HARMON INDUSTRIES INC
8-K, 1995-03-03
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C.  20549




                                    FORM 8-K

                                 Amendment No. 1

                                 CURRENT REPORT



Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



                         Date of Report:  March 3, 1995



                             HARMON INDUSTRIES, INC.
                        IRS Identification No. 44-0657800



                           State or Other Jurisdiction
                           of Incorporation:  Missouri



                           Commission File No. 0-7916



                     Address of Principal Executive Offices:
                  1300 Jefferson Court, Blue Springs, MO 64015



               Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code:
                                  816-229-3345



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This Amendment No. 1 amends, in the manner indicated below, the Form 8-K (the
"8-K") filed with the Commission in January 1995 on behalf of Harmon Industries,
Inc.  Terms used herein and not defined herein have the same meaning that is set
forth in the 8-K.

ITEM 2. ACQUISITION OF ASSETS

       The following information updates the information previously set forth
       in Item 2 of the 8-K:

       The 260,000 shares of unregistered common stock of the Registrant issued
       to Servo pursuant to the Asset Acquisition Agreement documenting the
       transaction (the "Acquisition") were valued at $11.25 per share by an
       independent investment and securities firm retained to provide a fair
       market value analysis.  This price reflects a discount because the
       shares are unregistered. In addition to the aforementioned shares, Servo
       received $6,661,000 in cash and the Registrant assumed certain
       liabilities of Servo, including accrued payables and product warranties,
       totaling approximately $.7 million.  The assets purchased from Servo
       include certain tangible assets that the Registrant intends to continue
       using for the same purposes after the Acquisition.  The Registrant
       anticipates that it will ultimately transfer and consolidate such assets
       with its existing facilities and operations in California.  The
       compensation paid to Servo described above was determined by negotiation
       between the parties.  No material relationship exists between the
       Registrant and Servo or their affiliates, directors, officers or their
       associates.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

       The information set forth in Item 7 of the 8-K is hereby amended to read
       as follows:

       (a)     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BUSINESS ACQUIRED

               Audited financial statements of the Transportation Segment of
               Servo Corporation of America as of and for the year ended
               October 31, 1994 are attached hereto as EXHIBIT 1.

       (b)     PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

               The unaudited pro forma statements of earnings for the fiscal
               year ended December 31, 1994 give effect

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               to the Acquisition as if it had occurred at the beginning of the
               period presented.  The Servo financial statements utilized in the
               pro forma information are for the year ended October 31, 1994.
               The unaudited pro forma financial statements were prepared
               utilizing available information and certain assumptions which
               management believes are reasonable. The unaudited pro forma
               financial statements may not be indicative of the Registrant's
               results of operations had the Acquisition actually occurred on
               the dates indicated.


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                             HARMON INDUSTRIES, INC.

             UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS

                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994
                (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                Pro forma
                                                     Harmon      Servo          adjustments            Pro forma
                                                     ------      -----          -----------            ---------

<S>                                                 <C>         <C>             <C>                    <C>
Net sales                                           $119,703    11,321              -                  131,024
Cost of sales                                         81,023     6,353              -                   87,376
Research and development expenditures                  4,561     1,248              -                    5,809
                                                    --------     -----           -----                --------
                   Gross profit                       34,119     3,720              -                   37,839

Selling, general and administrative expenses          21,176     2,358              -                   23,534
Amortization of cost in excess of fair value
  of net assets of subsidiary acquired                    78         -            531  (1)                 609
Miscellaneous (income) expense, net                      (34)        -              -                      (34)
                                                    --------     -----           -----                --------
                   Operating income                   12,899     1,362           (531)                  13,730

Interest expense                                        (264)     (338)              -                    (602)
Investment income                                         50       816           (237) (2)                 629
                                                    --------     -----           -----                --------
  Earnings before income taxes                        12,685     1,840           (768)                  13,757

Income tax expense                                     5,046       855           (296) (3)               5,605
                                                    --------     -----           -----                --------
                   Net earnings                     $  7,639       985           (472)                   8,152
                                                    --------     -----           -----                --------

Net earnings per share                              $   1.16                                              1.19
                                                    --------                                          --------

Weighted average common shares
  outstanding                                          6,567                                             6,827
                                                    --------                                          --------

<FN>
NOTES:

(1)  Amortization of goodwill resulting from the acquisition.
(2)  Recognition of foregone interest income resulting from this transaction
     (interest rate assumed to be 3.5%).
(3)  Income tax benefit to be derived from pro forma adjustments listed above
     assuming a rate of 38.5%.
</TABLE>


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                                    SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements 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.


                                        HARMON INDUSTRIES, INC.



Date:  March 3, 1995                By:/s/Charles M. Foudree
                                       ---------------------
                                        Charles M. Foudree
                                        Executive Vice President-
                                        Finance,
                                        Secretary and Treasurer



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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit                                                             Sequentially
number    Description                                               numbered
- - ------    -----------                                               --------
                                                                    page
                                                                    ----
1         Audited Financial Statements of the Transportation              7
          Segment of Servo Corporation of America as of and
          for the year ended October 31, 1994
2         Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP to filing of the                14
          audited financial statements referred to above


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                                    EXHIBIT 1

                    REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


To the Board of Directors
Servo Corporation of America:


We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets related to the
Transportation Segment of Servo Corporation of America (a Delaware corporation)
and subsidiaries (the "Company") acquired by Harmon Industries, Inc. as of
October 31, 1994 and the related statements of identified income and expenses
and cash flows for the year then ended.  These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

The Transportation Segment acquired by Harmon Industries, Inc. has been operated
as an integral part of the Company and has no separate legal existence.  The
basis of preparation of these statements and the transaction with the Company
are described in Note 1 to the financial statements.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the net assets related to the Transportation Segment of
the Company at October 31, 1994 that were acquired by Harmon Industries, Inc.
and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended on
the basis described in the preceding paragraph in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.

                                                             ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Melville, New York
February 10, 1995



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                  SERVO CORPORATION OF AMERICA AND SUBSIDIARIES

                         STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS RELATED

                          TO THE TRANSPORTATION SEGMENT

                       ACQUIRED BY HARMON INDUSTRIES, INC.

                             AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1994

<TABLE>


<S>                                                    <C>
INVENTORY, net                                         $1,773,921

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net                        237,023
                                                        ---------

  Assets of the Transportation Segment Acquired         2,010,944
                                                        ---------

ACCRUED VACATION EXPENSE                                   62,681

ACCRUED WARRANTY EXPENSE                                  137,192

CUSTOMER ADVANCES                                         300,000
                                                         --------

  Liabilities of the Transportation Segment Assumed       499,873
                                                         --------

  Net assets of the Transportation Segment Acquired    $1,511,071
                                                        ---------
                                                        ---------

</TABLE>


The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.


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                  SERVO CORPORATION OF AMERICA AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   STATEMENT OF IDENTIFIED INCOME AND EXPENSES

                          OF THE TRANSPORTATION SEGMENT

                       ACQUIRED BY HARMON INDUSTRIES, INC.

                       FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1994

<TABLE>

<S>                                                   <C>
NET SALES                                             $11,321,013
                                                      -----------

COSTS AND EXPENSES:
 Cost of sales                                          6,353,193
 Selling expenses                                       1,206,367
 Allocated administrative expenses                      1,151,134
 Research and development expenses                      1,248,283
                                                      -----------

          Total operating expenses                      9,958,977
                                                      -----------

          Income from operations                        1,362,036

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
 Allocated interest expense, net                        (337,793)
 Allocated other income, net                              816,191
                                                      -----------

INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES                1,840,434

ALLOCATED PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES                      855,758
                                                      -----------

          Net income                                  $   984,676
                                                      -----------
                                                      -----------

</TABLE>



The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.



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                  SERVO CORPORATION OF AMERICA AND SUBSIDIARIES

                             STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

                          OF THE TRANSPORTATION SEGMENT

                       ACQUIRED BY HARMON INDUSTRIES, INC.

                       FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1994

<TABLE>

<S>                                                  <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
 Net income                                          $   984,676
 Adjustments to reconcile net income
 to net cash provided by operating activities:
  Depreciation                                            66,093
 Changes in assets and liabilities:
  Inventory                                             (194,055)
  Accrued vacation expense                                 4,476
  Accrued warranty expense                                36,280
  Customer advances                                      137,214
                                                       ----------

          Net cash provided by operating activities    1,034,684
                                                       ----------

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
 Purchase of property, plant and equipment               (39,982)
                                                       ----------

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
 Contribution to Servo Corporation of America, Inc.     (994,702)
                                                       ----------

          Change in cash and cash equivalents               -

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year                -
                                                       ----------

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year                 $    -
                                                       ----------

</TABLE>



The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.



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                  SERVO CORPORATION OF AMERICA AND SUBSIDIARIES

           NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION SEGMENT

                       ACQUIRED BY HARMON INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                OCTOBER 31, 1994


1.   BASIS OF PRESENTATION:

The accompanying financial statements present the net assets and the identified
income and expenses of the Transportation Segment (the "Acquired Transportation
Segment") of Servo Corporation of America and subsidiaries (the "Company") that
were acquired by Harmon Industries, Inc. (the "Buyer") effective December 20,
1994 pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement").

The net assets of the Acquired Transportation Segment as presented in the
accompanying statement of net assets acquired, include the historical balances
at October 31, 1994 of inventory and certain fixed assets that were sold to the
Buyer and accrued vacation and warranty expenses and customer advances assumed
by the Buyer effective December 20, 1994.  The Transportation Segment has never
been operated as a separate business entity but, rather, has been an integral
part of the business of the Company.

The statement of identified income and expenses of the Acquired Transportation
Segment includes the specifically identitable net sales, cost of sales, selling
expenses and research and development expenses that substantially relate
directly to the transportation segment sold.  All other income and expense items
are allocated based on estimations and assumptions as if the Acquired
Transportation Segment had been operated on a stand-alone basis during the
periods presented.  The basis for presenting the allocated income and expense
items is as follows: (a) administrative expenses and other income and expense,
including interest expense, are allocated based on the proportion of net sales
volume of the Acquired Transportation Segment to the Company's total net sales
for the year; (b) income taxes are provided assuming the activities of the
Acquired Transportation Segment were those of a separate tax paying entity,
including the allocation of a portion of a settlement with the Internal Revenue
Service (see Notes 2 and 6).

The above allocations are believed by management to be reasonable allocations
under the circumstances; however, there can be no

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assurances that such allocations will be indicative of future results of
operations.  In addition, the carrying values as reflected in the accompanying
statement of net assets acquired do not include losses, if any, realized at the
time of the December 20, 1994 sale.

2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

INVENTORY


Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market.  Cost is determined by the
first-in, first-out method.

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization.
Depreciation of building and building improvements is provided for on the
straight-line basis over estimated useful lives of five to thirty years.
Equipment is depreciated on the declining balance and straight-line methods over
estimated useful lives ranging from three to ten years.  The Company principally
utilizes accelerated depreciation methods for tax reporting purposes.

INCOME TAXES

In February 1992, the financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes",
which amended SFAS No. 96, which had previously significantly amended Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 11.  The Company has adopted this standard.

3.   INVENTORY:

The following is a summary of the components of inventory of the Acquired
Transportation Segment at October 31, 1994:

<TABLE>

     <S>                                          <C>
     Work-in-process                              $   969,265
     Materials (parts and components)               1,079,039
                                                  -----------
                                                    2,048,304

     Less: reserve for obsolescence                  (274,383)
                                                  ------------
                                                  $ 1,773,921
                                                  ------------
                                                  ------------

</TABLE>



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4.   PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:

At October 31, 1994, property, plant and equipment of the Acquired
Transportation Segment consisted of the following:

<TABLE>

     <S>                                          <C>
     Production equipment                         $1,311,348
     Office equipment                                572,717
                                                  ----------
                                                   1,884,065

     Less: accumulated depreciation                1,647,042
                                                  ----------
     Property, plant and equipment, net           $  237,023
                                                  ----------
                                                  ----------

</TABLE>

5.   ALLOCATED OTHER INCOME:

Allocated other income includes an allocation of $144,000 of the rent received
from a tenant which rented office space in the Company's building, as well as an
allocation of $653,000 of the Company's gain on the sale of its building to the
tenant.

6.   INCOME TAXES:

The activities of the Company's DISC were terminated effective December 31,
1984.  In accordance with Federal income tax statutes, all of the DISC's
accumulated earnings, which totaled $1,105,000 at December 31, 1984, are
permanently exempted from United States taxation.  The Company did not provide
taxes on DISC earnings.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 1988, the IRS completed an examination of
the Company's and the DISC's 1984 Federal income tax returns and proposed
adjustments.  In December 1992, the Company received a formal notice of
assessment from the IRS.  On October 31, 1994, a decision was entered in the
United States Tax Court in favor of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service
and resulted in an additional tax and interest charge of approximately $600,000
which has been included in the provision for income taxes, a portion of which
was allocated to the Acquired Transportation Segment in the accompanying
Statement of Identified Income and Expenses (see Note 1).



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                                    EXHIBIT 2

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report
dated February 10, 1995 and to all references to our Firm included in or made a
part of the Form 8-K of Harmon Industries, Inc.


                                        ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Melville, New York
March 1, 1995



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