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| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Nature of Business Video Display Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”, ”our” or “we”) is a provider and manufacturer of video products, components, and systems for data display and presentation of electronic information media in various requirements and environments. The Company designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, distributes and installs technologically advanced display products and systems, from basic components to turnkey systems for government, military, aerospace, medical and commercial organizations. The Company serves the simulation, ruggedized displays, video wall design and installation, tempest products, tempest services, cathode ray tubes (CRTS) and keyboard manufacturing. Principles of Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries after elimination of all intercompany accounts and transactions. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts to conform to the current year presentation. Fiscal Year All references herein to “2020” and “2019” mean the fiscal years ended February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019, respectively. Basis of Accounting “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification” (“FASB ASC”) establishes the source of authoritative accounting standards generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) recognized by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative U.S. GAAP for SEC registrants. The FASB amends the FASB ASC through Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”). ASCs and ASUs are referred to throughout these consolidated financial statements. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Examples include provisions for returns, warranty reserves, bad debts, inventory reserves, valuations on deferred income tax assets, other intangible assets, accounting for percentage of completion contracts and the length of product life cycles and fixed asset lives. Actual results could vary from these estimates. Banking and Liquidity The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has sustained losses for four of the last five years and has reported a decrease in its working capital during this current year. The historical losses resulted from a combination of low revenues at all divisions without a commensurate reduction of expenses. The Company has seen a rise in the backlog for customer orders and increased activity within the markets it serves. In the fourth quarter, the Company acquired a small display company to increase its presence in the ruggedized display market. The Company’s working capital and liquid asset position is presented as follows:
Management has implemented a plan to improve the liquidity of the Company. The Company has been implementing a plan to increase revenues at all the divisions, each structured to the particular division. The fiscal year ended February 29, 2020 was a transition year for the Company. Many of the legacy programs the Company serviced were heading into new phases or the next generation of the product line. This caused delays in the normal flow of the orders for these programs. The Company is working with these customers and expects these programs to be placing orders to be fulfilled in the Company’s new fiscal year. The Company has expanded its cyber security business by adding a second testing chamber for testing tempest products allowing it to increase the business in cyber testing services to supplement the product side of the business. The Company is also now involved in ruggedized displays, recently bringing on engineering familiar with these products and acquiring a small specialized display company in January 2020. With the acquisition of the display company, the Company is in the process of completing the transfer of the remaining CRT operations to its Lexel Imaging facility in Lexington, KY in order to make room for the new business in its Cocoa facility. This will also reduce expenses in the CRT operation by having that business all under one roof. The Company also moved the corporate accounting functions to the Cocoa, Florida location which allows the Company to become more efficient and save money on reducing redundant operations. The plant move at its subsidiary in Lexington, Kentucky, took longer than anticipated and negatively affected cash flow. This subsidiary saw a turn -around in the fiscal year, being the only division to have a profitable year. The plant move at the Florida operations was successful as the Company merged two businesses and was able to keep production on schedule. Management continues to explore options to monetize certain long-term assets of the business, including the possible sale of a building in Pennsylvania. If additional and more permanent capital is required to fund the operations of the Company, no assurance can be given that the Company will be able to obtain the capital on terms favorable to the Company, if at all. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the success of management’s plans to improve the operational effectiveness of the operations, to sell strategic assets as noted above, the procurement of suitable financing, or a combination of these. The uncertainty regarding the potential success of management’s plan create substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. Revenue Recognition We recognize revenue when we transfer control of the promised products or services to our customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those products or services. We derive our revenue primarily from sales of simulation and video wall systems, cyber secure products, data displays, and keyboards. We exclude sales and usage-based taxes from revenue. Our simulation and video wall systems are custom-built (using commercial off-the-shelf We recognize revenue related to our cyber secure products, data displays, and keyboards at a point in time when control is transferred to the customer (generally upon shipment of the product to the customer). Timing of invoicing to customers may differ from timing of revenue recognition; however, our contracts do not include a significant financing component as substantially all of our invoices have terms of 30 days or less. We are applying the practical expedient to exclude from consideration any contracts with payment terms of one year or less and we never offer terms extending beyond one year. Contract liabilities represents amounts collected prior to having completed performance on certain of our simulation or video wall system projects and are reported as Customer deposits on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The change in contract liabilities is due to the timing of customer deposits for orders offset by customer deposits recognized as revenue during the period. No revenue was recognized in FY2020 from performance obligations that were satisfied in prior periods. As of February 29, 2020, approximately $404 thousand of revenue is expected to be recognized from remaining performance obligations for simulation system projects (including deferred revenue as well as amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods). We expect to recognize revenue these remaining performance obligations over the next 24 months. We have elected not to provide disclosures regarding remaining performance obligations for contracts with a term of 1 year or less. For the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020, revenue recognized by division of the Company is as follows (in thousands):
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash or cash equivalents. Investment securities that are held by the Company, are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term, are classified as “trading” and principally consist of equity securities and mutual funds. These trading investments are carried at fair value with realized gains or losses and changes in fair value included in operations. Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments The FASB’s fair value measurement guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The guidance describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis by the Company consist of investment securities that are held for trading using Level 1 inputs. The Company owned investment securities during each of the last two fiscal years. However, all investment security positions were liquidated as of February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019. The Company’s financial instruments which are not measured at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets include cash, accounts receivable, short-term liabilities, and debt. The estimated fair value of these financial instruments approximate cost due to the short period of time to maturity. Recorded amounts of long-term debt are considered to approximate fair value due to either rates that fluctuate with the market or are otherwise commensurate with the current market. Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Accounts receivable are customer obligations due under normal trade terms. The Company sells its products primarily to general contractors, government agencies, manufacturers, and consumers of video displays and CRTs. Management performs continuing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and although the Company generally does not require collateral, letters of credit may be required from its customers in certain circumstances, such as foreign sales. The allowance for doubtful accounts is determined by reviewing all accounts receivable and applying credit loss experience to the current receivable portfolio with consideration given to the current condition of the economy, assessment of the financial position of the creditors as well as payment history and overall trends in past due accounts compared to established thresholds. The Company monitors credit exposure and assesses the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts on a regular basis. Historically, the Company’s allowance has been sufficient for any customer write-offs. Management believes accounts receivable are stated at amounts expected to be collected. The following is a roll-forward of the allowance for doubtful accounts (in thousands):
Warranty Reserves The Company records a liability for estimated warranty obligations at the date products are sold. Adjustments are made as new information becomes available. The warranty reserve is determined by recording a specific reserve for known warranty issues and a general reserve based on claims experience. The Company considers actual warranty claims compared to net sales, then adjusts its reserve liability accordingly. Actual claims incurred could differ from the original estimates, requiring adjustments to the reserve. Management believes that historically its procedures have been adequate and does not anticipate that its assumptions are reasonably likely to materially change in the future. Inventories Inventories consist primarily of CRTs, electron guns, monitors, digital projectors, video components and electronic parts. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market.Reserves on inventories result in a charge to operations when the estimated net realizable value declines below cost. Management regularly reviews the Company’s investment in inventories for declines in value and establishes reserves when it is apparent that the expected net realizable value of the inventory falls below its carrying amount. The reserve for inventory obsolescence was approximately $0.8 million and $0.9 million at February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019, respectively. The Company’s remaining business units utilize different inventory components than the divisions had in the past. The Company provides for an obsolescence reserve at each of its divisions to offset any obsolescence although most purchases are for current orders, which should reduce the amount of obsolescence in the future. The Company still has CRT inventory in stock and, although it believes the inventory will be sold in the future, will continue to reserve for any additional obsolescence. Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant, and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is computed principally by the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes over the following estimated useful lives: Buildings – ten to twenty-five years; Machinery and Equipment – five to ten years. In addition, leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the related lease term. Depreciation expense totaled approximately $226 thousand and $256 thousand for the fiscal years ended 2020 and 2019, respectively. Substantial betterments to property, plant, and equipment are capitalized and routine repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. The Company is expected to invest an additional $0.2 million to upgrade the Cocoa, Florida location to accommodate the increase in business at the Florida facility. The Company does not anticipate any additional significant investments in capital assets for fiscal 2021. Business Combinations When the Company acquires businesses, it applies the acquisition method of accounting and recognizes the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interests in an acquiree at their fair values on the acquisition date, which requires significant estimates and assumptions. Goodwill, if any, would be measured as the excess of the fair value of the consideration transferred over the net of the acquisition date fair values of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The acquisition method requires the Company to record provisional amounts for any items for which the accounting is not complete at the end of a reporting period. The Company must complete the accounting during the measurement period, which cannot exceed one year. Adjustments made during the measurement period could have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company typically measures customer relationship and other intangible assets using an income approach. Significant estimates and assumptions used in this approach include discount rates and certain assumptions that form the basis of the forecasted cash flows expected to be generated from the asset (e.g., future revenue growth rates, operating margins and attrition rates). If the subsequent actual results and updated projections of the underlying business activity change compared with the assumptions and projections used to develop these values, the Company could record impairment charges. In addition, the Company has estimated the economic lives of certain acquired tangible and intangible assets and these lives are used to calculate depreciation and amortization expense. If the Company’s estimates of the economic lives change, depreciation or amortization expenses could be increased or decreased, or the acquired asset could be impaired. Impairment of Long-lived Assets Management reviews and assesses long-lived assets, which includes property, plant, and equipment and intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. In performing the review for recoverability, management estimates the future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset. If the sum of the undiscounted expected cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss is recognized based upon the estimated fair value of the asset. The Company did not recognize any impairment charges associated with its long-lived or intangible assets. Share-Based Compensation Plans The Company accounts for employee share-based compensation under the fair value method and uses an option pricing model for estimating the fair value of stock options at the date of grant. Share Repurchase Program The Company has a share repurchase program, pursuant to which it had been authorized to repurchase up to 2,632,500 shares of the Company’s common stock in the open market. On January 20, 2014 the Board of Directors of the Company approved a one-time continuation of the stock repurchase program, and authorized the Company to repurchase up to 1,500,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock in the open market. There is no minimum number of shares required to be repurchased under the program. During the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020, the Company did not repurchase any of its shares. The Company repurchased 8,858 shares at an average price of $1.12 per share which were added to treasury shares on the consolidated balance sheet during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2019. Under this program, an additional 490,186 shares remain authorized to be repurchased by the Company at February 29, 2020.Income Taxes The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements or tax returns. In estimating future tax consequences, the Company generally considers all expected future events other than possible enactments of changes in the tax laws or rates. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company has determined that a valuation allowance is needed due to recent taxable net operating losses, the sale of profitable divisions and the limited taxable income in the carry back periods. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized as income or expense in the period that includes the enactment date. Deferred income taxes as of February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019 reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes and certain tax loss carryforwards, less any valuation allowance. The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions as required in that a position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return is recognized in the consolidated financial statements when it is more likely than not (i.e., a likelihood of more than fifty percent) that the position would be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. A recognized tax position is then measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than fifty percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. As of February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019 the Company did not have any material unrecognized tax benefits. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as components of interest expense and other expense, respectively, in arriving at pretax income. The Company did not have any interest and penalties accrued as of February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019. The Company’s tax years ended February 28, 2019, 2018 and 2017 remain open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). Earnings (Loss) per Share Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each year. Shares issued or repurchased during the year are weighted for the portion of the year that they were outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is calculated in a manner consistent with that of basic earnings per share while giving effect to all potentially dilutive common shares that were outstanding during the period. The following is a reconciliation of basic earnings (loss) per share to diluted earnings (loss) per share for 2020 and 201 9 , (in thousands, except for per share data):
Stock options, debentures, and other liabilities convertible into 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were anti-dilutive and therefore, were excluded from the fiscal 20 20 diluted earnings (loss) per share calculation. Segment Reporting An operating segment is defined as a component that engages in business activities, whose operating results are reviewed by the chief operating decision maker in order to make decisions about allocating resources, and for which discrete financial information is available. We operate and manage our business as one reportable segment. All of our divisions have similarities such as products and markets served; therefore, we believe they meet the criteria for aggregation under the applicable authoritative guidance and, as such, these operations are reported as one segment within the consolidated financial statements. Sales to foreign customers were 11% of consolidated net sales for fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019, respectively. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted Effective March 1, 2019 we adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), as amended by ASU 2018-01, Leases (Topic 842) – Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842, ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842 , ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842) – Targeted Improvements, ASU 2018-20, Leases (Topic 842) – Narrow-Scope Improvements for Lessors , and2019-01, Leases (Topic 842) – Codification Improvements , (collectively, the new leases standard or Topic 842). The new standard establishes a right-of-use We adopted Topic 842 using the modified retrospective method and utilized the optional transition method under which we continue to apply the legacy guidance in ASC 840, Leases , including its disclosure requirements, in the comparative period presented. Therefore, the adjustment to recognize the Company’s leases on the balance sheet related to the adoption of the new standard was recorded as of the adoption date and prior periods were not restated. As part of the adoption of Topic 842, we elected to adopt certain of the optional practical expedients, including the package of practical expedients, which, among other things, gives us the option to not reassess: 1) whether expired or existing contracts are or contain leases; 2) the lease classification for expired or existing leases; and 3) initial direct costs for existing leases. We also elected the practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components, which allows us to account for lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. We did not elect the hindsight practical expedient in our determination of the lease term for existing leases; therefore, the original lease terms, as determined under ASC 840, were used in the calculation of the Company’s initial Topic 842 lease liabilities.Adoption of the new standard resulted in the recognition of operating lease assets and operating lease liabilities of approximately $2.1 million as of March 1, 2019. The adoption of this standard did not have an impact on retained earnings, the consolidated statements of operations or the consolidated statements of cash flows. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820-10): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”), which changes the fair value measurement disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. Under this ASU, certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements are eliminated, amended or added. These changes aim to improve the overall usefulness of disclosures to financial statement users and reduce unnecessary costs to companies when preparing the disclosures. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning on March 1, 2020 and prescribes different transition methods for the various provisions. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2018-13 to have a material impact on its financial statements and disclosures. In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The new ASU also simplifies aspects of the accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates. These changes aim to improve the overall usefulness of disclosures to financial statement users and reduce unnecessary costs to companies when preparing the disclosures. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning on March 1, 2021 and prescribes different transition methods for the various provisions. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2019-12 to have a material impact on its financial statements and related disclosures. In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which requires the measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost, including trade receivables. ASU 2016-13 replaces the existing incurred loss impairment model with an expected loss model that requires the use of forward-looking information to calculate credit loss estimates. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022 for smaller reporting companies, with early adoption permitted. Entities will apply the amendments using a modified retrospective approach. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-13 to have a material impact on its financial statements and related disclosures. |
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