Alpha Pro Tech Ltd 10-K for FY2023
Alpha Pro Tech Ltd (APT)
About this 10-K
Alpha Pro Tech Ltd filed this 10-K on March 13, 2024, covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (FY2023).
Headline figures
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $61.23M
- down 1.2% from $61.98M a year earlier
- Net income
- $4.19M
- up 27.6% from net income of $3.28M a year earlier
- Diluted EPS
- $0.35
- up 34.6% from $0.26 a year earlier
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.
ALPHA PRO TECH, LTD.
INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
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Item 1. Business |
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Strategy |
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Products |
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Markets |
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Distribution |
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Financial Information About Geographic Areas |
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Manufacturing |
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Competition |
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Human Capital |
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Available Information |
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Item 1A. Risk Factors |
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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments |
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Item 1C. Cybersecurity Disclosure |
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Item 2. Properties |
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings |
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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures |
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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities |
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
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Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections |
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Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance |
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Item 11. Executive Compensation |
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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters |
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Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
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Item 16. Form 10-K Summary |
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PART I
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions as described from time to time in registration statements, annual reports and other periodic reports and filings of the Company (as defined below) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, future revenues or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs, plans or intentions, including, without limitation, our expected orders, new products, production levels and sales in 2024 and other information that is not historical information. All statements, other than statements of historical facts that address the Company’s expectations of sources of capital or that express the Company’s expectations for the future with respect to financial performance or operating strategies or results can be identified as forward-looking statements. As a result, there can be no assurance that the Company’s future results will not be materially different from those described herein as “expected,” “anticipated,” “forecasted,” “estimated,” “believed,” “predicted,” “intended,” “planned,” “potential,” “may,” “continue” or “should,” or using variations of such words or similar expressions, which reflect the current views of the Company with respect to future events. We caution readers that these forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company hereby expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which such statements are based.
Any expectations based on these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and other factors include, but are not limited to, those listed in this report under “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and elsewhere in this report. These and many other factors could affect the Company’s future operating results and financial condition and could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations based on forward-looking statements made in this document or elsewhere by the Company or on its behalf.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING SMALLER REPORTING COMPANY STATUS
We are filing this Annual Report on Form 10-K as a “smaller reporting company” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) based on our public float (the aggregate market value of our common stock equity held by non-affiliates of the Company) as of the last business day of our second fiscal quarter of 2023. As a result of being a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide certain disclosure in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Where information is being omitted or reduced in this Annual Report on Form 10-K based on our smaller reporting company status, we have made a special notation herein.
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Business. |
GENERAL
ALPHA PRO TECH, LTD. (“Alpha Pro Tech,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) is the parent company of Alpha Pro Tech, Inc. and Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc. The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware on July 1, 1994, as a successor to a business that was organized in 1983. Our executive offices are located at 53 Wellington Street East, Aurora, Ontario, Canada L4G 1H6, and our telephone number is (905) 479-0654. Our website is located at www.alphaprotech.com.
The Company continued to qualify as a smaller reporting company at the measurement date for determining such qualification during 2023. According to the disclosure requirements for smaller reporting companies, the Company has included consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023.
BUSINESS
Alpha Pro Tech is in the business of protecting people, products and environments. We accomplish this by developing, manufacturing and marketing a line of high-value, disposable protective apparel and infection control products for the cleanroom, industrial, pharmaceutical, medical and dental markets through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Alpha Pro Tech, Inc. We also manufacture a line of building supply construction weatherization products through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc. Our products are sold under the Alpha Pro Tech brand name, as well as under private label.
Our products are grouped into two business segments: (1) the Building Supply segment, consisting of construction weatherization products, such as housewrap, housewrap accessories including window and door flashing, and seam tape, synthetic roof underlayment and synthetic roof underlayment accessories, as well as other woven materials; and (2) the Disposable Protective Apparel segment, consisting of disposable protective garments (including shoecovers, bouffant caps, coveralls, gowns, frocks and lab coats), face masks and face shields. All financial information presented in this report reflects the current segmentation.
STRATEGY
Our principal strategy focuses on developing, producing and marketing differentiated, innovative high value products that protect people, products and environments. Our key sales growth strategies are based on communicating directly with end users and developing innovative products to suit individual end users’ needs.
Our products are used primarily in cleanrooms, industrial safety manufacturing environments and health care facilities, such as hospitals, laboratories and dental offices, as well as residential and multi-family building and re-roofing sites. Our products are distributed principally in the United States of America (“United States” or “U.S.”) through a network consisting of purchasing groups, national distributors, local distributors, independent sales representatives, and our own sales and marketing force.
PRODUCTS
Our principal products are grouped into two business segments:
Building Supply:
● Housewrap
● Housewrap accessories: window and door flashing and seam tape
● Synthetic roof underlayment
● Synthetic roof underlayment accessories: self-adhered roof underlayment
● Other woven material
Disposable Protective Apparel:
● Shoecovers
● Bouffant caps
● Gowns
● Coveralls
● Lab coats
● Frocks
● Face masks
● Face shields
Building Supply
The Building Supply segment consists of a line of construction supply weatherization products, namely housewrap, housewrap accessories and synthetic roof underlayment and synthetic roof underlayment accessories, as well as other woven material. This line of products is a natural extension of our core capabilities: creating proprietary products designed to protect people and environments.
The usage of these construction supply weatherization products offers great advantages in decreasing the time that it takes to construct a home, as well as reducing costs. The housewrap, under the trademark REX™, offers a weather resistant barrier and, to the homeowner, years of lower energy consumption. REX Wrap® and REX Wrap Plus® are woven and coated polypropylene micro perforated weather resistant barriers, and REX™ Wrap Fortis with JX ALTA 360° Drainage Technology™ is a one-of-a-kind breathable product that uniquely enables the drainage of water in every direction to protect buildings from the elements much better, we believe, than a traditional housewrap, while decreasing job site material waste, simplifying installation to reduce labor and allowing fewer products to be carried onto the job site. Our housewrap accessories includes REXTREME Window and Door Flashing, which provides a tight seal from air and moisture around windows and doors and REX™ Premium Seam Tape which is a high-strength film that helps to seal all seams on housewrap applications.
The proprietary synthetic roof underlayment, REX SynFelt®, has the ability to resist the environment, as opposed to conventional organic roofing underlayment that is prone to rapid degradation and mold growth. We also manufacture and distribute REX TECHNOply® and TECHNO SB®, economy versions of our synthetic roof underlayment, to capture market share in the lower end of the market. These products are manufactured in our manufacturing facility in Valdosta, Georgia and through our joint venture in India, as described in more detail below under “Manufacturing.” Our synthetic roof underlayment accessories consist of our new self-adhered TECHNOplus which provides and additional layer of protection and aids in prevention of damage caused by ice dams and wind driven rain, and REX Ultra HT which is designed to deal with roofing’s most demanding installation conditions and high temperature applications.
Disposable Protective Apparel
The Disposable Protective Apparel segment consists of a complete line of disposable protective garments (shoecovers, bouffant caps, coveralls, gowns, frocks and lab coats), as well as face masks and face shields.
Our goal in the design and manufacture of all our disposable protective garments is to keep the wearer cool, clean and comfortable and to provide the right level of protection for the wearer and the wearer’s environment. To achieve this, we offer a comprehensive selection of materials and garment designs to meet a wide range of application requirements. Our materials are clean and durable and offer the wearer a great comfort level. Our products are offered using proprietary materials such as ChemTech®, BarrierTech®, ComforTech®, AlphaGuard®, GenPro®, UltraGrip™, SafeStep®, MaxGrip®, AquaTrak®, SureGrip®, NuTech® and NaviTrak®.
The vast majority of the disposable protective garments are manufactured through our joint venture in India, and, to a much lesser extent, by other contract manufacturers in Asia and Mexico, as described in more detail below under “Manufacturing.” Certain proprietary products are made using materials supplied by us.
Our face masks come in a wide variety of filtration efficiencies and styles. Our patented Positive Facial Lock® feature provides a custom fit to the face to prevent blow-by for better protection. The term "blow-by" is used to describe the potential for infectious material to enter or escape a face mask without going through the filter as a result of gaps or openings in the face mask. Our Magic Arch® feature holds the mask away from the nose and mouth, creating a comfortable breathing chamber.
Our N-95 Particulate Respirator National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (“NIOSH”) approved face mask, which incorporates both the Positive Facial Lock® feature and the Magic Arch® feature, has historically experienced increased demand during outbreaks of infectious disease, such as SARS in 2003, Bird Flu in 2006, H1N1 in 2009 and COVID-19 in 2020, to combat the spread of these diseases.
All eye shields are made from an optical-grade polyester film and have a permanent anti-fog feature. This provides the wearer with extremely lightweight, distortion-free protection that can be worn for hours, and the eye shields will not fog up from humidity and/or perspiration. An important feature of all face masks and eye and face shields is that they are disposable, which eliminates the possibility of cross infection between patients and saves consumers, such as hospitals, the expense of sterilization after every use.
As described in more detail below under “Manufacturing,” our face masks are primarily manufactured in our facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our eye shields are produced in our facility in Nogales, Arizona and assembled by a subcontractor in Mexico.
All of our disposable protective apparel products, including face masks and face shields, are sold through similar distribution channels, are single-use and disposable, have the purpose of protecting people, products and environments, and have to be produced in Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved facilities, regardless of the market served.
The Company’s products are sold under the “Alpha Pro Tech” brand name and under private label, and they are predominantly sold in the U.S.
Financial information related to the two segments can be found in Activity of Business Segments (Note 15) of the Notes to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8.
MARKETS
Our products are sold to the following markets: (i) construction weatherization products (building supply products) are sold to construction supply and roofing distributors, and (ii) disposable protective apparel products are sold to the industrial, cleanroom, medical and dental markets.
Our target customers are construction building supply and roofing distributors, pharmaceutical manufacturing, bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical device manufacturing, lab animal research, high technology electronics manufacturing (which includes the semi-conductor market), and medical and dental distributors.
DISTRIBUTION
We rely primarily on a network of independent distributors for the sale of our products.
We generally do not have a material amount of backlog orders, as orders are usually placed for shipment and shipped within 30 days. Appropriate levels of inventories are maintained to supply distributors on a timely basis. From time to time, we will stockpile inventory for periods of unusually high demand.
Disruptions in the supply chain have created occasional backlogs of unfulfilled orders for our personal protective equipment (“PPE”) products and certain of our building supply products, and uncertainty in the timing of deliveries and fulfillment of backlogged orders can occur from time to time.
Standard payment terms are net 30 days from the date of shipment. All pricing and payment for our products are in U.S. dollars. Authorized returns must be unopened, in good condition and in the original carton and may be returned within 90 days of the original date of shipment. All authorized returns are subject to a restocking fee of 20% of the original invoice.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
The following table summarizes the Company’s net sales by geographic region for the Company’s last two years. All amounts have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
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Net sales by geographic region are based on the countries in which our customers are located. International sales include sales primarily to Canada and Japan. All sales are in U.S. dollars. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not generate sales from any single country, except the United States, that were significant to the Company’s consolidated net sales.
The following table summarizes the locations of the Company’s long-lived assets by geographic region as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.
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MANUFACTURING
Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc., manufactures and distributes a line of construction weatherization products for the Building Supply segment, comprised primarily of housewrap, housewrap accessories, synthetic roof underlayment and synthetic roof underlayment accessories. Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc. operates in a 165,400 square foot facility in Valdosta, Georgia.
Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc. has a 41.66% ownership interest in a joint venture with Maple Industries and associates, a manufacturer in India, for the production of Building Supply segment products, such as housewrap and synthetic roof underlayment products, in a semi-finished state, and the production of Disposable Protective Apparel segment products. The name of the joint venture is Harmony Plastics Private Limited (“Harmony”). For a description of our relationship with Harmony see Note 6 to the Notes to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report. Harmony has four facilities in India, three owned and one rented. The owned facilities consist of (i) a 139,000 square foot building for use in the manufacturing of building products, (ii) a 121,000 square foot facility for use in the manufacturing of coated material and the sewing of proprietary disposable protective apparel, and (iii) a 23,000 square foot facility for use in the sewing of proprietary disposable protective apparel. The rented building is a 159,000 square foot facility for use in the manufacturing of Building Supply segment products.
We cut, warehouse and ship disposable protective apparel products and face shields in a 60,000 square foot facility in Nogales, Arizona. The majority of the apparel products are manufactured by contract manufacturers in Asia and, to a much lesser extent, the face shields are manufactured by a contract manufacturer in Mexico. These goods are manufactured pursuant to our specifications and quality assurance guidelines. Certain proprietary products are being made in Asia using materials supplied by us.
Our mask production facility is located in a 34,500 square foot building in Salt Lake City, Utah.
We have encountered over the last several years a number of constraints within our supply chain due to raw material and labor shortages, as well as shipping delays. At times, these constraints have limited our ability to satisfy customer demand. Although we continue to work to alleviate these supply chain issues by securing additional supply sources, in the event of subsequent shutdowns, shortages or delays, our production and sales could be further impacted. Our business is not subject to significant seasonal considerations, although it is necessary for us to have adequate raw materials and finished inventory in stock.
COMPETITION
We face substantial competition from numerous companies, including many companies with greater marketing and financial resources. Our major competitors in the construction supply weatherization market are DuPont and Berry Global for housewrap and Owens Corning and GAF for synthetic roof underlayment. Our major competitor in the medical and dental markets is Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas. Other large competitors include 3M Company, Johnson & Johnson, White Knight Engineered Products (Precept Medical Products, Inc.), Cardinal Health, Inc. and Medline Industries Inc. Our major competitors in the industrial and cleanroom market are our former largest distributor, VWR International, LLC, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 3M Company, Kappler, Inc., DuPont and Allegiance Healthcare Corporation. VWR International, LLC, Cardinal Health, Inc. and Medline Industries Inc. are also distributors of our products. The principal methods and elements of competition include brand recognition and loyalty, product innovation, quality and performance, price, and marketing and distribution capabilities. We believe that we have been able to compete successfully, driven by the combination of our brand and product dependability and quality, manufacturing capabilities, and product innovations, as well as on the breadth of our offerings to customers.
For additional discussion of the competitive environment in which we conduct our business, see Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors – Risks Related to Our Industry.”
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
We are not required to obtain regulatory approval from the U.S. FDA with respect to the sale of our products. Our products are, however, subject to prescribed good manufacturing practices as defined by the FDA, and our manufacturing facilities are inspected by the FDA every two years to ensure compliance with such good manufacturing practices. We are marketing an N-95 Particulate Respirator face mask that meets the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) respirator guidelines and has been approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This product is designed to help prevent the inhalation of the tuberculosis bacteria.
Our operations are subject to federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances relating to various environmental, health and safety matters. We believe that our operations are in compliance with, or we are taking actions designed to ensure compliance with, these laws, regulations, and ordinances. However, the nature of our operations exposes us to the risk of claims concerning non-compliance with environmental, health, and safety laws or standards, and there can be no assurance that material costs or liabilities will not be incurred in connection with those claims. We are not currently named as a party in any judicial or administrative proceeding relating to environmental, health, and safety matters, and we currently have no anticipated capital expenditures for environmental projects that are expected to have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS
Patents
Our policy is to protect our intellectual property rights, products, designs and processes through the filing of patents in the United States and, where appropriate, in Canada and other countries. At present, we have ten United States patents relating to several of our products. In addition, we have a United States patent on a method to fold and put on sterile garments. We believe that our patents may offer a competitive advantage, but there can be no assurance that any patents, issued or in process, will not be circumvented or invalidated. We also rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how to maintain and develop our commercial position. The United States patents issued expired on February 4, 2024, and cannot be extended.
Trademarks
Many of our products are sold under various trademarks and trade names, including Alpha Pro Tech. We believe that many of our trademarks and trade names have significant recognition in our principal markets, and we take customary steps to register or otherwise protect our rights in our trademarks and trade names.
HUMAN CAPITAL
As of March 1, 2024, we had 124 full-time employees and one part-time employee, including 22 employees at our principal executive office in Aurora, Ontario, Canada; 7 employees at our face mask production facility in Salt Lake City, Utah; 27 employees at our Disposable Protective Apparel segment cutting, warehouse and shipping facility in Nogales, Arizona; 47 employees at our Building Supply segment facility in Valdosta, Georgia; 20 employees on our sales and marketing team, located in various areas throughout the United States; and 1 employee in China.
None of our employees are subject to collective bargaining agreements. We have had no labor-related work stoppages, and we believe that our relations with our employees are good.
Workplace Health and Safety
The health, safety, and wellness of our employees is a priority in which we have always invested, and will continue to do so. The Company maintains a variety of programs to reduce and eliminate injuries and promote safety and regularly measures progress against those programs. These programs promote personal responsibility for workplace safety and encourage associates to set a meaningful example as safety ambassadors.
Diversity and Inclusion
We strive to foster a culture where mutual respect, inclusive behavior, and dignity are core to our individual expectations. We remain committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which our differing backgrounds, life experiences, and perspectives join to positively impact the communities in which we live and serve. We do this by leading with inclusion and empowering everyone to do their best work as their most authentic selves—regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or military service status. We are united by our collective purpose and common set of organizational values that are core to our mission and culture.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
We make available free of charge on our Internet website (http://www.alphaprotech.com) our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed since our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, any current reports on Form 8-K furnished or filed since our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any amendments to such reports, as well as our most recent proxy statement, as soon as reasonably practicable following the electronic filing of such documents with the SEC. These filings are also available on the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov).
The Company is not including the information contained on or available through its website as a part of, or incorporating such information into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Risk Factors. |
Making or continuing an investment in common stock issued by the Company involves certain risks that you should carefully consider. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only risks that may have a material adverse effect on the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties also could adversely affect our business and our results. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be negatively affected, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or a part of your investment. Further, to the extent that any of the information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K constitutes forward-looking statements, the risk factors set forth below also are cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company.
Risks Related to our Unconsolidated Affiliate Operations in India and Foreign Currency Translations
Our unconsolidated affiliate operations in India expose us to foreign currency exchange risks.
Our unconsolidated affiliate operations are in India, so we are impacted by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. We determine the functional currency of our joint venture based upon the primary currency used to generate and expend cash, which is the currency of the country in which the joint venture is located. For joint ventures with functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar, our investment in that joint venture is translated into U.S. dollars using period-end exchange rates. The resulting foreign currency translation gains or losses are deferred as accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”) and reclassified to earnings only upon sale or liquidation of that business.
Our joint venture, as well as any additional joint ventures, may present risks.
We currently participate in a joint venture in India and may in the future enter into joint ventures with other companies or enterprises in international markets, including joint ventures in which we may have a lesser degree of control over the business operations, which may expose us to additional operational, financial, legal or compliance risks. We may be dependent on a joint venture counterparty for product distribution, local market knowledge or other resources. If we are unable to effectively cooperate with joint venture partners, or any joint venture partner fails to meets its obligations under the joint venture arrangement, encounters financial difficulty, or elects to alter, modify or terminate the relationship, we may be unable to achieve our objectives and our results of operations may be negatively impacted thereby. Furthermore, as the joint venture is in a foreign country, social and economic events in that country could also affect the value of our investment and our ability to conduct business in that country.
Risks Related to Our Industry
The loss of any large customer or a reduction in orders from any large customer could reduce our net sales and harm our operating results.
Our operating results could be negatively affected by the loss of revenue from one or more large customers. Our customers are not contractually obligated to purchase any fixed quantities of products, and they may stop placing orders with us at any time. We are subject to the risk of losing large customers or incurring significant reductions in sales to these customers.
We rely on suppliers and contractors, and our business could be seriously harmed if these suppliers and contractors are not able to meet our requirements.
We rely on a limited number of suppliers and contractors for the manufacture of our products. If we lose the services of these key suppliers and contractors, or if they are not willing or able to satisfy our requirements, finding substitute suppliers or contractors may be time-consuming and would affect our results of operations in the near term. Changes in business conditions, pandemics, wars, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and world sanctions on Russia, Belarus, and related parties, governmental changes, and other factors beyond our control or which we do not presently anticipate could negatively affect our suppliers and contractors, as well as our ability to receive components.
There are risks associated with international manufacturing that could have a significant effect on our business.
We subcontract the manufacturing of some of our goods to Asia and Mexico. These goods are manufactured pursuant to our specifications and quality assurance guidelines. Certain proprietary products are being made in Asia using materials supplied by us.
We expect that a significant portion of our product sales will be derived from the sale of products for which we subcontract the manufacturing to Asia, but we cannot be certain that we will be able to maintain such subcontracting at current levels. If our ability to subcontract some of our manufacturing to Asia were to decline significantly, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected. International manufacturing is subject to a number of risks, including the following:
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changes in foreign government regulations and technical standards; |
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difficulty of protecting intellectual property; |
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requirements or preferences of foreign nations for the manufacture of domestic products; |
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the imposition of duties, border adjustment taxes or tariffs and other barriers to trade; |
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fluctuations in currency exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar; and |
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political and economic instability. |
In particular, if another pandemic or other events result in a prolonged period of travel, commercial and other similar restrictions, we could experience global supply disruptions. These restrictions have disrupted and could continue to disrupt our ability to receive manufactured products from China and may disrupt our suppliers located elsewhere who rely on products from China. If we experience additional supply disruptions, we may not be able to develop alternate sourcing quickly. Any disruption of our production schedule caused by an unexpected shortage of supplies even for a relatively short period of time could cause us to alter production schedules or suspend production entirely, which could cause a loss of revenues, which would adversely affect our operations.
Our success depends in part on protection of our intellectual property, and our failure to protect our intellectual property could adversely affect our competitive advantage, our brand recognition and our business.
The success and competitiveness of our products depend in part upon our ability to protect our current and future technology, manufacturing processes and brand names, including Alpha Pro Tech, through a combination of patent, trademark, trade secret and unfair competition laws. Our patents expired in February 2024, which may make it more difficult to protect our intellectual property.
We enter into confidentiality and non-disclosure of intellectual property agreements with certain of our employees, consultants and vendors and generally control access to and distribution of our proprietary information. Despite these precautions, it may be possible for a third party to copy or otherwise obtain and use our proprietary information without authorization or to develop similar information independently.
Policing unauthorized use of intellectual property is difficult. The laws of other countries may afford little or no effective protection of our technology. We cannot assure you that the steps taken by us will prevent misappropriation of our technology or that agreements entered into for that purpose will be enforceable. In addition, litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets and to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Litigation may result in substantial costs and diversion of resources, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Our industry is highly competitive, which may negatively affect our ability to grow our customer base and generate sales.
The markets for our products are intensely competitive. We currently experience competition from numerous companies in each of the markets in which we participate. Many of our competitors are more established, benefit from greater market recognition and have substantially greater financial, development, manufacturing and marketing resources than we have.
If we do not compete successfully with respect to these or other companies, it could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
The Company’s results are affected by competitive conditions and customer preferences.
Demand for the Company’s products, which impacts revenue and profit margins, is affected by (i) the development and timing of the introduction of competitive products; (ii) the Company’s response to downward pricing to stay competitive; (iii) changes in customer order patterns, such as changes in the levels of inventory maintained by customers and the timing of customer purchases; and (iv) changes in customers’ preferences for our products, including the success of products offered by our competitors and changes in customer designs for our competitors’ products that can affect the demand for the Company’s products.
The Company’s growth objectives are largely dependent on the timing and market acceptance of our new product offerings, including our ability to continually renew our pipeline of new products and to bring those products to market.
Our ability to continually renew our pipeline of new products and to bring those products to market may be adversely affected by difficulties or delays in product development, such as the inability to identify viable new products, obtain adequate intellectual property protection or gain market acceptance of new products. There are no guarantees that new products will prove to be commercially successful. In addition, our product development and distribution activities are subject to inherent risks related to natural disasters, including earthquakes such as the one that occurred near our facility in Utah during 2020, which could disrupt our supply chain and impair our ability to manufacture or sell our products.
General Risks
Global economic conditions could adversely affect the Company’s business and financial results.
Unfavorable economic conditions, including the impact of recessions and general economic downturns in the United States and throughout the world, may negatively affect the Company’s business and financial results. These economic conditions could negatively impact (i) demand for our products, (ii) the number and types of products sold, (iii) our ability to collect accounts receivable on a timely basis from certain customers, and (iv) the ability of certain suppliers to fill our orders for raw materials or other goods and services. A prolonged recession could result in decreased revenue, margins and earnings. Additionally, the war between Russia and Ukraine has led to economic sanctions imposed against Russia by the U.S. and certain European nations. Such sanctions may impact companies in many sectors and could lead to volatility of prices in the global energy industry. The extent and strength of the sanctions are still developing, and the corresponding effect on the Company remains uncertain. In addition, the war in Ukraine has further increased existing global supply chain, logistics, and inflationary challenges.
Climate change and natural disasters or other events beyond our control could disrupt our business and result in loss of revenue or higher expenses.
Global climate change could result in certain types of natural disasters occurring more frequently or with more intense effects. The impacts of climate change may include physical risks (such as frequency and severity of extreme weather conditions), social and human effects (such as population dislocations or harm to health and well-being), compliance costs, transition risks, shifts in market trends, and other adverse effects. Such impacts may disrupt parties in our supply chain, our customers, and our operations.
Physical risks associated with climate change are subject to increasing societal, regulatory, and political focus in the U.S. and globally. Shifts in weather patterns caused by climate change are expected to increase the frequency, severity, or duration of certain adverse weather conditions and natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires, droughts, extreme temperatures, or flooding, which could cause more significant business and supply chain interruptions, damage to our products and facilities as well as the infrastructure of our customers, reduced workforce availability, increased costs of raw materials and components, increased liabilities, and decreased revenues than what we have experienced in the past from such events.
Security breaches and other disruptions to the Company’s information technology infrastructure could interfere with the Company’s operations, compromise information belonging to the Company and our customers and suppliers and expose the Company to liability, which could adversely impact the Company’s business and reputation.
In the ordinary course of business, the Company relies on information technology networks and systems, some of which are managed by third parties, to process, transmit and store electronic information, and to manage or support a variety of business processes and activities. Additionally, the Company collects and stores sensitive data, including proprietary business information. It is possible we or a third party that we rely on could incur interruptions from a loss of communications, hardware or software failures, a cybersecurity attack or an incident relating to our IT systems or technology, ransomware, phishing attacks, computer viruses or malware. In the current environment, there are numerous and evolving risks to cybersecurity and privacy, including criminal hackers, hacktivists, state-sponsored intrusions, industrial espionage, employee malfeasance and human or technological error. High-profile cybersecurity incidents at other companies and in government agencies have increased in recent years, and security industry experts and government officials have warned about the risks of hackers and cyberattacks targeting businesses such as ours. Despite security measures and business continuity plans, the Company’s information technology networks and infrastructure may be vulnerable to damage, disruptions or shutdowns due to attack by hackers, breaches, employee error or malfeasance, power outages, computer viruses, telecommunication or utility failures, systems failures, natural disasters or other catastrophic events. While we have not experienced any material losses related to cyber-attacks or information security breaches to date, any such event could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability or penalties under privacy laws, disruption in operations and damage to the Company’s reputation, which could adversely affect the Company’s business.
The Company’s future results may be affected by various legal and regulatory proceedings and legal compliance risks.
From time to time, the Company is subject to certain legal and regulatory proceedings in the ordinary course of business and otherwise. The outcome of these legal proceedings may differ from the Company’s expectations because the outcomes of litigation, including regulatory matters, are often difficult to reliably predict. Various factors or developments could lead the Company to change current estimates of liabilities and related insurance receivables where applicable, or make such estimates for matters previously not susceptible to reasonable estimates, such as a significant judicial ruling or judgment, settlement, regulatory development or change in applicable law. A future adverse ruling, settlement or unfavorable development could result in charges that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations or cash flows in any particular period. Manufacturers are required to certify that neither convicted, forced or indentured labor (as defined under U.S. law) nor child labor (as defined by law in the manufacturer’s country) is used in the production process, that compensation is paid in accordance with local law and that their factories are in compliance with local safety regulations. Although we promote ethical business practices and our sourcing personnel periodically visit and monitor the operations of our independent contract manufacturers, suppliers and licensees, we do not control them or their labor practices. If one of our independent contract manufacturers, suppliers or licensees violates labor or other laws or diverges from those labor practices generally accepted as ethical in the U.S., it could result in adverse publicity for us, damage our reputation in the U.S., or render our conduct of business in a particular foreign country undesirable or impractical, any of which could harm our business.
Our common stock price is volatile, which could result in substantial losses for individual shareholders.
The market price of our common stock has been volatile, and we expect that it will continue to be volatile. In particular, our common stock may be subject to significant fluctuations in response to a variety of factors, including:
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general economic and business conditions; |
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changing market conditions in the industries that we serve; |
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monetary and fiscal policies, laws and regulations and other activities of government agencies and similar organizations; |
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conditions in U.S. and global securities markets and other capital markets; |
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actual or anticipated variations in quarterly operating results; |
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failure to meet analyst predictions and projections; |
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costs and other effects of legal and administrative proceedings, claims, settlements and judgments; |
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additions or departures of key personnel; |
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announcements of innovations or new services by us or our competitors; |
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domestic and international health crises and pandemics; |
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our sales of common stock or other securities in the future; and |
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other events or factors, many of which are beyond our control. |
Due to these factors, you may not be able to sell your stock at or above the price you paid for it, which could result in substantial losses.
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Item 1B. |
Unresolved Staff Comments. |
None.
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Item 1C. |
Cybersecurity |
Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy
We recognize the importance of assessing, identifying, and managing material risks associated with cybersecurity threats, as such term is defined in Item 106(a) of Regulation S-K. These risks include, among other things, operational disruption; intellectual property theft; fraud; extortion; harm to employees or customers; violation of privacy or security laws and other litigation and legal risk; and reputational risks. We have implemented several cybersecurity processes, technologies, and controls to aid in our efforts to assess, identify, and manage such material risks.
To identify and assess material risks from cybersecurity threats, our enterprise risk management program considers cybersecurity threat risks alongside other company risks as part of our overall risk assessment process. Our enterprise risk professionals collaborate with subject matter specialists, as necessary, to gather insights for identifying and assessing material cybersecurity threat risks, their severity, and potential mitigations. We employ a range of tools and services, including regular network and endpoint monitoring, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, to inform our professionals’ risk identification and assessment.
We also have a cybersecurity specific risk assessment process, which helps identify our cybersecurity threat risks by comparing our program to best practices, as well as by engaging experts to attempt to infiltrate our information systems (as such term is defined in Item 106(a) of Regulation S-K). We test and review the result on a semi-annual basis.
Our cybersecurity program includes controls designed to identify, protect against, detect, respond to and recover from cybersecurity incidents (as such term is defined in Item 106(a) of Regulation S-K), and to provide for the availability of critical data and systems and to maintain regulatory compliance. These controls include the following activities:
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monitor emerging data protection laws and implement changes to our processes designed to comply; |
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conduct regular cybersecurity management and incident training for employees involved in our systems and processes that handle sensitive data; |
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conduct regular phishing email simulations for all employees and all contractors with access to corporate email systems to enhance awareness and responsiveness to such possible threats; |
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through policy, practice and contract (as applicable) require employees, as well as third-parties who provide services on our behalf, to treat customer information and data with care; |
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leverage the NIST incident handling framework to help us identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover when there is an actual or potential cybersecurity incident; |
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maintain multiple layers of controls, including embedding security into our technology investments, multi-factor authentication tools, apply policy of least privilege to data and systems access, monitor logins both at network perimeter and within, segment and firewall system access within the network perimeter not solely at network edge or perimeter; |
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perform annual system access audit with all departments and personnel |
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review access logs on all perimeter, security and sensitive data areas |
We perform periodic internal assessments to test our cybersecurity controls and regularly evaluate our policies and procedures surrounding our handling and control of personal data and the systems we have in place to help protect us from cybersecurity or personal data breaches, and we perform periodic internal assessments to test our controls and to help us identify areas for continued focus, improvement, and/or compliance.
We have established a cybersecurity risk management process that includes internal reporting of significant cybersecurity risk to our board when found. In addition, our incident response plan coordinates the activities we take to prepare for, detect, respond to and recover from cybersecurity incidents, which include processes to triage, assess severity for, escalate, contain, investigate, and remediate the incident, as well as to comply with potentially applicable legal obligations and mitigate brand and reputational damage.
Our processes also address cybersecurity threat risks associated with our use of third-party service providers, including those in our supply chain or who have access to our customer and employee data or our systems. Third-party risks are included within our enterprise risk management program, as well as our cybersecurity-specific risk identification program, both of which are discussed above. In addition, cybersecurity considerations affect the selection and oversight of our third-party service providers.
We describe whether and how risks from identified cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any previous cybersecurity incidents, have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect us, including our business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition, under the heading “Security breaches and other disruptions to the Company’s information technology infrastructure could interfere with the Company’s operations, compromise information belonging to the Company and our customers and suppliers and expose the Company to liability, which could adversely impact the Company’s business and reputation” included as part of our risk factor disclosures at Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K which disclosures are incorporated by reference herein.
In the last fifteen fiscal years, we have not experienced any material cybersecurity incidents and the expenses we have incurred from cybersecurity incidents were immaterial. This includes penalties and settlements, of which there were none.
Cybersecurity Governance
Cybersecurity is an important part of our enterprise risk management program and an area of increasing focus for our Board and management. Our Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats. Management is informed about and monitors the prevention, mitigation, detection, and remediation of cybersecurity incidents through their management of, and participation in, the cybersecurity risk management process described above, including the operation of our incident response plan. Annually, the Audit Committee receives an overview from management of our cybersecurity threat risk management process and strategy covering topics such as data security posture, results from third-party assessments, progress towards pre-determined risk-mitigation-related goals, our incident response plan, and material cybersecurity threat risks or incidents and developments, as well as the steps management has taken to respond to such risks. In such sessions, the Audit Committee generally receives materials, including current and emerging material cybersecurity threat risks and describing the company’s ability to mitigate those risks, and discusses such matters with our IT Manager.
Members of the Audit Committee are also encouraged to regularly engage in ad hoc conversations with management on cybersecurity-related news events and discuss any updates to our cybersecurity risk management process. Material cybersecurity threat risks are also considered during separate Board meeting discussions of important matters like enterprise risk management, operational budgeting, business continuity planning, mergers and acquisitions, brand management, and other relevant matters.
Our cybersecurity risk management process, which is discussed in greater detail above, is led by our IT Manager. Such individual has over twenty five years of prior work experience in various roles involving managing information security, developing cybersecurity strategy, implementing effective information and cybersecurity programs.
Our IT manager skills are further enhanced by MCSA and MCSE certifications and a foundation in Computer Engineering studies at university. Our IT manager has a strong track record of working with major vendors' security, firewall, identity management, and other platforms, ensuring robust and resilient IT infrastructures.
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Properties. |
The Company’s principal executive office is located at 53 Wellington Street East, Aurora, Ontario, Canada, L4G 1H6. The approximate monthly rent is $6,600 for 2,568 square feet under a lease which expires August 31, 2026. Working out of the principal executive office are the President and Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd Hoffman, and the Chief Financial Officer, Colleen McDonald.
The Building Supply segment manufacturing facility is located in Valdosta, Georgia. The approximate average monthly rent is $39,000 for 165,400 square feet. This lease expires on December 31, 2034.
The Disposable Protective Apparel segment has its cutting operation, warehousing and shipping facility in Nogales, Arizona. The approximate monthly rent is $30,600 for 60,000 square feet. This lease expired on December 31, 2023. The Disposable Protective Apparel segment also has an additional warehousing facility located in Nogales, Arizona. The approximate monthly rent is $6,600 for 16,500 square feet, the lease expired in February 2024. We will remain in these two locations as we transition to our new leased space in Nogales Arizona beginning in March of 2024. Our new space is 137,500 square feet, approximate monthly rent is $ 76,000 and expires on February 28, 2029.
The Company manufactures its surgical face masks at a facility located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The monthly rent is $19,200 for 34,500 square feet. This lease expires on July 31, 2024. We will not be renewing this lease as we will be moving our face mask facility to our new Nogales, Arizona leased space.
The Company believes that these arrangements are suitable and adequate for its present needs and that other premises, if required, are readily available.
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Legal Proceedings. |
On June 7, 2022, the Company filed a lawsuit (the “Lawsuit”) in Utah naming as defendants the vendors from which the Company ordered equipment for its facility in Utah (collectively the “Defendants”). The Lawsuit relates to certain equipment ordered from Defendants and paid for by the Company, which Defendants never delivered. In the Lawsuit the Company is seeking the following relief: compensatory damages in the amount $490,000, representing the money the Company paid for the machines it never received, lost profits in the form of mask sales it could have made if Defendants had delivered the machines on the promised date, and other monetary and equitable relief. In 2022, the Company wrote off the $490,000 balance of the deposit paid for the equipment, pending any recovery in the Lawsuit. As of the date hereof, no counterclaims have been asserted against the Company. The Company believes there would not be any meritorious claims against the Company in the Lawsuit. The final outcome of the Lawsuit, including the potential amount of any recovery for the Company’s claims, is uncertain. Any potential recovery represents a gain contingency in accordance with ASC 450, Contingencies, that has not been recorded as the matter was not resolved as of December 31, 2023. Any recovery will be recorded when received.
The Company is subject to various pending and threatened litigation actions in the ordinary course of business. Although it is not possible to determine with certainty at this point in time what liability, if any, the Company will have as a result of such litigation, based on consultation with legal counsel, management does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, resulting from such litigation will have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
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Item 4. |
Mine Safety Disclosures. |
N/A
PART II
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Item 5. |
Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. |
MARKET INFORMATION
The Company’s common stock trades on the NYSE American (formerly the NYSE MKT, the NYSE Amex and the American Stock Exchange) (the “NYSE American”) under the symbol “APT.”
As of March 1, 2024, the Company’s common stock was held by 102 shareholders of record and approximately 12,437 beneficial owners.
Dividends
The holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by the Board of Directors of the Company from time to time to the extent that funds are legally available for payment thereof. The Company has never declared or paid any dividends on any of its outstanding shares of common stock. The Board of Directors’ current policy is not to pay dividends but rather to use available funds to repurchase common shares in accordance with the Company’s repurchase program and to fund the continued development and growth of the Company. Consequently, the Company currently has no plans to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The following table sets forth purchases made by or on behalf of the Company or any “affiliated purchaser,” as defined in Rule 10b-18 (a)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, during the fourth quarter of 2023.
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On November 27, 2023, the Company announced that the Board of Directors had authorized a $2,000,000 expansion of the Company’s existing share repurchase program. All of the shares included in this table were purchased pursuant to this program. Since the inception of the share repurchase program in 1999, the Company has authorized the repurchase of $52,402,000 of common stock, of which $2,194,000 was available for repurchase as of December 31, 2023. The stock repurchase plan expires on December 15, 2024. |
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
We did not sell any unregistered equity securities during the periods covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Item 6. |
(Reserved) |
N/A
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Item 7. |
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. |
You should read the following discussion and analysis together with our consolidated financial statements and the notes to our consolidated financial statements, which appear elsewhere in this report.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information set forth in this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, future revenues or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs, plans or intentions, including, without limitation, our expected orders, new products, production levels and sales in 2024, and other information that is not historical information. When used in this report, the words “estimates,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “may,” “continue” or “should,” and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We may make additional forward-looking statements from time to time. We caution readers that these forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company hereby expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which such statements are based. All forward-looking statements, whether written or oral and whether made by us or on our behalf, are expressly qualified by this special note.
Any expectations based on these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and other factors include, but are not limited to, those listed below and under “Risk Factors,” and elsewhere in this report. These and many other factors could affect the Company’s future operating results and financial condition and could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations based on forward-looking statements made in this document or elsewhere by the Company or on its behalf.
Special Note Regarding Smaller Reporting Company Status
We are filing this Annual Report on Form 10-K as a “smaller reporting company” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) based on our public float (the aggregate market value of our common equity held by non-affiliates of the Company) as of the last business day of our second fiscal quarter of 2023. As a result of being a smaller reporting company, we are allowed and have elected to omit certain information from this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations; however, we have provided all information for the periods presented that we believe to be appropriate and necessary to aid in an understanding of the current consolidated financial position, changes in financial position and results of operations of the Company.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of our financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of net sales and expenses during the periods reported. We base estimates on past experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The application of these accounting policies on a consistent basis enables us to provide timely and reliable financial information. Our significant accounting policies and estimates are more fully described in Note 2 – “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8. Our critical accounting policies and estimates include the following:
Accounts Receivable: Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoice amount and do not bear interest. The allowance for credit losses is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of expected credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable; however, changes in circumstances relating to accounts receivable may result in a requirement for additional allowances in the future. The Company pools accounts receivable based on risk characteristics, which include type of customer and age of open receivable balance. The allowance for credit losses pool is estimated based on historical write-off experience and known conditions, adjusted for management’s reasonable and supportable expectations of future conditions. Account balances are charged against the allowance when management determines that the probability for collection of an account balance is remote. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had recorded an allowance for credit losses on accounts receivable of $35,000. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had recorded an allowance for doubtful accounts on accounts receivable of $45,000.
Inventories: Inventories include freight-in, materials, labor and overhead costs and are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Allowances are recorded for slow-moving, obsolete or unusable inventory. We assess our inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory and write-down the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated net realizable value based upon assumptions about future sales and supply on-hand, if necessary. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required. In 2023 and 2022, we recorded approximately $292,000 and $152,000, respectively, in write-downs of inventory.
Foreign currency translation: Our unconsolidated affiliate operations are in India, so U.S. GAAP requires the Company to adjust the value of its investment for changes in foreign currency exchange rates. We determine the functional currency of our joint venture based upon the primary currency used to generate and expend cash, which is the currency of the country in which the joint venture is located. For joint ventures with functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar, our investment in that joint venture is translated into U.S. dollars using period-end exchange rates. The resulting foreign currency translation gains or losses are deferred as AOCL and reclassified to earnings only upon sale or liquidation of that business.
Leases: We determine if an arrangement is a lease at its inception. Operating leases are included as right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at the commencement date. Our leases do not provide an implicit interest rate, and, therefore, we estimate our collateralized borrowing rate under similar terms based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of future minimum lease payments. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise such options. We do not record leases on our consolidated balance sheet with a term of one year or less. We elected a package of transition practical expedients permitted under the standards of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), which included not reassessing whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, not reassessing the lease classification of expired or existing leases, and not reassessing initial direct costs for existing leases. We also elected a practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components. We did not elect the practical expedient to use hindsight in determining our lease terms or assessing impairment of our ROU assets. As of December 31, 2023, we had $4.8 million in ROU assets and $4.8 million in lease liabilities.
Revenue Recognition: Net sales includes revenue from products and shipping and handling charges, net of estimates for product returns and any related sales incentives. Our customer contracts have a single performance obligation: transfer control of products to customers. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for transferring control of products. All revenue is recognized when we satisfy our performance obligations under the applicable contract. We recognize revenue in connection with transferring control of the promised products to the customer, with revenue being recognized at the point in time when the customer obtains control of the products, which is generally when title passes to the customer upon delivery to a third party carrier for FOB shipping point arrangements and to the customer for FOB destination arrangements, at which time a receivable is created for the invoice sent to the customer. Shipping and handling activities are performed prior to the customer obtaining control of the goods, and are accounted for as fulfillment activities and are not a promised good or service. Shipping and handling charges billed to customers are included in revenue. Shipping and handling costs, associated with the distribution of the Company’s product to the customers, are recorded in cost of goods sold and are recognized when control of the product is transferred to the customer, which is at the time products are delivered to the third party carrier for FOB shipping point arrangements and to the customer for FOB destination arrangements. We estimate product returns based on historical return rates and estimate rebates based on contractual agreements. Using probability assessments, we estimate sales incentives expected to be paid over the term of the contract. Sales taxes and value added taxes in foreign and domestic jurisdictions that are collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are accounted for on a net basis and, therefore, are excluded from net sales. The Company manufactures certain private label goods for customers and has determined that control does not pass to the customer at the time of manufacture, based upon the nature of the private labelling. The Company has determined that, as of December 31, 2023, it had no material contract assets, and concluded that its contract liabilities (primarily rebates) had the right of offset against customer receivables.
Sales Returns, Rebates and Allowances: Sales revenues are reduced for any anticipated sales returns, rebates and allowances based on historical experience. Since our return policy is only 90 days and our products are not generally susceptible to external factors such as technological obsolescence or significant changes in demand, we are able to make a reasonable estimate for returns. We offer end-user product specific and sales volume rebates to select distributors. Our rebates are based on actual sales and are accrued monthly.
Stock-Based Compensation: The Company accounts for stock-based awards using FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718, Stock Compensation. ASC 718 requires companies to record compensation expense for the value of all outstanding and unvested share-based payments, including employee stock options and similar awards.
The fair values of stock option grants are determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and are based on the following assumptions: expected stock price volatility based on historical data and management’s expectations of future volatility, risk-free interest rates from published sources, expected term based on historical data, and no dividend yield, as the Board of Directors currently has no plans to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. The Company accounts for option forfeitures as they occur. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and that are fully transferable. In addition, the option-pricing model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including expected stock price volatility. Our stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value of such options. In 2023 and 2022, we recorded $170,000 and $147,000, respectively, in compensation expense for share-based awards.
OVERVIEW
Alpha Pro Tech is in the business of protecting people, products and environments. We accomplish this by developing, manufacturing and marketing a line of high-value, disposable protective apparel products for the cleanroom, industrial, pharmaceutical, medical and dental markets. We also manufacture a line of building supply construction weatherization products. Our products are sold under the “Alpha Pro Tech” brand name, as well as under private label.
Our products are grouped into two business segments: (i) the Building Supply segment, consisting of construction weatherization products, such as housewrap, housewrap accessories, synthetic roof underlayment and synthetic roof underlayment accessories, as well as other woven material; and (ii) the Disposable Protective Apparel segment, consisting of disposable protective garments (including shoecovers, bouffant caps, coveralls, gowns, frocks and lab coats), face masks and face shields.
Our target markets include pharmaceutical manufacturing, bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing and medical device manufacturing, lab animal research, high technology electronics manufacturing (which includes the semi-conductor market), medical and dental distributors, and construction, building supply and roofing distributors.
Our products are used primarily in cleanrooms, industrial safety manufacturing environments, health care facilities, such as hospitals, laboratories and dental offices, and building and re-roofing sites. Our products are distributed principally in the United States through a network consisting of purchasing groups, national distributors, local distributors, independent sales representatives and our own sales and marketing force.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth certain operational data as a percentage of sales for the years indicated:
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Year ended December 31, 2023 compared to year ended December 31, 2022
Sales. Consolidated sales for the year ended December 31, 2023, decreased to $61,232,000, from $61,981,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022, representing a decrease of $749,000, or 1.2%. This decrease consisted of decreased sales in the Disposable Protective Apparel segment of $4,208,000, partially offset by increased sales in the Building Supply segment of $3,459,000.
Building Supply Segment
Building Supply segment sales for the year ended December 31, 2023, increased by $3,459,000, or 9.4%, to a record sales year of $40,396,000 compared to $36,937,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Building Supply segment increase during the year ended December 31, 2023, was primarily due to a 22.2% increase in sales of housewrap and a 18.0% increase in sales of other woven material, partially offset by a decrease in sales of synthetic roof underlayment of 3.0% and an increase in rebates compared to the same period of 2022. We have experienced the six highest quarters on record for the Building Supply segment over the past eight quarters: the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2023 and the first, second and third quarters of 2022.
The sales mix of the Building Supply segment for the year ended December 31, 2023, was approximately 42% for synthetic roof underlayment, 47% for housewrap and 11% for other woven material. This compared to approximately 47% for synthetic roof underlayment, 43% for housewrap and 10% for other woven material for the year ended December 31, 2022. Our synthetic roof underlayment product line primarily includes REX SynFelt®, REX TECHNOply® TECHNO SB and our housewrap product line primarily consists of REX Wrap®, REX Wrap Plus® and REX™ Wrap Fortis. Housewrap accessories consist of REXTREME Window and Door Flashing and REX™ Premium Seam Tape and our synthetic roof underlayment accessories consist of our new self- adhered TECHNOplus and REX Ultra HT.
The housewrap market continues to be soft, as housing starts in 2023 in the United States decreased by 8.8% compared to the same period a year ago. We experienced a 22.2% increase in housewrap and accessories sales, as we continue to significantly outperform the market through market diversification and product development. Sales of our REX Wrap® and REX Wrap Plus®, our entry-level housewrap products, were up by 15.1% over the prior year, despite the decrease in housing starts, as we continue to form relationships with new dealers. Management also expects to see growth opportunities with REX™ Wrap Fortis, our premium housewrap line, as we continue to make inroads into the multi-family and commercial construction sector, evidenced by a 33.9% increase in sales for this product in 2023. We also experienced a 180.5% increase in sales of housewrap accessories in 2023. Management expects that we will continue to see positive trends relative to the industry for both our entry level and premium housewrap and housewrap accessories product lines.
The synthetic roof underlayment market has also been affected by the continued decrease in new home starts, economic uncertainty, more offshore competition and a push in the market to reduce product selling prices. Despite these pressures, our synthetic roof underlayment sales also outperformed the market despite being down 3.0% in 2023 compared to 2022. We launched our new line of self-adhered roofing products in late 2023, which we expect to result in revenue growth within our current customer base and allow for expansion into new markets and business segments. We continue to work closely with our customers to develop and expand our product lines. Other woven material sales increased by 18.0% in 2023 compared to the same period of 2022, due to increased sales to our major customer, but management does not expect this to be a growth driver in the coming year.
Management expects growth in the building supply segment in the coming year, especially in housewrap sales. While housing starts have trended down nationally, we have continued to grow market share. We also hope to build on our success within the multi-family and commercial segment and the single-family segment. However, there continues to be uncertainty in housing starts and the economy in general that could affect this segment.
Disposable Protective Apparel Segment
Sales for the Disposable Protective Apparel segment for the year ended December 31, 2023, decreased by $4,208,000, or 16.8%, to $20,836,000, compared to $25,044,000 for 2022. This segment decrease was due to a 4.0% increase in sales of disposable protective garments that was more than offset by a 62.3% decrease in sales of face masks and a 75.5% decrease in sales of face shields.
The sales mix of the Disposable Protective Apparel segment for the year ended December 31, 2023, was approximately 88% for disposable protective garments, 9% for face masks and 3% for face shields. This sales mix is compared to approximately 71% for disposable protective garments, 19% for face masks and 10% for face shields for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Sales of disposable protective garments in 2023 were up by 4.0% as our channel partners and our end customers are continuing to work through their excess inventory, which had accumulated as a result of the pandemic. Our sales have been positively affected as we can now meet face-to-face with our distribution partners and end customers, something we have not been able to do since 2020. Disposable protective garment sales in 2023 were up by approximately 19% as compared to pre-pandemic levels. We expect continued growth for disposable protective garments in 2024.
Face mask and face shield sales are still suffering from the post COVID-19 residual excess inventories at the distributor level, but sales in the fourth quarter of 2023 showed improvement and approximately doubled as compared to the prior quarter. The market continues to be saturated with products but we’re cautiously optimistic that face mask and face shield sales will show growth in the coming year.
Gross Profit. Gross profit increased by $1,146,000, or 5.3%, to $22,829,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, from $21,683,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The gross profit margin was 37.3% for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to 35.0% for the year ended December 31, 2022.
The gross profit margin in 2023 was positively affected by ocean freight rates that have come down since the latter part of 2022. Management expects the gross profit margin to be in a similar range in 2024, although gross margin could be negatively affected by the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the middle east, which have resulted in increased freight rates.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $1,553,000, or 9.6%, to $17,772,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, from $16,219,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022. As a percentage of net sales, selling, general and administrative expenses increased to 29.0% for the year ended December 31, 2023, from 26.2% for 2022.
The change in expenses by segment for the year ended December 31, 2023, was as follows: Disposable Protective Apparel was down by $55,000, or 1.1%; Building Supply was up by $1,244,000, or 19.3%; and corporate unallocated expenses were up by $364,000, or 7.3%. The decrease in the Disposable Protective Apparel segment expenses was primarily related to decreased employee compensation, partially offset by increased marketing expenses, travel expenses and sales commission. The increase in the Building Supply segment expenses was related to increased employee compensation, sales commission, travel, insurance, and general factory expenses. The increase in corporate unallocated expenses was primarily due to increased employee compensation, accrued bonuses, stock option and restricted stock expenses, professional fees, and general office expenses, partially offset by decreased insurance expenses.
In accordance with the terms of his employment agreement, the Company’s current President and Chief Executive Officer is entitled to an annual bonus equal to 5% of the pre-tax profits of the Company, excluding bonus expense, up to a maximum of $1.0 million. A bonus amount of $286,000 was accrued for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to $231,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $111,000, or 13.6%, to $925,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, from $814,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily attributable to increased depreciation for machinery and equipment in the Building Supply segment.
Income from Operations. Income from operations decreased by $518,000, or 11.1%, to $4,132,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to $4,650,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The decreased income from operations was primarily due to an increase in gross profit of $1,146,000, offset by an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses of $1,553,000 and an increase in depreciation and amortization expense of $111,000. Income from operations as a percentage of net sales for the year ended December 31, 2023, was 6.7%, compared to 7.5% for 2022.
Other Income. Other income increased by $1,548,000 to income of $1,293,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, from a loss of $255,000 for 2022. The increase was primarily due to an increase in equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate of $390,000 and an increase in interest income of $668,000. In addition, there was a loss on fixed assets of $490,000 in 2022 due to equipment for the Disposable Protective Apparel segment that was not delivered. The Company has filed a lawsuit in this matter. See Part I, Item 3, “Legal Proceedings,” for more information on the Lawsuit.
Income before Provision for Income Taxes. Income before provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2023, was $5,425,000, compared to income before provision for income taxes of $4,395,000 for 2022, representing an increase of $1,030,000, or 23.4%. This increase in income before provision for income taxes was due to an increase in other income of $1,548,000, partially offset by a decrease in income from operations of $518,000.
Provision for Income Taxes. The provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2023, was $1,236,000, compared to $1,113,000 for 2022. The estimated effective tax rate was 22.8% for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to 25.3% for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company does not record a tax provision on equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate, which reduces the effective tax rate.
Net Income. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2023, was $4,189,000 compared to net income of $3,282,000 for 2022, representing an increase of $907,000, or 27.6%. The net income increase between 2023 and 2022, was due to an increase in income before provision for income taxes of $1,030,000, partially offset by an increase in provision for income taxes of $123,000. Net income as a percentage of net sales for the year ended December 31, 2023, was 6.8%, and net income as a percentage of net sales for 2022 was 5.3%. Basic and diluted earnings per common share for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, were $0.35 and $0.26, respectively.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
As of December 31, 2023, the Company had cash and cash equivalents (“cash”) of $20,378,000 and working capital of $50,498,000. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) was 21:1, compared to a current ratio of 22:1 as of December 31, 2022. Cash increased by 25.1%, or $4,088,000, to $20,378,000 as of December 31, 2023, compared to $16,290,000 as of December 31, 2022, and working capital increased by $342,000 from $50,156,000 as of December 31, 2022. The increase in cash from December 31, 2022, was due to cash provided by operating activities of $8,458,000, partially offset by cash used in investing activities of $792,000 and cash used in financing activities of $3,578,000.
Net cash provided by operating activities of $8,458,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023 was due to net income of $4,189,000, as adjusted primarily by the following: stock-based compensation expense of $170,000, depreciation and amortization expense of $925,000, equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate of $477,000, operating lease asset amortization of $774,000, a decrease in accounts receivable of $428,000, an increase in prepaid expenses of $1,108,000, a decrease in inventory of $4,266,000, an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $398,000, and an decrease in lease liabilities of $785,000, all compared to December 31, 2022.
Accounts receivable decreased by $428,000, or 6.1%, to $6,545,000 as of December 31, 2023, from $6,973,000 as of December 31, 2022. The decrease in accounts receivable was primarily related to decreased receivables from our related party. The number of days that sales remained outstanding as of December 31, 2023, calculated by using an average of accounts receivable outstanding and annual revenue, was 40 days, compared to 35 days as of December 31, 2022. The increase in days was due to higher sales in the last months of 2023 compared to the same period of 2022.
Inventory decreased by $4,266,000, or 17.5%, to $20,131,000 as of December 31, 2023, from $24,397,000 as of December 31, 2022. The decrease was due to a decrease in inventory for the Disposable Protective Apparel segment of $1,224,000, or 8.5%, to $13,161,000, and a decrease in inventory for the Building Supply segment of $3,042,000, or 30.4%, to $6,970,000.
Prepaid expenses increased by $1,108,000, or 22.6%, to $6,010,000 as of December 31, 2023, from $4,902,000 as of December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to increased prepaid inventory and equipment and increased prepayments for insurance.
Right-of-use assets as of December 31, 2023 increased by $3,085,000 to $4,810,000 from $1,725,000 as of December 31, 2022, primarily as a result of renewing our Valdosta Georgia lease offset by amortization of the balance sheet.
Lease liabilities as of December 31, 2023 increased by $3,074,000 to $4,848,000 from $1,774,000 as of December 31, 2022. The increase in the lease liabilities was primarily the result of renewing our Valdosta, Georgia lease in December 2023 and the assumption we will continue to lease that facility for at least 16 years, partially offset by lease payments made during the year.
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2023 increased by $398,000, or 26.4%, to $1,905,000, from $1,507,000 as of December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to an increase in accrued bonuses and payroll.
Net cash used in investing activities was $792,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to net cash used in investing activities of $492,000 for 2022. Investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, consisted of the purchase of property and equipment.
Net cash used in financing activities was $3,578,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to net cash used in financing activities of $3,802,000 for 2022. Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2023 resulted from the payment of $4,002,000 for the repurchase of common stock and $40,000 for treasury stock excise tax, partially offset by $464,000 in proceeds from the exercise of stock options. Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2022 resulted from the payment of $3,882,000 for the repurchase of common stock, partially offset by $80,000 in proceeds from the exercise of stock options.
As of December 31, 2023, we had $2,194,000 available for stock purchases under our stock repurchase program. During the year ended December 31, 2023, we repurchased 951,010 shares of common stock at a cost of $4,002,000. As of December 31, 2023, we had repurchased a total of 20,411,627 shares of common stock at a cost of approximately $50,326,000 through our repurchase program which commenced in 1999. We retire all stock upon repurchase. Future repurchases are expected to be funded from cash on hand and cash flows from operating activities.
We believe that our current cash balance and expected cash flow from operations will be sufficient to satisfy our projected working capital and planned capital expenditures for the foreseeable future.
Related Parties
During 2023 and 2022, the Company had no related party transactions, other than the Company’s transactions with its non-consolidated affiliate, Harmony. See Note 7 – “Equity Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliate” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 for more information on our relationship with our non-consolidated affiliate Harmony Plastics Private Limited.
New Accounting Standards
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. These amendments address investor requests for enhanced transparency regarding income tax information. Specifically, they improve income tax disclosures related to rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 becomes effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact the adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This ASU improves reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant expenses, and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, on a retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the consolidated financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments –Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which replaces the existing incurred loss impairment model with an expected credit loss model and requires a financial asset measured at amortized cost to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. Public business entities classified as smaller reporting companies are required to apply the provision of ASU 2016-13 with annual reporting periods after December 15, 2022. The Company adopted Topic 326 effective January 1, 2023, which did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Management periodically reviews new accounting standards that are issued. Management has not identified any other new standards that it believes merit further discussion at this time.
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We subcontract the manufacturing of products in Sri Lanka, China and, to a lesser extent, in Mexico, and have a joint venture in India. In addition, our principal executive office, with 22 employees, is located in Canada. We do not believe that we have a material foreign currency exposure in relation to our purchase agreements with companies in Sri Lanka, China, India and Mexico as they are settled in U.S. dollars. In addition, all sales transactions are in U.S. dollars. In Canada, our foreign currency exposure is not material because we do not conduct manufacturing operations in Canada. Our exposure is limited to payroll expenses in the Canadian branch office. We do have potential material foreign currency exposure in relation to equity in our unconsolidated affiliate in India. The strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the foreign currency in India results is an unfavorable currency translation impact on the value of our equity of unconsolidated affiliate and is reported in AOCL. The resulting foreign currency translation gains or losses are deferred as AOCL and reclassified to earnings only upon sale or liquidation of that business.
We do not expect any significant effect on our consolidated results of operations from interest or currency rate fluctuations. We do not hedge interest rates or foreign exchange risks.
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All schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and Rule 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive and principal financial officers, and effected by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:
• pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect our transactions and dispositions of our assets;
• provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors; and
• provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, we assessed, as of December 31, 2023, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. This assessment was based on criteria established in accordance with the Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework). Based on this assessment, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2023.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. and subsidiaries (collectively, the Company) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, 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.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Valuation of Equity Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliate
As more fully described in Notes 3 and 7 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company holds a noncontrolling equity investment in a foreign entity which produces and sales certain products to the Company. As a global organization with an international affiliate, the Company needs to properly value its noncontrolling equity basis
Auditing the Company’s noncontrolling equity investment in a foreign entity was complex and required significant auditor judgement due to the complexities inherent with a foreign domiciled investment with related party transactions, foreign currency translation adjustments, and the potential of impairment.
Our testing of the Company’s noncontrolling equity investment in a foreign entity included, among other procedures, testing data for the foreign entity, evaluating and testing the significant assumptions and operating data used to eliminate intercompany transactions, and evaluating management’s method for accounting for the foreign currency transactions. We also visited the factories in India to test the existence of the factories, equipment, and inventory, and to observe operations of the affiliated entity.
Provision for Income Taxes
As more fully described in Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s net deferred income tax liabilities were $442,000 as of December 31, 2023, and income tax expense was $1,236,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023. As a global organization, the Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and foreign jurisdictions.
Auditing the Company’s provision for income taxes was complex and required a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity and effort in performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence relating to (i) management’s assessment of complex tax laws and regulations as it relates to determining the provision for income taxes, (ii) management’s assessment of the realizability of deferred tax assets, specifically related to available tax planning strategies and (iii) evaluating whether the data utilized in the calculations of the provision for income taxes, and deferred tax assets and liabilities were appropriate and consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.
Our testing of the Company’s provision for income taxes included, among others (i) testing the accuracy of the provision for income taxes, which included the effective tax rate reconciliation and permanent and temporary differences, (ii) evaluating whether the data utilized in the calculations of the provision for income taxes and deferred tax assets and liabilities were appropriate and consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit, (iii) evaluating the identification of accruals for unrecognized tax benefits and the reasonableness of the more likely than not determination in consideration of court decisions, legislative actions, statutes of limitations, and developments in tax examinations by jurisdiction, and (iv) evaluating the reasonableness of management’s assessment of the realizability of its deferred tax assets based on expectations of the ability to utilize its tax attributes through testing of historical and estimated future taxable income.
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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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1. |
The Company |
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (“Alpha Pro Tech,” the “Company,” “we”, “us” or “our”) is in the business of protecting people, products and environments. The Company accomplishes this by developing, manufacturing and marketing a line of building supply products for the new home and re-roofing markets and a line of disposable protective apparel for the cleanroom, industrial, pharmaceutical, medical and dental markets.
The Building Supply segment consists of construction weatherization products, such as housewrap, housewrap accessories, namely tape and flashing, synthetic roof underlayment and synthetic roof underlayment accessories, namely self-adhered underlayment, as well as other woven material.
The Disposable Protective Apparel segment consists of a complete line of disposable protective garments (shoecovers, bouffant caps, coveralls, gowns, frocks and lab coats), face masks and face shields. All of our disposable protective apparel products, including face masks and face shields, are sold through similar distribution channels, are single-use and disposable, have the purpose of protecting people, products and environments, and have to be produced in Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved facilities, regardless of the market served.
The Company’s products are sold under the “Alpha Pro Tech” brand name as well as under private label and are predominantly sold in the United States of America (“U.S.”).
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2. |
Revised Prior Period Financial Statements |
During the financial close for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the Company discovered certain errors related to its accounting policy for the accounting for share repurchases. Since the release of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (the “ASC” or the “Codification”), the Company should have allocated excess repurchase price over par value between additional paid-in capital and retained earnings, rather than entirely to additional paid-in capital.
In periods prior to January 1, 2022, the Company should have allocated $18,131,000 from additional paid-capital to retained earnings, related to previously recording the repurchase price paid in excess of par value to additional paid-in capital instead of allocating the repurchase price paid in excess of par value between additional paid-in capital and retained earnings. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company should have allocated an additional $1,032,000 in excess repurchase price to additional paid-capital, resulting in a balance of $17,099,000 of additional paid-in capital and total of retained earnings of $45,025,000 at December 31, 2022. As a result, the Company adjusted the values of additional paid-in capital and retained earnings in shareholders’ equity on the balance sheet, and on the consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity. There was no impact on the statement of income, total consolidated balance sheet or total statement of shareholders’ equity. The only change in the consolidated balance sheet is between additional paid-in capital and retained earnings as total shareholders’ equity did not change.
These revisions resulted in an increase in additional paid-in capital and a decrease in retained earnings but no effect on total assets, total liabilities, total shareholders’ equity, net income, earnings per share or cash flows. Management has determined that this revision was not material on a quantitative or qualitative basis to the prior period financial statements based on its analysis performed in accordance with the guidance provided by SEC Staff Accounting Bulletins No. 99 – Materiality and No. 108 –Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements. Management has determined that the cumulative effect of the error was immaterial on the current year balance sheet.
The Company has determined that the impact of adjustments relating to the corrections of this accounting error is not material to previously issued annual audited and unaudited financial statements and as such no restatement was necessary. Correcting prior year financial statements for immaterial errors would not require previously filed reports to be amended. Such a correction may be made the next time the registrant files the prior year financial statements, as wells as correcting the cumulative error in the current year would also be immaterial to the current year. Accordingly, these misstatements were corrected, and the adjustments are reflected in the related periods as noted below. The correction of these errors and the adjustments for these changes to the Company’s previously issued audited annual consolidated financial statements are shown in the table below, and the correction of these errors and the adjustments to the previously issued unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements are shown in Note 19 to the financial statements.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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*This was previously reported as $
** This was previously reported as $
The correcting adjustments have no effect on prior year’s consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, or cash flows.
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3. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Alpha Pro Tech, Inc. and Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Events that occurred after December 31, 2023, through the date on which these financial statements were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) were considered in the preparation of these financial statements.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Periods Presented
All amounts have been rounded to the nearest thousand with the exception of the per share data. The Company qualified as a smaller reporting company at the measurement date for determining such qualification during 2023. According to the disclosure requirements for smaller reporting companies, the Company has included balance sheets as of the end of the two most recent years and statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two most recent years.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Investments
Investments are classified as available-for-sale in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company does not have any investments in securities that are classified as held-to-maturity or trading. Available-for-sale investments are carried at their fair values using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities, with realized and unrealized gains and losses reported in net income. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Investments that the Company intends to hold for more than one year are classified as long-term investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoice amount and do not bear interest. The allowance for credit losses is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of expected credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable; however, changes in circumstances relating to accounts receivable may result in a requirement for additional allowances in the future. The Company pools accounts receivable based on risk characteristics, which include type of customer and age of open receivable balance. The allowance for each credit losses pool is estimated based on historical write-off experience and known conditions, adjusted for management’s reasonable and supportable expectations of future conditions. Account balances are charged against the allowance when management determines that the probability for collection of an account balance is remote. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had recorded an allowance for credit losses on accounts receivable of $
Inventories
Inventories include freight-in, materials, labor and overhead costs and are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Allowances are recorded for slow-moving, obsolete or unusable inventories. The Company assesses inventories for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable products and writes down the difference between the cost of the inventories and the estimated net realizable values based upon assumptions about future sales and supplies on-hand. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had recorded an allowance for excess and obsolete inventories of $292,000 and $152,000, respectively.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Costs to develop internal use software are charged to expense as incurred until the preliminary project stage has been completed and application development begins. The Company discontinues capitalization upon entering the post-implementation stage and expenses ongoing maintenance and support costs. Property and equipment are depreciated or amortized using the straight-line method over the shorter of the respective useful lives of the assets or the related lease terms as follows:
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Expenditures for renewals and betterments are capitalized, whereas costs of maintenance and repairs are charged to operations in the period incurred.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
The Company accounts for goodwill and definite-lived intangible assets in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other. Goodwill is not amortized, but rather is tested annually for impairment. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their useful lives (see Note 6). The Company’s patents and trademarks are recorded at cost and are amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The estimated fair values of financial instruments are determined based on relevant market information and cannot be determined with precision. The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in its business circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be fully recoverable. If it is determined that the undiscounted future net cash flows are not sufficient to recover the carrying values of the assets, an impairment loss is recognized for the excess of the carrying values over the fair values of the assets. The Company believes that the future undiscounted net cash flows to be received from its long-lived assets exceed the assets’ carrying values and, accordingly, the Company has not recognized any impairment losses for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
Revenue Recognition
Net sales includes revenue from products and shipping and handling charges, net of estimates for product returns and any related sales incentives. Our customer contracts have a single performance obligation: transfer control of products to customers. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for transferring control of products. All revenue is recognized when we satisfy our performance obligations under the applicable contract. We recognize revenue in connection with transferring control of the promised products to the customer, with revenue being recognized at the point in time when the customer obtains control of the products, which is generally when title passes to the customer upon delivery to a third party carrier for FOB shipping point arrangements and to the customer for FOB destination arrangements, at which time a receivable is created for the invoice sent to the customer. Shipping and handling activities are performed prior to the customer obtaining control of the goods, and are accounted for as fulfillment activities and are not a promised good or service. Shipping and handling charges billed to customers are included in revenue. Shipping and handling costs, associated with the distribution of the Company’s product to the customers, are recorded in cost of goods sold and are recognized when control of the product is transferred to the customer, which is generally when title passes to the customer upon delivery to a third-party carrier for FOB shipping point arrangements and to the customer for FOB destination arrangements. We estimate product returns based on historical return rates and estimate rebates based on contractual agreements. Using probability assessments, we estimate sales incentives expected to be paid over the term of the contract. Sales taxes and value added taxes in foreign and domestic jurisdictions that are collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are accounted for on a net basis and, therefore, are excluded from net sales. The Company manufactures certain private label goods for customers and has determined that control does not pass to the customer at the time of manufacture, based upon the nature of the private labelling. The Company has determined as of December 31, 2023, that it had no material contract assets, and concluded that its contract liabilities (primarily rebates) had the right of offset against customer receivables. See Note 15 of these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information on revenue disaggregated by type and by geographic region.
Shipping and Handling Costs
The costs of shipping products to distributors are recorded in cost of goods sold.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company maintains the 2020 Incentive Plan under which the Company may grant incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other equity-based compensation to employees and non-employee directors. Stock options have been granted with exercise prices at or above the fair market value of the underlying shares of common stock on the date of grant. Options vest and expire according to terms established at the grant date. Restricted stock and restricted stock units have been granted, and the fair market value of these awards equals the closing stock price on the date of grant.
The Company accounts for share-based awards in accordance with ASC 718, Stock Compensation. ASC 718 requires companies to record compensation expense for the value of all outstanding and unvested share-based awards, including employee stock options.
For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce the carrying amounts of deferred income tax assets unless it is more likely than not that such assets will be realized. The Company’s policy is to record any interest and penalties assessed by the Internal Revenue Service as a component of the provision for income taxes. The Company provides allowances for uncertain income tax positions when it is more likely than not that the position will not be sustained upon examination by the tax authority.
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and in various state and foreign jurisdictions.
Earnings Per Common Share
The following table provides a reconciliation of both net income and the number of shares used in the computation of “basic” earnings per common share (“EPS”), which utilizes the weighted average number of common shares outstanding without regard to potential common shares, and “diluted” EPS, which includes all potential common shares which are dilutive for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
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Translation of Foreign Currencies
Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate prevailing at the transaction date. Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies at each period end are translated at the exchange rate in effect at that date. Transaction gains or losses on foreign currencies are reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses and were not material for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
The Company does not have a material foreign currency exposure in regards to purchase agreements with companies in Asia and Mexico as the agreements are in U.S. dollars. In addition, all sales transactions are in U.S. dollars. The Company has a foreign currency exposure with respect to its Canadian branch office. The foreign currency exposure is not material due to the fact that the Company does not manufacture products in Canada. The exposure primarily relates to payroll expenses in the Company’s administrative branch office in Canada. The Company also has potentially material foreign currency exposure in regards to its equity in its unconsolidated affiliate in India. The Company’s unconsolidated affiliate operations are in India; therefore, U.S. GAAP requires the Company to adjust the value of its investment for changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company determines the functional currency of its joint venture based upon the primary currency used to generate and expend cash, which is the currency of the country in which the joint venture is located. For joint ventures with functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the investment in that joint venture is translated into U.S. dollars using period-end exchange rates. The resulting foreign currency translation losses are deferred as accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”) and reclassified to earnings only upon sale or liquidation of that business. The foreign currency translations reduced the balance of equity in unconsolidated affiliated by $
Research and Development Costs
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses. Such costs were not material for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
Advertising Costs
The Company expenses advertising and promotional costs as incurred. These costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses and were $
Loss Contingencies
The outcomes of legal proceedings and claims brought against the Company are subject to uncertainty. An estimated loss from a loss contingency such as a legal proceeding or claim is accrued if it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. In determining whether a loss should be accrued, we evaluate, among other factors, the degree of probability of an unfavorable outcome and the ability to make a reasonable estimate of the amount of loss.
Fair Value Measurements
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with U.S. GAAP, clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework and expands disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. On a quarterly basis, the Company measures at fair value certain financial assets using a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s own assumptions. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels.
This hierarchy requires the Company to minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to use observable market data, if available, when determining fair value. There were no fair values of the Company’s financial assets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.
New Accounting Standards
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. These amendments address investor requests for enhanced transparency regarding income tax information. Specifically, they improve income tax disclosures related to rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 becomes effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact the adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This ASU improves reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant expenses, and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, on a retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the consolidated financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which replaces the existing incurred loss impairment model with an expected credit loss model and requires a financial asset measured at amortized cost to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. Public business entities classified as smaller reporting companies were required to apply the provision of ASU 2016-13 with annual reporting periods after December 15, 2022. The Company adopted Topic 326 effective January 1, 2023, which did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Management periodically reviews new accounting standards that are issued. Management has not identified any other new standards that it believes merit further discussion at this time.
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Inventories |
Inventories consisted of the following:
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Property and Equipment |
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6. |
Goodwill and Intangible Assets |
Management evaluates goodwill for impairment on an annual basis (in the fourth quarter), and no impairment charge was identified for the years presented.
Definite-lived intangible assets, consisting of patents and trademarks, are amortized over their useful lives. Intangible assets consisted of the following:
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Amortization expense for intangible assets was $
There is no estimated future amortization expense related to definite-lived intangible assets for the year ending December 31, 2024.
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7. |
Equity Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliate |
In 2005, Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc. (a subsidiary of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.) entered into a joint venture with a manufacturer in India, Maple Industries and associates, for the production of building products. Under the terms of the joint venture agreement, a private company, Harmony Plastics Private Limited (“Harmony”), was created with ownership interests of
This joint venture positions Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc. to respond to current and expected increased product demand for housewrap and synthetic roof underlayment and provides future capacity for sales of specialty roofing component products and custom products for industrial applications requiring high quality extrusion coated fabrics. In addition, the joint venture now supplies products for the Company’s Disposable Protective Apparel segment.
The capital from the initial funding and a bank loan, which loan is guaranteed exclusively by the individual shareholders of Maple Industries and associates and collateralized by the assets of Harmony, were utilized to purchase the original manufacturing facility in India. Harmony currently has facilities in India ( owned and rented), consisting of: (1) a
In accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation, the Company assesses whether or not related entities are variable interest entities (“VIEs”). For those related entities that qualify as VIEs, ASC 810 requires the Company to determine whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of the VIE, and, if so, to consolidate the VIE. The Company has determined that Harmony is not a VIE and is, therefore, considered to be an unconsolidated affiliate.
The Company records its investment in Harmony as “equity investment in unconsolidated affiliate” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company records its equity interest in Harmony’s results of operations as “equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate” in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. The Company periodically reviews its investment in Harmony for impairment. Management has determined that impairment was required as of December 31, 2023, or December 31, 2022. Under the equity method, since the Company’s reporting currency is different from of Harmony’s reporting currency, the Company is required to translate our proportionate share of equity for effects of translations in foreign currency and adjust the investment accordingly, and accrue the adjustment as a component of AOCL.
For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company purchased $
As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s investment in Harmony was $
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8. |
Accrued Liabilities |
Accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
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2023 |
2022 |
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|
Payroll expenses and tax payable |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
Commission and bonuses payable and general accrued liabilities |
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|
Total accrued liabilities |
$ | $ | ||||||
Contract liabilities were $
|
9. |
Shareholders’ Equity |
Repurchase Program
During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company repurchased and retired
Option Activity
The 2004 Stock Option Plan (the “2004 Plan”) is an equity compensation plan that provides for grants of stock options to eligible individuals. The 2004 Plan is intended to recognize the contributions made to the Company by key employees of the Company, provide key employees with additional incentive to devote themselves to the future success of the Company and improve the ability of the Company to attract, retain and motivate individuals. The 2004 Plan also is intended as an incentive to certain members of the Board of Directors of the Company to continue to serve on the Board of Directors and to devote themselves to the future success of the Company.
The 2004 Plan provides for a total of
At the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 9, 2020, the Company’s shareholders approved the Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2020 Incentive Plan”). The 2020 Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive and nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, awards of restricted stock and restricted stock units, performance share awards, cash awards and other equity-based awards to employees (including officers), consultants and non-employee directors of the Company and its affiliates. A total of
The following table summarizes restricted stock awards activity for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:
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Weighted-Average |
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|
Grant Date Price |
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|
Shares |
Restricted stock awards |
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|
Outstanding, December 31, 2021 |
$ | |||||||
|
Granted to employees and directors |
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|
Vested |
( |
) | ||||||
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Canceled/expired/forfeited |
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Outstanding, December 31, 2022 |
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|
Granted to employees and directors |
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|
Vested |
( |
) | ||||||
|
Canceled/expired/forfeited |
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|
Outstanding December 31, 2023 |
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During the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022,
The following table summarizes option activity for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:
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Weighted |
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|
Average |
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|
Exercise Price |
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Shares |
Per Option |
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|
Options outstanding, December 31, 2021 |
$ | |||||||
|
Granted to employees and directors |
||||||||
|
Exercised |
( |
) | ||||||
|
Canceled/expired/forfeited |
( |
) | ||||||
|
Options outstanding, December 31, 2022 |
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|
Granted to employees and directors |
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|
Exercised |
( |
) | ||||||
|
Canceled/expired/forfeited |
( |
) | ||||||
|
Options outstanding, December 31, 2023 |
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|
Options exercisable, December 31, 2023 |
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Stock options to purchase
The Company used the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to value the options. The Company uses historical data to estimate the expected term of the options. The risk-free interest rate for periods consistent with the expected term of the award is based on the U.S. Treasury rates in effect at the time of grant. The expected volatility is based on historical volatility. The Company uses an estimated dividend payout ratio of , as the Company has not paid dividends in the past and, at this time, does not expect to do so in the foreseeable future. The Company accounts for option forfeitures as they occur.
The following table summarizes information about stock options as of December 31, 2023:
|
Options Outstanding |
Options Exercisable |
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|
Range of Exercise Prices |
Options |
Weighted Average Exercise Price |
Weighted Average Remaining Contract Life (in years) |
Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Options |
Weighted Average Exercise Price |
Weighted Average Remaining Contract Life (in years) |
Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
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|
$ |
- | $ |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The intrinsic value is the amount by which the market value of the underlying common stock exceeds the exercise price of the respective stock options. The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, was $
As of December 31, 2023, $
Dividends
The holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by the Board of Directors of the Company from time to time to the extent that funds are legally available for payment thereof. The Company has never declared or paid any dividends on any of its outstanding shares of common stock. The Board of Directors’ current policy is not to pay dividends but rather to use available funds to repurchase common shares in accordance with the Company’s repurchase program and to fund the continued development and growth of the Company. Consequently, the Company currently has no plans to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
|
10. |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, a component of shareholders’ equity, consists of foreign currency translation adjustments related to foreign currency gains or losses on our unconsolidated affiliate as its functional currency is other than the U.S. dollar. The resulting foreign currency translation gains or losses are deferred as AOCL and reclassified to earnings only upon sale or liquidation of that business. The accumulated other comprehensive loss on equity in unconsolidated affiliate was $
|
11. |
Income Taxes |
The provision (benefit) for income taxes consisted of the following:
|
For the Years Ended December 31, |
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|
2023 |
2022 |
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|
Current |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
Deferred |
( |
) | ( |
) | ||||
|
Provision for income taxes |
$ | $ | ||||||
Deferred income tax assets (liabilities) consisted of the following:
|
December 31, |
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|
2023 |
2022 |
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|
Temporary differences: |
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|
Property and equipment |
$ | ( |
) | $ | ( |
) | ||
|
Intangible assets |
( |
) | ||||||
|
Inventory reserve |
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|
Accrued expenses and inventory |
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|
Right of Use Asset |
( |
) | ||||||
|
Foreign exchange |
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|
Lease Liability |
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|
AMT/Foreign tax credits |
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|
State income taxes |
( |
) | ( |
) | ||||
|
Net deferred income tax liabilities |
$ | ( |
) | $ | ( |
) | ||
The provision for income taxes differs from the amount that would be obtained by applying the U.S. statutory rate to income before income taxes as a result of the following:
|
For the Years Ended December 31, |
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|
2023 |
2022 |
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|
Income taxes based on U.S. statutory rate of 21% |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
Non-deductible meals & entertainment |
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|
FDII deduction |
( |
) | ( |
) | ||||
|
Foreign taxes |
( |
) | ( |
) | ||||
|
State taxes |
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|
Stock Compensation |
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|
Other |
( |
) | ||||||
|
Provision for income taxes |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
12. |
Leases |
Operating Lease Commitments: The Company leases its facilities under non-cancelable operating leases expiring on various dates through December 31, 2034. The Company has operating leases for the Company’s corporate office and manufacturing facilities, which expire at various dates through 2034. The Company’s primary operating lease commitments as of December 31, 2023, related to the Company’s manufacturing facilities in Valdosta, Georgia, Nogales, Arizona and Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as the Company’s corporate headquarters in Markham, Ontario, Canada.
As of December 31, 2023, the Company had operating lease right-of-use assets of $
The aggregate future minimum lease payments and reconciliation to lease liabilities as of December 31, 2023, were as follows:
|
December 31, |
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|
2023 |
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|
2024 |
$ | |||
|
2025 |
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|
2026 |
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|
2027 |
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|
2028 |
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|
Thereafter |
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|
Total future minimum lease payments |
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|
Less imputed interest |
( |
) | ||
|
Total lease liabilities |
$ | |||
As of December 31, 2023, the weighted average remaining lease term of the Company’s operating leases was
|
13. |
Legal |
Legal Proceedings:
On June 7, 2022, the Company filed a lawsuit (the “Lawsuit”) in the Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah naming as defendants Mechanized Concepts, LLC, Matthew D. Collegee, Collegee Machine, Engineering, Design, LLC, Joseph Collegee d/b/a/ Collegee Machine, and Justin Staub (collectively, the “Defendants”). The Lawsuit relates to certain equipment ordered from Defendants and paid for by the Company, which Defendants never delivered. In the Lawsuit the Company is seeking the following relief: compensatory damages in the amount $4
The Company is subject to various pending and threatened litigation actions in the ordinary course of business. Although it is not possible to determine with certainty at this point in time what liability, if any, the Company will have as a result of such litigation, based on consultation with legal counsel, management does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, resulting from such litigation will have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
|
14. |
Employee Benefit Plans |
The Company has certain benefit plans. Under the plans, employees may contribute up to
The Company does not have any other significant pension, profit sharing or similar plans established for its employees. Pursuant to his employment agreement with the Company, Lloyd Hoffman, our President and Chief Executive Officer, is contractually entitled to receive from the Company at the conclusion of each fiscal year a cash bonus in an amount equal to
|
15. |
Activity of Business Segments |
The Company operates through business segments:
(1) Building Supply: consisting of a line of construction supply weatherization products. The construction supply weatherization products consist of housewrap and synthetic roof underlayment, as well as other woven material. The majority of the Company’s equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate (Harmony) is included in the total segment income for the Building Supply segment.
(2) Disposable Protective Apparel: consisting of a complete line of disposable protective garments, including shoecovers (including the Aqua Trak® and spunbond shoecovers), bouffant caps, coveralls, frocks, lab coats, gowns and hoods, as well as face masks and face shields for the pharmaceutical, cleanroom, industrial, medical and dental markets. A portion of the Company’s equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate (Harmony) is included in the total segment income for the Disposable Protective Apparel segment.
Segment data excludes charges allocated to the principal executive office and other unallocated corporate overhead expenses and income tax. The Company evaluates the performance of its segments and allocates resources to them based primarily on net sales.
The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described previously under Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (see Note 3). Segment data excludes charges allocated to the principal executive office and other corporate unallocated expenses and income taxes. The Company evaluates the performance of its segments and allocates resources to them based primarily on net sales.
The following table presents net sales for each segment:
|
Years Ended December 31, |
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|
2023 |
2022 |
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|
Building Supply |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
Disposable Protective Apparel |
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|
Consolidated net sales |
$ | $ | ||||||
The following table presents the reconciliation of total segment income to total consolidated net income:
|
Years Ended December 31, |
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| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
|
Building Supply |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
Disposable Protective Apparel |
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|
Total segment income |
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|
Unallocated corporate overhead expenses |
||||||||
|
Provision for income taxes |
||||||||
|
Consolidated net income |
$ | $ | ||||||
The following table presents net sales and long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization, information by geographic area:
|
Years Ended December 31, |
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|
2023 |
2022 |
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|
Net sales by geographic region |
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|
United States |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
International |
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|
Consolidated net sales |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
As of December 31, |
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|
2023 |
2022 |
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|
Long-lived assets, net by geographic region |
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|
United States |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
International |
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|
Consolidated total long-lived assets, net |
$ | $ | ||||||
Net sales by geographic region are based on the countries in which our customers are located. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company did not generate sales from any single country, except the United States, that were significant to the Company’s consolidated net sales.
The following table presents the consolidated net property, equipment, goodwill and intangible assets by segment:
|
As of December 31, |
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|
2023 |
2022 |
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|
Building Supply |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
Disposable Protective Apparel |
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|
Total segment assets |
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|
Unallocated corporate assets |
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|
Total consolidated assets |
$ | $ | ||||||
|
16. |
Concentration of Risk |
The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents in various bank accounts, the balances of which at times may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses related to these accounts, and management does not believe that the Company is exposed to significant credit risk.
Management believes that adequate provision has been made for risk of loss on all credit transactions.
The Company buys a significant amount of its disposable protective apparel products from a limited number of contract manufacturers located in Asia and, to a much lesser extent, a contract manufacturer in Mexico. Management believes that other suppliers could provide similar products at comparable terms. A change in suppliers, however, could cause a delay in shipment and a possible loss of sales, which would affect operating results adversely.
The Building Supply segment buys semi-finished housewrap and synthetic roof underlayment from its joint venture, Harmony, located in India. Although there are a limited number of manufacturers of the particular product, management believes that other suppliers could provide similar products at comparable terms. A change in suppliers, however, could cause a delay in shipment and a possible loss of sales, which would affect operating results adversely.
The Company provides products to customers located primarily in the United States. Customers accounting for
|
December 31, |
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|
2023 |
2022 |
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|
Accounts Receivable: |
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|
Customer A |
% | % | ||||||
|
Customer B |
% | * | ||||||
|
Customer C |
% | % | ||||||
|
Net sales: |
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|
Customer A |
% | % | ||||||
|
Customer B |
% | % | ||||||
|
Customer C |
% | % | ||||||
|
17. |
Employment Agreements |
The Company has entered into an employment agreement with its current President and Chief Executive Officer, which has a term of approximately years, and which renews in accordance with its terms. The agreement provides that, if the officer’s employment is terminated without cause, as defined in the agreements, the officer is entitled to receive certain severance payments. If termination occurs due to retirement, the officer will enter into a four-year consulting arrangement with the Company at a specified percentage of the officer’s then current salary. Upon death or disability, the Company will also make certain payments to the officer or the officer’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable.
|
18. |
Related Party Transactions |
During 2023, the Company’s only material related party transactions were the Company’s transactions with its non-consolidated affiliate, Harmony. See Note 7.
|
19. |
Revisions of Previously Issued Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) |
The tables below show the effects of errors in the Company’s previously issued unaudited quarterly financial statement. The adjustments for the periods presented relate to the same matter discussed in Note 2. Specifically, for each period:
|
- |
The amount paid for our stock repurchases in excess of par value has been reclassified from additional paid-in capital to retained earnings. |
The impact on the interim consolidated balance sheets and statements of shareholders’ equity for all periods presented are as follows:
Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
|
March 31, 2023 |
March 31, 2022 |
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|
Previously |
Previously |
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|
Reported |
Adjustments |
Revised |
Reported |
Adjustments |
Revised |
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|
Shareholders' equity: |
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|
Additional paid in capital |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Retained earnings |
( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total shareholders' equity |
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|
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
|
June 30, 2023 |
June 30, 2022 |
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|
Previously |
Previously |
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|
Reported |
Adjustments |
Revised |
Reported |
Adjustments |
Revised |
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|
Shareholders' equity: |
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|
Additional paid in capital |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Retained earnings |
( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total shareholders' equity |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
|
September 30, 2023 |
September 30, 2022 |
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|
Previously |
Previously |
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|
Reported |
Adjustments |
Revised |
Reported |
Adjustments |
Revised |
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|
Shareholders' equity: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Additional paid in capital |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Retained earnings |
( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total shareholders' equity |
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|
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity |
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Shareholder's Equity (unaudited)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
|
Accumulated |
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|
Additional |
Other |
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|
Common Stock |
Paid-in |
Retained |
Comprehensive |
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Shares |
Amount |
Capital |
Earnings |
Income (Loss) |
Total |
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of December 31, 2022 |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
|
Net income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common stock repurchased and retired |
( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Options exercised |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of March 31, 2023 |
( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common stock repurchased and retired |
( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||
|
Treasury stock excise tax |
- | ( |
) | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Options exercised |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of June 30, 2023 |
( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common stock repurchased and retired |
( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||
|
Treasury stock excise tax |
- | ( |
) | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Options exercised |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive loss |
- | ( |
) | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of September 30, 2023 |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Shareholder's Equity (unaudited)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 as Revised
|
Accumulated |
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|
Additional |
Other |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common Stock |
Paid-in |
Retained |
Comprehensive |
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Shares |
Amount |
Capital |
Earnings |
Income (Loss) |
Total |
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of December 31, 2022 as revised |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
|
Net income |
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common stock repurchased and retired as revised |
( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Options exercised |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of March 31, 2023 as revised |
( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common stock repurchased and retired as revised |
( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||
|
Treasury stock excise tax |
- | ( |
) | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Options exercised |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of June 30, 2023 as revised |
( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common stock repurchased and retired as revised |
( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||
|
Treasury stock excise tax |
- | ( |
) | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Options exercised |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive loss |
- | ( |
) | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of September 30, 2023 as revised |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Shareholder's Equity (unaudited)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
|
Accumulated |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Additional |
Other |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common Stock |
Paid-in |
Retained |
Comprehensive |
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Shares |
Amount |
Capital |
Earnings |
Loss |
Total |
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of December 31, 2021 |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
|
Net income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common stock repurchased and retired |
( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive loss |
- | ( |
) | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of March 31, 2022 |
( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common stock repurchased and retired |
( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Options exercised |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive loss |
- | ( |
) | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of June 30, 2022 |
( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net income |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common stock repurchased and retired |
( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Options exercised |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive loss |
- | ( |
) | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of September 30, 2022 |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Shareholder's Equity (unaudited)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 as Revised
|
Accumulated |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Additional |
Other |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common Stock |
Paid-in |
Retained |
Comprehensive |
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Shares |
Amount |
Capital |
Earnings |
Loss |
Total |
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance as of December 31, 2021 as revised |
$ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | |||||||||||||||||
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Subsequent Events |
In February 2024, we signed a new year lease agreement for a
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Item 9. |
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. |
None.
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Item 9A. |
Controls and Procedures. |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our (i) President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and (ii) Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) as of December 31, 2023 pursuant to the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act. Disclosure controls and procedures are the controls and other procedures that we have designed to ensure that we record, process, summarize and report in a timely manner the information that we must disclose in reports that we file with or submit to the SEC under the Exchange Act. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, we recognize that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and that we are required to apply our judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of the end of the period covered by this report.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
This report is included in Item 8 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Attestation Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
As a result of being a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide an attestation report from our independent registered public accounting firm regarding our internal control over financial reporting. We have elected not to include such an attestation report in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which election was approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2023, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and Rule 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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Item 9B. |
Other Information. |
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(a) |
None. |
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(b) |
From time to time, members of the Company's Board of Directors and officers of the Company may enter into Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, which allow for the purchase or sale of common stock under pre-established terms at times when directors and officers might otherwise be prevented from trading under insider trading laws or because of self-imposed blackout periods. Such trading plans are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act and comply with the Company's insider trading policy. During the three months ended December 31, 2023, none of the Company’s directors or officers adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item of Regulation S-K. |
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Item 9C. |
Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections. |
N/A.
PART III
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Item 10. |
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance. |
We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to all of our directors, officers and employees. A copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on the Company’s website at www.alphaprotech.com in the “Investors” section under “Corporate Governance.” We intend to disclose any amendments to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, as well as any waivers for executive officers or directors, on our website at www.alphaprotech.com.
Other information required by this Item is incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Regulation 14A. The registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be filed with the SEC within 120 days of December 31, 2023.
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Item 11. |
Executive Compensation. |
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A. The registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be filed with the SEC within 120 days of December 31, 2023.
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Item 12. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters. |
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The following table summarizes the securities that have been authorized for issuance as of December 31, 2023 under Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2020 Incentive Plan”), which was previously approved by our shareholders at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The 2020 Incentive Plan is described in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights |
Weighted- average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights |
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) |
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Represents 1,733,075 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to our 2020 Plan. Does not include 272,824 time-based restricted stock awards under our 2020 Incentive Plan. |
The other information required by this Item is incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A. The registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be filed with the SEC within 120 days of December 31, 2023.
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Item 13. |
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence. |
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A. The registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be filed with the SEC within 120 days of December 31, 2023.
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Item 14. |
Principal Accountant Fees and Services. |
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A. The registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be filed with the SEC within 120 days of December 31, 2023.
PART IV
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Item 15. |
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules. |
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Financial Statements. |
The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, included herein in Item 8, are as follows:
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting;
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm;
Consolidated Balance Sheets – December 31, 2023 and 2022;
Consolidated Statements of Income – Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022;
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022;
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity – Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022;
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022;
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Financial Statement Schedules. |
The financial statement schedules pursuant to this Item are not included herein because they are not required for a smaller reporting company.
(a)(3) & (b) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with this report or incorporated by reference:
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Item 16. |
Form 10-K Summary. |
The Company has elected not to provide a summary of the information contained in this report at this time.
EXHIBIT INDEX
ITEM 15(a)(3)
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Exhibit No. |
Description |
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3.1.1 |
Certificate of Incorporation of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(f) to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, filed on March 31, 1995 (File No. 000-19893) (P). |
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Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(j) to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, filed on March 31, 1995 (File No. 000-19893) (P). |
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Certificate of Ownership and Merger (BFD Industries, Inc. into Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(l) to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, filed on March 31, 1995 (File No. 000-19893) (P). |
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Policy Regarding Recovery of Erroneously-Awarded Compensation |
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Interactive Data Files for Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd’s Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2023, formatted in Inline XBRL. |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). |
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* Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. (P) Indicates a paper filing with the SEC. |
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.
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| DATE: | March 13, 2024 |
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| DATE: | March 13, 2024 | BY: | /s/Colleen McDonald | ||
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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.
/s/Lloyd Hoffman
Lloyd Hoffman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/Colleen McDonald
Colleen McDonald, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/Danny Montgomery
Danny Montgomery, Senior Vice President Manufacturing and Director
/s/Donna Millar
Donna Millar, Investor Relations and Director
/s/David Garcia
David Garcia, Director
/s/Dr. John Ritota
Dr. John Ritota, Director
/s/James Buchan
James Buchan, Director
/s/Benjamin Shaw
Benjamin Shaw, Director
EXHIBIT 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF ALPHA PRO TECH, LTD.
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Alpha Pro Tech, Inc. |
Oklahoma |
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Alpha ProTech Engineered Products, Inc. |
Delaware |
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
As an independent registered public accounting firm, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-121184, No. 333-169056 and No. 333-249092) of our report dated March 13, 2024, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. as of and for the two years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Lehi, Utah
March 13, 2024
EXHIBIT 31.1
Certification
I, Lloyd Hoffman, certify that:
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I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd; |
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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; |
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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; |
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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: |
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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; |
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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; |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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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 |
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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: | March 13, 2024 | BY: | /s/Lloyd Hoffman | ||
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Lloyd Hoffman President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
EXHIBIT 31.2
Certification
I, Colleen McDonald, certify that:
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I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd; |
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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; |
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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; |
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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: |
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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; |
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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; |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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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 |
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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: | March 13, 2024 | BY: | /s/Colleen McDonald | ||
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Colleen McDonald Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
EXHIBIT 32.1
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Lloyd Hoffman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
| DATE: | March 13, 2024 | BY: | /s/Lloyd Hoffman | ||
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Lloyd Hoffman President and Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT 32.2
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Colleen McDonald, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
| DATE: | March 13, 2024 | BY: | /s/Colleen McDonald | ||
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Colleen McDonald Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 97
ALPHA PRO TECH, LTD.
POLICY FOR THE
RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION
1. Purpose. The purpose of this Policy is to describe the circumstances in which Executive Officers will be required to repay, return, or forfeit Erroneously Awarded Compensation to the Company. This Policy shall be interpreted to comply with Rule 10D-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the related listing rules of the Exchange, and, to the extent this Policy is deemed inconsistent with such rules in any manner, this Policy shall be treated as retroactively amended to be compliant with such rules. Capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section 3 below.
2. Administration. This Policy shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee has full and final authority to make all determinations under this Policy, except for the determinations within the Board’s sole discretion as specified in Section 9 of this Policy, in each case to the extent permitted under the listing rules of the Exchange and in compliance with (or pursuant to an exemption from the application of) Section 409A of the Code. Any determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding on all affected individuals.
3. Definitions. For purposes of this Policy, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below.
(a) “Accounting Restatement” shall mean an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, including any required accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to the previously issued financial statements (a “Big R” restatement), or that would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period (a “little r” restatement).
(b) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) “Clawback Eligible Incentive Compensation” shall mean all Incentive-based Compensation Received by an Executive Officer (i) on or after October 2, 2023, (ii) after beginning service as an Executive Officer, (iii) who served as an Executive Officer at any time during the applicable performance period for such Incentive-based Compensation (whether or not such Executive Officer is serving at the time the Erroneously Awarded Compensation is required to be repaid, returned, or forfeited to the Company Group), (iv) while the Company has a class of securities listed on a national securities exchange or a national securities association, and (v) during the applicable Clawback Period.
(d) “Clawback Period” shall mean, with respect to any Accounting Restatement, the three completed fiscal years of the Company immediately preceding the Restatement Date, including any transition period (that results from a change in the Company’s fiscal year) of less than nine months within or immediately following those three completed fiscal years.
(e) “Code” shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Code or regulation thereunder includes such section or regulation, any valid regulation or other official guidance promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing, or superseding such section or regulation.
(f) “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee (if composed entirely of independent directors) of the Board, or, in the absence of such a committee, a majority of the independent directors serving on the Board.
(g) “Company” shall mean Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd., a Delaware corporation.
(h) “Company Group” shall mean the Company, together with each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries.
(i) “Effective Date” shall mean October 2, 2023.
(j) “Erroneously Awarded Compensation” shall mean, with respect to each Executive Officer in connection with an Accounting Restatement, the amount of Clawback Eligible Incentive Compensation Received that exceeds the amount of Incentive-based Compensation that otherwise would have been Received had it been determined based on the restated amounts, computed without regard to any taxes paid. For Incentive-based Compensation based on (or derived from) stock price or total stockholder return where the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation is not subject to mathematical recalculation directly from the information in the applicable Accounting Restatement, the amount shall be determined by the Committee based on a reasonable estimate of the effect of the Accounting Restatement on the stock price or total stockholder return upon which the Incentive-based Compensation was Received (in which case, the Company shall maintain documentation of such determination of that reasonable estimate and provide such documentation to the Exchange). With respect to any compensation plans or programs of the Company Group that take into account Incentive-Based Compensation, the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation subject to recovery (or, to the extent such amount has not yet been paid, forfeiture) under this Policy includes, but is not limited to, the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation credited to any notional account and any notional earnings attributable thereto.
(k) “Exchange” shall mean a national securities exchange or national securities association on which the Company has listed securities.
(l) “Executive Officer” shall mean each individual who is currently or was previously designated as an “officer” of the Company in accordance with Rule 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(m) “Financial Reporting Measure” shall mean a measure that is determined and presented in accordance with the accounting principles used in preparing the Company’s financial statements, and any other measure that is derived wholly or in part from such measure. Stock price and total stockholder return (and any measure that is derived wholly or in part from stock price or total stockholder return) shall be considered Financial Reporting Measures for purposes of this Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, a Financial Reporting Measure need not be presented in the Company’s financial statements or included in a filing with the SEC.
(n) “Incentive-based Compensation” shall mean any compensation that is granted, earned, or vested based wholly or in part upon the attainment of a Financial Reporting Measure.
(o) “Policy” shall mean this Policy for the Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time.
(p) “Received” shall, with respect to any Incentive-based Compensation, mean deemed receipt, and Incentive-based Compensation shall be deemed received in the Company’s fiscal period during which the Financial Reporting Measure specified in the Incentive-based Compensation award is attained, even if payment or grant of the Incentive-based Compensation occurs after the end of that period (subject to applicable law, including any Incentive-based Compensation the payment of which has been deferred). For the avoidance of doubt, Incentive-based Compensation that is subject to both a Financial Reporting Measure vesting condition and a service-based vesting condition shall be considered received when the relevant Financial Reporting Measure is achieved, even if the Incentive-based Compensation continues to be subject to the service-based vesting condition.
(q) “Restatement Date” shall mean the earlier to occur of (i) the date the Board, a committee of the Board or the officers of the Company authorized to take such action if Board action is not required, concludes, or reasonably should have concluded, that the Company is required to prepare an Accounting Restatement, or (ii) the date a court, regulator, or other legally authorized body directs the Company to prepare an Accounting Restatement.
(r) “SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
4. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.
(a) In the event that the Company is required to prepare an Accounting Restatement the Company must recover, reasonably promptly, Erroneously Awarded Compensation Received by any Executive Officer during the applicable Clawback Period, in amounts determined by the Committee pursuant to this Policy. The Company’s obligation to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation is not dependent on if or when the Company files restated financial statements. Recovery under this Policy with respect to an Executive Officer shall not require the finding of any misconduct by such Executive Officer or such Executive Officer being found responsible for the accounting error leading to an Accounting Restatement. In the event of an Accounting Restatement, the Committee shall determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, the timing and method for promptly recovering Erroneously Awarded Compensation hereunder, including, without limitation, the cancellation of or offsetting against any planned future cash or equity-based awards, to the extent permitted under the listing rules of the Exchange and in compliance with (or pursuant to an exemption from the application of) Section 409A of the Code. The Committee has the power, in its sole discretion, to retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties under this Policy.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to take the actions contemplated by Section 4(a) above to the extent that one or more of the following conditions are met and the Committee determines that recovery would therefore be impracticable:
(i) The direct expense paid to a third party to assist in enforcing this Policy against an Executive Officer would exceed the amount to be recovered, after the Company has made a reasonable attempt to recover the applicable Erroneously Awarded Compensation, documented such attempts and provided such documentation to the Exchange; or
(ii) Recovery would likely cause an otherwise tax-qualified retirement plan, under which benefits are broadly available to employees of any member of the Company Group, to fail to meet the requirements of Section 401(a)(13) or Section 411(a) of the Code.
5. Reporting and Disclosure. The Company shall file all disclosures with respect to this Policy in accordance with the requirements of the federal securities laws, including the disclosures required by applicable SEC filings.
6. Indemnification Prohibition. No member of the Company Group shall be permitted to indemnify any Executive Officer against the loss of any Erroneously Awarded Compensation that is repaid, returned, recovered, or forfeited pursuant to the terms of this Policy, including any payment or reimbursement for the cost of third-party insurance purchased by an Executive Officer to cover such losses incurred under this Policy. Further, no member of the Company Group shall enter into any agreement that exempts any Incentive-based Compensation from the application of this Policy or that waives the Company Group’s right to recovery of any Erroneously Awarded Compensation, and this Policy shall supersede any such agreement (whether entered into before, on, or after the Effective Date).
7. Interpretation. The Committee is authorized to interpret and construe this Policy and to make all determinations necessary, appropriate, or advisable for the administration of this Policy.
8. Effective Date. This Policy shall be effective as of the Effective Date.
9. Amendment; Termination. The Board may amend this Policy from time to time in its sole discretion and shall amend this Policy as it deems necessary, including as and when it determines that it is legally required by any federal securities laws, SEC rules, or the listing rules of the Exchange. The Board, in its sole discretion, may terminate this Policy at any time. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9 to the contrary, no amendment or termination of this Policy shall be effective if such amendment or termination would (after taking into account any actions taken by the Company contemporaneously with such amendment or termination) cause the Company to violate any federal securities laws, SEC rules, or the listing rules of the Exchange.
10. Acknowledgment; Benefits Conditioned on Agreeing to this Policy. Each Executive Officer shall be required to sign and return to the Company, within thirty (30) calendar days following the later of (i) the Board’s adoption of this Policy or (ii) the date the individual becomes an Executive Officer, the Acknowledgment Form attached hereto as Exhibit A, pursuant to which such Executive Officer will agree to be bound by the terms of this Policy. Any employment agreement, equity award agreement, compensatory plan or any other agreement or arrangement with an Executive Officer shall be deemed to include, as a condition to the grant or receipt of any benefit thereunder, an agreement by the Executive Officer to abide by, and for such Executive Officer and his/her Incentive-based Compensation to be subject to, the terms of this Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, each Executive Officer will be fully bound by, and must comply with, this Policy, whether or not such Executive Officer has executed and returned such Acknowledgment Form to the Company.
11. Other Recoupment Rights; Company Claims. The Board intends that this Policy will be applied to the fullest extent of the law. This Policy should be considered as a supplement to any other clawback policy in effect now or in the future at the Company or any other member of the Company Group, and if such other policy provides that a greater amount of compensation shall be subject to clawback, such other policy shall apply to the amount in excess of the amount subject to clawback under this Policy. Any right of recoupment (or right to apply a forfeiture) under this Policy is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedies or rights of recoupment (or forfeiture) that may be available to the Company Group under applicable law, regulation, or rule or pursuant to the terms of any similar policy in any employment agreement, compensation plan or program, award agreement, or similar document and any other legal remedies available to the Company Group, in each case to the extent permitted under the listing rules of the Exchange and in compliance with (or pursuant to an exemption from the application of) Section 409A of the Code. Nothing contained in this Policy, and no recoupment, recovery, or forfeiture as contemplated by this Policy, shall limit any claims, damages, or other legal remedies the Company Group may have against an Executive Officer arising out of or resulting from any actions or omissions by the Executive Officer.
12. Successors. This Policy shall be binding and enforceable against all Executive Officers and their beneficiaries, heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives.