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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ORBIT INTERNATIONAL CORP. REPORTS 2014 THIRD QUARTER RESULTS


Hauppauge, New York, November 6, 2014 - Orbit International Corp. (PINKSHEETS:ORBT) today announced results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014.

Third Quarter 2014 vs. Third Quarter 2013
  · Net sales were $4,800,000, as compared to $6,109,000.
  · Gross margin was 36.7%, as compared to 38.7%.
  · Net loss was $115,000 ($0.03 loss per share), as compared to net income of $127,000 ($0.03 per diluted share).
  · Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and stock based compensation (EBITDA, as adjusted) was a loss of $31,000 ($0.01 loss per share), as compared to earnings of $245,000 ($0.06 per diluted share).

Nine Months 2014 vs. Nine Months 2013
  · Net sales were $15,203,000, as compared to $19,031,000.
  · Gross margin was 36.2%, as compared to 38.6%.
  · Net loss was $1,348,000 ($0.31 loss per share), as compared to net income of $156,000 ($0.03 per diluted share).
  · Net loss for the 2014 nine month period includes $1,087,000 of costs associated with the consolidation of our Quakertown, PA facility into our Hauppauge, NY facility. Exclusive of these costs, net loss for the 2014 nine month period was $261,000 ($0.06 loss per share).
  · Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and stock based compensation (EBITDA, as adjusted) was a loss of $854,000 ($0.19 loss per share), as compared to earnings of $548,000 ($0.12 per diluted share).
  · Backlog at September 30, 2014 was $9.8 million as compared to $8.2 million at June 30, 2014 and $12.7 million at September 30, 2013.

Mitchell Binder, President & Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Once again, during our third quarter, we continued our efforts to restructure our business to significantly reduce our costs in order to offset difficult industry conditions.  In addition, last month we announced our intention to voluntarily delist our common shares from the Nasdaq Capital Market and to subsequently deregister our common stock under the Exchange Act of 1934.  Our stock is currently quoted on the OTC Pink Sheets, a centralized electronic quoting service for over-the-counter securities.  We believe the delisting and deregistration will further reduce administrative expenses and enable management to focus more of its time on business performance.”
 
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Mr. Binder added, “Our third quarter results, as expected, were adversely affected by lower sales at our Electronics Group. However,  due to the significant cost cutting measures that we have taken over the past several quarters, we were able to record only a small net loss despite the lower net sales.  As we have previously mentioned, these cost savings for 2014 will still be partially offset by lower revenues due to challenging industry conditions and more specifically, the delay in the award of certain legacy contracts that will not have delivery schedules until 2015.  However, as previously announced, our third quarter bookings exceeded $6,000,000 and we believe these strong bookings will continue into the fourth quarter as more purchase orders on legacy programs are received. We believe these improved bookings will improve our delivery schedules for 2015 and we are hopeful that we can then take advantage of the operating leverage inherent in our business.”

Mr. Binder continued, “Our operating performance for the third quarter of 2014 once again benefitted from the performance of our Power Group, which was insufficient to offset the results from our Electronics Group which was adversely affected by lower sales.  However, the Electronics Group has seen a considerable improvement in bookings since the first half of the year.”

Mr. Binder added, “Our backlog at September 30, 2014 was $9.8 million as compared to $8.2 million at June 30, 2014 due principally to higher backlogs at both our Electronics and Power Groups.  Our third quarter was our strongest booking quarter of the year and we still are expecting awards on certain legacy contracts before year end.  We remain encouraged by our recent contract awards as well as our bid and proposal pipeline. However, timing of future legacy awards is always subject to uncertainty.”

David Goldman, Chief Financial Officer, noted, “Our financial condition remains strong.  At September 30, 2014, total current assets were approximately $16.5 million versus total current liabilities of approximately $3.6 million for a 4.6 to 1 current ratio. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of September 30, 2014, aggregated approximately $2.8 million. To offset future federal and state taxes resulting from profits, we have approximately $8 million and $7 million in available federal and state net operating loss carryforwards, respectively, which should enhance future cash flow. We were in compliance with our financial covenants at September 30, 2014.”

Mr. Goldman added, “During the quarter, we continued to pay down our debt. In addition, since January 1, 2012, we have repurchased in excess of 368,000 shares of our stock in the marketplace at an average price of $3.55 per share.  Our tangible book value at September 30, 2014 was $3.04 as compared to $3.07 at June 30, 2014 and $3.32 per share at December 31, 2013 (this does not include any value for the potential deferred tax asset from our operating loss carryforwards that could offset future taxable income).”

Mr. Binder concluded, “Although to date our VPX technology contracts awards have been small, we remain encouraged that these new technologies will layer onto our existing business in our marketplace.  Our industry-leading VPXtra power supplies, GUI driven health monitors as well as backplanes and related items can be found on our recently launched web portal - vmevpx.com.  We are confident that we will become the vendor of choice for many of the potential prime contractors in this arena; however, the timing of awards, particularly in this environment, remains uncertain.  Finally, we remain very cautious of challenging business conditions in our marketplace and are continuing to reduce costs wherever possible in order to improve our operating margins.”
 
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Orbit International Corp., through its Electronics Group, is involved in the manufacture of customized electronic components and subsystems for military and nonmilitary government applications through its production facility in Hauppauge, New York.  Orbit’s Power Group, also located in Hauppauge, NY, designs and manufactures a wide array of power products including AC power supplies, frequency converters, inverters, uninterruptible power supplies, VME/VPX power supplies as well as various COTS power sources.  The Company also has a sales office in Newbury Park, CA and a facility in Louisville, KY dedicated to the design and manufacture of gun weapons systems as well as VME/VPX solutions including backplanes, health monitors, air transport racks and components.
Certain matters discussed in this news release and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of the Company including, statements regarding our expectations of Orbit’s operating plans, deliveries under contracts and strategies generally; statements regarding our expectations of the performance of our business; expectations regarding costs and revenues, future operating results, additional orders, future business opportunities and continued growth, may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Federal securities laws.  Although Orbit believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved.

Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.  Many of these factors are beyond Orbit International's ability to control or predict.  Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially and that could impact Orbit International and the statements contained in this news release can be found in Orbit's prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including prior quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, prior annual reports on Form 10-K and its other periodic reports.  For forward-looking statements in this news release, Orbit claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Orbit assumes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CONTACT
  
Mitchell Binder
  
President & Chief Executive Officer
  
631-435-8300
  

 (See Accompanying Tables)
 
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Orbit International Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Income
 (in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
    
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  
   
2014
    
2013
    
2014
    
2013
  
                 
Net sales
  
$
4,800
    
$
6,109
    
$
15,203
    
$
19,031
  
                                 
Cost of sales
    
3,037
      
3,743
      
9,703
      
11,677
  
                                 
Gross profit
    
1,763
      
2,366
      
5,500
      
7,354
  
                               
Selling general and administrative expenses
    
1,891
      
2,233
      
6,818
      
7,119
  
                                 
Interest expense
    
10
      
14
      
31
      
46
  
                                 
Investment and other (income) expense
    
(7
)
    
(6
)
    
(14
)
    
(11
)
                                 
(Loss) income before taxes
    
(131
)
    
125
      
(1,335
)
    
200
  
                                 
Income tax (benefit) provision
    
(16
)
    
(2
)
    
13
      
44
  
                                 
Net (loss) income
  
$
(115
)
  
$
127
    
$
(1,348
)
  
$
156
  
                                 
Basic (loss) earnings per share
  
$
(0.03
)
  
$
0.03
    
$
(0.31
)
  
$
0.04
  
                                 
Diluted (loss) earnings per share
  
$
(0.03
)
  
$
0.03
    
$
(0.31
)
  
$
0.03
  
                                 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
                                
Basic
    
4,382
      
4,412
      
4,384
      
4,448
  
Diluted
    
4,382
      
4,450
      
4,384
      
4,482
  
 
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Orbit International Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
    
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  
   
2014
    
2013
    
2014
    
2013
  
                 
EBITDA (as adjusted) Reconciliation
                
Net (loss) income
  
$
(115
)
  
$
127
    
$
(1,348
)
  
$
156
  
Interest expense
    
10
      
14
      
31
      
46
  
Tax (benefit) expense
    
(16
)
    
(2
)
    
13
      
44
  
Depreciation and amortization
    
64
      
78
      
372
      
218
  
Stock based compensation
    
26
      
28
      
78
      
84
  
EBITDA (as adjusted) (1)
  
$
(31
)
  
$
245
    
$
(854
)
  
$
548
  
                                 
EBITDA (as adjusted) Per Diluted Share Reconciliation
                                
Net (loss) income
  
$
(0.03
)
  
$
0.03
    
$
(0.31
)
  
$
0.03
  
Interest expense
    
0.00
      
0.00
      
0.01
      
0.01
  
Tax (benefit) expense
    
0.00
      
(0.00
)
    
0.00
      
0.01
  
Depreciation and amortization
    
0.01
      
0.02
      
0.09
      
0.05
  
Stock based compensation
    
0.01
      
0.01
      
0.02
      
0.02
  
EBITDA (as adjusted), per diluted share (1)
  
$
(0.01
)
  
$
0.06
    
$
(0.19
)
  
$
0.12
  

(1) The EBITDA (as adjusted) tables presented are not determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  Management uses EBITDA (as adjusted) to evaluate the operating performance of its business.  It is also used, at times, by some investors, securities analysts and others to evaluate companies and make informed business decisions.  EBITDA (as adjusted) is also a useful indicator of the income generated to service debt.  EBITDA (as adjusted) is not a complete measure of an entity's profitability because it does not include costs and expenses for interest, depreciation and amortization, income taxes and stock based compensation. EBITDA (as adjusted) as presented herein may not be comparable to similarly named measures reported by other companies.

   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  
Reconciliation of EBITDA (as adjusted) to cash flows provided by operating activities (1)
  
2014
    
2013
  
         
EBITDA (as adjusted)
  
$
(854
)
  
$
548
  
Interest expense
    
(31
)
    
(46
)
Income tax expense
    
(13
)
    
(44
)
Gain on sale of marketable securities
    
(5
)
    
(2
)
Loss on disposal of property and equipment
    
11
      
-
  
Bond amortization
    
(2
)
    
9
  
Net change in operating assets and liabilities
    
1,419
      
2,172
  
Cash flows provided by operating activities
  
$
525
    
$
2,637
  
 
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Orbit International Corp.
Consolidated Balance Sheets

   
September 30, 2014
(unaudited)
    
December 31, 2013
  
ASSETS
        
Current assets:
        
Cash and cash equivalents
  
$
2,562,000
    
$
2,562,000
  
Investments in marketable securities
    
281,000
      
243,000
  
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts
    
2,355,000
      
2,981,000
  
Inventories
    
11,066,000
      
11,803,000
  
Income tax receivable
    
15,000
      
-
  
Other current assets
    
261,000
      
264,000
  
                 
Total current assets
    
16,540,000
      
17,853,000
  
                 
Property and equipment, net
    
690,000
      
975,000
  
Goodwill
    
868,000
      
868,000
  
Other assets
    
40,000
      
35,000
  
                 
Total assets
  
$
18,138,000
    
$
19,731,000
  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                
Current liabilities:
                
Note payable-bank
    
1,800,000
      
2,100,000
  
Accounts payable
    
523,000
      
510,000
  
Liability associated with non-renewal of senior officer contract
    
12,000
      
36,000
  
Accrued expenses
    
1,052,000
      
1,149,000
  
Income tax payable
    
-
      
25,000
  
Customer advances
    
183,000
      
17,000
  
                 
Total current liabilities
    
3,570,000
      
3,837,000
  
                 
Liability associated with non-renewal of senior officer contract, net of current portion
    
-
      
4,000
  
Other liabilities
    
44,000
      
-
  
                 
Total liabilities
    
3,614,000
      
3,841,000
  
                 
Stockholders’ Equity
                
Common stock
    
522,000
      
523,000
  
Additional paid-in capital
    
22,903,000
      
22,824,000
  
Treasury stock
    
(2,225,000
)
    
(2,133,000
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    
(9,000
)
    
(5,000
)
Accumulated deficit
    
(6,667,000
)
    
(5,319,000
)
                 
Stockholders’ equity
    
14,524,000
      
15,890,000
  
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  
$
18,138,000
    
$
19,731,000
  
 
 
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