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AIR T INC

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 12, 2025.

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Dec 31, 2024 · Filed Feb 12, 2025

AIRT$27.70-1.6%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026
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  1. Geographical Information

Total tangible long-lived assets, which include property and equipment as well as assets on lease, net of accumulated depreciation, located in the United States, the Company's country of domicile, and held outside the United States, are summarized in the following table as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024 (in thousands):

December 31, 2024March 31, 2024
United States$20,473$20,807
Foreign15,340306
Total tangible long-lived assets, net$35,813$21,113

The net book value of tangible long-lived assets located within each individual foreign country at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024 is listed below (in thousands):

December 31, 2024March 31, 2024
Bulgaria$15,017$—
Thailand233252
Other9054
Total tangible long-lived assets, net$15,340$306

Total revenue, in and outside the United States, is summarized in the following table for the nine months ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

Nine Months Ended December 31,
20242023
United States$188,075$182,334
Foreign37,46031,820
Total revenue$225,535$214,154
  1. Segment Information

The Company hasfour business segments: overnight air cargo, ground equipment sales, commercial jet engine and parts, and corporate and other. Segment data is summarized as follows (in thousands):

(In Thousands)Three Months EndedDecember 31,Nine Months EndedDecember 31,
2024202320242023
Operating Revenues by Segment:
Overnight Air Cargo:
Domestic$30,394$28,818$91,074$84,054
International1982001,088890
Total Overnight Air Cargo30,59229,01892,16284,944
Ground Equipment Sales:
Domestic11,5678,17831,23828,709
International2792632,4173,765
Total Ground Equipment Sales11,8468,44133,65532,474
Commercial Jet Engines and Parts:
Domestic20,95315,96762,10966,698
International11,7358,17229,75623,765
Total Commercial Jet Engines and Parts32,68824,13991,86590,463
Corporate and Other:
Domestic1,2489353,6542,873
International1,5061,2234,1993,400
Total Corporate and Other2,7542,1587,8536,273
Total77,88063,756225,535214,154
Operating Income (Loss):
Overnight Air Cargo1,8641,5945,5105,568
Ground Equipment Sales184(522)(173)(619)
Commercial Jet Engines and Parts2,646(627)7,3892,002
Corporate and Other(2,878)(2,053)(7,589)(7,140)
Total1,816(1,608)5,137(189)
Capital Expenditures:
Overnight Air Cargo12660387263
Ground Equipment Sales—2421282
Commercial Jet Engines and Parts1232414,810166
Corporate and Other8912121167
Total33812015,530678
Depreciation and Amortization:
Overnight Air Cargo11795326269
Ground Equipment Sales3937230107
Commercial Jet Engines and Parts8041851,364565
Corporate and Other3683821,1181,147
Total$1,328$699$3,038$2,088
  1. Commitments and Contingencies

Put/Call Options and Earnout

Contrail entered into an Operating Agreement (the “Contrail Operating Agreement”) in connection with the acquisition of Contrail providing for the governance of and the terms of membership interests in Contrail and including put and call options with the Seller to require Contrail to purchase all of the Seller’s equity membership interests in Contrail, such options commencing on the fifth anniversary of the acquisition, which occurred on July 18, 2021. On May 30, 2024, Contrail entered into a Membership Interest Redemption and Earnout Agreement (the "Redemption Agreement") with the Seller. Pursuant to the Redemption Agreement, Contrail agreed to purchase and redeem from the Seller,16% of its 21% interest in Contrail, with the earnout period being retroactive to April 1, 2024. The purchase price for the redeemed interest is $4.6 million in the form of a secured, subordinated promissory note, plus an earnout amount valued at $1.1 million. Under the Redemption Agreement, the Seller is entitled to an annual earnout payment equal to 9.14% of Contrail's adjusted EBITDA over $7.0 million in each fiscal year beginning on March 31, 2025 and continuing through March 31, 2029. Pursuant to the Redemption Agreement, Contrail is required to calculate the earnout payments annually within 30 days following the completion of the annual audits of the Company and Contrail and payment of any amount due is required following satisfaction of a procedure to address any objections to the calculated amount. The earnout pursuant to the Redemption Agreement is a Level 3 fair value measurement that is valued at $1.8 million as of December 31, 2024. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, a loss has been recorded due to an increase in fair value of $0.4 million and $0.7 million, respectively, and included as part of other non-operating income in the condensed consolidated statements of income (loss).

In connection with the Redemption Agreement, the parties agreed to certain technical amendments to the First Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Contrail and entered into a new Put and Call Agreement with respect to the remaining 5% interest in Contrail held by the Seller. Pursuant to the new Put and Call Agreement, commencing April 1, 2026 and at any time thereafter, either Contrail or the Seller has the option to elect by written notice to purchase or sell all of the remaining 5% interest in Contrail held by the Seller. The purchase price for the 5% interest is equal to 5% of the Contrail Equity Value, which is defined as an amount equal tonine times the average Adjusted EBITDA of Contrail's most recent three completed fiscal years at the time an option notice is delivered. The purchase price for the 5% interest is to be paid in equal quarterly installments over athree-year period, together with interest at the then currentten-year Treasury bond yield plus 2.5% adjusted annually. The Company has presented this redeemable non-controlling interest in Contrail ("Contrail RNCI") between the liabilities and equity sections of the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company has elected to recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the greater of fair value on the date of the agreement, adjusted for allocable income and loss, or the redemption value at the end of each reporting period.

In February 2022, in connection with the Company's acquisition of GdW, a consolidated subsidiary of Shanwick, the Company entered into a shareholder agreement with the 30.0% non-controlling interest owners of Shanwick, providing for the governance of and the terms of membership interests in Shanwick. The shareholder agreement includes the Shanwick Put/Call Option with regard to the 30.0% non-controlling interest. The non-controlling interest holders are the executive management of the underlying business. The Shanwick Put/Call Option grants the Company an option to purchase the 30.0% interest at the call option price that equals the average EBIT over the three Financial Years prior to the exercise of the Call Option multiplied byeight. In addition, the Shanwick Put/Call Option also grants the non-controlling interest owners an option to require the Company to purchase from them their respective ownership interests at the Put Option price, that is equal to the average EBIT over the three Financial Years prior to the exercise of the Put Option multiplied by seven and one-half. The Call Option and the Put Option may be exercised at any time from the fifth anniversary of the shareholder agreement and then only at the end of each fiscal year of Air T ("Shanwick RNCI").

The Company has presented the Shanwick RNCI between the liabilities and equity sections of the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company has elected to recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the estimated redemption value at the end of each reporting period. As the Shanwick RNCI will be redeemed at established multiples of EBIT, it is considered redeemable at other than fair value. Changes in its estimated redemption value are recorded on our consolidated statements of operations within non-controlling interests.

The Shanwick RNCI and Contrail RNCI are measured at the higher of their carrying value or their redemption value. As of December 31, 2024, the balances were comprised of the following (in thousands):

Shanwick RNCIContrail RNCITotal
Beginning Balance as of April 1, 2024$5,540$7,436$12,976
Contribution from non-controlling members———
Distribution to non-controlling members(323)(164)(487)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests111447558
Other comprehensive income attributable to the RNCI(348)—(348)
Redemption value adjustments295—295
Redemption of non-controlling interests—(5,899)(5,899)
Ending Balance as of December 31, 2024$5,275$1,820$7,095

Crestone Asset Management, LLC and CJVII, LLC

For CAM's Investment Function, as described in Note 8, CAM's initial commitment to CJVII was approximately $51.0 million. The Company and MRC have commitments to CAM in the respective amounts of $7.0 million and $44.0 million. These represent the investor interests of CAM, separate and distinct from the common interests. Any investment returns on CAM’s investor interests are shared pro-rata between the Company and MRC for each individual investment at the CJVII Series. Per its Operating Agreement, CAM is comprised of only two Series: the Onshore and the Offshore Series. Participation in each is determined solely based on whether a potential investment at the CJVII Series is a domestic (Onshore) or international (Offshore) investment. As of December 31, 2024, for its Investment Function, the Company has contributed $12.9 million to CAM’s Offshore Series and $1.0 million to CAM’s Onshore Series. The Company fulfilled its Investment Function initial commitment to CAM in fiscal year 2023.

In connection with the formation of CAM, MRC has a fixed price put option of $1.0 million to sell its common equity in CAM to the Company at each of the first three (3) anniversary dates. At the later of (a) five (5) years after execution of the agreement and (b) distributions to MRC per the waterfall equal to their capital contributions, Air T has a call option and MRC has a put option on the MRC common interests in CAM ("secondary put and call option"). If either party exercises the option, the exercise price will be fair market value if Air T pays in cash at closing or 112.5% of fair market value if Air T opts to pay in three (3) equal annual installments after exercise. With respect to the secondary put and call option, as it is priced at fair value, the Company determined that there is no potential loss or gain upon exercise that would need to be recognized.

2020 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan

On December 29, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which was subsequently approved by the Company's stockholders at the August 18, 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The total number of shares authorized under the Plan is 420,000. Through December 31, 2024, options to purchase up to 326,000 shares have been granted under the Plan. The options vest annually over a period often years based on a specified service condition ("vested awards") and expireten years after vesting. However, the ability to exercise vested awards, occurring at the conclusion of each annual vesting period, is contingent upon the Company's stock price meeting predetermined milestones outlined in the options agreements (the "market condition"). If the market condition is not fulfilled at the annual vesting period on June 30 of every year, the vested awards may not be exercisable at any subsequent point. On the preceding three vesting dates, June 30, 2024, 2023 and 2022, a total of 97,000 shares satisfied the service condition; however, they did not meet the market condition to become exercisable. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, no unvested shares and 26,000 unvested shares, respectively, were forfeited due to employee departures resulting in the reversal of previously recognized expense of $0 and $53.0 thousand, respectively. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, total compensation cost recognized under the Plan was $30.0 thousand and $0.1 million. As of December 31, 2024, there were 203,000 granted options that may become exercisable on future vesting dates under the Plan. No options were exercisable as of December 31, 2024.

  1. Guarantees

Nonfinancial Guarantees

From time to time, we may issue guarantees or indemnifications to third parties assuring performance of lease agreements pertaining to aircraft assets owned by certain CJVII Series ("nonfinancial guarantees"). Air T's performance under these guarantees would be triggered by failure of the series to perform in accordance with the terms stated in the lease agreements.

Nonfinancial guarantees and indemnifications are recorded at fair value at their inception. We regularly review our performance risk under these arrangements, and in the event it becomes probable that we will be required to perform under a guarantee or indemnity, the amount of probable payment will be recorded.

The maximum potential payments for nonfinancial guarantees were $4.5 million and $10.1 million at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, respectively. The reduction in the maximum potential payments required for nonfinancial guarantees this quarter, compared to March 31, 2024, stems from a strategic decision to sell the aircraft instead of maintaining it on lease, thereby mitigating future payment obligations for the underlying asset. The carrying value of recorded liabilities related to nonfinancial guarantees was $0 at both December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024.

  1. Subsequent Events

On January 21, 2025, the Company and the Alerus Loan Parties entered into Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents (“Amendment No. 1”) with Alerus. Amendment No. 1 extends the term of the revolving credit agreement from February 28, 2026 to August 28, 2026. All other terms of the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents remain the same.

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