SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

(Mark one)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ý

 

Annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

(No fee required, effective October 7, 1996)

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001

 

Or

 

o

 

Transition Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

(No fee required)

 

 

 

For the transition period from                                   to                                             .

 

Commission file number 0-16182

 

A.                                   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

Axsys Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan and Trust

 

B.                                     Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

Axsys Technologies, Inc., a Delaware Corporation

175 Capital Boulevard, Suite 103

Rocky Hill, CT 06067

 

 

REQUIRED INFORMATION

 

The following financial statements shall be furnished for the plan:

 

Axsys Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan and Trust Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

 

Reports of  Independent Auditors

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits as of December 31, 2001 and 2000

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes At End of Year

 

 

 

 



 

 

AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

401 (K) RETIREMENT PLAN & TRUST

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000 AND 1999

 

WITH

 

REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 

 



 

AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

401 (K) RETIREMENT PLAN & TRUST

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Reports of Independent Auditors
Ernst & Young LLP
Herman Birnbaum

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

 

 

 

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits

 

 

 

 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Schedule:

 

 

Schedule H, line 4i—Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at End of Year

 

 

 



 

 

Report of Independent Auditors

 

 

 

Plan Investment Committee

Axsys Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan and Trust

 

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for plan benefits of Axsys Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan and Trust as of December 31, 2001and the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.  The financial statements of the Plan as of December 31, 2000 and for the two years then ended have been audited by another auditor whose report dated June 20, 2001 contained an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States.  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.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2001and the changes in its net assets available for plan benefits for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the 2001 financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets held for investment purposes as of December 31, 2001, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the 2001 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the 2001 financial statements taken as a whole.

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

 

 

Hartford, Connecticut

June 27, 2002

 

 

1



 

HERMAN BIRNBAUM

Certified Public Accountant

P.O. Box 296

Pluckemin, NJ 07978


(908) 781-9863

 

 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

 

To the Axsys Technologies, Inc. 401(K) Retirement Plan and Trust Participants:

 

I have audited the statement of net assets available for benefits of the Axsys Technologies, Inc. 401(K) Retirement Plan and Trust (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2000 and the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  My responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on my audits.

 

I conducted my audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.  Those standards require that I 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.  I believe that my audits provide a reasonable basis for my opinion.

 

In my opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

My audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets held for investment purposes at end of year as of December 31, 2000, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

 

 

 

June 20, 2001

 

 

2



 

 

AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN AND TRUST

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2001

 

2000

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Investments at fair value

 

$

21,702,363

 

$

23,863,745

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions receivable:

 

 

 

 

 

Employees

 

164,566

 

166,207

 

Employer

 

207,710

 

231,226

 

Total contributions receivable

 

372,276

 

397,433

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for plan benefits

 

$

22,074,639

 

$

24,261,178

 

 

See accompanying notes

 

 

3



 

AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN AND TRUST

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS

 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axsys
Stable Value

 

Fidelity
Growth Company

 

Fidelity
Investment Grade Bond

 

Fidelity Balanced

 

Fidelity
Blue Chip Growth

 

Fidelity
Equity Income II

 

Fidelity
Stock Selector

 

Fidelity
Diversified International

 

Additions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions - Employees

 

$

129,237

 

$

438,606

 

$

120,550

 

$

186,431

 

$

475,975

 

$

62,551

 

$

79,879

 

$

121,018

 

Contributions - Employer, net

 

60,041

 

186,448

 

90,359

 

79,301

 

179,515

 

19,613

 

28,464

 

48,577

 

Interest and dividend income

 

301,960

 

1,971

 

48,112

 

116,126

 

8,748

 

4,173

 

9,060

 

794

 

Exchange in

 

363,745

 

92,187

 

201,550

 

366,108

 

39,835

 

21,340

 

28,927

 

13,918

 

Loan repayment (principal and interest)

 

54,235

 

112,390

 

54,261

 

59,359

 

108,638

 

6,934

 

17,098

 

16,608

 

Deductions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized loss/ (gain)

 

 

45,859

 

(6,122

)

5,255

 

159,542

 

2,436

 

28,536

 

29,575

 

Distributions

 

545,906

 

58,752

 

118,374

 

202,422

 

504,916

 

5,699

 

42,448

 

114,812

 

Exchange out

 

152,576

 

30,357

 

252,056

 

116,502

 

332,034

 

20,643

 

81,206

 

111,485

 

Loan withdrawals

 

286,611

 

17,381

 

47,947

 

76,974

 

114,699

 

4,977

 

23,288

 

9,925

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets available for plan benefits

 

(75,875

)

679,253

 

102,577

 

406,172

 

(298,480

)

80,856

 

(12,050

)

(64,882

)

Unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation

 

 

(105,437

)

12,319

 

(49,007

)

(1,002,417

)

(6,032

)

(217,230

)

(144,100

)

Net assets available for plan benefits, beginning of year

 

$

4,844,732

 

$

342,998

 

$

773,673

 

$

2,626,884

 

$

6,873,089

 

$

23,646

 

$

1,594,542

 

$

1,313,577

 

Transfer in from affiliated plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

496

 

9,820

 

8,231

 

Net assets available for plan benefits, end of year

 

$

4,768,857

 

$

916,814

 

$

888,569

 

$

2,984,049

 

$

5,572,192

 

$

98,966

 

$

1,375,082

 

$

1,112,826

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity
Freedom
2020

 

Fidelity
Freedom
2030

 

Spartan
US Equity
Index

 

Retirement
Money
Market

 

Loans

 

Axsys
Technologies Stock

 

Contribution Receivable

 

Total

 

Additions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions - Employees

 

$

150,115

 

$

118,552

 

$

188,464

 

$

103

 

$

 

$

 

$

(1,641

)

$

2,069,840

 

Contributions - Employer, net

 

81,051

 

68,173

 

51,405

 

33

 

 

88,853

 

(23,516

)

958,317

 

Interest and dividend income

 

14,647

 

10,300

 

10,054

 

65

 

 

 

 

526,010

 

Exchange in

 

19,056

 

 

73,534

 

 

 

 

 

1,220,200

 

Loan repayment (principal and interest)

 

83,903

 

45,981

 

34,320

 

(24

)

(499,806

)

 

 

93,897

 

Deductions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized loss/ (gain)

 

4,288

 

2,287

 

18,416

 

 

 

105,475

 

 

395,547

 

Distributions

 

16,244

 

5,296

 

140,347

 

179

 

92,973

 

115,172

 

 

1,963,540

 

Exchange out

 

2,495

 

1,822

 

114,569

 

 

 

4,455

 

 

1,220,200

 

Loan withdrawals

 

11,865

 

8,349

 

38,888

 

 

(640,904

)

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets available for plan benefits

 

313,880

 

225,252

 

45,557

 

(2

)

48,125

 

(136,249

)

(25,157

)

1,288,977

 

Unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation

 

(29,808

)

(27,454

)

(87,917

)

 

 

(1,859,325

)

 

 

(3,516,408

)

Net assets available for plan benefits, beginning of year

 

$

125,881

 

$

97,619

 

$

891,854

 

$

1,483

 

$

1,227,050

 

$

3,126,717

 

$

397,433

 

$

24,261,178

 

Transfer in from affiliated plan

 

 

 

17,293

 

 

5,052

 

 

 

40,892

 

Net assets available for plan benefits, end of year

 

$

409,953

 

$

295,417

 

$

866,787

 

$

1,481

 

$

1,280,227

 

$

1,131,143

 

$

372,276

 

$

22,074,639

 

 

 

FOR THE FOUR MONTH PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1 — DECEMBER 31, 2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axsys
Stable Value

 

Fidelity
Growth Company

 

Fidelity
Investment Grade Bond

 

Fidelity Balanced

 

Fidelity
Blue Chip Growth

 

Fidelity
Equity Income II

 

Fidelity
Stock Selector

 

Fidelity
Diversified International

 

Additions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions - Employees

 

$

28,691

 

$

133,416

 

$

32,817

 

$

50,629

 

$

143,077

 

$

11,006

 

$

29,164

 

$

36,927

 

Contributions - Employer, net

 

8,386

 

32,719

 

7,564

 

13,194

 

31,647

 

2,381

 

6,688

 

7,051

 

Interest and dividend income

 

95,287

 

20,531

 

10,851

 

118,596

 

319,980

 

2,832

 

282,908

 

77,274

 

Exchange in

 

81,646

 

55,883

 

111,515

 

83,224

 

15,149

 

 

 

448

 

Loan repayment (principal and interest)

 

11,267

 

40,009

 

13,463

 

14,270

 

44,715

 

2,265

 

4,734

 

5,443

 

Deductions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized (gain)/loss

 

 

52

 

(15

)

2,007

 

35,791

 

(14

)

37,249

 

6,558

 

Distributions

 

 

701

 

(237

)

 

1,380

 

 

341

 

 

Transfer out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange out

 

10,408

 

1,762

 

783

 

17,273

 

105,646

 

172

 

150,136

 

42,556

 

Loan withdrawals

 

55,286

 

1,725

 

365

 

31,257

 

44,715

 

 

12,751

 

767

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets available for plan benefits

 

159,583

 

278,318

 

175,314

 

229,376

 

367,036

 

18,326

 

123,017

 

77,262

 

Unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation

 

 

(35,225

)

11,396

 

(134,564

)

(1,751,772

)

(2,103

)

(540,807

)

(179,858

)

Net assets available for plan benefits, beginning of year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances transferred

 

4,685,149

 

99,905

 

586,963

 

2,532,072

 

8,257,825

 

7,423

 

2,012,332

 

1,416,173

 

Net assets available for plan benefits, end of year

 

$

4,844,732

 

$

342,998

 

$

773,673

 

$

2,626,884

 

$

6,873,089

 

$

23,646

 

$

1,594,542

 

$

1,313,577

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity
Freedom 2020

 

Fidelity
Freedom 2030

 

Spartan
US Equity Index

 

Retirement
Money Market

 

Loans

 

Axsys
Technologies Stock

 

Contribution Receivable

 

Total

 

Additions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions - Employees

 

$

48,232

 

$

42,128

 

$

48,911

 

$

1,322

 

$

 

$

 

$

91,024

 

$

697,344

 

Contributions - Employer, net

 

14,224

 

12,770

 

10,370

 

 

 

16,534

 

151,307

 

314,835

 

Interest and dividend income

 

4,672

 

3,096

 

4,969

 

3,267

 

 

 

(1

)

944,262

 

Exchange in

 

26,259

 

16,686

 

8,531

 

 

 

 

 

399,341

 

Loan repayment (principal and interest)

 

24,986

 

13,790

 

9,353

 

25

 

(156,869

)

 

8

 

27,459

 

Deductions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized (gain)/loss

 

 

 

12,152

 

 

 

223

 

1

 

94,004

 

Distributions

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

1

 

2,199

 

Transfer out

 

 

 

 

640,040

 

 

 

 

640,040

 

Exchange out

 

 

 

62,074

 

 

 

8,531

 

 

399,341

 

Loan withdrawals

 

298

 

41

 

11,117

 

 

(158,322

)

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets available for plan benefits

 

118,075

 

88,429

 

(3,209

)

(635,439

)

1,453

 

7,780

 

242,336

 

1,247,657

 

Unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation

 

(7,093

)

(5,317

)

(124,427

)

 

 

(522,660

)

(1

)

(3,292,431

)

Net assets available for plan benefits, beginning of year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances transferred

 

14,899

 

14,507

 

1,019,490

 

636,922

 

1,225,597

 

3,641,597

 

155,098

 

26,305,952

 

Net assets available for plan benefits, end of year

 

$

125,881

 

$

97,619

 

$

891,854

 

$

1,483

 

$

1,227,050

 

$

3,126,717

 

$

397,433

 

$

24,261,178

 

 

See accompanying notes

 

 

4



 

 

FOR THE EIGHT MONTH PERIOD JANUARY 1 — AUGUST 31, 2000

 

 

 

Axsys
Stable Value Fund

 

CGM
Capital Growth

 

Westpeak
Equity Securities

 

Back Bay
Advisors Bond

 

Loomis Sayles
Balanced Securities

 

Templeton International

 

Loans Receivable

 

Axsys Technologies,
Common Stock

 

Contributions
Receivable At 8/31/2000

 

Total

 

Additions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions - employees

 

$

134,760

 

$

227,341

 

$

173,625

 

$

24,776

 

$

31,756

 

$

32,579

 

$

 

$

(441

)

$

(9,680

)

$

614,716

 

Contributions - employer, net

 

43,367

 

79,926

 

59,495

 

12,183

 

10,302

 

16,716

 

 

10,106

 

(28,062

)

204,033

 

Interest income

 

131,598

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

131,598

 

Transfers in/(out)

 

(91,308

)

157,897

 

(12,441

)

1,066

 

(27,249

)

(27,966

)

 

2,814

 

(2,813

)

 

Loan repayment (principal & interest)

 

112,846

 

53,092

 

22,296

 

6,336

 

2,871

 

4,030

 

(153,853

)

 

(47,618

)

 

Deductions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions.

 

1,061,037

 

1,924,022

 

976,147

 

82,675

 

64,842

 

192,408

 

72,930

 

1,181,213

 

(50,431

)

5,504,843

 

Account maintenance charges

 

8,935

 

12,740

 

11,197

 

995

 

1,015

 

1,211

 

 

 

 

36,093

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets available for plan benefits

 

(738,709

)

(1,418,506

)

(744,369

)

(39,309

)

(48,177

)

(168,260

)

(226,783

)

(1,168,734

)

(37,742

)

(4,590,589

)

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation) of investments

 

(11,935

)

(185,629

)

81,681

 

11,992

 

(4,463

)

(28,748

)

 

2,021,480

 

 

1,884,378

 

Net assets available for plan benefits, beginning of period

 

2,883,493

 

4,303,653

 

3,483,107

 

301,511

 

370,775

 

451,228

 

681,983

 

2,422,303

 

192,840

 

15,090,893

 

Transfer to Fidelity

 

5,945

 

2,699,518

 

2,820,419

 

274,194

 

318,135

 

254,220

 

 

 

 

6,372,431

 

Net assets available for plan benefits, end of period

 

$

2,126,904

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

455,200

 

$

3,275,049

 

$

155,098

 

$

6,012,251

 

 

 

FOR THE FULL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axsys
Stable Value Fund

 

CGM
Capital Growth

 

Westpeak
Equity Securities

 

Back Bay
Advisors Bond

 

Loomis Sayles
Balanced Securities

 

Templeton International

 

Loans Receivable

 

Axsys Technologies,
Common Stock

 

Contributions
Receivable At 12/31/99

 

Total

 

Additions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions - employees

 

$

292,799

 

$

381,168

 

$

277,577

 

$

42,964

 

$

61,277

 

$

48,998

 

 

77,301

 

(88,808

)

1,015,975

 

Contributions - employer, net

 

67,445

 

110,681

 

70,917

 

20,670

 

16,267

 

19,196

 

 

 

35 405

 

417,882

 

Interest income

 

176,003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

176,003

 

Transfers in/(out)

 

(72,553

)

(223,574

)

184,280

 

(771

)

(6,601

)

119,219

 

85,843

 

 

24,018

 

 

Loan repayment (principal & interest)

 

(58,103

)

(18,306

)

(21,678

)

(5,354

)

(3,707

)

(2,713

)

 

 

 

 

Deductions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions

 

582,821

 

683,457

 

583,930

 

95,565

 

32,531

 

14,522

 

 

424,726

 

(37,356

)

2,380,196

 

Account maintenance charges

 

16,335

 

17,611

 

12,923

 

1,362

 

1,459

 

974

 

 

 

 

50,664

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets available for plan benefits

 

(193,565

)

(451,099

)

(85,757

)

(39,418

)

33,246

 

169,204

 

85,843

 

(347,425

)

7,971

 

(821,000

)

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation) of investments

 

 

530,857

 

571,672

 

(1,911

)

(15,036

)

88,414

 

 

(140,001

)

 

1,033,995

 

Net assets available for plan benefits, beginning of year

 

3,077,058

 

4,223,895

 

2,997,192

 

342,840

 

352,565

 

193,610

 

596,140

 

2,909,729

 

184,869

 

14,877,898

 

Net assets available for plan benefits, end of year

 

$

2,883,493

 

$

4,303,653

 

$

3,483,107

 

$

301,511

 

$

370,775

 

$

451,228

 

$

681,983

 

$

2,422,303

 

$

192,840

 

$

15,090,893

 

 

See accompanying notes

 

 

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AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN & TRUST

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2001

 

 

 

1.               SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

METHOD OF ACCOUNTING

The financial statements of the Axsys Technologies, Inc. 401K Retirement Plan and Trust (the “Plan”) are presented on the accrual basis of accounting.

 

INVESTMENTS

Investments are made as directed by the Plan's participants.  Investments consisting of guaranteed investment contracts are recorded at contract value.  All other investments are valued at fair value on December 31, 2001 and 2000 using share values of the funds as reported by Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Inc., the custodian of the Plan.

 

EXPENSES OF THE PLAN

Axsys Technologies, Inc. (“the Company”) incurs all administrative and auditing expenses, except for participant maintenance fees  which are deducted directly from participant accounts.

 

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that can affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

DEPOSITS WITH INSURANCE COMPANY

Deposits backed by the assets of an insurance company are subject to credit risk.  If the Plan trustees/custodians fail to repay funds held by the Plan, the asset value of the plan could be substantially impaired.

 

INCOME TAX STATUS

The Plan received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service in 1997, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation.  Subsequent to this issuance of the determination letter, the Plan was amended.  Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in compliance with the Code to maintain its qualified status.  The Plan Sponsor believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.

 

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2.               DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN

The Company has maintained the Plan, which qualifies under section 401(a) and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code since April 1, 1985 and is subject to the applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.  All employees who are not members of collective bargaining groups and who are 21 years of age or older and have completed 1,000 hours of service during a consecutive twelve month period, are eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

Effective April 2, 2001, the Automation Engineering, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan was merged into the Plan.  The net assets of the plan at the date of transfer were $40,892.

 

Effective September 1, 2000, the Company amended and restated the Plan pursuant to an Adoption Agreement adopting the Fidelity CORPORATEplan for Retirement Prototype Basic Plan Document.  The Company has appointed Fidelity Management Trust Company (“Fidelity”) as trustee of a separate trust established pursuant to the Fidelity Plan effective as of September 1, 2000 (the “Fidelity Trust”).  Fidelity will be the trustee of all Plan assets, other than the assets attributable to the Deposit Funds under the New England group annuity contract and the guaranteed interest accounts under the Principal group annuity contracts, which Deposit Funds and guaranteed interest accounts will, effective September 1, 2000, comprise part of the Axsys Stable Value Fund along with certain assets in the Fidelity Trust (the transferred assets being referred to as “Transferred Assets” and the remaining assets being referred to as the “Insurance Contracts”).

 

Stephen W. Bershad and David A. Almeida are the co-trustees of the Trust, which hold assets exclusively attributable to the Insurance Contracts.

 

In connection with the amendment and restatement of the Plan, the Company intends to maintain the Trust separately from the Fidelity Trust until the maturity or liquidation of the Insurance Contracts or participant withdrawals or participant-directed investment transfers from the Axsys Stable Value Fund to another investment fund, at which time those assets will be transferred to the Fidelity Trust (unless otherwise directed by the Investment Committee).

 

Once all assets attributable to the Insurance Contracts are transferred to the Fidelity Trust or otherwise are distributed to satisfy withdrawals from the Axsys Stable Value Fund, Stephen W. Bershad and David A. Almeida will no longer serve as co-trustees of the Trust.

 

Although the Plan assets will be held in two separate trusts, the Plan is a “single plan” as described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(l)-1(b)(1) and all assets of both the Trust and the Fidelity Trust will be available to pay benefits to participants and beneficiaries of the Plan.

 

Prior to September 2000, the New England Life Insurance Company was the plan custodian and the plan was self-trusteed by Axsys.

 

Additionally, effective September 1, 2000 the Speedring, Inc. Deferred Income Retirement Plan and the Speedring Systems, Inc. Deferred Income Retirement Plan were merged into the Plan.  The net assets of the respective plans at date of transfer were $6,252,730 and $5,288,030.

 

Participating employees may elect to defer a portion of their compensation and contribute it to the Plan on a pre-tax basis.  The minimum allowable contribution under the Plan is 1% of annual gross pay.  The maximum contribution to the Plan is limited by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and was $10,500 in 2001 and 2000.  The Company matched 100% of the first 3% contributed and 50% of the next 2% contributed, for a maximum of 4% during 2001 and from September 2000 through December 2000.  Prior to September 1, 2000, the Company matched 100% of the first 3% of employee contribution.

 

 

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Employees participating in the Plan are eligible to receive a benefit upon their normal retirement date, early retirement date, or disability retirement date equal to the amount in their individual accounts.  Participant contributions and related investment returns are 100% vested.  Employer matching contributions and related investment returns vest as follows:

 

Completed years of service

 

Percentage Vested

 

less than 1

 

0

%

1

 

20

%

2

 

40

%

3

 

60

%

4

 

80

%

5

 

100

%

 

Participants are eligible to borrow from their vested accounts in accordance with the Plan provisions.  The maximum amount of any loan is the lesser of (a) $50,000 or (b) one-half of the participant’s vested balance but not less than $1,000.  In addition, no more than three loans may be outstanding at any one time.  All loans must be repaid, by payroll deductions within five years, except those loans used for the purchase of a principal residence, which must be repaid within twenty years.  Participant loans are charged interest at the prime rate plus 1%.

 

The participants of the Plan may elect to have their contributions invested in any combination equal to a whole percentage of the following investment alternatives:

 

 

Axsys Stable Value Fund

 

 

Fidelity Growth Company

 

 

Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund

 

 

Fidelity Balanced Fund

 

 

Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund

 

 

Fidelity Equity Income II

 

 

Fidelity Stock Selector

 

 

Fidelity Diversified International Fund

 

 

Fidelity Freedom 2020

 

 

Fidelity Freedom 2030

 

 

Spartan US Equity Index

 

 

The participants of the Plan, effective for all periods presented, may elect to have the company match invested in the Axsys Technologies, Inc. common stock or in the same investment alternatives as the employee contributions.

 

While the Company has not expressed any intention to discontinue the Plan, it is free to do so subject to the provisions of ERISA.  No such termination, however, shall permit the Plan’s Assets to be used for any purpose other than the exclusive benefit of the participating employees.

 

The information presented previously is not a complete description of the Plan.  For more information see the Summary Plan Description available at the office of the Company.

 

 

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3.     INVESTMENTS

 

The following investments represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets:

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2001

 

2000

 

Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund

 

$

5,572,192

 

$

6,873,089

 

Axsys Stable Value

 

4,768,857

 

4,844,732

 

Fidelity Balanced Fund

 

2,984,049

 

2,626,884

 

Fidelity Stock Selector

 

1,375,082

 

1,594,542

 

Axsys Technologies, Inc. Common Stock

 

1,131,143

 

3,126,717

 

Fidelity Diversified International Fund

 

1,112,826

 

1,313,577

 

Loans to Participants

 

1,280,227

 

1,227,050

 

 

 

$

18,224,376

 

$

21,606,591

 

 

 

The Plan has investments in guaranteed investment contracts that are recorded at contract value.  Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus interest at the contract rate, less withdrawals from the contract.  No valuation reserves have been established to adjust contract amounts since, at December 31, 2001 there is no concern with the credit worthiness of the contract issuer, the New England Life Insurance Company.

 

 

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4.     RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

 

The following is a reconciliation of the net assets available for plan benefits per the financial statements to the Plan’s Form 5500:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2001

 

2000

 

Net assets available for plan benefits per the financial statements

 

$

22,074,639

 

$

24,261,178

 

Less:  Contributions receivable per the financial statements

 

372,276

 

397,433

 

Net assets available for plan benefits per the Form 5500

 

$

21,702,363

 

$

23,863,745

 

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of the contributions per the financial statements to the Form 5500.

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2001

 

2000

 

 

 

Participant

 

Employer

 

Participant

 

Employer

 

Contributions per the financial statements

 

$

2,069,840

 

$

958,317

 

$

1,312,060

 

$

518,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Contributions receivable at December 31, 2001 and 2000

 

(164,566

)

(207,710

)

(166,207

)

(231,226

)

Add:  Contributions receivable at December 31, 2000 and 1999

 

166,207

 

231,226

 

84,859

 

107,981

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions per the Form 5500

 

$

2,071,481

 

$

981,833

 

$

1,230,712

 

$

395,623

 

 

 

5.     PLAN INCOME

 

On September 28, 1999, the parent company of New England Financial, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company  (“MetLife”), voted to convert MetLife from a mutual insurance company to a stock insurance company.  As a result of this process, a demutualization, a special one-time payment, in the form of shares of MetLife stock, was made to the Plan under the contract issued by New England Financial.

 

The financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2000 include approximately $635,000 from the proceeds of the sale of the Plan’s 20,797 shares of Met Life received as part of the demutualization program.  Plan participants, in the New England Group Annuity Contract with account balances on September 28, 1999, were allocated the proceeds as dividend income in December 2000.

 

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AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN & TRUST

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AT END OF YEAR

DECEMBER 31, 2001

 

 

 

 

Identity of Issue, Borrower or Similar Party

 

Description of Investment
(Including Maturity Date, Rate of Interest,
Par or Maturity Value)

 

Current Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axsys Stable Value Fund

 

4,768,858 shares

 

$

4,768,857

 

Axsys Technologies, Inc. Common Stock *

 

113,114 shares

 

1,131,143

 

Fidelity Growth Company

 

17,227 shares

 

916,814

 

Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund

 

121,058 shares

 

888,569

 

Fidelity Balanced Fund

 

200,272 shares

 

2,984,049

 

Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund

 

129,767 shares

 

5,572,192

 

Fidelity Equity Income II

 

4,706 shares

 

98,966

 

Fidelity Stock Selector

 

65,077 shares

 

1,375,082

 

Fidelity Diversified International Fund

 

58,324 shares

 

1,112,826

 

Fidelity Freedom 2020

 

32,588 shares

 

409,953

 

Fidelity Freedom 2030

 

23,520 shares

 

295,417

 

Retirement Money Market

 

1,481 shares

 

1,481

 

Spartan US Equity Index

 

21,328 shares

 

866,787

 

Loans to Participants

 

Bear interest at rates ranging from 5% to 9.25% with varying maturity dates

 

1,280,227

 

Total

 

 

 

$

21,702,363

 

 


* Indicates party-in-interest to the Plan.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

 

The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other person who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axsys Technologies, Inc. 401(k)

 

 

 

 

 

Retirement Plan

 

 

 

 

 

(Plan Name)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE:

 

July 1, 2002

 

/s/ Stephen W. Bershad

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen W. Bershad

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE:

 

July 1, 2002

 

/s/ David A. Almeida

 

 

 

 

 

David A. Almeida

 

 

 

 

 

Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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