TOP AIR MANUFACTURING INC
10QSB/A, 1999-01-15
FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                  FORM 10-QSB/A
                                (Amendment No. 1)


(Mark One)
{X}  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
     ACT OF 1934.

For the quarterly period ended August 31, 1998.

         or

{ }  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES 
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the transition period from _______ to __________.

Commission File Number: 1-13679
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                           TOP AIR MANUFACTURING, INC.
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        (Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)


          Iowa                                                 42-1155462
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(State or other jurisdiction                               (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                          Identification No.)

317 Savannah Park Road, Cedar Falls, Iowa                        50613
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(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)

                                 (319) 268-0473
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                (Issuer's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not Applicable
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                 (Former name, former address and former fiscal
                       year, if changed since last report)

Check  whether the issuer (1) filed all reports  required to be filed by Section
13 or 15(d) of the  Exchange  Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                              Yes X     No
                                 ---        ---
       4,978,757 Common Shares were outstanding as of September 30, 1998.

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                   TOP AIR MANUFACTURING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION

This report contains certain  forward-looking  statements  within the meaning of
the Federal securities laws which,  while reflective of management's  beliefs or
expectations,  involve certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond
the control of the Company.  Accordingly,  the Company's  actual results and the
timing of certain events could differ  materially from those  discussed  herein.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences  include, but are not
limited to,  those  factors  discussed  herein and those  factors  discussed  in
Exhibit 99 to the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-KSB for the fiscal year
ended May 31, 1998.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net Sales:

Top Air  Manufacturing  Inc.'s net sales for the first  quarter  of fiscal  1999
decreased  14% to  $2,240,909  compared to  $2,597,927  for the same period last
year.  The  decrease  is a result of an  overall  downturn  in the  agricultural
economy.  Lower  worldwide  demand for grain and high  domestic  production  has
resulted  in  depressed  commodity  prices  effecting  both grain and  livestock
farming operations.  The Company is assessing the potential impact this downturn
may have on the demand for agricultural equipment in order to make the necessary
adjustments to minimize negative effects on profitability for the rest of fiscal
1999.

Operating Costs & Expenses:

The Company's cost of goods sold for the quarter ended August 31, 1998 increased
to 73% of net sales  compared to 72% for the first quarter of the previous year.
The increase, as a percentage of sales, was a result of fixed costs being spread
over a lower volume of sales.

Operating expenses increased 7% to $859,183 for the first quarter of fiscal 1999
compared to $800,344 for the previous  year. The increase was primarily a result
of increased  administrative  expenses from the relocation of a Company officer,
the cost of a consultant to help develop improved  production control procedures
and the  addition  of one  employee  to  account  for and  implement  these  new
procedures.

Interest Expense:

Interest  expense  increased  62% to $117,637  compared to $72,699 for the first
quarter of last year.  The increase was due to higher levels of  short-term  and
long-term  debt  outstanding  during  the  period  primarily  as a result of the
purchase of new production machinery and increased levels of inventory.

Income Taxes:

The income tax credits of $131,931 and $52,615 for the quarters ended August 31,
1998 and 1997,  represent  the benefit that would be received if the loss of the
quarter was carried back to reclaim income tax paid in prior years.


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                   TOP AIR MANUFACTURING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Material Changes in Financial Position:

The Company's loss from operations of $225,821 was primarily responsible for the
decrease in working capital of approximately $214,000.

Liquidity and Capital Resources:

At August 31, 1998 the Company had working  capital of $5,483,531 an increase of
$559,532  over a year ago and a decrease of  $214,092  since May 31,  1998.  The
increase  from a year ago is  primarily  a result of  approximately  $785,000 of
income from operations which was offset by a reclassification  of a current note
receivable of  approximately  $135,000,  to long term and the purchase of nearly
$100,000 of property and equipment with short-term  debt. The decrease since May
31, 1998 is described in the changes in financial  position  above.  The current
ratio decreased to 2.23 from 2.48 at May 31, 1998.

On September 28, 1998 the Company repurchased 100,000 shares of its common stock
for the treasury from Wayne Dudley, a director of the Company.  The purchase was
made in a private transaction at the closing market price on that date.

The Company is currently  expanding its  manufacturing  facility in Cedar Falls,
Iowa by nearly 27,000 square feet.  This  expansion  will improve the processing
flows and will enable the Company to produce  grain  wagons and carts and liquid
manure tanks simultaneously.  The total cost of the project,  which will include
the purchase of additional  manufacturing  equipment,  will be  approximately $1
million and will be  substantially  completed by January  1999.  This project is
being financed with  long-term bank debt. The Company  believes it has access to
sufficient working capital to fund its operations for the foreseeable future.


Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure:

The  Company  is in the  process of  forming a formal  working  group to address
possible risks and the associated costs of the upcoming  Millennium change. This
group's role will be to identify all Company  computers and control systems,  to
devise remedies for systems  incapable of properly  processing  date-related and
other data due to such Millennium  change, to determine the cost associated with
such remedial actions and to develop contingency plans. The group will also poll
vendors and customers,  where  appropriate,  to identify  possible problems such
third parties may encounter due to the Millennium change.

The Company has been advised that its main computer hardware and software sytems
will  continue  to function  through the  Millennium  change and  believes  that
actions  and costs  required  to  prepare  all  other  Company  systems  for the
Millennium change will not have a material impact on its business, operations or
financial condition.


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                                   SIGNATURES

In accordance with the  requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant  caused
this  report to be  signed on its  behalf  by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized.


                                         TOP AIR MANUFACTURING, INC.
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                                         (Registrant)


Date:  January 15, 1999                  /s/ Steven R. Lind
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                                         Steven R. Lind
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer;
                                         Principal Executive Officer


Date:  January 15, 1999                  /s/ Steven F. Bahlmann
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                                         Steven F. Bahlmann
                                         Chief Accounting Officer;
                                         Principal Accounting Officer
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number           Description
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     11             Computation of Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (F1)

     27             Financial Data Schedule (F1)

(F1) Previously filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the
quarterly period ended August 31, 1998.



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