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NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT TRANSACTION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

NOTE 16 — NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT TRANSACTION

On July 20, 2011, the Company received $2,280 in proceeds via a transaction involving tax credits linked to the Company’s capital investment in the Gearbox Facility. The transaction qualifies under the NMTC program and included a gross loan from AMCREF to Broadwind Services in the principal amount of $10,000, with a term of fifteen years and interest payable at the rate of 1.4% per annum, largely offset by a gross loan in the principal amount of $7,720 from the Company to COCRF Investor VIII, LLC, with a term of fifteen years and interest payable at the rate of 2.5% per annum.

The NMTC regulations permit taxpayers to claim credits against their federal income taxes for up to 39% of qualified investments in the equity of community development entities. The program could generate $3,900 in tax credits which the Company has made available under the structure by passing them through to Capital One. Most of the proceeds have been applied to the Company’s recent investment in the Gearbox Facility assets and operating costs, as permitted under this program; the March 31, 2012 consolidated balance sheet has $174 in cash classified as restricted cash related to this arrangement which has yet to be used under this program.

The Gearbox Facility must operate and be in compliance with various regulations and restrictions for seven years to comply with terms of the agreement, or the Company may be liable under its indemnification agreement with Capital One for the recapture of tax credits. The NMTC program tax credits are subject to 100% recapture for a period of seven years as provided in the IRC. The Company does not anticipate any tax credit recapture events or that it will be required to make a payment to Capital One under the indemnification agreement.

The Capital One contribution has been included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2012. This transaction includes a put/call provision whereby the Company may be obligated or entitled to repurchase Capital One’s interest. Capital One may exercise an option to put its investment and receive $130 from the Company. If Capital One does not exercise its put option, the Company can exercise a call option at the then fair market value of the call. The Company believes that Capital One will exercise the put option in 2018 at the end of the recapture period. The Capital One contribution other than the amount allocated to the put obligation will be recognized as income only after the put/call is exercised and when Capital One has no ongoing interest. However, there is no legal obligation for Capital One to exercise the put, and the Company has attributed only an insignificant value to the put option included in this structure.

The Company has determined that two pass-through financing entities created under this structure are variable interest entities (“VIE’s”). The ongoing activities of the VIE’s—collecting and remitting interest and fees and complying with NMTC requirements—were considered in the initial design of the transaction and are not expected to significantly affect economic performance throughout the life of the VIE’s. Management also considered the contractual arrangements that obligate the Company to deliver tax benefits and provide various other guarantees under the transaction structure, Capital One’s lack of a material interest in the underlying economics of the project, and the fact that the Company is obligated to absorb losses of the VIE’s. The Company has concluded that it is required to consolidate the VIE’s because the Company has both (i) the power to direct those matters that most significantly impact the activities of the VIE and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE.

The $262 of issue costs paid to third parties are recorded as prepaid expenses, and are being amortized over the expected seven year term of the NMTC arrangement. Capital One’s net contribution of $2,280 is included in Long Term Debt, Net of Current Maturities in the consolidated balance sheet. Incremental costs to maintain the structure during the compliance period will be recognized as they are incurred.