expects to collect all of these amounts, including the retainage, during the next twelve months.  The number of an average day's sales outstanding in accounts receivable (DSO) decreased from 99 days at May 31, 2010 to 27 days at May 31, 2011.  The DSO is a function of 1.) the level of sales for an average day (for example, total sales for the past three months divided by 90 days) and 2.) the level of accounts receivable at the balance sheet date.  The level of sales for an average day in the fourth quarter of the current year is 55% higher than in the fourth quarter of the prior year.  This is consistent with the overall increase in revenue for the quarter from $4,590,000 last year to $7,125,000 this year.  The level of accounts receivable at the end of the current year is 58% lower than at the end of the prior year.  The combination of these two factors caused the DSO to decrease from last year end to this.

As noted above CIEB represents revenues recognized in excess of amounts billed.  Whenever possible, the Company negotiates a provision in sales contracts to allow the Company to bill, and collect from the customer, payments in advance of shipments.  Unfortunately, provisions such as this are often not possible.  The $4,190,000 balance in this account at May 31, 2011 is a 299% increase from the prior year-end.  This increase from last year-end is a reflection of 1.) the increase in the number of projects in progress at the two balance sheet dates (25 at May 31, 2011  compared to 7 at May 31, 2010) and 2.) in the aggregate, the projects in progress at May 31, 2011 are 67% complete at that date while the projects in progress at May 31, 2010 were 37% complete at that date.  The average total sales value of long-term construction projects in process at the end of this year is very similar to the comparable figure at the end of last year.  Generally, if progress billings are permitted under the terms of a project sales agreement, then the more complete the project is, the more progress billings will be permitted.  The Company expects to bill the entire amount during the next twelve months.  40% of the CIEB balance as of the end of the last fiscal quarter, February 28, 2011, was billed to those customers in the current fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2011.  The remainder will be billed as the projects progress, in accordance with the terms specified in the various contracts.

As of May 31, 2011, there are sales orders for eleven projects that are not yet in progress.  These projects average $446,000 each in value upon completion.  This compares to six such projects as of the prior year end with an average value of $428,000.

The year-end balances in the CIEB account are comprised of the following components:

May 31, 2011

May 31, 2010

Costs

$  5,818,000

$    984,000

Estimated earnings

1,388,000

223,000

Less: Billings to customers

3,016,000

156,000

CIEB

$ 4,190,000

$ 1,051,000

Number of projects in progress

25

7

As noted above, BIEC represents billings to customers in excess of revenues recognized.  The $153,000 balance in this account at May 31, 2011 is in comparison to a $368,000 balance at the end of the prior year.  The balance in this account fluctuates in the same manner and for the same reasons as the account "costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings", discussed above.   Final delivery of product under these contracts is expected to occur during the next twelve months.

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The year-end balances in this account are comprised of the following components:

May 31, 2011

May 31, 2010

Billings to customers

$   2,592,000

$   1,085,000

Less:  Costs

1,645,000

673,000

Less: Estimated earnings

794,000

44,000

BIEC

$      153,000

$      368,000

Number of projects in progress

3

3

Summary of factors affecting the year-end balances in the asset CIEB, and the liability BIEC:

2011

2010

Number of projects in progress at year-end

28

10

Aggregate percent complete at year-end

67%

37%

Average total value of projects in progress at year-end

$510,000

$507,000

Percentage of total value invoiced to customer

39%

24%

The Company's backlog of sales orders at May 31, 2011 is $15 million, up 15% from the backlog at the end of the prior year of $13 million.  $4.6 million of the current backlog is on projects already in progress. 

Accounts payable, at $1,292,000 as of May 31, 2011, is $196,000 more than the prior year-end.  There is no specific reason for this fluctuation other than the normal payment cycle of vendor invoices.

Commission expense on applicable sales orders is recognized at the time revenue is recognized.  The commission is paid following receipt of payment from the customers.  Accrued commissions as of May 31, 2011 are $433,000.  This is 14% more than the $380,000 accrued at the prior year-end.  Commission expense related to long-term construction projects is recorded at the same time as revenue on the projects is recorded. This liability will not decrease until progress billings on the projects have been issued by the Company and are paid by our customers.  Considering that the net change in the balances of accounts receivable and CIEB is an increase of $242,000 or 4% over the prior year end, it would be reasonable to expect that the balance in the accrued commissions would likewise be higher than the prior year.  The Company expects the current accrued amount to be paid during the next twelve months. 

Other current liabilities of $1,329,000 decreased only 14% from the prior year of $1,549,000.  This decrease is primarily due to a decrease in the accrued compensation to employees for services.

Management believes that the Company's cash on hand, cash flows from operations and borrowing capacity under the bank line of credit will be sufficient to fund ongoing operations, capital improvements and share repurchases (if any) for the next twelve months. 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Smaller reporting companies are not required to provide the information required by this item.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

The financial statements and supplementary data required pursuant to this Item 8 are included in this Form 10-K as a separate section commencing on page 26 and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

There have been no disagreements between the Company and its accountants as to matters which require disclosure.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

(a)           Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

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                The Company's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of May 31, 2011 and have concluded that, as of the evaluation date, the disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b)           Management's report on internal control over financial reporting.

                The Company's management, with the participation of the Company's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.  The Company's management has assessed the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2011.  In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control -- Integrated Framework.  Based on this assessment management has concluded that, as of May 31, 2011, the Company's internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.

(c)           Changes in internal control over financial reporting.               

                There have been no changes in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2011 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information.

None.

PART III

The information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this part will be presented in the Company's Proxy Statement to be issued in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on November 11, 2011, which information is hereby incorporated by reference into this Annual Report.  The proxy materials, including the Proxy Statement and form of proxy, will be filed within 120 days after the Company's fiscal year end.

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THIS REPORT:
 

Index to Financial Statements:
 

(i)

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 

(ii)

Consolidated Balance Sheets May 31, 2011 and 2010
 

(iii)

Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010
 

(iv)

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010
 

(v)

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010
 

(vi)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements May 31, 2011 and 2010
 

EXHIBITS:
 

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(2)

Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession
 

(i)

Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between Taylor Devices, Inc. and Tayco Developments, Inc. dated November 30, 2007, incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-147878, filed with the Securities and Exchange Committee on January 4, 2008.
 

(3)

Articles of incorporation and by-laws
 

(i)

Restated Certificate of Incorporation incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(i) of Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated August 24, 1983.
 

(ii)

Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(iv) to Form 8 [Amendment to Application or Report], dated September 24, 1993.
 

(iii)

Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation eliminating and re-designing the Series A Junior Preferred Stock and creating 5,000 Series 2008 Junior Participating Preferred Stock,, $.05 par value, as filed by the Secretary of State of the State of New York on September 16, 2008, and incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(i) of Form 8-K, dated as of September 15, 2008 and filed September 18, 2008.
 

(iv)

Certificate of Change incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(i) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ending November 30, 2002.
 

(v)

Proxy Review Guidelines incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(ii) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ending February 28, 1998, dated April 10, 1998.
 

(vi)

By-laws incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(i) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ending February 28, 2004, dated April 14, 2004.
 

(vii)

Amendment to By-laws incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(ii) of Form 8-K, dated as of September 15, 2008 and filed September 18, 2008.

(4)

Instruments defining rights of security holders, including indentures
 

(i)

Rights Agreement by and between registrant and Regan & Associates, Inc, dated as of October 5, 2008 and letter to shareholders (including Summary of Rights), dated October 5, 2008, attached as Exhibits 4 and 20, respectively to Registration Statement on Form 8-A 12G, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2008.
 

(10)

Material Contracts
 

(i)

1998 Taylor Devices, Inc. Stock Option Plan attached as Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 33-6905, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 24, 1998.
 

(ii)

2001 Taylor Devices, Inc. Stock Option Plan attached as Exhibit A to Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2001.
 

(iii)

2005 Taylor Devices, Inc. Stock Option Plan attached as Appendix B to Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2005.
 

(iv)

2008 Taylor Devices, Inc. Stock Option Plan attached as Appendix C to Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2008.
 

(v)

Employment Agreement dated as of December 1, 2000 between the Registrant and Douglas P. Taylor, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10)(x) to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, dated August 22, 2001.
 

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(vi)

Employment Agreement dated as of December 1, 2000 between the Registrant and Richard G. Hill, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10)(xi) to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, dated August 22, 2001.

(vii)

The 2004 Taylor Devices, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-114085, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2004.

(viii)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-114085, for the 2004 Taylor Devices, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2006.

(ix)

First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006 between the Registrant and Douglas P. Taylor, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(ii) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ending February 28, 2007.

(x)

First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006 between the Registrant and Richard G. Hill, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(iii) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the period ending February 28, 2007.

(xi)

Form of Indemnification Agreement between registrant and directors and executive officers, attached as Appendix A to Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2007.

(xii)

Consent Agreement by and between Taylor Devices, Inc. and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, dated November 30, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(xv) to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, dated August 21, 2008.

(xiii)

General Security Agreement dated August 7, 2009 by the Registrant in favor of First Niagara Bank, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(xiii) to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed August 28, 2009.

(xiv)

Negative Pledge Agreement dated August 7, 2009 by the Registrant in favor of First Niagara Bank, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(xiv) to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed August 28, 2009.

(xv)

Management Bonus Policy dated as of March 4, 2011 between the Registrant and executive officers, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(i) to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending February 28, 2010.

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(11)

Statement regarding computation of per share earnings
 

REG. 228.601(A)(11)  Statement regarding computation of per share earnings
 

Weighted average of common stock/equivalents outstanding - fiscal year ended May 31, 2011
 

Weighted average common stock outstanding

  3,229,491

Common shares issuable under stock option plans using treasury stock method

        6,051

Weighted average common stock outstanding assuming dilution

  3,235,542


Net income fiscal year ended May 31, 2011


(1)


$  1,416,509

Weighted average common stock

(2)

  3,229,491

Basic income per common share        (1) divided by (2)

$             .44


Net income fiscal year ended May 31, 2011


(3)


$  1,416,509

Weighted average common stock outstanding assuming dilution

(4)

     3,235,542

Diluted income per common share     (3) divided by (4)

$             .44


Weighted average of common stock/equivalents outstanding - fiscal year ended May 31, 2010
 

Weighted average common stock outstanding

  3,224,923

Common shares issuable under stock option plans using treasury stock method

        1,969

Weighted average common stock outstanding assuming dilution

  3,226,892


Net income fiscal year ended May 31, 2010


(1)


$  1,586,957

Weighted average common stock

(2)

  3,224,923

Basic income per common share         (1) divided by (2)

$             .49


Net income fiscal year ended May 31, 2010


(3)


$  1,586,955

Weighted average common stock outstanding assuming dilution

(4)

    3,226,892

Diluted income per common share      (3) divided by (4)

$             .49


(13)


The Annual Report to Security Holders for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011, attached to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 

(14)

Code of Ethics, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the period ending May 31, 2004.
 

(20)

Other documents or statements to security holders
 

(i)

News from Taylor Devices, Inc. Shareholder Letter, Summer 2011.
 

(21)

Subsidiaries of the registrant
 

Tayco Realty Corporation is a New York corporation organized on September 8, 1977, owned by the Company.
 

(23)

The Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm precedes the Consolidated Financial Statements.
 

(31)

Officer Certifications
 

(i)

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
 

(ii)

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
 

(32)

Officer Certifications
 

(i)

Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
 

(ii)

Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
 

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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.

 

TAYLOR DEVICES, INC.

(Registrant)

 

By:

/s/Douglas P. Taylor

Date:

August 5, 2011

Douglas P. Taylor

President and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

                                and

 

By:

/s/Mark V. McDonough

Date:

August 5, 2011

Mark V. McDonough

Chief Financial 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.

 

By:

/s/Reginald B. Newman II

By:

/s/Richard G. Hill

Reginald B. Newman II, Director

Richard G. Hill, Director

August 5, 2011

August 5, 2011

 

By:

/s/John Burgess

By:

/s/Randall L. Clark

John Burgess, Director

Randall L. Clark, Director

August 5, 2011

August 5, 2011

 

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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To The Board of Directors of
Taylor Devices, Inc.

Gentlemen:

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File Number 0-3498) of Taylor Devices Inc. of our report dated August 5, 2011 and any reference thereto in the Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011.

We also consent to such incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-69705, 333-75662, 333-114085, 333-133340 and 333-155284 of Taylor Devices, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated August 5, 2011.

/s/Lumsden & McCormick, LLP
Lumsden & McCormick, LLP
Buffalo, New York
August 5, 2011

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Taylor Devices, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Taylor Devices, Inc. and Subsidiary as of May 31, 2011 and 2010 and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the years then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Taylor Devices, Inc. and Subsidiary as of May 31, 2011 and 2010 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/Lumsden & McCormick, LLP
Lumsden & McCormick, LLP
Buffalo, New York
August 5, 2011




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Consolidated Balance Sheets

May 31,

2011

2010

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

   $      2,193,534 

   $         197,587 

Accounts receivable, net (Note 2)

           2,136,848 

            5,033,395 

Inventory (Note 3)

           5,352,424 

           6,474,148 

Prepaid expenses

              539,900 

              284,129 

Prepaid income taxes

             239,030 

             366,486 

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings (Note 4)

           4,189,799 

           1,051,354 

Deferred income taxes (Note 10)

              818,900 

              834,400 

Total current assets

         15,470,435 

           14,241,499 

Maintenance and other inventory, net (Note 5)

               846,177 

              718,749 

Property and equipment, net (Note 6)

           3,413,446 

           3,497,800 

Cash value of life insurance, net

              147,970 

              142,355 

   $    19,878,028 

   $    18,600,403 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Current liabilities:

Current portion of long-term debt (Note 8)

   $             5,485 

   $             5,485 

Accounts payable

           1,292,095 

           1,096,289 

Accrued commissions

              433,355 

               380,448 

Other current expenses

           1,329,341 

           1,548,655 

Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings (Note 4)

              152,505 

              367,764 

Total current liabilities

           3,212,781 

           3,398,641 

Long-term debt (Note 8)

                  3,657 

                9,141 

Deferred income taxes (Note 10)

              278,485 

              304,485 

Stockholders' Equity:

Common stock, $.025 par value, authorized 8,000,000 shares,

  issued 3,732,842 and 3,725,516 shares

                93,321 

                93,137 

Paid-in capital

           6,627,463 

           6,518,769 

Retained earnings

         11,924,023 

         10,507,514 

         18,644,807 

         17,119,420 

Treasury stock -- 501,643 and 495,243 shares at cost

         (2,261,702)

         (2,231,284)

Total stockholders' equity

         16,383,105 

       14,888,136 

 

 

   $    19,878,028 

   $    18,600,403 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Income

For the years ended May 31,

2011

2010


Sales, net (Note 9)

$   20,906,306

$   17,875,371 

Cost of goods sold

15,347,519

11,804,465 

Gross profit

5,558,787

6,070,906 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

4,076,296

4,307,253 

Operating income

1,482,491

1,763,653 

Other income (expense):
Interest, net

 9,784

(15,698)

Miscellaneous

217,434

  27,202 

Total other income (expense)

227,218

11,504 

 

   Income before provision for income taxes

1,709,709

1,775,157 

Provision for income taxes (Note 10)

293,200

 188,200 

Net income

  $    1,416,509

$    1,586,957 

Basic and diluted earnings per common share (Note 11)

$              0.44

 $              0.49 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

For the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010

 

 

 

 

Common

Paid-In

Retained

Treasury

Stock

Capital

Earnings

Stock

Balance, May 31, 2009

  $     92,913  

     $    6,401,584 

     $    8,920,557

    $ (2,231,221)

Net income for the year ended May 31, 2010

                 -  

                         -

           1,586,957

                     -

Common stock issued for employee stock

   purchase plan (Note 13)

                  81

               14,062 

                          -

                          -

Common stock issued for employee stock

   option  plan (Note 14)

                143

              16,864 

                          -

                          -

Odd-lot buy-back of Treasury shares

                 -  

                        - 

                          -

(63)

Stock options issued for services

                    -

               86,259 

                          -

                          -

Balance, May 31, 2010

         93,137  

          6,518,769 

         10,507,514

       (2,231,284)

Net income for the year ended May 31, 2011

                 -  

                        - 

           1,416,509

Common stock issued for employee stock

  purchase  plan (Note 13)

                59  

                12,145 

                 -

                      - 

Common stock issued for employee stock

   option  plan (Note 14)

              125  

                16,125 

                 -

                        - 

Odd-lot buy-back of Treasury shares

                 -   

                         - 

                 -

            (30,418)

 

Stock options issued for services

                 -  

                80,424 

                 -

                        - 

Balance, May 31, 2011

   $   93,321  

    $     6,627,463 

    $   11,924,023

   $  (2,261,702)

See notes to consolidated financial statements.


 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended May 31,

2011

2010

Operating activities:

Net income

    $    1,416,509 

    $    1,586,957 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from

  operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

             470,755 

             442,263 

Gain of sale of equipment

                       - 

                    (100)

Stock options issued for services

              80,424 

               86,259 

Provision for inventory obsolescence

             108,169 

             180,000 

Deferred income taxes

                (10,500)

               44,800 

Changes in other current assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable

             2,896,547 

          (2,342,363)

Inventory

              886,127 

              157,461 

Prepaid expenses

             (255,771)

              178,847 

Prepaid income taxes

              127,456 

             (366,486)

 Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings

         (3,138,445)

              905,795 

 Accounts payable

               195,806 

               209,326 

 Accrued commissions

                52,907 

             (217,839)

 Other current expenses

             (219,314)

              537,839 

 Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings

             (215,259)

              241,747 

 Accrued income taxes

                         - 

             (135,815)

Net operating activities

           2,395,411 

            1,508,691 

Investing activities:

Net cash paid to trustee

                         - 

                 37,931 

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

                         - 

                      100 

Acquisition of property and equipment

(386,401)

(252,426)

Increase in cash value of life insurance

(5,615)

(5,608)

Net investing activities

              (392,016)

              (220,003)

Financing activities:

Net short-term borrowings

                           - 

(1,017,000)

Payments on long-term debt

(5,484)

(150,485)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

                 28,454 

                  31,150 

Acquisition of treasury stock

                (30,418)

                      (63)

Net financing activities

          (7,448)

           (1,136,398)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

            1,995,947 

                152,290 

Cash and cash equivalents - beginning

               197,587 

                 45,297 

. Cash and cash equivalents - ending

 $     2,193,534 

 $        197,587 

               
See notes to consolidated financial statements.    

 

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TAYLOR DEVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

.

1.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Nature of Operations:

Taylor Devices, Inc. (the Company) manufactures and sells a single group of very similar products that have many different applications for customers.  These similar products are included in one of six categories; namely, Seismic Dampers, Fluidicshoks®, Crane and Industrial Buffers, Self-Adjusting Shock Absorbers, Liquid Die Springs, and Vibration Dampers for use in various types of machinery, equipment and structures, primarily to customers which are located throughout the United States and several foreign countries.  The products are manufactured at the Company's sole operating facility in the United States where all of the Company's long-lived assets reside. Management does not track or otherwise account for sales broken down by these categories.

40% of the Company's 2011 revenue was generated from sales to customers in the United States and 35% was from sales to customers in Asia.  Remaining sales were to customers in other countries in North America, Europe and South America.

64% of the Company's 2010 revenue was generated from sales to customers in the United States and 25% was from sales to customers in Asia.  Remaining sales were to customers in other countries in North America, Europe, South America and Australia.

Principles of Consolidation:

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Tayco Realty Corporation (Realty).  All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Subsequent Events:

The Company has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements through the date the financial statements were issued.

Use of Estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

The Company includes all highly liquid investments in money market funds in cash and cash equivalents on the accompanying balance sheets.

Cash and cash equivalents in financial institutions may exceed insured limits at various times during the year and subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk.

Accounts Receivable:

Accounts receivable are stated at an amount management expects to collect from outstanding balances.  Management provides for probable uncollectible accounts through a charge to earnings and a credit to a valuation allowance based on its assessment of the current status of individual accounts.  Balances that are still outstanding after management has used reasonable collection efforts are written off through a charge to the valuation allowance and a credit to accounts receivable.

Inventory:

Inventory is stated at the lower of average cost or market. Average cost approximates first-in, first-out cost.

Property and Equipment:

Property and equipment is stated at cost net of accumulated depreciation.  Deprecation is provided primarily using the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes, and accelerated methods for income tax reporting purposes.  Maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred; significant improvements are capitalized.

Cash Value of Life Insurance:

Cash value of life insurance is stated at the surrender value of the contracts.

Revenue Recognition:

Sales are recognized when units are delivered or services are performed.  Sales under fixed-price contracts are recorded as deliveries are made at the contract sales price of the units delivered.  Sales under

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certain fixed-price contracts requiring substantial performance over several periods prior to commencement of deliveries, are accounted for under the percentage-of-completion method of accounting whereby revenues are recognized based on estimates of completion prepared on a ratio of cost to total estimated cost basis.  Costs include all material and direct and indirect charges related to specific contracts.  Other expenses are charged to operations as incurred.  Total estimated costs for each of the contracts are estimated based on a combination of historical costs of manufacturing similar products and estimates or quotes from vendors for supplying parts or services towards the completion of the manufacturing process.  Adjustments to cost estimates are made periodically, and losses expected to be incurred on contracts in progress are charged to operations in the period such losses are determined.  If total costs calculated upon completion of the manufacturing process in the current period for a contract are more than the estimated total costs at completion used to calculate revenue in a prior period, then the revenue and profits in the current period will be lower than if the estimated costs used in the prior period calculation were equal to the actual total costs upon completion.  In the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011, 61% of total revenue recognized was accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting while the remaining 39% of revenue was recorded as deliveries were made to our customers.  In the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, 56% of total revenue recognized was accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting while the remaining 44% of revenue was recorded as deliveries were made to our customers.

For financial statement presentation purposes, the Company nets progress billings against the total costs incurred on uncompleted contracts.  The asset, "costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings," represents revenues recognized in excess of amounts billed.  The liability, "billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings," represents billings in excess of revenues recognized.

Shipping and Handling Costs:

Shipping and handling costs are classified as a component of cost of goods sold.

Income Taxes:

The provision for income taxes provides for the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements regardless of when such taxes are payable.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax and financial statement basis of assets and liabilities.  Deferred taxes are based on tax laws currently enacted with tax rates expected to be in effect when the taxes are actually paid or recovered.

The Company's practice is to recognize interest related to income tax matters in interest income / expense and to recognize penalties in selling, general and administrative expenses.  The Company did not have any accrued interest or penalties included in its consolidated balance sheet at May 31, 2011 or 2010.  The Company recorded no interest expense or penalties in its consolidated statements of income during the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010. 

The Company's tax returns for the fiscal tax year ended May 31, 2011, will be subject to examination by federal and state tax authorities. During 2011, the Company's tax returns for the years ended May 31, 2007 through 2010 were examined by Federal taxing authorities.  The examinations resulted in no changes to the originally filed returns.  Accordingly, no further examination of those tax returns is permitted.  Additionally, the Company believes it is no longer subject to examination by state taxing authorities for fiscal years prior to May 31, 2008.

Sales Taxes:

Certain jurisdictions impose a sales tax on Company sales to nonexempt customers.  The Company collects these taxes from customers and remits the entire amount as required by the applicable law.  The Company excludes from revenues and expenses the tax collected and remitted.

Foreign Currency Translation:

The Company accounts for its foreign currency translation in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 830, Foreign Currency Matters.  The aggregate transaction gain included in Miscellaneous Income for the year ended May 31, 2011 was $175,657.

Stock-Based Compensation:

The Company measures compensation cost arising from the grant of share-based payments to employees at fair value and recognizes such cost in income over the period during which the employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award. The stock-based compensation expense for the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010 was $80,424 and $86,259.

New Accounting Standards:

Effective September 1, 2009, the Company adopted the FASB ASC regarding Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP").  The guidance establishes the FASB ASC as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP for SEC registrants.  All guidance contained in the FASB ASC carries an equal level of authority.  The FASB ASC supersedes all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. 

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The FASB now issues new standards in the form of Accounting Standards Updates ("ASUs").  The FASB does not consider ASUs as authoritative in their own right.  ASUs serve only to update the FASB ASC, provide background information about the guidance and provide the basis for conclusions on the changes in the FASB ASC.  References made to FASB guidance have been updated for the FASB ASC throughout this document.

In May 2011, the FASB issued an amendment to ASU Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement.  This amendment improves the comparability of fair value measurements presented and disclosed in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards.  Implementation of the amendment is required during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  We do not expect the adoption of this standard in 2012 to have a significant effect on our results.

Other recently issued ASC guidance has either been implemented or are not significant to the Company.

2.  Accounts Receivable:

2011

2010

Customers

$ 1,885,451

$ 4,800,219

Customers - retention

291,921

273,700

Other

1,500

1,500

2,178,872

5,075,419

Less allowance for doubtful

  accounts

42,024

42,024

.

$ 2,136,848

$ 5,033,395

3.  Inventory:

2011

2010

Raw materials

$      665,770

$     569,026

Work-in-process

4,083,316

5,347,088

Finished goods

703,338

658,034

5,452,424

6,574,148

Less allowance for obsolescence

100,000

100,000

.

$  5,352,424

$  6,474,148

4.  Costs and Estimated Earnings on Uncompleted Contracts:

2011

2010

Costs incurred on uncompleted

. .

  contracts

$  7,462,597

$  1,656,829

Estimated earnings

2,182,403

267,171

9,645,000

1,924,000

Less billings to date

5,607,706

1,240,410

$  4,037,294

$     683,590

Amounts are included in the accompanying balance sheets under the following captions:

2011

2010

Costs and estimated earnings in

   excess of billings

$ 4,189,799

$  1,051,354

Billings in excess of costs and

   estimated earnings

152,505

367,764

.

$ 4,037,294

$     683,590

5.  Maintenance and Other Inventory:

2011

2010

Maintenance and other inventory

$ 2,080,740

$ 2,029,325

Less allowance for obsolescence

1,234,563

1,310,576

$    846,177

$    718,749

Maintenance and other inventory represent stock that is estimated to have a product life-cycle in excess of twelve-months.  This stock represents certain items the Company is required to maintain for service of products sold, and items that are generally subject to spontaneous ordering.

This inventory is particularly sensitive to technical obsolescence in the near term due to its use in industries characterized by the continuous introduction of new product lines, rapid technological advances and product obsolescence.  Therefore, management of the Company has recorded an allowance for potential inventory obsolescence.

The provision for potential inventory obsolescence was $180,000 for each of the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010.

6.  Property and Equipment:

2011

2010

Land

$      141,483

$    141,483

Buildings and improvements

4,116,576

4,081,103

Machinery and equipment

5,313,532

5,085,341

Office furniture and equipment

885,757

787,359

Autos and trucks

72,702

72,702

10,530,050

10,167,988

Less accumulated depreciation

7,116,604

6,670,188

$  3,413,446

$ 3,497,800

Depreciation expense was $470,755 and $442,263 for the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010.

7.  Short-Term Borrowings:

The Company has a credit facility with a $6,000,000 demand line of credit from a bank, with interest payable at the Company's option of 30, 60, 90 or 180 day LIBOR rate plus 2.5% or the bank's prime rate less .25%.  There is an interest rate floor of 3.5%.  The line is secured by accounts receivable, equipment, inventory, general intangibles, and a negative pledge of the Company's real property.  This line of credit is subject to the usual terms and conditions applied by the bank and is subject to renewal annually.
 

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There is no amount outstanding under the line of credit at May 31, 2011 and May 31, 2010. 

The Company uses a cash management facility under which the bank draws against the available line of credit to cover checks presented for payment on a daily basis.  Outstanding checks under this arrangement totaled $354,367 and $259,503 as of May 31, 2011 and 2010.  These amounts are included in accounts payable.

8.  Long-Term Debt:

          2011

       2010

Total

$  9,142

$  14,626

Less current portion

5,485

5,485

$   3,657

$    9,141

The aggregate maturities of long-term debt subsequent to May 31, 2011 are:

2012

$  5,485

2013

3,657

.

$  9,142 

9.  Sales:

The Company manufactures and sells a single group of very similar products that have many different applications for customers.  These similar products are included in one of six categories; namely, Seismic Dampers, Fluidicshoks®, Crane and Industrial Buffers, Self-Adjusting Shock Absorbers, Liquid Die Springs, and Vibration Dampers.  Management does not track or otherwise account for sales broken down by these categories.  Sales of the Company's products are made to three general groups of customers: industrial, construction and aerospace / defense.  A breakdown of sales to these three general groups of customers is as follows: 

2011

2010

Construction

$11,944,750

$  6,831,139

Aerospace / Defense

7,231,393

9,293,266

Industrial

1,730,163

1,750,966

$20,906,306

$17,875,371

Sales to three customers approximated 37% (21%, 9% and 7%, respectively) of net sales for 2011. Sales to three customers approximated 34% (16%, 10% and 8%, respectively) of net sales for 2010. 

10.  Income Taxes:

,

2011

2010

Current tax provision (benefit):

 

   Federal

$  303,600 

$  152,400

 

   State

600 

(9,000

)

 

304,200 

143,400

 

Deferred tax provision (benefit):

 

 

   Federal

(10,300)

35,700

 

   State

  (700)

9,100

 

(11,000)

44,800

 

$  293,200 

$  188,200

 

A reconciliation of provision for income taxes at the statutory rate to income tax provision at the Company's effective rate is as follows:

2011

2010

Computed tax provision

   at the expected statutory rate

$  581,300

$  603,500

State income tax - net of Federal

   tax benefit

400

300

Tax effect of permanent differences:

   Research tax credits

(300,800

)

(431,000

)

   Other permanent differences

5,400

7,400

Other

6,900

8,000

$  293,200

$  188,200

Effective income tax rate                               17.1%            10.6%

Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following:

2011

2010

Deferred tax assets:

   Allowance for doubtful receivables

$    14,400

$    14,400

 

   Tax inventory adjustment

61,900

83,500

   Allowance for obsolete inventory

449,000

481,000

   Accrued vacation

53,700

52,200

   Accrued commissions

15,500

14,800

   Warranty reserve

80,900

72,500

   Stock options issued for services

143,500

116,000

818,900

834,400

Deferred tax liabilities:

   Excess tax depreciation

(278,485

)

(304,485

)

      Net deferred tax assets

$  540,415

$  529,915

Realization of the deferred tax assets is dependent on generating sufficient taxable income at the time temporary differences become deductible.  The Company provides a valuation allowance to the extent that deferred tax assets may not be realized.  A valuation allowance has not been recorded against the deferred tax assets since management believes it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets are recoverable.  The Company considers future taxable income and potential tax planning strategies in assessing the need for a potential valuation allowance.  The amount of the deferred tax assets considered realizable however, could be reduced in the near term if estimates of future taxable income are reduced.  The Company will need to generate approximately $2.4 million in taxable income in future years in order to realize the deferred tax assets recorded as of May 31, 2011 of $818,900.

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The Company and its subsidiary file consolidated Federal and State income tax returns.  As of May 31, 2011, the Company had State investment tax credit carryforwards of approximately $156,000 expiring through May 2017.

11.  Earnings Per Common Share:

Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average common shares outstanding for the period.  Diluted earnings per common share reflects the weighted-average common shares outstanding and dilutive potential common shares, such as stock options.

A reconciliation of weighted-average common shares outstanding to weighted-average common shares outstanding assuming dilution is as follows:

2011

2010

Average common shares

   outstanding

3,229,491

3,224,923

Common shares issuable under

   stock option plans

6,051

1,969

Average common shares

   outstanding assuming dilution

3,235,542

3,226,892

12.  Related Party Transactions:

The Company had no related party transactions.

13.  Employee Stock Purchase Plan:

In March 2004, the Company reserved 295,000 shares of common stock for issuance pursuant to a non-qualified employee stock purchase plan.  Participation in the employee stock purchase plan is voluntary for all eligible employees of the Company.  Purchase of common shares can be made by employee contributions through payroll deductions.  At the end of each calendar quarter, the employee contributions will be applied to the purchase of common shares using a share value equal to the mean between the closing bid and ask prices of the stock on that date.  These shares are distributed to the employees at the end of each calendar quarter or upon withdrawal from the plan.  During the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010, 2,326 ($4.995 to $5.805 price per share) and 3,264 ($3.20 to $5.80 price per share) common shares, respectively, were issued to employees. As of May 31, 2011, 234,216 shares were reserved for further issue.

14.  Stock Option Plans:

In 2008, the Company adopted a stock option plan which permits the Company to grant both incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options.  The incentive stock options qualify for preferential treatment under the Internal Revenue Code.  Under this plan, 140,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for grant to key employees and directors of the Company and 72,000 shares have been granted as of May 31, 2011. Under the plan, the option price may not be less than the fair market value of the stock at the time the options are granted. Options vest immediately and expire ten years from the date of grant. 

Using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, the weighted average estimated fair value of each option granted under the plan was $2.00 during 2011 and $2.17 during 2010.  The pricing model uses the assumptions noted in the following table.  Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company's stock.  The risk-free interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.  The expected life of options granted is derived from previous history of stock exercises from the grant date and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding.  The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise and employee termination assumptions under the valuation model.  The Company has never paid dividends on its common stock and does not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.

2011

2010

Risk-free interest rate

2.75%

4.2%

Expected life in years

2.5

2.5

Expected volatility

56%

60%

Expected dividend yield

0%

0%

The following is a summary of stock option activity:

Shares

Weighted
Average
 Exercise
 Price

Intrinsic
Value

Outstanding - May 31, 2009

160,000

$ 4.98

$     8,860

     Options granted

39,500

$ 5.31

     Less: options exercised

5,750

$ 2.96

Outstanding - May 31, 2010

193,750

$ 5.11

$ 191,125

     Options granted

   40,250

$ 5.48

     Less: options exercised

     5,000

$ 3.25

Outstanding - May 31, 2011

229,000

$ 5.21

$ 173,570

We calculated intrinsic value for those options that had an exercise price lower than the market price of our common shares as of the balance sheet dates.  The aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding options as of the end of each fiscal year is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the market price of our common shares for the options that were in-the money at that date (142,500 at May 31, 2011 and 127,250 at May 31, 2010.)  The Company's closing stock price was $5.87 and $6.03 as of May 31, 2011 and 2010.  As of May 31, 2011, there are 68,000 options available for future grants under the 2008 stock option plan.  $16,250 and $17,020 was received from the exercise of share options during the fiscal years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. 

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The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at May 31, 2011:

Outstanding and Exercisable

Range of

Number

Weighted Average

Weighted

Exercise

of

Remaining Years

Average

Prices

Options

of Contractual Life

Exercise Price

$2.00-$3.00

30,000

7.2

$2.84

$3.01-$4.00

17,250

7.4

$3.41

$4.01-$5.00

-

-

-

$5.01-$6.00

115,250

7.0

$5.52

$6.01-$7.00

66,500

7.2

$6.21

$2.00-$7.00

229,000

7.1

$5.21

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at May 31, 2010:

Outstanding and Exercisable

Range of

Number

Weighted Average

Weighted

Exercise

of

Remaining Years

Average

Prices

Options

of Contractual Life

Exercise Price

$2.00-$3.00

30,000

8.2

$2.84

$3.01-$4.00

22,250

6.7

$3.38

$4.01-$5.00

-

-

-

$5.01-$6.00

75,000

6.6

$5.55

$6.01-$7.00

66,500

8.2

$6.12

$2.00-$7.00

193,750

7.4

$5.11

15.  Preferred Stock:

The Company has 2,000,000 authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock which may be issued in series.  The shares of each series shall have such rights, preferences, and limitations as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

16.  Treasury Stock:

During the year ended May 31, 2011, the Company repurchased 6,400 shares of its common stock for a total of $30,418, including brokerage fees, under a share repurchase agreement through open market purchases.  Purchase prices ranged from $4.55 to $4.75 per share.

During the year ended May 31, 2010, the Company purchased 21 shares of its common stock for a total of $63 ($3.00 per share) under an agreement to purchase for cash all shares of common stock from holders of fewer than 100 shares.

17.  Retirement Plan:

The Company maintains a retirement plan for essentially all employees pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.  The Company matches a percentage of employee voluntary salary deferrals subject to limitations.  The Company may also make discretionary contributions as determined annually by the Company's Board of Directors.  The amount expensed under the plan was $55,003 and $50,306 for the years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010.

18.  Fair Value of Financial Instruments:

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents,  accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and short-term borrowings approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.

The carrying amount of long-term debt approximates fair value because the fixed rates are based on current rates offered to the Company for debt with similar terms and maturities.

19.  Cash Flows Information:

.

2011

2010

  Interest paid

$       600

$  19,217

  Income taxes paid (refunded)

$179,994

$645,701

20.  Legal Proceedings:

There are no legal proceedings except for routine litigation incidental to the business.

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EX-13 2 annualreport2011.htm ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Corporate Data

Exhibit 13

 

Taylor Devices, Inc. 2011 Annual Report

President's Letter

Dear Shareholder,

Our 2011 fiscal year was marked by an unprecedented increase in sales of Taylor Devices' seismic and wind protection products.  The result was all-time record sales of $20,906,306, up 17% from sales of $17,875,371 in 2010.  Operating income decreased to $1,482,491 compared to $1,763,653 in the previous year.  Net income after taxes of $1,416,509 was the third highest in our corporate history, compared to 2010's all-time record income of $1,586,957.  The reduction in income from the previous year appears to be due to product line mix and the need to expedite delivery for commercial customers.

During 2011, sales of seismic and wind protection products increased by 75% from the previous year.  Conversely, aerospace/defense product sales decreased by 22%, due mostly to the winding down of NASA's manned space programs coupled with reductions in our armed forces' activity in Iraq.  The strongest geographic sales increases came from sales to the Asian market place which in 2011 increased to represent 35% of all corporate sales.  This is compared to 25% of all sales in 2010.  In comparison, North American seismic product sales remain stagnant, reflecting the lack of any significant recovery in the Western U.S. construction markets in which the Company traditionally does significant business.  Even with the 17% sales increase, Taylor Devices' firm order backlog at fiscal year-end increased to $15 million, up substantially from $13 million reported in the previous year.

This year's Annual Report features a major project in Canada -- the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.  BC Place is a downtown stadium, yet must also serve as an emergency shelter in the event of a major earthquake or similar natural catastrophe.  The stadium, built in 1983, is relatively modern, but the applicable seismic codes have been upgraded several times in the ensuing years.  Recent major earthquakes occurring in nations bordering the Pacific Ocean have subjected many construction projects to very stringent review by owners and engineers, requiring higher levels of ultimate seismic capacity.  In the past, many considered a maximum quake level of magnitude 8.5 as an example of the ultimate input to a structure.  But today, the magnitude 9 Japanese quake of 2011, and the magnitude 8.8 Chilean quake of 2010 have revised expectations upward.  The seismic upgrade of BC Place involved the addition of 96 Taylor Devices' Seismic Dampers, each rated for up to 225 tons of force during a major earthquake

Also featured this year is one of our new products, the Modular Machine Spring.  Sales of this product demonstrate that Taylor Devices' Modular Machined Springs have essentially created new market sectors for high precision springs for aerospace/defense and industrial use.  The Company has established the capability of manufacturing relatively large machined springs from virtually any material, including exotic alloys which previously could not be made into springs using conventional technology.  This has resulted in numerous contracts for these products from major aerospace/defense prime contractors.  Recently, industrial use of these products has begun and indeed the Company is currently performing Government funded research to develop uses for this new product in the field of wind protection of buildings.

The Company expects to maintain increased sales levels in 2012, from our new and existing product lines.

Sincerely,

TAYLOR DEVICES, INC.

/s/Douglas P. Taylor
Douglas P. Taylor
President

 

Status Report from the Vice President
Richard G. Hill

The past year was a year of growth at Taylor Devices and a year of planning for further future growth.  The Company had record revenues, and profits were near a record level.  Manufacturing productivity was up and new equipment was purchased and brought on line.  The increased demand for our products emphasized the need for expanded facilities, so we are currently in the design and planning stages.  Our customers brought challenges to us which we met, often exceeding their expectations.  We expect the future to bring new challenges and we look forward to meeting them in the years to come.

The pace of growth at Taylor Devices in the past several years plus the increase in the sales backlog has moved the Company to begin to plan for the next expansion.  The planning started with an investigation into the feasibility of expanding the existing plant facilities on Tonawanda Island.  Management formed a team with representation from every department.  Each department expressed their needs for the future, knowing that the all departments rely on each other during the process of making products at Taylor Devices. These considerations led to a design not only for this expansion, but laid out the groundwork for future expansions.  At the conclusion it became obvious that, based on the Company's growth rate, a larger site would be required.  The Company established the requirements for an expansion site and started the process of locating such a site.  In the coming years we expect to be incorporating additional capacity to support the increased demand from our customers as well as having the ability to grow.

 The Company continues to invest in Lean Manufacturing techniques that were developed in past years.  Taylor team employees continue to review the manufacturing processes.  These teams identify product models and apply the Lean Manufacturing techniques to these products.  The changes that the teams suggest are used to improve our productivity and increase our ability to meet our customer's needs.

 The Company expanded its grinding capabilities in the past year.  New equipment was brought on line which made grinding our largest products possible without the need of an outside source.  This capability also aids our ability to meet the expanded needs of our customers. 

The growth in our backlog has driven a continuing demand for workers in our manufacturing area.  The Company continues to expand its production workforce, bringing individuals in at all levels from apprentice to advanced journeyman.

Improvements in how we meet our customer's needs is evident in our partnerships with our vendors of both raw material and machine processes.  Taylor Devices is continuously working with these organizations to insure our ability to respond effectively to our needs and our customers.  The past year was a great success and we look forward to the coming year.

 

Status Report from the Chief Financial Officer
Mark V. McDonough

In fiscal 2011, Taylor Devices, Inc. recorded a sales increase of 17% over fiscal 2010.  This is our highest sales level ever, 12% higher than the previous high reached in fiscal 2008.  Last year's spike in sales to customers in the aerospace and defense markets returned to more normal levels this year and was more than offset by a 75% increase in sales of products offering protection against wind and seismic activity.   The global demand for protection of bridges and high-rise buildings seems to have rebounded during the second half of this fiscal year.  Sales to customers in construction activities now represent 57% of our total sales, up from 38% last year.  With the shift in the sales mix from aerospace / defense last year to building / bridge construction this year went the higher gross margins that we experienced last year.  Savings in some of our selling, general and administrative expenses provided some relief from the lower gross margins. Our operating income is 16% lower than last year's and our net income finished off at 44 cents per share, a nickel under the record high in fiscal 2010 of 49 cents per share. 

We have a nice head start for fiscal 2012 with a sales order backlog of $15 million which is 15% more than the backlog level at the end of the prior year.  The sales order backlog is weighted more towards customers building or retro-fitting bridges and buildings in Asia.  We are certainly seeing more activity in North America as well.  Based on this sales order backlog at year end and new order activity in the early stages of the new fiscal year, we are optimistic that our profitable growth will continue through fiscal 2012.

In fiscal 2012 we will see some changes in the way Taylor Devices and other small publicly traded companies disclose financial data.   Beginning with the first quarter's reports, we will begin using XBRL.  XBRL is a language for the electronic communication of business and financial data.  Analysts and other users of the financial reports will more easily be able to compare financial data between various businesses as well as between various industries throughout the world.  We will continue to work with our advisors to keep abreast of changes in the regulations and to remain in compliance with them in order to ensure that accurate, reliable financial and business information is provided to investors and other users of this annual report and our interim reports.

 

Aerospace / Defense Products Report
John R. Mayfield

New orders and shipments during FY 2011 were reduced from last year's record performance.  However, the year-end backlog of orders gives us an excellent head start for FY 2012.  Profitability also remained at an acceptable level.

During FY 2011 we completed a long-term contract with the U.S. Army for Spade Dampers for the M777 Light Weight Howitzer.  This has been a very successful long term program for Taylor Devices and is far from being over.  We have received additional new orders from the U.S. Army as well as other friendly nations.  The combat record of this weapon has been superb and Taylor's contribution has been well received.  A significant new sales opportunity could be with the Army of India who recently selected the M777 as their future artillery weapon system.  The program longevity should extend for at least two decades.

Recently we saw the market for high technology navigation systems reappear after a short absence.  This is a result of new classes of combat ships and submarines being ordered to replace equipment which has exceeded their normal service life.  Our proven line of Tension/Compression Liquid Springs has set the standard for protection of navigator systems from hostile environments.  We have received new orders which extend through 2012 for these very successful shock mitigating devices. 

Another established program for our Company is the Standard Missile for the U.S. Navy as well as a number of foreign navies.  Our participation began in 1988 and should continue well into the foreseeable future. We are under contract for the shock mitigation systems for the SM-3 Missile through the year 2013. Newer variants of this missile are now under development which should result in new opportunities for Taylor Devices. 

Although our backlog for mature programs is encouraging, we are concerned about what the future portends due to world stability and our own political uncertainty.  These are worrisome times at best and our talents to overcome these challenges will be tested in the near future.

 

Industrial Products Report
Robert H. Schneider
Craig W. Winters

While the world economy bounces around with its erratic ups and downs, Taylor Devices' Industrial Product Lines have realized a large sales increase that has hopefully pushed our company into the next era with over $20M in overall sales for FY 2011!  The main product line(s) responsible for this are the Fluid Viscous Dampers and specialized devices used for structural protection against earthquake shaking, wind buffeting, and pedestrian vibrations.  Much of this increased work volume received in FY 2011 appeared to be due in part to clients waiting to place orders until money was flowing to them, or economic conditions were ideal to move forward.  Along with this, clients are now anticipating that we will maintain regular, or yet faster lead-times, making this the most difficult aspect of all this increased work.  Therefore, our current company focus is to bolster our vendor base, while sustaining the work for current vendors, in order to ramp-up our production pace to meet customers desired deliveries.  In addition, it has become apparent that we need more space to build these dampers and products with the dramatically increased workload. Hence the company is working on a plan to substantially increase our plant space.

We continue to obtain new orders for industrial products from all market sectors, including those in the USA, Canada, Europe, India, and Asia.  Sales for another regular product line of Taylor Devices, our Crane buffers, have also improved from last year's levels.  Several large orders for new/replacement mill cranes were obtained, and some steel mill maintenance budgets were released for safety upgrades and mill improvements, including purchases of crane buffers.  This confirms that our industrial product diversity, combined with our military/aerospace product lines, continues to be an effective strategy for prolonged growth and excellent sales, despite the economic and political environments that we function within.

Some of the most significant building projects secured during FY 2011 include custom damping devices for multiple manufacturing facilities of a well-known glass company.  This company chose to protect the majority of its critical manufacturing facilities with Taylor Fluid Viscous Dampers, to not only protect their structures, but maybe more importantly, to avoid any post earthquake down-time, with their critical manufacturing and production supply! 

Taylor Devices was also awarded contracts to supply Fluid Viscous Dampers for the following projects: a curtain wall in the Mumbai International Airport, Mumbai, India; dampers for the Kimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea; the Shomyo Building project in Yokohama City, Japan; a Nordstrom Store in Los Angeles, California; a familiar dot-com company in Pasadena, California; and three new projects in Chile.  These projects in Chile are a result of building code improvements and structural engineering effort subsequent to the devastating February 27, 2010 Chile magnitude 8.8 Earthquake.  Taylor Devices is also targeting Haiti as a market for use of the company's seismic protection products and has already received two contracts in early FY 2012.  These projects are a result of similar actions due to the catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Earthquake striking this country on January 12, 2010.

A number of other bridge damper projects were also received in FY 2011 from China and Korea, along with numerous additional commercial, residential, and micro-chip fabrication facility projects in Taiwan - these being "veteran" regions of regular earthquake activity.

Our backlog of seismic damper work for FY 2012 is beyond our expectations, reaching a much higher level than ever before. Based on the impressive sales growth during FY 2011 and continuing into early FY 2012, coupled with our largest-ever backlog, we are very optimistic about the Industrial Product Line maintaining strong sales through FY 2012. We continue to monitor the global economy and strive to adapt to meet the needs of our clients.

 

Corporate Data

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Douglas P. Taylor, President and Director
Richard G. Hill, Vice President and Director
Reginald B. Newman II, Secretary and Director
Randall L. Clark, Director
John Burgess, Director
Mark V. McDonough, Chief Financial Officer

 

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GENERAL COUNSEL

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MANAGERS

Lorrie Battaglia, Human Resources Manager
James Dragonette, Quality Assurance Manager
Greg Hanson, Small Machine Shop Supervisor
Charles Ketchum III, Quality Control Manager
Alan Klembczyk, Chief Engineer
Benjamin Kujawinski, Production Manager
John Mayfield, Aerospace/Defense Products Sales Manager
John Metzger, Engineering Manager Special Projects
Kathleen Nicosia, Shareholder Relations Manager
Robert Schneider, Industrial/Seismic Products Sales Manager
Thomas Struzik Jr., Large Machine Shop Supervisor
Alan Taylor, Government Contracts Administrator
Craig Winters, Industrial/Seismic Products Sales Manager

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A copy of the financial report on form 10-K can be obtained free of charge by written request to the attention of Kathleen Nicosia, IR, at Taylor Devices, Inc., 90 Taylor Drive, North Tonawanda, NY 14120-0748.  Exhibits to the reports on 10-K can be obtained for a postage and handling fee.

 

MARKET INFORMATION

The Company's Common Stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market of the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) stock market under the symbol TAYD.

The high and low sales information noted below for the quarters of fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2010 were obtained from NASDAQ.

Fiscal 2011

Fiscal 2010

High

Low

High

Low

First Quarter

6.05

4.50

3.75

2.78

Second Quarter

528

4.55

5.50

3.30

Third Quarter

5.23

4.50

5.75

4.45

Fourth Quarter

6.60

4.80

6.85

5.00

As of May 31, 2011, the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock was 3,231,199 and the approximate number of record holders of the Company's Common Stock was 796.  Due to a substantial number of shares of the Company's Common Stock held in street name, the Company believes that the total number of beneficial owners of its Common Stock exceeds 2,000.  No cash or stock dividends have been declared during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011.

 Taylor Devices, Inc. is an electronic filer.  The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding its issuers that file electronically with the SEC (http://www.sec.gov).

 

Notice of Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.  This year's meeting will be held at the Buffalo Marriott Niagara, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst, New York.  Shareholders desiring accommodations may call the Buffalo Marriott Niagara at 716-689-6900.

 

Board of Directors and Executive Officers

DOUGLAS P. TAYLOR
Board Member and President
Taylor Devices, Inc.

Mr. Taylor holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, awarded in 1971.  He has been employed by Taylor Devices, Inc. since 1971, and was appointed President in April 1991.  Mr. Taylor previously was President of Tayco Developments, Inc., an affiliate of Taylor Devices, Inc. that was subsequently acquired by merger in 2008, where he had been employed since 1966, and was appointed President in 1991.  He is inventor or co-inventor on 32 patents in the fields of energy management, hydraulics and shock isolation.

Mr. Taylor is widely published within the shock and vibration community.  His technical papers have been published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Applied Technology Council, the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers, the Journal of Shock and Vibration, the National Fluid Power Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the New York State Science and Technology Foundation, the Shock and Vibration Symposium, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Marine Corps.   Since 1988, Mr. Taylor has hosted internship programs for engineering students, affiliated as an industrial sponsor with the State University of New York at Buffalo, the Erie County State of New York Board of Co-operative Educational Services, and the North Tonawanda, New York Public School System. 

Since 1991, Mr. Taylor has participated in research projects in the field of earthquake protection, in association with the University at Buffalo's Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Department and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.  As a result of this research, military technology from the Cold War era is now being used worldwide for seismic and high wind protection of commercial building and bridge structures. 

In 1994, Mr. Taylor was named to the American Society of Civil Engineers' Subcommittee on the Seismic Performance of Bridges.  In 1998, Mr. Taylor was appointed to an Oversight Committee of the U.S. Department of Commerce, developing guidelines for the implementation of damping technology into buildings and other structures, as part of the U.S. National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.  In 1998, Mr. Taylor was awarded the Franklin and Jefferson Medal for his commercialization of defense technology developed under the U.S. Government's Small Business Innovation Research Program.   In 1999, Mr. Taylor was awarded the Clifford C. Furnas Memorial Award by the Alumni Association of the University at Buffalo for his accomplishments in the field of engineering. In 2006, Mr. Taylor was named to the American Society of Civil Engineers' Blast Protection of Buildings Standards Committee.  In 2006, Mr. Taylor was the recipient of the Dean's Award for Engineering Achievement by the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the State University of New York at Buffalo.  Also in 2006, Mr. Taylor was named Structural Engineer of the Year (2006) by the Engineering Journal, "The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings."   Mr. Taylor is a founding member of the International Association on Structural Control and Monitoring.  Since 2004, Mr. Taylor has also served as Chairman of the Lumber City Development Corporation, a Type C not-for-profit corporation under Section 501c(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  This corporation's purpose is planning and implementation of programs, projects and activities designed to create or stimulate economic and community development in the city of North Tonawanda, NY.

 

RICHARD G. HILL
Board Member and Vice President
Taylor Devices, Inc.

Mr. Hill holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, awarded in 1973.  In November 1991, Mr. Hill was appointed Vice President of Taylor Devices, Inc. by the Board of Directors.  He had been employed previously by Taylor Devices, Inc. since 1978 as Vice President of Production.  In addition, he has held key project management positions with the Company on major aerospace and defense contracts.  In April of 1991, Mr. Hill was appointed to the Board of Directors of Taylor Devices, Inc.  From 1973 to 1978, Mr. Hill was employed by the Alliance Tool and Die Company of Rochester, New York as a Project Leader and Design Engineer.  From 1970 to 1973, he was employed by the same firm as an Engineer in Training, through a co-op program with the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Mr. Hill has served on the Founding Board of Directors of the Center for Competitiveness of the Niagara Region and the Advisory Board to The Center for Industrial Effectiveness.  Mr. Hill also served as Chairman for the Manufacturers Council of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, and also served on the State University of New York at Buffalo's UB Business Alliance Advisory Board, as well as holding the seat of Secretary.

 

REGINALD B. NEWMAN II
Board Member and Secretary
Taylor Devices, Inc.

Mr. Newman received his B.S. degree in Business Administration from Northwestern University in 1959.  He was employed by NOCO Energy Corp., a diversified distributor and retailer of petroleum and other energy related products from 1960, retiring in 2003.  Mr. Newman is also Chairman of Prior Aviation Service, Inc., Buffalo, New York.

From 1959 to 1960, Mr. Newman was employed by the Ford Motor company of Dearborn, Michigan, in the product planning department.

Mr. Newman is currently a Director of Dunn Tire LLC and a Director and Chairman of Rand Capital Corporation.   He was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the University at Buffalo Foundation, Inc. from 1996-2008.

Mr. Newman received the 1997 Executive of the Year, awarded by the State University of New York at Buffalo.  In 1998 Mr. Newman received the Walter P. Cooke Award for Notable and Meritorious Service to the University presented by the University at Buffalo Alumni Association.  He received the President's Medal from the University in 2003, as well as their highest honor, the Norton Medal in 2006.  He is a former member of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and was Chairman from 1996 through 1998.  Mr. Newman was awarded an Honorary Degree from Canisius College in 1997.

 

RANDALL L. CLARK
Board Member
Taylor Devices, Inc.

Mr. Clark holds a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and earned his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce.  He is and has been the Chairman of Dunn Tire LLC since 1996.  From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Clark was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Pratt & Lambert, until it was purchased by Sherwin Williams.

Mr. Clark has been employed in the tire industry for many years.  He was named President of the Dunlop Tire Corporation in 1980, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1983, and named President and Chief Executive Officer in 1984.  He was one of seven chief executives of operating companies appointed to the Group Management Board of Dunlop Holdings, plc., and was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Dunlop Tire Corporation in North America from 1985 to 1991.

From 1977 to 1980, Mr. Clark was Vice President of Marketing for the Dunlop Tire Division.  From 1973 to 1977, he was employed by Dunlop as Director of Marketing at the company's Buffalo, NY headquarters.  From 1968 to 1973, Mr. Clark was employed by the B.F. Goodrich Company.

Mr. Clark is the Chairman and Director of Lifetime Healthcare Companies, a Director of Computer Task Group, Merchants Mutual Insurance Company and HSBC-WNY.  He is also a Director of Curtis Screw and The Ten Eleven Group.   He is a past President of the International Trade Council of Western New York, past Chairman of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, past Chairman of the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise, a Director of the Amherst Industrial Development Agency, and Chairman of Univera Healthcare.  He serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Heart Association, and is past Chairman and a Director of AAA of Western and Central New York.  Mr. Clark was appointed by Governor George Pataki and served on the Council for the State University of New York at Buffalo.   Recently he was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the University at Buffalo Foundation.

 

JOHN BURGESS
Board Member
Taylor Devices, Inc.

Mr. Burgess gained his international strategy, manufacturing operations and organizational development expertise from his more than 35 years experience with middle market public and privately-owned companies. Mr. Burgess served as President and CEO of Reichert, Inc. a leading provider of ophthalmic instruments, and spearheaded the acquisition of the company from Leica Microsystems in 2002, leading the company until its sale in January 2007.  Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Burgess served as President of Leica's Ophthalmic and Educational Divisions before leading the buyout of the Ophthalmic Division and formation   of Reichert, Inc.

From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Burgess was COO of International Motion Controls (IMC), a $200 million diversified manufacturing firm. During his tenure there, he led a significant acquisition strategy that resulted in seven completed acquisitions and sixteen worldwide businesses in the motion control market. Previously, Mr. Burgess operated a number of companies for Moog, Inc. and Carleton Technologies, including six years as President of Moog's Japanese subsidiary, Nihon Moog K.K. located in Hiratsuka, Japan. Moog, Inc. is the global leader in electro-hydraulic servo control technology with focus on the aerospace and defense sectors and was recognized as one of The 100 Best Companies to Work For in America by Fortune Magazine.

Mr. Burgess earned a BS in Engineering from Bath University in England, and an M.B.A. from Canisius College.

Currently Mr. Burgess is an Operating Partner of Summer Street Capital LLC and Director of Bird Technologies Corporation of Solon, Ohio.

 

MARK V. MCDONOUGH
Chief Financial Officer
Taylor Devices, Inc.

Mr. McDonough, who joined Taylor Devices in June 2003, is a Certified Public Accountant in New York State and holds a BBA degree from Niagara University, awarded in 1982.  He has been involved in financial management of various Western New York manufacturing organizations for over twenty years.  He has extensive experience in international operations coupled with a long history of implementing systems of internal controls.  From 1986 to 1989 he was an auditor with the Buffalo office of Ernst & Young, LLP. 

Mr. McDonough is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. 

EX-20 3 summer2011newsletter.htm SHAREHOLDER LETTER, SUMMER 2011

  Exhibit 20(i)

 

 

NEWS FROM TAYLOR DEVICES, INC.
  SHAREHOLDER LETTER, SUMMER 2011

 

THIS NEWSLETTER IS DIRECTED TO ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF TAYLOR DEVICES. WE HOPE THAT IT WILL GENERATE INTEREST IN THE COMPANY, PLUS PROVIDE CURRENT FINANCIAL AND PROJECT INFORMATION.  COPIES OF THIS NEWSLETTER WILL ALSO BE CIRCULATED TO SHAREHOLDERS WHO HAVE SHARES IN BROKERAGE ACCOUNTS.

ITEM:       FINANCIAL RESULTS

Taylor Devices completed its 2010-2011 fiscal year on May 31, 2011.  The Company had significantly increased sales but lower net profits compared to 2009-2010.  Sales for 2011 were $20,906,306, up from $17,875,371 in 2010.  Year-end net income for 2011 was $1,416,509, compared to $1,586,957 in 2010.  This performance is an all-time record for sales and surpassed only by F/Y 2010 and F/Y 2008 in profits.

Seismic product sales increased by 75% from the previous year.  Sales to Asian customers increased to 35% of the Company's total revenues compared with 25% in 2010.  Aerospace sales decreased during the year by 22% compared to 2010.  The aerospace/defense volume reduction is due to the ending of NASA's manned Space Programs, plus the winding down of our armed forces in Iraq.

Taylor Devices=firm order backlog at year-end was $15 million, compared to $13 million at the end of F/Y 2010.

 

FOURTH QUARTER

 

F/Y 10-11

 

 

F/Y 09-10

SALES

$7,125,138 

 

$4,589,548

NET INCOME

$722,796

 

$439,496

EARNINGS PER SHARE

234

 

134

 

 

 

 

FISCAL YEAR         

F/Y 10-11

 

F/Y 09-10

SALES

$20,906,306

 

$17,875,371

NET INCOME

$1,416,509

 

$1,586,957

EARNINGS PER SHARE

444

 

494

SHARES OUTSTANDING

3,231,199

 

3,230,273

 

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ITEM:       NEW ORDER ANNOUNCEMENTS -SEISMIC / WIND

The following new orders for seismic and wind protection products were received during the last quarter.  As can be seen, most of this activity is for projects outside the U.S.A. where construction markets are strong.

  • Chung-An Pedestrian Bridge -- Taiwan, ROC
     
  • Jiangxi Bridge -- China
     
  • Taichung Industrial Building -- Taiwan, ROC
     
  • Kimpo Airport Number 4 -- South Korea
     
  • Industrial Glass Making Facility -- China
     
  • Dexin Hsin Chu Building -- Taiwan, ROC
     
  • Taota Building -- Taiwan, ROC
     
  • Farglory Residences H85 Building 1 -- Taiwan, ROC
     
  • Farglory Residences H85 Building 2 -- Taiwan, ROC
     
  • 2020 Lawrence Condominiums -- Denver, CO
     
  • Shomyo Church -- Yokohama, Japan
     
  • QVC Network Offices -- Chiba City, Japan
     
  • One World Trade Center -- New York, NY
     

ITEM:       NEW ORDER ANNOUNCEMENTS -- AEROSPACE / DEFENSE
 

  • Naval Navigation Systems -- Eleven shipsets of navigation system hard centering isolators have been ordered as a follow-on to previous contracts.
     
  • European Commercial Airlines -- Follow-on orders were received for production of more cargo loading isolators for new commercial "short haul" airliners.
     
  • U.S. Submarine Sonar Isolation -- One shipset of 176 isolators ordered for the SSN-23 Attack Submarine Connecticut.
     
  • U.S. Machine Gun Softmounts -- Soft recoil systems ordered for an additional 2,000 weapons.
     
  • U.S. Navy SM-3 Interceptor Missile -- Shock isolation systems ordered for an additional 38 new production missiles for surface ship use.

 

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ITEM:       FACILITIES EXPANSION

Several years ago the demand for our large seismic dampers reached a level where the Company had reached the floor space capacity in our Tonawanda Island facilities complex.  As a direct result, the Company eventually added 12,000 square feet of leased facilities several miles away in Kenmore, NY as a short-term solution.

The past three years' sales volume combined with a product mix skewed heavily towards larger seismic dampers has stretched all of our current facilities to their limits.  Thus, the Company again has a need for additional manufacturing space.  This was noted in the Spring 2011 Newsletter.  The Company Management believes that the recent series of major earthquakes worldwide will dramatically increase sales of the Company's products to the world construction market in the ensuing years.

In 2010 we began a study considering additional buildings for our Tonawanda Island site.  This study determined that to maintain proper production flow through the buildings required many costly changes to our existing site.  The study concluded that it is not cost-effective to add additional floor space to our present site.  As a result, Taylor Devices is contemplating three possible nearby locations, each with enough building space to house all of our present machining operations.  The existing Tonawanda Island site would then have enough free floor space to assemble and test all products for the foreseeable future.  The new facilities would essentially become the Company's parts manufacturing center with the main facilities on Tonawanda Island continuing as the product assembly and testing center in addition to housing Corporate, Sales, Engineering and Accounting functions.  In the near term, an aggressive schedule contemplates having new capabilities come on-line beginning in the Spring of 2012.

More information on this planned expansion will be provided when it becomes available.  As this newsletter is written, we are in negotiations on a specific site with existing buildings to purchase.

ITEM:     THE SPACE SHUTTLE, 1981-2011 -- THE END OF AN ERA

The Space Shuttle Program is ending this year, leaving the U.S. with no definite plan for manned space flight exploration.  The NASA Orion Follow-on Program has been cancelled, although some of the Orion effort has been transferred to so-called "Commercial Spacecraft Programs."

Taylor Devices' involvement on NASA Manned Space Programs dates back 40+ years to the Apollo Moon Landing Program.  Over the years, many of our commercial products borrowed heavily from projects originally funded by NASA for space exploration projects.  In recent years, both our Hermetic Frictionless Dampers and Modular Machined Springs were successful because of funds spent by NASA to refine and enhance our technology for use in space in the Shuttle's payload bay and at the International Space Station.

 

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On a global scale, a list of the technologies developed by NASA that are now in everyday use for the public's benefit would easily fill a large book.  As NASA considers what the future is for U.S. manned spaceflight programs, hopefully the words that began the Apollo Program will not be forgotten:

"Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why he wanted to climb it.  He said, "Because it is there."

Well, space is here and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.  And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked."

President John F. Kennedy -- September 12, 1962

ITEM:       NEXT SHAREHOLDER MAILING

Our next Shareholder mailing will be the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.  You should be receiving your mailing in September.

 

                                                                                                                                                   By: /s/Douglas P. Taylor
                                                                                                                                                          Douglas P. Taylor
                                                                                                                                                          President

 

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EX-31 4 ceo302certification2011.htm 302 CEO CERTIFICATION Exhibit 31(i)

Exhibit 31(i)

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a - 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 I, Douglas P. Taylor, certify that:

        1.     I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Taylor Devices, Inc.;

        2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

        3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

        4.     The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

                (a)     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

                (b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

                (c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

                (d)     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

        5.     The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

                (a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

                (b)     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
 

Date: August 25, 2011

/s/ Douglas P. Taylor      

Douglas P. Taylor
Chief Executive Officer

EX-31 5 cfo302certification2011.htm 302 CFO CERTIFICATION Exhibit 31(i)

Exhibit 31(ii)

CERTIFICATIONOF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a - 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 I, Mark V. McDonough, certify that:

        1.     I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Taylor Devices, Inc.;

        2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

        3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

        4.     The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

                (a)     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

                (b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

                (c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

                (d)     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

        5.     The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

                (a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

                (b)     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

                                                                               

Date: August 25, 2011

/s/ Mark V. McDonough      

Mark V. McDonough
Chief Financial Officer

EX-32 6 ceo906certification2011.htm 906 CEO CERTIFICATION Exhibit 32(i)

Exhibit 32(i)

 

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

                In connect with the annual report of Taylor Devices, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011 to be filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Douglas P. Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

                (1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

                (2)     The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods covered by the Report.

                It is not intended that this statement be deemed to be filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Date: August 25, 2011        

By:

/s/ Douglas P. Taylor     

Douglas P. Taylor,
Chief Executive Officer

EX-32 7 cfo906certification2011.htm 906 CFO CERTIFICATION Exhibit 32(i)

Exhibit 32(ii)

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

                In connect with the annual report of Taylor Devices, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011 to be filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mark V. McDonough, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

                (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

                (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods covered by the Report.

                It is not intended that this statement be deemed to be filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Date: August 25, 2011        

By:

/s/ Mark V. McDonough     

Mark V. McDonough,
Chief Financial Officer