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Form 10-Q for DRI CORP


16-Nov-2009

Quarterly Report


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE RELATED NOTES THAT ARE IN ITEM 1 OF THIS QUARTERLY REPORT AND IN THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND THE COMPANY'S QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTERS ENDED MARCH 31, 2009 AND JUNE 30, 2009.
Business - General
Through its business units and wholly-owned subsidiaries, DRI designs, manufactures, sells, and services information technology products either directly or through manufacturers' representatives or distributors. DRI produces passenger information communication products under the Talking Bus®, TwinVision®, VacTell® and Mobitec® brand names, which are sold to transportation vehicle equipment customers worldwide.
DRI's customers generally fall into one of two broad categories: end-user customers or original equipment manufacturers ("OEM"). DRI's end-user customers include municipalities, regional transportation districts, state and local departments of transportation, transit agencies, public, private, or commercial operators of buses and vans, and rental car agencies. DRI's OEM customers are the manufacturers of transportation rail, bus and van-like vehicles. The relative percentage of sales to end-user customers compared to OEM customers varies widely from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year, and within products and product lines comprising DRI's mix of total sales in any given period. Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates Our critical accounting policies and estimates used in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements presented in our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K ("2008 Annual Report") are listed and described in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the 2008 Annual Report and include the following:
† Allowance for doubtful accounts;

† Inventory valuation;

† Warranty reserve;

† Intangible assets and goodwill;

† Income taxes, including deferred tax assets;

† Revenue recognition; and

† Stock-based compensation.

The financial statements include amounts that are based on management's best estimates and judgments. The most significant estimates relate to allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable, inventory obsolescence, depreciation, intangible asset valuations and useful lives, goodwill impairment, warranty costs, income taxes, stock-based compensation, and revenue on projects with multiple deliverables. These estimates may be adjusted as more current information becomes available, and any adjustment could be significant.
The Company believes there were no significant changes during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009 to the items disclosed as critical accounting policies and estimates in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the 2008 Annual Report.


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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 105, "Generally Accepted Accounting Principles", (formerly referred to as SFAS No. 168, "The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles"). ASC Topic 105 establishes the ASC as the source of authoritative principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. ASC Topic 105 is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of ASC Topic 105 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.
On February 12, 2008, the FASB issued ASC Topic 820-10-15, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures", (formerly referred to as FASB Staff Position ("FSP") No. FAS 157-2, "Effective date of FASB Statement No. 157"), which delayed the effective date of ASC Topic 820-10, (formerly referred to as SFAS No. 157), for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on at least an annual basis, until 2009. The Company adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 820-10 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities effective January 1, 2009. The adoption of ASC Topic 820-10 with respect to nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities did not have a significant impact on our results of operations or financial condition.
In December 2007, the FASB issued ASC Topic 805-10, "Business Combinations", (formerly referred to as SFAS No. 141(R)). ASC Topic 805-10 retains the underlying concepts of prior guidance in that all business combinations are still required to be accounted for at fair value under the acquisition method of accounting; but ASC Topic 805-10 changed the method of applying the acquisition method in a number of significant aspects. ASC Topic 805-10 requires companies to recognize, with certain exception, 100% of the fair value of the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and non-controlling interest in acquisitions of less than 100% controlling interest when the acquisition constitutes a change in control; measure acquirer shares issued as consideration for a business combination at fair value on the date of the acquisition; recognize contingent consideration arrangements at their acquisition date fair value, with subsequent change in fair value generally reflected in earnings; recognition of reacquisition loss and gain contingencies at their acquisition date fair value; and expense, as incurred, acquisition related transaction costs. We adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 805-10 effective January 1, 2009 and accounted for the acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in Mobitec Brazil Ltda under the provisions of ASC Topic 805-10 (see Note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further discussion of this acquisition).
In December 2007, the FASB issued ASC Topic 810-10-65, "Consolidation", (formerly referred to as SFAS No. 160, "Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an Amendment of ARB 51"). ASC Topic 810-10-65 establishes new standards that govern the accounting for and reporting of (1) noncontrolling interest in partially-owned consolidated subsidiaries and (2) loss of control of subsidiaries. ASC Topic 810-10-65 requires that entities provide sufficient disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interest of the noncontrolling owners separately within the consolidated statement of position within equity, but separate from the parent's equity and separately on the face of the consolidated income statement. Further, changes in a parent's ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling financial interest in its subsidiary should be accounted for consistently and when a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any retained noncontrolling equity investment in the former subsidiary should be initially measured at fair value. We adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 810-10-65 effective January 1, 2009 and accounted for the acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in Mobitec Brazil Ltda under the provisions of ASC Topic 810-10-65 (see Note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further discussion of this acquisition). The adoption of ASC Topic 810-10-65 impacted the accompanying consolidated financial statements for all periods presented as follows:
• The noncontrolling interests in Mobitec Brazil Ltda and Castmaster Mobitec India Private Limited have been reclassified to shareholders' equity.

• Consolidated net income (loss) has been adjusted to include the net income
(loss) attributed to the noncontrolling interest in Mobitec Brazil Ltda and Castmaster Mobitec India Private Limited.

• Consolidated comprehensive income (loss) has been adjusted to include the comprehensive income (loss) attributed to the noncontrolling interest in Mobitec Brazil Ltda and Castmaster Mobitec India Private Limited.

• We have disclosed for each reporting period the amounts of consolidated income
(loss) attributed to the Company and the noncontrolling interest in Mobitec Brazil Ltda and Castmaster Mobitec India Private Limited. In addition, for each reporting period we have presented a reconciliation at the beginning and end of the period of the carrying amount of equity attributable to the Company and noncontrolling interest in Mobitec Brazil Ltda and Castmaster Mobitec India Private Limited.

In March 2008, the FASB issued ASC Topic 815-10, "Derivatives and Hedging", (formerly referred to as SFAS No. 161 "Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133"), which is effective on a prospective basis for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. ASC Topic 815-10 is intended to


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improve financial reporting about derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures to enable investors to better understand such effects on financial position, financial performance and cash flow. We adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 815-10 effective January 1, 2009. The adoption of ASC Topic 815-10 did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.
In April 2008, the FASB issued ASC Topic 350-30-65, "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other", (formerly referred to as FSP FAS 142-3,"Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets") ASC Topic 350-30-65 amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset. ASC Topic 350-30-65 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. We adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 350-30-65 effective January 1, 2009. The adoption of ASC Topic 350-30-65 did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.
In June 2008, the FASB issued ASC Topic 815-40, "Derivatives and Hedging:
Contracts in Entity's Own Equity", (formerly referred to as Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") Issue No. 07-5, "Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an Entity's Own Stock"). ASC Topic 815-40 clarifies the determination of whether an instrument (or an embedded feature) is indexed to an entity's own stock, which would qualify as a scope exception under ASC Topic 815-10-15 (formerly referred to as SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities"). ASC Topic 815-40 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. In conjunction with a loan agreement pursuant to which a $5.0 million term loan was obtained in June 2008, the Company issued the lender warrants to purchase up to 350,000 shares of our Common Stock. These warrants were determined to be a derivative instrument based on the clarification within ASC Topic 815-40. As of January 1, 2009, the fair value of these warrants was reclassified from equity to a current liability and a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings was recorded for the change in the fair value of the warrants. During the period in which the warrants are classified as a liability, the fair value of the warrants will be periodically remeasured with any changes in value recognized in other income (loss) in the consolidated financial statements. See the "Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities" section of Note 1 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further discussion of accounting treatment of these warrants.
In May 2009, the FASB issued ASC Topic 855-10, "Subsequent Events", (formerly referred to as SFAS No. 165, "Subsequent Events"). ASC Topic 855-10 establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. ASC Topic 855-10 is effective for interim or annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of ASC Topic 855-10 did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, as it is our continuing policy to evaluate subsequent events through the date our financial statements are issued. For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009, we have evaluated subsequent events through November 16, 2009, which is the date our financial statements were issued and filed with the SEC.
In April 2009, the FASB issued ASC Topic 825-10-65, "Financial Instruments", (formerly referred to as FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, "Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments.") ASC Topic 825-10-65 enhances consistency in financial reporting by increasing the frequency of fair value disclosures. ASC Topic 825-10-65 relates to fair value disclosures for any financial instruments that are not currently reflected on a company's balance sheet at fair value. ASC Topic 825-10-65 requires these disclosures on a quarterly basis, providing qualitative and quantitative information about fair value estimates for all those financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value. The disclosure requirement under ASC Topic 825-10-65 was effective for the Company beginning with the interim reporting period ended June 30, 2009.
In September 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2009-06, "Implementation Guidance on Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes and Disclosure Amendments for Nonpublic Entities". ASU 2009-06 provides additional implementation guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes and eliminates the disclosures required by paragraph ASC Topic 740-10-50-15(a) through (b) for nonpublic entities. The Company believes the adoption of ASU 2009-09 will not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13, which amends ASC Topic 605, "Revenue Recognition", to require companies to allocate the overall consideration in multiple-element arrangements to each deliverable by using a best estimate of the selling price of individual deliverables in the arrangement in the absence of vendor-specific objective evidence or other third-party evidence of the selling price. ASU 2009-13 will be effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010 and early adoption will be permitted. The Company is in the process of determining the effect, if any, the adoption of ASU 2009-13 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-14, which amends ASC Topic 985-605, "Software-Revenue Recognition", to exclude from its requirements
(a) non-software components of tangible products and (b) software components of tangible products that are sold, licensed, or leased with tangible products when the software components and non-software components of the tangible product function together to deliver the tangible product's essential functionality. ASU 2009-14 will be effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010 and early adoption will be permitted. The Company is in the process of determining the effect, if any, the adoption of ASU 2009-14 will have on its consolidated financial statements.


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