New
York
|
13-3139843
|
|
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
|
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
|
|
220
East 42nd Street, New York, New York
|
10017-5891
|
|
(Address
of principal executive offices)
|
(Zip
Code)
|
Common Stock, $.10 par value
|
The NASDAQ Global MarketSM
|
|
(Title of class)
|
(Name of each exchange on which registered)
|
PART
I
|
||
Item
1
|
Business
|
3
|
Item
1A
|
Risk
Factors
|
11
|
Item
1B
|
Unresolved
Staff Comments
|
13
|
Item
2
|
Properties
|
13
|
Item
3
|
Legal
Proceedings
|
14
|
Item
4
|
Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
|
14
|
PART
II
|
||
Item
5
|
Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
|
14
|
Item
6
|
Selected
Financial Data
|
15
|
Item
7
|
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
16
|
Item
7A
|
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
|
23
|
Item
8
|
Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
|
25
|
Item
9
|
Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
|
26
|
Item
9A
|
Controls
and Procedures
|
26
|
Item
9B
|
Other
Information
|
27
|
PART
III
|
||
Item
10
|
Directors,
Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance
|
28
|
Item
11
|
Executive
Compensation
|
29
|
Item
12
|
Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
|
30
|
Item
13
|
Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions and Director
Independence
|
31
|
Item
14
|
Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
|
31
|
PART
IV
|
||
Item
15
|
Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
|
32
|
EXHIBIT21.1
|
||
EXHIBIT31.1
|
||
EXHIBIT31.2
|
||
EXHIBIT32.1
|
||
EXHIBIT32.2
|
·
|
dependence
on key personnel;
|
·
|
maintaining
revenue from subscriptions for the Company’s
products;
|
·
|
protection
of intellectual property rights;
|
·
|
changes
in market and economic conditions;
|
·
|
fluctuations
in the Company’s assets under management due to broadly based changes in
the values of equity and debt securities, redemptions by investors and
other factors;
|
·
|
dependence
on Value Line Funds for investment management and related
fees;
|
·
|
competition
in the fields of publishing, licensing and investment
management;
|
·
|
the
impact of government regulation on the Company’s business and the
uncertainties of litigation and regulatory
proceedings;
|
·
|
terrorist
attacks; and
|
· |
other
risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the risks described
in Item 1A, “Risk Factors”, and other risks and uncertainties from time to
time.
|
·
|
Producing
investment related periodical
publications
|
·
|
Licensing
certain Value Line trademarks and Value Line proprietary ranking system
information to third parties under written agreements for use in third
party managed and marketed investment
products
|
·
|
Providing
investment management and distribution services to the Value Line Mutual
Funds, institutions and individual
accounts.
|
·
|
Comprehensive
reference periodical publications
|
·
|
Targeted,
niche periodical newsletters
|
·
|
Investment
analysis software
|
·
|
Current
and historical financial databases
|
(in
thousands)
|
||||
The
Value Line Fund, Inc.
|
$
|
175,363
|
||
Value
Line Income and Growth Fund, Inc.
|
381,128
|
|||
Value
Line Premier Growth Fund, Inc.
|
547,033
|
|||
Value
Line Larger Companies Fund, Inc.
|
279,910
|
|||
The
Value Line Cash Fund, Inc.
|
219,498
|
|||
Value
Line U.S. Government Securities Fund, Inc.
|
90,214
|
|||
Value
Line Centurion Fund, Inc.
|
246,564
|
|||
The
Value Line Tax Exempt Fund, Inc.
|
93,496
|
|||
Value
Line Convertible Fund, Inc.
|
30,043
|
|||
Value
Line Aggressive Income Trust
|
32,430
|
|||
Value
Line New York Tax Exempt Trust
|
19,988
|
|||
Value
Line Strategic Asset Management Trust (“SAM”)
|
561,491
|
|||
Value
Line Emerging Opportunities Fund, Inc.
|
974,921
|
|||
Value
Line Asset Allocation Fund, Inc.
|
141,471
|
|||
$
|
3,793,550
|
Fund Categories
|
Aggregate Asset
Levels
|
|
Percentage of
Assets in
Category
|
|
Shareholder
Accounts
|
|
Percentage of
Shareholder
Accounts in
Category
|
||||||
Guardian
SAM and Centurion Funds
|
$
|
808,055,000
|
21.4
|
%
|
41,773
|
20.0
|
%
|
||||||
Value
Line Funds direct accounts
|
$
|
1,551,836,000
|
40.8
|
%
|
66,724
|
32.0
|
%
|
||||||
Value
Line Funds omnibus accounts
|
$
|
1,433,659,000
|
37.8
|
%
|
99,800
|
48.0
|
%
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
3,793,550,000
|
100.0
|
%
|
208,297
|
100.0
|
%
|
April
30,
|
||||||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||||
Investment
Periodicals, Related Publications and Licensing
|
$
|
10,780
|
$
|
18,976
|
$
|
14,861
|
||||
Investment
Management
|
76,671
|
80,581
|
81,762
|
|||||||
Corporate
Assets
|
50,502
|
29,406
|
22,591
|
|||||||
$
|
137,953
|
$
|
128,963
|
$
|
119,214
|
Name
|
Age
|
Principal Occupation or Employment
|
||
Jean Bernhard Buttner
|
73
|
Chairman
of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and
AB&Co.; Chairman of the Board and President of each of the Value
Line Funds until June 2008.
|
||
Mitchell
E. Appel
|
37
|
Chief
Financial Officer since April 8, 2008 and from September 2005 to November
2, 2007; Treasurer from June to September 2005; Chief Financial Officer,
XTF Asset Management from November 2007 to April 2008; Chief
Financial Officer, Circle Trust Company from January 2003 to May 2005;
President of each of the Value Line Funds since June
2008.
|
||
Howard
A. Brecher
|
54
|
Chief
Legal Officer, Vice President and Secretary; Vice President, Secretary,
Treasurer and General Counsel of AB&Co.; Vice President and Secretary
of each of the Value Line Funds since June
2008.
|
David
T. Henigson
|
50
|
Vice
President; Vice President of AB&Co.; Vice President, Secretary and
Chief Compliance Officer of each of the Value Line Funds and Chief
Compliance Officer of the Company until June 2008.
|
||
Stephen
R. Anastasio
|
49
|
Treasurer
of the Company and of each of the Value Line Funds since September 2005;
Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to September
2005.
|
Dividend Declared
|
||||||||||
Quarter Ended
|
High
|
Low
|
Per Share
|
|||||||
April
30, 2008
|
$
|
46.92
|
$
|
41.50
|
$
|
.30
|
||||
January
31, 2008
|
$
|
41.40
|
$
|
31.10
|
$
|
.30
|
||||
October
31, 2007
|
$
|
52.74
|
$
|
43.70
|
$
|
.30
|
||||
July
31, 2007
|
$
|
56.00
|
$
|
42.69
|
$
|
.30
|
||||
April
30, 2007
|
$
|
50.00
|
$
|
44.93
|
$
|
.30
|
||||
January
31, 2007
|
$
|
48.32
|
$
|
44.37
|
$
|
.30
|
||||
October
31, 2006
|
$
|
54.56
|
$
|
44.02
|
$
|
.30
|
||||
July
31, 2006
|
$
|
45.82
|
$
|
38.83
|
$
|
.25
|
Years
ended April 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||||
(in
thousands, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Investment
periodicals and related publications
|
$
|
42,791
|
$
|
45,619
|
$
|
47,703
|
$
|
50,172
|
$
|
51,360
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Licensing
Fees
|
$
|
7,066
|
$
|
6,861
|
$
|
5,016
|
$
|
2,541
|
$
|
1,137
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Investment
management fees and services
|
$
|
32,821
|
$
|
31,155
|
$
|
32,467
|
$
|
31,765
|
$
|
32,773
|
||||||
Total
revenues
|
$
|
82,678
|
$
|
83,635
|
$
|
85,186
|
$
|
84,478
|
$
|
85,270
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
$
|
34,450
|
$
|
35,636
|
$
|
35,180
|
$
|
27,084
|
$
|
24,739
|
||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
25,550
|
$
|
24,607
|
$
|
23,439
|
$
|
21,318
|
$
|
20,350
|
||||||
Earnings
per share, basic and fully diluted
|
$
|
2.56
|
$
|
2.47
|
$
|
2.35
|
$
|
2.14
|
$
|
2.04
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
137,953
|
$
|
128,963
|
$
|
119,214
|
$
|
98,865
|
$
|
266,924
|
||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared per share
|
$
|
1.20
|
$
|
1.15
|
$
|
1.00
|
$
|
1.00
|
$
|
18.50
|
·
|
Executive
Summary of the Business
|
·
|
Results
of Operations
|
·
|
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
|
·
|
Critical
Accounting Estimates and Policies
|
Year Ended April 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
Percentage Change
|
||||||||||||
(in thousands, except earnings per share)
|
|
|
|
08 vs 07
|
07 vs 06
|
|||||||||||
Earnings
Per Share
|
$
|
2.56
|
$
|
2.47
|
$
|
2.35
|
3.6
|
%
|
5.1
|
%
|
||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
25,550
|
$
|
24,607
|
$
|
23,439
|
3.8
|
%
|
5.0
|
%
|
||||||
Operating
Income
|
$
|
34,450
|
$
|
35,636
|
$
|
35,180
|
-3.3
|
%
|
1.3
|
%
|
||||||
Income
from Securities transactions, net
|
$
|
6,294
|
$
|
4,867
|
$
|
3,869
|
29.3
|
%
|
25.8
|
%
|
Year Ended April 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
Percentage Change
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Operating revenues and % of total by
year (in thousands)
|
$$
|
%
|
$$
|
%
|
$$
|
%
|
08 vs 07
|
07 vs 06
|
|||||||||||||||||
Investment
periodicals and related publications
|
$
|
42,791
|
51.8
|
%
|
$
|
45,619
|
54.5
|
%
|
$
|
47,703
|
56.0
|
%
|
-6.2
|
%
|
-4.4
|
%
|
|||||||||
Licensing
Fees
|
$
|
7,066
|
8.5
|
%
|
$
|
6,861
|
8.2
|
%
|
$
|
5,016
|
5.9
|
%
|
3.0
|
%
|
36.8
|
%
|
|||||||||
Investment
management fees and related services
|
$
|
32,821
|
39.7
|
%
|
$
|
31,155
|
37.3
|
%
|
$
|
32,467
|
38.1
|
%
|
5.3
|
%
|
-4.0
|
%
|
|||||||||
Total
Operating Revenues
|
$
|
82,678
|
$
|
83,635
|
$
|
85,186
|
-1
|
%
|
-1.8
|
%
|
Year Ended April 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
Percentage Change
|
||||||||||||
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
08 vs 07
|
07 vs 06
|
|||||||||||
Print
publication revenues
|
$
|
30,660
|
$
|
34,090
|
$
|
36,756
|
-10.1
|
%
|
-7.3
|
%
|
||||||
Electronic
publication revenues *
|
$
|
12,131
|
$
|
11,529
|
$
|
10,947
|
5.2
|
%
|
5.3
|
%
|
||||||
Total
Investment periodicals and related publications revenue
|
$
|
42,791
|
$
|
45,619
|
$
|
47,703
|
-6.2
|
%
|
-4.4
|
%
|
||||||
Unearned
Revenues (Short and Long Term)
|
$
|
32,530
|
$
|
34,500
|
$
|
37,500
|
-5.7
|
%
|
-8.0
|
%
|
Year Ended April 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
Percentage Change
|
||||||||||||
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
08 vs 07
|
07 vs
06
|
|||||||||||
Equity
funds
|
$
|
3,307,879
|
$
|
3,284,560
|
$
|
3,290,291
|
0.7
|
%
|
-0.2
|
%
|
||||||
Fixed
income funds
|
$
|
266,172
|
$
|
291,586
|
$
|
314,022
|
-8.7
|
%
|
-7.1
|
%
|
||||||
Money
Market funds
|
$
|
219,499
|
$
|
177,788
|
$
|
166,142
|
23.5
|
%
|
7.0
|
%
|
||||||
Total
net assets
|
$
|
3,793,550
|
$
|
3,753,934
|
$
|
3,770,455
|
1.1
|
%
|
-0.4
|
%
|
||||||
Equity
fund assets sold through GIAC
|
$
|
808,055
|
$
|
924,231
|
$
|
1,055,069
|
-12.6
|
%
|
-12.4
|
%
|
||||||
Equity
fund assets sold though VLS
|
$
|
2,499,824
|
$
|
2,360,329
|
$
|
2,235,222
|
5.9
|
%
|
5.6
|
%
|
||||||
Total
Equity fund net assets
|
$
|
3,307,879
|
$
|
3,284,560
|
$
|
3,290,291
|
0.7
|
%
|
-0.2
|
%
|
Year Ended April 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
Percentage Change
|
||||||||||||
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
08 vs 07
|
07 vs 06
|
|||||||||||
Advertising
and promotion
|
$
|
13,863
|
$
|
14,628
|
$
|
13,671
|
-5.2
|
%
|
7.0
|
%
|
Year Ended April 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
Percentage Change
|
||||||||||||
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
08 vs 07
|
07 vs 06
|
|||||||||||
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
$
|
18,594
|
$
|
18,409
|
$
|
19,025
|
1.0
|
%
|
-3.2
|
%
|
Year Ended April 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
Percentage Change
|
||||||||||||
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
08 vs 07
|
07 vs 06
|
|||||||||||
Production
and distribution
|
$
|
6,251
|
$
|
6,981
|
$
|
7,073
|
-10.5
|
%
|
-1.3
|
%
|
Year
Ended April 30,
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
Percentage
Change
|
||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
08
vs 07
|
07
vs 06
|
|||||||||||
Office
and administration
|
$
|
9,520
|
$
|
7,981
|
$
|
10,237
|
19.3
|
%
|
-22.0
|
%
|
·
|
Revenue
recognition
|
·
|
Income
taxes
|
Contractual
Obligations
|
Total
|
Less Than
1 Year
|
1-3 years
|
3-5 years
|
More Than
5 Years
|
|||||||||||
Operating Lease
Obligations
|
$
|
14,858
|
$
|
2,820
|
$
|
5,896
|
$
|
5,896
|
$
|
246
|
||||||
Purchase
Obligations
|
- | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Other
Long-term Obligations reflected on Balance Sheet
|
$
|
32,530
|
$
|
26,610
|
$
|
5,920
|
||||||||||
TOTAL
|
$
|
47,388
|
$
|
29,430
|
$
|
11,816
|
$
|
5,896
|
$
|
246
|
Estimated
Fair Value after
|
||||||||||||||||
Hypothetical Change in
Interest Rates
|
||||||||||||||||
(bp
= basis points)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
6 mo.
|
6 mo.
|
1 yr.
|
1 yr.
|
||||||||||||
Fair
|
50bp
|
50bp
|
100bp
|
100bp
|
||||||||||||
Fixed Income Securities
|
Value
|
increase
|
decrease
|
increase
|
decrease
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
As
of April 30, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Investments
in securities with fixed maturities
|
$
|
65,030
|
$
|
63,947
|
$
|
64,753
|
$
|
63,146
|
$
|
64,250
|
||||||
As
of April 30, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
Investments
in securities with fixed maturities
|
$
|
42,952
|
$
|
42,357
|
$
|
43,074
|
$
|
41,900
|
$
|
43,054
|
Estimated
|
|||||||||||||
Fair Value after
|
Hypothetical Percentage
|
||||||||||||
Equity Securities
|
Hypothetical
|
Hypothetical
|
Increase (Decrease) in
|
||||||||||
(in thousands)
|
Fair Value
|
Price Change
|
Change in Prices
|
Shareholders’ Equity
|
|||||||||
As
of April 30, 2008
|
$
|
51,870
|
30%
increase
|
$
|
67,431
|
11.48
|
%
|
||||||
|
30%
decrease
|
$
|
36,309
|
(11.48
|
)%
|
||||||||
As
of April 30, 2007
|
$
|
49,719
|
30%
increase
|
$
|
64,635
|
12.83
|
%
|
||||||
|
30%
decrease
|
$
|
34,803
|
(12.83
|
)%
|
Page
Number
|
|
Report
of independent auditors
|
35
|
Consolidated
balance sheets—April 30, 2008 and 2007
|
36
|
Consolidated
statements of income
-years ended April 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006 |
37
|
Consolidated
statements of cash flows
-years ended April 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006 |
38
|
Consolidated
statement of changes in shareholders’ equity
-years ended April 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006 |
39
|
Notes
to the consolidated financial statements
|
40
|
Income
|
Earnings
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
From
|
Net
|
Per
|
||||||||||
Revenues
|
Operations
|
Income
|
Share
|
||||||||||
2008,
by Quarter
|
|||||||||||||
First
|
$
|
20,801
|
$
|
8,965
|
$
|
5,943
|
$
|
0.60
|
|||||
Second
|
21,110
|
9,416
|
6,359
|
0.63
|
|||||||||
Third
|
21,080
|
9,337
|
8,471
|
0.85
|
|||||||||
Fourth
|
19,687
|
6,732
|
4,777
|
0.48
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$
|
82,678
|
$
|
34,450
|
$
|
25,550
|
$
|
2.56
|
|||||
2007,
by Quarter
|
|||||||||||||
First
|
$
|
21,391
|
$
|
9,869
|
$
|
6,271
|
$
|
0.63
|
|||||
Second
|
20,745
|
9,061
|
5,909
|
0.59
|
|||||||||
Third
|
21,061
|
8,859
|
7,192
|
0.72
|
|||||||||
Fourth
|
20,438
|
7,847
|
5,235
|
0.53
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$
|
83,635
|
$
|
35,636
|
$
|
24,607
|
$
|
2.47
|
|||||
2006,
by Quarter
|
|||||||||||||
First
|
$
|
20,874
|
$
|
9,163
|
$
|
5,648
|
$
|
0.57
|
|||||
Second
|
21,002
|
8,470
|
5,385
|
0.54
|
|||||||||
Third
|
21,582
|
8,037
|
6,694
|
0.67
|
|||||||||
Fourth
|
21,728
|
9,510
|
5,712
|
0.57
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$
|
85,186
|
$
|
35,180
|
$
|
23,439
|
$
|
2.35
|
(a)
|
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and
Procedures.
|
(b)
|
Management’s
Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial
Reporting.
|
(a)
Names of Directors, Age as of June 30, 2008 and Principal
Occupation
|
Director
Since
|
|
Jean
Bernhard Buttner* (73). Chairman of the Board, President,
and
|
1982
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer of the Company and Arnold Bernhard & Co.,
Inc.
|
||
Chairman
of the Board and President of each of the Value Line Funds
until
|
||
June
2008.
|
||
Herbert
Pardes, MD (74). President and CEO of New York-
Presbyterian
|
2000
|
|
Hospital.
|
||
Dr.
Edgar A. Buttner (45). Instructor and Researcher, McLean Hospital, since
2002;
|
2003
|
|
Postdoctoral
Fellow, Research Associate, Harvard University 2003 -
2007;
|
||
Postdoctoral
Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997 - 2001; MD
and
|
||
PhD,
Columbia University; Director of Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc. Dr.
Buttner is
|
||
the
son of Jean Bernhard Buttner.
|
||
Edward
J. Shanahan (64). President and Headmaster, Choate Rosemary
Hall
|
2004
|
|
(boarding
school); Director and Chairman, Foundation for Greater
Opportunity
|
||
(independent
educational foundation).
|
||
Marion
N. Ruth (73). President, Ruth Realty.
|
|
2005
|
Janet
Eakman (48). Private Investor; MBA, Harvard University Graduate School of
Business Administration; BA, Princeton
University. Mrs. Eakman is a daughter of Jean Bernhard
Buttner.
|
2007
|
|
Howard
A. Brecher* (54). Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and
Secretary
|
1992
|
|
of
the Company; Director, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
and
|
||
General
Counsel of Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc.; Vice President and
Secretary
|
||
of
the Value Line Funds since June 2008.
|
||
David
T. Henigson* (50). Vice President of the Company; Director
and
|
1992
|
|
Vice
President of Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc.; Chief Compliance
Officer,
|
||
Vice
President and Secretary of each of the Value Line Funds and Chief
Compliance
|
||
Officer
of the Company until June 2008.
|
(b)
|
The
information pertaining to Executive Officers is set forth in Part I under
the caption
|
Name and Address
|
Number of Shares
|
Percentage of Shares
|
|||||
of Beneficial Owner
|
Beneficially Owned
|
Beneficially Owned1
|
|||||
Arnold
Bernhard & Co., Inc.1
|
8,633,733
|
86.5
|
%
|
||||
220
East 42nd Street
|
|||||||
New
York, NY 10017
|
Name and Address
|
Number of Shares
|
Percentage of Shares
|
|||||
of Beneficial Owner
|
Beneficially Owned
|
Beneficially Owned
|
|||||
Jean
Bernhard Buttner
|
100
|
1,2 |
*
|
1,2 | |||
Mitchell
E. Appel
|
200
|
*
|
|||||
Howard
A. Brecher
|
200
|
*
|
|||||
David
T. Henigson
|
150
|
*
|
|||||
Stephen
R. Anastasio
|
100
|
*
|
|||||
Edgar
A. Buttner
|
100
|
*
|
|||||
Janet
Eakman
|
100
|
*
|
|||||
Dr.
Herbert Pardes
|
100
|
*
|
|||||
Marion
N. Ruth
|
200
|
*
|
|||||
Edward
J. Shanahan
|
100
|
*
|
|||||
All
directors and executive officers as a group (10 persons)
|
1,350
|
1,2 |
*
|
1,2 |
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|||
Audit
fees
|
$
|
150,255
|
$
|
146,450
|
|||
Audit-related
fees
|
$
|
12,775
|
$
|
16,810
|
|||
Tax
fees
|
$
|
93,047
|
$
|
146,105
|
|||
All
other fees
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
0
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation of the Company, as amended through April 17, 1983, are
incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement - Form S-1 of
Value Line, Inc. Part II, Item 16.(a) 3.1 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 7, 1983.
|
|
3.2
|
Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated October 24, 1989 is
incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended April 30, 1990 filed 7/18/1990, SEC file # 000-11306, refiled with
Amended Annual Report on Form 10K-A for the year ended April 30, 2008
filed 6/5/2009.
|
|
10.8
|
Form
of tax allocation arrangement between the Company and AB&Co.
incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement - Form S-1 of
Value Line, Inc. Part II, Item 16.(a) 10.8 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 7, 1983.
|
|
10.9
|
Form
of Servicing and Reimbursement Agreement between the Company and
AB&Co., dated as of November 1, 1982 incorporated by reference to the
Registration Statement - Form S-1 of Value Line, Inc. Part II, Item 16.(a)
10.9 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
1983.
|
|
10.10
|
Value
Line, Inc. Profit Sharing and Savings Plan as amended and restated
effective May 1, 2002, including Amendment dated 7/10/2002, First
Amendment dated 4/24/2003, Second Amendment dated 5/1/2003, Third
Amendment (A) dated 3/28/2005, Third Amendment (B) dated 6/26/2007,
incorporated by reference to the Amended Annual Report on Form 10K-A for
the year ended April 30, 2008 filed
6/5/2009.
|
|
10.13
|
Lease
for the Company's premises at 220 East 42nd Street, New York, N.Y.
incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended April 30, 1994 filed 6/17/1994, SEC file #
000-11306.
|
|
10.14
|
Lease
amendment dated September 14, 2000 was filed on amended Form 10-K dated
8/17/2001; lease amendment dated January 19, 2006 was filed on
Form 10-K dated 7/28/2006 , and lease amendment dated April 23, 2007 was
filed on Form 10-K dated 7/20/2007.
|
|
14
|
Code
of Business Conduct and Code of Ethics incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 14 to the Form 8-K filed on
December 1, 2004 and as amended July 19, 2007
|
|
21
|
Subsidiaries
of the Registrant.
|
|
31
|
Rules
13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) Certifications.
|
|
32
|
Section
1350 Certifications.
|
VALUE
LINE, INC.
|
|||
(Registrant)
|
|||
By:
|
s/
Jean Bernhard Buttner
|
||
Jean
Bernhard Buttner
|
|||
Chairman
& Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
By:
|
s/
Jean Bernhard Buttner
|
||
Jean
Bernhard Buttner
|
|||
Chairman
& Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
|||
By:
|
s/
Mitchell E. Appel
|
||
Mitchell
E. Appel
|
|||
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
|
s/
Jean Bernhard Buttner
|
s/
Howard A. Brecher
|
|
Jean
Bernhard Buttner
|
Howard
A. Brecher
|
|
s/
Edgar A. Buttner
|
s/
Marion N. Ruth
|
|
Edgar
A. Buttner
|
Marion
N. Ruth
|
|
s/
Edward J. Shanahan
|
s/
David T. Henigson
|
|
Edward
J. Shanahan
|
David
T. Henigson
|
|
s/
Janet Eakman
|
s/
Herbert Pardes
|
|
Janet
Eakman
|
Dr.
Herbert Pardes
|
April
30,
|
April
30,
|
||||||
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Assets
|
|||||||
Current
Assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents (including short term investments
of $8,159 and $20,165, respectively)
|
$
|
8,955
|
$
|
20,605
|
|||
Trading
securities
|
19,857
|
15,849
|
|||||
Securities
available for sale
|
97,043
|
76,822
|
|||||
Accounts
receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts
of $107 and $88, respectively
|
2,733
|
3,929
|
|||||
Receivable
from affiliates
|
2,445
|
2,794
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
1,048
|
1,588
|
|||||
Prepaid
and refundable income taxes
|
0
|
510
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
155
|
139
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
132,236
|
122,236
|
|||||
Long
term assets:
|
|||||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
4,709
|
4,923
|
|||||
Capitalized
software and other intangible assets, net
|
1,008
|
1,804
|
|||||
Total
long term assets
|
5,717
|
6,727
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
137,953
|
$
|
128,963
|
|||
Liabilities
and Shareholders' Equity
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
5,135
|
$
|
5,316
|
|||
Accrued
salaries
|
1,471
|
1,545
|
|||||
Dividends
payable
|
2,995
|
2,995
|
|||||
Accrued
taxes payable
|
129
|
0
|
|||||
Unearned
revenue
|
26,610
|
28,552
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
7,839
|
8,654
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
44,179
|
47,062
|
|||||
Long
term liabilities:
|
|||||||
Unearned
revenue
|
5,920
|
5,948
|
|||||
Deferred
charges
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
381
|
|
Total
long term liabilities
|
5,920
|
6,329
|
|||||
Shareholders'
Equity:
|
|||||||
Common
stock, $.10 par value; authorized 30,000,000 shares;
issued 10,000,000 shares
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
991
|
991
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
70,954
|
57,383
|
|||||
Treasury
stock, at cost (18,400 shares on 4/30/08 and
4/30/07)
|
(354
|
)
|
(354
|
)
|
|||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income, net of tax
|
15,263
|
16,552
|
|||||
Total
shareholders' equity
|
87,854
|
75,572
|
|||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
$
|
137,953
|
$
|
128,963
|
Years
ended April 30,
|
||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||
Investment
periodicals and related
publications
|
$
|
42,791
|
$
|
45,619
|
$
|
47,703
|
||||
Licensing
fees
|
7,066
|
6,861
|
5,016
|
|||||||
Investment
management fees & services
|
32,821
|
31,155
|
32,467
|
|||||||
Total
revenues
|
82,678
|
83,635
|
85,186
|
|||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||
Advertising
and promotion
|
13,863
|
14,628
|
13,671
|
|||||||
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
18,594
|
18,409
|
19,025
|
|||||||
Production
and distribution
|
6,251
|
6,981
|
7,073
|
|||||||
Office
and administration
|
9,520
|
7,981
|
10,237
|
|||||||
Total
expenses
|
48,228
|
47,999
|
50,006
|
|||||||
Income
from operations
|
34,450
|
35,636
|
35,180
|
|||||||
Income
from securities transactions, net
|
6,294
|
4,867
|
3,869
|
|||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
40,744
|
40,503
|
39,049
|
|||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
15,194
|
15,896
|
15,610
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
25,550
|
$
|
24,607
|
$
|
23,439
|
||||
Earnings
per share, basic & fully diluted
|
$
|
2.56
|
$
|
2.47
|
$
|
2.35
|
||||
Weighted
average number of common shares
|
9,981,600
|
9,981,600
|
9,981,600
|
Years
ended April 30,
|
||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||
Cash flows from operating
activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
25,550
|
$
|
24,607
|
$
|
23,439
|
||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided
by operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,619
|
2,063
|
2,275
|
|||||||
Realized
gains on sales of securities
|
(2,792
|
)
|
(2,164
|
)
|
(2,430
|
)
|
||||
Unrealized
(gains)/losses on sales of securities
|
(82
|
)
|
112
|
217
|
||||||
Loss
on disposal of fixed assets
|
—
|
—
|
139
|
|||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
(151
|
)
|
(138
|
)
|
(204
|
)
|
||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Proceeds
from sales of trading securities
|
—
|
15,000
|
—
|
|||||||
Purchases
of trading securities
|
(3,926
|
)
|
(8,471
|
)
|
(4,364
|
)
|
||||
(Decrease)
in unearned revenue
|
(1,970
|
)
|
(3,226
|
)
|
(2,366
|
)
|
||||
(Decrease)/increase
in deferred charges
|
160
|
(64
|
)
|
(84
|
)
|
|||||
(Decrease)/increase
in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
(722
|
)
|
(806
|
)
|
1,939
|
|||||
Increase/(decrease)
in accrued salaries
|
(74
|
)
|
50
|
248
|
||||||
Increase/(decrease)
in accrued taxes payable
|
129
|
(532
|
)
|
560
|
||||||
(Increase)/decrease
in prepaid expenses and other
|
||||||||||
current
assets
|
560
|
(481
|
)
|
(149
|
)
|
|||||
Decrease
in prepaid and refundable income taxes
|
510
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Decrease/(increase)
in accounts receivable
|
1,196
|
(892
|
)
|
59
|
||||||
(Increase)/decrease
in receivable from affiliates
|
349
|
123
|
(360
|
)
|
||||||
Total
adjustments
|
(5,194
|
)
|
574
|
(4,520
|
)
|
|||||
Net cash provided by operating
activities
|
20,356
|
25,181
|
18,919
|
|||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Proceeds
from sales of equity securities
|
2,793
|
2,065
|
2,430
|
|||||||
Purchase
of equity securities
|
(4,231
|
)
|
(2,280
|
)
|
(2,467
|
)
|
||||
Proceeds
from sales of fixed income securities
|
9,622
|
10,825
|
9,650
|
|||||||
Purchases
of fixed income securities
|
(27,602
|
)
|
(18,742
|
)
|
(8,249
|
)
|
||||
Acquisition
of property and equipment
|
(265
|
)
|
(52
|
)
|
(218
|
)
|
||||
Expenditures
for capitalized software
|
(344
|
)
|
(743
|
)
|
(724
|
)
|
||||
Net cash provided by/(used in)
investing activities
|
(20,027
|
)
|
(8,927
|
)
|
422
|
|||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Dividends
paid
|
(11,979
|
)
|
(10,980
|
)
|
(9,981
|
)
|
||||
Net cash used in financing
activities
|
(11,979
|
)
|
(10,980
|
)
|
(9,981
|
)
|
||||
Net
increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(11,650
|
)
|
5,274
|
9,360
|
||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of year
|
20,605
|
15,331
|
5,971
|
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at
end of year
|
$
|
8,955
|
$
|
20,605
|
$
|
15,331
|
Common stock
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number
|
Par
|
Additional
|
Other
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
of
|
Value
|
paid-in
|
Treasury
|
Comprehensive
|
Retained
|
Comprehensive
|
|||||||||||||||||||
shares
|
Amount
|
capital
|
Stock
|
income
|
earnings
|
income
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at April 30, 2005
|
9,981,600
|
$
|
1,000
|
$
|
991
|
$
|
(354
|
)
|
$
|
30,798
|
$
|
11,708
|
$
|
44,143
|
|||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
23,439
|
23,439
|
23,439
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income, net
of tax:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized gains on securities, net of taxes
|
4,334
|
4,334
|
4,334
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
27,773
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
declared
|
(9,981
|
)
|
(9,981
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at April 30, 2006
|
9,981,600
|
$
|
1,000
|
$
|
991
|
$
|
(354
|
)
|
$
|
44,256
|
$
|
16,042
|
$
|
61,935
|
|||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
24,607
|
24,607
|
24,607
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income, net
of tax:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized gains on securities, net of
taxes
|
510
|
510
|
510
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
25,117
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
declared
|
(11,480
|
)
|
(11,480
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at April 30, 2007
|
9,981,600
|
$
|
1,000
|
$
|
991
|
$
|
(354
|
)
|
$
|
57,383
|
$
|
16,552
|
$
|
75,572
|
|||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
25,550
|
25,550
|
25,550
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income, net of tax:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized gains on securities, net of
taxes
|
(1,289
|
)
|
(1,289
|
)
|
(1,289
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
24,261
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
declared
|
(11,979
|
)
|
(11,979
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at April 30, 2008
|
9,981,600
|
$
|
1,000
|
$
|
991
|
$
|
(354
|
)
|
$
|
70,954
|
$
|
15,263
|
$
|
87,854
|
See
independent auditor's report and accompanying notes to the consolidated
financial statements.
|
(In
Thousands)
|
||||||||||
Historical
|
Gross
Unrealized
|
|||||||||
Maturity
|
Cost
|
Fair
Value
|
Holding
Losses
|
|||||||
Due
in less than 2 years
|
$
|
24,261
|
$
|
23,921
|
$ |
(340
|
)
|
|||
Due
in 2 years or more
|
21,079
|
21,252
|
173
|
|||||||
Total
investment in government debt securities
|
$
|
45,340
|
$
|
45,173
|
$ |
(167
|
)
|
The
aggregate cost and fair value at April 30, 2007 for government debt
securities classified as available for sale were as
follows:
|
(In
Thousands)
|
||||||||||
Historical
|
Gross Unrealized
|
|||||||||
Maturity
|
Cost
|
Fair Value
|
Holding Losses
|
|||||||
Due
in less than 2 years
|
$
|
9,504
|
$
|
9,324
|
$ |
(180
|
)
|
|||
Due
in 2 years or more
|
17,857
|
17,779
|
(78
|
)
|
||||||
Total
investment in government debt securities
|
$
|
27,361
|
$
|
27,103
|
$ |
(258
|
)
|
Property
and equipment consist of the
following:
|
April
30,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|||||||
Land
|
$
|
726
|
$
|
726
|
|||
Building
and leasehold improvements
|
7,283
|
7,284
|
|||||
Furniture
and equipment
|
10,917
|
10,706
|
|||||
18,926
|
18,716
|
||||||
Accumulated
depreciation and amortization
|
(14,217
|
)
|
(13,793
|
)
|
|||
$
|
4,709
|
$
|
4,923
|
Year
ended April 30,
|
||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||||
Current:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
$
|
12,570
|
$
|
12,575
|
$
|
12,486
|
||||
State
and local
|
2,775
|
3,459
|
3,328
|
|||||||
15,345
|
16,034
|
15,814
|
||||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||
Federal
|
(115
|
)
|
(87
|
)
|
(148
|
)
|
||||
State
and local
|
(36
|
)
|
(51
|
)
|
(56
|
)
|
||||
(151
|
)
|
(138
|
)
|
(204
|
)
|
|||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
$
|
15,194
|
$
|
15,896
|
$
|
15,610
|
Year
ended April 30,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
(in
thousands)
|
|||||||
Unrealized
gains on securities held for sale
|
$ |
(8,291
|
)
|
$ |
(8,991
|
)
|
|
Unrealized
gains/losses on trading securities
|
87
|
115
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
341
|
185
|
|||||
Deferred
professional fees
|
181
|
216
|
|||||
Deferred
charges
|
(36
|
)
|
(69
|
)
|
|||
Other,
net
|
34
|
29
|
|||||
($7,684
|
)
|
($8,515
|
)
|
Year
ended April 30,
|
||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||||
Tax
expense at the U.S. statutory rate
|
$
|
14,260
|
$
|
14,176
|
$
|
13,667
|
||||
Increase
(decrease) in tax expense from:
|
||||||||||
State
and local income taxes, net of federal
income tax benefit
|
1,780
|
2,215
|
2,127
|
|||||||
Effect
of tax exempt income and dividend deductions
|
(799
|
)
|
(455
|
)
|
(293
|
)
|
||||
Other,
net
|
(47
|
)
|
(40
|
)
|
109
|
|||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
$
|
15,194
|
$
|
15,896
|
$
|
15,610
|
Year
ended April 30:
|
(in
thousands)
|
|||
2009
|
$
|
2,820
|
||
2010
|
2,948
|
|||
2011
|
2,948
|
|||
2012
|
2,948
|
|||
Thereafter
|
3,194
|
|||
$
|
14,858
|
April
30, 2008
|
||||||||||
Investment
|
|
|
||||||||
Periodicals,
|
||||||||||
Publishing
&
|
Investment
|
|
||||||||
Licensing
|
Management
|
Total
|
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
49,857
|
$
|
32,821
|
$
|
82,678
|
||||
Intersegment
revenues
|
97
|
-
|
97
|
|||||||
Income
from securities transactions
|
230
|
4,170
|
4,400
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,543
|
60
|
1,603
|
|||||||
Segment
profit from operations
|
18,464
|
16,002
|
34,466
|
|||||||
Segment
assets
|
10,780
|
76,671
|
87,451
|
|||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
604
|
-
|
604
|
|||||||
|
April
30, 2007
|
|||||||||
|
Investment
|
|
||||||||
|
Periodicals,
|
|
||||||||
|
Publishing
&
|
Investment
|
||||||||
|
Licensing
|
Management
|
Total
|
|||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
52,480
|
$
|
31,155
|
$
|
83,635
|
||||
Intersegment
revenues
|
108
|
-
|
108
|
|||||||
Income
from securities transactions
|
233
|
3,021
|
3,254
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,963
|
80
|
2,043
|
|||||||
Segment
profit from operations
|
19,755
|
15,901
|
35,656
|
|||||||
Segment
assets
|
18,976
|
80,581
|
99,557
|
|||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
715
|
80
|
795
|
|
|
|
April
30, 2006
|
|||||||
|
Investment
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Periodicals,
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Publishing
&
|
|
Investment
|
|
|
|||||
|
Licensing
|
Management
|
Total
|
|||||||
Revenues
from external customers
|
$
|
52,719
|
$
|
32,467
|
$
|
85,186
|
||||
Intersegment
revenues
|
114
|
-
|
114
|
|||||||
Income
from securities transactions
|
62
|
2,922
|
2,984
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
2,169
|
88
|
2,257
|
|||||||
Segment
profit from operations
|
20,041
|
15,158
|
35,199
|
|||||||
Segment
assets
|
14,861
|
81,762
|
96,623
|
|||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
933
|
9
|
942
|
Reconciliation
of Reportable Segment Revenues, Operating Profit and Assets
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Revenues
|
||||||||||||
Total
revenues for reportable segments
|
$
|
82,775
|
$
|
83,743
|
$
|
85,300
|
||||||
Elimination
of intersegment revenues
|
(97
|
)
|
(108
|
)
|
(114
|
)
|
||||||
Total
consolidated revenues
|
$
|
82,678
|
$
|
83,635
|
$
|
85,186
|
||||||
Segment
profit
|
||||||||||||
Total
profit for reportable segments
|
38,866
|
$
|
38,910
|
$
|
38,183
|
|||||||
Add:
Income
from securities transactions related to corporate
assets
|
1,894
|
1,613
|
884
|
|||||||||
Less:
Depreciation
related to corporate assets
|
(16
|
)
|
(20
|
)
|
(18
|
)
|
||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
$
|
40,744
|
$
|
40,503
|
$
|
39,049
|
||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||
Total
assets for reportable segments
|
$
|
87,451
|
$
|
99,556
|
$
|
96,623
|
||||||
Corporate
assets
|
50,502
|
29,407
|
22,591
|
|||||||||
Consolidated
total assets
|
$
|
137,953
|
$
|
128,963
|
$
|
119,214
|
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||||
Before
|
Tax
|
Net
of
|
||||||||
Tax
|
(Expense)
|
Tax
|
||||||||
Amount
|
or
Benefit
|
Amount
|
||||||||
Year
ended April 30, 2008
|
||||||||||
Unrealized
Gains on Securities:
|
||||||||||
Unrealized
Holding Gains/(Losses) Arising during the period
|
$
|
803
|
(283
|
)
|
$
|
520
|
||||
Add:
Reclassification adjustments for losses realized in net
income
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|||||||
Less:
Reclassification adjustments for gains realized in net
income
|
(2,793
|
)
|
983
|
(1,810
|
)
|
|||||
Other
Comprehensive income
|
($1,989
|
)
|
$
|
700
|
$ |
(1,289
|
)
|
|||
Year
ended April 30, 2007
|
||||||||||
Unrealized
Gains on Securities:
|
||||||||||
Unrealized
Holding Gains/(Losses) Arising during the period
|
$
|
2,774
|
($977
|
)
|
$
|
1,797
|
||||
Add:
Reclassification adjustments for losses realized in net
income
|
78
|
(27
|
)
|
51
|
||||||
Less:
Reclassification adjustments for
gains realized in net income
|
(2,065
|
)
|
727
|
(1,338
|
)
|
|||||
Other
Comprehensive income
|
$
|
787
|
$ |
(277
|
)
|
$
|
510
|
|||
Year
ended April 30, 2006
|
||||||||||
Unrealized
Gains on Securities:
|
||||||||||
Unrealized
Holding Gains/(Losses) Arising during the period
|
$
|
8,971
|
($3,195
|
)
|
$
|
5,776
|
||||
Add:
Reclassification adjustments for losses
realized in net income
|
129
|
(45
|
)
|
84
|
||||||
|
||||||||||
Less:
Reclassification adjustments for
gains realized in net income
|
(2,355
|
)
|
829
|
(1,526
|
)
|
|||||
Other
Comprehensive income
|
$
|
6,745
|
$ |
(2,411
|
)
|
$
|
4,334
|