POINT 360 - 10-K Annual Report

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-K

n ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 0-21917

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POINT.360

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	95-4272619 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2777 North Ontario Street, Burbank, CA (Address of principal executive offices)	91504 (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (818) 565-1400

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, no par value.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

Yes o No x

The aggregate market value of the voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (June 30, 2004) was approximately $17,432,000. As of February 28, 2005, there were 9,344,132 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Definitive Proxy Statement relating to the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 4, 2005 is incorporated by reference in Part III of this report.

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

General

Point.360 ("Point.360" or the "Company") is a leading integrated media management services company providing film, video and audio post production, archival, duplication and distribution services to motion picture studios, television networks, advertising agencies, independent production companies and multinational companies. The Company provides the services necessary to edit, master, reformat, archive and ultimately distribute its clients’ audio and video content, including television programming, feature films, spot advertising and movie trailers.

The Company provides worldwide electronic and physical distribution using fiber optics, satellite, Internet and air and ground transportation. The Company delivers commercials, movie trailers, electronic press kits, infomercials and syndicated programming, by both physical and electronic means, to thousands of broadcast outlets worldwide.

The Company seeks to capitalize on growth in demand for the services related to the manipulation and distribution of rich media content, without assuming the production or ownership risk of any specific television program, feature film, advertising or other form of content. The primary users of the Company's services are entertainment studios and advertising agencies that generally choose to outsource such services due to the sporadic demand and the fixed costs of maintaining a high-volume physical plant.

Since January 1, 1997, the Company has successfully completed nine acquisitions of companies providing similar services. The Company will continue to evaluate acquisition opportunities to enhance its operations and profitability. As a result of these acquisitions, the Company is one of the largest and most diversified providers of technical and distribution services in its markets, and therefore is able to offer its customers a single source for such services at prices that reflect the Company’s scale economies.

The Company was incorporated in California in 1990. The Company's executive offices are located at 2777 N. Ontario Street, Burbank, California 91504, and its telephone number is (818) 565-1400. The Company’s website address is www.point360.com.

Markets

The Company derives revenues primarily from (i) the entertainment industry, consisting of major and independent motion picture and television studios, cable television program suppliers and television program syndicators, and (ii) the advertising industry, consisting of advertising agencies and corporate advertisers. On a more limited basis, the Company also services national television networks, local television stations, corporate or instructional video providers, infomercial advertisers and educational institutions.

Entertainment Industry. The entertainment industry creates motion pictures, television programming, and interactive multimedia content for distribution through theatrical exhibition, home video, pay and basic cable television, direct-to-home, private cable, broadcast television, on-line services and video games. Content is released into a "first-run" distribution channel, and later into one or more additional channels or media. In addition to newly produced content, film and television libraries may be released repeatedly into distribution. Entertainment content produced in the United States is exported and is in increasingly high demand internationally. The Company believes that several trends in the entertainment industry have and will continue to have a positive impact on the Company's business. These trends include growth in worldwide demand for original entertainment content, the development of new markets for existing content libraries, increased demand for innovation and creative quality in domestic and foreign markets, and wider application of digital technologies for content manipulation and distribution, including the emergence of new distribution channels.

Advertising Industry. The advertising industry distributes video and audio commercials, or spots, to radio and television broadcast outlets worldwide. Advertising content is developed either by the originating company or in conjunction with an advertising agency. The Company receives orders with specific routing and timing instructions provided by the customer. These orders are then entered into the Company's computer system and scheduled for electronic or physical delivery. When a video spot is received, the Company's quality control personnel inspect the video to ensure that it meets customer specifications and then initiate the sequence to distribute the video to the designated television stations either electronically, over fiber optic lines and/or satellite, or via the most suitable package carrier. The Company believes that the growth in the number of video advertising outlets, driven by expansion in the number of broadcast, cable, Internet and satellite channels worldwide, will have a positive impact on the Company’s businesses.

Value-Added Services

The Company maintains video and audio post-production and editing facilities as components of its full service, value-added approach to its customers. The following summarizes the value-added post-production services that the Company provides to its customers:

Film-To-Tape Transfer. Substantially all film content ultimately is distributed to the home video, broadcast, cable or pay-per-view television markets, requiring that film images be transferred electronically to a video format. Each frame must be color corrected and adapted to the size and aspect ratio of a television screen in order to ensure the highest level of conformity to the original film version. The Company transfers film to videotape using Spirit, URSA and Cintel MK-3 telecine equipment and DaVinci® digital color correction systems. In 2000, the Company added high definition television (“HDTV”) services to this product line. The remastering of studio film and television libraries to this new broadcast standard has begun to contribute to the growth of the Company's film transfer business, as well as affiliated services such as foreign language mastering, duplication and distribution.

Video Editing. The Company provides digital editing services in Hollywood, Burbank and West Los Angeles. The editing suites are equipped with (i) state-of-the-art digital editing equipment, including the Avid® 9000, that provides precise and repeatable electronic transfer of video and/or audio information from one or more sources to a new master video and (ii) large production switchers to effect complex transitions from source to source while simultaneously inserting titles and/or digital effects over background video. Video is edited into completed programs such as television shows, infomercials, commercials, movie trailers, electronic press kits, specials, and corporate and educational presentations.

Standards Conversion. Throughout the world there are several different broadcasting "standards" in use. To permit a program recorded in one standard to be broadcast in another, it is necessary for the recorded program to be converted to the applicable standard. This process involves changing the number of video lines per frame, the number of frames per second, and the color system. The Company is able to convert video between all international formats, including NTSC, PAL and SECAM. The Company's competitive advantages in this service line include its state-of-the-art systems and its detailed knowledge of the international markets with respect to quality-control requirements and technical specifications.

Broadcast Encoding. The Company provides encoding services for tracking broadcast airplay of spots or television programming. Using a process called VEIL encoding, a code is placed within the video portion of an advertisement or an electronic press kit. Such codes can be monitored from standard television broadcasts to determine which advertisements or portions of electronic press kits are shown on or during specific television programs, providing customers direct feedback on allotted air time. The Company provides VEIL encoding services for a number of its motion picture studio clients to enable them to customize their promotional material. The Company also provides ICE encoding services which enable it to place codes within the audio portion of a video, thereby enhancing the overall quality of the encoded video.

Audio Post-Production. Through its facilities in Burbank, Hollywood and West Los Angeles, the Company digitally edits and creates sound effects, assists in replacing dialog and re-records audio elements for integration with film and video elements. The Company designs sound effects to give life to the visual images with a library of sound effects. Dialog replacement is sometimes required to improve quality, replace lost dialog or eliminate extraneous noise from the original recording. Re-recording combines sound effects, dialog, music and laughter or applause to complete the final product. In addition, the re-recording process allows the enhancement of the listening experience by adding specialized sound treatments, such as stereo, Dolby Digital®, SDDS®, THX® and Surround Sound®.

Audio Layback. Audio layback is the process of creating duplicate videotape masters with sound tracks that are different from the original recorded master sound track. Content owners selling their assets in foreign markets require the replacement of dialog with voices speaking local languages. In some cases, all of the audio elements, including dialog, sound effects, music and laughs, must be recreated, remixed and synchronized with the original videotape. Audio sources are premixed foreign language tracks or tracks that contain music and effects only. The latter is used to make a final videotape product that will be sent to a foreign country to permit addition of a foreign dialogue track to the existing music and effects track.

Foreign Language Mastering. Programming designed for distribution in markets other than those for which it was originally produced is prepared for export through language translation and either subtitling or voice dubbing. The Company provides dubbed language versioning with an audio layback and conform service that supports various audio and videotape formats to create an international language-specific master videotape. The Company's Burbank facility also creates music and effects tracks from programming shot before an audience to prepare television sitcoms for dialog recording and international distribution.

Syndication. The Company offers a broad range of technical services to domestic and international programmers. The Company services the basic and premium cable, broadcast syndication and direct-to-home market segments by providing the facilities and services necessary to assemble and distribute programming via satellite to viewers in the United States, Canada and Europe. The Company provides facilities and services for the delivery of syndicated television programming in the United States and Canada. The Company's customer base consists of the major studios and independent distributors offering network programming, world-wide independent content owners offering niche market programming, and pay-per-view services marketing movies and special events to the cable industry and direct-to-home viewers. Broadcast and syndication operations are conducted in Hollywood and West Los Angeles.

Archival Services. The Company currently stores approximately 1.5 million videotape and film elements in a protected environment. The storage and handling of videotape and film elements require specialized security and environmental control procedures. The Company performs secure management archival services in all of its operating facilities as well as four vault specific locations in Los Angeles. The Company offers on-line access to archival information for advertising clients, and may offer this service to other clients in the future.

Distribution Network

The Company operates a full service distribution network providing its customers with reliable, timely and high quality distribution services. The Company's historical customer base consists of advertising agencies, multinational companies, motion picture and television studios and post-production facilities.

Commercials, trailers, electronic press kits and related distribution instructions are typically collected at one of the Company's regional facilities and are processed locally or transmitted to another regional facility for processing. Orders are routinely received into the evening hours for delivery the next morning. The Company has the ability to process customer orders from receipt to transmission in less than one hour. Customer orders that require immediate, multiple deliveries in remote markets are often delivered electronically to and serviced by third parties with duplication and delivery services in such markets. The Company provides the advantage of being able to service customers from both of its primary markets (entertainment and advertising) in all of its facilities to achieve the most efficient project turnaround. The Company's network operates 24 hours a day.

For electronic distribution, a video master is digitized and delivered by fiber optic, Internet, ISDN or satellite transmission to television stations equipped to receive such transmissions. The Company currently derives a small percentage of its revenues from electronic deliveries and anticipates that this percentage will increase as such technologies become more widely adopted.

The Company intends to add new methods of distribution as technologies become both standardized and cost-effective. The Company currently operates facilities in Los Angeles (five locations), New York, Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco. By capitalizing on electronic technologies to link instantaneously all of the Company's facilities, the Company is able to optimize delivery, thus extending the deadline for same- or next-day delivery of time-sensitive material.

As the Company continues to develop and acquire facilities in new markets, its network enables it to maximize the usage of its network-wide capacity by instantaneously transmitting video content to facilities with available capacity. The Company's network and facilities are designed to serve, cost-effectively, the time-sensitive distribution needs of its clients. Management believes that the Company's success is based on its strong customer relationships that are maintained through the reliability, quality and cost-effectiveness of its services, and its extended deadline for processing customer orders.

New Markets

The Company believes that the development of its network and its array of value-added services will provide the Company with the opportunity to enter or significantly increase its presence in several new or expanding markets.

International. The Company currently provides electronic and physical duplication and distribution services for rich media content providers. Further, the Company believes that electronic distribution methods will facilitate further expansion into the international distribution arena as such technologies become standardized and cost-effective. In addition, the Company believes that the growth in the distribution of domestic content into international markets will create increased demand for value-added services currently provided by the Company such as standards conversion and audio and digital mastering.

High Definition Television (HDTV). The Company is focused on capitalizing on opportunities created by emerging industry trends such as the emergence of digital television and its more advanced variant, high-definition television. HDTV has quickly become the mastering standard for domestic content providers. The Company believes that the aggressive timetable associated with such conversion, which has resulted both from mandates by the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC") for digital television and high-definition television as well as competitive forces in the marketplace, is likely to accelerate the rate of increase in the demand for these services. The Company maintains a state-of-the-art HDTV center at its Burbank, California, facility.

DVD Authoring. Digital formats, such as DVD, have the potential to overtake VHS videocassettes in the home video market. Industry research shows that DVD sales surpassed VHS videocassettes in 2003. The Company believes that there are significant opportunities in this market. With the increasing rate of conversion of existing analog libraries, as well as new content being mastered to digital formats, we believe that the Company has positioned itself well to provide value-added services to new and existing clients. The Company has made capital investments to expand and upgrade its current DVD and digital compression operations in anticipation of the increasing demand for DVD and video encoding services.

Sales and Marketing

The Company markets its services through a combination of industry referrals, formal advertising, trade show participation, special client events, and its Internet website. While the Company relies primarily on its reputation and business contacts within the industry for the marketing of its services, the Company also maintains a direct sales force to communicate the capabilities and competitive advantages of the Company's services to potential new customers. In addition, the Company's sales force solicits corporate advertisers who may be in a position to influence agencies in directing deliveries through the Company. The Company currently has sales personnel located in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York. The Company's marketing programs are directed toward communicating its unique capabilities and establishing itself as the predominant value-added distribution network for the motion picture and advertising industries.

In addition to its traditional sales efforts directed at those individuals responsible for placing orders with the Company’s facilities, the Company also strives to negotiate “preferred vendor” relationships with its major customers. Through this process, the Company negotiates discounted rates with large volume clients in return for being promoted within the client’s organization as an established and accepted vendor. This selection process tends to favor larger service providers such as the Company that (i) offer lower prices through scale economies; (ii) have the capacity to handle large orders without outsourcing to other vendors; and (iii) can offer a strategic partnership on technological and other industry-specific issues. The Company negotiates such agreements periodically with major entertainment studios and national broadcast networks.

Customers

Since its inception in 1990, the Company has added customers and increased its sales through acquisitions and by delivering a favorable mix of reliability, timeliness, quality and price. The integration of the Company's regional facilities has given its customers a time advantage in the ability to deliver broadcast quality material. The Company markets its services to major and independent motion picture and television production companies, advertising agencies, television program suppliers and, on a more limited basis, national television networks, infomercial providers, local television stations, television program syndicators, corporations and educational institutions. The Company's motion picture clients include Disney, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios, Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures. The Company's advertising agency customers include TBWA/Chiat Day, Young & Rubicam and Saatchi & Saatchi.

The Company solicits the motion picture and television industries, advertisers and their agencies to generate revenues. In the year ended December 31, 2004, ten major motion picture studios and advertising agencies accounted for approximately 38% of the Company's revenues. No customer accounted for greater than 10% of the Company’s revenues for the year ended December 31, 2004.

The Company generally does not have exclusive service agreements with its clients. Because clients generally do not make arrangements with the Company until shortly before its facilities and services are required, the Company usually does not have any significant backlog of service orders. The Company's services are generally offered on an hourly or per unit basis based on volume.

Customer Service

The Company believes it has built its strong reputation in the market with a commitment to customer service. The Company receives customer orders via courier services, telephone, telecopier and the Internet. The sales and customer service staff develops strong relationships with clients within the studios and advertising agencies and is trained to emphasize the Company's ability to confirm delivery, meet difficult delivery time frames and provide reliable and cost-effective service. Several studios are customers because of the Company's ability to meet often changing or rush delivery schedules.

The Company has a sales and customer service staff of approximately 92 people, at least one member of which is available 24 hours a day. This staff serves as a single point of problem resolution and supports not only the Company's customers, but also the television stations and cable systems to which the Company delivers.

Competition

The manipulation, duplication and distribution of rich media assets is a highly competitive service-oriented business. Certain competitors (both independent companies and divisions of large companies) provide all or most of the services provided by the Company, while others specialize in one or several of these services. Substantially all of the Company's competitors have a presence in the Los Angeles area, which is currently the largest market for the Company's services. Due to the current and anticipated future demand for video duplication and distribution services in the Los Angeles area, the Company believes that both existing and new competitors may expand or establish video service facilities in this area.

The Company believes that it maintains a competitive position in its market by virtue of the quality and scope of the services it provides, and its ability to provide timely and accurate delivery of these services. The Company believes that prices for its services are competitive within its industry, although some competitors may offer certain of their services at lower rates than the Company.

The principal competitive factors affecting this market are reliability, timeliness, quality and price. The Company competes with a variety of duplication and distribution firms, certain post-production companies and, to a lesser extent, the in-house operations of major motion picture studios and ad agencies. Some of these competitors have long-standing ties to clients that will be difficult for the Company to change. Several companies have systems for delivering video content electronically. Moreover, some of these firms, such as Vyvx (a subsidiary of the Williams Companies), Digital Generation Systems, Inc., Liberty Media Inc. (formerly Ascent Media Group, Inc.) and other post-production companies may have greater financial, operational and marketing resources, and may have achieved a higher level of brand recognition than the Company. As a result, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to compete effectively against these competitors merely on the basis of reliability, timeliness, quality, price or otherwise.

Employees

The Company had 475 full-time employees as of December 31, 2004. The Company's employees are not represented by any collective bargaining organization, and the Company has never experienced a work stoppage. The Company believes that its relations with its employees are good.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

The Company currently owns one and leases 10 of its facilities. Ten of these locations have production capabilities and/or sales activities, and the one owned facility is a media storage center. The terms of leases for leased facilities expire at various dates from 2005 to 2012. The following table sets forth the location and approximate square footage of the Company's properties as of December 31, 2004:

Owned	Square Footage
Los Angeles, CA.		64,600
Leased
Hollywood, CA.		31,000
Hollywood, CA.		13,400
Hollywood, CA.		13,000
Burbank, CA.		32,000
Burbank, CA.		45,500
Los Angeles, CA.		13,400
San Francisco, CA.		9,500
Chicago, IL.		13,200
New York, NY.		9,000
Dallas, TX.		11,300

In November 2003, the Company leased 64,600 square feet of free-standing warehouse space in Los Angeles to be used primarily as a vault facility to store customers’ intellectual property (i.e. “elements”). During 2004, the Company vacated approximately 71,000 square feet of existing vault space in four locations as the respective leases expired, consolidating the vaulting functions into the new space. In 2004, the Company also moved its headquarters from 9,500 square feet of leased space into the 45,500 square foot Burbank facility.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On July 7, 2003, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc. (“Alliance”) filed a complaint against the Company in the United States District Court, Central District of California. The complaint sought a declaration of the court that Alliance has full right of legal ownership of (i) a warrant issued by the Company in July 2003 in consideration of an option to purchase three subsidiaries of Alliance and (ii) the $300,000 paid to Alliance in December 2002 to extend the option. The complaint alleged that the Company made false and misleading statements in its press release announcing the termination of negotiations with Alliance, asking for undetermined damages.

On July 18, 2003, Alliance filed a complaint against the Company in the Superior Court of Justice, Ontario, Canada. The complaint alleged that the Company breached a non-disclosure agreement between Alliance and the Company by issuing a press release with respect to termination of negotiations to purchase the subsidiaries without obtaining the required prior written consent of Alliance. Alliance maintained that the press release impaired its ability to extract value from the subsidiaries and negatively affected its ability to sell the subsidiaries to a third party. The complaint sought breach of contract and punitive damages of approximately $4.4 million, expenses and a permanent order enjoining further such statements by the Company.

On August 11, 2003, the Company filed a counterclaim in the United States District Court, Central District of California against Alliance for, among other things, misrepresentation and breach of contract seeking cancellation of the warrant and general damages of at least $1.2 million. In November 2004, the Company and Alliance signed a Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement, and the Company paid Alliance $575,000 to settle all matters between the parties.

In addition to the above, from time to time, the Company may become a party to various legal actions and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business, although it is not currently involved in any such material legal proceedings.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

No matters were submitted to the Company’s shareholders for a vote during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report.

PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE COMPANY'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

The Company's Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market ("NNM") under the symbol PTSX. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low closing price per share for the Common Stock.

	Common Stock
	Low		High
Year Ended December 31, 2003
First Quarter	$	1.75	$	2.38
Second Quarter		1.92		2.70
Third Quarter		2.26		4.15
Fourth Quarter		3.71		5.08
Year Ended December 31, 2004
First Quarter	$	4.05	$	4.95
Second Quarter		2.95		4.61
Third Quarter		2.29		3.72
Fourth Quarter		2.00		4.09

On February 25, 2005, the closing sale price of the Common Stock as reported on the NNM was $3.56 per share. As of February 25, 2005, there were approximately 1,000 holders of record of the Common Stock.

Dividends

The Company did not pay dividends on its Common Stock during the years ended December 31, 2003 or 2004. The Company’s ability to pay dividends depends upon limitations under applicable law and covenants under its bank agreements. The Company currently does not intend to pay any dividends on its Common Stock in the foreseeable future. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Liquidity and Capital Resources."

Stock Repurchases

The Company did not repurchase any shares of its Common Stock during the quarter ended December 31, 2004.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following data, insofar as they relate to each of the years 2000 to 2004, have been derived from the Company’s annual financial statements. This information should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and Notes thereto and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" included elsewhere herein. All amounts are shown in thousands, except per share data.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2000			2001			2002			2003			2004
Statement of Income Data
Revenues	$	74,841		$	69,628		$	68,419		$	64,900		$	63,344
Cost of goods sold		(45,894	)		(46,864	)		(42,172	)		(39,670	)		(40,519	)
Gross profit		28,947			22,764			26,247			25,230			22,825
Selling, general and administrative expense		(21,994	)		(20,872	)		(18,977	)		(17,479	)		(18,936	)
Write-off of deferred acquisition and financing costs ..		-			-			-			(1,043	)		(1,050	)
Operating income		6,953			1,892			7,270			6,708			2,839
Interest expense, net		(2,889	)		(3,070	)		(2,528	)		(2,056	)		(811	)
Derivative fair value change (4)		-			(700	)		82			611			-
Provision for (benefit from) income tax		(1,814	)		384			(2,007	)		(2,114	)		(781	)
Income (loss) before extraordinary item, adoption of SAB 101(2)	$	2,250		$	(1,494	)		2,817			3,149			1,247
Extraordinary item (net of tax benefit of $168) (1)		(232	)		-			-			-			-
Cumulative effect of adopting SAB 101 (2)		(322	)		-			-			-			-
Net income (loss)	$	1,696		$	(1,494	)	$	2,817		$	3,149		$	1,247
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic:
Income (loss) per share before extraordinary item, adoption of SAB 101 (2)	$	0.24		$	(0.17	)	$	0.31		$	0.35		$	0.14
Extraordinary item (1)		(0.03	)		-			-			-			-
Cumulative effect of adopting SAB 101 (2)		(0.03	)		-			-			-			-
Net income (loss)	$	0.18		$	(0.17	)	$	0.31		$	0.35		$	0.14
Diluted:
Income (loss) per share before extraordinary item and adoption of SAB 101	$	0.24		$	(0.17	)	$	0.30		$	0.33		$	0.13
Extraordinary item (1)		(0.03	)		-			-			-			-
Cumulative effect of adopting SAB 101 (2)		(0.03	)		-			-			-			-
Net income (loss)	$	0.18		$	(0.17	)	$	0.30		$	0.33		$	0.13
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Basic		9,216			9,060			9,013			9,067			9,197
Diluted		9,491			9,060			9,377			9,555			9,671

	Year Ended December 31,
	2000			2001			2002			2003			2004
Other Data														(5	)
EBITDA(3)	$	12,172		$	8,500		$	12,690		$	12,818		$	8,715
Cash flows provided by operating activities		10,963			9,455			10,381			10,480			6,814
Cash flows used in investing activities		(9,488	)		(4,069	)		(3,485	)		(1,599	)		(8,426	)
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities		(1,556	)		(2,397	)		(5,282	)		(7,047	)		(4,926	)
Capital expenditures		9,717			3,082			1,949			1,237			5,307
Selected Balance Sheet Data
Cash and cash equivalents	$	769		$	3,758		$	5,372		$	7,206		$	668
Working capital		12,701			(16,006)(6	)		8,185			3,663			(119	)
Property and equipment, net		25,236			23,232			19,965			15,751			31,451
Total assets		77,375			70,847			70,080			64,744			76,647
Borrowings under revolving credit agreements		-			-			-			-			4,323
Current portion of notes payable		-			-			-			-			2,849
Long-term debt, net of current portion		31,054			78			18,065			6,762			14,494
Shareholders' equity		32,919			30,778			34,512			37,368			38,944

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(1)	Amount represents the write off of deferred financing costs, net of tax benefit, related to a bank credit agreement which was terminated in Fiscal 2000.

(2)	Effective January 1, 2000, the Company adopted Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 (“SAB 101”), Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements. The amount represents the cumulative effect, net of tax, on January 1, 2000 retained earnings as if SAB 101 had been adopted prior to Fiscal 2000.

(3)

EBITDA is defined herein as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), is not to be considered as an alternative to net income or any other GAAP measurements as a measure of operating performance and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund all cash needs. While not all companies calculate and present EBITDA in the same fashion, it may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. However, management believes that EBITDA is a useful measure of cash flow available to the Company to pay interest, repay debt, make acquisitions or invest in new technologies. The Company is currently committed to use a portion of its cash flows to service existing debt, if outstanding, and, furthermore, anticipates making certain capital expenditures as part of its business plan.

Computation of EBITDA (in thousands)

	2000		2001			2002		2003		2004
Net income (loss)	$	1,696	$	(1,494	)	$	2,817	$	3,149	$	1,247
Add back:
Interest		2,889		3,070			2,528		2,056		811
Income taxes		1,814		(384	)		2,007		2,114		781
Depreciation & Amortization		5,773		7,308			5,338		5,499		5,876
EBITDA	$	12,172	$	8,500		$	12,690	$	12,818	$	8,715

(4)

In November 2000, the Company entered into an interest rate swap contract to economically hedge its floating debt rate. Under the terms of the contract, the notional amount is $15,000,000, whereby the Company receives LIBOR and pays a fixed 6.50% rate of interest for three years. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“FAS 133”), requires that the interest rate swap contract be recorded at fair value upon adoption of FAS 133 by recording (i) a cumulative-effect type adjustment at January 1, 2001 equal to the fair value of the interest rate swap contract on that date, (ii) amortizing the cumulative-effect type adjustment over the life of the derivative contract, and (iii) a charge or credit to income in the amount of the difference between the fair value of the interest rate swap contract at the beginning and end of such year. The effect of adopting FAS 133 was to record a cumulative effect type adjustment by charging Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (a component of shareholders’ equity $247,000 (net of $62,000 tax benefit), crediting Derivative Valuation Liability by $309,000 gross cumulative effect adjustment and charging Deferred Income Taxes $62,000. The change in the derivative fair value during the year ($579,000), $186,000 and $701,000 in 2001, 2002 and 2003 respectively) and the amortization of the cumulative effect adjustment ($121,000), ($104,000) and ($90,000) in 2001, 2002 and 2003 respectively) were recorded as a charge to Derivative Fair Value Change.

(5)	Amounts shown under Selected Balance Sheet Data as of December 31, 2004 reflect a new credit agreement and the acquisition of International Video Conversions, Inc. See Notes 3 and 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

(6)	As of December 31, 2001, the Company had outstanding $28,999,000 under a credit facility with a group of banks. The entire amount was classified as a current liability due to then-existing covenant breaches. Excluding the borrowed amount, working capital would have been $12,993,000.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Except for the historical information contained herein, certain statements in this annual report are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed herein, including but not limited to competition, customer and industry concentration, depending on technological developments, risks related to expansion, dependence on key personnel, fluctuating results and seasonality and control by management. See the relevant discussions in the Company's documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Cautionary Statements and Risk Factors in this Item 7, for a further discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties applicable to the Company's business.

Critical Accounting Policies And Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to allowance for doubtful accounts, valuation of long-lived assets, and accounting for income taxes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Management believes the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Critical accounting policies are those that are important to the portrayal of the Company's financial condition and results, and which require management to make difficult, subjective and/or complex judgements. Critical accounting policies cover accounting matters that are inherently uncertain because the future resolution of such matters is unknown. We have made critical estimates in the following areas:

Revenues. We perform a multitude of services for our clients, including film-to-tape transfer, video and audio editing, standards conversions, adding effects, duplication, distribution, etc. A customer orders one or more of these services with respect to an element (commercial spot, movie, trailer, electronic press kit, etc.). The sum total of services performed on a particular element (a “package”) becomes the deliverable (i.e., the customer will pay for the services ordered in total when the entire job is completed). Occasionally, a major studio will request that package services be performed on multiple elements. Each element creates a separate revenue stream which is recognized only when all requested services have been performed on that element.

Allowance for doubtful accounts. We are required to make judgments, based on historical experience and future expectations, as to the collectibility of accounts receivable. The allowances for doubtful accounts and sales returns represent allowances for customer trade accounts receivable that are estimated to be partially or entirely uncollectible. These allowances are used to reduce gross trade receivables to their net realizable value. The Company records these allowances as a charge to selling, general and administrative expenses based on estimates related to the following factors: i) customer specific allowances; ii) amounts based upon an aging schedule and iii) an estimated amount, based on the Company's historical experience, for issues not yet identified.

Valuation of long-lived and intangible assets. Long-lived assets, consisting primarily of property, plant and equipment and intangibles, comprise a significant portion of the Company's total assets. Long-lived assets, including goodwill and intangibles are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances have indicated that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows expected to be generated by that asset. The cash flow projections are based on historical experience, management’s view of growth rates within the industry and the anticipated future economic environment.

Factors we consider important which could trigger an impairment review include the following:

l	significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results;

l	significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business;

l	significant negative industry or economic trends;

l	significant decline in our stock price for a sustained period; and

l	our market capitalization relative to net book value.

When we determine that the carrying value of intangibles, long-lived assets and related goodwill and enterprise level goodwill may not be recoverable based upon the existence of one or more of the above indicators of impairment, we measure any impairment based on a projected discounted cash flow method using a discount rate determined by our management to be commensurate with the risk inherent in our current business model. Any amount of impairment so determined would be written off as a charge to the income statement, together with an equal reduction of the related asset. Net intangible assets, long-lived assets, and goodwill amounted to approximately $58.7 million as of December 31, 2004.

In 2002, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”) became effective and as a result, we ceased to amortize approximately $26.3 million of goodwill beginning in 2002. We had recorded approximately $2.0 million of amortization on these amounts during the year ended December 31, 2001. In lieu of amortization, we were required to perform an initial impairment review of our goodwill in 2002 and an annual impairment review thereafter. The initial test on January 1, 2002, and the Fiscal 2002, 2003 and 2004 tests performed as of September 30, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, required no goodwill impairment. The discounted cash flow method used to evaluate goodwill impairment included cash flow estimates for 2005 and subsequent years. If actual cash flow performance does not meet these expectations due to factors cited above, any resulting potential impairment could adversely affect reported goodwill asset values and earnings.

Accounting for income taxes. As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves us estimating our actual current tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items, such as deferred revenue, for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. We must then assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance. To the extent we establish a valuation allowance or increase this allowance in a period, we must include an expense within the tax provision in the statement of operations.

Significant management judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. The net deferred tax liability as of December 31, 2004 was $4.4 million. The Company did not record a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2004.

Results of Operations

We are one of the largest providers of video and film asset management services to owners, producers and distributors of entertainment and advertising content. We provide the services necessary to edit, master, reformat, archive and ultimately distribute our clients’ film and video content, including television programming, spot advertising, feature films and movie trailers using electronic and physical means. We deliver commercials, movie trailers, electronic press kits, infomercials and syndicated programming to hundreds of broadcast outlets worldwide. Our interconnected facilities in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco provide service coverage in each of the major U.S. media centers. Clients include major motion picture studios, advertising agencies and corporations.

We operate in a highly competitive environment in which customers desire a broad range of service at a reasonable price. There are many competitors offering some or all of the services provided by the Company. Additionally, some of our customers are large studios, which also have in-house capabilities that may influence the amount of work outsourced to companies like Point.360. We attract and retain customers by maintaining a high service level at reasonable prices.

In recent years, electronic delivery services have grown while physical duplication and delivery have been declining. We expect this trend to continue over a long term (i.e. the next 10 years). All of our electronic, fiber optics, satellite and Internet deliveries are made using third party vendors, which eliminates our need to invest in such capability. However, the use of others to deliver our services poses the risk that costs may rise in certain situations that cannot be passed on to customers, thereby lowering gross margins. There is also the risk that third party vendors who directly compete with us will succeed in taking away business or will restrict our access to their distribution capabilities.

The Company has an opportunity to expand its business by establishing closer relationships with our customers through excellent service at a competitive price. Our success is also dependent on attracting and maintaining employees capable of maintaining such relationships. Also, growth can be achieved by acquiring similar businesses (for example, the acquisition of International Video Conversions, Inc. (“IVC”) in July 2004) which can increase revenues by adding new customers, or expanding services provided to existing customers.

Our business generally involves the immediate servicing needs of our customers. Most orders are fulfilled within several days, with occasional larger orders spanning weeks or months. At any particular time, we have little firm backlog.

We believe that our nationwide interconnected facilities provide the ability to better service national customers than single-location competitors. We will look to expand both our service offering and geographical presence through acquisition of other businesses or opening additional facilities.

During 2004, we completed the acquisition of International Video Conversions, Inc. (“IVC”) and settled all disputes related to a proposed acquisition of three subsidiaries of Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc. (“Alliance”). The financial statement comparisons below highlight the effects of these transactions.

The following table sets forth the amount and percentage relationship to revenues of certain items included within the Company's Consolidated Statement of Income for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004. The commentary below is based on these financial statements (in thousands).

	Year ended December 31
	2002						2003						2004
	Amount			Percent of Revenues			Amount			Percent of Revenues			Amount			Percent of Revenues
Revenues	$	68,419			100.0	%	$	64,900			100.0	%	$	63,344			100.0	%
Costs of goods sold		(42,172	)		( 61.6	)		(39,670	)		(61.1	)		(40,519	)		(64.0	)
Gross profit		26,247			38.4			25,230			38.9			22,825			36.0
Selling, general and administrative expense		(18,977	)		(27.7	)		(17,479	)		(27.0	)		(18,936	)		(29.9	)
Write-off of deferred acquisition and financing costs		-			-			(1,043	)		(1.5	)		(1,050	)		(1.6	)
Operating income		7,270			10.7			6,708			10.4			2,839			4.5
Interest expense, net		(2,528	)		(3.7	)		(2,056	)		(3.2	)		(811	)		(1.3	)
Derivative fair value change		82			0.1			611			1.0			-			-
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes		(2,007	)		(2.9	)		(2,114	)		(3.3	)		(781	)		(1.2	)
Net income (loss)	$	2,817			4.2	%	$	3,149			4.9	%	$	1,247			2.0	%

Statistical Analysis

The table below summarizes results for the year ended December 31, 2002, and pro forma results for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, without the effects of (1) IVC’s results of operations and (2) the write-off of deferred Alliance acquisition, financing and settlement costs in 2003 and 2004. IVC was purchased on July 1, 2004. The Alliance write-off represents the costs of due diligence, legal, financing and the settlement of all matters related to the proposed acquisition of three subsidiaries of Alliance, which matters were finalized in 2004 (in thousands except per share amounts):

	Year Ended
	December 31, 2003									December 31, 2004
	Pro forma			(2)			GAAP			Pro forma			(1)			(2)			GAAP
Revenues	$	64,900		$	-		$	64,900		$	56,864		$	6,480		$	-		$	63,344
Cost of goods sold		(39,670	)		-			(39,670	)		(36,782	)		(3,737	)		-			(40,519	)
Gross profit		25,230			-			25,230			20,082			2,743			-			22,825
Selling, general and administrative expense ⁽³⁾		(17,479	)		-			(17,479	)		(17,632	)		(1,304	)		-			(18,936	)
Write-off of deferred acquisition, financing and settlement costs ⁽³⁾		-			(1,043	)		(1,043	)		-			-			(1,050	)		(1,050	)

Operating income (loss)		7,751			(1,043	)		6,708			2,450			1,439			(1,050	)		2,839
Interest expense, net		(2,056	)		-			(2,056	)		(655	)		(156	)		-			(811	)
Derivative fair value change		611			-			611			-			-			-			-
Income (loss) before income taxes		6,306			(1,043	)		5,263			1,795			1,283			(1,050	)		2,028
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes		(2,552	)		438			(2,114	)		(691	)		(494	)		404			(781	)
Net income (loss)	$	3,754		$	(605	)	$	3,149		$	1,104		$	789			(646	)	$	1,247

Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic:	$	0.41		$	(0.06	)	$	0.35		$	0.12		$	0.09		$	(0.07	)	$	0.14
Diluted:	$	0.39		$	(0.06	)	$	0.33		$	0.12		$	0.08		$	(0.07	)	$	0.13

	Year Ended
	December 31, 2002								December 31, 2003
	Pro forma			(2)		GAAP			Pro forma			(2)			GAAP
Revenues	$	68,419		$	-	$	68,419		$	64,900		$	-		$	64,900
Cost of goods sold		(42,172	)		-		(42,172	)		(39,670	)		-			(39,670	)
Gross profit		26,247			-		26,247			25,230			-			25,230
Selling, general and administrative expense ⁽³⁾		(18,977	)		-		(18,977	)		(17,479	)		-			(17,479	)
Write-off of deferred acquisition, financing and settlement costs ⁽³⁾		-			-		-			-			(1,043	)		(1,043	)
Operating income (loss)		7,270			-		7,270			7,751			(1,043	)		6,708
Interest expense, net		(2,528	)		-		(2,528	)		(2,056	)		-			(2,056	)
Derivative fair value change		82			-		82			611			-			611
Income (loss) before income taxes		4,824			-		4,824			6,306			(1,043	)		5,263
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes		(2,007	)		-		(2,007	)		(2,552	)		438			(2,114	)
Net income (loss)	$	2,817		$	-	$	2,817		$	3,754		$	(605	)	$	3,149
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic:	$	0.31		$	-	$	0.31		$	0.41		$	(0.06	)	$	0.35
Diluted:	$	0.30		$	-	$	0.30		$	0.39		$	(0.06	)	$	0.33

(1)	Contribution of IVC.

(2)	Write-off of deferred acquisition, financing and settlement costs.

(3)	Previously reported amounts have been adjusted to segregate Alliance-related expenses from Selling, General and Administrative expense for consistency of presentation among periods.

While the above presentation of pro forma income statements and adjustments do not represent the results of operations in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), we believe that this disclosure provides useful information for readers of the financial statements in analyzing the causes of operating differences from period to period. Additional comparative data is set forth below.

In total, revenues in 2004 were 2% below 2003 levels. Without the inclusion of IVC, a company purchased on July 1, 2004, revenues in 2004 would have been $56.9 million, a decrease of 12% from 2003. Pro forma 2004 revenues if IVC had been purchased at the beginning of the year would have been $69.0 million.

The addition of IVC will not only increase revenues in 2005 (twelve months of operations compared to six months in 2004), but will add to the cost infracture of the Company in both cost of sales and selling, general and administrative (“S,G&A”) areas. With the inclusion of IVC and the elimination of the 2004 duplicated rent and move costs associated with the consolidation of four media asset storage facilities, we expect 2005 gross margins as a percentage of sales to be slightly higher than experienced in 2004. We expect S,G&A in 2005 to be higher as a percentage of sales than in 2004 (excluding the special charge) due to the addition of management and sales personnel and costs associated to Sarbanes-Oxley process documentation and assessment and the addition of stock option compensation expense due to the required July 1, 2005 implementation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, Accounting for Stock-Ba sed Compensation (see Note 1 of Note to Consolidated Financial Statements elsewhere in this Form 10-K for a discussion of pro forma amounts of such compensation for 2002, 2003 and 2004). Interest expense is expected to be higher in 2005 because of additional debt incurred for the acquisition of IVC and capital expenditures made in 2004 for the Media Center storage facility.

Please refer to Cautionary Statements and Risk Factors below with respect to these forward-looking statements.

Year Ended December 31, 2004 Compared To Year Ended December 31, 2003.

Revenues. Revenues for 2004 were $63.3 million, down 2% from $64.9 million in 2003. The decline in 2004 is due to lower spot advertising distribution for studio film releases and the early 2003 completion of a large firm re-mastering project which contributed to higher 2003 sales. The declines were offset by the additional revenues of $6.5 million from the July 1, 2004 acquisition of IVC.

Gross Profit. In 2004, gross margin was 36% of sales compared to 39% in 2003. The Company achieved $22.8 million of gross profit in 2004 compared to $25.2 million in 2003. The decline in gross margins was due to lower sales and duplicated rent and moving expenses associated with the new Media Center facility, offset by the addition of IVC.

Selling, General And Administrative Expense. SG&A expense was 30% of sales in 2004 compared to 27% of sales in 2003. Excluding S,G&A expenses of IVC, total S,G&A in 2004 was $17.6 million compared to $17.5 million in 2003.

In all periods presented, the write-off of deferred acquisition and financing and settlement costs related to the termination of the potential acquisition of three subsidiaries of Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc. (“Alliance”) has been set forth separately. The Company wrote-off approximately $1.0 million of such expenses in each of 2004 and 2005.

Operating Income. Operating income decreased to $2.8 million in 2004 from $6.7 million in 2003. Operating income in 2004 included $1.4 million contributed by IVC.

Interest Expense. Interest expense for 2004 was $0.8 million, a decrease of $1.2 million from 2003 because of lower interest rates due to the expiration of an interest rate hedge contract, offset by interest expense on additional debt.

Derivative Fair Value Change. The Company adopted SFAS 133 on January 1, 2001. During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company recorded the difference between the derivative fair value of the Company’s interest rate hedge contract at the beginning and end of the period, or income of $611,000 ($367,000 net of tax provision) and amortization of the cumulative-effect adjustment. The contract expired in November 2003.

Income Taxes. The Company’s effective tax rate was 38.5% for 2004 and 40% for 2003. The decrease in effective tax rate is the result of the Company’s periodic assessment of the relationship of book/tax timing differences to total expected annual pre-tax results and the elimination of goodwill expense for financial statement purposes. The effective tax rate percentage may change from period to period depending on the difference in the timing of the recognition of revenues and expenses for book and tax purposes.

Net Income. The net income for 2004 was $1.2 million, a decrease of $1.9 million compared to net income of $3.1 million for 2003.

Year Ended December 31, 2003 Compared To Year Ended December 31, 2002.

Revenues. Revenues decreased by $3.5 million to $64.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to $68.4 million for 2002. Revenues declined due to delays in new feature film introductions being promoted in 2003 by several studio clients thereby affecting the volume of advertising spots. Additionally, one specific post-production project was completed in 2002 and early 2003, which volume was not entirely replaced by new business.

Gross Profit. In 2003, gross margin increased by 0.5% of sales. Gross margin on sales was 38.9% in 2003 compared to 38.4% in the prior year due principally to lower wages and benefits.

Selling, General And Administrative Expense. SG&A expense decreased $1.5 million, or 7.7% to $17.5 million for the 2003 period, compared to $18.9 million for 2002. As a percentage of revenues, SG&A decreased to 27.0% for 2003, compared to 27.7% for 2002.

In 2003, the Company wrote off approximately $1.0 million of previously deferred expenses related to a proposed acquisition and financing package. Amounts expensed related to $300,000 paid to extend the option to purchase three subsidiaries of Canadian entity, $360,000 of legal, accounting and other due diligence costs related to the proposed acquisition, and approximately $342,000 of legal and other costs associated with the proposed financing.

Operating Income. Operating income decreased $0.6 million to $6.7 million for 2003, compared to a $7.3 million for 2002.

Interest Expense. Interest expense for 2003 was $2.1 million, a decrease of $0.5 million from 2002 because of lower debt levels due to principal payments made during the year.

Derivative Fair Value Change. The Company adopted SFAS 133 on January 1, 2001. During the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, the Company recorded the difference between the derivative fair value of the Company’s interest rate hedge contract at the beginning and end of the periods, or income of $611,000 ($367,000 net of tax provision) and $82,000 ($48,000 net of tax provision) in 2003 and 2002, respectively, and amortization of the cumulative-effect adjustment.

Income Taxes. The Company’s effective tax rate was 40% for 2003 and 42% for 2002. The decrease in effective tax rate is the result of the Company’s periodic assessment of the relationship of book/tax timing differences to total expected annual pre-tax results and the elimination of goodwill expense for financial statement purposes. The effective tax rate percentage may change from period to period depending on the difference in the timing of the recognition of revenues and expenses for book and tax purposes.

Net Income. The net income for 2003 was $3.1 million, an increase of $0.3 million compared to net income of $2.8 million for 2002.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

This discussion should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements and the corresponding information more fully described elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

Cash flows for the period ended September 30, 2004 were affected by approximately $3.2 million of capital expenditures related to the vault consolidation project. A portion of the vault expenditures were covered by cash previously advanced by the building landlord and reflected as accrued expenses on the December 31, 2003 balance sheet (about $0.8 million). All advanced amounts have been either paid out or reclassified as accounts payable as of September 30, 2004. Other principal changes in cash flows related to financing activities and are described below.

In May 2002, the Company and its banks entered into a term loan agreement with a maturity date of December 31, 2004. In January and February 2004, the Company made $1 million of scheduled principal payments under the term loan. In March 2004, the Company paid off the remaining $14.9 million prior term loan principal balance with $6.9 of cash and proceeds from the new $8 million term loan pursuant to a new credit agreement. The new agreement provided up to $10 million of revolving credit availability for two years and a five-year $8 million five-year term loan. The agreement was subsequently amended to increase the revolving credit and term loan availability by $1.9 million and $4.7 million, respectively. For the first two years of the term loan, the Company can re-borrow all principal payments on $8 million of the term loan to finance up to 80% of capital equipment purchases. The agreement provides for interest at the banks’ prime rate or LIBOR plus 2.25% for the revolver, prime rate plus 0.25% or LIBOR plus 2.50% for the term loan, and requires the Company to maintain certain financial covenant ratios. The term loan requires principal payments of approximately $2.5 million annually.

In November 2003, the Company leased a new 64,600 square foot building in Los Angeles, California, for the purpose of consolidating four vault locations then occupying approximately 71, 000 square feet in four locations. After the initial build-out of the new facility and termination of the existing leases during 2004, the resulting annual lease and operating expense levels are expected to be favorable to the Company. A provision of the lease provided that in May 2005, the Company had an option to purchase the building for approximately $8,572,000. We purchased the building in August 2004 by paying $2,065,000 in cash and borrowing the $6,435,000 million balance under a mortgage term loan payable over 15 years. We also spent approximately $3.1 million for improvements to the building during 2004.

The acquisition of International Video Conversions, Inc. (“IVC”) was completed in July 2004. We paid $2.3 million in cash and borrowed the $4.7 million. The IVC purchase agreement will also require payments of $1 million, $2 million and $2 million in 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively, if certain predetermined earnings levels (as defined) are met.

In November 2004, we paid $575,000 to Alliance in full settlement of all disputes related to the previously proposed acquisition and financing of three Alliance subsidiaries.

The following table summarizes the December 31, 2004 status of our revolving line of credit and term loans:

	Balance at December 31, 2004
Revolving credit	$	4,323,000
Current portion of term loans		2,849,000
Long-term portion of term loans		14,494,000
Total	$	21,666,000

Monthly and annual principal and interest payments due under the term-loan debt are approximately $260,000 and $3,100,000, respectively, assuming no change in interest rates. Monthly and annual principal and interest payments due under the mortgage debt are approximately $57,000 and $700,000, respectively. We expect that remaining amounts available under the revolving credit and term-loan re-borrowing arrangements (approximately $5.4 million as of December 31, 2004) and cash generated from operations will be sufficient to fund debt service, operating needs and about $2.5 - 3.5 million of capital expenditures for the next twelve months.

The following table summarizes contractual obligations as of December 31, 2004 due in the future:

	Payment due by Period
Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 Year		Years 2 and 3		Years 4 and 5		Thereafter
Long Term Debt Obligations	$	20,488,384	$	2,799,960	$	5,657,001	$	5,349,608	$	6,681,815
Capital Lease Obligations		142,923		64,375		78,548		-		-
Operating Lease Obligations		16,884,866		3,490,425		6,779,855		4,303,917		2,310,668
Total	$	37,516,173	$	6,354,760	$	12,515,405	$	9,653,525	$	8,992,484

During the past year, the Company has generated sufficient cash to meet operating, capital expenditure and debt service needs and obligations, as well as to provide sufficient cash reserves to address contingencies. When preparing estimates of future cash flows, we consider historical performance, technological changes, market factors, industry trends and other criteria. In our opinion, the Company will continue to be able to fund its needs for the foreseeable future.

The Company, from time to time, considers the acquisition of businesses complementary to its current operations. Consummation of any such acquisition or other expansion of the business conducted by the Company may be subject to the Company securing additional financing, perhaps at a cost higher than our existing term loan. Future earnings and cash flow may be negatively impacted to the extent that any acquired entities do not generate sufficient earnings and cash flow to offset the increased financing costs.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity.” SFAS No. 150 establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures in its statement of financial position certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. In accordance with the standard, financial instruments that embody obligations for the issuer are required to be classified as liabilities. SFAS No. 150 will be effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and otherwise will be effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. SFAS No. 150 does not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs”. SFAS No. 151 amends the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage) under the guidance in ARB No. 43, Chapter 4, “Inventory Pricing”. Paragraph 5 of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4, previously stated that ". . . under some circumstances, items such as idle facility expense, excessive spoilage, double freight, and re-handling costs may be so abnormal as to require treatment as current period charges. . . ." This Statement requires that those items be recognized as current-period charges regardless of whether they meet the criterion of "so abnormal." In addition, this Statement requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. This statement is effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. Management does not expect adoption of SFAS No. 151 to affect the Company’s financial statements.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 152, “Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactions”. The FASB issued this Statement as a result of the guidance provided in AICPA Statement of Position (SOP) 04-2, “Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactions”. SOP 04-2 applies to all real estate time-sharing transactions. Among other items, the SOP provides guidance on the recording of credit losses and the treatment of selling costs, but does not change the revenue recognition guidance in SFAS No. 66, “Accounting for Sales of Real Estate”, for real estate time-sharing transactions. SFAS No. 152 amends Statement No. 66 to reference the guidance provided in SOP 04-2. SFAS No. 152 also amends SFAS No. 67, “Accounting for Costs and Initial Rental Operations of Real Estate Projects”, to state that SOP 04-2 provides the relevant guidance on accounting for incidental operations and costs related to the sale of real estate time-sharing transactions. SFAS No. 152 is effective for years beginning after June 15, 2005, with restatements of previously issued financial statements prohibited. This statement is not applicable to the Company.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets,” an amendment to Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions”. Statement No. 153 eliminates certain differences in the guidance in Opinion No. 29 as compared to the guidance contained in standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. The amendment to Opinion No. 29 eliminates the fair value exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. Such an exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. SFAS No. 153 is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Earlier application is permitted for nonmonetary asset exchanges occuring in periods beginning after December 16, 2004. Management does not expect adoption of SFAS No. 153 to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment”. SFAS 123(R) amends SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, and APB Opinion 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” SFAS No.123(R) requires that the cost of share-based payment transactions (including those with employees and non-employees) be recognized in the financial statements. SFAS No. 123(R) applies to all share-based payment transactions in which an entity acquires goods or services by issuing (or offering to issue) its shares, share options, or other equity instruments (except for those held by an ESOP) or by incurring liabilities (1) in amounts based (even in part) on the price of the entity’s shares or other equity instruments, or (2) that require (or may require) settlement by the issuance of an entity’s shares or other equity instruments. This statement is effective (1) for public companies qualifying as SEC small business issuers, as of the first interim period or fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2005, or (2) for all other public companies, as of the first interim period or fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005, or (3) for all nonpublic entities, as of the first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2005. Management is currently assessing the effect of SFAS No. 123(R) on the Company’s financial statement.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS AND RISK FACTORS

In our capacity as Company management, we may from time to time make written or oral forward-looking statements with respect to our long-term objectives or expectations which may be included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), reports to stockholders and information provided in our web site.

The words or phrases “will likely,” “are expected to,” “is anticipated,” “is predicted,” “forecast,” “estimate,” “project,” “plans to continue,” “believes,” or similar expressions identify “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical earnings and those presently anticipated or projected. We wish to caution you not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. In connection with the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, we are calling to your attention important factors that could affect our financial performance and could cause actual results for future periods to differ materially from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods in any current statements.

The following list of important factors may not be all-inclusive, and we specifically decline to undertake an obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements that have been made to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events. Among the factors that could have an impact on our ability to achieve expected operating results and growth plan goals and/or affect the market price of our stock are:

l	Recent history of losses

l	Prior breach and changes in credit agreements.

l	Our highly competitive marketplace.

l	The risks associated with dependence upon significant customers.

l	Our ability to execute our expansion strategy.

l	The uncertain ability to manage growth.

l	Our dependence upon and our ability to adapt to technological developments.

l	Dependence on key personnel.

l	Our ability to maintain and improve service quality.

l	Fluctuation in quarterly operating results and seasonality in certain of our markets.

l	Possible significant influence over corporate affairs by significant shareholders.

These risk factors are discussed further below.

Recent History of Losses. The Company reported losses for each of the five fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2001 due, in part, to lower gross margins and lower sales levels and a number of unusual charges. Although we achieved profitability in Fiscal 2000 and prior years, as well as in the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2004, there can be no assurance as to future profitability on a quarterly or annual basis.

Prior Breach and Changes in Credit Agreements. Due to lower operating cash amounts resulting from reduced sales levels in 2001 and the consequential net losses, the Company breached certain covenants of its credit facility. The breaches were temporarily cured based on amendments and forbearance agreements among the Company and the banks which called for, among other provisions, scheduled payments to reduce amounts owed to the banks to the permitted borrowing base. In August 2001, the Company failed to meet the principal repayment schedule and was once again in breach of the credit facility. The banks ended their formal commitment to the Company in December 2001.

In May 2002, we entered into an agreement with the banks to restructure the credit facility to a term loan maturing on December 31, 2004. As part of this restructuring, the banks waived all existing defaults and the Company was required to make principal payments of $5.5 million, $5.0 million and $18.5 million in 2002, 2003, and 2004, respectively.

In March 2004, we entered into a revised agreement with the banks providing revolving and term loan facilities. Annual principal payments for the term loan are $1.6 million each for five years. Any principal outstanding under the revolver will be due in March 2006.

In July and August 2004, the credit agreement was amended in connection with the acquisition of another company (see Note 10) to increase the amounts that can be borrowed under the revolving and term loan portions of the arrangement. Approximately $4.7 million was borrowed to consummate the transaction. Also in August 2004, we borrowed $6,435,000 to purchase land and a building to house our Los Angeles area vault storage facilities. While we believe operating cash flows are sufficient to service increased total debt levels, reduced future sales levels, if they occur, could possibly result in a breach of the financial covenants contained in the credit agreements.

In November 2004, we began discussion with the banks to amend certain financial covenants contained in our credit agreement to more closely track our changing business environment which has contributed to lower sales and profits in recent quarters. We cannot be sure that we will be successful in achieving such changes and, if we are not successful, there is a risk that we will be in default of certain financial covenants in future quarters. If a default condition exists in the future, all amounts outstanding under the credit agreement will be due and payable which could materially and adversely affect our business.

Competition. Our post production, duplication and distribution industry is a highly competitive, service-oriented business. In general, we do not have long-term or exclusive service agreements with our customers. Business is acquired on a purchase order basis and is based primarily on customer satisfaction with reliability, timeliness, quality and price.

We compete with a variety of post production, duplication and distribution firms, some of which have a national presence, and to a lesser extent, the in-house post production and distribution operations of our major motion picture studio and advertising agency customers. Some of these firms, and all of the studios, have greater financial, distribution and marketing resources and have achieved a higher level of brand recognition than the Company. In the future, we may not be able to compete effectively against these competitors merely on the basis of reliability, timeliness, quality and price or otherwise.

We may also face competition from companies in related markets which could offer similar or superior services to those offered by the Company. We believe that an increasingly competitive environment as evidenced by recent price pressure and some related loss of work and the possibility that customers may utilize in-house capabilities to a greater extent could lead to a loss of market share or additional price reductions, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Customer and Industry Concentration. Although we have an active client list of over 2,500 customers, ten motion picture studios and advertising agencies accounted for approximately 38% of the Company’s revenues during the year ended December 31, 2004. If one or more of these companies were to stop using our services, our business could be adversely affected. Because we derive substantially all of our revenue from clients in the entertainment and advertising industries, the financial condition, results of operations and prospects of the Company could also be adversely affected by an adverse change in conditions which impact those industries.

Expansion Strategy. Our growth strategy involves both internal development and expansion through acquisitions. We currently have no agreements or commitments to acquire any company or business. Even though we have completed nine acquisitions in the last seven fiscal years, the most recent of which was in July 2004, we cannot be sure additional acceptable acquisitions will be available or that we will be able to reach mutually agreeable terms to purchase acquisition targets, or that we will be able to profitably manage additional businesses or successfully integrate such additional businesses into the Company without substantial costs, delays or other problems.

Certain of the businesses previously acquired by the Company reported net losses for their most recent fiscal years prior to being acquired, and our future financial performance will be in part dependent on our ability to implement operational improvements in, or exploit potential synergies with, these acquired businesses.

Acquisitions may involve a number of special risks including: adverse effects on our reported operating results (including the amortization of acquired intangible assets), diversion of management’s attention and unanticipated problems or legal liabilities. In addition, we may require additional funding to finance future acquisitions. We cannot be sure that we will be able to secure acquisition financing on acceptable terms or at all. We may also use working capital or equity, or raise financing through equity offerings or the incurrence of debt, in connection with the funding of any acquisition. Some or all of these risks could negatively affect our financial condition, results of operations and prospects or could result in dilution to the Company’s shareholders. In addition, to the extent that consolidation becomes more prevalent in the industry, the prices for attractive acquisition candidates could increase substantially. We may not be able to effect any such transactions. Additionally, if we are able to complete such transactions they may prove to be unprofitable.

The geographic expansion of the Company’s customers may result in increased demand for services in certain regions where it currently does not have post production, duplication and distribution facilities. To meet this demand, we may subcontract. However, we have not entered into any formal negotiations or definitive agreements for this purpose. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that we will be able to effect such transactions or that any such transactions will prove to be profitable.

In July 2002, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc. (“Alliance”) in consideration of an option to purchase three post-production facilities (the “Subsidiaries”) owned by Alliance. In connection therewith, the Company capitalized the fair value of the warrant ($619,000, determined by using the Black-Scholes valuation model). In December 2002, the option was extended by mutual agreement and we deposited $300,000 toward the ultimate purchase price, which was negotiated downward. Additionally, the Company capitalized approximately $360,000 of due diligence costs associated with the proposed acquisition and approximately $342,000 of costs associated with a related new financing arrangement.

In June 2003, discussions with Alliance and the new lenders were terminated. As a result, the Company wrote off the above-mentioned deposit, due diligence costs and costs associated with the proposed new financing. The $619,000 value of the warrant was charged to Additional Paid-in Capital because, in management’s opinion, Alliance had breached certain provisions of the option agreement resulting in a termination event according to the provisions of the warrant. In July 2003, Alliance filed a complaint seeking a judicial determination that Alliance has full right of legal ownership to the warrant as well as the $300,000 deposit.

On July 18, 2003, Alliance filed a complaint against the Company in the Superior Court of Justice, Ontario, Canada. The complaint alleged that the Company breached a non-disclosure agreement between Alliance and the Company by issuing a press release with respect to termination of negotiations to purchase the Subsidiaries without obtaining the required prior written consent of Alliance. Alliance maintained that the press release impaired its ability to extract value from the Subsidiaries and negatively affected its ability to sell the Subsidiaries to a third party. The complaint sought breach of contract and punitive damages of approximately $4.4 million, expenses and a permanent order enjoining further such statements by the Company.

If we acquire any entities, we may have to finance a large portion of the anticipated purchase price and/or refinance our existing credit agreement. The cost of any new financing may be higher than our existing credit facility. Future earnings and cash flow may be negatively impacted if any acquired entity does not generate sufficient earnings and cash flow to offset the increased costs.

Management of Growth. In prior years, we experienced rapid growth that resulted in new and increased responsibilities for management personnel and placed, and continues to place, increased demands on our management, operational and financial systems and resources. To accommodate this growth, compete effectively and manage future growth, we will be required to continue to implement and improve our operational, financial and management information systems, and to expand, train, motivate and manage our work force. We cannot be sure that the Company’s personnel, systems, procedures and controls will be adequate to support our future operations. Any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Dependence on Technological Developments. Although we intend to utilize the most efficient and cost-effective technologies available for telecine, high definition formatting, editing, coloration and delivery of video content, including digital satellite transmission, as they develop, we cannot be sure that we will be able to adapt to such standards in a timely fashion or at all. We believe our future growth will depend in part, on our ability to add to these services and to add customers in a timely and cost-effective manner. We cannot be sure we will be successful in offering such services to existing customers or in obtaining new customers for these services, including the Company’s significant investment in high definition technology in 2000 and 2001. We intend to rely on third party vendors for the development of these technologies and there is no assurance that such vendors will be able to develop such technologies in a manner that meets the needs of the Company and its customers. Any material interruption in the supply of such services could materially and adversely affect the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Dependence on Key Personnel. The Company is dependent on the efforts and abilities of certain of its senior management, particularly those of Haig S. Bagerdjian, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The loss or interruption of the services of key members of management could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and prospects if a suitable replacement is not promptly obtained. Mr. Bagerdjian beneficially owns approximately 26% of the Company’s outstanding stock. Although we have severance agreements with Mr. Bagerdjian and certain key executives, we cannot be sure that either Mr. Bagerdjian or other executives will remain with the Company. In addition, our success depends to a significant degree upon the continuing contributions of, and on our ability to attract and retain, qualified management, sales, operations, marketing and technical personnel. The competition for qualified personnel is intense and the loss of any such persons, as well as the failure to recruit additional key personnel in a timely manner, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and prospects. There is no assurance that we will be able to continue to attract and retain qualified management and other personnel for the development of our business.

Ability to Maintain and Improve Service Quality. Our business is dependent on our ability to meet the current and future demands of our customers, which demands include reliability, timeliness, quality and price. Any failure to do so, whether or not caused by factors within our control could result in losses to such clients. Although we disclaim any liability for such losses, there is no assurance that claims would not be asserted or that dissatisfied customers would refuse to make further deliveries through the Company in the event of a significant occurrence of lost deliveries, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Although we maintain insurance against business interruption, such insurance may not be adequate to protect the Company from significant loss in these circumstances and there is no assurance that a major catastrophe (such as an earthquake or other natural disaster) would not result in a prolonged interruption of our business. In addition, our ability to make deliveries within the time periods requested by customers depends on a number of factors, some of which are outside of our control, including equipment failure, work stoppages by package delivery vendors or interruption in services by telephone or satellite service providers.

Fluctuating Results, Seasonality. Our operating results have varied in the past, and may vary in the future, depending on factors such as the volume of advertising in response to seasonal buying patterns, the timing of new product and service introductions, the timing of revenue recognition upon the completion of longer term projects, increased competition, timing of acquisitions, general economic factors and other factors. As a result, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations are not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance. For example, our operating results have historically been significantly influenced by the volume of business from the motion picture industry, which is an industry that is subject to seasonal and cyclical downturns, and, occasionally, work stoppages by actors, writers and others. In addition, as our business from advertising agencies tends to be seasonal, our operating results may be subject to increased seasonality as the percentage of business from advertising agencies increases. In any period our revenues are subject to variation based on changes in the volume and mix of services performed during the period. It is possible that in some future quarter the Company’s operating results will be below the expectations of equity research analysts and investors. In such event, the price of the Company’s Common Stock would likely be materially adversely affected. Fluctuations in sales due to seasonality may become more pronounced if the growth rate of the Company’s sales slows.

Control by Principal Shareholder; Potential Issuance of Preferred Stock; Anti-Takeover Provisions. The Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Haig S. Bagerdjian, beneficially owned approximately 26% of the outstanding common stock as of December 31, 2004. The ex-spouse of R. Luke Stefanko, the Company’s former President and Chief Executive Officer, owned approximately 20% of the common stock on that date. Together, they owned approximately 46%. By virtue of their stock ownership, Ms. Stefanko and Mr. Bagerdjian individually or together may be able to significantly influence the outcome of matters required to be submitted to a vote of shareholders, including (i) the election of the board of directors, (ii) amendments to the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation and (iii) approval of mergers and other significant corporate transactions. The foregoing may have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing certain types of transactions involving an actual or potential change of control of the Company, including transactions in which the holders of common stock might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over current market prices.

Our Board of Directors also has the authority to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock without par value (the “Preferred Stock”) and to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including voting rights, without any further vote or action by the Company’s shareholders. On November 17, 2004, the Compay declared a dividend distribution of one Preferred Share Purchase Right on each outstanding share of its common stock. The Rights will be attached to the Company’s Common Stock and will trade separately and be exercisable only in the event that a person or group acquires or announces the intent to acquire 20% or more of Point.360’s Common Stock. Each Right will entitle shareholders to buy one one-hundredth of a share of a new series of junior participating preferred stock at an exercise price of $10. If the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction after a person has acquired 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, each Right will entitle its holder to purchase, at the Right’s then-current exercise price, a number of the acquiring company’s common shares having a market value of twice such price. In addition, if a person or group acquires 20% or more of Point.360’s outstanding Common Stock, each Right will entitle its holder (other than such person or members of such group) to purchase, at the Right’s then-current exercise price, a number of the Company’s common shares having a market value of twice such price. Following an acquisition by a person or group of beneficial ownership of 20% of more of the Company’s Common Stock and before an acquisition of 50% or more of the Common Stock, Point.360’s Board of Directors may exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by such person or group), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one one-hundredth of a share of the new series of junior participating preferred stock per Right. Before a person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the Company’s Common Stock, the Rights are redeemable for $.0001 per Right at the option of the Board of Directors. The Rights are intended to enable Point.360’s shareholders to realize the long-term value of their investment in the Company. They will not prevent a takeover, but should encourage anyone seeking to acquire the Company to negotiate with the Board prior to attempting a takeover.

Although we have no current plans to issue any other shares of Preferred Stock, the rights of the holders of common stock would be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any Preferred Stock that may be issued in the future. Issuance of Preferred Stock could have the effect of discouraging, delaying, or preventing a change in control of the Company. Furthermore, certain provisions of the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws and of California law also could have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market Risk. The Company had borrowings of $15.4 million at December 31, 2004 under a term loan and revolving credit agreement, and $6.3 million outstanding under a Mortgage. Amounts outstanding under the term loan and revolving credit facility and the mortgage debt provide for interest at the banks’ prime rate or LIBOR plus 2.25% for the revolver, prime plus 0.25% or LIBOR plus 2.50% for the term loan and LIBOR plus a variable amount for the mortgage debt. The Company’s market risk exposure with respect to financial instruments is to changes in prime or LIBOR rates.

On June 15, 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” The standard, as amended by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 137, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133,” and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 138, “Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (referred to hereafter as “FAS 133”), is effective for all fiscal quarters of all fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000 (January 1, 2001 for the Company). FAS 133 requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or in other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedging relationship and, if it is, depending on the type of hedging relationship. During 2001, the Company recorded a cumulative effect type adjustment of $247,000 (net of $62,000 tax benefit) as a charge to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, a component of Shareholders’ Equity, and an expense of $700,000 ($560,000 net of tax benefit) for the derivative fair value change of an interest rate swap contract and amortization of the cumulative effect adjustment. During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company recorded income of $611,000 ($367,000 net of tax provision) for the derivative fair value change and amortization of the cumulative effect type adjustment. The interest rate-swap contract terminated in November 2003.

In August 2004, the Company entered into a one-year interest rate swap contract to economically hedge the mortgage debt. Under the terms of the swap agreement, the amount hedged was $6,435,000 at a fixed 4.35% interest rate for the first year. Prior to the end of the first year, in August 2005, the Company is obligated to “fix” the interest rate with respect to the remaining 14 years of the mortgage debt term based on a fixed rate quoted by the banks or LIBOR plus 1.85% for that period.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			22

Financial Statements:

Consolidated Balance Sheets -
December 31, 2003 and 2004			23

Consolidated Statements of Income -
Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004			24

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive (Loss) Income -
Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004			25

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -
Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004			26

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements			27

Financial Statement Schedule:

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts			39

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			45

Schedules other than those listed above have been omitted since they are either not required, are not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or the related notes.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and

Shareholders of Point.360

Burbank, California

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Point.360 and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (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 audits provided a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Point.360 and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein LLP (signed)

Los Angeles, California

February 15, 2005

Point.360

Consolidated Balance Sheets

	December 31,
	2003		2004
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7,206,000	$	668,000
Accounts receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $735,000 and $531,000,
respectively		9,490,000		12,468,000
Inventories		794,000		932,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		895,000		1,788,000
Deferred income taxes		1,414,000		1,310,000
Total current assets		19,799,000		17,166,000

Property and equipment, net (Note 4)		15,751,000		31,451,000
Other assets, net (Note 8)		1,348,000		742,000
Goodwill and other intangibles, net (Note 3)		27,046,000		27,288,000
Rights to purchase property and equipment (Note 8)		800,000		-
	$	64,744,000	$	76,647,000

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	3,460,000	$	4,898,000
Accrued wages and benefits		1,773,000		1,751,000
Accrued earn-out payments		-		1,000,000
Other accrued expenses		1,350,000		1,249,000
Income tax payable		296,000		1,148,000
Borrowings under revolving credit agreement (Notes 6 and 12)		9,199,000		4,323,000
Current portion of borrowings under notes payable		-		2,849,000
Current portion of capital lease obligations (Note 6)		58,000		67,000
Total current liabilities		16,136,000		17,285,000

Deferred income taxes		3,678,000		5,788,000
Notes payable, less current portion (Note 6)		6,667,000		14,494,000
Capital lease and other obligations, less current portion (Note 6)		95,000		136,000
Obligation to purchase property and equipment (Note 8)		800,000		-

Total long-term liabilities		11,240,000		20,418,000

Total liabilities		27,376,000		37,703,000

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)		-		-

Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock - no par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none outstanding		-		-
Common stock - no par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 9,134,559 and 9,236,132
shares issued and outstanding, respectively		17,625,000		17,903,000
Additional paid-in capital		624,000		675,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income		-		-
Retained earnings		19,119,000		20,366,000
Total shareholders’ equity		37,368,000		38,944,000

	$	64,744,000	$	76,647,000

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Point.360

Consolidated Statements of Income

	Year Ended December 31,
	2002			2003			2004
Revenues	$	68,419,000		$	64,900,000		$	63,344,000
Cost of goods sold		(42,172,000	)		(39,670,000	)		(40,519,000	)
Gross profit		26,247,000			25,230,000			22,825,000

Selling, general and administrative expense		(18,977,000	)		(17,479,000	)		(18,936,000	)
Write-off of deferred acquisition and financing costs (Note 3)		-			(1,043,000	)		(1,050,000	)

Operating income		7,270,000			6,708,000			2,839,000
Interest expense (net)		(2,528,000	)		(2,056,000	)		(811,000	)
Derivative fair value change		82,000			611,000			-

Income before income taxes		4,824,000			5,263,000			2,028,000
Provision for income taxes		(2,007,000	)		(2,114,000	)		(781,000	)

Net income	$	2,817,000		$	3,149,000		$	1,247,000

Earnings per share:
Basic:
Net income	$	0.31		$	0.35		$	0.14
Weighted average number of shares		9,013,224			9,067,446			9,196,620
Diluted:
Net income	$	0.30		$	0.33		$	0.13
Weighted average number of shares including the dilutive effect of
stock options (Note 2)		9,376,707			9,554,847			9,671,395

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Point.360

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity, and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(in thousands except for share amounts)

							Additional Paid-in			Retained		Accumulated Other Comprehensive			Share- holders
	Shares			Amount			Capital			Earnings		Income (Loss)			Equity
Balance at December 31, 2001		8,992,806		$	17,336		$	439		$	13,153	$	(150	)	$	30,778
Net income		-			-			-			2,817		-			2,817
Shares issued in connection with exercise of stock option		10,000			20			-			-		-			20
Issuance of stock options to consultants		-			-			214			-		-			214
Issuance of stock purchase warrants		-			-			619			-		-			619
Shares issued in settlement of a debt		18,518			20			-			-		-			20
Adjustment of shares issued for an acquisition		(7,092	)		(17	)		-			-		-			(17	)
Change in Other ComprehensiveIncome		-			-			-			-		60			60
Balance on December 31, 2002		9,014,232			17,359			1,272			15,970		(90	)		34,511

Net income											3,149					3,149
Shares issued in connection with
exercise of stock options		120,327			266											266
Tax effect of stock options exercised								59								59
Termination of stock purchase warrants		-			-			(617	)							(617	)
Termination of stock options		-			-			(90	)		-		-			(90	)
Change in other comprehensive Income		-			-			-			-		90			90
Balance on December 31, 2003		9,134,559			17,625			624			19,119		-			37,368

Net income		-			-			-			1,247		-			1,247
Shares issued in connection with exercise of stock options		101,573			278			-			-		-			278
Tax effect of options exercised		-			-			51			-		-			51
Balance on December 31, 2004		9,236,132		$	17,903		$	675		$	20,366	$	-		$	38,944

Comprehensive income is as follows:
	2002		2003
Net income	$	2,817	$	3,149
Amortization of cumulative effect Adjustment of adoption of FAS 133, net of tax		60		90
Comprehensive income	$	2,877	$	3,239

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Point.360

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

	Year Ended December 31,
	2002			2003			2004
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	2,817,000		$	3,149,000		$	1,247,000
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		5,338,000			5,499,000			5,876,000
Provision for doubtful accounts		301,000			121,000			(48,000	)
Deferred income taxes		723,000			(210,000	)		(324,000	)
Loss on disposal of property and equipment		-			72,000			-
Derivative fair value change		(82,000	)		(611,000	)		-
Other noncash items		41,000			-			(242,000	)
Write-off of note receivable		148,000			-			-
Write-off of acquisition costs		-			1,002,000			-
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable		(400,000	)		2,607,000			(1,146,000	)
(Increase) decrease in inventories		(83,000	)		109,000			(18,000	)
(Increase) in prepaid expenses and other current assets		(303,000	)		(138,000	)		(732,000	)
(Increase) decrease in other assets		(10,000	)		(826,000	)		606,000
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable		(559,000	)		(514,000	)		996,000
Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses		1,449,000			(533,000	)		(340,000	)
Increase in income taxes payable (receivable), net		1,001,000			753,000			939,000
Net cash and cash equivalents provided by operating activities		10,381,000			10,480,000			6,814,000

Cash flows from investing activities:
Increase in restricted cash		-			800,000			-
Payment for acquisition costs subsequently written off		-			(369,000	)		-
Capital expenditures		(1,949,000	)		(1,237,000	)		(5,307,000	)
Proceeds from sale of equipment		27,000			15,000			40,000
Net cash paid for acquisitions (IVC)		(1,563,000	)		(8,000	)		(1,094,000	)
Net cash paid for acquisition of building		-			-			(2,065,000	)
Net cash and cash equivalents used in investing activities		(3,485,000	)		(1,599,000	)		(8,426,000	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Change in revolving credit agreement		-			-			4,323,000
Proceeds from bank note for new loan		-			-			8,000,000
Change in note payable		-			-			182,000
Issuance of notes receivable		780,000			-			-
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		12,000			266,000			329,000
Repayment of notes payable		(5,999,000	)		(7,134,000	)		(17,657,000	)
Contract settlement		-			(90,000	)		-
Repayment of capital lease obligations		(75,000	)		(89,000	)		(103,000	)
Net cash and cash equivalents used in financing activities		(5,282,000	)		(7,047,000	)		(4,926,000	)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		1,614,000			1,834,000			(6,538,000	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		3,758,000			5,372,000			7,206,000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	5,372,000		$	7,206,000		$	668,,000

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Point.360

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. THE COMPANY:

Point.360 (“Point.360” or the “Company”) provides video and film asset management services to owners, producers and distributors of entertainment and advertising content. The Company provides the services necessary to edit, master, reformat, archive and distribute its clients’ video content, including television programming, spot advertising and movie trailers. The Company provides worldwide electronic distribution, using fiber optics and satellites. The Company delivers commercials, movie trailers, electronic press kits, infomercials and syndicated programming, by both physical and electronic means, to thousands of broadcast outlets worldwide. The Company operates in one reportable segment.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

Basis of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and three subsidiaries, including its two non-operating wholly owned subsidiaries, VDI Multimedia, Inc. and Multimedia Services, Inc., which subsidiaries were shell companies dissolved in 2003. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents represent highly liquid short-term investments with original maturities of less than three months.

Revenues and Receivables

The Company records revenues when the services have been completed. Although sales and receivables are concentrated in the entertainment and advertising industries, credit risk due to financial insolvency is limited because of the financial stability of the customer base (i.e., large studios and advertising agencies).

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, and accounts receivable. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents with high credit quality financial institutions; at times, such balances with any one financial institution may exceed FDIC insured limits.

Credit risk with respect to trade receivables is concentrated due to the large number of orders with major entertainment studios and advertising agencies in any particular reporting period. Our ten largest studio and advertising agency customers represented 39% of accounts receivable at December 31, 2003 and 52% of accounts receivable at December 31, 2004. The Company reviews credit evaluations of its customers but does not require collateral or other security to support customer receivables.

The ten largest studio and advertising agency customers accounted for 38% of net sales for both of the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively.

Inventories

Inventories comprise raw materials, principally tape stock, and are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the average cost method.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for additions and major improvements are capitalized. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Amortization of leasehold improvements is computed using the straight-line method over the lesser of the estimated useful lives of the improvements or the remaining lease term. The estimated useful life of property and equipment is seven years, leasehold improvements are ten years and building improvements are 39 years.

Goodwill and Other Intangibles

Prior to the January 1, 2002 implementation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”), goodwill was amortized on a straight-line basis over 5-20 years. Since that date, goodwill has been subject to periodic impairment tests in accordance with SFAS 142. Other intangibles consist primarily of covenants not to compete and are amortized on a straight-line basis over 3-5 years.

The Company identifies and records impairment losses on long-lived assets, including goodwill that is not identified with an impaired asset, when events and circumstances indicate that such assets might be impaired. Events and circumstances that may indicate that an asset is impaired include significant decreases in the market value of an asset, a change in the operating model or strategy and competitive forces.

If events and circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable and the expected undiscounted future cash flow attributable to the asset is less than the carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss equal to the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its fair value is recorded. Fair value is determined based on the present value of estimated expected future cash flows using a discount rate commensurate with the risk involved, quoted market prices or appraised values, depending on the nature of the assets. To date, no such impairment has been recorded.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“SFAS 109”). SFAS 109 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is recorded for that portion of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that the assets will not be realized.

Advertising Costs

Advertising costs are not significant to the Company’s operations and are expensed as incurred.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

To meet the reporting requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, “Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (“SFAS 107”), the Company calculates the fair value of financial instruments and includes this additional information in the notes to financial statements when the fair value is different than the book value of those financial instruments. When the fair value is equal to the book value, no additional disclosure is made. The Company uses quoted market prices whenever available to calculate these fair values.

The accrual method of accounting was used for the interest rate swap agreement entered into by the Company which converted the interest rate on $15 million of the Company’s variable-rate debt to a fixed rate (see Note 6). Under the accrual method, each net payment or receipt due or owed under the derivative was recognized in income in the period to which the payment or receipt relates. Amounts to be paid/received under these agreements are recognized as an adjustment to interest expense. The related amounts payable to counter parties was included in other accrued liabilities. The estimated fair value of the interest rate swap agreement was a net payable of $701,000 at December 31, 2002. The swap agreement expired in November 2003.

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

As permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”), the Company measures compensation costs in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, but provides pro forma disclosures of net income and earnings per share using the fair value method defined by FAS 123. Under APB No. 25, compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period based on the difference, if any, on the date of grant between the deemed fair value for accounting purposes of the Company’s stock and the exercise price on the date of grant. The Company accounts for stock issued to non-employees in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123 and Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 96-18, Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods and Services.

Had the Company determined compensation cost based on the fair value for its stock options at grant date, as set forth under SFAS 123, the Company’s net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below:

	2002			2003			2004
Net income (loss):
As reported	$	2,817,000		$	3,149,000		$	1,247,000
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects		(516,000	)		(310,000	)		(255,000	)
Pro forma		2,301,000			2,839,000			992,000
Earnings (loss) per share:
As reported:
Basic		0.31			0.35			0.14
Diluted		0.30			0.33			0.13
Pro forma:
Basic		0.26			0.31			0.11
Diluted		0.25			0.30			0.10

The fair value for these options was estimated at the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions used for grants in 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively: expected volatility of 94%, 60% and 44%and risk-free interest rates of 4.00%, 1.05% and 1.33%. A dividend yield of 0% and expected life of five years was assumed for 2002, 2003 and 2004 grants. The weighted average fair value of options granted at the fair market price on the grant date in 2002, 2003 and 2004 were $1.76, $3.00 and $1.03, respectively. All options granted in 2002, 2003 and 2004 were at fair market price.

Earnings Per Share

The Company follows Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings per Share” (“SFAS 128”), and related interpretations for reporting Earnings per Share. SFAS 128 requires dual presentation of Basic Earnings per Share (“Basic EPS”) and Diluted Earnings per Share (“Diluted EPS”). Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the reported period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if stock options were exercised using the treasury stock method.

In accordance with SFAS 128, basic earnings (loss) per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated giving effect to all potentially dilutive common shares, assuming such shares were outstanding during the reporting period.

A reconciliation of the denominator of the basic EPS computation to the denominator of the diluted EPS computation is as follows:

2002

2003

2004

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

used in computation of basic EPS

9,013,224

9,067,446

9,196,620

Dilutive effect of outstanding stock options

363,483

487,401

474,775

Weighted average number of common and potential

common shares outstanding used in computation of diluted EPS

9,376,707

9,554,847

9,671,395

Outstanding stock options excluded in the

computation of diluted EPS

2,435,086

1,573,277

1,878,172

Comprehensive Income

In 1998, the Company adopted Statement of SFAS No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income” (“SFAS 130”). This Statement establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. Comprehensive income, as defined, includes all changes in equity during a period from non-owner sources.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Selected cash payments and noncash activities were as follows:

	2002			2003			2004
Cash payments for income taxes	$	1,364,000		$	2,626,000		$	441,000
Cash payments for interest		2,453,000			1,852,000			708,000

Noncash investing and financing activities:
Termination of warrants		-			619,000			-
Capitalized lease obligations incurred		69,000			-			-
Tax benefits related to stock options		7,000			59,000			51,000
Adjustment of acquisition holdback shares		(17,000	)		-			-
Accrual for earn-out payments		-			-			1,000,000
Termination of stock purchase warrants incurred as part of proposed acquisition		-			617,000			-
Obligation to purchase tenant improvements		-			800,000			-
Right to purchase tenant improvements		-			(800,000	)		-
Leasehold improvements transferred from prepaid expenses		-			100,000			-

Detail of acquisitions:
Goodwill (1)		1,563,000			-			242,000

(1)

Includes additional purchase price payments made or accrued to former owners in periods subsequent to various acquisitions of $1,253,000 and $1,000,000 in 2002 and 2004, respectively.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity.” SFAS No. 150 establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures in its statement of financial position certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. In accordance with the standard, financial instruments that embody obligations for the issuer are required to be classified as liabilities. SFAS No. 150 will be effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and otherwise will be effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. This statement does not affect the Company at this time.

In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs”. SFAS No. 151 amends the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage) under the guidance in ARB No. 43, Chapter 4, "Inventory Pricing”. Paragraph 5 of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4, previously stated that “. . . under some circumstances, items such as idle facility expense, excessive spoilage, double freight, and rehandling costs may be so abnormal as to require treatment as current period charges. . . .” This Statement requires that those items be recognized as current-period charges regardless of whether they meet the criterion of "so abnormal." In addition, this Statement requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. This statement is effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. Management does not expect adoption of SFAS No. 151 to affect the Company’s financial statements.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 152, “Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactions”. The FASB issued this Statement as a result of the guidance provided in AICPA Statement of Position (SOP) 04-2, “Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactions”. SOP 04-2 applies to all real estate time-sharing transactions. Among other items, the SOP provides guidance on the recording of credit losses and the treatment of selling costs, but does not change the revenue recognition guidance in SFAS No. 66,”Accounting for Sales of Real Estate”, for real estate time-sharing transactions. SFAS No. 152 amends Statement No. 66 to reference the guidance provided in SOP 04-2. SFAS No. 152 also amends SFAS No. 67, “Accounting for Costs and Initial Rental Operations of Real Estate Projects”, to state that SOP 04-2 provides the relevant guidance on accounting for incidental operations and costs related to the sale of real estate time-sharing transactions. SFAS No. 152 is effective for years beginning after June 15, 2005, with restatements of previously issued financial statements prohibited. This statement is not applicable to the Company.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets,” an amendment to Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions”. Statement No. 153 eliminates certain differences in the guidance in Opinion No. 29 as compared to the guidance contained in standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. The amendment to Opinion No. 29 eliminates the fair value exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. Such an exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. SFAS No. 153 is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Earlier application is permitted for nonmonetary asset exchanges occuring in periods beginning after December 16, 2004. Management does not expect adoption of SFAS No. 153 to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment”. SFAS 123(R) amends SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, and APB Opinion 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” SFAS No.123(R) requires that the cost of share-based payment transactions (including those with employees and non-employees) be recognized in the financial statements. SFAS No. 123(R) applies to all share-based payment transactions in which an entity acquires goods or services by issuing (or offering to issue) its shares, share options, or other equity instruments (except for those held by an ESOP) or by incurring liabilities (1) in amounts based (even in part) on the price of the entity’s shares or other equity instruments, or (2) that require (or may require) settlement by the issuance of an entity’s shares or other equity instruments. This statement is effective (1) for public companies qualifying as SEC small business issuers, as of the first interim period or fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2005, or (2) for all other public companies, as of the first interim period or fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005, or (3) for all nonpublic entities, as of the first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2005. Management is currently assessing the effect of SFAS No. 123(R) on the Company’s financial statement.

3. ACQUISITIONS

During 1997 to 2004, the Company acquired nine businesses. These acquisitions were accounted for as purchases, with the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired allocated to goodwill. The contingent portion of the purchase prices, to the extent earned, was recorded as an increase to goodwill. As of December 31, 2003, possible additional earn-out payments are as described below. The consolidated financial statements reflect the operations of the acquired companies since their respective acquisition dates.

Goodwill and other intangibles, net as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, consist of the following:

	Actual
	2003			2004
Goodwill	$	32,622,000		$	32,864,000
Covenant not to compete		1,000,000			1,000,000
		33,622,000			33,864,000
Less accumulated amortization		(6,576,000	)		(6,576,000	)
	$	27,046,000		$	27,288,000

Amortization expense totaled $80,000 and $35,000 for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, respectively. The Company ceased amortizing goodwill on January 1, 2002 with the adoption of SFAS 142. Amortization of the covenant not to compete was $35,000 in 2003 at which time the covenant was fully amortized.

In July 2002, the Company acquired an option to purchase three subsidiaries (the “Subsidiaries”) of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (“Alliance”) engaged in businesses directly related to those of the Company. In consideration for the option, the Company issued to Alliance a warrant to acquire 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $2.00 per share. The warrant was to expire five years from the closing date of the transaction, or July 3, 2005 if the Company did not purchase the Subsidiaries. In connection therewith, the Company capitalized the fair value of the warrant ($619,000 determined by using the Black-Scholes valuation model) as an other asset on the balance sheet.

In December 2002, the option was extended to March 10, 2003. In connection with the extension, the Company made a $300,000 deposit toward the purchase price of the Subsidiaries, which deposit was nonrefundable except in very limited circumstances. The deposit was capitalized as an other asset. Additionally, the Company capitalized approximately $700,000 of due diligence and other expenses associated with the proposed acquisition during the six months ended June 30, 2003.

The Company did not exercise its option to purchase the Subsidiaries by the March 10, 2003 termination date; however, Alliance agreed to continue negotiations with the Company to complete the transaction.

In connection with the possible acquisition of the Subsidiaries, the Company entered discussions with several possible lenders to provide financing for the purchase of the Subsidiaries and to pay off the Company’s then existing term loan with a group of banks. A provision in the Company’s term loan agreement prohibited acquisitions unless approved by the banks, which permission had been denied.

In June 2003, discussions with Alliance and the new lenders were terminated. As a result, the Company wrote off the above mentioned deposit, due diligence costs and approximately $400,000 of legal and other costs associated with the proposed new financing. The $619,000 value of the warrant was reversed against Additional Paid-in Capital because, in management’s opinion, Alliance had breached certain provisions of the option agreement resulting in a termination event according to the provisions of the warrant. In July 2003, Alliance filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Central District of California, seeking a judicial determination that Alliance has full right of legal ownership to the warrant as well as the $300,000 deposit. If the Company was not successful in this defense, the warrant value would have to be expensed.

On July 18, 2003, Alliance filed a complaint against the Company in the Superior Court of Justice, Ontario, Canada, alleging that the Company breached a non-disclosure agreement between Alliance and the Company by issuing a press release with respect to termination of negotiations to purchase the Subsidiaries without obtaining the required prior written consent of Alliance. Alliance maintained that the press release impaired its ability to extract value from the Subsidiaries and negatively affected its ability to sell the Subsidiaries to a third party. The complaint sought breach of contract and punitive damages of approximately $4.4 million, expenses and a permanent order enjoining further such statements by the Company.

Pursuant to a Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement executed in November 2004, Alliance and the Company agreed to settle all claims. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company paid Alliance $575,000 in cash in November 2004. The settlement amount was recorded as an expense and an accrued settlement on the balance sheet as of September 30, 2004.

On July 1, 2004, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of International Video Conversions, Inc. (“IVC”) for $7 million in cash. The purchase agreement requires possible additional payments of $1 million, $2 million and $2 million in 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively, if earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization during the 30 months after the acquisition reach certain predetermined levels (the first $1 million increment was earned and is reflected as an accrued liability on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2004). As part of the transaction, the Company entered into employment and/or non competition agreements with four senior officers of IVC which fix responsibilities, salaries and other benefits and set forth limitations on the individuals’ ability to compete with the Company for the term of the earn-out period (30 months). IVC is a high definition and standard definition digital mastering and data conversion entity serving the motion picture/television production industry. In connection with the acquisition, the term loan portion of the Company’s bank facility (see Note 3) was increased by $4.7 million. To pay for the acquisition, the Company used $2.3 million of cash on hand and borrowed $4.7 million under the term loan portion of the facility.

The total purchase consideration has been allocated to the assets and liabilities acquired based on their respective estimated fair values as summarized below. The purchase price allocation is subject to change and will be finalized upon review and refinement of certain estimates and completion of valuation and appraisals.

Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,205,000
Inventories		120,000
Other current assets		1,000
Accounts receivable		2,036,000
Goodwill		242,000
Property, plant and equipment		6,009,000
Total assets acquired		9,613,000

Accounts payable		(442,000	)
Accrued		(417,000	)
Income tax payable		(72,000	)
Deferred tax liabilities		(1,682,000	)

Current and other liabilities assumed		(2,613,000	)

Net assets acquired over liabilities,
and purchase price	$	7,000,000

The following table presents unaudited pro forma results of the combined operations for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, as if the acquisition had occurred as of the beginning of such periods rather than as of the acquisition date. The pro forma information presented below is for illustrative purposes only and is not indicative of results that would have been achieved or results which may be achieved in the future:

	2002		2003		2004
Revenue	$	82,620,000	$	76,315,000	$	69,032,000
Operating Income		8,943,000		28,816,000		3,303,000
Net income (loss)		3,277,000		2,804,000		1,456,000
Basic earnings per share		0.36		0.31		0.16
Diluted earnings per share		0.35		0.29		0.15

4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:

In November 2003, the Company leased a new 64,600 square foot building in Los Angeles, California, for the purpose of consolidating four vault locations then occupying approximately 71,000 square feet. As part of the transaction, the Company paid $600,000 for an option to purchase the facility for $8,571,500. Additionally, the landlord, General Electric Capital Business Asset Funding Corporation (“General Electric”), committed to finance approximately $6,500,000 of the purchase price at a fixed interest rate of 7.75% over 15 years. The Company was not obligated to purchase the building or, if the option was exercised, borrow any portion of the purchase price from General Electric. The cost of the option was included in other assets on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2003, to be capitalized as a cost of the building or written off when the Company exercised the purchase option or does not exercise the option, respectively.

Pursuant to the lease, General Electric also advanced the Company $800,000 to pay for improvements to the building. As of December 31, 2003, the $800,000 was reflected as an obligation to purchase property and equipment as a long-term asset with an offsetting liability on the balance sheet. In 2004, the Company reduced the right and the obligation to purchase property and equipment by $800,000 expended for improvements to the building.

In August 2004, the Company purchased the facility for $8.6 million ($2.2 in cash and a $6.4 million mortgage).

Property and equipment consist of the following:

	December 31,
	2003			2004
Land	$	-		$	5,600,000
Building		-			5,288,000
Machinery and equipment		38,945,000			48,731,000
Leasehold improvements		7,773,000			8,076,000
Computer equipment		4,520,000			4,818,000
Equipment under capital lease		291,000			291,000
		51,529,000			72,804,000
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(35,778,000	)		(41,352,000	)
	$	15,751,000		$	31,452,000

Depreciation expense totaled $5,258,000, $5,464,000 and $5,876,000 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. Accumulated amortization on capital leases amounted to $125,000 and $166,000, as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively.

5. 401(K) PLAN

The Company has a 401(K) plan which covers substantially all employees. Each participant is permitted to make voluntary contributions not to exceed the lesser of 20% of his or her respective compensation or the applicable statutory limitation, and is immediately 100% vested. The Company matches one-fourth of the first 4% contributed by the employee. Company contributions to the plan were $99,000, $92,000 and $92,000 in 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.

6. LONG TERM DEBT AND NOTES PAYABLE:

Term Loans and Revolving Credit

In May 2002, the Company and its banks entered into a term loan agreement amending a previous credit arrangement and having a maturity date of December 31, 2004. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company made a $2 million principal payment and made additional principal payments of $3.5 million and $7.0 million in 2002 and 2003, respectively. The agreement provided for interest at the banks’ reference rate plus 1.25% and required the Company to maintain certain financial covenant ratios. The term loan was secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets. Certain legal and other costs associated with the new term loan, including fees of $50,000 and $250,000 paid in May 2002 and June 2003, respectively, were capitalized to be amortized over the remaining life of the loan.

On March 12, 2004, the Company entered into a new credit agreement which provided up to $10 million of revolving credit availability for two years and a five-year $8 million term loan. For the first two years of the term loan, the Company can re-borrow all principal payments to finance up to 80% of capital equipment purchases. The agreement provides for interest at the banks’ prime rate or LIBOR plus 2.25% for the revolver, prime rate plus 0.25% or LIBOR plus 2.50% for the term loan, and requires the Company to maintain certain financial covenant ratios. The facilities are secured by all of the Company’s assets. The term loan requires principal payments of $1.6 million annually. The $15,866,000 outstanding term loan as of December 31, 2003 was repaid by $1,000,000 of scheduled principal payments made in January and February 2004 and, on March 12, 2004, by new term loan borrowings of $8,000,000 and cash payment of $6,866,000. For financial statement purposes, as of December 31, 2003, an amount representing the portion of the new term loan due after December 31, 2004 ($6,667,000) was classified as “long-term”.

In July and August 2004, the term loan and revolving portions of the Company’s bank facility were increased by $4.7 million and $1.9 million, respectively.

In August 2004, the Company entered into a Standing Loan Agreement and Swap Commitment with a bank (the “Mortgage”) in order to purchase land and a building (see below). Pursuant to the Mortgage, the Company borrowed $6,435,000 payable in monthly installments of principal and interest on a fully amortized basis over 15 years. The mortgage debt is secured by the land and building.

In connection with the Mortgage, the Company entered into a one-year interest rate swap contract to economically hedge the Mortgage debt. Under the terms of the swap agreement, the amount hedged was $6,435,000 at a fixed 4.35% interest rate for the first year. Prior to the end of the first year, by August 2005, the Company was obligated to “fix” the interest rate with respect to the remaining 14 years of the Mortgage debt term based on a fixed rate quoted by the banks or LIBOR plus 1.85% for that period. In December 2004, the rate was fixed at 6.83% for the remaining term of the mortgage through a new hedge agreement.

Interest Rate Swaps

In November 2000, the Company entered into an interest rate swap contract to economically hedge its floating debt rate. Under the terms of the contract, the notional amount was $15,000,000, whereby the Company received LIBOR and paid a fixed 6.5% rate of interest for three years. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”) required that the interest rate swap contract be recorded at fair value upon adoption of SFAS 133 and quarterly by recording (i) a cumulative-effect type adjustment at January 1, 2001 equal to the fair value of the interest rate swap contract on that date, (ii) amortizing the cumulative-effect type adjustment quarterly over the life of the derivative contract, and (iii) a charge or credit to income in the amount of the difference between the fair value of the interest rate swap contract at the beginning and end of such quarter. The interest rate swap contract terminated in November 2003. The following adjustments were recorded to reflect changes during the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003:

	Increase (Decrease) Income
	Derivative Fair Value Change			(Provision for ) Benefit from Income Taxes			Net Derivative Fair Value Change
For the year ended December 31, 2002:
Amortization of cumulative-effect type adjustment	$	(104,000	)	$	44,000		$	(60,000	)
Difference in the derivative fair value between the beginning and end of the year		186,000			(77,000	)		109,000
	$	82,000		$	(33,000	)	$	49,000
For the year ended December 31, 2003:
Amortization of cumulative-effect type adjustment	$	(90,000	)	$	6,000		$	(54,000	)
Difference in the derivative fair value between the beginning and end of the year		701,000			(280,000	)		421,000
	$	611,000		$	(244,000	)	$	367,000

In August 2004, the Company entered into a one-year interest rate swap contract to economically hedge Mortgage debt. Under the terms of the swap agreement, the amount hedged was $6,435,000 at a fixed 4.35% interest rate for the first year. Prior to the end of the first year, in August 2005, the Company was obligated to “fix” the interest rate with respect to the remaining 14 years of the Mortgage debt term based on a fixed rate quoted by the bank or LIBOR plus 1.85% for that period. In December 2004, the rate was fixed at 6.83% for the remaining term of the mortgage through new hedge agreement.

The objective of the hedge is to eliminate the variability of cash flows in the interest payments for the variable-rate Mortgage debt, the sole source of which is due to changes in the LIBOR benchmark interest rate. Changes in the cash flows of the interest rate swap are expected to exactly offset the changes in cash flows (i.e. changes in interest rate payments) attributable to fluctuations in the LIBOR on the mortgage debt.

Both at hedge inception and on an ongoing basis, the market values of the hedge instrument and the hypothetical transaction are expected to be highly correlated. Also, cash receipts under the hedge instrument will offset changes in LIBOR on the hedged item.

The hypothetical derivative is a $6,334,000 notional amount, receive-variable and pay-fixed interest rate swap, with reset dates and a variable rate index that match those of the Mortgage, and which has a zero fair market value at inception of the hedge relationship. Hedge effectiveness will be assessed on a quarterly basis.

Mortgage and Equipment Financing and Capital Leases

The Company has financed the purchase of certain equipment and real property through the issuance of bank notes payable, a mortgage and under capital leasing arrangements. The notes bear interest at rates ranging from LIBOR plus 2.25% (4.13% as of December 31, 2004) to 6.83%. Such obligations are payable in monthly installments through May 2019.

Annual maturities for debt, under bank notes payable, mortgage and capital lease obligations as of December 31, 2004, are as follows:

2005	$	2,864,000
2006		2,865,000
2007		2,870,000
2008		2,859,000
2009		2,491,000
Thereafter		6,682,000
	$	20,631,000

See Note 12 regarding revised credit facilities.

7. INCOME TAXES:

The Company’s provision for (benefit from) income taxes for the three years ended December 31, 2004 consists of the following:

	Year Ended December 31, .
	2002		2003			2004
Current tax (benefit) expense:
Federal	$	1,280,000	$	1,820,000		$	642,000
State		333,000		504,000			142,000

Total current		1,613,000		2,324,000			784,000

Deferred tax expense:
Federal		281,000		(178,000	)		(13,000	)
State		113,000		(32,000	)		10,000
Total deferred		394,000		(210,000	)		(3,000	)

Total provision for (benefit from) for income taxes	$	2,007,000	$	2,114,000		$	781,000

The following is a reconciliation of the components of the provision for (benefit from) income taxes:

	2002		2003		2004
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes per the income statement	$	2,007,000	$	2,114,000	$	781,000
Extraordinary item tax benefit		-		-		-
Cumulative effect tax benefit of adopting SAB 101		-		-		-
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	$	2,007,000	$	2,114,000	$	781,000

The composition of the deferred tax assets (liabilities) at December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 are listed below:

	2003			2004
Accrued liabilities	$	784,000		$	587,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts		315,000			228,000
Other		315,000			495,000
Total current deferred tax assets		1,414,000			1,310000

Property and equipment		(2,486,000	)		(3,844,000	)
Goodwill and other intangibles		(1,444,000	)		(2,097,000	)
State net operating loss carry forward		123,000			-
Other		129,000			153,000
Total non-current deferred tax liabilities		(3,678,000	)		(5,788,000	)

Net deferred tax liability	$	(2,264,000	)	$	(4,478,000	)

The provision for (benefit from) income taxes differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the applicable U.S. Statutory income taxes rates to income before taxes as a result of the following differences:

	2002			2003			2004
Federal tax computed at statutory rate		34	%		34	%		34	%
State taxes, net of federal benefit and net operating loss limitation		6	%		5	%		2	%
Non-deductible goodwill		-			-			-
Other		2	%		1	%		3	%
		42	%		40	%		39	%

8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

Operating Leases

The Company leases office and production facilities in California, Illinois, Texas and New York under various operating leases. Approximate minimum rental payments under these non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2004 are as follows:

2005	$	3,363,000
2006		3,318,000
2007		3,396,000
2008		2,622,000
2009		1,671,000
Thereafter		2,310,000

Total rental expense was approximately $3,106,000, $3,436,000 and $4,299,000 for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004, respectively.

On September 30, 2003 the Company entered into severance agreements with its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer which continue in effect through December 31, 2005, and are renewed automatically on an annual basis after that unless notice is received terminating the agreement by September 30 of the preceding year. The severance agreements contain a “Golden Parachute” provision.

9. STOCK RIGHTS PLAN:

In November 2004, the Company implemented a stock rights program. Pursuant to the program, stockholders of record November 17, 2004 received a dividend of one right to purchase for $10 one one-hundredth of a share of a newly created Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock. The rights are attached to the Company’s Common Stock and will also become attached to shares issued in the future. The rights will not be traded separately and will not become exercisable until the occurrence of a triggering event, defined as an accumulation by a single person or group of 20% or more of the Company’s Common Stock. The rights will expire on November 16, 2014 and are redeemable at $0.0001 per right.

After a triggering event, the rights will detach from the Common Stock. If the Company is then merged into, or is acquired by, another corporation, the Company has the opportunity to either (i) redeem the rights or (ii) permit the rights holder to receive in the merger stock of the Company or the acquiring company equal to two times the exercise price of the right (i.e., $20). In the latter instance, the rights attached to the acquirer’s stock become null and void. The effect of the rights program is to make a potential acquisition of the Company more expensive for the acquirer if, in the opinion of the Company’s Board of Directors, the offer is inadequate.

10. STOCK OPTION PLANS:

Stock Option Plans

In May 1996, the Board of Directors, approved the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan (the “1996 Plan”). The 1996 Plan provides for the award of options to purchase up to 900,000 shares of common stock, as well as stock appreciation rights, performance share awards and restricted stock awards. In July 1999, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the 1996 Plan increasing the number of shares reserved for grant to 2,000,000 and providing for automatic increases of 300,000 shares on each August 1 thereafter to a maximum of 4,000,000 shares. As of December 31, 2004, there were 1,530,722 options outstanding under the 1996 Plan and 1,895,028 options were available for grant.

In December 2000, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the 2000 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the “2000 Plan”). As amended, the 2000 Plan provides for the award of options to purchase up to 1,500,000 shares of common stock. Options may be granted under the 2000 Plan solely to attract people who have not previously been employed by the Company as a substantial inducement to join the Company. As of December 31, 2004, there were 822,225 options outstanding under the plan and 599,800 options were available for grant.

Under both plans, the stock option price per share for options granted is determined by the Board of Directors and is based on the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, and each option is exercisable within the period and in the increments as determined by the Board, except that no option can be exercised later than ten years from the date it was granted. The stock options generally vest over one to five years and for some options, earlier if the market price of the Company’s common stock exceeds certain levels.

In accounting for its plans, the Company, in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” applies Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” As a result of this election, the Company does not recognize compensation expense for its stock option plans since the exercise price of the options granted equals the fair value of the stock on the date of grant.

Transactions involving stock options are summarized as follows:

	Number of Shares			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Balance at December 31, 2001		3,286,628		$	4.55

Granted during 2002		529,100			1.76
Exercised during 2002		(10,000	)		1.20
Cancelled during 2002		(1,007,069	)		7.26

Balance at December 31, 2002		2,798,569		$	3.06

Granted during 2003		423,000		$	3.00
Exercised during 2003		(120,327	)		2.21
Cancelled during 2003		(1,050,654	)		3.41

Balance at December 31, 2003		2,050,678		$	2.91

Granted during 2004		608,100			2.58
Exercised during 2004		101,573			2.76
Cancelled during 2004		204,258			3.14

Balance at December 31, 2004		2,352,947		$	2.82

Additional information with respect to the outstanding options as of December 31, 2004 is as follows (shares in thousands):

	Options Outstanding .						Options Exercisable
Option Exercise Price Range	Number of Shares		Average Remaining Contractual Life		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Number of Shares		Average Exercise Price
$1.20 - $5.38		2,336,126		4.1 years	$	2.47		1,044,664	$	2.76
$7.00 - $10.00		16,821		3.6 years	$	7.78		16,821	$	7.78

11. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA (unaudited)

The following tables set forth quarterly supplementary data for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2004 (in thousands except per share data).

	2003
	Quarter Ended								Year Ended
	March 31		June 30		Sept 30		Dec 31		Dec 31
Revenues	$	17,293	$	15,773	$	16,709	$	15,125	$	64,900
Gross profit	$	6,439	$	5,865	$	6,993	$	5,933	$	25,230
Net income	$	992	$	271	$	1,075	$	812	$	3,149

Income per share:
Basic	$	0.11	$	0.03	$	0.12	$	0.09	$	0.35
Diluted	$	0.11	$	0.03	$	0.11	$	0.08	$	0.33

	2004
	Quarter Ended										Year Ended
		March 31		June 30		Sept 30			Dec 31		Dec 31
Revenues	$	15,468	$	13,913	$	16,465		$	17,498	$	63,344
Gross profit	$	5,649	$	4,803	$	5,736		$	6,636	$	22,825
Net income (loss)	$	493	$	73	$	(81	)	$	761	$	1,247

Income (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.06	$	0.01	$	(0.01	)	$	0.08	$	0.14
Diluted	$	0.05	$	0.01	$	(0.01	)	$	0.08	$	0.13

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors

and Shareholders of Point.360

Burbank, California

Our audit was made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole. The consolidated supplemental schedule listed in Item 8 of this Form 10-K is presented for purposes of complying with the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and is not a part of the basic consolidated financial statements. This schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.

Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein LLP (signed)

Los Angeles, CA

February 15, 2005

_______________________________________

Point.360

Schedule II- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts	Balance at Beginning of Year		Charged to Costs and Expenses		Other			Deductions/ Write-Offs			Balance at End of Year

Year ended December 31, 2002	$	681,000	$	301,000	$	--		$	(181,000	)	$	801,000

Year ended December 31, 2003	$	801,000	$	121,000	$	--		$	(187,000	)	$	735,000

Year ended December 31, 2004	$	735,000	$	48,000	$	(153,000	)	$	(99,000	)	$	531,000

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

Information regarding the Company’s change in independent accountants was previously reported in its Form 8-K reports dated June 12, 2002 and July 26, 2002.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), the Company’s management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

On July 3, 2003, the Company adopted a Code of Ethics (the “Code”) applicable to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and all other employees. Among other provisions, the Code sets forth standards for honest and ethical conduct, full and fair disclosure in public filings and shareholder communications, compliance with laws, rules and regulations, reporting of code violations and accountability for adherence to the Code. The text of the Code has been posted on the Company’s website (www.point360.com). A copy of the Code can be obtained free-of-charge upon written request to:

Corporate Secretary

Point.360

2777 North Ontario Street

Burbank, CA 91504

If the Company makes any amendment to, or grant any waivers of, a provision of the Code that applies to our principal executive officer or principal financial officer and that requires disclosure under applicable SEC rules, we intend to disclose such amendment or waiver and the reasons for the amendment or waiver on our website.

Other information called for by Item 10 of Form 10-K is set forth under the heading “Election of Directors” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its annual meeting of shareholders relating to fiscal 2004 (the “Proxy Statement”), which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Information called for by Item 11 of Form 10-K is set forth under the heading “Executive Compensation” in the Proxy Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Information called for by Item 12 of Form 10-K is set forth under the headings “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in the Proxy Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

Information called for by Item 13 of Form 10-K is set forth under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the Proxy Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

Information called for by Item 14 of Form 10-K is set forth under the heading “Independent Public Accountants” in the Proxy Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a) Documents Filed as Part of this Report:

(1,2) Financial Statements and Schedules.

The following financial documents of Point.360 are filed as part of this report under Item 8:

Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 2003 and 2004

Consolidated Statements of Income - Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity - Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(3) Exhibit

Number Description

3.1	Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company. ⁽²⁾

3.2	By-laws of the Company. ⁽²⁾

10.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 24, 1999, among VDI MultiMedia, VDI MultiMedia, Inc. and VMM Merger Corp. ⁽¹⁾

10.2	1996 Stock Incentive Plan of the Company. ⁽²⁾

10.3	2000 Stock Incentive Plan of the Company. ⁽⁷⁾

10.4	Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 28, 1996 by and among VDI Media, Woodholly Productions, Yvonne Parker, Rodger Parker, Jim Watt and Kim Watt. ⁽³⁾

10.5	Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 12, 1998 by and between VDI Media and All Post, Inc. ⁽⁴⁾

10.6	Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 9, 1998 by and among VDI Media, Dubs Incorporated, Vincent Lyons and Barbara Lyons. ⁽⁵⁾

10.7	Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 3, 2000 by and among the Company, Creative Digital, Inc. and Larry Hester. ⁽⁷⁾

10.8	Third Amendment and Restated Credit Agreement dated May 2, 2002, among the Company, Union Bank of California, N.A., United California Bank, and U.S. Bank National Association. ⁽⁸⁾

10.9	Option Agreement dated July 3, 2002 between the Company and Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. ⁽⁹⁾

10.10

First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated October 2, 2002, among the Company, Union Bank of California, Bank of the West and U.S. National Bank Association. ⁽¹¹⁾

10.11

Resignation and General Release Agreement dated October 2, 2002 between R. Luke Stefanko and the Company. ⁽¹⁰⁾

10.12

Consulting Agreement dated October 2, 2002 between R. Luke Stefanko and the Company. ⁽¹⁰⁾

10.13

Non-competition Agreement dated October 2, 2002 between R. Luke Stefanko and the Company. ⁽¹⁰⁾

10.14

Amended and Restated Option Agreement dated December 30, 2002 between the Company and Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. ⁽¹²⁾

10.15

Severance Agreement dated September 30, 2003 between the Company and Haig S. Bagerdjian. ⁽¹³⁾

10.16

Severance Agreement dated September 30, 2003 between the Company and Alan R. Steel. ⁽¹³⁾

10.17

Lease Agreement dated November 26, 2003 between the Company and General Electric Capital Business Asset Funding Corporation.

10.18

Credit Agreement dated March 12, 2004 among the Company, Union Bank of California, N.A. and U.S. National Bank Association. ⁽¹⁴⁾

10.19

Stock Purchase Agreement dated June 23, 2004 among the Company, International Video Conversions, Inc. (“IVC”) and the Stockholders of IVC. ⁽¹⁵⁾

10.20

First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated July 1, 2004 among the Company, Union Bank of California, N.A. and U.S. National Bank Association. ⁽¹⁵⁾

10.21

Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated August 13, 2004 among the Company, Union Bank of California, N.A. and U.S. National Bank Association. ⁽¹⁶⁾

10.22

Standing Loan Agreement and Swap Commitment dated August 18, 2004 between the Company and Bank of America, N.A. ⁽¹⁷⁾

10.23

Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement executed November 9, 2004 between the Company and Alliance Atlantis Communications, Inc. ⁽¹⁸⁾

10.24

Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2004, between the Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company.⁽¹⁹⁾

23.1	Consent of Independent Accountants.

31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 7241, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 7241, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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(1)	Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 11, 2000 as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

(2)	Filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on May 17, 1996 or as an exhibit to Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 31, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference.

(3)	Filed with the SEC on June 29, 1998 as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference

(4)	Filed with SEC on December 2, 1998 as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

(5)	Filed with the SEC on April 11, 2001 as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference.

(6)	Filed with the SEC on August 14, 2001 as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.

(7)	Filed with the SEC on September 7, 2001 as an exhibit to the Company’s Form S-8 and incorporated herein by reference.

(8)	Filed with the Commission on May 14, 2002 as an exhibit to Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2002.

(9)	Filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K with the Commission on July 15, 2002.

(10)	Filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K with the Commission on October 7, 2002.

(11)	Filed with the Commission on November 14, 2002 as an exhibit to Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2002.

(12)	Filed as exhibit to Form 8-K with the Commission on January 8, 2003.

(13)	Filed as an exhibit to Form 10-Q with the Commission on November 12, 2003.

(14)	Filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K with the Commission on March 16, 2004.

(15)	Filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K with the Commission on July 1, 2004.

(16)	Filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K with the Commission on August 20, 2004.

(17)	Filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K with the Commission on August 26, 2004.

(18)	Filed as an exhibit to Form 10-Q with the Commission on November 12, 2004.

(19)	Filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K with the Commission on December 29, 2004.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 10, 2005

	Point.360
	By:	/s/ Haig S. Bagerdjian Haig S. Bagerdjian Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


/s/ Haig S. Bagerdjian Haig S. Bagerdjian	Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer	March 10, 2005

/s/ Alan R. Steel Alan R. Steel	Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)	March 10, 2005

/s/ Robert A. Baker Robert A. Baker	Director	March 7, 2005

/s/ Greggory J. Hutchins Greggory J. Hutchins	Director	March 14, 2005

/s/ Sam P. Bell Sam P. Bell	Director	March 15, 2005

/s/ G. Samuel Oki G. Samuel Oki	Director	March 15, 2005