TRANSMATION INC
10-Q, 1996-02-09
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-Q



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

For the quarterly period ended      December 31, 1995
                               ---------------------------

                                       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   0-3905
                       ----------

                                TRANSMATION, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            OHIO                                              16-0874418
- -------------------------------                           -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of                           (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)

  10 Vantage Point Drive, Rochester, NY                            14624
- ----------------------------------------                        ----------
(Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code            716-352-7777
                                                   ----------------------------

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report

Indicate  by check  mark  (X)  whether  the  registrant,  (1) has filed all
reports  required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 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
                                              -----     ------

Indicate the number of shares  outstanding  of each of the  issuer's  classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class                   Number of Shares Outstanding                Date
- -----                   ----------------------------                ----
Common                           2,422,308                     January 17, 1996


 

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                                     Part I
                              FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

                                   TRANSMATION
                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                                     ASSETS
<TABLE>
<S>                                                              <C>                      <C>
                                                                 Dec. 31,               March 31,
                                                                   1995                   1995
                                                                 --------               ---------

Current Assets:
     Cash                                                     $   468,071             $   607,763
     Accounts Receivable, less allowance for
     doubtful accounts of $503,200 at 12/31/95
     and $473,000 at 3/31/95                                    5,181,607               5,524,244
     Inventories                                                6,652,040               6,747,036
     Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges                      1,117,227               1,270,833
     Deferred Tax Assets                                          131,175                 132,026
                                                              -----------              ----------
     Current Assets                                            13,550,120              14,281,902
                                                              -----------             -----------
Properties, at cost, less accumulated
depreciation and amortization                                   1,745,897               1,500,498
Deferred Charges                                                  128,427                 146,161
Deferred Income Taxes                                             153,926                 154,926
Other Assets                                                      224,297                 209,920
                                                              -----------             -----------
                                                              $15,802,667             $16,293,407
                                                              ===========             ===========

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current Liabilities
     Accounts Payable                                         $ 3,364,152             $ 3,655,934
     Accrued Payrolls, Commissions and Other
     Liabilities                                                1,142,968               1,187,992
     Income Taxes Payable                                         478,401                   2,610
                                                              -----------             -----------
     Current Liabilities                                        4,985,521               4,846,536
                                                              -----------             -----------
Long-Term Debt                                                  2,432,100               4,064,426
Deferred Compensation                                             715,090                 780,880
                                                              -----------             -----------
                                                                8,132,711               9,691,842
                                                              -----------             -----------

Stockholders' Equity
     Common Stock, par value $.50 per share 
     Authorized - 8,000,000 shares issued
     outstanding - 2,422,308 shares at 12/31/95 and
     2,380,640 at 3/31/95                                       1,211,154               1,190,320
     Capital in Excess of Par Value                             1,009,747                 849,829
     Accumulated Translation Adjustment                           (89,919)               (109,513)
     Retained Earnings                                          5,538,974               4,670,929
                                                              -----------             -----------
                                                                7,669,956               6,601,565
                                                              -----------             -----------
                                                              $15,802,667             $16,293,407
                                                              ===========             ===========

                 SEE NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S>
                                                    TRANSMATION, INC.
                                            CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
                                                        UNAUDITED

                                       <C>           <C>               <C>           <C>

                                         Three Months Ended              Nine Months Ended
                                    -----------------------------   -----------------------------
                                      Dec. 31,       Dec. 31,          Dec. 31,      Dec. 31,
                                        1995           1994              1995          1994
                                    -----------------------------   -----------------------------

Net Sales                              $9,918,064    $10,293,625       $28,584,813   $27,249,354
                                    -----------------------------   -----------------------------

Costs and Expenses:
   Cost of Product Sold                 6,284,669      6,557,373        18,045,464    17,305,044
   Selling & Admin. Expenses            2,610,327      2,833,743         8,094,237     8,571,033
   Research & Develop. Costs              266,916        282,626           796,028       932,977
   Interest Expense                        81,741        117,706           300,739       304,893
                                    -----------------------------   -----------------------------
                                        9,243,653      9,791,448        27,236,468    27,113,947
                                    -----------------------------   -----------------------------
Income Before Taxes                       674,411        502,177         1,348,345       135,407
Provision for Income Taxes
    State and Federal                     197,775         42,000           480,300        55,000
                                    -----------------------------   -----------------------------
Net Income                                476,636        460,177           868,045        80,407
Retained Earnings at
    Beginning of Period                 5,062,338      3,909,374         4,670,929     4,289,144
                                    -----------------------------   -----------------------------
Retained Earnings at
    End of Period                      $5,538,974     $4,369,551        $5,538,974    $4,369,551
                                    =============================   =============================


Net Income Per Share                    $.19           $.19              $.34          $.03
                                    =============================   =============================




                              SEE NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

</TABLE>
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                                              TRANSMATION, INC.
                                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                                                   UNAUDITED
<TABLE>
<S>
                                                                <C>             <C>                <C>              <C>
                                                                  Three Months                        Nine Months
                                                         -------------------------------    --------------------------------
                                                          Oct. 1, 1995    Oct. 1, 1994       April 1, 1995   April 1, 1994
                                                               to              to                 to              to
                                                          Dec. 31, 1995  Dec. 31, 1994       Dec. 31, 1995   Dec. 31, 1994
                                                         -------------------------------    --------------------------------

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
      Net Income                                                $476,636       $460,177            $868,045         $80,407
      Items Not Requiring (Providing) Cash
         Included in Income
         Depreciation and Amortization                           115,631         97,909             323,379         301,292
         Decrease(Increase) in Cash Surrender Value of
            Insurance Policies                                   (5,800)        128,085            (14,377)         119,369
         Provision for Losses on Accounts Receivable            (25,000)         20,625              30,200          30,525
      Decrease(Increase) in Accounts Receivable                (198,400)    (1,308,290)             312,437       (340,449)
      Decrease(Increase) in Inventories                        (143,569)        310,550              94,996          29,231
      Decrease(Increase) in Prepaid Expenses and
          Deferred Charges                                       163,141      (106,557)             171,340         766,328
      (Decrease)Increase in Accounts Payable                   1,284,774        709,886           (291,782)         129,301
      (Decrease)Increase in Accrued Payrolls,
          Commissions and Other Liabilities                      201,954        183,022            (45,024)       (266,081)
      Increase in Income Taxes Payable                           213,452         61,756             475,791          60,286
      Decrease(Increase) in Deferred and Prepaid
          Income Taxes                                           (1,251)          8,841               1,851          10,427
      Deferred Compensation                                     (22,327)                           (65,790)
                                                         -------------------------------    --------------------------------
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities               2,059,241        566,004           1,861,066         920,636
                                                         -------------------------------    --------------------------------
Cash Flows (Used in) Investing Activities:
      Purchases of Properties                                  (283,727)       (65,594)           (568,778)       (334,224)
                                                         -------------------------------    --------------------------------
Net Cash (Used in) Investing Activities                        (283,727)       (65,594)           (568,778)       (334,224)
                                                         -------------------------------    --------------------------------
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
        Exercise of Stock Options and Warrants and
          Purchases under Stock Purchase Plan                     18,135          9,450             180,752          11,700
      Increase(Decrease) in Long-Term Debt                   (1,607,700)      (490,000)         (1,632,326)       (458,074)
                                                         -------------------------------    --------------------------------
Net Cash Provided(used) by Financing Activities              (1,589,565)      (480,550)         (1,451,574)       (446,374)
                                                         -------------------------------    --------------------------------
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash                         (12,426)       (38,117)              19,594        (21,969)
                                                         -------------------------------    --------------------------------
Net Increase(Decrease) in Cash                                   173,523       (18,257)           (139,692)         118,069
Cash at Beginning of Period                                      294,548        321,132             607,763         184,806
                                                         -------------------------------    --------------------------------
Cash at End of Period                                           $468,071       $302,875            $468,071        $302,875
                                                         ===============================    ================================
Cash Paid for Interest and Income Taxes are as follows:
      Interest Paid                                              $84,160        $69,090            $294,750        $302,635
      Taxes Paid                                                 $15,000           NONE            $182,865            NONE


                                                SEE NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                               <C>                    <C>                   <C>                  <C>
                                                                  TRANSMATION, INC.
                                       -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                                       -----------------------------------------------------------------------



                                         Number of Shares
                                         of $.50 Par Value          Common Stock             Capital
                                           Common Stock              Issued and             in Excess             Retained
                                            Outstanding             Outstanding            of Par Value           Earnings
                                       ----------------------   ---------------------    -----------------    -----------------

Balance, March 31, 1993                            2,374,040              $1,187,020             $834,679           $4,875,378

Issuance of Stock                                        200                     100                  350

Net Loss                                                                                                             (586,234)
                                       ----------------------   ---------------------    -----------------    -----------------

Balance, March 31, 1994                            2,374,240               1,187,120              835,029            4,289,144

Issuance of Stock                                      6,400                   3,200               14,800

Net Income                                                                                                             381,785
                                       ----------------------   ---------------------    -----------------    -----------------

Balance, March 31, 1995                            2,380,640               1,190,320              849,829            4,670,929

Issuance of Stock                                     41,668                  20,834              159,918

Net Income                                                                                                             868,045
                                       ----------------------   ---------------------    -----------------    -----------------

Balance, December 31, 1995                         2,422,308              $1,211,154           $1,009,747           $5,538,974
                                       ======================   =====================    =================    =================



                                    SEE NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


</TABLE>

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Note 1 - Revolving Credit Agreement

Borrowings under a secured  revolving credit agreement with a bank which extends
through July 31, 1998 total $2,432,100 at December 31, 1995.

Maximum  funds  available  under this credit  agreement  total  $7,000,000.  The
interest  rate is the  bank's  prime  lending  rate or may be fixed  for up to a
90-day period.

The revolving credit agreement contains, among other provisions, restrictions on
the annual amount of capital expenditures,  restrictions on the annual amount of
expenditures  made for the purpose of printing  and  distributing  catalogs  and
requirements for minimum amounts of tangible net worth.

Additionally,  the  company  has pledged its  personal  property  and  fixtures,
including  inventory and  equipment,  and its accounts  receivable as collateral
security for the loan.  Further,  the company has agreed to pay to the lender an
amount equal to 1/4% of the unused  portion of the total credit  available.  The
fee is payable  quarterly.  Total  commitment  fees paid on any unused  lines of
credit under revolving credit agreements were immaterial in 1995 and 1994.

The company is in compliance  with  provisions of its loan agreement at December
31, 1995.

Note 2 - Inventories

The major classifications of inventory are as follows:

                                             Dec.  31,               March 31,
                                               1995                    1995
                                            ----------              ----------
     Raw Materials and Purchased Parts      $1,885,188              $1,510,425
     Work in Process                           897,360                 767,522
     Finished Products                       3,869,492               4,469,089
                                            ----------              ----------
                                            $6,652,040              $6,747,036
                                            ==========              ==========

Note 3 - Stockholders' Equity

In August  1993,  an  incentive  Stock  Option plan was  adopted;  this plan was
amended in August 1995.  Options are available to be granted to employees  under
the 1993 Plan at prices not less than fair market value at the date of grant and
are  exercisable  in  annual  installments  beginning  at the date of grant  and
expiring up to ten years  later.  A plan adopted in August 1981 has now expired;
however, certain options remain exercisable under that plan.

The following  table  summarizes the  transactions  under the plans during 1995,
1994, and 1993:
<TABLE>
<S>                                                    <C>            <C>         <C>
                                                                 Option Price
                                                       Shares     Per Share      Aggregate
Options Outstanding - 3/31/93                          88,500    $     2.25       $199,125
                                                     --------------------------------------
Options Granted During the Year                        10,000          4.00         40,000
Options Canceled During the Year                     (  1,000)         2.25      (   2,250)
Options Exercised During the Year                    (    200)         2.25      (     450)
                                                     --------------------------------------
Balance, 3/31/94                                       97,300     2.25-4.00        236,425
                                                     --------------------------------------
Options Granted During the Year                       164,600          4.25        699,550
Options Exercised During the Year                    (  5,200)         2.25      (  11,700)
Options Canceled During the Year                     ( 12,100)         2.25      (  27,225)
                                                     --------------------------------------
Balance, 3/31/95                                      244,600     2.25-4.25        897,050
Options Exercised During the Year                    ( 13,400)         2.25      (  30,150)
Options Canceled During the Year                     (  9,000)    2.25-6.25      (  40,250)
Options Granted During the Year                       187,400     4.25-6.25        951,250
                                                     --------------------------------------
Balance, 12/31/95                                     409,600   $2.25-$6.25     $1,777,900
                                                      =======   ===========     ==========
</TABLE>

59,600  shares are eligible to be exercised  under the 1981 and 1993 plans.  The
market value of these shares at the date they first became eligible for exercise
ranged from $2.00 to $6.50 per share and aggregated $230,000.

On August 21, 1984, shareholders approved the Directors' Warrant Plan. On August
16, 1995, this plan was amended by shareholders. The Plan provides that warrants
may be granted  thereunder to non-employee  directors of Transmation to purchase
in the aggregate not more than 100,000 shares of the company's Common Stock. The


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purchase  price for shares  issued  under the  Directors'  Warrant Plan shall be
equal to the fair  market  value  of the  stock on the date of the  grant of the
warrant.  A summary of activity  under the 1984  Directors'  Warrant  Plan is as
follows:


                                                         Warrant
                                          Shares           Price      Aggregate
Balance - 3/31/94                          32,500      $3.00-$3.875   $110,625
                                          -------------------------------------

Balance - 3/31/95                          32,500       3.00-3.875     110,625
                                          -------------------------------------

Exercised During the Year                 (14,500)      3.00-3.875     (54,875)

Granted During the Year                    14,000          6.500        91,000

Canceled During the Year                  ( 2,000)         3.875       ( 7,750)
                                          --------     ------------   ---------
Balance - 12/31/95                         30,000      $3.00-$6.50    $139,000
                                          ========     ============   =========

On March 11, 1993, the Board of Directors granted the President of the company's
Instrument  Division a  non-qualified  stock option contract for the purchase of
25,000 shares of the company's  common stock at $3.00 per share, the fair market
value at the date of the grant.  These  shares are  exercisable  in equal annual
installments beginning at the date of the grant and expiring five years later.

On August  15,  1995,  the  Board of  Directors  granted  the  President  of the
Company's  Transcat  division a  non-qualified  stock  option  contract  for the
purchase of 30,000 shares of the Company's  common stock at $6.25 per share, the
fair market  value at the date of the grant.  These  shares are  exercisable  in
equal  installments  beginning at the date of the grant and expiring  five years
later.

Note 4 - Net Income Per Share

The net income per share  amounts in 1995 and 1994 were computed by dividing the
net income by the  average  number of shares  actually  outstanding  plus common
equivalent  shares  resulting from the assumed  conversion of the dilutive stock
options and warrants.  Common and common equivalent shares averaged 2,541,917 in
1995 and 2,478,616 in 1994.



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Item 2.

Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of  Financial  Condition  and Results of
Operations

Sales  increases that have been achieved are the result of product,  service and
repair  sales  within  the  Company's  Transcat  division.  Shipments  from  the
Company's domestic Instrument division and through its Far East subsidiaries are
not presently achieving planned levels and efforts are under way to correct this
situation.

Financial Condition

The  Company's  primary  sources of  liquidity  and capital  are funds  provided
through its  borrowing  agreement  with a bank,  its  profitability  and through
management of its balance sheet.

Trade accounts receivable, inventories and prepaid assets were reduced by nearly
$600,000 during the first nine months of the current fiscal year. This, together
with the Company's pre-tax profits which totaled  $1,348,000 in the period,  has
made possible the reduction in long-term debt of  approximately  $1,632,000 that
has been achieved through December 31, 1995.

The Company  signed an  amendment  to its existing  credit  facility  during the
quarter  which allows it to borrow at the prime rate of interest or at 250 basis
points over LIBOR for a predetermined period of time.

In December 1995, the Company announced that it had signed a letter of intent to
acquire Altek Industries Corp of Rochester, NY. The Company anticipates that the
transaction will close during the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year.


Results of Operations
Comparison of October 1, 1995 - December 31, 1995
                              to
              October 1, 1994 - December 31, 1994

Sales in the  current  quarter  were  approximately  4% below the level of sales
achieved during the same period last year. During last year's third quarter, the
Company completed the shipment of a system valued at nearly $400,000. No similar
shipment occurred in the current fiscal year.

Cost of product sold and  research  and  development  costs were  similar,  as a
percentage of sales, in both 1995 and 1994. Selling and administrative  expenses
totaled  26.3%  of  sales in 1995  compared  to  27.5%  of  sales in 1994.  This
reduction is primarily  the result of lower catalog  amortization  costs in 1995
compared to 1994. Interest expense was reduced by more than 30% in 1995 compared
to the same period in 1994. This reduction is the result of lower  borrowings in
1995 compared to 1994.


Comparison of April 1, 1995 - December 31, 1995
                            to
              April 1, 1994 - December 31, 1994

Sales in the nine months ended December 31, 1995 have increased approximately 5%
compared to the same period last year.  This increase is the result of increases
in the Company's Transcat division. Sales in the Instrument division and through
the Company's Far East  subsidiaries  have been  disappointing  and measures are
being undertaken to strengthen those areas.

Cost of products  sold has totaled  63.1% of sales in 1995  compared to 63.5% of
sales in 1994.  This  improvement  is the result of improved  margins within the
Transcat  division  partially  the  result of  increased  billings  through  its
CalXPress operation as well as the result of Transcat being able to achieve more
favorable pricing from its vendors.

Sales and  administrative  expenses improved to 28.3% of sales compared to 31.5%
of sales in 1994. This  improvement is the result of lower catalog mailing costs
in 1995 compared to 1994.

Research and development costs totaled 2.8% of sales in 1995 compared to 3.4% of
sales in 1994.  Research  spending has been reduced during 1995 bringing Company
spending in line with industry norms.



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                                     PART II

                                OTHER INFORMATION


Item 2.  Changes in Securities

          On  December  15,  1995  Transmation   amended  its  revolving  credit
agreement with a bank. That amendment is filed as Exhibit 4(c) to this filing.

                                   SIGNATURES

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.



                                              TRANSMATION, INC.



Date: February 9, 1996                        /s/ ROBERT G. KLIMASEWSKI
                                              -------------------------    
                                              Robert G. Klimasewski
                                              President



Date: February 9, 1996                        /S/ JOHN A. MISIASZEK
                                              -----------------------
                                              John A. Misiaszek
                                              Vice President, Finance



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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


(2) Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession
     Not applicable.
(3) (a) Articles of Incorporation
     Articles of Incorporation, as amended, are incorporated herein by reference
to  Exhibit  4(a)  to  the  Registrant's  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-8
(Registration No. 33-61665) as filed on August 8, 1995.
     (b) By-laws
     Code of Regulations,  as amended,  are incorporated  herein by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal  year
ended March 31, 1988. 
(4) Instruments  defining the rights of security  holders, including indentures.
     (a) The  documents  listed  under Item (3) of this  Index are  incorporated
herein by reference.
     (b) Revolving Credit Agreement between the Registrant and Manufacturers and
Traders Trust Company is  incorporated  herein to Exhibit 1 to the  Registrant's
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1994.
     (c) Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to an Existing  Revolving Credit Facility
Agreement  between the  Registrant  and  Manufacturers  and Trades Trust Company
dated September 8, 1995 is incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the
Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1995.
     *(d) Agreement and Amendment No. 2 to an Existing Revolving Credit Facility
Agreement  between the  Registrant and  Manufacturers  and Traders Trust Company
dated December 15, 1995, together with a brief identification of the contents of
all omitted exhibits  thereto,  is included herein as Exhibit 4(d). Upon written
request,  the Registrant  will provide to security  holders copies of any of the
referenced omitted exhibits. 
(10) Material Contracts
     (a) The  documents  listed  under Item (4) of this  Index are  incorporated
herein by reference.
     (b) Compensation  agreements between the Registrant and William J. Berk are
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Registrant's Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended March 31, 1984, and Exhibit 10(b) to the Registrant's Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1991.
     (c)  Non-Statutory  Stock Option Agreement dated March 11, 1993 between the
Registrant and Thomas R. Crumlish is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10 to the Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1993.
     (d)  Transmation,  Inc.  Directors'  Stock Plan is  incorporated  herein by
reference  to Exhibit  10(i) to the  Registrant's  Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 1995.
     (e) Employment  Agreement  dated as of April 1, 1995 between the Registrant
and Robert G. Klimasewski is incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 10(ii)
to the Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,1995.
     (f)  Transmation,  Inc.  Amended and  Restated  Directors'  Warrant Plan is
incorporated   herein  by  reference  to  Exhibit  99(b)  to  the   Registrant's
Registration  Statement  on Form S-8  (Registration  No.  33-61665)  as filed on
August 8, 1995.
     (g)  Transmation,  Inc.  Amended  and  Restated  1993 Stock  Option Plan is
incorporated   herein  by  reference  to  Exhibit  99(c)  to  the   Registrant's
Registration  Statement  on Form S-8  (Registration  No.  33-61665)  as filed on
August 8, 1995.
     (h) Transmation, Inc. Employees' Stock Purchase Plan is incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 99(e) to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No. 33-61665) as filed on August 8, 1995.
     (i) Amendment No. 1 to Transmation,  Inc. Directors' Stock Plan is included
herein by  reference  to  Exhibit  10(i) to the  Registrant's  Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 1995.
     (j)  Non-Statutory  Stock  Option  Agreement  dated August 15, 1995 between
Transmation,  Inc. and Eric W. McInroy is included by reference to Exhibit 10(j)
to the Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1995.
(11) Statement re computation of per share earnings
     Not applicable.
(15) Letter re unaudited interim financial information
     Not applicable.
(18) Letter re change in accounting principles
     Not applicable.
(19) Report furnished to security holders
     Not applicable.
(22) Published report regarding matters submitted to vote of security holders
     Not applicable.
(23) Consents of experts and counsel
     Not applicable.
(24) Power of attorney
     Not applicable.
*(27)Financial Data Schedule
     The Financial Data Schedule is included herein as Exhibit 27.
(99) Additional Exhibits
     Not applicable.

- -----------------
* Exhibit filed with this Report


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                                  EXHIBIT 4(d)
                          AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 2
                            TO AN EXISTING REVOLVING
                            CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT



     THIS AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AN EXISTING REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
AGREEMENT  is made  December , 1995,  by and between  MANUFACTURERS  AND TRADERS
TRUST  COMPANY  ("Bank"),  a domestic  corporation  with an office and principal
place of  business  located  at One M&T  Plaza,  Buffalo,  New York  14240,  and
TRANSMATION, INC. ("Borrower"), an Ohio corporation authorized to do business in
New York State,  with an office and principal  place of business  located at 977
Mt. Read Blvd., Rochester, New York 14606.

                                 R E C I T A L S


     A. On or about  September  13,  1994,  Bank  and  Borrower  entered  into a
Revolving Credit Facility Agreement.

     B. In  connection  with its  execution  of the  Revolving  Credit  Facility
Agreement,  Borrower and other  Entities  also  executed  and  delivered to Bank
various Documents.

     C. The  Revolving  Credit  Facility  Agreement  was amended  pursuant to an
Amendment No. 1 to an Existing Facility Agreement,  entered into by Borrower and
Bank on or about September 8, 1995 ("Amendment").

     D. Bank and  Borrower  desire to make  certain  additional  changes  to the
Revolving Credit Facility  Agreement as amended by the Amendment,  which changes
are set forth below.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises set forth below, and/or in
consideration  of any prior  extension  of credit by Bank to Borrower  and/or in
consideration  of Bank entering  into the  Agreement,  Bank and Borrower  hereby
agree as follows:

     1. This  Agreement  and  Amendment  No. 2 to an Existing  Revolving  Credit
Facility  Agreement  is referred to below as the  "Amendment  No. 2".  Except as
otherwise  specified in this  Amendment  No. 2,  capitalized  terms used in this
Amendment No. 2 and in the Documents  executed in connection with this Amendment
No. 2, have the  definition  given to them in the September  13, 1994  Revolving
Credit Facility Agreement between Bank and Borrower, as amended by the Amendment
and by  this  Amendment  No.  2 and as  hereafter  amended  from  time  to  time
("Agreement").

     2.  Effective  as the date this  Amendment  No. 2 is  executed  by Bank and
Borrower  ("Amendment  2 Date"),  Section  1.19 of the  Agreement is deleted and
replaced with the following:


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     1.19 The term "Note"  shall mean the  $7,000,000.00  Grid Note  executed by
Borrower on the  Amendment 2 Date  pursuant  to Section 2 of the  Agreement,  as
extended, supplemented, modified, amended or replaced from time to time.

     3.  Effective  as of the  Amendment  2 Date,  the  following  are  added as
Sections 1.29, 1.30, 1.31, 1.32, 1.33, 1.34 and 1.35 of the Agreement:

     "1.29 The term  "Amendment No. 2" shall mean an Agreement and Amendment No.
2 to an Existing  Revolving Credit Facility  Agreement  entered into by Bank and
Borrower on the Amendment 2 Date.

     1.30 The term  "Amendment  2 Date" shall mean the date  Amendment  No. 2 is
executed by Bank and Borrower.

     1.31 "Eurocurrency Reserve Rate" means, for any LIBOR Loan for any Interest
Period  therefor,  the daily average of the stated maximum rate  (expressed as a
decimal) at which reserves (including any marginal,  supplemental,  or emergency
reserves) are required to be maintained by Bank during such Interest  Period (or
any part thereof) under Regulation D issued by the Federal Reserve  ("Regulation
D"), against "Eurocurrency  liabilities" (as such term is used in Regulation D),
but without  the benefit or credit of  proration,  exemptions,  or offsets  that
might  otherwise  be  available  to Bank from time to time under  Regulation  D.
Without  limiting the effect of the  foregoing,  the  Eurocurrency  Reserve Rate
shall reflect any other  reserves  required to be maintained by Bank against any
category of liabilities  that includes  deposits by reference to which the LIBOR
Base Rate for LIBOR Loans is determined,  or any category of extension or credit
or other assets that include LIBOR Loans.

     1.32 "Increased Cost" means any additional amounts sufficient to compensate
Bank for any increased  cost of funding or  maintaining a LIBOR Loan as a result
of any law (other than  changes in tax laws imposed on the overall net income or
similar measures of  profitability of Bank) or guideline  adopted pursuant to or
arising  out of  the  July,  1988  report  of the  Basle  Committee  on  Banking
Regulations and Supervisory  Practices  entitled  "International  Conversions of
Capital  Measurement and Capital  Standards",  or the adoption after the date of
this Agreement of any law or guideline regarding capital adequacy, or any change
in any of the foregoing or in the interpretation or the administration of any of
the foregoing by any governmental  authority,  central bank or comparable agency
charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by Bank
or Bank's  holding  company,  if any,  with any request or  direction  regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority,
central  bank or  comparable  agency,  which  has or would  have the  effect  of
reducing the rate of return of Bank's  capital or the capital of Bank's  holding
company, if any, as a direct consequence of the

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transactions   contemplated   by  this  Agreement  and  related   documents  and
agreements, the existence of Bank's commitment to provide LIBOR Loans to a level
below that which Bank or Bank's holding company, if any, would have achieved but
for such  adoption,  change or  compliance  (taking  into  consideration  Bank's
policies on capital adequacy).

     1.33 "Interest  Period" means,  with respect to any LIBOR Loan, each period
commencing  on  the  date  such  LIBOR  Loan  is  made  or the  last  day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan which Borrower chooses to
renew as a LIBOR  Loan,  and  thirty,  sixty or ninety  days  thereafter  as the
Borrower may select as provided in Section 2.1.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) if any Interest  Period would  otherwise  end after the Revolver  Expiration
Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Revolver  Expiration Date; (ii) each
Interest  Period that would  otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day,
shall end on the next succeeding Business Day; and (iii) notwithstanding clauses
(i), or (ii) above, no Interest Period shall have a duration of less than thirty
days without Bank's consent and, if the Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan would
otherwise be a shorter  period,  such loan shall not be available  hereunder for
such period.

     1.34 "LIBOR Base Rate" means,  with  respect to any  Interest  Period for a
LIBOR Loan,  the rate per annum equal to the quotient  obtained by dividing (and
rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) (i) LIBOR (as determined  below) on a
date two Business Days (or less, if acceptable to Bank),  prior to the beginning
of an Interest Period  ("Interest  Setting  Date"),  at which deposits in United
States Dollars for a period and in an amount,  comparable to the Interest Period
and the  principal  amount of the LIBOR Loan are  offered to prime  banks in the
London  Interbank  market at 11:00 a.m.  (London  time) on that day  ("Reference
Bank") by (ii) a percentage equal to 100% minus the  Eurocurrency  Reserve Rate.
LIBOR shall be determined by the Bank on the Interest Setting Date from Telerate
Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m.  (London  time) on such date, or if such page or such
service ceases to display such information, from such other service or method as
Bank may select.  The LIBOR Base Rate shall be further adjusted on the first day
of each Interest Period to reflect any Increased Cost.

     1.35  "LIBOR  Loan"  means a loan  made by Bank  under the  Revolver  which
accrues  interest for the selected  Interest  Period at the LIBOR Base Rate plus
2.5%.

     1.36 "LIBOR Rate" means, for the selected  Interest Period,  the LIBOR Base
Rate plus 2.5% per annum.

     4.  Effective as of the  Amendment 2 Date,  Section 2.1 of the Agreement is
deleted and replaced with the following:


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     "2.1 $7,000,000.00 Revolver

     2.1.1  Effective as of the Amendment 2 Date,  Bank hereby  establishes  for
Borrower a Revolver, the unpaid principal balance of which shall not at any time
exceed  the  Maximum   Credit.   This  Revolver   replaces  and  supersedes  the
$7,000,000.00 Revolver previously provided to Borrower by Bank in the Amendment.
Within such limit, Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow,  for working capital
purposes only, on and after the Amendment 2 Date through the Revolver Expiration
Date,  provided  that  the  following  conditions  are  met at the  time of each
borrowing request:

     2.1.1.1  Borrower is not in default under this Agreement,  and no condition
exists,  which,  with notice,  lapse of time or both, would constitute a default
under this Agreement.

     2.1.1.2 All representations  and warranties  contained in Section 4 of this
Agreement  and  elsewhere in the  Agreement  and/or in any Document are true and
correct as of the date of the requested borrowing.

     2.1.2 Unless sooner  accelerated,  all loans made under this Revolver shall
be  repayable  on  the  Revolver  Expiration  Date,  pursuant  to the  terms  of
Borrower's  Note,  which shall be in the form of Exhibit A to  Amendment  No. 2,
with blanks appropriately completed.

     2.1.3 Each  borrowing  under this  Revolver  shall be processed by debiting
this Revolver and crediting Borrower's checking account with Bank for the amount
of the borrowing or otherwise  making the loan  proceeds  available to Borrower.
The loan  shall be  deemed  made  immediately  upon  the  crediting  of the loan
proceeds to Borrower's  checking  account with Bank or by Bank otherwise  making
the loan  proceeds  available to Borrower.  Each loan,  together with the unpaid
principal  balance of all  previous  loans made  under this  Revolver,  shall be
deemed  automatically  refinanced and consolidated into one loan, which shall be
payable to Bank as indicated in the Note.

     2.1.4 So long as Bank receives notice of a proposed  borrowing by 1:00 p.m.
on a Business Day, and the  conditions  precedent set forth in Sections  2.1.1.1
and 2.1.1.2 are satisfied, Bank will make advances duly authorized and permitted
under this  Revolver  available  to Borrower by  crediting  Borrower's  checking
account  maintained at Bank's main office on that date. If Bank receives  notice
of a proposed  borrowing  after 1:00 p.m. on a Business Day, it will endeavor to
make the advance  available  on that date,  but if Bank is unable to do so, Bank
will make the advance to  Borrower  by  crediting  Borrower's  checking  account
maintained at Bank's office no later than 10:00 a.m. of the next Business Day.


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     2.1.5 Except for LIBOR Loans made by Bank at Borrower's  request under this
Revolver,  which shall accrue interest as specified in Section 2.1.6 below,  the
unpaid principal  balance of the Note, shall at all times prior to acceleration,
accrue  interest,  computed on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual number
of days  elapsed,  at the floating  rate of Bank's Prime Rate per annum.  If any
payment  due under the Note is not made  within  five days of the date when due,
Borrower  shall pay a late charge  equal to the greater of 5% of the  delinquent
amount  or  $50.00,  or Bank's  then  current  late  charge.  In the event  Bank
accelerates  payment of the Note,  interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal
balance of the Note  (including the then unpaid  principal  balance of all LIBOR
Loans), at the floating rate of Bank's Prime Rate plus 5.0% per annum,  computed
on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual number of days elapsed,  until the
Note is paid in full.  In the event there is a change in Bank's Prime Rate,  the
change in the  accruing  interest  rate on the unpaid  principal  balance of the
Note,  which is not accruing  interest at a LIBOR Rate shall be effective on the
day when the  change in Bank's  Prime  Rate is made by Bank,  without  notice to
Borrower. Payments of all accrued interest on the Note (whether such interest is
accruing at Bank's Prime Rate or at a LIBOR  Rate),  shall be due and payable on
the first Business Day of each month,  commencing January 2, 1996, and when Bank
has accelerated  payment of the Note, and on the Revolver  Expiration  Date, and
when the Note is paid in full.

     2.1.6.  So long as the conditions  precedent set forth in Sections  2.1.1.1
and  2.1.1.2  are  satisfied  at the time of the  request,  Borrower  may on two
Business Days'(or less notice,  at Bank's sole option),  prior written notice to
Bank,  request  that an  advance  under  the  Revolver  accrue  interest  at the
applicable  LIBOR Rate for a designated  Interest Period or Borrower may convert
all or a portion  of the  unpaid  principal  balance  of the Note  which is then
accruing interest at the floating rate of Bank's Prime Rate, to a LIBOR Loan for
the selected  Interest Period,  or Borrower may renew a LIBOR Loan at the end of
an  Interest  Period  at a  LIBOR  Rate  determined  by Bank  for an  additional
designated  Interest Period.  The written notice from Borrower shall specify the
requested  amount of the LIBOR Loan plus the  requested  Interest  Period.  Once
Borrower  requests a LIBOR Loan, the request shall be irrevocable.  Upon receipt
of the  written  request,  Bank  shall  determine  the  LIBOR  Base Rate for the
designated  Interest  Period.  After Bank  determines the LIBOR Base Rate,  Bank
shall  notify  Borrower of the LIBOR Rate for the  requested  LIBOR Loan,  which
LIBOR Rate shall be the LIBOR Base Rate determined by Bank, plus 2.5% per annum.
All loans made under the Revolver  shall  accrue  interest on the basis of a 360
day year for the actual number of days  elapsed,  regardless of whether the loan
is accruing interest at Bank's Prime Rate or at a LIBOR Rate.

     At the end of an Interest  Period,  unless Borrower has timely requested in
writing to renew the LIBOR Loan at a new LIBOR


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Rate  for  an  additional  specified  Interest  Period,  the  LIBOR  Loan  shall
thereafter  automatically  accrue  interest at the floating rate of Bank's Prime
Rate per annum.  Principal on LIBOR Loans may not be prepaid in whole or in part
prior to the end of an  Interest  Period  without the prior  written  consent of
Bank.  Bank may, at its sole option,  refuse to allow such  prepayment  or allow
such  prepayment  upon payment to Bank of a prepayment  premium  satisfactory to
Bank.

     2.1.7.  In the event that the unpaid  principal  balance of the Note at any
time exceeds the Maximum  Credit for any reason,  including but not limited to a
change in the Borrowing Base and/or a decrease in the value of Eligible Accounts
Receivable  and/or  Eligible  Inventory,  then Borrower  shall,  without notice,
demand or protest,  pay to Bank within ten days of the date the unpaid principal
balance of the Note exceeds the Maximum  Credit,  a sum sufficient to reduce the
principal  balance  of the Note to an amount  equal to or less than the  Maximum
Credit.  Any  unpaid  principal  balance  of the Note  which is in excess of the
Maximum  Credit  shall,  until  such  excess  is paid in  full,  or  until  Bank
accelerates  payment of the Note, accrue interest at the floating rate of Bank's
Prime Rate plus 3% per annum,  calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the
actual number of days elapsed.

     2.1.8 Bank is  authorized  to act on the  telephone  requests for borrowing
and/or prepayment, of any person identifying himself as an Authorized Person and
Borrower will be bound by such  instructions.  Borrower  hereby  indemnifies and
holds Bank harmless from any liability  (including Bank's reasonable  attorneys'
fees),  which may arise as a result of Bank's good faith  reliance on  telephone
requests for borrowing and/or prepayment from any person identifying  himself as
an Authorized Person.

     2.1.9  Borrower  shall pay to Bank a commitment  fee equal to 1/4 of 1% per
annum  (calculated on the basis of a 360 day year),  on the daily average of the
difference between $7,000,000.00  (subject to permanent reduction,  as specified
in Section 2.1.10 below),  and the aggregate  principal amount outstanding under
the Revolver.  This commitment fee shall be payable in arrears and calculated by
Bank as of the first Business Day of each January  (commencing January 2, 1996),
April, July and October, on the Revolver Expiration Date and when payment of the
Note is  accelerated.  The commitment  fees shall be due and payable by Borrower
within ten days of the date that Bank bills Borrower for the commitment fee.

     2.1.10 On five Business Days written notice to Bank,  Borrower may elect to
reduce the  number  "$7,000,000.00"  in the  definition  of Maximum  Credit to a
lesser amount selected by Borrower.  Upon such election,  the reduction shall be
permanent and irrevocable,  and if the then unpaid principal balance of the Note
exceeds the revised Maximum Credit, Borrower shall immediately pay


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to Bank a sum sufficient to reduce the unpaid  principal  balance of the Note to
the new Maximum Credit."

     5. Except as set forth above, all terms and conditions of the Agreement, as
amended by this Amendment No. 2, and the Documents remain the same.

     6. Bank's  obligation to enter into this  Amendment is contingent  upon the
execution of this Amendment No. 2 by Borrower,  and the  performance by Borrower
of all terms and  conditions  specified  in this  Amendment  No. 2, and upon the
following additional terms and conditions.

        a.  Borrower  shall  deliver  to  Bank  a  Certificate  executed  by its
Secretary,  containing the duly adopted resolutions of its directors, consenting
to the adoption of resolutions  authorizing among other things, the execution by
Borrower  of this  Amendment,  and all  Documents  to be executed by Borrower in
connection therewith.  The Certificate shall be in the form of Exhibit "B", with
blanks appropriate completed.

        b. Within  thirty days of the  Amendment 2 Date,  all  Guarantors  shall
execute and deliver to Bank an Agreement and  Acknowledgement  pursuant to which
they acknowledge to Bank that all Documents  executed by them in connection with
the Agreement,  including but not limited to their respective Guaranties, remain
in full force and effect  ("Acknowledgement").  The form of the Acknowledgements
shall be satisfactory to Bank and its attorneys.

        c. All legal  details in  connection  with this  Amendment No. 2 and the
Documents executed in connection therewith,  shall have met with the approval of
Bank and Woods, Oviatt, Gilman, Sturman & Clarke, counsel for Bank.

        Bank, at is sole option,  may extend past the Amendment 2 Date, the time
in which  Borrower  and/or any Guarantor  and/or any other Entity is required to
provide any of the Documents  required to be delivered  under this Amendment No.
2. The  extension  may be written or oral,  expressed or implied,  such as where
Bank executes  this  Amendment No. 2 on the Amendment 2 Date without one or more
of the Documents required under this Amendment No. 2 having been provided.  Such
extension shall not operate as a waiver of the  requirement  that such Documents
be  provided,  and  Borrower's  and/or  Guarantors'  and/or any other  Entities'
failure to provide such  Documents to Bank after the Amendment 2 Date,  shall at
Bank's option,  constitute a default under Section 6.1.4 of the  Agreement.  The
requirement  that Borrower and/or any Guarantor  and/or any other Entity deliver
to Bank any Documents  called for under this  Amendment No. 2 may only be waived
in a writing signed by Bank.

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     7. On the Amendment No. 2 Date, Borrower shall pay all of Bank's attorneys'
fees and  disbursements  incurred  and to be  incurred  in  connection  with the
preparation,  negotiation  and execution of this  Amendment No. 2, the Documents
executed in connection with this Amendment No. 2, and all related matters.

     8. This Amendment No. 2 is governed by New York law, and may not be amended
or terminated orally.  Any litigation  involving this Amendment No. 2 and/or the
Agreement  and/or any of the Documents  shall at Bank's sole option,  be triable
only in a court located in Monroe County, New York. BORROWER WAIVES THE RIGHT TO
A JURY TRIAL IN ANY  LITIGATION OF ANY NATURE OR KIND IN WHICH BORROWER AND BANK
ARE  PARTIES.  No other Entity is a third party  beneficiary  of this jury trial
waiver. Borrower also waives the right to require Bank to post an undertaking in
any action  commenced by Bank against  Borrower,  or in any action in which Bank
and  Borrower  are both  parties,  including  but not limited to an action under
Article 71 of the CPLR.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bank and Borrower have executed this Amendment No. 2 on
the date first written above.

                                   MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS
                                   TRUST COMPANY




                                   By:  /s/ J. THEODORE SMITH
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        J. Theodore Smith
                                        Assistant Vice President


                                   TRANSMATION, INC.



                                   By:  /s/ ROBERT G. KLIMASEWSKI
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        Robert G. Klimasewski
                                        President


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STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF MONROE  )ss:

     On this 19th day of December,  1995,  before me personally came J. Theodore
Smith, to me known,  who, being by me duly sworn,  did depose and say that he is
an Assistant Vice  President of  MANUFACTURERS  AND TRADERS TRUST  COMPANY,  the
corporation  described in and which executed the above  instrument;  and that he
signed his name thereto by order of the board of directors of said corporation.

                                        /s/ BRIAN D. CALLAHAN
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        Notary Public


STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF MONROE  )ss:

     On this 15th day of December,  1995,  before me  personally  came Robert G.
Klimasewski,  to me known,  who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that
he  is an  Assistant  Vice  President  of  TRANSMATION,  INC.,  the  corporation
described  in and which  executed the above  instrument;  and that he signed his
name thereto by order of the board of directors of said corporation.

                                        /s/ [illegible]
                                        -----------------------------------
                                        Notary Public




                                   EXHIBIT A
                              Grid Note (omitted)



                                   EXHIBIT B
                       Certificate of Secretary (omitted)


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                                   EXHIBIT 27
                                TRANSMATION, INC.
                             FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE


This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
Company's  September  30,  1995 Form 10-Q and is  qualified  in its  entirety by
reference to such financial statements.

Period                                                                  9 months
Fiscal year-end                                                   March 31, 1996
Period-end                                                     December 31, 1995
Cash and cash items                                                     $468,071
Marketable securities                                                          0
Notes and accounts receivable-trade                                   $5,684,807
Allowances for doubtful accounts                                        $503,200
Inventory                                                             $6,652,040
Total current assets                                                 $13,550,120
Property, plant and equipment                                         $5,476,881
Accumulated depreciation                                              $3,730,984
Total assets                                                         $15,802,667
Total current liabilities                                             $4,985,521
Bonds, mortgages and similar debt                                     $2,432,100
Preferred stock-mandatory redemption                                           0
Preferred stock-no mandatory redemption                                        0
Common stock                                                          $1,211,154
Other stockholders' equity                                            $6,458,802
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity                           $15,368,745
Net sales of tangible products                                       $24,677,681
Total revenues                                                       $28,584,813
Cost of tangible goods sold                                          $16,319,564
Total costs and expenses applicable to sales and revenues            $18,045,464
Other costs and expenses                                              $8,890,265
Provision for doubtful accounts and notes                                $30,200
Interest and amortization of debt discount                              $300,739
Income before taxes and other items                                   $1,348,345
Income tax expense                                                      $480,300
Income/loss continuing operations                                       $868,045
Discontinued operations                                                        0
Extraordinary items                                                            0
Cumulative effect-changes in accounting principles                             0
Net income or loss                                                      $868,045
Earnings per share-primary                                                  $.34
Earnings per share-fully diluted                                            $.34



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